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An alligator apparently taken from a zoo in Texas 20 years ago has been returned.
In a video posted on the Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo Facebook page, a worker said they got a call from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials about an alligator needing a new home.
The person who had the 8-foot alligator apparently wasn't complying with regulations to keep the animal. During their investigation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials learned that the person volunteered at the zoo 20 years ago.
"[She] apparently stole this alligator, either the egg or the hatchling alligator at the time, put it in their pocket and took off and kept this thing as a pet," the zoo worker said.
The woman lived about 50 miles from the zoo, which is near San Antonio, officials said. Zoo workers went to the woman's home to reclaim the alligator. It was brought back to the zoo where it will live out the remainder of its life.
The woman was cited for keeping the animal.
According to the Smithsonian National Zoo, the lifespan of an alligator is up to 50 years. | 2023-03-07T18:47:21+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/stolen-alligator-returned-to-zoo-20-years-later |
LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.
A day packed with events in London and Windsor began early when the doors of 900-year-old Westminster Hall were closed to mourners after hundreds of thousands had filed in front of her flag-draped coffin. Many had waited for hours in line, including through cold nights, to attend the lying in state in an outpouring of collective grief and respect.
“I felt like I had to come and pay my final respects to our majestic queen. She has done so much for us and just a little thank you really from the people,” said Tracy Dobson, who was among the last to join the line.
In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle: 142 Royal Navy sailors drew the gun carriage carrying Elizabeth’s coffin to Westminster Abbey, with King Charles III and his sons, Princes William and Harry, walking behind as bagpipers played. Pall bearers carried the coffin into the abbey, where around 2,000 people ranging from world leaders to health care workers gathered to mourn her. Ahead of the service, a bell tolled 96 times — once a minute for each year of her life.
“Here, where Queen Elizabeth was married and crowned, we gather from across the nation, from the Commonwealth, and from the nations of the world, to mourn our loss, to remember her long life of selfless service, and in sure confidence to commit her to the mercy of God our maker and redeemer,” the dean of the medieval abbey, David Hoyle, told the mourners.
Monday has been declared a public holiday in honor of Elizabeth, who died Sept. 8 — and hundreds of thousands of people descended on central London to partake in the historic moment. Long before the service began, city authorities said viewing areas along the route of the funeral’s procession were full.
Millions more were expected to tune into the funeral live on television, and crowds flocked to parks and public spaces across the U.K. to watch it on screens. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in his sermon that “few leaders receive the outpouring of love we have seen” for Elizabeth.
On the evening before, Charles issued a message of thanks to people in the U.K. and around the world, saying he and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, have been “moved beyond measure” by the large numbers of people who have turned out to pay their respects to the queen.
Following the funeral, the coffin — ringed by units of the armed forces in dress uniforms and members of her family — will be brought through the capital’s streets to Wellington Arch near Hyde Park.
There, it will be placed in a hearse to be driven to Windsor Castle — where Elizabeth spent much of her time — for another procession before a committal service in St. George’s Chapel. She will be laid to rest with her late husband, Prince Philip, at a private family service.
U.S. President Joe Biden was among leaders to pay their respects at the queen’s coffin on Sunday as thousands of police, hundreds of British troops and an army of officials made final preparations for the funeral.
Biden called Queen Elizabeth II “decent” and “honorable” and “all about service” as he signed the condolence book, saying his heart went out to the royal family.
People across Britain paused for a minute of silence at 8 p.m. Sunday in memory of the only monarch most have ever known. At Westminster Hall, the constant stream of mourners paused for 60 seconds as people observed the minute of reflection in deep silence.
In Windsor, rain began to fall as the crowd fell silent for the moment of reflection. Some camped overnight outside the castle in order to reserve the best spots to view the queen’s coffin.
Jilly Fitzgerald, who was in Windsor, said there was a sense of community among the mourners as they prepared to wait hours to see procession carrying the queen’s coffin.
