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NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Army soldier duped into thinking he was communicating online with a terrorist when it was really an FBI employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to seeking to tell terrorists how to ambush U.S. soldiers in the Middle East.
Cole Bridges, 22, entered pleas in Manhattan federal court to trying to provide material support to terrorists and trying to murder U.S. military service members. He could face up to 20 years in prison on each of the two charges at a Nov. 2 sentencing.
Bridges, of Stow, Ohio, has been incarcerated since his January 2021 arrest, which occurred while he was based in Fort Stewart, Georgia, with the Third Infantry Division, where the private was a cavalry scout. He joined the Army in September 2019.
According to court documents, Bridges was 19 when he began researching and consuming online propaganda promoting jihadists in 2019.
Authorities said he expressed support on social media for the Islamic State militant group and for jihad before he began communicating in October 2020 with an FBI employee posing as an Islamic State group supporter who was in contact with the group's fighters in the Middle East.
At his plea hearing, Bridges acknowledged that he tried to provide material support to Islamic State group members.
“The support I provided included tactical advice, hand-drawn diagrams of potential troop maneuvers, pages from the Army Field Manual regarding troop movements and combat tactics, and a propaganda video,” he told Judge Lewis J. Liman.
“In providing such training and advice, I also knowingly attempted to assist the efforts of ISIS to repel and kill American soldiers engaged in official duties in the Middle East. I knew at that time that ISIS was a terrorist organization and had engaged in terrorist activity. I also knew that my conduct was wrong,” he said.
In court papers, investigators said Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, expressed frustration with the U.S. military during his online chats.
After the court proceeding, Bridges became emotional as he was reunited with his father for the first time in three years before he was led back to jail. His attorney, Sabrina Shroff, declined comment.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement: “As he admitted in court today, Cole Bridges attempted to orchestrate a murderous ambush on his fellow soldiers in service of ISIS and its violent ideology. Bridges’s traitorous conduct was a betrayal of his comrades and his country." | 2023-06-14T21:37:28+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/ohio/us-army-soldier-pleads-guilty-to-trying-to-contact-terrorists-to-ambush-army-soldiers-in-middle-east/TIQVEZ7MKFAJBB3WDT5LOMNERE/ |
LONDON, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Brillio today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CloudStratex, a London-headquartered advisory services company that helps clients build smarter, more agile, and efficient cloud infrastructure to accelerate digital transformation.
This acquisition will enhance Brillio's presence in the UK and Europe, strengthen Brillio's consultative client engagement model, and expand its offerings for banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) clients. The combination of Brillio's digital engineering capabilities, industry-oriented solutioning, and global execution model with CloudStratex's advisory and cloud infrastructure expertise, deep client relationships, and reputed leadership will further strengthen the two companies' ability to deliver superior business outcomes and experiences to their joint clients.
"The combined strength of Brillio and CloudStratex not only underscores our focus on the UK, Europe, and the BFSI sector, but also adds to our deep expertise in making IT more agile by helping enterprises move to secure cloud and modern engineering environments. Our clients globally will benefit from the acquisition," said Raj Mamodia, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Brillio. "This will open exciting new avenues for us to collaborate with our clients in not just building agile and efficient infrastructure, but also uncovering actionable insights from it to create greater business value. We are thrilled to welcome CloudStratex's talented professionals to Brillio and look forward to leveraging our well-aligned expertise and values to turn technology disruptions into competitive advantages for our clients."
"We are delighted to join a like-minded, high-growth organisation such as Brillio," said Adrian Overall, Chief Executive Officer of CloudStratex. "In Brillio, CloudStratex has found a digital-native partner propelled by the same values and founder mindset that have helped CloudStratex become one of the fastest-growing technology advisory services companies in the UK. Brillio's global reach, diverse industry experience, and entrepreneurial culture will allow us to unlock the benefits of scale and a broader portfolio of digital skills, services, and solutions, which are critical for us to drive future growth and provide greater opportunities for our clients."
CloudStratex provides cloud infrastructure advisory services to clients in the UK and Europe. Founded in 2019, it is one of the fastest-growing private IT companies in the UK, and was ranked 27th in the Sunday Times 100 list in 2022. CloudStratex has partnerships with ServiceNow (recognised as the 2023 ServiceNow EMEA Premier Partner of the Year), Microsoft, and AWS. The company employs more than 170 technology and consulting professionals, based primarily in the UK. It serves more than 15 Global 2000 multinational companies.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About Brillio
Brillio is the partner of choice for many Fortune 1000 companies seeking to turn disruption into a competitive advantage through innovative digital adoption. Backed by Bain Capital, Brillio is one of the fastest growing digital technology service providers. We help clients harness the transformative potential of the four superpowers of technology: cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and mobility. Born digital in 2014, we apply our expertise in customer experience solutions, data analytics and AI, digital infrastructure and security, and platform and product engineering to help clients quickly innovate for growth, create digital products, build service platforms, and drive smarter, data-driven performance. With 17 locations across the U.S., Romania, Canada, Mexico and India, our growing global workforce of over 6,000 Brillians blends the latest technology and design thinking with digital fluency to solve complex business problems and drive competitive differentiation for our clients. Brillio was certified by Great Place to Work in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Learn more at www.Brillio.com.
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TX El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM Zone Forecast for Sunday, July 17, 2022
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261 FPUS54 KEPZ 180905
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Zone Forecast Product for New Mexico
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
305 AM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
TXZ418-182215-
Western El Paso County-
Including the cities of Downtown El Paso, West El Paso,
and Upper Valley
305 AM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs 98 to 103. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds around 10 mph,
becoming west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs 98 to 103.
Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs 96 to 101.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Lows in the
mid 70s.
$$
TXZ419-182215-
Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Including the cities of East and Northeast El Paso, Socorro,
and Fort Bliss
305 AM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 102.
Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs around 100. Lows in the
upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Lows in the
mid 70s.
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TXZ420-182215-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-
Including the cities of Hueco Tanks and Loma Linda
305 AM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds around 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds around
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around 10 mph,
becoming southwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. West
winds around 10 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ423-182215-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of Fabens, Fort Hancock, and Tornillo
305 AM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. East winds around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 104. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 103. West
winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Lows in the
lower 70s.
$$
TXZ421-182215-
Salt Basin-
Including the cities of Cornudas, Dell City, and Salt Flat
305 AM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds around 10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 101.
Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming northeast in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Lows in the
lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ422-182215-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the city of Sierra Blanca
305 AM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds around
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds around 10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph, becoming north in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Lows in the
lower 70s.
$$
TXZ424-182215-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the city of Indian Hot Springs
305 AM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. East winds around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 104.
Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Lows in the
mid 70s.
$$
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WINSLOW — The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon will offer free monthly technology workshops for anyone over the age of 55 starting on Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 1:15-2:45 p.m. at the St. Joseph Center on 80 Garland Road in Winslow.
The workshops are focused on safely using technology in daily lives: dealing with malicious emails, web browsing, using video conferencing to connect with family and friends, online shopping, and much more.
No experience is necessary. To register or for more information, call 207-873-4512 or email connect@csjmaine.org.
It is one of the many exciting and helpful initiatives currently being offered at the center, a list that includes:
“Rose’s Room” is a monthly, nonsectarian support group for those with a loved one in prison or jail. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. To participate or if you have any questions about this compassionate and confidential ministry or if you would rather set up an individual meeting, email rosesroom2018@gmail.com.
Becoming a Welcoming Community. This group seeks to reach out to LGBT+ persons and their loved ones, per the call of the U.S. bishops in their statement “Always Our Children.” Participants are welcomed with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. There are in-person opportunities to meet, but a monthly meeting is held via Zoom on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. For more information or to join the group, send an email to BecomingAWelcomingCommunity@gmail.com.
80 Garland Road Group. Inspired by Pope Francis encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’, the Sisters host free educational events to teach new ways to care for the earth as well as sustain and share the four acres of land on which the center sits. The partnership includes the Winslow Agricultural Commission, Mid-Maine Permaculture, Kennebec/Messalonskee Trails, and the Sisters. The group meets on the fourth Saturday of each month for a skill sharing workshop from 10 a.m. to noon, learning permaculture techniques that are good for the earth and all creatures. To learn more or to register, email connect@csjmaine.org or call 207-873-4512.
Gospel Reflection. The Sisters host a Gospel reflection group at the center each Monday morning from 10-11 a.m. to share in prayer and reflect upon the Sunday’s Gospel reading.
“The words of our mission statement are ‘Loving God and Neighbor Without Distinction,’” said Sister Judy Donovan, CSJ. “We generally point to those words on the wall and briefly explain them whenever we host a new group or workshop at the center. While we are called to bring these words to life in all we are and do, I’m convinced that God has given us this charism not because we’re particularly good at it, but because we need it ourselves.”
To learn more about the Sisters’ work and events and ministries at the center, visit their website at www.csjmaine.org. | 2022-09-20T09:33:47+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/09/19/bdn-maine/free-technology-workshops-set-for-st-joseph-center-in-winslow/ |
Daughter unravels decades-old mystery of disabled mom’s rape
(AP) - Magdalena Cruz grew up knowing she owed her very life to a horrid crime.
She was born in 1986 to a mom who couldn’t care for her, or for herself. For a decade, Cruz’s mother had been a resident of a state facility for severely disabled people in Rochester, New York. She was nonverbal. She was 30 but had the mental acuity of a 2-year-old, wore diapers and needed constant care. She couldn’t consent to sex, so when she was discovered to be pregnant, it was obvious she must have been raped.
Facility administrators told the woman’s family another resident was likely responsible and said they would file a police report and undertake an internal investigation.
Nearly four decades later, Cruz says she has solved the mystery of her father’s identity herself, partly by using a mail-order DNA test and a popular genealogy database.
He was an employee of the facility, not a resident, according to a lawsuit she filed this week.
Moreover, Cruz also learned through her own sleuthing that no police report was ever filed, no employees were interviewed and no action was ever taken by administrators, the lawsuit said.
“The facts surrounding her birth were far more shocking and grotesque than her family had realized,” her lawyers wrote in the suit, filed against the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, the state agency that oversees state-run facilities.
Criminal charges are no longer possible because of legal deadlines that long ago expired. The lawsuit was only possible because New York enacted a law last year temporarily setting aside the statute of limitations for litigation over sexual assaults from long ago.
Cruz’s search for her birth story began about four years ago. Her lawyers said she started by requesting records from municipalities and the state regarding her mother’s care. She received progress notes from her mother’s time at Monroe Developmental Center, which revealed a series of injuries before and during the pregnancy — a bite mark on her breast, cross-shaped bruise on her shoulder blade, a 9-inch (23-centimeter) abrasion on her back, the lawsuit said.
“Likes men of color, strips, sometimes yells, jumps, eats very fast,” wrote one caretaker — the man Cruz now believes to be her father.
Infuriated by what the records had shown, Cruz undertook genetic testing through Ancestry.com and matched with biological relatives on her father’s side in Virginia. She scoured photos of the family online. One of them showed a girl whose eyes resembled her own. She identified the girl’s father and found through searching online that he had lived in Rochester, not far from the Monroe Developmental Center, at the time of her birth.
In 2019, she brought her findings to police, who confirmed the man had worked at the facility but said too much time had passed to bring charges.
In the 1980s, the family had no idea the Monroe Developmental Center, which was closed by the state in 2013, had multiple incidents of resident abuse.
At least 10 staff members had been identified as pedophiles and rapists from 1976-1985, including supervisors, security guards and volunteers. A number of residents had died under unusual circumstances, including a 21-year-old quadriplegic patient whose body temperature spiked when he was left outside in the sun for four hours without fluids, the lawsuit said. Another resident died after swallowing five surgical gloves.
Cruz’s mother, referred to in the lawsuit as I.C., is living in a different facility today. The Associated Press does not identify people who have been sexually assaulted unless they consent to being named.
“She can’t even speak to say what happened to her, and if not for the pregnancy, we would never, ever know,” one of her lawyers, Susan Crumiller, said Tuesday. “And even if not for her daughter’s investigation, we still would never know about the institutional cover up.”
After the pregnancy, the records showed facility administrators suggested birth control for I.C.
Crumiller, who brought the case along with with attorney Carrie Goldberg, a lawyer for abuse survivors, said birth control “would have no purpose other than hiding continued abuse, given that she did not and never will have the mental capacity to consent.”
In a statement, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities said that while it could not comment on pending litigation, “the safety and well-being of the people we support is OPWDD’s highest priority.”
The man Cruz identified as her father is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. He could not immediately be reached for comment. Phone listings in his name were disconnected.
“We’ll probably never know how many other patients were raped at this facility, how many times our client was raped, how many other rapists there were,” Crumiller said, “and that’s because the facility covered up the abuse.”
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Until 2006, criminal charges were barred in rape cases in New York unless they were made within five years of the offense. New York lawmakers then abolished the statute of limitations for first-degree rape, but those changes were not retroactively applied to old crimes.
New York lawmakers in 2019 also extended the statute of limitations in cases of second-degree and third-degree rape, with the deadlines now ranging from 10 to 20 years, depending on the specifics of the crime.
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Thompson reported from Buffalo, N.Y.
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
319 AM PDT Tue Apr 18 2023
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 60 mph.
* WHERE...The Coachella Valley, San Diego County Deserts and San
Gorgonio Pass Near Banning, as well as eastern portions of the
Riverside and San Diego County Mountains.
* WHEN...Until 5 AM PDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph expected.
* WHERE...San Bernardino County Mountains and Apple and Lucerne
Valleys.
* WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM PDT this evening.
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As the office of the CFO continues to evolve, Group 11 category-defining portfolio companies offer solutions to digitize finance and empower finance leaders.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading enterprise-fintech venture capital firm Group 11 has announced a webinar series called Digitizing the Office of the CFO featuring portfolio company executives who are revolutionizing financial services.
The six-part webinar series, launching in October 2022 through April 2023, creates a forum for finance leaders and decision makers to discuss the unique challenges they face, both in day-to-day operational aspects of the job, as well as forward-looking strategic planning. Solutions discussed during these webinars will help CFOs navigate volatility, in the presence of an uncertain economic environment.
The virtual fireside chats will be hosted by Group 11's Founding Partner Dovi Frances, a decade-long fintech investor and thought-leader. Frances will guide conversations on unique pain points faced by the modern CFO, and how finance executives are solving some of these complex challenges.
Guests will include:
- Thomas Tuchscherer, CFO of TripActions ($9BN valuation)
- Eynat Guez, CEO/Co-Founder of Papaya Global ($3.7BN valuation)
- Sarah Spoja, CFO of Tipalti ($8.3BN valuation)
- Veetahl Eilat-Raichel, CEO/Co-Founder of Sorbet
- Guy Benjamin, Co-CEO/Co-Founder of Healthee
- Jonathan Einav, CEO/Co-Founder of Fintastic
Today's CFO is responsible for far more than just "finance," and is increasingly taking on strategic initiatives across the entire organization. As the role of the modern CFO expands, so too does the need for investments in technology to enable effective oversight. Automation and digitization are vital processes that drive success for modern executives, often leaving the late-adopters behind.
"At Group 11, we have been investing in the future of fintech long before its contemporary buzzword status. We have seen firsthand how CFOs and financial leaders have struggled to adapt during the pandemic and manage the resulting chaos," says Dovi Frances, Founding Partner of Group 11. "Our portfolio companies offer solutions for businesses to remain relevant and resilient, whilst maximizing efficiency. We are proud to host six of our category-defining portfolio companies in separate conversations on how CFOs and financial leaders can automate crucial components of their role and prepare for future crises."
Digitizing the Office of the CFO webinar series will cover crucial areas for finance leaders:
- Travel and expense management priorities
- Driving real time strategic decisions with payroll data
- Succeeding in talent retention and solving the financial talent crisis
- Achieving cash flow resiliency
- Optimizing the balance sheet
- Insights in healthcare budgeting
- The future of financial planning and analysis
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HIALEAH, Fla. – The Local 10 Eco-Hero contest is underway and we have five outstanding finalists we want you to meet.
All this week, we will introduce you to these planet-protecting middle schoolers and then you’ll have a chance to help us pick our Eco-Hero.
They will travel with us into wild Florida to make a prime time special, and our first stop is Hialeah.
For 13-year-old Domenica Arias, recycling waste isn’t a chore, it’s a passion.
“Without that waste, we get a cleaner environment -- a healthier environment,” she said.
Domenica is so driven to see that healthier environment, that when her school, Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy, partnered with Green Lady Waste Management, Domenica stepped up to be the school’s recycling ambassador.
“Recycling ambassador basically means spreading the information around the school about recycling and how to recycle properly,” she explained. “If you put a single bad thing in the bin, you contaminate the whole bin and you can’t recycle the whole thing.”
Domenica’s meticulous attention to detail as the recycling ambassador is also evident in the orchid lab, where she and her classmates are working to germinate and grow rare and native orchids.
“We need the orchids and flowers,” she said. “They help pollinate the environment. Pollen keeps plant life around.”
As a leader in her school’s Green Club, Domenica helps care for the school’s lush and beautiful arboretum. The native plants there are home to colorful birds and roaming foxes.
Her appreciation for native plants and animals is one reason Domenica would love to experience wild Florida and see the special and unique animals that call it home.
“They are endangered, obviously, so keeping that wildlife around is really important for future generations,” she said. “In fifth grade, I actually had an essay about the environment and endangered species. I already had an interest, but this kind of spiked it.”
And that’s why, as an Eco-Hero, Domenica wants to be an environmental inspiration for those around her.
“Teaching others what I’ve learned also spreads to those people teaching other people -- it creates a web around the whole world,” she said.
We will continue to introduce you to four more students this week.
Then, starting Friday night, you can vote for the student you think should be our Eco-Hero on Local10.com. | 2022-11-01T18:46:23+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/features/2022/11/01/eco-hero-finalist-meet-domenica-arias/ |
Rosario Dawson, Malcolm Gladwell, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ken Burns, Retta, Aly Raisman, Elaine Chao, Joy Harjo, and more join together in unprecedented show of unity to champion the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation announced the inaugural members of its Council of Ambassadors, an honorary body of renowned leaders uniting across industries and political parties to champion the Foundation in its mission to build a monument in Washington, D.C. memorializing the early American movement for women's equality. The Council of Ambassadors will serve for the duration of the multi-year effort and the Foundation will add members throughout the life of the project.
This announcement follows the recent news from the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation that all of the living First Ladies–Dr. Jill Biden, Mrs. Melania Trump, Mrs. Michelle Obama, Mrs. Laura Bush, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Mrs. Rosalynn Carter–will serve together as Honorary Chairs of the organization. In their role as Honorary Chairs, the First Ladies will spearhead the Foundation's efforts to ensure that the 36 million people who visit our National Mall each year experience a deeper and more inclusive American story.
"There is something beautifully American about the way our Nation's leading voices are uniting in support of the Foundation's mission to elevate women out of the footnotes of history and into their rightful place in our country's commemorative landscape," said Anna Laymon, Executive Director of the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation. "We are honored to have these distinguished Ambassadors standing alongside us in this historic work."
The 23 inaugural appointees to the Council of Ambassadors include: two Pulitzer-Prize winners; one Olympian; four New York Times bestselling authors; the longest-serving woman in congressional history; three former Cabinet members; two Emmy winners; one Grammy winner; one Poet Laureate; one Peabody Award winner; one Eisner Award winner; two winners of the Lincoln Prize; one winner of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award; seven congressionally appointed commissioners of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission; six groundbreaking podcast hosts and producers; and more.
David Blight, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author & Historian
Ken Burns, Filmmaker
Jovita Carranza, 44th U.S. Treasurer & 26th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
Elaine Chao, 24th U. S. Secretary of Labor & 18th U. S. Secretary of Transportation
Susan Combs, Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, & Budget of the Department of the Interior
Rosario Dawson, Activist, Producer, & Designer
Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times Bestselling Author & host of Revisionist History
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author & Presidential Historian
Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States
Karen Hill, President & CEO of the Harriet Tubman Home
Kerri Hoffman, CEO of PRX
Kay Coles James, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Brad Meltzer, Historian & New York Times Best-Selling Author
Senator Barbara Mikulski (Ret), Longest Serving Woman in Congressional History
Nicola Miner, Philanthropist
Norah O'Donnell, Anchor & Managing Editor of the CBS Evening News
Monica Padman, Co-Host & Producer of the Armchair Expert Podcast
Aly Raisman, Gold Medalist & Advocate
Retta, Actress, Comedienne, & Author
Deborah Rutter, President of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Filmmaker & First Partner of California
Shaina Taub, Songwriter & Performer
Nina Totenberg, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent
With the support of its Ambassadors, the Foundation will continue to advance the mission as mandated by the U.S. Congress in Public Law 116-217 to bring the Women's Suffrage National Monument to the heart of the Nation's Capital.
The Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation leads the effort to fund, design, develop, and construct the Women's Suffrage National Monument, which will serve as a lasting legacy of the longest political movement in American history and honor the generations of women who lobbied, marched, picketed, and protested in their decades-long fight for equality. For more information visit www.womensmonument.org and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Amongst our most iconic monuments and memorials, American women's stories are missing. Today, fewer than 5% of statues in our Nation's Capital depict women. And we need your support. Like most monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C., the Women's Suffrage National Monument will be funded in its entirety through private donations. Learn more about our movement, donate, and be a part of making history.
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'Full of family stories': Millions can now research their history with 1950 US census records
Close to 7 million records from the 1950s U.S. census have been made public.
The digital records were released on Friday and are available to the public free of charge at a dedicated website, allowing viewers to research their family histories and backgrounds. They include 6.57 million population schedules — many of which include multiple families and households — and 33,360 Indian Reservation schedules for Native Americans living on reservations.
In a video celebrating the release of the archives, Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero explained the National Archives has been preparing for the release for a decade. The images shown on the website are actually microfilms taken by the bureau in 1952 that had to be carefully scanned by archive staff. The original paper documents were destroyed in the 1960s.
Ferriero commended the archive's staff "for their dedication in preserving and providing access to this important set of records."
"I personally can't wait to look up my own family in Beverly, Massachusetts," he added.
The archive recommends users search for the first and last name of the head of household they're looking for; the database will return close matches even if users don't know the exact spelling. The archive used an Artificial Intelligence technique called "Optical Character Recognition" to extract names from images of handwritten text, so not all the names are perfect.
Users can refine the name index by editing and adding correct names. The National Archive also released a video explaining how amateur genealogists can explore the newly released records.
Video: Census data shows U.S. population growth slowed to a crawl in 2021
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland also explained in a video the census is "particularly important to Indian Tribes, because it helps decide federal funding, which then impacts the government's trust responsibility to Native communities."
The 1950 census included 20 questions for all respondents age 14 years and older; some respondents were also asked an additional six questions.
"Since 1790, census data have painted a vivid, vibrant portrait of America," said Robert Santos, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, in another video celebrating the publication.
Notably, the 1950 census marked the last time census takers personally visited most households. The bureau then switched to mailing households enumeration forms, and today citizens can fill out the census online, by phone, or by mail.
According to the archive, censuses from 1960 and later are not available to the public "because of a statutory 72-year restriction on access for privacy reasons," but they can be privately requested from the U.S. Census Bureau.
"The Census is full of family stories, and we know you are eager to look for yours," said Ferriero. | 2022-04-04T17:34:44+00:00 | wvtm13.com | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/families-can-now-research-their-history-with-1950-us-census-records/39619539 |
GRANDVIEW, TX (FOX 44) — In what might be considered an upset, West took down No. 3 Grandview, 38-21.
The Trojans improve to 7-1, 6-0 in district play and return home to face Gateway Charter Academy on Friday, October 28th at 7:30 p.m.
GRANDVIEW, TX (FOX 44) — In what might be considered an upset, West took down No. 3 Grandview, 38-21.
The Trojans improve to 7-1, 6-0 in district play and return home to face Gateway Charter Academy on Friday, October 28th at 7:30 p.m.
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MECHANICSBURG - Sweeping a top-tier volleyball program in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth is not easy, so doing so calls for a little bit of celebration.
Cumberland Valley will probably put that off for a bit, though, because they are in the middle of a special season that saw them improve to 6-0 Wednesday.
And they did it by beating State College, who they rallied from a 2-0 deficit to start the season to defeat. Once again, they Little Lions didn’t make it easy, taking the first set, 25-14. | 2022-09-29T03:13:18+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/09/eliette-whittaker-teaguen-reynolds-help-cumberland-valley-take-down-state-college.html |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — LJ Cryer scored a career-high 28 points in a potential March preview to lead No. 5 Baylor to an 80-75 victory over eighth-ranked UCLA in Sunday's consolation game of the Continental Tire Main Event.
The Top-10 teams know what it's like to go deep into the NCAA Tournament, with Baylor winning the national championship two seasons ago and UCLA making the Final Four the same year.
This game had postseason intensity with 13 lead changes until the Bears (4-1) took the lead for good at 61-53 with an 11-point run midway through the second half. UCLA (3-2) stayed within range, but didn't catch Baylor.
Cryer helped make sure of that, as did Adam Flagler, who scored 22 points.
Up just a point, Cryer delivered a 3-pointer with 2:50 left. Flagler made two jumpers in the final minute, the last with 18 seconds remaining to all but end it at 76-71. Each player made two free throws in the final eight seconds.
Cryer, who made 4 of 8 3-pointers, also made the point to drive for baskets in registering his seventh career 20-point game and second this season.
“I tried to do a better job of mixing it up and not being one-dimensional and just out there catching and shooting 3s,” Cryer said. “Our percentages were obviously better when we got to the paint, so I was just trying to make my way in there.”
It was a strong bounce-back performance from Friday when Baylor lost 86-79 to No. 16 Virginia, which won the championship Sunday.
“We’re really doing something special early in the year,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said. “I’m just really proud of our guys and how hard they competed, and I think we adjusted and did a much better job grinding things out. I thought there was a stretch (against Virginia) where we didn't play as hard as we were capable. To win at this level, you've got to do it for 40 (minutes), and we did it tonight."
UCLA went 0 for 2 in Las Vegas; the Bruins lost 79-70 to No. 19 Illinois on the tournament's first day.
Jaylen Clark led the Bruins on Sunday with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting to go with 10 rebounds. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 15 points and Tyger Campbell 12.
“If you score 75 points, you're supposed to win,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said. “We're just not there defensively. This is a long season. Who you are now is irrelevant to who you are in March. I know all these games matter for seeding, but we're going to find out what we're made of."
LOCAL KNOWLEGE
Baylor, which won this tournament two years ago, improved to 6-2 in Las Vegas. UCLA has lost three in a row at T-Mobile Arena, including last season's Pac-12 Conference tournament championship game. The Bruins will be back in this arena for the conference tournament in March and possibly again when the NCAA Tournament West Regional is played here. They better hope they don't face Baylor again. The Bears have won 10 of their past 11 games against Pac-12 opponents, including six in a row.
THE BIG PICTURE
Cronin criticized the UCLA defense that gave up 79 points to Illinois and 80 to Baylor, two teams that could make strong runs in the NCAA Tournament. If the Bruins are to toughen up defensively, they won't have many chances to do it against ranked teams. They play No. 4 Kentucky on Dec. 17 and twice face Pac-12 Conference rival Arizona, once in February and again in March.
Baylor won despite being outscored in the lane 42-20. The Bears likely won't win many games giving up that kind of margin, and they did compensate some when Cryer began to drive to the basket. No other opponent has come close to that success against the Bears, so this likely was a one-off. But also don't be surprised if other teams try to see if they can emulate UCLA's success inside.
UP NEXT
Both teams are back in action for home games Wednesday. UCLA hosts 4-1 Pepperdine, and Baylor plays 2-3 McNeese State.
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The Big 8 conference has released its all-conference golf team for the 2022 season.
Jonesville and Quincy shared the conference title with Union City third, Homer fourth, Bronson fifth, Springport sixth and Concord seventh.
The Big 8 conference has released its all-conference golf team for the 2022 season.
Jonesville and Quincy shared the conference title with Union City third, Homer fourth, Bronson fifth, Springport sixth and Concord seventh.
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MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Saturday, July 15
Looking for Saturday's probable pitchers? Below, we list the expected starting pitchers for every game. Keep an eye out for one of the most intriguing matchups of the day, which features Zac Gallen starting for the Diamondbacks, and Kevin Gausman taking the hill for Blue Jays.
Read on to find the probable pitching matchups for every game on the calendar for July 15.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Padres at Phillies Probable Pitchers
The San Diego Padres will send Blake Snell (6-7) to the hill as they face the Phillies, who will counter with Taijuan Walker (10-3) when the clubs meet on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Padres at Phillies
- SD Odds to Win: -135
- PHI Odds to Win: +110
- Total: 9 runs
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Rays at Royals Probable Pitchers
The Tampa Bay Rays will send Tyler Glasnow (2-3) to the hill as they face the Royals, who will counter with Alec Marsh (0-2) for the game between the teams on Saturday.
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Nationals at Cardinals Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Trevor Williams (5-5) to the mound as they take on the Cardinals, who will counter with Miles Mikolas (5-5) when the teams face off Saturday.