“It’s good to be with all the people who are all feeling the same. It’s like a big family because everyone feels that … the queen was part of their family,” she said. | 2022-09-19T10:52:52+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/live-britain-and-the-world-to-lay-queen-elizabeth-ii-to-rest/ |
CONCORD, N.C. – Denny Hamlin called for NASCAR to suspend Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott after a wreck involving both drivers on Monday at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
After claiming on his radio channel that Hamlin bumped him twice during a four-lap span, Elliott appeared to hook the right rear bumper of Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota on lap 186. That sent Hamlin into the wall, mangling the defending race champion's car and taking him out of the race.
Elliott's car also sustained significant damage and he exited the race, too.
Hamlin was left fuming.
“It’s a tantrum and he shouldn’t be racing next week,” Hamlin said of Elliott. “Right rear hooks are absolutely unacceptable. I don’t care.”
Elliott, the most popular driver on the NASCAR circuit, denied he deliberately wrecked Hamlin in retaliation.
“Once you hit the wall in these things, you can’t drive them anymore,” Elliott said. “So unfortunately not, no, just an unfortunate circumstance.”
Hamlin immediately pointed to last year's race at Las Vegas when Bubba Wallace, who drives for Hamlin’s 23XI Racing team, was suspended for one race by NASCAR after it was determined he intentionally wrecked Elliott’s teammate Kyle Larson. Wallace also threw punches at Larson after the race.
“It’s the same thing Bubba Wallace did with Kyle Larson,” Hamlin said. “Exact same. He shouldn’t be racing. It’s a tantrum.”
Hamlin didn't let up there, posting a simulation of the accident on his Twitter account after the wreck.
Elliott missed several races this season following a snowboarding accident and is 28th in the Cup Series point standings, so he can ill afford to lose valuable points as he did on Monday.
The top 16 drivers make the playoffs, and a victory earns an automatic berth.
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AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-30T03:41:26+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/sports/2023/05/29/hamlin-calls-for-nascar-to-suspend-elliott-after-crash-at-coca-cola-600/ |
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Apyx Medical Corporation ("Apyx" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APYX).
Class Period: May 12, 2021 – March 11, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 5, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that a significant number of Apyx's Advanced Energy products were used for off-label indications; (2) that such off-label uses led to an increase in the number of medical device reports filed by Apyx reporting serious adverse events; (3) that, as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur regulatory scrutiny; (4) that, as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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SOURCE The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, Los Angeles | 2022-08-01T16:43:49+00:00 | waff.com | https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2022/08/01/apyx-investors-have-opportunity-lead-apyx-medical-corporation-securities-fraud-lawsuit/ |
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Voters in Kuwait chose to shake up their parliament and sent two women to the assembly in the Gulf Arab nation’s second election in less than two years, according to results released Friday.
The results, which will bring 27 new members to the 50-member assembly, were seen as a vote for change amid a prolonged period of gridlock between the Cabinet, which is appointed by the royal family, and the 50-member assembly, which is democratically elected and more independent than similar bodies across the region.
Official results published by the state-run KUNA news agency showed that two women, Alia al-Khaled and Jenan Bushehri, will be among the incoming lawmakers. The last elections in 2020 saw the sole female member of the assembly lose her seat.
Kuwaiti women have increasingly voiced frustration with parliament’s failure to pass laws protecting women from abuse and so-called honor killings in the conservative society.
The new assembly will include 27 new members, around a dozen of whom served in previous assemblies, local media reported.
Kuwait has the freest and most active assembly in the Persian Gulf, but political power is still largely concentrated in the hands of the ruling Al Sabah family, which appoints the prime minister and Cabinet, and can dissolve the assembly at any time.
Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmed Al Jaber, an 82-year-old who has assumed many of the duties of the ailing 85-year-old emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, called Thursday’s elections earlier this year when he dissolved parliament.
Since the previous emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died two years ago, Kuwait’s long-standing political deadlock has worsened. Lawmakers have grilled ministers over alleged corruption and ministers have resigned in exasperation.
Sheikh Meshal has vaguely threatened “forceful measures” if these elections fail to break the gridlock between the appointed Cabinet and the democratically elected assembly.
In July, the ruling emir’s son, Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Sabah, was named prime minister. The 66-year-old former deputy prime minister and interior minister was widely seen as a conservative yet popular choice.
The squabbling has prevented the assembly from passing basic economic reforms, including a public debt law that would allow the government to borrow money, leading to the depletion of its general reserve fund despite its vast oil wealth.
Kuwait has the world’s sixth-largest known oil reserves and hosts some 13,500 American troops. | 2022-10-01T13:04:38+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-kuwait-vote-shakes-up-assembly-amid-political-gridlock/ |
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents foiled two human smuggling attempts at the I-35 checkpoint. Both incidents involved drivers fleeing the checkpoint from further inspection.
On Feb. 8, Border Patrol agents while working their assigned duties at the I-35 checkpoint, encountered a maroon pickup truck with one visible occupant.
When a service canine alerted to vehicle, Border Patrol agents referred the driver to secondary. The driver fled the checkpoint and continued north on I-35. The vehicle came to a stop near mile marker 82 and agents apprehended three individuals that had attempted to flee from checkpoint.
Record checks revealed that the individuals were in the country illegally. They were from the countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico. The driver and undocumented individuals were taken into custody and processed accordingly.
On Feb. 9, Border Patrol agents while working their assigned duties encountered a silver SUV that failed to stop at the I-35 checkpoint for immigration inspection.
Agents later located the abandoned vehicle at near mile marker 32. Border Patrol agents apprehended three individuals that absconded from the vehicle.
The individuals were transported to the checkpoint for processing. Record checks revealed that the individuals were in the country illegally and from El Salvador and Mexico. | 2023-02-11T13:59:47+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/laredo-border-patrol-halts-human-smuggling-attempt-17778303.php |
It took Rafael Nadal five intense sets to dispatch American Taylor Fritz from Wimbledon in Wednesday's quarterfinal.
Nadal and Fritz were split after the first four sets but the 22-time Grand Slam champion's physicality and experience shined through in the fifth and final set to stay alive in the 2022 tournament. Nadal won the epic match 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4).
Fritz ultimately lacked the experience of his Spanish counterpart. The American was playing in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Nadal will face Australia's Nick Kyrgios, who is in his first Grand Slam singles semifinal after defeating Chile's Cristian Garín 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. | 2022-07-06T19:03:58+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/rafael-nadal-survives-wimbledon-rollercoaster-advances-to-semifinal/2874996/ |
“The Good Doctor” is back tonight with episode 21 of season six. Here’s how you can watch the season’s 21st episode including fuboTV.
Episode 21 of season six will premiere on Monday, April 24, 2023, at 10 p.m. ET on ABC. Though fans can also catch the show on fuboTV with a 7-day free trial, and then the platform costs $64.99 monthly.
Fans can also watch the show via DirecTV Stream, which costs $49.99 monthly for the first two months and then $69.99 thereafter.
Viewers can also live stream “The Good Doctor” via Hulu Live. The add-on costs $69.99 monthly.
Episode Guide So Far:
In episode one titled “Afterparty,” “Shaun and Lea’s wedding reception is interrupted by a violent attack at the hospital; the trauma of seeing people he cares for in life-threatening situations affects Shaun in more ways than one.”
In episode two titled “Change of Perspective,” “On their first day as surgical attendings, Dr. Murphy and Dr. Park meet the residents they will be overseeing; Lim returns to work while facing her new reality and the emotions surrounding the changes.”
In episode three titled “A Big Sign,” “The team treats a famous marriage counselor after she injures her ankle; Dr. Audrey Lim is determined to get to the bottom of what really happened in the operating room during her surgery and sets off on her own internal investigation.”