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Red Sox at Cubs Probable Pitchers
The Boston Red Sox will send James Paxton (5-1) to the hill as they play the Cubs, who will look to Marcus Stroman (9-6) for the matchup between the clubs on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Red Sox at Cubs
- CHC Odds to Win: -115
- BOS Odds to Win: -105
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Diamondbacks at Blue Jays Probable Pitchers
The Arizona Diamondbacks will send Gallen (11-3) to the mound as they play the Blue Jays, who will look to Gausman (7-5) when the clubs face off Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Diamondbacks at Blue Jays
- TOR Odds to Win: -160
- ARI Odds to Win: +135
- Total: 8 runs
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Guardians at Rangers Probable Pitchers
The Cleveland Guardians will send Gavin Williams (1-1) to the mound as they face the Rangers, who will hand the ball to Andrew Heaney (5-6) when the teams meet Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Guardians at Rangers
- TEX Odds to Win: -160
- CLE Odds to Win: +135
- Total: 9 runs
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Padres at Phillies Probable Pitchers
The San Diego Padres will send Ryan Weathers (0-0) to the mound as they face the Phillies, who will counter with Ranger Suarez (2-4) for the matchup between the clubs on Saturday.
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Giants at Pirates Probable Pitchers
The San Francisco Giants will send Alex Cobb (6-2) to the hill as they take on the Pirates, who will hand the ball to Johan Oviedo (3-10) for the matchup between the clubs Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Giants at Pirates
- SF Odds to Win: -160
- PIT Odds to Win: +135
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Marlins at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The Miami Marlins will send Braxton Garrett (5-2) to the hill as they play the Orioles, who will give the start to Kyle Gibson (9-6) when the clubs play Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Marlins at Orioles
- BAL Odds to Win: -120
- MIA Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 9 runs
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Twins at Athletics Probable Pitchers
The Minnesota Twins will send Pablo Lopez (5-5) to the mound as they face the Athletics, who will hand the ball to Hogan Harris (2-3) when the clubs face off on Saturday.
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Rays at Royals Probable Pitchers
The Tampa Bay Rays will send Cooper Criswell (1-1) to the hill as they face the Royals, who will hand the ball to Cole Ragans (2-3) when the clubs play on Saturday.
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Brewers at Reds Probable Pitchers
The Milwaukee Brewers will send Freddy Peralta (5-7) to the mound as they take on the Reds, who will hand the ball to Andrew Abbott (4-1) when the clubs play on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Brewers at Reds
- CIN Odds to Win: -120
- MIL Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 9.5 runs
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White Sox at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Chicago White Sox will send Lance Lynn (5-8) to the bump as they play the Braves, who will look to Spencer Strider (11-2) for the game between the clubs Saturday.
Vegas Odds for White Sox at Braves
- ATL Odds to Win: -300
- CHW Odds to Win: +240
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Nationals at Cardinals Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Jake Irvin (2-5) to the hill as they face the Cardinals, who will counter with Steven Matz (0-7) for the matchup between the teams Saturday.
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Dodgers at Mets Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Dodgers will send Tony Gonsolin (5-3) to the hill as they face the Mets, who will give the start to Kodai Senga (7-5) when the clubs meet Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Dodgers at Mets
- LAD Odds to Win: -115
- NYM Odds to Win: -105
- Total: 9 runs
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Yankees at Rockies Probable Pitchers
The New York Yankees will send Clarke Schmidt (4-6) to the hill as they take on the Rockies, who will hand the ball to Connor Seabold (1-6) when the clubs play Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Yankees at Rockies
- NYY Odds to Win: -165
- COL Odds to Win: +140
- Total: 11.5 runs
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Astros at Angels Probable Pitchers
The Houston Astros will send Framber Valdez (7-6) to the mound as they face the Angels, who will counter with Reid Detmers (2-6) for the matchup between the clubs on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Astros at Angels
- HOU Odds to Win: -135
- LAA Odds to Win: +110
- Total: 8 runs
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Tigers at Mariners Probable Pitchers
The Detroit Tigers will send Michael Lorenzen (3-6) to the mound as they take on the Mariners, who will look to George Kirby (8-7) for the game between the clubs on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Tigers at Mariners
- SEA Odds to Win: -210
- DET Odds to Win: +170
- Total: 7.5 runs
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Dust storm consumes Texas highway during severe weather
The video shows dust moving in over the road and reducing visibility to "near zero." Vehicles in front of the videographer had their hazard lights on in the windy conditions.
AMARILLO, Texas – Dust clouds swallowed a Texas highway during severe thunderstorms on Sunday, with wind gusts clocking up to 70 mph in the state's panhandle.
Video recorded by Chad Casey on Highway 287 outside of Amarillo shows heavy rain and high winds before the dust moved in.
Parts of the Texas Panhandle were under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning during the storm.
The video shows dust moving in over the road and reducing visibility to "near zero," according to Casey. Vehicles in front of the videographer had their hazard lights on in the windy conditions.
Brown dust continued to waft over the highway, driven by gusts over 50 mph as drivers slowly navigated the blinding weather setup.
Dust storms can happen quickly when gusty winds pick up dust and create a wall of particles reaching miles long and thousands of feet high.
While this dust storm didn't result in any injuries, the authors behind a new study recently found that dust storms can be more deadly than previously thought.
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for Monday in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, with the potential for locally gusty winds and small hail, but the storms are not expected to be severe.
Farther north, in the central Plains, the FOX Forecast Center is tracking thunderstorms with the potential for large hail and damaging wind gusts on the Fourth of July. | 2023-07-03T16:51:13+00:00 | foxweather.com | https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/dust-storm-consumes-texas-highway |
OLNEY, Md. (AP) _ Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. (SASR) on Thursday reported net income of $33.6 million in its third quarter.
The bank, based in Olney, Maryland, said it had earnings of 75 cents per share.
The holding company for Sandy Spring Bank posted revenue of $147.3 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $129.8 million, exceeding Street forecasts.
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FOR YEARS, we’ve heard from UNM fans who want more “New Mexico kids” on Lobo teams. Now RBB wants 50% of all scholarships to go to “athletes from the USA” (Question: do naturalized citizens count, or only native born?). It appears that Lobo fans want to establish scholarship programs rather than allowing Lobo coaches the flexibility to build winning programs.
— Joe, ABQ
CONTRARY TO the commentary by the Washington Post’s Candace Buckner, freedom of speech includes the right to make statements that others may define as misinformation. However, if a choice is made to disallow “misinformation,” then all misinformative narratives must be disallowed, including WaPo’s denying the existence of Hunter Biden’s laptop and its extensive participation in the anti-Trump Russia hoax.
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WEST BABYLON, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Babylon Dental Care is excited to announce that Dr. Monika Pogoda will be joining the practice on a full-time basis beginning October 29th. Dr. Monika is a graduate of New York University, where she earned her Doctorate of Dental Surgery. She began practicing on Long Island after completing her residency at Queens Hospital Center and will now be treating patients exclusively at Babylon Dental Care in West Babylon.
Over the course of her career, Dr. Monika has worked to build strong, trusting relationships with each of her patients. She takes time to fully understand what her patients are going through and hear their concerns. Her compassion, transparency, and integrity make her a natural fit at Babylon Dental Care. "She is 100% aligned with our company's core values," said Director of Operations Jenn Brown.
"Whether a patient is dealing with a cracked tooth, a cavity, or another dental issue, I listen to their questions, offer my perspective, suggest possible solutions, and help them to the best of my ability," Dr. Monika said. "I had a lot of dental work done when I was younger. It meant a lot to me when my dentist would talk with me, help me understand the situation, and offer me tips and techniques. Education is something all patients appreciate."
Dr. Monika has long considered dentistry her life's purpose. She first became interested in dentistry as a child. Her brother suffered from a cleft lip, which took a significant emotional and financial toll on her family. That experience inspired her to pursue her dream of becoming a dentist. For Dr. Monika, nothing is more satisfying than helping her patients regain confidence by restoring their smiles.
Dr. Monika loves interacting and building relationships with her patients. She understands that many patients suffer from dental phobias, which is why patient comfort is a top priority for her. Dr. Monika works to create a warm, welcoming environment for her patients so that they feel entirely at ease while they are receiving treatment.
When she isn't seeing patients at Babylon Dental Care, Dr. Monika spends her spare time with family and friends, traveling the world, learning about different cultures, and participating in winter sports. Join Babylon Dental Care in welcoming Dr. Monika to our full-time team.
Babylon Dental Care has been serving the Long Island community with excellent dental care since 1983 with locations in West Babylon (785 W Montauk Highway, West Babylon, NY 11704) and Patchogue (499 Sunrise Highway, Ste. 13B, Patchogue, NY 11772). Visit us online at www.babylondentalcare.com and call us at (631) 587-7373.
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The appointment was undertaken on the back of the company's aspirations of aggressive expansion in the North American territory
NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Netcore Cloud, a profitable SaaS company and global leader in customer communication, engagement, and retention, has appointed David Stewart as Senior Vice President for Sales and Business Development. This appointment comes following the company's recent announcement to be generating 40% of revenue from international markets by 2025, with a greater focus on the US and Europe.
Netcore Cloud's recent Email Benchmark Report, which is a study of 100bn emails, has highlighted that adoption of AI & ML technology is driving higher inboxing in North America. Given its expertise in using the power of AI and ML in email marketing, Netcore Cloud sees an opportunity to expand further in this region. David represents a seasoned sales leader with in-depth domain expertise in Digital Marketing, Mobile, Data, and ML. He has honed various leadership roles at global organizations across Camera IQ, ZineOne and Treeline Inc.,to name a few.
Commenting on the appointment, Abhitabh Bhaskar, International CEO at Netcore Cloud, said, "With David's appointment, we at Netcore Cloud have undertaken another strategic move towards our US expansion aspiration. Given his extensive pool of experience in Sales and, more specifically, his in-depth understanding of SaaS, we are confident about his contribution towards scaling up our business in these regions. We look forward to reaching new targets with his support."
David Stewart added, "I am thrilled to join the senior leadership team at Netcore to continue our growth in North and South America. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a company of this size that is profitable, boot-strapped, and aggressively growing. I look forward to leading the next phase of growth for the company and scaling the team."
In the last year, the company has been appointing a number of key senior leaders in the North American region. The company has also very recently ventured into a strategic relationship with AWS, Inc. targeting a high uptime across multiple geographies resulting in a better customer experience.
About Netcore Cloud:
Netcore Cloud is a bootstrapped SaaS company that helps B2C brands and marketers create AI-powered new-age customer experiences at every touchpoint of a customer's journey. Netcore Cloud's full-stack marketing platform enables highly personalized digital experiences that are easily scalable and provide actionable analytics, real-time reporting, and quick-to-implement solutions across channels. Brands using Netcore Cloud can have a unified view of their customers and optimize their user experience.
Headquartered in Mumbai, India, with 11 offices across the USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, UAE, UK, and Germany, Netcore Cloud serves 5000+ customers across the globe. It delivers 17+ billion emails and tracks 100+ billion marketing events every month. Netcore Cloud is a trusted partner across industries with some of the most respected brands like MaxLife Insurance, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered, Flipkart, Myntra, Miss Amara, Airtel, Disney Hotstar, Canon, Puma, Tobi, EaseMyTrip, PizzaHut and McDonald's. For more information, visit https://netcorecloud.com/
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NEW YORK (AP) — The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke quickly killed four people asleep in apartments above the burning store.
As the ubiquity of e-bikes has grown, so has the frequency of fires and deaths blamed on the batteries that power them — sparking a push to better regulate how the batteries are manufactured, sold, reconditioned, charged and stored.
Consumer advocates and fire departments, particularly in New York City, are urging the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish national safety standards and confiscate imports that don’t comply with regulations at the border, so unsafe e-bikes and poorly manufactured batteries can be taken off the streets and out of homes.
The matter comes under discussion when the commission convenes a public hearing Thursday in Washington.
“We’ve been sounding the alarm for months,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said a day after an exploding battery ignited the Chinatown e-bike shop fire last month. “We need real action, not only on the state level, but on the federal level.”
With some 65,000 e-bikes zipping through its streets — more than any other place in the U.S. — New York City is the epicenter of battery-related fires. There have been 100 such blazes so far this year, resulting in 13 deaths, already more than double the six fatalities last year.
Nationally, there were more than 200 battery-related fires reported to the commission — an obvious undercount — from 39 states over the past two years, including 19 deaths blamed on so-called micromobility devices that include battery-powered scooters, bicycles and hoverboards.
New York’s two U.S. Senators, Democrats Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, introduced legislation last month that would set mandatory safety standards for e-bikes and the batteries that power them.
Because mandatory standards don’t exist, Schumer said, poorly made batteries have flooded the U.S., increasing the risk of fires.
Earlier this year, New York City urgently enacted a sweeping package of local laws intended to crack down on defective batteries, including a ban on the sale or rental of e-bikes and batteries that aren’t certified as meeting safety standards by an independent product testing lab.
The new rules also outlaw tampering with batteries or selling refurbished batteries made with lithium-ion cells scavenged from used units.
Meanwhile, New York City officials also announced they had received a $25 million federal grant for e-bike charging stations across the city — which fire marshals hope will reduce the risk of fires.
These aren’t typical fires, said New York City Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh. The batteries don’t smolder; they explode.
“When they fail, they fail quite spectacularly,” said Kavanagh, who will speak at Thursday’s forum and advocate for national safety standards and stronger measures against possibly dangerous devices. “Once one of these ignites, there is a huge volume of fire, often so much so that the person in their home can’t get out and the firefighters can’t get in to get them.”
Such was the case in April when two siblings, a 7-year-old boy and his 19-year-old sister, died when a scooter battery ignited a fire in Queens.
Because of the fire hazard, some residential buildings have banned e-bikes. Last summer, the New York City Housing Authority sought to prohibit tenants in all of its 335 developments from keeping or charging e-vehicles in their units, only to back down a few months later after protests from delivery workers.
Use of motorized bicycles grew dramatically in the city during the COVID-19 pandemic as homebound people turned more to food delivery workers for meals and groceries.
With the rash of fires, delivery workers like Lizandro Lopez say they are now more mindful about precautions.
“As soon as the battery is charged, I disconnect it. You shouldn’t leave it charging for too long,” Lopez told The Associated Press in Spanish, “because if you leave it on there too long, that’s when you can cause a fire.”
Los Deliveristas Unidos, which represents app-based delivery workers in the New York area, estimates that fewer than 10% of e-bikes sold in the city have been deemed safe by a third-party evaluator, such as UL Solutions, a product testing company that certifies safety compliance for a host of electrical products, including Christmas lights and televisions.
E-bike batteries rely on the same chemistry to generate power as the lithium-ion batteries in cellphones, laptops and most electric vehicles — products that were initially prone to overheating.
Tighter regulations, safety standards and compliance testing drastically reduced the risk of fires in such devices, according to Robert Slone, the senior vice president and chief scientist for UL Solutions.
The same can happen with e-bike batteries, he said, if they are made to comply with established safety standards.
“We just need to make them safe, and there is a way to make them safe through testing and certification,” Slone said, “given the history that we’ve seen in terms of fires and injuries and unfortunately, deaths as well — not just in New York, but across the country and around the world.”
In London, the fire brigade says lithium batteries are the city’s fastest growing fire risk, with one fire erupting about every two days. Last year, there were a total of 116 fires involving e-bikes and e-scooters. At least one death has been attributed this year to an overheated battery.
In San Francisco, there have been at least 21 battery fires so far this year — compared with just 13 battery-related fires in 2017, according to an analysis by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Last year, some 1.1 million e-bikes were imported into the U.S., according to the Light Electric Vehicle Association, an industry group. In 2021, more than 880,000 e-bikes came into the country — about double from the year before and triple the number in 2019.
Many of the batteries now on the road are aftermarket products that are cheaply made and popular with delivery workers because of their lower prices.
“But that product is so cheap because it hasn’t gone through those design and testing. … It doesn’t meet a standard, so that’s why they’re inexpensive,” said Matt Moore, the general and policy council for the PeopleForBikes Coalition, which will also take part in the forum. “Even if there was a regulation, there will still be the ability of foreign sellers and manufacturers to send these products into the United States.” | 2023-07-27T10:55:44+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/as-e-bikes-proliferate-so-do-deadly-fires-blamed-on-exploding-batteries/ |
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs will cut ties with right fielder Jason Heyward after this season, ending one of baseball's most expensive and unproductive free-agent signings with a year left on his contract.
“We’re not going have him with the team next year,” Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer said Monday. “We’ve already talked to him about that. We want to give him the full offseason to find an opportunity. For us, given where we are as a group and where we’re likely going to be in the corner outfield next year, with Seiya (Suzuki) in (right field), we’re going to move in a different direction.”
Heyward, who turns 33 on Tuesday, signed a $184 million, eight-year contract before the 2016 season but has batted only .245 with 62 home runs in seven seasons with the Cubs.
He famously rallied teammates with an inspirational pep talk during a rain delay late in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series in Cleveland. Chicago went on to win 8-7 in 10 innings, ending a championship drought that dated back to 1908.
Heyward is hitting .204 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 137 at-bats this season. He's been on the 10-day injured list since June 27 because of right knee inflammation.
After releasing Heyward this winter, the Cubs will still owe him $22 million for the final year of his contract. Once he clears waivers, any team can sign him at the minimum major league salary.
“I think he’s a great sounding board for the guys, but Jason and I have talked about where things are going in the future,” Hoyer said. “For next year, we’re not going to have him as part of the team. We’ll go our separate directions at the end of the year and give him a chance to have that full offseason to find a job.”
Heyward was a regular on the 2016 Cubs team that won the World Series and was praised for that famous speech to teammates during Game 7.
He won Gold Glove awards in 2016 and 2017 for his defensive excellence in right field, but his offensive production has steadily dipped. That regression, combined with the addition of younger corner outfielders, put Heyward’s future with the Cubs in doubt.
“He doesn’t like it but understands where we are,” said Hoyer, who indicated Heyward wants to play.
In other news, the Cubs claimed outfielder Franmil Reyes off waivers from Cleveland. Reyes batted .213 with nine homers, 28 RBIs and a .603 OPS in 70 games with the Guardians this season. He struck out 104 times in 263 at-bats.
The 27-year-old Reyes is a .253 career hitter with 101 home runs and a .793 OPS in five major league seasons.
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Stock indexes on Wall Street shed early gains and turned lower in afternoon trading Monday, a choppy start to a week full of updates on the two things that set stock prices: how much profit companies are making and where interest rates are heading.
The S&P 500 was down 0.3% after having been up 1% in the early going, The index broke a five-day losing streak at the end of last week. Gains in energy producers, big retailers and other companies that rely on consumer spending were outweighed by a pullback in health care and technology stocks. Goldman Sachs rallied after reporting better profit for the spring than expected.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 28 points, or 0.1%, at 31,259, as of 2:25 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% lower.
Markets have been lurching mostly lower for weeks on worries that the Federal Reserve and other central banks around the world will slam the brake too hard on the economy in hopes of bringing down high inflation. If they’re too aggressive with their interest-rate hikes, they could cause a recession.
But some on Wall Street are seeing signs for at least temporary optimism. Oil prices have come off their highs, though they rose more than 4% Monday. A key report released last week also indicated expectations are easing for inflation among households. That could prevent a more vicious cycle from taking root and ease the pressure on the Federal Reserve.
Expectations have come down for how aggressively the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its meeting next week. Traders are now betting on a roughly one-in-three chance for a monster hike of a full percentage point, with the majority favoring a 0.75 percentage point increase. As recently as Thursday, the heavy bet was on a hike of a full point.
Economists at Goldman Sachs are among those forecasting a 0.75-point increase, which would match last month’s hike, instead of a more aggressive one. They cited in particular the softening of inflation expectations after Chair Jerome Powell said last month that the Fed pays close attention to them.
Across the Atlantic Ocean later this week, investors expect the European Central Bank on Thursday to raise interest rates for the first time in 11 years to combat inflation. Many investors expect an increase of 0.25 percentage points, “but more is not unthinkable,” economists wrote in a BofA Global Research report.
Interest rates are one of the two main levers that set prices for stocks. The other is corporate profits, which are under threat given high inflation and slowdowns in parts of the economy. For the moment, at least, analysts are still forecasting continued growth.
Earnings season kicked off last week, and banks have dominated the early part of the schedule for reporting how much they earned from April through June.
Goldman Sachs was among the latest to report, and it rallied 2.1% after its profit and revenue were better than analysts expected. Synchrony Financial rose 1.3% after it likewise topped forecasts for profit and revenue.
Bank of America added 0.4% even though it fell short of analysts’ profit expectations. Despite all the worries about a possible recession, Bank of America said its customers’ spending and deposits remain strong.
IBM is set to report its results after trading closes for the day. Johnson & Johnson, American Airlines and Tesla are among the dozens of S&P 500 companies that are scheduled to follow later in the week.
In markets overseas, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged 2.7% after Chinese media reported that some stalled real estate projects had resumed construction after buyers threatened to stop their mortgage payments. Stocks in Shanghai added 1.6%.
Stocks also rose across much of the rest of Asia and Europe, with Germany’s DAX returning 0.7%.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.97% from 2.96% late Friday. The two-year yield, which rose to 3.18%, is still above the 10-year yield. Some investors see that as an ominous sign that could presage a recession in a year or two, though the gap between them narrowed a bit.
Underscoring worries about a recession have been recnet reports showing slowdowns in parts of the economy because of the Fed’s rate hikes.
The housing market in particular has felt the effect of more expensive mortgage rates. A measure of sentiment among home builders relesed Monday weakened more than economists expected and sank to its lowest level in more than two years.
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AP Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed. | 2022-07-18T19:22:41+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/asian-shares-gain-lifted-by-strong-consumer-sentiment-data/ |
LONDON (AP) — German tennis legend Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from the U.K.
The 55-year-old German, who has lived in Britain since 2012, was released on Thursday morning ahead of his deportation, the British news agency Press Association reported, without citing sources.
Becker’s German lawyer declined to immediately comment on his client’s case.
The three-time Wimbledon champion had been sentenced to 30 months in prison in April for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.
He had been convicted by London’s Southwark Crown Court on four charges under the Insolvency Act, including removal of property, concealing debt and two counts of failing to disclose estate.
Becker rose to stardom in 1985 at the age of 17 when he became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon singles title.
The former world number one was declared bankrupt in June 2017. | 2022-12-15T14:27:42+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ap-uk-media-boris-becker-released-from-jail-faces-deportation/ |
Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers has a right foot injury that’s expected to keep him sidelined for several weeks, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
The severity of the injury was still being determined Sunday and that was keeping the team from forming a specific timetable for his return, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither Davis nor the Lakers had released any information publicly.
The Athletic first reported that Davis was facing an extended absence, and multiple media outlets also confirmed the injury status.
Before the Lakers hosted Washington on Sunday night, Darvin Ham confirmed the team has no firm timetable for Davis’ return. The rookie head coach said Davis will see more specialists on Sunday night.
“The season is fairly early, and he just has to take care of his business, starting first and foremost with him getting back healthy,” Ham said.
Davis — who leads the Lakers with averages of 27.4 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, numbers that had him in the NBA’s MVP conversation — was injured in the first half of the Lakers’ win over Denver on Friday night. He did not play after halftime.
It is yet another in a long line of injury woes for the eight-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA selection. He missed 36 of the Lakers’ 72 regular-season games in the 2020-21 season, then didn’t play in 42 of their 82 games last season.
Davis missed his fifth game of this season due to injury when the Lakers hosted the Wizards. He has been managing lower back pain for several weeks, but he has also been on a run of frequently spectacular play, scoring at least 25 points in his last 12 consecutive games that didn’t end early due to injury.
Ham said his advice to Davis was “(to) just focus on your health, and whatever the issue is, once it gets alleviated, just start the process to get back on the floor, and that’s as simple as that.
“Injuries are a big part of our league and a part of major sports in general,” Ham added. “Unfortunately, he’s had the injury history that he’s had, but there’s no time to cry over spilled milk.”
The Lakers don’t have a comparable replacement for Davis, but Thomas Bryant could help if he can match his performance in the second half against the Nuggets after Davis’ injury. Bryant finished with 21 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes.
The Lakers have been gradually building momentum since their 2-10 start to the season, winning 10 of their past 16 games. They also suffered two of those losses because Davis failed to make last-minute free throws that likely would have iced games the Lakers eventually lost in overtime.
Davis’ latest lengthy absence is a serious threat to their hopes of returning to playoff contention, but Ham is confident the Lakers can endure.
“The first priority is to take care of his health,” Davis said. “The hell with what people have to say. Just block out that noise. We have a phenomenal medical staff. Really, really brilliant people within the organization who’s going to make sure he has the best medical care, and then once we find out what’s going on, we’ll act accordingly.”
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Four dead in Missouri after car hits several motorcycles
AURORA, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - Four people are dead after a crash Saturday afternoon on State Highway 39 near Aurora, Missouri, KY3 reports.
Missouri State Highway Patrol says there were 11 people involved in the accident. Ten people were on motorcycles and one was driving a car.
A 17-year-old girl, 28-year-old Kameron Hale, 59-year-old James Olmsted and 61-year-old Linda Anderson were killed in the crash. All four were pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash report states the crash occurred when a Toyota Corolla crossed the center line and hit five motorcycles. After the impact, the car then went off the side of the road and stopped in a ditch.
The occupants of the motorcycles were thrown after their bikes overturned. One of the motorcycles caught on fire shortly after the crash.
The driver of the car was a 51-year-old woman and she was taken to a hospital in Springfield, Missouri, in serious condition.
There were six other motorcyclists taken to Springfield hospitals in serious condition. One of those in serious condition is a 16-year-old.
Everyone involved in the crash, including the driver, was from Aurora, Missouri.
According to the Aurora Rural Fire Protection District, multiple medical helicopters were called to the scene.
Authorities say the driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of impairment.
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RoboKiller Releases Its 2021 Political Insights Report
NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RoboKiller, the app that eliminates 99% of spam calls and text messages, today released its 2021 Political Insights report. The report reveals political messages remained prominent in an off-election year. In fact, Americans received an estimated 6.7 billion political messages in total, 5.8 billion by text and nearly 900 million by phone call.
These findings suggest political parties will continue to rely on political messages to reach voters, whether or not it is an election year. And although political robocalls were far fewer than political messages, political robocalls increased 5% compared to 2020 totals. As the 2022 midterm election nears, RoboKiller predicts Americans will see a spike in political robocalls and text messages, with political SMS shortcodes playing a pivotal role.
- Political text messages reached an estimated 5.8 billion, marking the second consecutive year politics-related text messages outpaced political robocalls (which reached an estimated 895 million).
- Both political parties relied on these mediums to reach supporters and potential voters. However, RoboKiller estimates 87% and 31% of messages contained Republican and Democratic keywords, respectively.
- Peer-to-peer messaging declined following the 2020 election cycle. Still, political shortcodes (five-or-six digit numbers parties lease to communicate with supporters and prospective voters) remained a prominent focus even during an off-election year. Shortcode messaging from core PAC and political figures continue to be one of the mediums used to reach Americans.
Meanwhile, political SMS shortcodes accounted for 5.7 billion of the 5.8 billion political messages in 2021. The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent over 150 million political messages, while the Trump Alerts Program followed with over 135 million messages.
Read the full 2021 Political Insights Report here.
RoboKiller's robocall and spam text insights are powered by a global database of millions of known phone scams and audio fingerprints. Data is estimated by monitoring observed robocall and spam text trends for Americans who have trusted RoboKiller to stop their spam calls. For a comprehensive analysis of robocall trends in specific locations, details about particular phone scams, or any other related custom inquiries, please contact RoboKiller's robocall insights team here or at pr@robokiller.com.
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Judge sets court date for Georgia man after 10 years of waiting
ALBANY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A judge has set a trial date for a Georgia man who has been waiting 10 years behind bars for his day in court.
Police arrested Maurice Jimmerson for murder in 2013. Since then, he’s sat most of that time inside the Dougherty County Jail.
During the hearing, Jimmerson took the stand himself, saying he asked his former attorney to request a speedy trial years ago, but it never happened.
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Jail records show his last attorney visited him just four times in nearly seven years. His attorney argued that the district attorney’s office had multiple chances to take this case to trial, but did not.
District Attorney Gregory Edwards argued delays in the case are not his fault, citing the pandemic, a flood in the courtroom and difficulty finding all of the defendants in the case court-appointed attorneys.
In fact, Jimmerson did not have an attorney for eight months until Atlanta News First profiled his case in April.
The judge did not make a ruling on the motion to dismiss today and it’s unclear if or when she will. For now, his court date is scheduled to start July 10.
This story is part of a series about the constitutionally-guaranteed access to legal representation in court, and the challenges that arise when the supply of defenders is limited. Part one in the series looks at defendants’ desperate need for representation. Part two covers judges forced to take actions that may erode the public’s trust in the judicial system. In part three, former public defenders explain why they left the job. Part four looks at the search for solutions. Part five shows the agency’s director admits to lawmakers the Defender Council doesn’t have enough attorneys. Part six explains why the Defender Council does not want to pay for investigative resources for an indigent defendant. Part seven explains why a man has been behind bars for 10 years waiting for his day in court. Part eight reveals how the state agency has spent thousands on improving its image after ANF investigations. Part nine brings viewers up to date in the case of Maurice Jimmerson, the inmate profiled in part seven. Part 10 details a lawsuit by The Southern Center for Human Rights accusing the Georgia Public Defender Council (GPDC) of deliberately withholding public records. Part 11 follows a man forced to spend years under house arrest without being charged with a crime.
Copyright 2023 WANF. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-30T01:23:09+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/06/30/judge-sets-court-date-georgia-man-after-10-years-waiting/ |
A young cartoon girl wearing large headphones hunches over a softly lit desk. She's scribbling in a notebook. To her side, a striped orange cat gazes out on a beige cityscape.
The Lofi Girl is an internet icon. The animation plays on a loop on the "lofi hip hop radio — beats to relax/study to" YouTube stream.
It's a 24/7 live stream that plays low-fidelity hip hop music — or lofi for short.
"I would say lofi music is the synthesis of golden era rap aesthetic with the Japanese jazz aesthetics that is then put through this lens of nostalgia," says Hixon Foster, a student and lofi artist.