In episode four titled “Shrapnel,” “The team operates on a military reenactor whose attempt at authenticity has created an explosive predicament; Dr. Jordan Allen and Dr. Daniel Perez are in a race against time as they search for a severed foot.”
In episode five titled “Growth Opportunities,” “Shaun, Asher and Powell treat a young patient on Halloween who has a rare hereditary disease, sending them down an uncharted path; Glassman and Shaun must overcome their differences to work together to try and find a solution for Lim’s paralysis.”
In episode six titled “Hot And Bothered,” “In the midst of a heatwave, Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Danica Powell are at odds when it comes to their patient’s surgery; when the hospital loses power, Lea and Dr. Aaron Glassman are forced to come up with a quick solution.”
In episode seven titled “Boys Don’t Cry,” “When a woman pregnant with sextuplets arrives at the hospital, Dr. Andrews must split the doctors into teams to ensure their health and safety following their high-risk delivery; Shaun and Lea face their own hurdles as they discuss starting a family.”
In episode eight titled “Sorry, Not Sorry,” “Drs. Murphy, Wolke and Glassman meet a patient with an infected surgical sponge in their abdomen; Dr. Park must face her past when she treats the victim of a sexual assault.”
In episode nine titled “Broken, or Not” “Dr. Shaun Murphy unknowingly creates a competition between Drs. Danica Powell and Daniel Perez when he introduces a new performance rating system; Dr. Morgan Reznick may have crossed a line with Dr. Alex Park.”
In episode 10 titled “Queit and Loud,” “Shaun and Lea learn that their surprise pregnancy may come with additional complications; Doctors Park, Reznick and Allen treat a teen with Gardner’s syndrome whose past surgical history jeopardizes the outcome of his current one.”
In episode 11 titled “The Good Boy,” “Lea and Shaun get a quick lesson in parenting when they rush to help an injured dog; Dr. Danica Powell secretly performs an operation on a friend that could jeopardize her career.”
In episode 12 titled “365 Degrees,” “Shaun invites Aaron to stay with him while he has exterminators at his house; Dr. Morgan Reznick wrestles with a big decision about her career and her personal life.”
In episode 13 titled “39 Differences,” “Shaun and Lea clash over their parenting styles and worry about what will happen to their relationship when their child is born; Dr. Lim must find a way to save the damaged lungs that one of her long-time patients has been waiting for.”
In episode 14 titled “Hard Heart,” “When a 3-year-old arrives at the emergency room, the team immediately recognizes he is having a stroke; Dr. Shaun Murphy’s diagnosis of the underlying cause doesn’t solve the problem, which has Dr. Park searching deeper.”
In episode 15 titled “Old Friends,” “Dr. Jared Kalu makes a surprise return to San Jose’s St. Bonaventure Hospital with his billionaire patient; Park must treat the man his wife had an affair with and try to find a way to forgive him.”
In episode 16 titled “The Good Lawyer,” “Dr. Shaun Murphy seeks legal representation to help him win a case and puts his faith in a promising, young lawyer who has obsessive compulsive disorder.”
In episode 17 titled “Second Chances And Past Regrets,” Dr. Shaun Murphy must learn how to work with Dr. Jared Kalu again and remind him that he must start all over at St. Bonaventure; Dr. Murphy treats a teenager suffering from neurological problems with a very high-risk procedure.”
In episode 18 titled “A Blip,” “When a patient comes in with persistent and lingering COVID symptoms, the team discovers she may be dealing with something harder to treat; Andrews and Villanueva must contend with their hierarchy at the hospital and its effect on their relationship.”
In episode 19 titled “Half Measures,” “Drs. Andrews and Lim clash over a patient split nearly in half, which also reveals her issues with Dr. Kalu’s return; Dr. Glassman gives Dr. Murphy some fatherly advice as they await news about Glassman’s recent tests.”
In episode 20 titled “Blessed,” “Dr. Marcus Andrews introduces some of the team to a patient whose optimism and faith seem to cause Dr. Asher Wolke to be skeptical in light of his own relationship with religion.”