He describes listening to lofi as a way to escape. Some songs are lonely or melancholy, others remind him of his school years in Michigan and toiling away at homework while listening to tunes.
The genre has become increasingly popular in the last few years. There are countless people making lofi music, fan art, memes, spin-off streams, and Halloween costumes.
Basically, Lofi Girl is everywhere. And with nearly 11 million people subscribed to the channel, the Lofi Girl stream has been the go-to place to find this music.
But last weekend, she went missing. YouTube had taken down the stream due to a false copyright claim.
Fans were not happy.
"There were camps that were confused and camps that were angry," Foster said. "I mainly saw kind of, at least through the lofi Discord, various users being like, 'Oh my God what is this? What's really going on with this?'"
YouTube quickly apologized for the mistake, and the stream returned two days later. But this isn't the first time musicians have been wrongfully shut down on YouTube.
"There's been a lot of examples of copyright going against the ideas of art and artistic evolution," Foster said. "It feels like a lot of the legal practices are going towards stifling artists, which is interesting when the main idea of them is to be protecting them."
The rise of bogus copyright claims
Lofi Girl made it through the ordeal relatively unscathed, but smaller artists who don't have huge platforms may not be so lucky.
"They are at the mercy of people sending abusive takedowns and YouTube's ability to detect and screen for them," said James Grimmelmann, a law professor at Cornell University.
He said false copyright claims were rampant.
"People can use them for extortion or harassment or in some cases to file claims to monetize somebody else's videos," he said.
YouTube gets so many copyright claims that they can't carefully evaluate whether each one is legitimate, Grimmelmann said.
They leave it up to the artist to prove the claims are wrong — sometimes in court — which can be a long process.
Grimmelmann said it's up to Congress to fix copyright law for it to work better for artists. The current laws incentivize YouTube to err on the side of removing artists' content, rather than being precise in their enforcement of copyright claims.
"We ended up with this system because in the 1990s, when the contours of the internet and copyright are still coming into view, this is the compromise that representatives of the copyright industries and the internet industries worked out," Grimmelmann said.
"It's a compromise that hasn't destroyed anybody's business and has made it possible for artists to put their stuff online," Grimmelmann said. "And there has not been the appetite to try to upend that compromise because somebody's ox will get gored if they do."
Luckily, Lofi Girl and her millions of subscribers were able to make a big enough stink to get YouTube's attention quickly and get the issue resolved.
For now, lofi fans can get back to relaxing and studying. Lofi Girl will be right there with you.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-16T10:25:10+00:00 | kpcc.org | https://www.kpcc.org/npr-news/2022-07-16/lofi-girl-disappeared-from-youtube-and-reignited-debate-over-bogus-copyright-claims |
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The United States and Indonesian militaries began annual joint combat exercises Wednesday on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, joined for the first time by participants from other partner nations, signaling stronger ties amid growing maritime activity by China in the Indo-Pacific region.
More than 5,000 soldiers from the U.S., Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Singapore were participating in this year’s exercises, making them the largest since the drills were established in 2009. The exercises are designed to strengthen interoperability, capability, trust and cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta said in a statement.
“It’s a symbol of the U.S.-Indonesia bond and the growing relationship between land forces in this consequential region,” Gen. Charles Flynn, Commanding General of U.S. Army Pacific, said in the statement. “Because land forces are the glue that binds the region’s security architecture together.”
Flynn and Indonesia’s Military Chief Gen. Andika Perkasa opened the joint drills with a ceremony on Wednesday morning in Baturaja, a coastal town in South Sumatra province. The exercises will last until Aug. 14, encompassing army, navy, air force and marine drills.
The planned two-week drills opened after China’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday night it would conduct a series of targeted military operations to “safeguard national sovereignty” in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to self-governed Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory to be annexed by force if necessary.
China has also been increasingly assertive over its claim to virtually the entire South China Sea.
U.S. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the number of intercepts by Chinese aircraft and ships in the Pacific region with U.S. and other partner forces has increased significantly over the past five years, and the number of unsafe interactions has risen by similar proportions.
“The message is the Chinese military, in the air and at sea, have become significantly more and noticeably more aggressive in this particular region,” Milley said last month during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop in Indonesia.
Milley said Indonesia is strategically critical to the region and has long been a key U.S. partner. Earlier this year, the U.S approved a $13.9 billion sale of advanced fighter jets to Indonesia. And in Jakarta last December, Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed agreements for enhanced joint naval exercises between the U.S. and Indonesia.
While Indonesia and China enjoy generally positive ties, Jakarta has expressed concern about Chinese encroachment on its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, which China claims virtually in its entirety.
The U.S.-Indonesia military exercises coincided with Pelosi’s arrival in Taiwan late Tuesday, as the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island. Beijing views visits by foreign government officials as recognition of the island’s sovereignty.
Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force is participating for the first time in the exercises, saying it promotes a “free and open” Indo-Pacific vision of security and trade with the U.S. and other democracies in the region.
The expanded drills are seen by China as a threat. Chinese state media have accused the U.S. of building an Indo-Pacific alliance, similar to NATO, as a means to intentionally provoke conflict. | 2022-08-04T01:05:38+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/us-indonesia-hold-joint-military-drills-amid-china-concerns/ |
STOCKHOLM, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioArctic AB's (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOA B) partner Eisai announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) under the accelerated approval pathway for lecanemab (development code: BAN2401), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild AD (collectively known as early AD), with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology in the brain. Eisai's application, which was completed in early May 2022, has been granted Priority Review with a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date on January 6, 2023. The acceptance of the BLA by the FDA entitles BioArctic to a milestone payment of MEUR 15 from Eisai.
The Clarity AD Phase 3 confirmatory clinical trial for lecanemab in early AD is ongoing and enrollment of 1,795 patients was completed in March 2021. The readout of the primary endpoint data from the trial will occur in the Fall of 2022. The FDA has agreed that the results of Clarity AD, when completed, can serve as the confirmatory study to verify the clinical benefit of lecanemab. Eisai utilized the FDA's Accelerated Approval Pathway in an effort to streamline the submission process for the potential traditional approval of lecanemab in order to expedite patients' access to lecanemab. Dependent upon the results of the Clarity AD clinical trial, Eisai will submit for traditional approval of lecanemab to the FDA before the end of the first quarter 2023.
"For almost 20 years now, BioArctic's vision has been to develop innovative medicines for people with neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, a disease which affects millions of people around the world. FDA's acceptance of the BLA and granting of a priority review for lecanemab brings us one step closer in our quest to meet the huge medical need in this patient population," said Gunilla Osswald, BioArctic's CEO.
Lecanemab was granted Breakthrough Therapy and Fast Track designations by the FDA in June and December 2021, respectively. In March 2022, Eisai initiated submission of application data to Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) under the prior assessment consultation system, with the aim of obtaining early approval for lecanemab. Eisai aims to file for manufacturing and marketing approval based on the results of Clarity AD in the US, Japan and in EU before the end of the first quarter 2023.
This release discusses investigational uses of an agent in development and is not intended to convey conclusions about efficacy or safety. There is no guarantee that any investigational uses of such product will successfully complete clinical development or gain health authority approval.
For further information, please contact:
Gunilla Osswald, CEO
E-mail: gunilla.osswald@bioarctic.se
Phone: +46 8 695 69 30
Oskar Bosson, VP Communications and IR
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Phone: +46 70 410 71 80
This information is information that BioArctic AB (publ) is obliged to disclose pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact persons above, on July 6, 2022, at 01:30 a.m. CET.
About lecanemab (BAN2401)
Lecanemab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody for Alzheimer's disease (AD) that is the result of a strategic research alliance between BioArctic and Eisai. Lecanemab selectively binds to, neutralize and eliminate soluble toxic Aβ aggregates (protofibrils) that are thought to contribute to the neurodegenerative process in AD. As such, lecanemab may have the potential to have an effect on disease pathology and to slow down the progression of the disease. Eisai obtained the global rights to study, develop, manufacture, and market lecanemab for the treatment of AD pursuant to an agreement concluded with BioArctic in December 2007. In March 2014, Eisai and Biogen entered into a joint development and commercialization agreement for lecanemab. Currently, lecanemab is being studied in a pivotal Phase 3 clinical study in symptomatic early AD (Clarity AD), following the outcome of the Phase 2b clinical study (Study 201). In addition, the Phase 3 clinical study, AHEAD 3-45, for individuals with preclinical (asymptomatic) AD, meaning they are clinically normal and have intermediate or elevated levels of brain amyloid, is ongoing. AHEAD 3-45 is conducted as a public-private partnership between the Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Consortium, funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, and Eisai. In 2021, DIAN-TU selected lecanemab for a clinical trial for dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease as a background anti-amyloid treatment when exploring combination therapies with anti tau treatments in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease subjects. In June 2021, FDA granted lecanemab Breakthrough Therapy designation and in December 2021, FDA granted lecanemab Fast track designation. Furthermore, Eisai has performed a lecanemab subcutaneous dosing Phase 1 study and the subcutaneous formulation is currently being evaluated in the Clarity AD open label extension study.
About the collaboration between BioArctic and Eisai
Since 2005, BioArctic has long-term collaboration with Eisai regarding the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The most important agreements are the Development and Commercialization Agreement for the lecanemab antibody, which was signed in December 2007, and the Development and Commercialization agreement for the antibody BAN2401 back-up for Alzheimer's disease, which was signed in May 2015. Eisai is responsible for the clinical development, application for market approval and commercialization of the products for Alzheimer's disease. BioArctic has no development costs for lecanemab in Alzheimer's disease and is entitled to payments in connection with regulatory filings, approvals, and sales milestones as well as royalties on global sales.
About BioArctic AB
BioArctic AB (publ) is a Swedish research-based biopharma company focusing on disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and ALS. BioArctic focuses on innovative treatments in areas with high unmet medical needs. The company was founded in 2003 based on innovative research from Uppsala University, Sweden. Collaborations with universities are of great importance to the company together with its strategically important global partner Eisai in Alzheimer disease. The project portfolio is a combination of fully funded projects run in partnership with global pharmaceutical companies and innovative in-house projects with significant market and out-licensing potential. BioArctic's Class B share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap (ticker: BIOA B). For more information about BioArctic, please visit www.bioarctic.com.
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FRANKENMUTH, MI — The Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival is back.
The four-day festival begins Thursday, June 9, and continues through Sunday, June 12.
Events and attractions included in the festival are the Bavarian Festival Princess Coronation Dinner, live music, vendors, street activities, fireworks, food trucks and parades.
The fun begins with the Bavarian Festival Princess Coronation Dinner late Thursday afternoon and continues through Sunday afternoon with the Bavarian Festival Parade happening at 1 p.m.
During the festival’s Friday Night Street Party, Main Street will be closed so guests can enjoy Polka Riot!, a zip line, rock climbing wall, beer, food trucks, dancing, fireworks and other entertainment.
Admission to the festival is $10 all weekend for adults and teens and free for kids ages 12 and younger. The Friday Night Street Party is free to attend, but there is a $5 fee for the zip line.
Click here to view the full schedule of events.
Visit bavarianfestival.org or find Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival on Facebook for more information.
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Colorful new toy store, Joyful Tantrum Recess, invites kids to stay and play | 2022-06-09T13:22:17+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2022/06/2022-frankenmuth-bavarian-fest-starts-june-9-and-continues-through-the-weekend.html |
Thirty-four Republican senators on Thursday introduced a resolution seeking to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule on heavy truck emissions through the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
The CRA allows lawmakers to reverse rules issued by the executive branch using a simple majority in both chambers of Congress. While the GOP recently took the majority in the House of Representatives, the effort, led by Sen. Debbie Fischer (R-Neb.), would likely be doomed in the Democratic Senate.
In a statement, Fischer called the rule overly aggressive, saying it would create an incentive for truckers to use older, less efficient vehicles for longer.
“This aggressive EPA rule – which will hit mom and pop truck operations the hardest – is also ineffective because it incentivizes operators to keep using older, higher-emitting trucks for longer. During a period of high inflation and supply chain disruptions, the last thing this country needs is more expensive freight costs and fewer truckers,” Fischer said in a statement.
The EPA finalized the new annual emissions rule in December 2022, the first such update in two decades. The rule, set to be implemented in 2027, would cut nitrogen oxide from buses and heavy trucks by about half by 2045, according to the agency.
The rules are 80 percent tougher than existing rules, and EPA Administrator Michael Reagan has called them vital to reducing exposure to air pollution for Americans who live along heavy-duty freight routes. The agency has estimated that the tighter rule would cut premature deaths by 2,900 and childhood asthma cases by 18,000.
Heavy-duty vehicles comprise about 23 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which is responsible for the largest percentage of emissions overall. They are responsible for fewer emissions than personal vehicles but create emissions disproportionate to their numbers on the road.
The resolution marks Fischer’s second CRA resolution on environmental matters in as many days. On Wednesday, the Nebraska Republican joined the rest of the Republican Senate caucus in challenging the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States rule, which would set the definition of waterways subject to federal jurisdiction.
The Hill has reached out to the EPA for comment. | 2023-02-09T19:10:00+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/republican-senators-pushing-to-overturn-epa-heavy-duty-truck-emissions-rule/ |
Moviegoing audiences chose the horror movie over the romantic comedy to kick off the month of October. Paramount’s “ Smile ” topped the North American charts with $22 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, leaving Billy Eichner’s rom-com “Bros” in the dust.
Universal’s “ Bros ” launched with an estimated $4.8 million to take fourth place behind “Don’t Worry Darling” ($7.3 million) and “The Woman King” ($7 million). But opening weekends likely aren’t the final word on either “Bros” or “Smile.” Horror movie audiences are generally front-loaded, dropping off steeply after the first weekend, while something like “Bros,” which got great reviews and an A CinemaScore, suggesting strong word-of-mouth potential, is a movie that could continue finding audiences through the fall. It is not unusual for R-rated comedies to open modestly and catch on later.
“Everyone who sees it absolutely loves it,” said Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic distribution. “Billy Eichner, (director) Nick Stoller and Judd Apatow have created a movie that’s heartwarming and hysterically funny.”
“Bros” is significant for being the first gay rom-com given a wide theatrical release by a major studio, as well as the first studio movie starring and co-written by an openly gay man. Since premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, the film has gotten stellar reviews from critics and also been the target of “review bombs” on IMDB. The site last week removed removed hundreds of one-star reviews for “Bros” that were logged before the film was released.
It’s also hard to compete with a new horror movie in October. “Smile,” written and directed by Parker Finn in his directorial debut, stars Sosie Bacon as a therapist haunted by smiling faces after a traumatic event.
According to exit polls, 52% of the audience was male and 68% were ages 18-34 for the R-rated film. Playing in 3,645 locations, “Smile” started strong with $2 million from Thursday night previews, too, and had a 4% uptick Saturday, which is almost unheard of for genre films that usually decline after the first night.
“Smile” also cost only $17 million to produce.
“It’s remarkable, particularly when you take the budget into account. It’s just a terrific result and validated our thoughts about the movie as a whole,” said Chris Aronson, Paramount’s president of domestic distribution. “That Saturday uptick bodes well for the long-term playability.”
The “Smile” marketing team last weekend planted smiling actors at baseball games around the country as a marketing stunt, which Aronson said helped push the movie over the top.
“’Smile’ just shows once again that the horror genre should be put on a pedestal by theater owners,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore.
Second place went to “Don’t Worry Darling” in its second weekend in theaters, with $7.3 million, down 64% from its opening. The mid-century-styled psychological thriller starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles has earned $32.8 million domestically against a $35 million production budget.
And “The Woman King” was close behind in third place in its third weekend, with an estimated $7 million, down only 36% from last weekend. The historical war epic directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood stars Viola Davis as an Agojie general and has made $46.7 million.
Rounding out the top five was the re-release of “Avatar,” with $4.7 million from 1,860 locations.
Notably, the film with the highest per-theater average was the Indian epic “Ponniyin Selvan: I,” which earned $4.1 million from just 510 theaters. It’s one of several Indian blockbusters to perform well in North America recently, including “RRR” and “Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva.”
“It was a solid weekend,” Dergarabedian said. “We’re not going to get into the $100 million-plus weekends until ‘Black Adam,’ but audiences are getting a really diverse slate of movies to see on the big screen.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Smile,” $22 million.
2. “Don’t Worry Darling,” $7.3 million.
3. “The Woman King,” $7 million.
4. “Bros,” $4.8 million.
5. “Avatar” (re-release), $4.7 million.
6. “Ponniyin Selvan: I,” $4.1 million.
7. “Barbarian,” $2.8 million.
8. “Bullet Train,” $1.4 million.
9. “DC League of Super-Pets,” $1.3 million.
10. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $1.2 million. | 2022-10-02T22:43:00+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/entertainment-news/ap-horror-pic-smile-happy-at-no-1-bros-starts-in-4th/ |
Former President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner have reportedly been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith, a career prosecutor, in November to take the reins in the Justice Department’s ongoing probe into the former president.
Per The New York Times, Ivanka Trump and Kushner have been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury about former President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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The report comes after Smith subpoenaed former Trump chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former Vice President Mike Pence, following months of negotiations between Pence’s legal team and federal prosecutors.
Trump spent the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021 pressuring Pence to reject the outcome – despite Pence not having the power to do so. Pence was at the U.S. Capitol presiding over a joint session of Congress as Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Pence has said he plans to challenge the special counsel’s subpoena, taking it to the Supreme Court if necessary.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the DOJ for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2023-02-23T02:52:42+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-subpoenaed-in-jan-6-probe-report/article_2962c8db-9eaf-596b-b723-34552a102d4c.html |
As if sexual assault wasn't traumatic enough, imagine having to drive hours to get treatment. That can sometimes be the case for people who live in rural areas, but advanced technology is changing that.
Amanda Shelley is a forensic nurse who examines survivors of sexual assault in Eagle County, Colorado. It's a county deep in the Rocky Mountains.
"We literally are filling people's scalps, we're looking inside of their ears, we're doing a really good assessment of their eyes, looking in every single direction,” Shelley said. “When we get a call from a patient that's coming in, we call telehealth right away.”
A program called TeleSANE was brought to Eagle County in May of 2021.
“We're in such a rural community that we don't see thousands of patients a year," Shelley said. "And so this really just gives our providers and our nurses that second set of eyes.”
With the survivor’s consent, they connect with a second medical professional via a private video chat. The collaboration and access to advanced technology allows victims to have the same access to resources as patients in urban areas.
Before, survivors in Eagle County had to travel hours down a mountain pass to get the care they needed.
Holly Kasper-Blank helps set up victims with trauma-informed behavioral health services at Bright Future Foundation. The foundation is a partner in the TeleSANE program.
“Either they didn't have transportation, or they were worried about the roads, and the time commitment to go over an hour out of the county was a real challenge for most people," Kasper-Blank said. "And what we were seeing is that if we weren't ready to help them get the services in time, sometimes they would lose their either motivation or they just they wouldn't have time to address it later.”
Kasper-Blank says survivors of sexual assault are given both medical and behavioral care. The nurse examiners collect evidence for possible criminal prosecution, and the social workers provide them with trauma-informed care.
“Today we talked with someone just about changing the locks, and sometimes it's involving law enforcement," Kasper-Blank said. "And then we have our emergency shelter. We serve about 30 families a year in an emergency shelter upstairs. Sometimes people stay involved with our behavioral health services, which is therapy, for up to two years at least.”
According to the International Association of Forensic Nurses, studies show there’s a nationwide shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners in rural areas.
President Joe Biden recently signed a bill that provides $30 million to expand SANE services to rural, tribal and other underserved communities.
If you live in a rural area that still doesn't have SANE services, Kasper-Blank suggests you pursue collaboration.
“It takes a village and it takes time and planning and really considering who should be at the table," Kasper-Blank said. "I think we're continuing to figure out how we can best help survivors and who else can help be here with us.” | 2023-03-08T19:57:16+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/telehealth-improves-access-to-sexual-assault-nurse-examiners-in-rural-areas |
‘Elvis’ actress Shonka Dukureh found dead in Nashville home
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Shonka Dukureh, who played Big Mama Thornton in this year’s movie about Elvis Presley, was found dead Thursday in a bedroom at her home in Nashville, police said. She was 44.
Nashville police said there were no signs of foul play. Autopsy results are pending from the medical examiner.
Dukureh, a Fisk University graduate and Nashville singer, shared the apartment with her two young children, police said. One of the children found her unresponsive and went to the apartment of a neighbor, who called 911 shortly before 9:30 a.m., police said.
The actor, who also shared the stage at Coachella this year with Doja Cat, had a theater degree from Fisk and graduated from Trevecca Nazarene with an education degree, WPLN-FM reported.
In an interview with the station last month, Dukureh said she taught second grade for a while and then worked with inner city youth through after-school and summer programs.
She said those students reached out after seeing her in “Elvis.”
For more stories across the state, click here. | 2022-07-22T15:20:35+00:00 | wbbjtv.com | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/07/22/elvis-actress-shonka-dukureh-found-dead-in-nashville-home/ |
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- David's Bridal, the nation's leading bridal and special occasion authority, has been recognized as one of Forbes Best Employers for Women of 2022. This renowned award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.
Forbes and Statista's methodology ensures the highest quality and validity of rankings. These results are based an independent survey of 50,000 employees currently employed at companies with at least 1,000 employees. The survey is based on a variety of criteria including working conditions, diversity, and how likely employees are to recommend their employer. Statista also asked female respondents to rate their employers on criteria such as parental leave, discrimination and pay equity. Representation at the executive and board levels were also factored into the final score.
"We are incredibly proud and honored to be recognized as one of the best employers for women among many other notable brands," said Jim Marcum, Chief Executive Officer of David's Bridal. "Our workforce, comprised of over 90% women, emulates our brand values of Celebrate, Innovate, Design, Personalize, and Kindness daily and represent the very best of who we are and what we believe in. We have the privilege of serving millions every year for life's magical moments and we are who we serve."
David's Bridal has responded to the evolving needs of the modern bride by offering unparalleled customer service and the most expansive product offerings in the industry, resulting in world class Net Promoter Scores month over month. Vowing to walk alongside her throughout the entire planning experience, David's has unveiled innovative solutions to enhance the customer shopping journey, both in-store and online. In the past year alone, David's launched Guaranteed in Stock Bridesmaids collection, a comprehensive mobile planning app, 24/7 customer service, a first-of-its-kind loyalty program, Diamond Loyalty with exclusive member pricing, an exclusive limited-time collaboration with celebrity fashion designer DanielXDiamond and announced the asset acquisitions of premier online wedding destinations, Forever Bride and Anomalie to better serve its customer at every touchpoint and continue to rapidly disrupt the bridal and special event space.
With 70 years of experience dressing customers for all of life's special occasions, David's Bridal is built on the idea everyone deserves to have the attire of their dreams regardless of style preference, shape, size, or budget. We believe in: CELEBRATING all life's magical moments, INNOVATING so we are always serving her, PERSONALIZING everything so it's all done her way, DESIGNING the most luxurious dresses, and finally, KINDNESS - so she doesn't have to worry about anything. It is our mission to help anyone and everyone find the look that will allow them to be the best, most genuine version of themselves on their wedding day or any special occasion. David's Bridal is dedicated to helping each customer, with the assistance of online planning tools and resources powered by Blueprint Registry and Rustic Wedding Chic, and Forever Bride, knowledgeable stylists, and expert alteration artisans who will guide them through the entire purchasing journey. With more than 300 stores located across the US, Canada, UK, and franchise locations in Mexico, we offer the convenience of one-stop shopping for every magical event in her life including weddings, Quinceañera, graduations, prom, communions, or simply making the world her runway and beyond. Additionally, David's recently launched #frontlinefierce Philanthropy Program dedicated to amplifying the heroism, fearlessness, and bravery of those who serve others in their community. To learn more about David's Bridal, visit www.DavidsBridal.com, download the Planning App, and connect on social media through Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
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WWE and the company that runs Ultimate Fighting Championship will combine to create a $21.4 billion sports entertainment company.
A new publicly traded company will house the UFC and World Wrestling Entertainment brands, with Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. taking a 51% controlling interest in the new company. Existing WWE shareholders will hold a 49% stake.
The companies put the enterprise value of UFC at $12.1 billion and WWE's value at $9.3 billion.
The new business, which does not yet have a name, will be lead by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel. Vince McMahon, executive chairman at WWE, will serve in the same role at the new company. Dana White will continue as president of UFC and Nick Khan will be president at WWE.
"Together, we will be a $21+ billion live sports and entertainment powerhouse with a collective fanbase of more than a billion people and an exciting growth opportunity," McMahon said in a prepared statement Monday.
He also provided some idea of where the focus of the new company will be, saying that it will look to maximize the value of combined media rights, enhance sponsorship monetization, develop new forms of content and pursue other strategic mergers and acquisitions to further bolster their brands.
Ties already exists talent wise between WWE and UFC, with stars such as Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey crossing over between the two businesses.
The deal between Endeavor and WWE catapults WWE into a new era, after functioning as a family-run business for decades. McMahon purchased Capitol Wrestling from his father in 1982, and took the regional wrestling business to a national audience with the likes of wrestling stars such as Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The company, which changed its name to World Wrestling Federation and later World Wrestling Entertainment, hosted its first WrestleMania in 1985.
McMahon, in an interview with CNBC, addressed the notion that there was doubt among some WWE fans and industry experts that he would ever make a deal for the business. "It's the right time to do the right thing. And it's the next evolution of WWE," he said.
The announcement of the WWE sale arrives after McMahon, the founder and majority shareholder of WWE, returned to the company in January and said that it could be up for sale.
Rumors swirled about who would possibly be interested in buying WWE, with Endeavor, Disney, Fox, Comcast, Amazon and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund all in the mix.
McMahon acknowledged to CNBC that there were several suitors for WWE, but that combining with Endeavor is the right move.
"It makes all the sense in the world for all these synergies that we have to extract all of the value that we can out of the marketplace," he explained.
Media industry analysts viewed WWE as an attractive target given its global reach and loyal fanbase, which includes everyone from minors to seniors and a wide range of incomes.
The company held its marquee event, WrestleMania, over the weekend. Last year, WWE booked revenue of $1.3 billion.
The company is also a social media powerhouse. It surpassed 16 billion social video views in the final quarter of last year. It has nearly 94 million YouTube subscribers and has more than 20 million followers on TikTok. Its female wrestlers comprise five out of the top 15 most followed female athletes in the world, across Facebook, Twitter & Instagram, led by Ronda Rousey with 36.1 million followers.
WWE had more than 7.5 billion digital and social media views in January and February of this year, up 15% from the same time frame a year ago.
The new company plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the "TKO" ticker symbol. Its board will have 11 members, with six being appointed by Endeavor and five being appointed by WWE.
"We like the assets of UFC and also WWE in a world where linear TV is losing market share to streaming, thus live sport content is in high demand," wrote Jeffries analyst Randal Konik said in a note to clients.
The transaction, which was approved by the boards of Endeavor and WWE, is targeted to close in the second half of the year. It still needs regulatory approval.
Shares of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., based in Stamford, Connecticut, are up 33% this year, but fell 5% at the opening bell Monday. Shares of Endeavor, based in Beverly Hills, California, slipped less than 1%.
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New episodes of the award-winning public affairs series focus on reproductive rights, global inflation, the education crisis and the Metaverse
NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching during a summer of seismic change in the United States, GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer opens its fifth season with a deep dive into the future of reproductive rights in America. Host Ian Bremmer interviews acclaimed journalist Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, a senior research fellow at Yale Law School and co-host of the Slate podcast Political Gabfest. Season 5 of the award-winning weekly global affairs series launches nationwide on public television beginning Friday, July 1 (check local listings). Other expert guests this season will include economist and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, American intelligence official Jen Easterly, and data expert and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. In the New York metro area, GZERO WORLD airs on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN, Saturdays at 6 p.m. on WLIW21, Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on NJ PBS and is available to stream at thirteen.org/gzeroworld.
Host Ian Bremmer provides insightful commentary and analysis as the world faces converging crises, and the U.S. contends with a highly polarized political environment ahead of the 2022 Midterm elections. This season's themes and topics include cybersecurity, global inflation, the war in Ukraine and its impact globally, climate change and the shift away from fossil fuels, the 2022 UN General Assembly in September, the Metaverse and its implications, U.S. relations in the Middle East as President Biden visits Saudi Arabia, and the worldwide education crisis following more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
GZERO WORLD also features "Puppet Regime," a satirical series that uses puppetry to parody world leaders from Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi to tech titans like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
Earlier this year, GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer earned three Telly Awards in the Television – General category for its episodes "The Korean Peninsula from K-Pop to Kim Jong-un," "UN Sec-Gen: Without Trust, Catastrophe Awaits" and "Afghanistan, 2021: Afghan & US Military Perspectives as the Last Soldier Leaves." "Puppet Regime" also earned a Telly Award in the Online – Series: Comedy category. Last season, GZERO WORLD hosted news-making interviews with former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, acclaimed organizational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Pakistan Minister of Foreign Affairs Hina Khar, and many others.
GZERO WORLD's host, Ian Bremmer, is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm, as well as GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs. He also serves as the foreign affairs columnist and editor at large for TIME magazine. Bremmer teaches political risk at Columbia University, and is the author of 11 books, the most recent being "The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World."
GZERO WORLD is executive produced by Alexsandra Sanford, Tony Maciulis and Ian Bremmer for GZERO Media. Alex Gibson, Sarah Kneezle, and Nolan Ticer are senior producers. Alexander Kliment is director, writer and performer for the "Puppet Regime" feature. Steve Michel and Andrew Ross Rowe are editors, and Ziyu Wu is production assistant. The series is presented by The WNET Group. Neal Shapiro and Stephen Segaller are executives in charge for The WNET Group. Distributed nationally by American Public Television.
The founding funder of GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer is First Republic Bank. Additional support is provided by Jerre & Mary Joy Stead, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Prologis, Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation, James and Merryl Tisch and Margot and Tom Pritzker.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - ActZero, a leading Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, today announced that it has been awarded the Best Managed Detection and Response Service for 2022 by the SC Awards. Now in its 25th year, the SC Awards honor cybersecurity innovators, and is one of the industry's most prestigious award programs.
"Cybersecurity threats, especially ransomware extortion attacks, are evolving at a pace that most organizations can't keep up with. This is particularly alarming for small and medium-sized businesses that lack the resources to defend against sophisticated criminal attackers," said Chris Finan, President and Chief Operating Officer at ActZero. "We're grateful for this recognition of our commitment to delivering a world-class MDR service. Our mission is to ensure IT Security teams defend their organizations against ransomware attacks, and every member of our ActZero team shares that responsibility with great pride. In an industry with so many dedicated professionals - and innovative vendor solutions - we're honored that our focus on continuous measurement and improvement to defeat today's ever-evolving adversary has stood out."
The 2022 SC Awards were the most competitive to date, with a record 800 entries received across 38 categories, a 21% increase over 2021, according to SC Media, the awarding organization. Offerings recognized in the Best Managed Detection and Response Service category deliver MDR services that combine advanced analytics, threat intelligence and human expertise providing organizations with advanced cybersecurity protection without the added personnel.
ActZero delivers a 24/7 outcome-focused Managed Detection and Response (MDR) platform that excels at discovering and stopping ransomware. The service combines endpoint detection and response, extended detection and response, next-generation antivirus protection and mobile threat defense with AI- and ML-enabled threat detections and human threat hunting to prevent, detect, contain and stop all types of cybersecurity threats - from commodity malware to sophisticated headline attacks - across endpoints, mobile, network, and cloud. ActZero eliminates needless alerts, and provides the visibility and security guidance businesses need to prioritize threat and vulnerability management.
"This award is a great recognition of the value and security outcomes delivered by ActZero's holistic threat protection" added Adam Mansour, Chief Security Officer at ActZero. "We've made the strategic investments needed to pinpoint threats in our customer environments and eradicate threats before they disrupt client operations or get a foothold in the ecosystem. That takes complete vision and the best detection tools in the market."
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On Friday night, Bad Bunny soared over a sea of screaming fans, sparkling wristbands and flashing cellphones as he rode atop a flying palm tree inside a stadium in Mexico City — the final stop in the reggaeton artist’s “World’s Hottest Tour.”
“This caused an unusual overcrowding and the intermittent operation of our system, which generated confusion and complicated entrance to the stadium, with the unfortunate consequence that some legitimate tickets were denied entry,” the company said on Twitter, adding that fans who had acquired “legitimate tickets through official channels” would be fully refunded.
The ticketing fiasco in Mexico is the latest debacle to roil Ticketmaster. Last month, the company’s chaotic rollout of presale tickets for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour led to a lawsuit from fans and investigations by attorneys general in multiple states. Now, another legal battle and government probe could be heading its way.
Shortly before midnight on Friday, Ricardo Sheffield, head of Mexico’s consumer protection agency, posted on Twitter that he had requested a report from Ticketmaster about the Bad Bunny concert situation. In an interview with Radio Fórmula the next day, Sheffield said the Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer (PROFECO) had already received approximately 1,600 complaints from fans who had been denied entry into the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
💬 "@Ticketmaster_Me dijo que eran boletos falsificados, pero todos lo emitieron ellos: lo que hicieron fue una sobreventa; va a ser multado, puede ser el 10% de sus ventas del año pasado": Ricardo Sheffield (@SheffieldGto), titular de la Profeco. ▶️ #Informa con @OSCAROLGUIN pic.twitter.com/ekJDOvoKv9
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Sheffield said PROFECO will require Ticketmaster to reimburse fans and also pay them extra compensation worth 20 percent of the ticket’s price. Additionally, the company will be forced to pay a fine that could total up to 10 percent of its earnings in 2021, he said.
PROFECO has received previous complaints about the company, Sheffield said, and has been gearing up to file a class-action suit against the entertainment giant since earlier this month — partly because of allegations that Ticketmaster has oversold tickets for its events, as it is accused of doing for Friday’s concert.
The tickets “weren’t falsified. Ticketmaster said they were falsified; but they issued all of them,” Sheffield told Radio Fórmula, calling the situation “an elegant way to oversell.”
Ticketmaster declined to respond to Sheffield’s allegations, instead referring The Washington Post to the company’s statement on Twitter.
While Ticketmaster has mostly used digital tickets in the United States since 2018, the company still uses a paper system in Mexico. Although its digital tickets are safeguarded from “being screenshotted or photocopied and sold multiple times by unscrupulous resellers,” the paper tickets are easier to duplicate and falsify.
Aitana Hernández, a longtime and die-hard Bad Bunny fan, told The Post she was one of the hundreds of people whose tickets were falsely deemed fake.
Hernández, who said she bought her ticket from Ticketmaster in February, had camped outside Azteca Stadium since Thursday morning, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a giant costume shaped like the heart logo in “Un Verano Sin Ti,” Bad Bunny’s latest album. After waiting outside for 30 hours, she said she was the 12th person in line when the doors opened. And that’s when the heartbreak began.
“They started bouncing people — the girl in front of me, then me and then like seven people after,” she said. “They told me my ticket had either been canceled or was a fake.”
Hernández showed workers at the venue her receipt and Ticketmaster account. Then they called the bank to confirm the transaction. By 10 p.m., she had waited in five different lines and had her paper ticket verified multiple times — only to be told “if it doesn’t pass, it doesn’t pass,” she said. Around her, Hernández said, some concertgoers tried climbing over a fence while others had their tickets ripped in front of them; tearful sobs and angry cries rang out around her.
“I’m so sick of this,” she said. “As a fan you prefer buying tickets from [Ticketmaster] instead of resale because that’s how you know your tickets aren’t false. Then, who are we supposed to trust?”
Although the stadium’s security didn’t initially let her through, Hernández saw “a total miracle” happen Friday night. The sobbing pleas she’d made on Instagram went viral — “People all over social media started demanding: Let the crying heart in!” she said. Westwood Entertainment, a music producing company in Mexico that was raffling a ticket, took notice and offered her a way in.
When she walked in to the front row, Bad Bunny was playing “Moscow Mule,” a synth-infused song inspired by the artist’s drink of choice.
“I cried, even during the songs that you’re not supposed to cry over,” Hernández said. “A couple of girls there started asking me if I was okay, and when I told them what had happened, they kept hugging me.”
“That moment was mine, and I’ll never forget it,” she added. “But I was one of the lucky ones. My heart breaks for all of the other ones. The people responsible for the ticket madness have to be held accountable.” | 2022-12-12T11:23:16+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/12/bad-bunny-ticketmaster-mexico/ |
LONDON, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Announced during NYC.NFT 2022, luxury champagne connoisseur Shammi Shinh has broken his 2013 record of World's Most Expensive Champagne by partnering with the artist that illustrated Sneaky Vampire Syndicate. Taking cues from the world's most expensive address, the new luxury champagne brand 'Champagne Avenue Foch' has been adorned with NFTs designed by the artist.
A 1 of 1 Magnum bottle has been made available to purchase on OpenSea as an NFT priced at 2500 ETH, making it the new most expensive single bottle of Champagne in the world at $2.5 million USD. Made from 100% Premier Cru grapes, Champagne Avenue Foch is produced at a family-owned estate, Allouchery in Chamery, which sits in the heart of the champagne vineyards. Allouchery prides itself on passing their grapes through the same presses that have been in the family for generations.
In 2013, British Entrepreneur Shammi Shinh released Taste of Diamonds champagne at $1.9 million USD, which became an A-list celebrity favourite with One Direction and Flo Rida, appearing in music videos and Hollywood blockbusters such as Marvel's Justice League. This latest release sees him break his record through an artistic collaboration.
Shammi Shinh said: "NFTs are the new diamonds. This 1 of 1 bottle features art from NFT collections that have over a billion dollars in sales. Encrusted with diamond-cut Swarovski crystals with pure pewter embedded in the design, I wanted to create something timeless for the modern investor, nothing less of a masterpiece. As it is sold as an NFT, I expect it to be traded a few times in the marketplace before the physical bottle lands with the right individual who will HODL (Hold On For Dear Life). In order to receive the physical champagne bottle, the buyer will need to burn the NFT. The champagne itself is a work of art and unmatched quality."
The Sneaky Vampire Syndicate NFT consists of 8,888 hand-illustrated vampires released in September 2021.
This collaboration sees Shammi adding his trademark sparkle with diamond-cut Swarovski stones to the NFT artwork.
The Sneaky Vampire Syndicate will preview the limited-edition bottle at their London event at The Box, Soho. June 25th.
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Weekly newspapers in New Town and Parshall appear to have closed recently.
The New Town News closed last month, according to New Town City Auditor Eileen Zaun. The city attorney informed her of the newspaper closing; she doesn't know the reason why.
She will look to the Stanley-based Mountrail County Promoter to publish New Town legal notices.
"You want to keep things local, and now we've got to go into Stanley instead of New Town to put our news in. It's a loss. It definitely is. A lot of people read the paper here," Zaun said. "It's a terrible loss to our city."
Parshall City Auditor Kelly Woessner said she's had no correspondence since late April with the Mountrail County Record, and has not been able to reach anyone at the paper.
The Parshall City Council will decide whether to temporarily publish its legal notices in the Promoter "until we find out what is going on," she said.
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A phone number for the New Town and Parshall newspapers was disconnected. A Tribune email to both newspapers was returned "undeliverable."
Other North Dakota weekly newspapers have shuttered in recent years. The Edgeley Mail closed last year.
The Killdeer-based Dunn County Herald closed in 2019, and the Walhalla Mountaineer shut down in 2020.
The U.S. has lost more than one-fourth of its newspapers since 2005 -- 2,500 papers -- and is on track to lose a third by 2025, according to The State of Local News 2022 report from Northwestern University's Medill School. More than one-fifth of the nation's citizens live in a "news desert," according to the report. Visiting Professor Penelope Abernathy calls it "a real crisis for democracy."
"The loss of local journalism has been accompanied by the malignant spread of misinformation and disinformation, political polarization, eroding trust in media, and a yawning digital and economic divide among citizens," Abernathy wrote. "In communities without a credible source of local news, voter participation declines, corruption in both government and business increases, and local residents end up paying more in taxes and at checkout." | 2023-05-08T23:39:36+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/2-western-north-dakota-newspapers-apparently-close/article_0f42efc4-eb6f-11ed-9476-ffb97013837b.html |
Shortly before he opened fire, the white gunman accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket allowed a small group of people to see his detailed plans for the attack, which he had been chronicling for months in a private, online diary.
Discord, the chat platform where 18-year-old Payton Gendron kept the diary, confirmed Wednesday that an invitation to access his private writings was sent to the group about a half-hour before Saturday’s attack at Tops Friendly Market, which he live-streamed on another online service. Some of them accepted.
Gendron’s diary and its racist, anti-Semitic entries dated to last November included step-by-step descriptions of his assault plans, a detailed account of a reconnaissance trip he made to Buffalo in March, and maps of the store that he drew by hand.
“What we know at this time is that a private, invite-only server was created by the suspect to serve as a personal diary chat log,” a Discord spokesperson said in a written statement. “Approximately 30 minutes prior to the attack, however, a small group of people were invited to and joined the server. Before that, our records indicate no other people saw the diary chat log in this private server.”
It wasn’t clear if any of the people who accessed Gendron’s diary or saw his livestream did anything to alert the authorities or attempt to stop the attack. Discord said it removed Gendron’s diary as soon as the platform became aware of it, in accordance with the company’s policies against violent extremism.
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said Monday that investigators were working to obtain, verify and review Gendron’s online postings.
Copies of his Discord diary — essentially a transcript of his postings to his private chat log — briefly surfaced elsewhere online after the shooting, along with a 180-page screed attributed to him. Both were laced with white supremacist beliefs echoing a baseless extremist conspiracy theory about a plot to diminish the influence of white people.
President Joe Biden, visiting Buffalo on Tuesday, repudiated such beliefs, saying: “Now’s the time for people of all races, from every background, to speak up as a majority … and reject white supremacy.”
Gendron was arraigned over the weekend on a murder charge; a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf and he remains jailed under a suicide watch. He is scheduled to appear in court in Buffalo again Thursday.
Tech companies like Discord and Twitch, which authorities say Gendron used to livestream the supermarket attack, are under scrutiny for their role as vectors of hate speech.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday authorized the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, to investigate social media platforms used by Gendron to determine if they have “civil or criminal liability for their role in promoting, facilitating, or providing a platform to plan and promote violence.”
Discord said it planned to cooperate with James’ probe and is continuing to assist law enforcement in the ongoing investigation into the shooting.
“Our deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families,” the company said. “Hate has no place on Discord and we are committed to combating violence and extremism.”
Messages seeking comment were left with Twitch. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear told the Harvard Business Review in an interview earlier on Wednesday that the Amazon-owned platform would continue to “invest heavily in ensuring the safety of everyone on Twitch.”
“I think this is an example of one of those places where we’ve done a lot of work, but there is obviously still work to be done,” Shear said.
Attempts to reach representatives of two other tech platforms James is investigating, 8kun and 4chan, were unsuccessful. Gendron wrote in his diary that those boards were where he started reading up on the racist ideologies that set him on a path to killing nonwhite, non-Christian people.
When reached for comment, Ron Watkins, the longtime administrator of 8kun and its predecessor, 8chan, said he resigned from the organization last year and has “no idea what’s going on with that.”
Gendron wrote in his Discord diary that he started reading 4chan a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and that he was heavily influenced by Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 people in a shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019. Gendron wrote that he originally planned his attack for March 15, the three-year anniversary of Tarrant’s attack.
Copies of Gendron’s diary postings were shared with The Associated Press by Marc-André Argentino, a research fellow at the London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence. He said it was possible but unlikely the diary could have been altered by someone other than the author.
Gendron, in the diary, said he specifically targeted a store with a predominantly Black clientele, researching spots in Rochester, Syracuse and on Long Island before settling on Buffalo. Prosecutors say he showed up Saturday wearing body armor and armed with an AR-15-style rifle as a helmet-mounted camera streamed to the internet.
Problems with his gun and then a bout with COVID-19 — which he theorized he contracted from a fast-food chicken sandwich poisoned by government agents — prevented him from attacking earlier, he wrote in the diary.
Gendron wrote that he started thinking about “a personal attack against the replacers” a few weeks prior to an episode in a high school class about a year ago. That episode led to him being taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
A few weeks before the attack, Gendron wrote that neither his parents nor his brothers were aware of his plans, but that he feared they would find out.
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Sisak reported from New York. Associated Press reporters Haleluya Hadero in New York, Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., and Carolyn Thompson in Buffalo, New York, contributed to this report.
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Follow Michael Sisak on Twitter at twitter.com/mikesisak | 2022-05-19T02:53:46+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/buffalo-shooter-let-some-people-see-plans-just-before-attack/ |
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has made his youngest brother the Duke of Edinburgh, passing on a title held by their late father, Prince Philip.
Buckingham Palace said the title was conferred on Prince Edward on Friday, his 59th birthday.
Edward is the youngest of the four children of Philip and the late Queen Elizabeth II. His wife Sophie will now be known as the Duchess of Edinburgh, and their 15-year-old son James becomes Earl of Wessex, the title Edward previously held.
Prince Philip was made Duke of Edinburgh when he married the then Princess Elizabeth in 1947, and he held the title until his death in 2021 at the age of 99. It had been Philip’s wish that Edward should get the dukedom after he and the queen had both died. Elizabeth died in September at age 96.
One of Philip’s legacies is the Duke of Edinburgh awards, a popular youth activities program set up in 1956.
The palace said that “the new Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are proud to continue Prince Philip’s legacy of promoting opportunities for young people of all backgrounds to reach their full potential.”
The announcement comes after another title change this week when Prince Harry and Meghan began officially using the titles Prince and Princess for their children Archie and Lilibet. | 2023-03-10T12:46:39+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/entertainment-news/uk-has-new-duke-of-edinburgh-as-king-gives-his-brother-title/ |
As the weather warms and sunny weekends draw hungry foodies into the outdoors, tasting events and festivals are gearing up for the season. Many of them are fundraisers for nonprofits. All of them offer tasty bites of a varied menu. Some also feature adult beverages.
Here’s a list of some spring food-centric events where you can fill your belly now through the end of June.
This article will be updated as additional May and June food events are announced.
GYROFEST
• What: A drive-thru celebration of Greek food.
• When: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
• Where: Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 64 Hershey Ave., Lancaster.
• Details: At three drive-thru lanes, you can buy a platter with a gyro in pita bread, a Greek salad and two pieces of spanakopita (spinach pie) for $12; a gyro sandwich only for $9; a box of Greek pastries for $7 to $17; and 16 ounces of rice pudding for $9. A bottle of Wanderlust Coffees’ cold brew is available this year for $4.
• Benefits: The charities supported by the church.
• Info: For a menu or to preorder, visit lanc.news/GyrofestOrder23.
RHUBARB FESTIVAL
• What: A celebration of rhubarb, with a variety of rhubarb-based treats and beverages.
• When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 19 and 20.
• Where: Kitchen Kettle Village, 3529 Old Philadelphia Pike, Intercourse.
• Details: A variety of rhubarb-based foods and beverages are available for sampling, and more than 300 pounds of local rhubarb will be for sale. Both the rhubarb-car derby and the rhubarb dessert contest are Saturday, May 20. Home bakers will compete in various categories and baked goods will be sold. There also will be live music, a strolling comedian, a pretzel-twisting contest and more. Admission and parking are free.
• Benefits: The Lancaster Farmland Trust.
• Info: For a schedule of events, see lanc.news/RhubarbSchedule23. To register for the baking contest, visit lanc.news/RhubarbContest23.
PARTY ON THE PLAZA, PARTY ON MAIN, EPHRATA
• What: Food and beverage vendors at an outdoor evening party, plus a daytime themed walk through Ephrata’s business district.
• When: Free first Saturday events start for the season on Saturday, June 3, 1-4:30 p.m. for Party on Main and 4:30-8 p.m. for Party on the Plaza.
• Where: Main Street, Ephrata, and the Whistle Stop Plaza, 16 E. Main St., Ephrata.
• Details: Party on Main’s theme for June is a Wine Walk, for which several area wineries will have portable tasting rooms set up inside Main Street businesses. Party on the Plaza features live music, food trucks and adult beverages for sale (you’ll need to show a 21-and-up ID for the drinks). EpitomeFit will lead an exercise session at the start of the day, from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. on the plaza.
• Info: For information on first-Saturday themed walks and evening parties for the season, visit lanc.news/EphrataParty23.
TASTE OF LITITZ
• What: A block party showcasing Lititz-area food businesses.
• When: 5-9 p.m. Friday, June 2.
• Where: Main Street, Lititz.
• Details: This free event is hosted by Venture Lititz. Main Street will be closed from Water to Broad streets. Local restaurants and food and beverage businesses will sell small bites for sampling. There will be live music and family-friendly activities.
• Info: lanc.news/TasteofLititz23.
LUTHER ACRES STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
• What: Strawberry treats and more at a senior care community.
• When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 3.
• Where: The lawn in front of Luther Acres Healthcare Center, 600 E. Main St., Lititz; it will move indoors in case of rain.
• Details: Hosted by the Luther Acres Residents’ Council, the festival features fresh, local strawberries, along with shortcake, ice cream and whipped cream for $6; for $4 extra, make it a meal with a hot dog, chips and a drink. There will be raffles for two queen-sized quilts ($5 for two tickets, $10 for an arm’s-length strip of tickets or $15 for two arm’s-length strips.
• Info: Luthercare.org/events.
LANCASTER VEGFEST
• What: A two-day festival celebrating plant-based living and raising awareness for Lancaster Farm Sanctuary.
• When: Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4.
• Where: Buchanan Park, 901 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster.
• Details: There will be a food court with more than 35 vendors selling vegan meals, desserts and snacks. There will be a vegan farmers market; vegan-friendly vendors; a vegan beer garden featuring vegan beer, cider and cocktails; farm sanctuary displays; kids’ activities; yoga; live music; and speakers.
• Admission: $5 suggested donation; VIP tickets are $35 (plus an online fee), which gets you a tote bag of samples and coupons and early access to popular food vendors, from 11 a.m. to noon, on either day of the festival.
• Benefits: The care of rescued animals at Lancaster Farm Sanctuary.
• Info and VIP tickets: pavegfest.com.
CENTRAL MARKET STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
• When: 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 10.
• Where: Inside and outside Central Market, 23 N. Market St., Lancaster.
• Details: There will be fresh strawberries, strawberry drinks and treats, live music and face painting. There will be a long table set up on William Henry Place for families and friends to enjoy their breakfasts and strawberry treats.
• Info: lanc.news/MarketStrawberry23.
STRAWBERRY SOCIAL, ELIZABETHTOWN
• What: Community picnic in Elizabethtown.
• When: 1-6 p.m. Sunday, June 11.
• Where: Elizabethtown Borough Park, 1 Ken Lane, Elizabethtown.
• Details: Those attending the free community event are asked to wear red and bring picnic items or just themselves. There will be free strawberry treats to sample, along with food trucks selling food and drink, pie-eating and cupcake-eating contests, a free candy buffet, live music, a water battle, face painting, a makers’ market and more.
• Info: For a schedule of events, visit lanc.news/StrawberryEtown23.
Food truck events
FOOD TRUCK FRENZY, ELIZABETHTOWN
• What: Food truck festival.
• When: 3-7 p.m. Saturday.
• Where: Elizabethtown Fire Department Station 74, 171 N. Mount Joy St., Elizabethtown.
• Details: Several food trucks will be serving up food at the fire company. There will also be a clothing drive.
• Benefits: Elizabethtown Fire Department.
• Info: lanc.news/FoodTruckEtown23.
FOOD TRUCKS FUR PUPS
• What: A food truck event to raise money for rescue groups.
• When: 3-9 p.m. Saturday, May 20.
• Where: Furdunkin veterinary center, 1090 N. Charlotte St., Lancaster.
• Details: Several food trucks and breweries will be serving food and beverages, and there will be vendors serving up treats for dogs. There will be a raffle, games for humans and dogs, a cornhole tournament and live music by Esteem All Stars Band.
• Benefits: Animal rescue organizations including Long Dogs and Friends Rescue, Doberman Pinscher Rescue of PA, the Wolf Sanctuary of PA and the Furdunkin Foundation.
• Info: For a list of food trucks and breweries, visit lanc.news/TrucksFurPups23. To register for the cornhole tournament ($50), see furdunkin.com.
WARWICK BANDS FOOD TRUCK FEST
• What: Food trucks in the park.
• When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 21.
• Where: Lititz Springs Park, 24 N. Broad St., Lititz.
• Details: Hosted by the Warwick high school and middle school bands; more than a dozen food trucks will serve up a variety of meals, snacks and desserts. Admission is free; buy your food as you go.
• Info: lanc.news/WarwickFoodTrucks23
• Benefits: Warwick school band programs.
FOOD TRUCK FRENZY, MANHEIM
• What: A festival featuring a variety of food trucks and more.
• When: Noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, May 21.
• Where: Manheim Fire Department, 83 S. Main St., Manheim. Parking will be available at Jubilee Ministries, Ferdinand and Hazel streets.
• Details: More than a dozen food trucks will serve up meals, snacks and desserts. There will be ax throwing, fire station tours, fire truck bucket rides, fire extinguisher training and family-friendly activities. Police, EMTs and K9 officer Tundra will be there, too.
• Benefits: Manheim Fire Department.
• Info: For a schedule of events and list of food trucks, visit lanc.news/FoodTruckManheim23.
FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL FOR THE OCCUPATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER
• What: Food trucks, music and family fun.
• When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3.
• Where: Stauffer Park, 1241 Lititz Pike, Lancaster.
• Details: More than 15 food trucks serving snacks, desserts, international cuisines, seafood, barbecue and more. Through the Touch-a-Truck program, kids and their families can tour and get photos with a variety of construction vehicles from the Township Parks Department, as well as a township fire truck and police cruiser. The Bookmobile will be on hand, and there will be raffles and music provided by Occasions Disc Jockeys. Note: Some businesses, and raffles, are cash only.
• Benefits: The Occupational Development Center, a nonprofit that provides training and employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities, and the Manheim Township Recreation & Park Planning Department.
• Info: lanc.news/ODCFoodTrucks23.
FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY, EAST PETERSBURG
• What: Food trucks at the fire company.
• When: 5-9 p.m. Friday, June 16.
• here: East Petersburg Volunteer Fire Company Station 23 parking lot, 6076 Pine St., East Petersburg.
• Details: A few food trucks serving up food in the parking lot. Peace of Mind Protection Co. of Lancaster will be there with its smoke training maze.
Beverage events
WAREHOUSE DISTRICT BEER GARDEN
• What: A community space to enjoy food and beer.
• When: 4-9 p.m. Thursdays, 4-10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
• Where: 595 N. Charlotte St., Lancaster.
• Details: There will be beer and cider to buy, tables with umbrellas, music and yard games. Visitors will be carded and those 21 and over can get a wristband to order drinks.
• Info: lanc.news/WarehouseGarden23 or read the LancasterOnline story.
FLAVORFEST
• What: Wine and spirits sampling event.
• Dates: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28.
• Where: The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire at Mount Hope Estate & Winery, 2775 Lebanon Road, north of Manheim.
• Details: Twenty-eight wineries and seven distilleries will be serving up samples, and there will lunch from on-site kitchens. There will also be merchants and a wine tent for buying bottles of wine and spirits. You must be 21 or over to sample adult beverages.
• Admission: Adults, $21.95 (includes a tasting glass); guests ages 12-20, $6.85; children 11 and under, free. Tickets must be bought online in advance.
• Info and tickets: parenfaire.com/flavorfest.html.
LANCASTER REC BEER GARDENS
• What: Family-friendly beer garden with food and music, sponsored by Lancaster Rec, staring June 1.
• When: Weekdays 4–10 p.m.; Saturdays 1-10 p.m. and Sundays 1-8 p.m., different dates and locations in June.
• Where: June 1-10, Buchanan Park, 901 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster; June 14-17, Ewell Plaza, 145 N. Queen St., Lancaster; June 22-July 1, Musser Park, 222 E. Chestnut St.
• Details: There will be beer, food trucks and tables; people can sit and sip, play lawn games and enjoy music. You must be 21 to order beer.
• Benefits: The programs of Lancaster Rec.
• Info: lancasterrec.org/beergardens or read the LancasterOnline story.
BREWFEST
• What: Sampling of beers from brewers from around the country.
• When: Two sessions, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 4:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 10.
• Where: Mount Hope Estate & Winery, 2775 Lebanon Road, north of Manheim.
• Details: On the grounds of the estate, sample beers and ciders from around the country. There will be food and entertainment, as well. Everyone at the festival must be 21 or older.
• Admission: $59.95 per person (plus an online fee).
• Info and tickets: parenfaire.com/brewfest.html.
EPHRATA BREWFEST
• What: Beer samples, food and entertainment.
• When: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 24.
• Where: Whistle Stop Plaza, 16 E. Main St., Ephrata.
• Admission: $40 per person; $10 for designated drivers.
• Details: More than a dozen brewers will be serving samples. J.R.’s Brisket & BBQ and Wingmans food truck will be selling food, and the band Jimmy The Whale will provide live music. Everyone attending must be 21 or over and must show ID. No smoking, vaping or pets allowed.
• Benefits: Ephrata Public Library, Ephrata Recreation Center and Mainspring of Ephrata.
• Info and tickets: ephratabrewfest.com. | 2023-05-10T10:02:58+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/features/food/spring-tasting-events-food-festivals-serve-up-food-trucks-brews-local-produce-music-and-games/article_22e3e0c8-edd7-11ed-a813-334ce38a44c7.html |
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A baby’s first flight can often be a memorable one, but for one child, his first flight was made even more special. It’s all thanks to a Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant.
Callie and Leo Foster said they were returning home to Los Angeles following a vacation on the island when a flight attendant saw them signing to their son Luca.
That’s when another flight attendant came over and began a conversation.
“He was just fully immersed in this conversation,” said Callie. “You could see immediately his little hands go and him making all those sounds and grunts, because he really understood it was a connection. It was the first time we’ve ever really seen him communicate with somebody other than us in sign.”
“Then his little grunt, his excited little scream, when he saw this random flight attendant signing to him, it was really special,” said Milo Penarubia, Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant. “I’ll remember it for a long time.”
Penarubia said, he spent his free time on plane rides learning sign language by watching YouTube videos so he could communicate with his deaf or hard-of-hearing passengers.
Luca’s parents said they’d like to extend their gratitude to him and hope more people will take the time to learn American Sign Language to connect with the deaf community. | 2022-12-09T01:18:00+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/video-captures-babys-reaction-after-flight-attendant-starts-signing-with-him/ |
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's attorney general has asked the state's highest appeals court to set execution dates for 25 death row inmates following a federal judge's rejection of their challenge to the state’s lethal injection method.
In 25 similar filings with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday, Attorney General John O'Connor wrote that the federal court's stays of execution are no longer in place and that therefore there are no longer any legal impediments to executing the inmates, who have exhausted their appeals.