What’s Coming Up:
In episode 21 titled “A Beautiful Day,” “Dr. Glassman and Dr. Murphy’s relationship may be irreparably damaged following a tense moment during surgery; while Dr. Reznick struggles during her parental leave, Dr. Park may just be the one she needs the most.”
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One person is dead after *** crash in *** city, state, police say. *** driver heading north crossed the median on Route 16 near Pine River Pond Road. Around 11 this morning, they hit *** southbound vehicle head on. *** passenger in the southbound vehicle died. The drivers of both vehicles were taken to the hospital. No names have been released.
Police publicly release identity of person killed in Route 16 crash
Updated: 3:45 PM EST Jan 12, 2023
Police have identified the person killed in a crash on Route 16 in Ossipee earlier this week.According to New Hampshire State Police, the victim is Kevin P. Boute, 58, of Plymouth, Massachusetts.The crash, which occurred before 11 a.m. Tuesday near Pine River Pond Road, led to the closure of Route 16 in the area of the collision. Police said a vehicle traveling north crossed the center line and struck a vehicle headed south. Boute, the driver of the southbound vehicle, died at the scene, officials said.The passenger of the southbound vehicle and the driver of the northbound vehicle were taken to a local hospital, police said. Anyone who witnessed the crash, including drivers with dash cameras, are asked to contact Trooper Andrew Wilensky at 603-323-3333 or Andrew.P.Wilensky@dos.nh.gov.
OSSIPEE, N.H. — Police have identified the person killed in a crash on Route 16 in Ossipee earlier this week.
According to New Hampshire State Police, the victim is Kevin P. Boute, 58, of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The crash, which occurred before 11 a.m. Tuesday near Pine River Pond Road, led to the closure of Route 16 in the area of the collision.
Police said a vehicle traveling north crossed the center line and struck a vehicle headed south. Boute, the driver of the southbound vehicle, died at the scene, officials said.
The passenger of the southbound vehicle and the driver of the northbound vehicle were taken to a local hospital, police said.
Anyone who witnessed the crash, including drivers with dash cameras, are asked to contact Trooper Andrew Wilensky at 603-323-3333 or Andrew.P.Wilensky@dos.nh.gov. | 2023-01-12T20:57:00+00:00 | wmur.com | https://www.wmur.com/article/ossipee-new-hampshire-route-16-crash-11223/42477588 |
E_Neuse (10). DP_Houston 1, Oakland 2. LOB_Houston 6, Oakland 11. 2B_Kemp (5), Andrus 2 (11), Brown (10). HR_McCormick (5). SB_Neuse (5).
Montas pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Jackson pitched to 4 batters in the 8th.
WP_Jackson.
Umpires_Home, Manny Gonzalez; First, Mike Muchlinski; Second, CB Bucknor; Third, Stu Scheuwater.
T_3:23. A_3,469 (46,847). | 2022-06-01T06:15:25+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Houston-3-Oakland-1-17211244.php |
Stop to read food articles
Re: “Top 10 country cafes from San Antonio to the Hill Country,” Food, Sunday:
I had no intention of reading Mike Sutter’s Sunday article about country cafes, but I’m glad I did.
The narrative and writing is really good. I may not be stopping at any of his reviewed cafes, but I’m certainly reading his articles.
Ed Nussbaum
Not a Cowboys fan
Local news stations need to chill and stop being so dramatic when the Dallas Cowboys lose, especially during the playoffs. Not all San Antonians are Cowboys fans — a significant number of them allegedly believe Jerry Jones is keeping the seventh-largest city in America from getting an NFL team. So the local news reporters shouldn’t be forced to feign agony when the boys lose. It’s offensive!
Mike Mendiola
Be fiscally responsible
Texas has unexpected money. What to do? What to do?