The state Department of Corrections has asked that the first execution be set no earlier than Aug. 25, O'Connor wrote. He asked that the dates be set at four week intervals due to the time required for a clemency hearing for each inmate prior to an execution, and that the DOC requested executions be set at least 35 days after the court's order.
“For the sake of the victims' families, many of whom have waited for decades — as many executions as possible are set four weeks apart,” O'Connor wrote.
O'Connor suggested that the first inmate who should be put to death is James Coddington, whose March 10 execution was postponed after U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot allowed him to join the lawsuit that ultimately failed.
A phone call to the office of an attorney for Coddington rang unanswered Saturday. Defense attorneys have previously said Coddington has a mental illness.
Coddington was convicted and sentenced to die for the 1997 hammer killing in Choctaw of co-worker Albert Hale, who prosecutors said had refused to lend Coddington $50 to buy drugs.
Second on the list, which the filing said was proposed based on when each inmate's appeals were exhausted, would be Richard Glossip, the lead plaintiff in the federal lawsuit. He was hours from being executed September 2015 when prison officials realized they had received the wrong lethal drug.
It was later learned the same wrong drug had been used previously to execute an inmate, and executions in the state were put on hold.
Glossip, who was twice convicted and sentenced to die for killing Barry Van Treese, the owner of the motel where Glossip worked, has maintained his innocence.
Don Knight, Glossip's attorney, noted that a group of Republican lawmakers who question Glossip's guilt have requested a review of the case.
“Those findings could reveal exculpatory information previously unknown until this point,” Knight said in a statement. “Until everyone has the opportunity to examine the final report, the Attorney General has a moral duty to delay the execution of Richard Glossip.”
Executions in Oklahoma resumed in October with John Grant, who convulsed on the gurney and vomited before being declared dead. Since then, three more executions were carried out without noticeable complications, most recently inmate Gilbert Ray Postelle, who was put to death Feb. 17.
Federal public defender Jennifer Moreno, one of the attorneys who represented the inmates in the failed federal lawsuit, has said an appeal of Friot's ruling was being considered.
She didn't immediately reply to Saturday messages seeking comment. | 2022-06-11T20:39:19+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Oklahoma-official-seeks-execution-dates-for-25-17235496.php |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
9-1-1
(nine, one, one)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
9-1-1
(nine, one, one) | 2022-10-07T21:54:54+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Midday-game-17494596.php |
Drivers in Santa Barbara County can expect new changes to the signal at the intersection of Highway 154 and State Street in Santa Barbara.
Westbound travelers on State Street will notice a new LED sign that will display a no-right turn on red when the westbound signal is red.
For the latest or fastest information on highways or roads in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties please visit @CaltransD5 on Twitter or visit QuickMap.dot.ca.gov. | 2023-02-01T22:18:50+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/signal-light-changes-at-the-hwy-154-and-state-st-intersection |
CHICAGO (AP) — Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died. He was 87.
Lewis is revered in jazz circles for 1960s hits like “The ‘In’ Crowd,” “Hang on Sloopy” and “Wade in the Water.” He earned three Grammy awards and seven gold records. The trio’s first record in 1956 was “Ramsey Lewis and the Gentlemen of Swing.”
Lewis died Monday in his sleep at his Chicago home, according to his son, Bobby Lewis.
“He was just at peace,” Bobby Lewis told The Associated Press on Monday night. “Most people say when they met dad that he was a class act. He was that way even through his last breath.”
Ramsey Lewis described his approach to composing and performing in a 2011 interview with the AP.
“Life is a solo, and it continues,” Lewis said, sitting at the dining room table in his downtown Chicago home. “I just know that when I put my hands on the piano it’s going to flow.”
Lewis first took piano lessons at age 4. He spent his early days in Chicago using his gospel and classical roots to create his own jazz style in the many neighborhood venues that hired young jazz musicians.
“It gave us a lot of opportunity to try our ideas and learn what it means to perform in front of an audience,” Lewis said as he was named National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2007. He accepted the award from his mentor and fellow Jazz Master, pianist Billy Taylor.
During his career, Lewis performed with musical stars such as Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Al Jarreau and Pat Metheney. Lewis had more than 80 albums to his credit — three dozen of them with Chicago-based Chess Records. He toured around the world and performed at the 1995 state dinner that then-President Bill Clinton hosted for President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil.
“I believe that my father — his love for the piano and his passion for the piano and how he coveted this love and how he protected it — that gave him longevity,” Bobby Lewis said. “He recognized the gift God had given him.”
The Chicago native began composing large-scale musical works later in his career. His first was an eight-movement piece for Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet. He also completed a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln — “Proclamation of Hope: A Symphonic Poem by Ramsey Lewis.”
Lewis also hosted radio shows in the 1990s and 2000, including “The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show,” on WNUA-FM and the syndicated “Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis.” In 2007, he hosted “Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis,” a weekly program that aired on public television stations nationwide.
The show’s creators said it was the first time jazz was featured on a weekly basis on network television in 40 years. It featured jazz greats and up-and-comers.
Lewis also spent time working on behalf of charities that brought music to young people.
“Ramsey’s passion for music was truly fueled by the love and dedication of his fans across the globe,” his wife, Janet Lewis, said in a Facebook post. “He loved touring and meeting music lovers from so many cultures and walks of life. It was our family’s great pleasure to share Ramsey in this special way with all those who admired his God-given talents.”
Brett Steele, whose Tampa, Florida-based Steele Management represented Lewis since 2011, said Lewis spent the last year of his life working on his memoirs which are completed and scheduled to be published next year.
In addition to his wife and son, Lewis also is survived by daughters Denise Jeffries and Dawn Allain; two other sons Kendall Kelly Lewis and Frayne Lewis; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Former Associated Press writer Caryn Rousseau was the primary contributor to this report. AP writer Corey Williams contributed from Detroit. | 2022-09-13T04:48:22+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-renowned-jazz-pianist-ramsey-lewis-has-died-age-87/ |
An online merchant who runs one of the few remaining websites where you can buy floppy disks says they're still used in the medical and airline industries.
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An online merchant who runs one of the few remaining websites where you can buy floppy disks says they're still used in the medical and airline industries.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-09-22T09:59:35+00:00 | nprillinois.org | https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-09-22/some-industries-still-use-floppy-disks-this-is-one-of-the-only-places-to-buy-them |
LONDON (AP) — All hail the rising sun.
A seemingly curious alliance of druids, pagans, hippies, local residents, tourists and costumed witches and wizards are gathering around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun, or to have some communal fun.
They will stay and celebrate at Stonehenge for the night and greet sunrise on Wednesday, which will be the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.
All over the U.K., optimism will reign supreme as summer officially starts. It’s no coincidence that the nearby Glastonbury Festival, one of the world’s biggest music events, opens its doors on Wednesday, too. Both Stonehenge and Glastonbury supposedly lie on ley lines — mystical energy connections across the U.K.
For the thousands making the pilgrimage to Stonehenge, approximately 80 miles (128 kilometers) southwest of London, it is more than looking forward to Elton John at Glastonbury or a few ciders in the sun.
For druids, modern-day spiritualists linked to the ancient Celtic religious order, Stonehenge has a centuries-long importance, and they will be there to perform dawn rituals around the solstice in their traditional white robes. It’s effectively all about the cycle of life, of death and rebirth.
This year, the summer solstice at Stonehenge goes from 7 p.m. Tuesday through 8 a.m. Wednesday. For this one night, worshippers are allowed to spend the night inside the stone circle. Others chant or play their acoustic guitars. Alcohol is prohibited, as are sound systems. Bring a blanket, but no sleeping bags, please. And definitely, no climbing on the stones.
The rules have been tightened over the decades, certainly during the coronavirus pandemic. Back in the less-restrained past, tens of thousands would travel by foot, car, bus or motorcycle to worship at the solar temple, or just have a bit of fun.
It is a symbol of British culture and history and remains one of the country’s biggest tourist draws, despite the seemingly permanent traffic jams on the nearby A303 highway, a popular route for motorists traveling to and from the southwest of England.
Stonehenge, one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments and a World Heritage Site, was built on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain in stages starting 5,000 years ago, with the unique stone circle erected in the late Neolithic period about 2,500 B.C. Some of the stones, the so-called bluestones, are known to have come from the Preseli Hills in southwest Wales, nearly 150 miles (240 kilometers) away, but the origins of others remain a mystery.
The site’s meaning has been the subject of vigorous debate, with some theories seemingly more outlandish, if not alien, than others.
English Heritage, a charity that manages hundreds of historic sites, notes several explanations — from Stonehenge being a coronation place for Danish kings, a druid temple, a cult center for healing, or an astronomical computer for predicting eclipses and solar events.
The charity said the most generally accepted interpretation “is that of a prehistoric temple aligned with the movements of the sun.”
After all, the stones match perfectly with the sun at both the summer and winter solstices. On the summer solstice, the sun rises behind the Heel Stone in the northeast part of the horizon and its first rays shine into the heart of the stone circle. When the sky is clear, those rays are a triumphant spectacle to behold.
But, let’s be honest, that’s not always the case during the British summer. After weeks of dry and sunny weather, the forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning is a bit iffy.
It’s time to pray to the sun king. | 2023-06-21T01:36:47+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/thousands-gather-at-stonehenge-for-annual-ritual-marking-the-summer-solstice/ |
Findings published today in AACC's Clinical Chemistry journal
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists have developed a test that could greatly improve quality of life for infants with homocystinuria (HCU)—a congenital disease that, if not treated early, causes serious complications. Research demonstrating the efficacy of this test was published today in AACC's Clinical Chemistry journal.
View the full study here: https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvad007
HCU impedes an infant's ability to metabolize the amino acid methionine, which is a component of many proteins, such as those found in breastmilk. This leads to a pathological increase in levels of methionine and another amino acid known as homocysteine, causing severe complications if left untreated. These complications range from eye and skeletal issues to vascular abnormalities and intellectual disabilities. The good news is that early detection and treatment of HCU can prevent these complications. In light of this, since 2006, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has included HCU on the list of disorders for which newborns should be screened. However, current tests only measure levels of methionine, which are often still low when newborn screening occurs. As a result, it's estimated that these tests miss around 50% of HCU cases, which are then at high risk of going untreated.
In an effort to remedy this, a group of researchers led by Konstantinos Petritis, PhD, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has developed and validated a newborn screening test for HCU that works by measuring homocysteine levels. In infants with HCU, homocysteine levels usually rise before methionine levels, and they almost always rise during the first few days of life when newborn screening is performed, making homocysteine a better early marker of this disease.
To evaluate the test's performance, Petritis's team used it to screen residual newborn screening specimens from infants who had already received diagnoses. One hundred of these samples were from healthy patients; 50 came from HCU-negative infants receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN), which is given to premature babies in the NICU; and 2 samples were from HCU-positive patients. The test successfully distinguished between the healthy and HCU-positive samples. It also accurately classed the TPN samples as HCU-negative, which is noteworthy because another problem with methionine tests for HCU is that they produce false positives in babies receiving TPN.
"Here we present the only flow injection analysis–tandem mass spectrometry first-tier newborn screening method that directly quantifies total homocysteine from dried blood spots," said Petritis. "The ability to screen total homocysteine during first-tier newborn screening is a significant step toward reducing HCU false-negative rates, which will enable early identification and intervention to reduce HCU-associated morbidity and mortality."
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SHANGHAI , Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 22, 2022, TÜV Rheinland Greater China ("TÜV Rheinland") awarded the Eye Comfort (AR) Certification for Nreal's AR glasses, Nreal Air, ahead of the device's official launch in China. The bestowal of TÜV Rheinland's highest-level display certification for AR devices to Nreal Air follows Nreal's earlier accolade in February of this year, in which the brand received TÜV Rheinland's world-first Low Blue Light (Hardware Solution) and Flicker Free certifications for AR glasses.
The Eye Comfort (AR) standard embodies TÜV Rheinland's endeavor to expand its eye comfort standard system to the realm of augmented reality. This consists of visual perception, visual health, ergonomic design, user experience, and health guidelines. AR products that comply with this standard and are granted this designation meet strict ergonomic and user-experience design requirements, including a high-quality display, improvements to eye health, and a comfortable user experience.
Jin Peng, Nreal co-founder and head of commercialization and strategy, explains, "As a near-eye display device, the health and comfort of users of AR glasses must be prioritized for the benefit of users. Without regard for users, a lack of focus on high definition and colorful image quality will often deliver a nauseating user experience. However, with Nreal Air, we're setting the standard for superior comfort for our users' eyes. And this is in part due to optimizations introduced to reduce the causes of discomfort, including blue light, flicker, and vergence-accommodation conflict (VAC). All these are made possible by our newly launched and world-leading self-developed optical display architecture -- the 'Jinghong Ruiying' optical engine 2.0 -- along with the industry's top micro-OLED screen, and our original 'Pixel tuning/anti-distortion algorithm.' We will also step up our collaboration with TÜV Rheinland in the days to come, as we work together to develop a premium standard for the AR industry and improve the visual experience for consumers."
Since its debut last year, the Nreal Air glasses have been catapulted into the spotlight in select markets and are top-of-mind among consumers. Nreal Air, designed to offer large-screen viewing, features a micro-OLED screen with a 46-degree field-of-view (FoV) and 49 pixels per degree (PPD), which is double the resolution of regular VR glasses. The optical quality test shows that 99.5% of the sRGB color gamut on the Nreal Air's screen can be achieved without visual distortion. Nreal Air offers industry-leading brightness and color uniformity, grayscale rendition, and contrast ratio. In addition, Nreal Air achieves a strong contrast between the screen and full ambient light in both indoor and outdoor settings, thereby enabling users to comfortably use the glasses in ambient light.
When it comes to visual health, Nreal Air conforms to the TÜV Rheinland standard for Low Blue Light (Hardware Solution). The high-energy visible blue light in the blue light spectrum that's emitted by Nreal Air's micro-OLED screen is a mere 31%. This effectively ensures the utmost comfort for the user, despite Nreal Air offering high-end color performance. Furthermore, Nreal Air meets the Flicker-Free criteria, alleviating the visual fatigue caused by display flickering.
As well, Nreal Air offers its users a shield to protect them from strong outdoor ambient light. Myopia lenses can also be customized and added for users that wear eyeglasses by mounting them behind the lenses of the AR glasses, providing an improved viewing experience.
Nreal's TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort (AR) Certification is the culmination of its user experience research, in which Nreal Air AR products were compared with 2D display devices. This included observing parametric changes in the critical flicker fusion frequency (CFFF), visual acuity, visual sensitivity, the accommodative convergence over accommodation (AC/A) ratio, and finally the convergence accommodation to convergence (CA/C) ratio. User evaluation questionnaires were also used to assess and diagnose the changes in visual fatigue among users. The results showed that users were able to enjoy a better visual experience with Nreal Air products in lieu of flat 2D displays.
Frank Holzmann, Global Vice President of TÜV Rheinland Business Field Electrical, states, "In the emerging AR/VR field, Nreal and our company both attach great importance to the visual health and comfort of users. The TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort (AR) Certification not only serves as the highest authentication of displays in the AR domain, but is also the epitome of Nreal's unremitting effort to introduce AR products to the world with great importance to a comfortable user experience attached. Looking ahead, TÜV Rheinland will continue to leverage its abundant experience and technical expertise in the field of display product testing and certification. By developing and improving the testing standards based on a concerted effort with industry partners, we aim to empower the technological innovation and user experience enhancement of AR glasses and steer the industry in forging ahead in the pursuit of higher standards."
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LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buddies Brand, Inc. ("Buddies"), a leading cannabis brand with products available on more than 1000 retail menus, today announced a strategic alliance with West Coast rap artist and television personality, Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner, and his cannabis brand, Napalm.
Buddies cannabis products are ranked #8 in the Nation for total sales volume per BDSA, the cannabis industry's leading data and analytics provider. Buddies products are currently available in California, Oregon, and Washington.
As part of the strategic alliance, Mr. Joiner has been named the Creative Director for the Buddies and Napalm cannabis products. This new role will utilize his vast experience to provide assistance with product development and marketing operations. The alliance also includes an agreement for Napalm products to be manufactured at Buddies' Redding, California manufacturing facility and distributed by NABIS, the leading licensed cannabis wholesale platform in the largest legal cannabis market.
"For Napalm, this partnership allows our brand to further streamline and expedite product development, vertically integrate, and provide distribution to our retail partners at a much higher level," said Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner, Founder of Napalm cannabis products. "West Coast cannabis customers love Buddies products and this partnership of two powerhouse brands, plus NABIS for distribution, will take us to new heights and help expand Napalm into more markets."
Napalm cannabis products are currently available in California with plans to expand nationally through its strategic alliance with Buddies.
"We have worked very hard to build Buddies to become one of the most consistent, popular, and in-demand brands on the West Coast," said Byran Cochran, President of Buddies. "This partnership with Xzibit and Napalm unites and elevates both of our organizations' strengths. Alvin's work ethic and his passion for cannabis and music is something we're very excited about, and even more so when combined with our award-winning products, team, and strategic partners."
For more information, or to speak with Alvin Joiner or Bryan Cochran, visit https://buddiesbrand.com or email info@BuddiesBrand.com.
Buddies Brand, Inc. ("Buddies") is a leading provider of affordable consumer products in cannabis. As a high-growth cannabis company known for its expertise, reliability, and premium quality, the Company and its brands, including BBrand, continue to provide industry-leading products and innovation in the concentrates, vapes, flower, pre-rolls, and health and wellness categories.
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OYAMA, Japan (AP) — Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses.
The scene recalled instantly the 1989 film “Field of Dreams” — Asian style — and Yoshida certainly has her own.
The 31-year-old Japanese woman is a knuckleball pitcher with a sidearm delivery that she hopes might carry her to the big leagues in the United States or Japan.
“I know it’s a really difficult challenge, but I have a dream in my heart that I really want to stand on a mound in the majors with a knuckleball,” Yoshida told the Associated Press, speaking in Japanese and showing off her knuckleball grip.
“So I’ve decided to challenge myself.”
Even Yoshida acknowledges that it’s a far-fetched fantasy. But it’s also very real and reminds of another film, the 1992 classic “A League of Their Own” that celebrates a women’s baseball league in the United States during World War II.
She travels this week to play for two months in the Empire League, an independent baseball league in upstate New York. She’s accustomed to chasing oversized objectives.
Yoshida has pitched in Japan, the United States, and Canada — against men and women — and for the last several years has been a player-coach with a women’s team called Agekke — the sponsor’s name — in Tochigi prefecture in north central Japan.
“I feel that my personality is really like a knuckleball,” Yoshida said. The famously mercurial pitch has been her lifeline to keep playing baseball, a great equalizer for a small woman — she’s only 1.55 meters (5-feet-1) — but a very difficult one to control.
As a high school student, Yoshida was the first female professional baseball player in Japan, dubbed the “Knuckle Princess” in newspaper headlines. She’s never played softball, though some female baseball players have started that way.
She added to her renown after this, again playing with the men as an 18-year-old on an independent team in Chico, California, managed by former major league shortstop Garry Templeton.
“He was like my father,” Yoshida said.
In her early teen years she realized that the boys were growing taller and stronger. How to compete? Then she saw former Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield throw a knuckleball that helped him to 200-career wins.
“I was not tall enough or powerful enough to throw a 160-kph (100 mph) straight ball, but it seemed like maybe I could throw a 105-kph (65 mph) knuckleball,” she explained. “And after watching Wakefield pitching for the first time, I wanted to be like him by pitching knuckleballs.”
She still wears his No. 49 and has talked with him about the unpredictable pitch.
The aim of the knuckleball — it’s actually thrown off the fingertip and fingernails — is to put as little spin as possible on the ball, allowing the wind currents to move it. The best ever was Phil Niekro, who earned 318 victories — the most ever by a knuckleballer — and a spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Like the knuckleball, Yoshida has been inconsistent. And she has to face the fact that knuckleball pitchers are almost extinct, too prone to wild pitches and passed balls and seen as risky in an era driven by analytics.
She was 0-4 in her 2010 stint in California, but Templeton recognized that any 18-year-old would have had trouble against older competition. The record book shows her at 5-10 in three seasons in various independent leagues in North America.
Yoshida returned to Japan in 2013 and has been slowed periodically with injuries to her elbow and collarbone. Only now does she feel physically ready to continue the odyssey.
In one of baseball’s great ironies — certainly contrary to logic — a uniform worn by Yoshida and her bat were given to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. But it was for her hitting prowess playing for the Chico Outlaws, and not for her pitching.
In her first at bat — pitchers had to bat in the league — and with the bases loaded, Yoshida singled to right field for her first hit and her first RBI.
“That was as a hitter not a pitcher, but they were all firsts so I donated my uniform and bat,” she said.
“But it’s only because of the knuckleball that I have been able to play baseball up until now,” she added.
Maybe her ball and glove will next be in Cooperstown.
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Associated Press video journalist Koji Ueda contributed to this report.
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WATCH: Sirianni rocks a chain in Eagles' crazy locker room originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles absolutely smoked the Giants on Saturday night in South Philly, and it was clear all night long they were having a ball. They were stunting on the Giants on both sides of the ball, and that attitude carried over to the postgame locker room.
A few players hopped right on social media in the locker room after the win to give us hilariously incredible scenes just minutes after the win.
First we go to Darius Slay's Instagram Live for a quick stroll around the room.
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What a dang scene. This team is having so much fun, and they've been having fun all year long. It's been a blast.
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Now we cut to C.J. Gardner Johnson's Instagram Live, where Nick Sirianni has been blessed with the Dreamchasers chain:
Let me get Sirianni rocking that chain in a quick close-up, please:
Un. Be. Lievable.
All I need now is Sirianni rocking the chain and slamming a slice of Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza to the face to really rub it in the Giants' faces.
Up next: either the 49ers or the Cowboys. Either way, no one is carrying more swagger into the NFC Championship Game than this team. | 2023-01-22T06:02:55+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/watch-nick-sirianni-rocks-chain-in-crazy-eagles-postgame-locker-room/2955689/ |
The National Institutes of Health have released new data showing that young people between the ages of 18 to 30 said they used marijuana and hallucinogens like ecstasy and LSD more last year than ever before.
Forbes reported that the study, published on Monday, showed that rates of heavy drinking and vaping also spiked.
People between the ages of 19 to 30 were surveyed in the Monitoring the Future study, which has been funded since 1975, and involved researchers at the University of Michigan, CNN reported.
Dr. Nora Volkow, a director at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said, "As the drug landscape shifts over time, this data provides a window into the substances and patterns of use favored by young adults." He said, "Young adults are in a critical life stage and honing their ability to make informed choices. Understanding how substance use can impact the formative choices in young adulthood is critical to help position the new generations for success."
The researchers found that over one in 10 young adults reported using marijuana on a daily basis in 2021, CNN reported.
Megan Patrick at the University of Michigan, who was a principal investigator of the study, said, "One of the best ways we can learn more about drug use and its impact on people is to observe which drugs are appearing, in which populations, for how long, and under which contexts."
Patrick said, "Monitoring the Future and similar large-scale surveys on a consistent sample population allow us to assess the effects of 'natural experiments' like the pandemic. We can examine how and why drugs are used and highlight critical areas to guide where the research should go next and to inform public health interventions." | 2022-08-23T02:14:14+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/news/national/marijuana-psychedelic-use-at-record-high-with-young-adults-in-2021 |
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Police in Fort Smith are searching for an 11-year-old boy they believe is missing and endangered.
11-year-old Koa Marley Moniz was last seen at his home on Friday, May 6. When Koa's family woke up Saturday, May 7, he was no longer at the house, and the family's gold 2007 Chevy Suburban (300 ZZV) was missing, according to Fort Smith police.
Koa could be wearing black Adidas sweatpants. No further information about him has been released at this time.
If you have any information about Koa's whereabouts, you are asked to call 911 or the Fort Smith Police Department at (479) 709-5000.
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Sylvan Learning announces expansion opportunities across Texas
Sylvan Learning has announced its seen 22% growth in new learning centers since 2021 and an increase in students needing extra help since the pandemic. With this, Sylvan is looking to expand across many Texas cities, including Lubbock.
Jeff Stephenson, Sylvan's vice president of franchise development, expressed enthusiasm in how the company has handled the pandemic and its continued aftershocks for students' education.
"We are we are well-versed in taking students who need supplemental education, maybe maybe they've fallen behind a little bit ... or they've gotten lumped in with the millions of students nationwide that fell behind from going through the pandemic that just needs some external or some additional help," Stephenson said. "There's just so many more students now that need some additional help than there was before COVID, which falls right in line with all the reports and articles and online news that you read."
When the pandemic hit, Stephenson said Sylvan was able to adapt quickly to go online and continue supporting families. It also changed their format to today, as they can offer virtual and in-person assistance.
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"I'm not going to say it was easy to pivot, be we certainly put all hands on deck and got a program to not only our current students, but also bring additional students in from the online platform," he said. "We helped a lot more parents and students.
With the surge of students joining Sylvan, the company knew they needed to expand. Using a mapping program, they determined several Texas cities with growth potential. Those were: Arlington, Austin, Beaumont, Carrollton/Farmers Branch, Fort Worth, Laredo, Lubbock, Houston, McKinney, Mesquite-Balch Springs, Odessa, San Angelo, San Antonio, Temple and Texarkana.
Stephenson said they are also looking for people to lead these new centers. With teachers leaving schools for various reasons, Stephenson said some of them have turned to Sylvan.
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"We're looking for people where education runs deep in their core, like retired teachers or teachers that are leaving the system," he said. "They want to teach, but maybe they are frustrated with the education system and how they have to do things. When you are a teacher, it's a calling, and they don't want to leave. They just want a different way to do it."
With a three-to-one student to teacher ratio, Stephenson said franchising allows teachers to continue what they love, without the rigidity of schools.
"It's really an incredible program, and a great family to be a part of," he said. "We continue to grow every day, and we're excited about the growth."
For more information on Sylvan Learning, people can visit sylvanlearning.com. People interested in opening a franchise can visit sylvanfranchise.com.
Alana Edgin is a journalist covering Business News in Lubbock and the surrounding area. Send her a news tip at aedgin@lubbockonline.com. | 2022-09-25T22:11:47+00:00 | lubbockonline.com | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/education/2022/09/25/sylvan-learning-hopes-to-expand-across-texas-reports-growth/69504795007/ |
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"The heaviest lake effect snow is expected to be across southern and eastern suburbs of Buffalo and southwest Genesee County," the National Weather Service said in a warning issued Thursday afternoon. | 2022-12-17T11:29:18+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/martha-shaw/article_1c14540f-f447-5694-ad14-7f0bf6736cf8.html |
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears released veteran quarterback Nick Foles on Sunday, two years after acquiring the former Super Bowl MVP to compete with Mitchell Trubisky for the starting job.
New general manager Ryan Poles had told reporters he hoped to trade Foles after signing Trevor Siemian to back up Justin Fields. He had one year left on his contract.
The Bears acquired Foles — the Super Bowl 52 MVP for Philadelphia — from Jacksonville in March 2020. Trubisky started the first two games that year.
Foles replaced him during a comeback win at Atlanta, then went 2-5 starting the next seven games. Trubisky went back into the starting lineup with Foles nursing a hip and glute injury.
Foles was third string last year behind Fields and Andy Dalton. He started one game with the other two quarterbacks injured, and threw for 250 yards in a win at Seattle in late December.
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BOSTON (WWLP) – A novel strain of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea has been identified in Massachusetts, health officials announced Thursday.
The strain was found to resist five classes of antibiotics, a first in the U.S., according to the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health (DPH).
The two cases were ultimately cured with ceftriaxone, the lone remaining treatment recommended for gonorrhea. As of Thursday, officials said there was no known connection between the cases and that contact tracing was underway to see if there were any other infections.
Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease (STD), can result in pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and other health problems if left untreated.
The novel strain has been seen in Asia-Pacific countries as well as the United Kingdom, but not in the U.S., according to the DPH. One case in Nevada had an infection that shared a genetic marker with the novel strain, but the disease proved sensitive to at least one class of antibiotics.
For years, experts have warned of the waning number of treatments for the sexually transmitted disease, which is one of the most common in the U.S. with an estimated 1.14 million infections annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“Overall, these cases are an important reminder that strains of gonorrhea in the US are becoming less responsive to a limited arsenal of antibiotics,” the DPH said in a news release.
Healthcare providers were issued an alert to raise awareness of the new strain.
“The discovery of this strain of gonorrhea is a serious public health concern which DPH, the CDC, and other health departments have been vigilant about detecting in the US,” said Public Health Commissioner Margret Cooke. “We urge all sexually active people to be regularly tested for sexually transmitted infections and to consider reducing the number of their sexual partners and increasing their use of condoms when having sex. Clinicians are advised to review the clinical alert and assist with our expanded surveillance efforts.”
Nationally, cases rose by 131% between 2009 and 2021, with 696,764 cases reported in the U.S. in 2021 according to preliminary data released by the CDC. | 2023-01-20T00:07:16+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/concerning-strain-of-gonorrhea-detected-in-massachusetts-officials-say/ |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The contract imposed on railroad workers last fall didn’t resolve their quality-of-life issues, but already this year there are indications the major freight railroads are starting to address some of their concerns about demanding schedules that keep many of them on call 24-7 without paid sick time.
Still, most workers and their unions remain skeptical of the railroads because they say they have yet to see meaningful actions toward improving their lives on the job.
“I hope that they’re serious about putting their employees first. But the track record is less than stellar,” longtime Union Pacific engineer Ross Grooters said while on his way to work in Iowa earlier this week. Grooters is a leader with the Railroad Workers United coalition that tries to help workers in all 12 rail unions fight for better conditions.