Here’s a suggestion to our legislators that would help every Texan living today and many little Texans not yet born:
As of 2021, Texas had upward of $58 billion in debt. That debt is projected to grow by more than $3 billion per year. As you might imagine, much of the projected growth is from interest on the existing principal owed.
Instead of acting “lottery rich” because of the extra revenue, our state should act fiscally responsible and use most or all of this money for early debt retirement.
If you can’t do that, please explain two things: Why? And if you don’t, why should we ever vote for you again?
Tony Bliss, Kerrville
Things stink in Congress
The Republicans have now reversed a ban on smoking in the House of Representatives because it infringed on the freedom of smokers.
As with the proposed ban on mask mandates and the anti-vaccination movement, the freedom of a few seems to override the general welfare of the population. So much for the “golden rule” of do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The so-called freedom to harm others, especially the elderly, children and those with underlying conditions is now more important? Sad!
Nancy Powlas | 2023-01-27T03:46:28+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/letters-editor/article/letters-jan-27-celebrating-sutter-s-food-17743846.php |
“The Little Mermaid” makes box office splash with $95.5 million opening
(AP) - LOS ANGELES (AP) — " The Little Mermaid " made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day weekend.
Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic easily outswam the competition, bringing in $95.5 million on 4,320 screens in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday.
And Disney estimates the film starring Halle Bailey as the titular mermaid Ariel and Melissa McCarthy as her sea witch nemesis Ursula will reach $117.5 million by the time the holiday is over. It ranks as the fifth biggest Memorial Day weekend opening ever.
It displaces “Fast X” in the top spot. The 10th installment in the “Fast and Furious” franchise starring Vin Diesel has lagged behind more recent releases in the series, bringing in $23 million domestically for a two-week total of $108 million for Universal Pictures.
In its fourth weekend, Disney and Marvel’s " Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 " made an estimated $20 million in North America to take third place. It’s now made $299 million domestically.
The performance of “The Little Mermaid” represents something of a bounce-back for Disney’s animated-to-live-action remakes, and makes it likely they will keep coming indefinitely. Poor reception and the pandemic had some recent reboots either performing poorly or skipping theatrical releases for Disney +, including “Dumbo,” “Mulan” and “Pinocchio.”
“It works as long as the movies deliver,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. “It’s great for Disney to be able to go to their archive by reviving these titles that started off as huge hits in the animated realm.”
Audiences thought it did deliver. The film had an A CinemaScore, and according to exit polling had more ticket buyers between ages 25 and 34 than children, suggesting nostalgic adults were essential.
“The multi generational component of this cannot be overstated,” Dergarabedian said.
Critics were more lukewarm. The movie is currently at 67% on Rotten Tomatoes. In her review, Lindsey Bahr of The Associated Press called it “a somewhat drab undertaking with sparks of bioluminescence” that like too many of the Disney remakes “prioritized nostalgia and familiarity over compelling visual storytelling.”
She said Bailey, half of the sister R&B duo Chloe x Halle, still shone with a “lovely presence” and “superb voice.”
Directed by Rob Marshall with a reported budget of $250 before marketing, “The Little Mermaid” tells the story of a yearning, wayward daughter who cuts a devil’s deal to swap her fins for a pair of legs. It features the songs from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, including “Part of Your World” and “Under the Sea,” that helped the original film spark a Disney animation renaissance in the 1990s.
Fourth place went to Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which keeps reaching new levels in its eighth weekend. Now available to rent on VOD, it still earned $6.3 million in theatres. Its cumulative total of $559 million makes Mario and Luigi the year’s biggest earners so far.
Comics couldn’t stand up to Ariel as the week’s other new releases sank.
“The Machine,” an action comedy starring stand—up comedian Bert Kreischer, finished fifth with $4.9 million domestically. And " About My Father,” the broad comedy starring stand-up Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro, was sixth with $4.3 million.
It’s not clear whether “The Little Mermaid” will have legs — or fins — going forward. Next week brings the release of animated “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” with “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” arriving the following week.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “The Little Mermaid,” $95.5 million.