The early signs of progress include a Union Pacific pilot program in the Kansas City area that’s testing out a new schedule for engineers that lets them plan on having four days off in a row after working 11 days straight. In addition, CSX made a set of changes to its attendance policy this month that allows workers to take time off for medical appointments without being penalized and eases the formula for docking workers points when they miss shifts.
There are other negotiations about these quality-of-life issues going on at all the major railroads. Those talks started after Congress blocked 115,000 rail workers from going on strike last month and forced them to accept a five-year deal that included 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses but didn’t address these other concerns. Lawmakers and President Joe Biden said they had to intervene because the dire economic consequences of a rail strike would be too great.
It’s still too soon for those new talks to yield any significant changes. CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs said this week that he’s encouraged by the progress his railroad is making in those conversations with its unions, but he wouldn’t go into any detail about what is being considered or predict how quickly changes might be made.
There are some railroad jobs that have fairly regular schedules, but many do not. Train crews, in particular, are largely forced to be on call all the time. Workers and their unions say those unpredictable schedules, combined with the strict attendance rules railroads put in place after eliminating roughly one-third of all their jobs in recent years while overhauling their operations, make it hard to take time off for any reason.
Engineer Travis Dye said the new schedules Union Pacific has been testing out with about 60 workers on a run between Kansas City, Missouri, and Coffeyville, Kansas, since November got him to stop thinking about leaving the railroad. Even if it meant taking a pay cut, Dye said he was seriously considering getting another job with a better schedule.
“It just got to the point where if something hadn’t changed, it just wasn’t worth staying,” Dye said. “I think a lot of guys feel that way too — not just me. I know there’s a lot of guys who are still actively looking.”
Dye said being able to make definite plans with his family or knowing he can tackle a project around the house like installing the new hot water heater he just put in without being interrupted with a call to work is amazing. All too often, he said he has had to cancel plans he’s made with his 16-year-old daughter after she’d already circled something on the calendar she wanted to do with him.
“That’s huge for me not to have to break her heart,” said Dye, 40.
Another experienced engineer involved in the pilot project, Tyler Ray, said not being able to know when he’ll be off has clearly taken a toll on his own personal life and that of other railroaders.
“I’ve already been through one divorce,” Ray said. “I don’t think that was all of it, but the unpredictability and not being around for a lot of things didn’t help.”
That’s why the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s First Vice President Mark Wallace hopes UP will agree to expand this new scheduling model, or something similar to it, across the railroad quickly.
Wallace said he remembers all too well growing up as the son of a railroader and spending many Christmas mornings without his dad there. He later had to miss several Christmases with his own kids while he was away operating a train.
“I’m trying to put pressure on UP to do this sooner rather than later,” Wallace said. And he said having more regular schedules would help railroads recruit the new workers they need to handle all the freight companies want them to deliver.
Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz said he likes the new schedule concept, but the railroad still needs to analyze it more before expanding it to verify that it helps ensure workers are more consistently available when they’re scheduled to work while also giving engineers the ability to know when they’ll be off. The railroad has yet to test out any new scheduling models for the conductors who work alongside engineers when operating trains.
Fritz has also said publicly that he wants to work this year on providing workers with the paid sick leave railroads refused to give them in the negotiations last fall, but he said Tuesday that’s a complicated question and “our employees tell us that predictable schedules is the most important thing to work on first.”
Even though track maintenance workers in the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division union aren’t on call the way train crews are, they are increasingly being sent on the road for days at a time to tackle construction projects and repairs, prompting many to reconsider whether the job is worth the sacrifice, union spokesman Clark Ballew said.
“To date, we haven’t seen genuine concern from management about these quality-of-life decisions that our members increasingly wrestle with,” Ballew said. “Their focus continues to be honed on operations and … the bottom line.” | 2023-01-27T12:39:30+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/business-news/ap-amid-gains-railroaders-seeking-quality-of-life-improvements/ |
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Dairy Queen is kicking up the nostalgia this summer with not only the return of a fan-favorite Blizzard but also a deal straight from the ’80s.
To celebrate the introduction of the Blizzard in 1985, DQ will offer up a small Blizzard treat for just 85 cents. The deal will be available through the chain’s mobile app from April 10-23.
Not all DQ locations accept coupons or allow online ordering, so you’ll want to be sure you select a participating location. The small Blizzard can be any flavor, from a classic like cookie dough to one from their new summer menu — which includes the return of three flavors and two brand-new treats.
The fan-fave S’mores Blizzard will be back this summer, as will the Cotton Candy and Choco Dipped Strawberry Blizzard Treats. You’ll also find two brand-new flavors — Oreo Brookie and Peanut Butter Puppy Chow — on the summer Blizzard menu.
The S’mores Blizzard is made with marshmallow-filled chocolates and graham crackers, the Cotton Candy treat has cotton candy sprinkles and the Choco Dipped Strawberry Blizzard has chunks of strawberries and chocolate.
The new Oreo Brookie flavor is a mash-up of brownies and cookies (hence the name, brookie), with Oreo cookie pieces as well as brookie pieces blended with vanilla soft-serve, while the Peanut Butter Puppy Chow contains “crispy peanut butter puppy chow pieces,” peanut butter and chocolate chunks.
If you’re not familiar with puppy chow, you may instead know the treat as monkey munch or muddy buddies. No matter which name it goes by, the treat is made with cereal, melted chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar — so you can expect all of those ingredients in the Blizzard.
If you don’t have a Dairy Queen near you, the website Desserts on a Dime has a puppy chow ice cream recipe if you want to make it fully from scratch. Or, you can simply whip up some puppy chow and top your next bowl of ice cream with it!
Which of DQ’s summer flavors are you most excited to try?
This story originally appeared on Don't Waste Your Money. Checkout Don't Waste Your Money for product reviews and other great ideas to save and make money. | 2023-03-29T16:37:21+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/dq-announces-85-cent-blizzards-with-launch-of-summer-menu |
Nehemiah Persoff, a late-blooming actor who built one of the busiest careers in Hollywood, playing rogues, ringleaders, revolutionaries and refugees — among other memorable portraits of sympathy and villainy — in more than 200 film and TV roles, died April 5 at a care center in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He was 102.
The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son Jeff.
A self-described “tough kid from the streets,” Mr. Persoff grew up in Brooklyn during the Depression and was working as a subway electrician in the late 1930s when — having shaved his head for relief from the summer heat — he caught the attention of an off-Broadway producer looking to add “local color” to his production.
Mr. Persoff agreed to appear onstage and found the experience thrilling, an escape from his mundane existence. In 1948, after Army service in World War II, he became an early member of the Actors Studio, a workshop in New York founded by director Elia Kazan and other prominent figures in theater.
From that elite training ground, Mr. Persoff, already approaching 30, launched a prolific career in the early days of TV. With his stocky build, unnerving gaze, five o’clock shadow and tightly wound energy, Mr. Persoff specialized in portraying gangland figures, Wild West desperados, bellicose generalissimos and Cold War heavies.
Trading his grimace for a warm smile on his broad, expressive face, he also played men of the cloth and workaday laborers in crisis. Like his Actors Studio classmate Eli Wallach, who was also Jewish, he was in constant demand to play ethnic characters including Egyptians, Moroccans, Greeks, Italians and Russians.
His TV career was so prodigious in the 1950s and ’60s that he frequently raced between sets for episodes of such shows as “Rawhide,” “Route 66” and “The United States Steel Hour” — switching wardrobes, hairpieces, prosthetic features, mannerisms and accents at a frantic pace. Although a jovial and peaceable presence off-screen, he was admired for his ability to tap into reservoirs of anger, especially when playing characters with a strong streak of rebelliousness against authority.
“If a character is within my range, then I can find him within myself,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1958. “This character is me under different circumstances. Logic is always on the side of a character. It’s up to me to rationalize the validity of his action.”
In two of his most acclaimed roles of the period — both in 1959 on the dramatic anthology show “Playhouse 90” — he played Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in a teleplay called “The Killers of Mussolini” and the melancholy Spanish guerrilla Pablo in an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”
“Bearded, boorish and beat, he swiped the show out from everyone else,” United Press International TV critic William Ewald wrote of Mr. Persoff’s portrayal of Pablo in a cast that included Jason Robards, Maureen Stapleton, Maria Schell and Wallach. “He caught magnificently the minglement of barbarity and civilization, butcher and shattered hero.”
On “The Twilight Zone,” Mr. Persoff portrayed the skipper of a German U-boat that attacks a British freighter in World War II without warning. The sub sinks the helpless ship, the sub’s crew machine-guns the survivors and the skipper is doomed to relive the episode, from the other side, for eternity.
He became a regular guest star on such disparate shows as “Gilligan’s Island,” playing an exiled tinhorn autocrat named Pancho Hernando Gonzalez Enriques Rodriguez, and “The Untouchables,” as an Al Capone mob associate named Jake “Greasy Thumb” Guzik.
He made an indelible impression in filmmaker Billy Wilder’s celebrated comic romp “Some Like it Hot” (1959). As the crime boss Little Bonaparte — standing under a banner inscribed with “Friends of Italian Opera” — he proudly announces to an assembly of crime syndicate members: “In duh lass fissel year, we made one hundred an’ twelve million dollars before taxes — only we ain’t payin’ no taxes!” He wears a hearing aid that he turns off when a spray of bullets rubs out his rivals.
His later film roles included the high priest Shemiah in the all-star biblical epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (1965), a Jewish refugee in flight from the Nazis in “Voyage of the Damned” (1976), Barbra Streisand’s scholarly and caring father in the movie musical “Yentl” (1983), and the scientist behind a eugenics experiment in the comedy “Twins” (1988), starring Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the unlikeliest of siblings. He also was the voice of the animated mouse patriarch Papa Mousekewitz in “An American Tail” (1986) and its film sequels.
After suffering a stroke at 70, Mr. Persoff slowed down his acting career and took up watercolors — approaching the new medium with the same intensity he channeled into his acting. He worked night and day, he said, and amassed a portfolio of more than 250 paintings.
He likened his new art form to the old one.
“When I got a role, I set my sights on being able to get under the skin of the character,” he told interviewer Nick Thomas. “It’s the same with painting. When you sit in front of a blank canvas, there is a feeling of ‘I can’t do it’ for many painters. But because of my acting experience, I always felt that I could do it, and I did.”
Mr. Persoff was born in Jerusalem — soon to become part of the British mandate of Palestine — on Aug. 2, 1919. His father, a coppersmith and jeweler, settled with his family in Brooklyn a decade later. Mr. Persoff, known as Nicky in the United States, described his family as impoverished but tightknit.
He attended the Hebrew Technical Institute, a vocational high school in Manhattan, before doing signal maintenance for the city subway system. After working with amateur theater troupes, he auditioned for the New Theatre League acting school, where he was told that he could attend for free in exchange for fixing any broken lights.
While studying at the Actors Studio, alongside Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, he had supporting roles on Broadway before Kazan tapped him to play a mobbed-up cabbie in the movie drama “On the Waterfront” (1954). As the sinister cabdriver, he witnesses the famous “I coulda been a contender” speech by ex-boxer Terry Malloy (played by Brando) and then takes Malloy’s corrupt older brother, Charley (played by Rod Steiger), for his final ride.
“There were Brando and Steiger in the back section of a sawed-off car,” Mr. Persoff told Thomas. “I sat on a milk box with Brando and Steiger behind me. When it was time for my close-up, Kazan whispered in my ear to imagine that ‘the guy behind you killed your mother.’ When I saw the film, I was surprised to see how effective the close-up turned out.”
Mr. Persoff played the right-hand man to Steiger’s corrupt boxing promoter in “The Harder They Fall” (1956) and a jittery sergeant blown up by a land mine in the Korean War film “Men in War” (1957), among other small but standout movie roles.
His career continued at a relentless pace through the 1980s, after which he made occasional appearances on “Law & Order,” “Chicago Hope” and other series. His final role, in 2003, was as a rabbi in the HBO production of “Angels in America,” based on Tony Kushner’s play about the AIDS epidemic. He also toured the country for years in a one-man show, “Sholem Aleichem,” telling stories by the Yiddish humorist and playing some of his characters, and he wrote a memoir, “The Many Faces of Nehemiah,” published in 2021.
His wife, Thia Persov, a distant cousin, died in 2021 after 69 years of marriage. In addition to his son Jeff, survivors include three other children, Dan, Perry and Dahlia; and five grandchildren.
Reflecting on his prolific career, he told author Darryl Lyman for the book “Great Jews in the Performing Arts” that he saw his work ethic as a rebuke to Adolf Hitler and the antisemitism that persisted long after the Nazi dictator’s defeat.
“I suspect that one of the most powerful forces shaping my life when I was growing up in the U.S.A. was that German with the small mustache who questioned the right of my people — and therefore me — to live,” he said. “I was then determined to develop whatever talent I had to prove worthy of the gift of life.” | 2022-04-06T22:20:29+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/04/06/actor-nehemiah-persoff-dead/ |
TX Fort Worth TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, September 29, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Texas
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
TXZ119-302145-
Dallas-
Including the city of Dallas
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ118-302145-
Tarrant-
Including the cities of Fort Worth and Arlington
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ159-302145-
McLennan-
Including the city of Waco
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
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TXZ158-302145-
Bell-
Including the cities of Killeen, Temple, and Fort Hood
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ104-302145-
Collin-
Including the cities of Plano, McKinney, Allen, and Frisco
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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TXZ103-302145-
Denton-
Including the cities of Carrollton, Denton, Lewisville,
and Flower Mound
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ093-302145-
Grayson-
Including the cities of Sherman and Denison
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ092-302145-
Cooke-
Including the city of Gainesville
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ091-302145-
Montague-
Including the cities of Bowie and Nocona
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ102-302145-
Wise-
Including the cities of Decatur and Bridgeport
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ101-302145-
Jack-
Including the city of Jacksboro
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ100-302145-
Young-
Including the cities of Graham and Olney
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Haze with areas of smoke. Highs in the upper 80s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of smoke in the evening. Haze.
Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, haze. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ115-302145-
Stephens-
Including the city of Breckenridge
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Haze with areas of smoke. Highs in the upper 80s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of smoke in the evening. Haze.
Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, haze. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ116-302145-
Palo Pinto-
Including the city of Mineral Wells
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Haze with areas of smoke. Highs in the mid 80s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Haze with areas of smoke in the evening. Mostly clear.
Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Haze in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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TXZ117-302145-
Parker-
Including the cities of Weatherford and Briar
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ131-302145-
Hood-
Including the cities of Granbury and Oak Trail Shores
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ132-302145-
Somervell-
Including the city of Glen Rose
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ130-302145-
Erath-
Including the cities of Stephenville and Dublin
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ129-302145-
Eastland-
Including the cities of Cisco, Eastland, Ranger, and Gorman
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ141-302145-
Comanche-
Including the cities of Comanche and De Leon
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ142-302145-
Mills-
Including the city of Goldthwaite
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ156-302145-
Lampasas-
Including the city of Lampasas
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ157-302145-
Coryell-
Including the cities of Copperas Cove and Gatesville
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ143-302145-
Hamilton-
Including the cities of Hamilton and Hico
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ144-302145-
Bosque-
Including the cities of Clifton, Meridian, and Valley Mills
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ133-302145-
Johnson-
Including the cities of Cleburne and Burleson
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ134-302145-
Ellis-
Including the cities of Waxahachie, Ennis, and Midlothian
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ145-302145-
Hill-
Including the city of Hillsboro
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ146-302145-
Navarro-
Including the city of Corsicana
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ161-302145-
Limestone-
Including the cities of Mexia and Groesbeck
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ160-302145-
Falls-
Including the city of Marlin
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
$$
TXZ174-302145-
Milam-
Including the cities of Cameron and Rockdale
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
$$
TXZ175-302145-
Robertson-
Including the cities of Hearne, Franklin, and Calvert
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Light and
variable winds.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
$$
TXZ162-302145-
Leon-
Including the cities of Buffalo, Centerville, Jewett, Normangee,
and Oakwood
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. Northeast winds around
5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ147-302145-
Freestone-
Including the cities of Teague, Fairfield, and Wortham
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ148-302145-
Anderson-
Including the city of Palestine
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ135-302145-
Henderson-
Including the cities of Athens and Gun Barrel City
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ122-302145-
Van Zandt-
Including the cities of Canton, Grand Saline, Wills Point, Van,
and Edgewood
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ121-302145-
Kaufman-
Including the cities of Terrell, Kaufman, and Forney
327 AM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around
5 mph.
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PHOENIX — Despite President Joe Biden’s loathing of his predecessor’s practice of separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, his administration argued in federal court Tuesday that a lawsuit seeking money for five affected mothers and their children should be dismissed.
Attorney Diana Reiter, representing the families, argued the case should go to trial because the separations were part of a bigger policy under then-President Donald Trump aimed at preventing migrants from arriving at the border. She noted that because the women were never prosecuted the separations were unnecessary.
Bolton will issue a decision in the coming weeks.
The U.S. government’s push to prevent a trial underscores the awkward position the Biden administration is now in as it grapples with its own problems managing migrant arrivals at the border.
The mothers and their children sued the U.S. government in 2019, seeking monetary compensation for the trauma they suffered the previous year when they were torn apart by the separation policy.
In 2021, the Biden administration participated quietly in settlement negotiations to end such lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who were forcibly separated under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy. But U.S. officials withdrew from such talks in December 2021 and said it would instead defend each case in court.
The negotiations in cases involving hundreds of plaintiffs were carried out for months until The Wall Street Journal reported in October 2019 that the government was considering paying about $450,000 to each person affected by the policy. The Associated Press later confirmed that figure was discussed.
About 5,500 children were forcibly removed from their parents in 2018 under Trump as his administration sought to stop an increase in people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, including migrants who showed up to seek asylum as the law allowed. Trump halted the family separation practice later that year amid widespread outrage.
Biden’s administration since reversed some of Trump’s actions designed to keep migrants from arriving at the border, including legally.
The American Immigration Council filed suit on behalf of the mothers and their children, who are also being represented by Reiter’s firm, Arnold & Porter, as well as the National Immigrant Justice Center, National Immigration Litigation Alliance, and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin. | 2023-06-13T23:33:56+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/13/immigration-separated-families/4ae3ce88-0a35-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html |
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Sanjay Thapar as a partner in the firm's New York office and as a member of the Transactions Department's Finance Practice. He will co-chair the Global Leveraged Finance team working within the firm's Finance Practice.
Sanjay focuses his practice on counseling and representing leading investment banks and direct lenders in leveraged buyout financings as well as workouts/restructurings.
He has decades of experience in domestic and cross-border large-cap and middle-market syndicated, direct lender, and club transactions, as well as first and second lien, asset-based, split-collateral, and unitranche loans, across a broad array of industries. Sanjay brings a vast network of relationships in the leveraged finance industry and will support the ongoing expansion of Winston's Global Leveraged Finance team.
"The leveraged loan market has become increasingly volatile in the current economic cycle, which triggers a greater need for clarity on legal and strategic issues," said Sanjay. "Winston has an extremely talented and experienced corporate finance team, and I look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues as we address challenges and opportunities for client service in the leveraged finance space."
Sanjay follows several recent additions to Winston, including corporate partners Justin Hoffman in Houston and Sean Hilson in Chicago, health care and life sciences partner Amy Kearbey in Washington, D.C., and litigation partner Adam Foslid in the firm's newly launched Miami office.
"Sanjay's broad-based experience representing the interests of financial institutions, private funds, and direct lenders will be of critical importance given recent interest rate hikes," said Michael Mullins, co-chair of Winston's Finance Practice and co-chair of the firm's Fund Finance Practice. "The rising cost of capital is adding increased complexity to deal structures, and Sanjay will enable us to help clients craft practical, effective approaches to completing those transactions."
"Sanjay's arrival underscores Winston's continued growth as designated lender counsel to investment banks and direct lenders in the both the mid-cap and large-cap markets," said Mats Carlston, managing partner of Winston's New York office and co-chair of the firm's Finance Practice. "His work with large-cap players tracks with our growth and adds to our growing capabilities in creating and executing complex loans across a wide range of vertical industries."
"Winston attracts the finest lawyers in their respective areas of practice. Sanjay is a perfect example," said Winston Chairman Tom Fitzgerald. "His experience reinforces Winston's strong reputation representing the interests of our clients in complex financial transactions. We look forward to his contributions to our leveraged finance team in New York."
Winston & Strawn LLP is an international law firm with 16 offices located in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe. More information about the firm is available at www.winston.com.
Contact:
Michael Goodwin
(646) 502-3595
mgoodwin@stantonprm.com
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The City of Bettendorf is welcoming a new addition to its City Council.
On Tuesday, the City Council approved the appointment of Nick Palczynski to fulfill the role and responsibilities of 5th Ward Council Member.
Palczynski fills the vacancy left by Scott Webster, who was elected to the State Senate in November 2022.
“I am humbled and honored to be selected as the next Council Member of the 5th Ward,” said Palczynski. “I have a lot to learn and I am eager to represent my constituents. The city of Bettendorf is a great place to raise a family and I look forward to making a meaningful contribution to the growth of our community.”
During its special meeting on Tuesday, City Council members heard presentations from three applicants: Beth Aronson, Austin Blunk, and Nick Palczynski. During his presentation, Palczynski said he was born and raised in Bettendorf and more than a year ago, returned to the City with his wife and three children.
“During the past four years, I have built sales organizations for companies that are on the leading edge of technology – specifically focused on computer vision, machine learning, and artificial intelligence,” he told City Council. “My family and I have had the opportunity to live in many different communities, which has afforded me an opportunity to see how other communities operate. These unique experiences allow me to bring a new perspective to the City of Bettendorf while leveraging the skills I have developed in my personal and professional career.”
“We really appreciate Beth, Austin, and Nick’s interest in this position,” said Mayor Bob Gallagher. “All three – as two business owners and somebody with experience in business, raising their families here and doing the work that they’ve done here – make them incredible contributors to the City.”
Palczynski will be sworn in during the City Council’s Committee of the Whole Meeting on Monday, Feb. 6. | 2023-01-26T02:13:55+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/city-welcomes-new-council-member/ |
TSX-V: MKO; OTCQX: MAKOF
VANCOUVER, BC, July 5th, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mako Mining Corp. (TSXV: MKO) (OTCQX: MAKOF) ("Mako" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its first anniversary since declaring commercial production at its San Albino mine in Northern Nicaragua. All $ references in this press release are expressed in United States dollars.
Akiba Leisman, CEO of Mako states that "this past year has been transformative for the Company. Mako has now been in commercial production for 1 year. Since that time, the Company has profitably produced in excess of 36,000 ounces of gold, reached nameplate capacity of 500 tpd in December of last year, invested over $6 million in growth exploration, repaid approximately $10 million in principal, and began a capital return program to shareholders. This has set the stage for an expansion of our operations to 1,000 tpd, while beginning a $17.2 million exploration program which has already led to additional discoveries on our property. We are especially proud that our resource model has positively reconciled by over 10% in terms of Au ounces despite 28% of the material mined being from the inferred category. There are still aspects of the mine and plant that need further optimization, which are currently being addressed, but the first year of commercial production has been a success, and our team should be proud of their accomplishments."
A detailed operating update for Q2 2022 will be released later in July. Having just finished Q2 2022, some of the production statistics below are estimates as they have not been fully reconciled. Additional details and commentary will also be made available in that forthcoming update.
Mining – Over the past 12 months of mining, the grade of the diluted vein has averaged greater than 16 g/t Au, and blended with historical dump and other material, mining has been able to deliver over 500 tonnes per day of greater than 7.5 g/t Au to the mill.
The resource model is proving to be excellent, with mine reconciliation being positive 10.5% during this period in term of Au ounces. The comparable material from the mineral resource estimate prepared by Mine Development Associates, a division of RESPEC, out of Reno, Nevada was categorized as 42% measured, 30% indicated and 28% inferred material.
A technical report for the mineral resource is available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and is also available on the Company's website at www.makominingcorp.com (see press release dated October 19, 2020)
The processes and procedures our team have implemented for grade control have been outstanding. Mining dilution is generally kept to levels below 30 cm on either side of the vein. Furthermore, as we are now mining more difficult material to process, our ability to selectively mine is a benefit as we can sample, separate and stockpile difficult to process material. Fortunately, the material that has been more difficult to process tends to be from the foot-wall and hanging-wall of the vein rather than the high-grade vein itself.
Processing – The mill throughput was fully debottlenecked beginning in December 2021, after a series of adjustments were made to the plant, and as our employees became fully trained. The processing facility has been operating at above nameplate capacity of 500 tpd since late last year.
The plant transitioned to almost exclusively fresh material in March of this year. The fresh material contains naturally occurring carbon which can interfere with the gold recovery process. Eliminating free cyanide in the grinding circuit and only adding cyanide to the slurry in the CIL is essential in order to achieve optimal recoveries. Reducing cyanide concentrations from recycled water to optimal levels required a change in reagents. We were previously using the standard INCO/SO2 process (sodium metabisulfite and copper sulfate) but the results weren`t consistent and reliable. To adjust, we are now detoxing with sodium hypochlorite (common bleach), but the logistics needed to obtain necessary quantities will take some time to develop. Additionally, there are minor plant modifications being implemented to automate the detoxification process that will require de minimis levels of additional capex which are expected to be completed in Q3 2022. Despite these challenges, the Company sold just over 9,000 ounces of gold for the quarter, similar to the last 2 quarters.
In the meantime, we have developed robust sampling mechanisms and processes to make sure particularly problematic material is kept away from the mill as well as other initiatives such as: i) blending stockpiled oxide material from historical waste dumps to the mill feed, ii) increasing carbon to CIL tanks to reduce metal loss, iii) regenerating carbon more frequently, iv) making minor adjustments to the Knelson concentrator to increase capacity and availability of our gravity circuit.
The mill head grade has averaged greater than 7.5 g/t Au for the past year, ranking San Albino amongst the highest-grade open pit operations in the world. To the extent possible, high-grade material was deferred until the middle of June while some of the metallurgical issues were addressed; however, head grades have exceeded 10 g/t Au since June 16th, 2022.
Our tailings are filtered and stacked dry (at approximately 18% moisture) and stored on a geomembrane-lined tailings storage facility ("TSF"). There is no discharge of water throughout our facility. Compaction of the tails at our TSF is better than planned, which bodes well for the life of mine capacity of the TSF. Rainy season commenced in May, and the various water management systems we've implemented have been working above specifications. Mako is the only company in Nicaragua that uses a dry-stack TSF, and we are especially proud of our environmental stewardship at San Albino.
Exploration results continue to be strong and justified the expansion of our exploration program to $17.2 million (see press release dated March 9, 2022) which we expect to spend over the next 18 months.
The Company recently announced a new discovery at Las Conchitas North (see press release dated June 1, 2022) and expanded the area around the San Albino SW Pit from 50m x 50m to 530m x 470m (see press release dated June 21, 2022).
At Las Conchitas, we expanded the Mango Zone to 213m down dip by intersecting 138.29 g/t over 1.3m estimated true width (see press release dated March 17, 2022) and demonstrated up to 850m of strike potential at Las Conchitas with drilling (see press release dated August 18, 2021).
Regionally, channel sampling at La Segoviana has yielded up to 105.7 g/t over 1.5m estimated true width (see press release dated March 24, 2022), and drilling for the first time in history has commenced at Potrerillos.
Safety and Health – The Company views safety as a cornerstone of our operations. We have made significant investments in safety training and facilities. Mako didn't register any lost time accidents this past year.
COVID still poses some challenges; however, our protocols and corrective measures avoided production slowdowns even during 2021 when the impact of the pandemic was more severe. Mako registered 195 positive cases in the past 12 months and 88.4% of our employees are vaccinated.
Community & Permits – We are very fortunate to have a community that supports responsible mining. Mako is heavily invested in improving the community in which we operate, contributing to infrastructure projects such as bridges and road maintenance, and supporting institutions such as the local police and schools. Mako also prioritizes local employment, with 97% of our workforce from Nicaragua and 70% from the local Nueva Segovia region. Over the past year, two separate community consultations passed with unanimous consent, which led to the approval of our regional Potrerillos and La Segoviana drilling permits. Over the course of the next 6-9 months, we expect to receive additional permits to begin mining at Las Conchitas and develop the associated infrastructure (e.g. roads, waste dumps, etc.) in order to justify the expansion of our plant to 1,000 tpd for which we received an expansion permit in 2021.
Financial – Over the past 12 months approximately $10 million of principal has been repaid to Wexford and Sailfish and 1.4 million shares have been repurchased. The last equity raise the Company did was nearly 2 years ago (see press releases dated June 26 and July 17, 2020) and no additional debt capital has been raised since February 2021 (see press release dated February 22, 2021) 1.
Operating cash flow from the mine has allowed us to spend over $6 million on growth exploration since declaring commercial production, and to commence a $17.2 million exploration program beginning in March.
John Rust, a metallurgical engineer, and qualified person (as defined under NI 43-101) has read and approved the technical information contained in this press release with the exception of the mine reconciliation figures. Mr. Rust is a senior metallurgist and a consultant to the Company.
John M. Kowalchuk, P.Geo, a geologist and qualified person (as defined under National Instrument 43-101) has read and approved the mine reconciliation figures contained in this press release. Mr. Kowalchuk is a senior geologist and a consultant to the Company.
On behalf of the Board,
Akiba Leisman
CEO
Mako Mining Corp. is a publicly listed gold mining, development and exploration company. The Company operates the high-grade San Albino gold mine in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, which ranks as one of the highest-grade open pit gold mines globally. Mako's primary objective is to operate San Albino profitably and fund exploration of prospective targets on its district-scale land package.
Statements contained herein, other than historical fact, may be considered "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The forward-looking information contained herein is based on the Company's reasonable assumptions and current plans and expectations, and forward-looking statements contained herein include, without limitation, that a detailed operating update for Q2 2022 will be released later in July; that minor plant modifications being implemented to automate the detoxification process are expected to be completed in Q3 2022; that over the course of the next 6-9 months, we expect to receive additional permits to begin mining at Las Conchitas and develop the associated infrastructure (e.g. roads, waste dumps, etc.) in order to justify the expansion of our plant to 1,000 tpd; and that the Company can operate San Albino profitably in order to fund exploration of prospective targets on its district-scale land package. Such forward-looking information is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking information, including, without limitation, the risk that the estimated production statistics do not prove to be accurate; the ongoing results of the Company's drilling programs do not produce the positive results expected; the minor plant modifications are not completed on the timeline expected; that the Company does not obtain the necessary additional permits to begin mining at Las Conchitas and development the associated infrastructure on the timeline expected or at all; political risks and uncertainties involving the Company's exploration properties; the inherent uncertainty of cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expense; commodity price fluctuations and other risks and uncertainties as disclosed in the Company's public disclosure filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Such information contained herein represents management's best judgment as of the date hereof, based on information currently available and is included for the purposes of providing investors with the Company's expectations regarding the Company's operations, financial health and proposed exploration programs, and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Mako does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating its own constitution with a new law that requires some judges to be appointed rather than elected in the state's capital city and its surrounding county, civil rights groups said in a lawsuit filed Monday.
It is the second lawsuit since Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed bills Friday to expand state policing in Jackson, to establish a lower court with an appointed judge and to authorize four appointed judges to work alongside the four elected circuit court judges in Hinds County, which is home to Jackson.
About 83% of residents in Jackson and 74% in Hinds County are Black, and both the city and the county are governed by Democrats. The new laws were passed by the majority-white and Republican-controlled state House and Senate over the objections of most Jackson lawmakers and many local residents.
The new lawsuit was filed Monday in Hinds County Chancery Court on behalf of three residents by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Mississippi Center for Justice, the ACLU of Mississippi and the MacArthur Justice Center. It says the Mississippi Constitution requires most judges to be elected.
“State lawmakers have said that this takeover of our judicial system is for our own good, for our own safety, and that is deeply offensive to me,” one of the plaintiffs, Ann Saunders, said in a statement. “African Americans in Mississippi died so that we could vote. How does weakening the right to self-governance make us safer?"
Stuart Naifeh, the Legal Defense Fund's redistricting project manager, said the requirement for appointed judges is “is a blatant power grab by the legislature to further silence voters and assert control over a majority-Black county.”
“Boxing voters out from electing officials who will preside over criminal cases is shameful and undermines the checks and balances that hold Mississippi’s democracy together," Naifeh said. "We will not rest until the legislature abides by the state constitution and voters have a say in who runs their courtrooms.”
The NAACP filed a lawsuit late Friday in federal court saying that “separate and unequal policing” will return Jackson under a state-run police department.
The governor said last week that the Jackson Police Department is severely understaffed, and he believes the Capitol Police, a division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, could provide stability. Jackson has nearly 150,000 residents and has had more than 100 homicides in each of the past three years.
“We can arrest all the violent criminals in the city, but if the judicial system puts them right back on the street — what have we really accomplished?,” Reeves said in a statement Friday.
Capitol Police officers have been patrolling around state government buildings in and near downtown, and the Jackson Police Department patrols the entire city. Critics say Capitol Police are aggressive, and expanding the territory could endanger lives.
Debate since early this year over a larger state role in Jackson has angered residents who don’t want their voices diminished in local government.
One of the laws Reeves signed Friday will create a court within a Capitol Complex Improvement District inside a portion of Jackson, and it will start work next January. The judge will be appointed by the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice, who is a conservative white man.
The new court will have the same power as municipal courts, which handle misdemeanor cases, traffic violations and initial appearances for some criminal charges. Most municipal judges are appointed by city officials. Jackson has a Black mayor and majority-Black city council. The judge of the new court is not required to live in Jackson.
The lawsuit filed Monday says that the law does not specify how people can appeal decisions from the Capitol Complex court. People convicted of cases in the court would be housed in a state prison. In other courts, people convicted of misdemeanors would go to a county jail.
The appointed circuit court judges are to be chosen by early May and would not be required to live in Hinds County. In 2020 and 2022, Chief Justice Mike Randolph appointed retired judges from other parts of the state to help with a backlog of cases in Hinds County Circuit Court. The new appointed circuit judges would work through 2026.
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RECALL ALERT: Ford is recalling 350,000 SUVs and pickup trucks for three separate recalls
Ford has issued three recalls that affect nearly 350,000 vehicles, including 39,000 SUVs whose owners are being told to park their vehicles outside.
Ford said that there is something causing engine fires in some 2021 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigators but they don’t know exactly what it is, The Associated Press reported.
It appears that the issues are affecting SUVs built from Dec. 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021.
But the company said that the fires can happen even when the engine is off.
There have been 16 fires starting in the back of the engine compartment reported with a majority of them in rental vehicles. There is no fix yet and drivers are being told to park the SUVs outside and away from buildings. If you are unable to park outside, then you’re being told to contact a dealership or the company, the AP reported.
Ford will be using apps and mail to notify customers once it compiles a list of owners and addresses.
In addition to the SUV recall, the company is also recalling 310,000 heavy-duty trucks because the driver’s airbag may not deploy in a crash.
Dust can get into the wiring in the steering wheel which could disconnect the electricity to the airbag.
Owners of affected 2016 F-250, 350, 450 and 550 trucks will be notified by mail starting on June 5, the AP reported.
Finally, the company is also recalling 464 electric Mustang Mach-E SUVs from 2021 after a software problem can cause the vehicle to accelerate, decelerate or lose drive power in all-wheel-drive vehicles.
The powertrain control computer may not detect the software issue.
The problem will be fixed either by a dealership or an online software update.
Owners of the affected Mustangs will be notified by mail around May 30, the AP reported. | 2022-05-20T04:55:56+00:00 | klax-tv.com | http://klax-tv.com/recall-alert-ford-is-recalling-350000-suvs-and-pickup-trucks-for-three-separate-recalls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recall-alert-ford-is-recalling-350000-suvs-and-pickup-trucks-for-three-separate-recalls |
Top Player Prop Bets for Tigers vs. Twins on June 25, 2023
Player prop betting options for Carlos Correa, Spencer Torkelson and others are available in the Minnesota Twins-Detroit Tigers matchup at Comerica Park on Sunday, starting at 12:10 PM ET.
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Tigers vs. Twins Game Info
- When: Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 12:10 PM ET
- Where: Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan
- How to Watch on TV: BSDET
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MLB Props Today: Detroit Tigers
Spencer Torkelson Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -238)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +100)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +330)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +150)
Torkelson Stats
- Torkelson has 63 hits with 17 doubles, eight home runs, 30 walks and 34 RBI. He's also stolen two bases.
- He's slashing .225/.304/.371 on the season.
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Javier Báez Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -270)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +120)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +150)
Báez Stats
- Javier Baez has 10 doubles, three triples, five home runs, 12 walks and 37 RBI (65 total hits). He has stolen five bases.
- He's slashing .232/.272/.343 on the year.
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DALLAS, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Experienced Texas business attorneys Brad Jackson and Cheryl Mann of The Law Offices of Brad Jackson in Dallas are recognized as two of the state's top trial attorneys for companies on the 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list published by Thomson Reuters.
Both lawyers are featured on the 2022 roster of Texas' leading legal practitioners based on nominations from other business litigation attorneys across the state and an extensive research process conducted by the list's editors. The exclusive Super Lawyers list includes the top 5 percent of attorneys in Texas.
Mr. Jackson, Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, has represented companies and individuals in significant legal matters for decades. His track record in Texas courtrooms includes multimillion-dollar wins for businesses and families. He also has successfully defended numerous business clients against claims seeking millions of dollars.
Like Mr. Jackson, Ms. Mann has earned repeated selections on the Super Lawyers list based on years of work for clients in cases involving various legal issues. In addition to handling business disputes, she and Mr. Jackson have helped clients prevail in lawsuits over contested contracts, breaches of fiduciary duty, probate and trust matters, and legal appeals, among others.
The Law Offices of Brad Jackson has proudly represented clients in North Texas and throughout the state for more than 30 years. The firm's recent victories for clients include:
- A $7.3 billion negligence verdict for the family of an elderly woman who was killed by a service technician who had been called to do repairs at her home;
- Successful defense of a six-figure fraudulent transfer claim involving a loan between family members;
- Successful defense of a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages in a dispute between former business partners; and
- A $1 million arbitration award for a couple whose roof failed on their newly constructed home.
Based in Dallas, The Law Offices of Brad Jackson provides decades of experience representing clients in Texas and across the nation. Brad Jackson is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm handles practically every type of business dispute and cases involving serious personal injury and wrongful death.
For more information, contact Bruce Vincent at 214-763-6226 or bruce.vincent@muselegalpr.com.
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SOURCE Law Offices of Brad Jackson | 2022-09-21T16:08:30+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2022/09/21/attorneys-dallas-law-offices-brad-jackson-earn-texas-super-lawyers-honors/ |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A leak in a fuel pipeline facility in California forced a shutdown of deliveries of gasoline and diesel from the Los Angeles area east to areas including Las Vegas and Phoenix, but officials said Friday they believed supplies would not immediately be affected.
Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan told The Associated Press the leak was discovered Thursday afternoon at a company station near Los Angeles and that its CALNEV and SFPP West pipelines were shut down while the Houston-based pipeline operator worked to resolve the issue.
“There are no injuries or fire reported as a result of this incident,” said a company statement, provided by Katherine Hill, communications manager for the publicly traded company. It did not say how much fuel leaked or when service would be restored.
Hill did not immediately respond to email and telephone messages seeking more information.
“The appropriate regulatory agencies have been notified, and an investigation into the cause and quantity of the release will be conducted,” the statement said. “We are working closely with our customers on potential impacts.”
In Las Vegas, officials were “monitoring the situation, believe we have adequate supply, and do not anticipate an immediate impact on gas availability,” according to a statement from Clark County spokesperson Erik Pappa.
The county said the pipeline provides fuel storage facilities in Southern Nevada with unleaded and diesel fuel. Another pipeline operated by UNEV Pipeline LLC serves the Las Vegas area from northern Utah.
The Kinder Morgan website says its 566-mile (911-kilometer) CALNEV pipeline transports gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from Los Angeles refineries and marine terminals through parallel 14-inch (35.5-centimeter) and 8-inch (20-centimeter) diameter pipelines to Barstow, California, and the Las Vegas area.
Hill said later that only the larger, 14-inch (35.5-centimeter) pipeline to Las Vegas had been shut down.
Airports it serves include Nellis Air Force Base and Harry Reid International in Las Vegas and Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert, the company said.
Kinder Morgan’s SFPP West pipeline runs approximately 515 miles (829 kilometers) to transport petroleum products from the Los Angeles area to Colton and Imperial, California, and east to Phoenix. | 2023-02-11T15:54:57+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/ap-us-news/ap-fuel-lines-from-los-angeles-to-vegas-phoenix-shut-by-leak/ |
Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31.
Search teams recovered Atsu’s body in the ruins of a luxury 12-story building where he had been living in the city of Antakya, Hatay province, his manager said Saturday.
“Atsu’s lifeless body was found under the rubble. At the moment, his belongings are still being removed,” manager Murat Uzunmehmet told private news agency DHA.
Atsu joined Turkish club Hatayspor in September and scored the winning goal for his new team in a league game at home against Kasimpaşa S.K. on Feb. 5, just hours before the earthquake struck in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 6.
Antakya, the city where Hatayspor is based, is in the southern region of Turkey hardest hit by the earthquake.
The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude quake in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria passed 43,000 on Friday.
Hatayspor said Atsu’s body was being repatriated to Ghana. “There are no words to describe our sadness,” the club tweeted.
Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo posted a photo of Atsu on his official Twitter account and wrote: “Ghana football has lost one of its finest personnel and ambassadors, one who will be difficult to replace. He’ll be sorely missed.”
Former Ghana captain and teammate Asamoah Gyan tweeted “RIP Brother.”
A day after the earthquake there were reports that Atsu had been rescued but Hatayspor, after initially announcing that it had received information that Atsu was alive and on his way to the hospital, said later that the reports of a successful rescue were, heartbreakingly, mistaken and the player was still missing. It had also said the club’s sporting director, Taner Savut, was still missing. Savut has not yet been found.
The contractor of the 12-story Ronesans Rezidans building — where Atsu and Savut lived — was detained at Istanbul Airport a week ago, apparently trying to leave the country.
Atsu’s agent, Nana Sechere, traveled to Turkey with members of Atsu’s family in an attempt to find him, holding onto hopes that he might be alive amid the wreckage. Sechere had urged authorities and Hatayspor officials to step up their efforts in the search for Atsu and Savut.
In a statement Tuesday, Sechere said rescuers had been able to pinpoint Atsu’s exact room location in his collapsed apartment building over a week after the devastating earthquake but the only thing they recovered were two pairs of his shoes.
Sechere confirmed Saturday that Atsu’s body was found. He posted a message on Twitter: “My deepest condolences go to his family and loved ones.”
Atsu played more than 60 times for Ghana and scored on his debut as a 20-year-old in 2012. He was part of the Ghana squad at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and starred at the 2015 African Cup of Nations, scoring two goals to help Ghana to the final, where it lost in a penalty shootout to Ivory Coast.
He was named the player of the tournament at that African Cup.
Atsu was signed by Chelsea in 2013 but his time there was limited to appearances in exhibition games and he was sent out on loan to various clubs over the next four years. The winger joined Newcastle on loan in 2016 and was part of the team that won promotion back to the Premier League in the 2016-17 season.
He signed a permanent deal with Newcastle in 2017 and spent four years there. The club said Saturday it was “profoundly saddened” by Atsu’s death.
“A talented player and a special person, he will always be fondly remembered by our players, staff and supporters,” Newcastle tweeted.
The Ghana Football Association added: “We would like to express our deepest condolences to his wife and children, the family, loved ones and the football community.”
Atsu joined Hatayspor last year after a short spell playing in Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim Kwarteng, a friend of Atsu’s in Ghana, told The Associated Press in a recent interview that he knew the player as someone who helped people in his West African home country as much as he could.
Kwarteng runs an organization that helps people convicted of petty crimes get jobs and put their lives back together after being released from jail and Atsu was its single biggest donor, Kwarteng said. Atsu had also started building an orphanage in Ghana and was helping to fund a new breast cancer screening center, Kwarteng said.
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Associated Press writer Francis Kokutse in Accra, Ghana, contributed to this report.
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More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-02-18T20:27:17+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-ghana-soccer-player-christian-atsu-dies-in-turkey-earthquake/ |
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VS OPP-Pitcher's record versus this opponent. | 2022-07-10T22:39:26+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/MLB-Expanded-Pitching-Comparison-17295846.php |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A meal delivery driver on Wednesday said the snow slowed him down slightly but he was still able to make good time.
Patrick Lazo began making DoorDash deliveries this week. He said orders picked up noticeably as the snow approached. Lazo moved to Indianapolis from Los Angeles this year to go to college and said this is his first time experiencing a true winter.
“I like (driving in snow) but I think that if there were more snow, I wouldn’t like it,” he said, “because I have had a few wheel slips and it’s not fun at all. It’s a little scary.”
Lazo spent much of the day delivering orders from restaurants downtown. He said some of his deliveries already have taken him as far as seven miles out of his way. On Wednesday morning, his orders were mainly for people elsewhere in the downtown area. Roads in that part of town were slushy but he was still able to get close to his target delivery times. He said delivery customers should expect their orders to take a little more time in snowy conditions. So far, Lazo said his customers haven’t complained.
“Most of the people that I have met so far are very, very kind and understanding,” he said. | 2023-01-26T00:53:41+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/delivery-drivers-brave-snowy-conditions/ |
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast. | 2022-09-11T13:15:37+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/2022-09-11/santigold-releases-new-album-spirtuals |
Police in Germany arrest 25 people allegedly planning to overthrow the government By Esme Nicholson Published December 7, 2022 at 1:31 PM PST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:32 Police in Germany have arrested 25 people who were allegedly planning to overthrow the government. Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-12-07T21:45:05+00:00 | kvpr.org | https://www.kvpr.org/2022-12-07/police-in-germany-arrest-25-people-allegedly-planning-to-overthrow-the-government |
THOMASVILLE, Ga., Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) today reported financial results for the company's 52-week fiscal 2022 and 12-week fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.
Fiscal 2022 Summary:
Compared to the prior year where applicable
- Sales increased 11.0% to a record $4.806 billion.
- Net income increased 10.8% to $228.4 million. Adjusted net income increased 3.0% to $271.0 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) increased 2.3% to $502.0 million, representing 10.4% of sales, a 90-basis point decrease.
- Diluted EPS increased $0.10 to $1.07. Adjusted diluted EPS(1) increased $0.03 to $1.27.
Fourth Quarter Summary:
Compared to the prior year fourth quarter where applicable
- Sales increased 10.1% to a quarter-record $1.083 billion.
- Net income increased 23.6% to $48.6 million. Adjusted net income increased 14.9% to $48.1 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) increased 8.5% to $96.2 million, representing 8.9% of sales, a 10-basis point decrease.
- Diluted EPS increased $0.05 to $0.23. Adjusted diluted EPS(1) increased $0.03 to $0.23.
CEO's Remarks:
"Our record fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 sales highlight the flexibility of our business model and strong execution by our Flowers team," said Ryals McMullian, president and CEO of Flowers Foods. "We have taken steps to adapt and respond to the inflationary environment by implementing price increases, improving the profitability of our lower-margin products, and increasing the attractiveness of our branded portfolio through innovation. We have also entered into an agreement to acquire Papa Pita Bakery, which we expect to provide additional capacity for our growth products and expand our geographic reach.
"Building off our achievements in 2022, we are investing in continued growth for this year and beyond. As part of these efforts, we are increasing marketing to support the nationwide launch of our Dave's Killer Bread snack bars, implementing our enterprise resource planning project, and continuing to improve operational efficiency. Our 2023 outlook reflects the impact of these investments, which, in combination with our portfolio strategy, we expect to drive sustainable growth over time in line with our long-term financial targets."
For the 52-week Fiscal 2023, the Company Expects:
- Sales in the range of approximately $5.176 billion to $5.242 billion, representing an increase of approximately 7.7% to 9.1% compared to the prior year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA(2) in the range of approximately $513 million to $543 million.
- Adjusted EPS(2) in the range of approximately $1.20 to $1.30.
The company's outlook is based on the following assumptions:
- Depreciation and amortization in the range of $160 million to $165 million
- Net interest expense of approximately $8 million to $12 million
- An effective tax rate of approximately 25%
- Weighted average diluted share count for the year of approximately 213 million shares
- Capital expenditures in the range of $140 million to $150 million, with $20 million to $30 million related to the ERP upgrade
Consolidated Fourth Quarter Operating Highlights
Compared to the prior year fourth quarter where applicable
- Sales increased 10.1% to $1.083 billion, a fourth quarter record. Pricing/mix(3) increased 16.7% while volume(4) declined 6.6%.
- Materials, supplies, labor, and other production costs (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) were 53.2% of sales, a 110-basis point increase. These costs increased as a percentage of sales due to input cost inflation, partially offset by inflation-driven pricing actions, lower incentive compensation expense, and reduced outside purchases of product.
- Selling, distribution, and administrative (SD&A) expenses were 37.9% of sales, a 110-basis point decrease, benefiting from lower incentive compensation, lower distributor distribution fees as a percent of sales, reduced rent expense, and greater gain on sale of assets, partly offset by higher bad debt expense and logistics costs. Excluding matters affecting comparability, adjusted SD&A expenses were 37.9% of sales, a 100-basis point decrease from the prior year period.
- Depreciation and amortization (D&A) expenses were $32.7 million, or 3.0% of sales, a 20-basis point decrease.
- Net income increased 23.6% to $48.6 million due to all the factors mentioned above along with lower interest expense. Adjusted net income increased 14.9% to $48.1 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA increased 8.5% to $96.2 million, representing 8.9% of sales, a 10-basis point decrease.
Cash Flow, Capital Allocation, and Capital Return
For fiscal 2022, cash flow from operating activities increased by $16.3 million to $360.9 million, capital expenditures increased $33.1 million to $169.1 million, and dividends paid to shareholders increased $10.6 million to $186.5 million. Cash and cash equivalents were $165.1 million at the end of fiscal 2022.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, the Board of Directors increased the company's share repurchase authorization by 20.0 million shares. For fiscal 2022, the company repurchased $34.6 million of common stock, leaving 24.4 million shares remaining for repurchase under the company's current share repurchase plan. The company expects to continue to execute share repurchases from time to time under this plan.
Pre-Recorded Management Remarks and Question and Answer Webcast
In conjunction with this release, pre-recorded management remarks and a supporting slide presentation will be posted to the Flowers Foods website. The company will host a live question and answer webcast at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern) on February 10, 2023. The pre-recorded remarks and the webcast will be archived at flowersfoods.com/investors.
About Flowers Foods
Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) is one of the largest producers of packaged bakery foods in the United States with 2022 sales of $4.8 billion. Flowers operates bakeries across the country that produce a wide range of bakery products. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, and Tastykake. Learn more at www.flowersfoods.com.
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The foregoing list of important factors does not include all such factors, nor necessarily present them in order of importance. In addition, you should consult other disclosures made by the company (such as in our other filings with the SEC or in company press releases) for other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected by the company. Refer to Part I, Item 1A., Risk Factors, of the Form 10-K, Part II, Item 1A., Risk Factors of the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 8, 2022 and subsequent filings with the SEC for additional information regarding factors that could affect the company's results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. We caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as they speak only as of the date made and are inherently uncertain. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update such statements, except as required by law. 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President Biden is on track to signal his reelection plans in the next few weeks, despite a self-inflicted classified documents controversy that has energized the GOP and put his political team on its heels.
“It’s still very much in the works and nothing has changed,” said one source familiar with the planning around the president’s forthcoming 2024 campaign bid.
Multiple sources with knowledge of the campaign groundwork say Biden intends to signal his intention to seek a second term after the State of the Union address on Feb. 7. A more formal declaration would come closer to the spring.
The classified documents discovery, which triggered the appointment of a special counsel last week by Attorney General Merrick Garland, has done nothing to change those plans, these sources said.
White House allies say Americans will prioritize issues like the economy over the technicalities surrounding the documents. In the coming months, they expect Biden to talk about the victories under his watch, including jobs numbers and a slowdown of skyrocketing inflation.
Democrats have expressed concerns behind the scenes that the classified materials story could be damaging to Biden.
“It’s the kind of thing that can consume a lot of oxygen,” said one Democratic strategist, who asked that their name be withheld to speak candidly. “You think it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, and maybe it isn’t, but it ends up overtaking much of the campaign.”
White House press briefings have been dominated by questions about the classified papers, including why the White House didn’t tell the public of the discovery until months after documents were initially found at Biden’s private office in Washington, D.C.
The White House sought to go on offense on Tuesday, conducting a 45-minute call with reporters, but it also led to more questions.
At the briefing on Wednesday, the White House continued to field questions on the matter, with reporters growing frustrated with the lack of details.
During one exchange, Peter Alexander of NBC News asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to invite Justice Department officials to the podium to answer questions. The White House has consistently referred questions to the Department of Justice.
“This is a legal matter that is currently happening at the Department of Justice and the president has been very, very clear when it comes to these types of legal matters when it comes to investigations,” Jean-Pierre said. “He’s not going to interfere but he wants to make sure that we give back the independence that the Department of Justice should have when it comes to these types of investigations. I certainly would not be bringing them here.”
The documents came from Biden’s time as vice president in the Obama administration. The White House Office of Counsel told the National Archives of the discovery of the documents on Nov. 2. The first news coverage came in the second week of January.
Republicans newly in charge of the House have dug into the story.
In a Jan. 18 letter to University of Pennsylvania President Mary Elizabeth Magill, House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) asked for information on who had access to the Penn Biden Center — where Biden’s office was located in the years following his vice presidency. He also asked for information by Feb. 1 on a visitor log of those who met with Biden at the think tank, security at the facility and any donations to the center that may link back to China.
The documents story shifted the political narrative from the messy House Speaker’s fight from the first week of January that had shown off the divide in the House GOP. It also complicated Democratic attacks on former President Trump, who has his own classified documents scandal to deal with.
The White House and Biden allies have fought back hard at the idea that the Biden and Trump controversies are the same, saying Biden and his team immediately notified the National Archives of the revelation while Trump resisted doing so.
“This is a false equivalency by House Republicans to try and paint them in a similar shade of corruption despite Biden’s lifetime of service to the country,” said Cooper Teboe, a Democratic strategist who works with a pro-Biden political action committee.
“No one should defend taking classified documents home,” Teboe said. “But the situations surrounding the Trump documents versus the Biden documents are worlds apart. President Biden immediately followed procedure upon his team’s discovery of the documents versus President Trump who personally took the documents home with him and tried to hide them for a year — right after his failed coup attempt.”
Since the story broke last week, the White House has tried to relay to the public that they handled the matter in the appropriate way, working to send the papers back to the National Archives. They say it’s a far cry from Trump’s handling of classified papers, prompting an FBI raid on Trump’s home.
Republican strategist Doug Heye said it’s too early to say if the storyline will hurt Biden’s reelection prospects, but he said it chips away at one of the president’s core promises: competency.
“It certainly gets in his way,” Heye said. “Part of it is, ‘Will there be more?’ That’s a very real feeling Democrats have.”
Another GOP operative put it differently.
“The documents issue won’t keep him from running, but it does complicate efforts to take a clean shot at Trump on his classified documents issue and gain a clear advantage on that front,” said Kevin Madden, a former adviser to Mitt Romney. “Yes, the actions in question are very different in severity, but they are both degrees of bad.” | 2023-01-19T00:59:27+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/biden-reelection-plans-on-track-despite-documents-controversy/ |
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Alamogordo is temporarily closing its Sgt. Willie Estrada Memorial Civic Center. The closure starting January 23 will last about a month while construction crews replace the sewer line.
If you need to schedule an appointment call the center at (575) 439-4159 or online at https://ci.alamogordo.nm.us/FormCenter/Civic-Center-26/BOOKING-INQUIRY-108. No other information has been released. | 2023-01-03T23:59:13+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/alamogordo-civic-center-closed-due-to-construction/ |
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home, sending her to the hospital.
The extraordinary police takedown of Clare Nowland, who has dementia, on Wednesday has prompted a high-level police internal investigation. Nowland was in critical condition Friday.
It has also sparked debate about how New South Wales state police use stun guns, which are widely known as Tasers after a major manufacturer. They are a less lethal option than firearms, but have occasionally proved more dangerous than other policing options.
Two police officers went to Yallambee Lodge, a nursing home in the town of Cooma that specializes in residents with higher care needs including dementia, after staff reported that Nowland had taken a serrated steak knife from the kitchen.
Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter declined to say whether he thought a police officer with 12 years experience had used excessive force by firing a stun gun at an elderly woman who stands 1.57 meters (5 foot, 2 inches) tall and weighs 43 kilograms (95 pounds).
Cotter said that police engaged in “negotiations” with the elderly woman for several minutes, and used the stun gun when she approached the doorway where the police were standing.
“At the time she was tasered, she was approaching police. But it is fair to say at a slow pace. She had a walking frame. But she had a knife. I can’t take it any further as to what was going through anyone’s mind,” Cotter told reporters.
Nicole Lee, president of advocacy group People with Disability Australia, said she was shocked by the violence.
“She’s either one hell of an agile, fit, fast and intimidating 95-year-old woman, or there’s a very poor lack of judgement on those police officers and there really needs to be some accountability on their side,” Lee said.
Police said Nowland received her critical injuries from striking her head on the floor, rather than directly from the Taser’s debilitating electric shock.
Cotter described video from the two police officers’ body cameras of Nowland being shot as “confronting footage.” But he said the video was part of an internal police investigation and it would “not be in the public interest to be releasing that.”
Cotter said the police officer who fired the stun gun was currently “not in the workplace,” but it is unclear whether the officer has been suspended.
Nowland, a great-grandmother, made headlines in 2008 when she went skydiving to celebrate her 80th birthday. | 2023-05-19T13:10:44+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/police-use-taser-on-95-year-old-australian-woman-with-dementia-who-held-steak-knife/ |
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In a new report released Thursday, pro-democracy think tank and watchdog Freedom House said it had recorded 85 new incidents of “public, direct, physical incidents of transnational repression” in 2021, bringing the total recorded between the start of 2014 and the end of last year to 735.
Even those living in the world’s preeminent superpower aren’t spared. Iran, China, Egypt, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia and others have targeted those in the United States, Freedom House found, and were “increasingly and more aggressively disregarding US laws to threaten, harass, surveil, stalk, and even plot to physically harm people across the country.”
The act of transnational repression goes back at least decades: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union frequently crossed borders to assassinate so-called “enemies of the state.” But the way some governments act now has become “brazen, even outlandish,” Freedom House’s Yana Gorokhovskaia told me in a phone call.
Autocratic governments were cooperating to promote the alarming idea, Gorokhovskaia said, that “people do not have the right to criticize those in power, no matter where they are in the world — not only at home but once they leave home as well.”
Transnational repression came to Brooklyn last summer. Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist and activist, was the apparent target of a plot that could have seen her abducted from a waterfront neighborhood in New York City and taken out of the country, possibly by speedboat, for an uncertain fate.
“This is not some far-fetched movie plot. We allege a group, backed by the Iranian government, conspired to kidnap a U.S.-based journalist here on our soil and forcibly return her to Iran,” FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said in a statement announcing the plot last July.
Much of the harassment that targets dissidents on U.S. soil is less dramatic but no less powerful. Gorokhovskaia noted that the incidents counted for the report this year didn’t include the subtler forms of pressure, from online abuse and hacking claims to blackmail via threats to relatives and friends still living back in their home country.
In 2020, a New York City police officer originally from Tibet was charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government and using his position to collect information about the Tibetan diaspora. The officer, Baimadajie Angwang, had been granted asylum in the United States at the age of 17 after claiming he would be tortured if he returned to China.
Freedom House interviewed a dozen people from other places now living in the United States about how the threat of transnational repression had influenced them. “When you don’t feel safe in your house in the U.S., that’s a disaster,” Sardar Pashaei, a former wrestler and activist from Iran, told the report’s authors. “That’s a shame. … Where else on this planet should we go to feel safe?”
Gorokhovskaia said: “When you talk about authoritarianism, I think often we tend to talk about it as a problem over there. This is a problem right here, and it’s happening to people who live in this country, many of whom are citizens or permanent residents. It really limits their exercise of rights that I think most of us think are ordinary and fundamental.”
The U.S. government has taken some steps to push back against the problem. The Justice Department has begun indicting individuals in connection with transnational repression while the FBI has been tracking the crimes and published a website that gives victims advice and raises awareness.
But there is more that could be done. Freedom House points to the difficult path to lawful immigration status that exists for many immigrant communities, even those that have legitimate claims for asylum. The United States is also a diplomatic ally of some of the countries targeting dissidents abroad, such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh’s attacks on foreign critics were brought to international attention by the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a contributor to The Washington Post and a U.S. permanent resident, in Istanbul. But the United States has sought to repair relations with Saudi Arabia in the years since; it never moved to personally sanction Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
For Saudi dissidents in the United States, this pragmaticism sent a message. “MBS was not forgiven, but he was not sanctioned. He was not included,” one unnamed Saudi in the United States told Freedom House. “Right after that, things quickly changed for us. … It seemed like there was a reaction from the Saudi government that, okay, there’s no consequences. We can do whatever we want.”
By its nature, transnational repression is hard for any one country to fix. International bodies like Interpol are part of the problem, with countries like Turkey, Russia and China using the crime-fighting body to issue Red Notices against dissidents and exiles, Freedom House writes, that allow them to reach people abroad.
There has been some progress. Congress passed the Transnational Repression Accountability and Prevention (TRAP) Act in late 2021, calling on the United States to use its influence as Interpol’s largest funder to better influence the body. In March, the governments of Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States called on Interpol to suspend Russian authorities’ access to systems after the invasion of Ukraine.
Freedom House calls for more to be done, with like-minded governments working together to come to an international standard of transnational repression and working with technology companies and bodies like the United Nations to limit its impact.
It won’t be easy, but the problem is unlikely to go away soon. As Freedom House and other bodies have noted, authoritarianism has been spreading in recent years and democracy declining. But the flip side of growing transnational repression is that social media and online communications pose new threats to autocratic governments.
“There have always been people in exile and people who have remained engaged in the politics of their homeland from exile. But it’s undeniable that people’s voices are amplified by being online, by social media platforms,” Gorokhovskaia said. “There is this feedback loop. They can stay in touch with what’s happening at home, and they can be advocates on behalf of causes and movements at home from abroad.” | 2022-06-02T04:16:14+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/02/transnational-repression-report-china-russia/ |
How to Watch the Islanders vs. Hurricanes Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs First Round Game 4
Published: Apr. 22, 2023 at 1:16 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The New York Islanders are on their home ice at UBS Arena Sunday to square off against the Carolina Hurricanes for Game 4 of the NHL Playoffs First Round, beginning at 1:00 PM ET on TNT, SN360, TVAS, MSGSN, and BSSO. The Hurricanes are up 2-1.
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You can turn on TNT, SN360, TVAS, MSGSN, and BSSO to see the match unfold as the Hurricanes try to knock off the Islanders.
Islanders Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 1:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT, SN360, TVAS, MSGSN, and BSSO
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Where: UBS Arena in Elmont, New York
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Islanders vs. Hurricanes Head-to-Head
Islanders Stats & Trends
- Defensively, the Islanders have been one of the stingiest units in NHL action, allowing 217 total goals (2.6 per game) to rank fifth.
- The Islanders' 242 total goals (3.0 per game) rank 22nd in the NHL.
- Over the last 10 games, the Islanders are 5-4-1 (70.0% of possible points).
- On the defensive side, the Islanders have given up 21 goals (2.1 per game) over those 10 outings.
- They have averaged 2.7 goals per game (27 total) over that span.
Islanders Key Players
Hurricanes Stats & Trends
- The Hurricanes allow 2.6 goals per game (210 in total), the second-fewest in the league.
- The Hurricanes' 262 goals on the season (3.2 per game) rank them 15th in the league.
- Over the past 10 games, the Hurricanes have earned 80.0% of the possible points with a 6-4-0 record.
- On the defensive end, the Hurricanes have given up 25 goals (2.5 per game) in those 10 matchups.
- They are scoring at a 2.7 goals-per-game average (27 total) over that time.
Hurricanes Key Players
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The Lincoln Memorial will be getting a $69 million upgrade.
According to the National Park Service, a 15,000 square feet exhibit will be created underneath the Lincoln Memorial to tell a "more complete story" of its history.
“The undercroft of the Lincoln Memorial, long hidden from public view, offers a fascinating setting to learn more about America’s 16th president and the memorial that honors him,” Jeff Reinbold, superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks, said. “Thanks to the National Park Foundation and its generous donors, visitors will be able to view this dramatic architectural feature, learn about the how the memorial was built and how its meaning has evolved over the last century.”
The National Parks Service says the exhibit will feature an immersive theater presentation with projected images of historic events onto the foundations.
“Improving the visitor experience at the Lincoln Memorial is vitally important to connecting Americans to the rich history of our country, the triumphs, the failures, and the lessons learned,” said David M. Rubenstein, who donated $18.5 million for the project.
The memorial will remain open during the construction. However, the basement area exhibits will close this spring.
The new exhibit is scheduled to open in March 2026. | 2023-02-20T19:30:49+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/large-exhibit-space-to-be-built-underneath-lincoln-memorial |
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — It was uplifting enough for the Buffalo Bills staff and players to see Damar Hamlin appear on the video screen in the team’s meeting room Friday — “larger than life,” as coach Sean McDermott put it — for the first time since the safety collapsed and had to be resuscitated on the field.
What sent everyone’s emotions over the top was hearing Hamlin, his mouth and throat still raw shortly after having a breathing tube removed, softly say: “ Love you, boys.”
“Amazing. Touching. To see Damar, number one, through my own eyes, I know it’s something I’ve been looking forward to, kind of needing to see,” McDermott said. “And to see the players’ reaction. They stood up right away and clapped for him and yelled some things at him. It was a pretty cool exchange.”
Four days since his heart stopped after making what appeared to be a routine tackle in a game, the 24-year-old Hamlin from his hospital room in Cincinnati and the Bills enjoyed a moment of jubilation in celebrating the next step in what his doctors have termed a remarkable recovery.
“We got our boy, man. It’s all that matters,” left tackle Dion Dawkins said.
“To see the boy’s face, to see him smile and to see him go like this in the camera,” Dawkins said, flexing his muscles to mimic Hamlin, “it was everything. And then to hear him talk, it was literally everything. That’s what we needed.”
Hamlin is now breathing and walking on his own, and traded in the writing pad he had been using to communicate. Though there is no timetable for his release, Hamlin’s doctors said Thursday that both breathing on his own and showing continued signs of improvement are the final steps for him to be discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Hamlin spent his first two days in the hospital under sedation. Upon being awakened on Wednesday evening, Hamlin was able to follow commands and grip people’s hands. The breathing tube was removed, the team said Friday, and Hamlin’s “neurologic function remains intact.”
The team did not say whether Hamlin’s status remains critical or whether he’s been moved from intensive care.
In what was an expected formality, the Bills placed Hamlin on the season-ending injured reserve list and activated rookie cornerback Christian Benford from IR. Benford has been sidelined since sustaining an oblique injury on Thanksgiving Day.
“The hair on the back of my neck stood up when he said, ‘I love you boys,’” said general manager Brandon Beane, who returned to Buffalo on Thursday after spending the three days at Hamlin’s bedside along with the player’s family.
The turning point in Hamlin’s recovery, for Beane, anyway, came Thursday morning when the two exchanged hugs.
“Just to be able to hug him and the grip strength that he had,” Beane said, before recalling what he told Hamlin’s father, Mario. “I told him, I’m not a crier, but man it was emotional and a lot of grown men in there crying yesterday. Something I’ll never forget.”
The reaction from around the NFL on Friday was just as heart-warming.
“Awesome. It’s probably uplifting for the entire league,” said New York Giants coach Brian Daboll, who spent the previous four seasons as the Bills offensive coordinator. “It gives you a boost because you’re praying so hard for the young man.”
The NFL announced plans to show support for Hamlin during all Week 18 games, including a pregame moment of support, painting Hamlin’s No. 3 on the 30-yard line and pregame shirts with “Love for Damar 3.” The Bills will also wear “3” jersey patches.
New York Jets rookie cornerback Sauce Gardner was already planning to wear Hamlin’s No. 3 jersey during warmups before the team’s game at Miami on Sunday.
“What a warrior. He’s so strong, a fighter for sure,” Gardner said. “I was just so happy he was able to come back to the world.”
Interacting with Hamlin gave the Bills (12-3) some encouragement and allowed them to turn their attention to the season-ending home game against the New England Patriots (8-8) on Sunday.
“It’s going to be a celebration of life and an ongoing life,” Beane said, looking ahead.
“It’s not only going to be a celebration of Buffalo, but the whole country, and I’m sure people internationally that have watched this situation,” he added. “It’s going to be a cool deal, and the only thing better is if Damar was out there by then. I don’t know if that would happen, but anyway, we’re excited for Sunday.”
The sight of Hamlin collapsing, which was broadcast to a North American TV audience on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” has led to an outpouring of support from fans and players from across the league. Fans, team owners and players — including Tom Brady and Russell Wilson — have made donations to Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation, which had raised just short of $8 million by Friday afternoon.
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AP Pro Football Writer Dennis Waszak Jr. and AP Sports Writer Tom Canavan contributed to this report.
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Seattle Public Schools announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the teachers union.
"Our tentative agreement is for a 3-year contract with Special Education ratios maintained and improved in areas, adding baseline mental health staffing in all schools, and raises above IPD every year," the Seattle Education Association said in a statement.
The union will vote on the new contract on Tuesday.
The school year was delayed when teachers went on strike on Sept. 7, which would have been the first day of classes.
The school district said it will provide updates on when the school year will begin after the union votes to officially approve the contract.
Students will have to make up the missed days. | 2022-09-13T13:55:13+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/news/national/seattle-teachers-reach-tentative-agreement-with-school-district-to-end-strike |
A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in 10 countries, mostly in Africa, by 2030 to support 200,000 community health workers, who serve as a critical bridge to treatment for people with limited access to medical care.
The Skoll Foundation and The Johnson & Johnson Foundation announced Monday that they donated a total of $25 million to the initiative. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which will oversee the project, matched the donations and hopes to raise an additional $50 million.
The investment seeks to empower the frontline workers that experts say are essential to battling outbreaks of COVID-19, Ebola and HIV.
“What have we found out in terms of community health workers?” said Francisca Mutapi, a professor at the University of Edinburgh, who helps lead a multiyear project to treat neglected tropical diseases in multiple African countries. “They are very popular. They are very effective. They are very cost effective.”
On a recent trip to Zimbabwe for research, Mutapi described how a community health worker negotiated the treatment of a parasitic infection in a young child who was part of a religious group that doesn’t accept clinical medicine.
“She’s going to the river, getting on with her day-to-day business, and she notices that one of the children in her community is complaining about a stomachache,” said Mutapi.
The woman approached the child’s grandmother for permission to bring the child to a clinic, which diagnosed and began treating the child for bilharzia. That would not have happened without the woman’s intervention, Mutapi said.
Ashley Fox, an associate professor specializing in global health policy at Albany, SUNY, said evidence shows community health workers can effectively deliver low-cost care “when they are properly equipped and trained and paid – that’s a big caveat.”
Though the current number of these workers is not well documented, in 2017, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that the continent required 2 million to meet health targets. Many of these workers are women and unpaid, though The Global Fund advocates for some sort of salary for them.
“It’s hard to think of a better set of people that you would want to be paying if you think about it from both the point of view of creating good jobs as well as maximizing the health impact,” said Peter Sands, the fund’s executive director.
The Global Fund, founded in 2002, channels international financing with the aim of eradicating treatable infectious diseases. In addition to its regular three-year grants to countries, it will deploy these new philanthropic donations through a catalytic fund to encourage spending on some of the best practices and program designs.
Last Mile Health, part of the Africa Frontline First health initiative, has worked with the Liberian government to expand and strengthen its community health program since 2016.
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, former Liberian president and Noble Peace Prize recipient, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, convened Last Mile Health and other organizations to grapple with a response.
“We were all kind of seeing the deja vu moment of recalling back to a couple of years ago where Liberia was beset by this tragic epidemic of Ebola,” said Nan Chen, managing director of Last Mile Health. “And as President Sirleaf reminded us: the tide was turned when we turned to the community.”
Along with the other organizations that specialize in the financing, research and policy of public health, they set about designing an initiative to expand community health programs and to capitalize on the attention the pandemic brought to the need for disease surveillance.
The catalytic fund is the result. “I think the pandemic has shone a light on the critical role of these health workers,” said Lauren Moore, vice president of global community impact at Johnson & Johnson.
Don Gips, CEO of the Skoll Foundation, emphasized that these workers also can raise early warnings that benefit people everywhere.
“It’s critical not just for delivering health care in Africa, but this is how we’ll also catch the next set of diseases that could threaten populations around the world,” said Gips, who is also the former U.S. ambassador to South Africa.
Last Mile Health won a major donation from Skoll Foundation in 2017 and has also received large donations from the Audacious Project from TED and Co-Impact, another funding collective. The organization’s co-founder, Raj Panjabi, now serves in the Biden administration.
“What philanthropy has noticed about Last Mile Health is that we were not only taking direct action on the problem by actively managing community health worker programs, but that we were seeing our innovation adopted in national policy at scale,” said James Nardella, the organization’s chief program officer.
SUNY’s Fox and other experts say linking the work of community health care workers to the national health system is a priority, along with securing sustainable funding for their programs.
The Global Fund said it will assist countries with the design of proposed community health care worker expansions over the next year.
Chen acknowledged there is no silver bullet for the issue of sustainability.
“Part of the work that organizations like Last Mile Health have to do is to sit in that discomfort and wrestle with it, with our partners, with donors, until we incrementally squeeze out the solution here,” Chen said.
Mutapi said eventually governments must fund the programs themselves and she argued the experiences of places like Zimbabwe and Liberia with community health workers could benefit people in other contexts as well.
“Actually having lived on Scottish islands, which are inaccessible,” she said, the innovation of community health workers is “something that actually can be exported to Western communities that are remote because that connection between a health provider and the local community is really important for compliance and for access.”
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HOUSTON, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Talos Energy Inc. ("Talos" or the "Company") (NYSE: TALO) announced today that all of the proposals related to its previously announced acquisition of EnVen Energy Corporation ("EnVen") were approved by the requisite holders of Talos common stock at the Company's special meeting of stockholders held on February 8, 2023 (the "Special Meeting"). The final voting results from the Special Meeting will be reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission after certification by the Company's inspector of elections.
The closing of the EnVen acquisition is expected to occur on February 13, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
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CHENGDU, China, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During the 14th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, "Chengdu International Airport Economic Zone Promotion Fair", held on November 9 by Shuangliu District of Chengdu, has harvested seven aviation industry projects with a total investment of more than 8 billion yuan. Meanwhile, it is announced that "Global Solicitation of Full Life Circle Aircraft International Forum" kicked off formally.
At the promotion fair, a litany of projects between Shuangliu District and Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Guangzhou Hangxin Aviation Technology, Longjiang Airlines, Kuehne & Nagel (China) Cargo Transportation Agency, Loongrise Avionics, Tianli Times Aviation Technology were signed, settled and opened in Zhuhai city and Shuangliu. The total investment of seven projects surpassed 8 billion yuan, according to Shuangliu District Government.
Revolving around "Full Life Circle Aircraft International Forum", an upcoming event in 2023, Shuangliu District of Chengdu started the global solicitation plan, and joined with airlines such as Airbus in inviting global affiliated enterprises to exchange on topics such as aviation operation & maintenance, refitting services, and trade of aviation materials, thus enhancing Chengdu's influence in the global aviation map.
Shuangliu District of Chengdu is dubbed as the "capital of Chinese aviation economy". Chengdu International Airport Economic Zone, located on the west side of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Runway 2, has a planned area of 4.98 square kilometers. At present, it has gathered Airbus Lifecycle Service Project, COMAC Aircraft Demonstration Industrial Park, SF Airlines and over 20 aviation maintenance enterprises. Meanwhile, it has four functional platforms: Airplane Airworthiness Certification Center, Aviation Fuel Airworthiness Certification Center, Flight Verification Center and Aviation Medical Center.
On July 26, 2022, Airbus Aircraft Life Cycle Service Project started construction in Shuangliu District. This project is the first aircraft recycling project directly invested by Airbus outside Europe, with a total investment of 6 billion yuan. Having divided into two business lines, this project consists of MRO business line (maintenance, overhaul, parking, storage and disassembly) and USM business line (second-hand air material management and trading), and aims to carry out trade and distribution business for disassembled second-hand air materials worldwide.
Following the Airbus Life Cycle Service Project, the aviation industry in Shuangliu District has added another Airbus-affiliated cooperation project: AMECO and Airbus will start the "passenger aircraft-to-freighter" (preighter) business of A330 in Chengdu, and the work plan of the first A330 preighter will be initiated in 2023.
According to the plan, the scale of aviation industry in Chengdu International Airport Economic Zone will strive to exceed 20 billion yuan by 2025, and the proportion of aviation industry in GDP will increase by 4.5 percentage points compared with that of 2022. By 2027, the scale of aviation industry in Chengdu International Airport Economic Zone will strive to exceed 30 billion yuan, and the proportion of aviation industry in GDP will increase by 3.5 percentage points on the basis of 2025, which will promote the deep integration of aviation manufacturing industry and aviation service industry.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — There are two searing scenes of Nancy Pelosi confronting the violent extremism that spilled into the open late in her storied political career. In one, she's uncharacteristically shaken in a TV interview as she recounts the brutal attack on her husband.
In the other, the House speaker rips open a package of beef jerky with her teeth during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, while on the phone with Mike Pence, instructing the Republican vice president how to stay safe from the mob that came for them both. "Don’t let anybody know where you are,” she said.
That Pelosi, composed and in command at a time of chaos, tart but proper at every turn, is the one whom lawmakers have obeyed, tangled with, respected and feared for two decades.
She is the most powerful woman in American politics and one of the most consequential legislative leaders. Now, at 82, in the face of political loss and personal trauma, she is closing her era.
Pelosi announced Thursday she would not seek a Democratic leadership position in the Congress that convenes in January, when Republicans take control. Pelosi will remain in Congress.
“Never would I have thought that I would go from homemaker to House speaker,” she allowed. On her future, she told reporters: "I like to dance, I like to sing. There’s a life out there, right?”
Polarizing and combative, Pelosi nevertheless forged compromises with Republicans on historic legislation, on health care, roads, student debt relief, climate change and more.
Even former Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich, a self-described “partisan conservative who thinks that most of her positions are insane,” said Pelosi had a “remarkable” run.
“Totally dominant,” Gingrich said of her. “She’s clearly one of the strongest speakers in history. She has shown enormous perseverance and discipline."
Bono, who worked with Pelosi over the years on combating AIDS, said in a statement to the AP after a performance Thursday night in Scotland: “When the story of the end of AIDS is written, Nancy Pelosi’s name will stand out in boldface.”
“I am honored to have learned so much from her grit and grace, and to call her a friend,” he added.
Many fellow Democrats, at one point or another, earned her look of icy disapproval, not just the other side.
“Politics is tough,” she said in 2015, “but intraparty? Oh, brother.”
Pelosi prevailed — for nearly 20 years as House Democratic leader including nearly eight as speaker in two stints — with hard-nosed sentiments like these:
“Whoever votes against the speaker will pay a price.” — to Democrats who resisted her push for a select committee on climate change early in her speakership.
“Nobody’s walking out of here saying anything, if they want to keep an intact neck.” — to negotiators trying to work out a 2007 House-Senate compromise to restrain pork, according to the notes of John A. Lawrence, her then-chief of staff and author of a new insider book on her speakership, “Arc of Power."
Sometimes, she could snap her lawmakers into line without a word.
A flick of her hand silenced Democrats who cheered when the House first passed articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, for Pelosi was a stickler for decorum. But not always.
She ripped her copy of Trump's 2020 State of the Union speech, on the dais behind him, on camera. The theatrical protest raised questions about whether Pelosi, in that moment, had become what she despised in Trump.
“He has shredded the truth in his speech, shredded the Constitution in his conduct — I shredded the address,” she said crisply. “Thank you all very much.”
Republicans pilloried her as “Darth Nancy” back in 2006 and the villainization got uglier, complete with gun imagery, as the years passed.
“She was, she is, the personification of the San Francisco liberal,” Lawrence said. “It was made to order for them."
But "there was a viciousness. The fact that she fit that bill so perfectly — a smart, attractive, effective woman ... they knew they could caricature and stigmatize things about her, her appearance and style, in a way that was a very effective dog whistle of misogyny.”
She would never publicly attribute the attacks to the fact she's a woman, Lawrence said. “She would say, ‘They did it because I’m effective.'" Then “pretend to flick dust” off her immaculate jacket.
“Darth Nancy” was a quaint, faraway insult by the time the pro-Trump mob came looking for her that Jan. 6. Their sign at the Capitol said “Pelosi is Satan.”
Rifling through her desk, they found a pair of boxing gloves. Pink ones.
Pelosi honed the art of aiming high, then disappointing one faction of her party or another without losing core support. Rare is the major achievement that was as far left as the party's left wing wanted.
But many are the achievements. She settled for an “Obamacare” bill, for example, that did not give everyone the option of government health insurance, but did, over time, expand access to health care.
She crushed toes along the way.
“Her instincts are to find a path and if you happen to be standing in the hole, she’s going to treat you like a running back," said political scientist Cal Jillson at Southern Methodist University. "If she can go through you, fine. If not, you’re headed to the medicine tent.”
Pelosi faced none of the questions about sharpness that dog Biden, 80 on Sunday. She still races around Congress, in high heels, at a pace people half her age can find hard to match.
But concern had grown in the ranks about the crowd of older Democratic leaders still in charge.
Leon Panetta, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, said Pelosi “probably could have spent more time building a stronger bench in terms of leadership in the House and trying to make sure that others could follow in her path.”
Her fundraising prowess was one key to success.
“This is why the Democrats had more money than God," said Republican Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan. "She was magic, and I don’t think she lost a vote.”
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report. | 2022-11-18T07:17:34+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Pelosi-dominant-figure-for-the-ages-leaves-17594153.php |
SEATTLE (AP) — Police in Estonia have arrested two men accused in a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud, U.S. authorities said Monday.
An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Seattle charged Estonian citizens Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin, both age 37, with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to the charging documents, they worked with four unnamed co-conspirators living in Estonia, Belarus and Switzerland.
Prosecutors said the suspects tricked hundreds of thousands of people from 2015 to 2019 into buying contracts for a cryptocurrency mining service called HashFlare and investing in a virtual currency bank called Polybius Bank. In reality the businesses operated as pyramid schemes, prosecutors said.
The men are accused of using shell companies to launder the fraud proceeds and to purchase real estate and luxury cars. The pair are in custody in Estonia pending extradition to the U.S., the Justice Department said.
“These defendants capitalized on both the allure of cryptocurrency, and the mystery surrounding cryptocurrency mining, to commit an enormous Ponzi scheme,” Seattle U.S. Attorney Nick Brown said in a news release.
U.S. and Estonian authorities are working to confiscate properties and bank accounts maintained by the defendants, Brown said.
Court records in Seattle did not indicate whether the men had obtained attorneys. Some of the victims were in Western Washington state, authorities said.
The cryptocurrency industry has seen a fair share of volatility and turmoil this year, including a sharp decline in price for bitcoin and other digital assets. Earlier this month, the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, collapsed after experiencing the crypto equivalent of a bank run. For some, the events are reminiscent of the failures of Wall Street firms during the 2008 financial crisis, particularly now that supposedly healthy firms like FTX are failing.
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This story has been updated to correct that the four unnamed co-conspirators in the case have not been charged.
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Human trafficking sting results in 160 arrests, including high school teacher, Disney employee
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – Authorities in Florida arrested 160 people during a seven-day long undercover human trafficking sting.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the operation, called “Fall Haul 2,” began Aug. 30.
Detectives said the total of charges stemming from the operation included 52 felonies and 216 misdemeanors.
The sheriff’s office said one of the most notable arrests was of 41-year-old Cameron Burke, a computer technician for Oak Ridge High School in Orange County. Detectives said Burke was out on bond for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student that began in 2020.
Other notable arrests included a deputy chief of a Georgia police department, a high school math teacher, a bellhop employed by Disney and a freelance photographer often contracted by Disney.
The oldest of the arrests is 64, while the youngest is 19 years old, according to officials.
Out of the 160 arrests, 15 people were from states other than Florida, and one was from Puerto Rico.
Of the people who were arrested, police say 26 of them said they were married.
Detectives also said they seized cocaine, heroin, meth, MDMA and marijuana from those they arrested as well.
Multiple agencies participated in the operation, including several police departments, social service organizations, and members of the state’s Department of Children and Families.
The sheriff’s office said they identified two trafficking victims and another five victims. All prostitutes taken into custody were offered services by the social services organizations at the operation.
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PROVIDENCE — In a surprising move, the board at Care New England voted unanimously Tuesday night to remain independent and not merge with another entity.
For the last several years, Care New England’s executives have emphasized financial pressures that would give them no choice but to merge with another health care system. In fact, Dr. James E. Fanale, the system’s president and CEO, previously told the Globe that he thought a merger or acquisition of some type would be “necessary” for Care New England’s financial future.
The system is the second largest in Rhode Island and owns Women & Infants, Kent, and Butler hospitals, yet has long been starved for capital. Fanale said Care New England won’t go bankrupt, but it posted an operating loss of about $35 million during the six months prior to March 31.
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This week, while voting to remain independent, the struggling hospital group declined offers from at least two potential suitors: StoneBridge Healthcare, a nonprofit based in Pennsylvania, which submitted its second bid for CNE in February 2022 for $550 million, and Prime Healthcare, which owns Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. It’s unclear what Prime was offering to Care New England.
Josh Nemzoff, the CEO of StoneBridge, and Elizabeth Nikels, a spokeswoman for Prime, could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday morning.
Fanale previously told the Globe that Care New England had hired two consulting firms they’ve worked with before, financial consultant Solic Capital Partners in Florida, and legal firm McDermott, Will and Emery in Chicago, to evaluate each of the suitors. Fanale said in early June that the hospital group would be ready to strike a deal before the end of July.
That’s in stark contrast to Tuesday night, when the board, led by chairman Charles R. Reppucci, said Care New England would remain independent with “enhanced support” from clinical and financial partners, such as Brown University and Lifespan, along with other area hospitals. These arrangements do not require legal review or regulations, as would a full merger.
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“This plan, coupled with the financial support included in the recently-enacted state budget, will help ensure that Care New England will maintain a stable operating platform and continue to fulfill its mission to care for its community of patients and support our staff,” said Reppucci and Fanale in a statement.
A source close to these conversations told the Globe that while the offers from Prime and StoneBridge sounded like they would bring serious cash to the system, that capital wouldn’t be distributed immediately, but would be spread out over time. “You can do the same things [Prime and StoneBridge were offering] with Lifespan and Brown, without a full merger,” the source said, explaining that Care New England would go forward with a “curated set of partnerships.”
It’s unclear how long this vote of independence could last.
Since summer 2020, Care New England, Lifespan Corp., and Brown University had a plan to merge under a new entity, Rhode Island Academic Health Care System Inc. It would have been Rhode Island’s largest employer. But in February, Attorney General Peter Neronha and the Federal Trade Commission, denied the merger, saying it would hurt consumers by creating a health care giant with a stranglehold on the local market.
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Lifespan and Care New England had attempted to combine before. In 2018, after one of those deals fell apart, Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare (now Mass General Brigham) swooped in and tried to acquire Care New England. They went as far as submitting an application to the state to request to merge, but former Governor Gina Raimondo, who is now the US Commerce Secretary under President Biden, stepped in and asked for an in-state solution. Her solution faced backlash, and critics said having a system with 80 percent market power would be a prescription for disaster.
Mass General pulled out of the deal so Lifespan and and Care New England could go back to the drawing board in 2019. After the attorney general denied the Lifespan-Care New England deal, however, many observers thought that it would be Mass General coming to strike a deal again.
Sources at Care New England who are privy to merger conversations told the Globe that there were conversations between Mass General and Care New England, but they could not say to what extent.
This story will be updated.
Alexa Gagosz can be reached at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz and on Instagram @AlexaGagosz. | 2022-07-06T15:24:41+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/care-new-england-board-eschews-merger-offers-votes-remain-independent/ |
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