2. “Fast X,” $23 million.
3. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” $20 million.
4. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” $6.3 million.
5. “The Machine,” $4.9 million.
6. “About My Father,” $4.3 million.
7. “Kandahar,” $2.4 million.
8. “You Hurt My Feelings,” 1.4 million.
9. “Evil Dead Rise,” $1 million.
10. “Book Club, The Next Chapter,” $920, 000.
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-28T19:50:43+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2023/05/28/little-mermaid-makes-box-office-splash-with-955-million-opening/ |
Inside the NHL
For a team dispatched to the golf courses three weeks ago, the Kraken sure have seen their organizational outlook continue to improve on multiple fronts.
You’d think the Coachella Valley Firebirds making the Calder Cup Finals in their first year of existence as the Kraken’s AHL affiliate would be the biggest development of the past few days. The California-based team from just outside Palm Springs reached the championship round against the Hershey Bears by defeating Milwaukee 4-3 on Monday night in Game 6 of their conference final.
But the Kraken’s closest NHL prospects — including Shane Wright, Ryker Evans and Tye Kartye — now vying for a title may be only the second biggest recent development for the organization. That’s because, on Saturday, in his state-of-the-league media address before the Stanley Cup Final opener, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the NHL’s salary cap maximum would likely only increase by $1 million this coming season.
And for Kraken fans hoping to see the team add another impact player this summer, that news couldn’t be more welcome. Several teams are up against the current $82.5 million cap threshold and had hoped it would jump by about $4.5 million to give them flexibility to keep key players.
And while the league and players’ association say they’re still exploring ways to boost the coming $83.5 million limit before next season, teams up against a cap crunch could be forced into cost-cutting decisions well before then.
This leaves the Kraken and their estimated $20.3 million in current surplus space primed to take on a contract dump by an opponent. That’s exactly what happened last August when the Kraken landed winger Oliver Bjorkstrand from the Columbus Blue Jackets for the cost of a mere fourth round draft pick.
The Blue Jackets had just signed free agent forward Johnny Gaudreau, had Patrik Laine to re-sign as well and could no longer afford the five-year, $27 million deal inked with Bjorkstrand just one season prior. So, the Kraken swooped in and absorbed the remaining four years of the deal at a $5.4 million cap hit per annum and saw Bjorkstrand become one of their better players.
After a slow start, Bjorkstrand gelled on a line with Yanni Gourde and Eeli Tolvanen and finished with 20 goals and 25 assists. In the playoffs, he scored a pair of goals in the Kraken’s opening round Game 7 clincher over Colorado before popping two more in Round 2 against Dallas and finishing his postseason with eight points.
So, the ability to add another gifted player in addition to Andre Burakovsky returning from injury, could well determine whether the Kraken enjoy similar or better playoff success next spring.
Kraken general manager Ron Francis has made leveraging cap space a significant part of his team building approach. And while he won’t have the full $20 million to play with this summer — given contract raises due key players such as Vince Dunn, Will Borgen and Morgan Geekie — there should be room for another Bjorkstrand type of deal to be absorbed.
We’re only a few weeks away from the NHL draft in Nashville and subsequent start of the free agency period, at which point cap squeezed teams will get serious about dumping even valued players they’d like to keep. The Kraken appear unlikely to make a huge splash in an underwhelming free agent market, but the more interesting developments might come from teams unable to keep their younger restricted free agents due to being too far up against the cap.
One example is Alexis Lafreniere of the New York Rangers, the No. 1 overall draft pick just three years ago and still only 21. There’s been talk of the Rangers perhaps dealing him rather than risk losing the young forward to a strong offer sheet from another team.
There had been hope by some teams that a prolonged Cup Final might push league revenues beyond the tipping point to where Bettman and owners would consider upping the cap threshold even more.
Alas, that’s not looking great after the Vegas Golden Knights throttled the Florida Panthers 7-2 on Monday and wound up outscoring them 12-4 the first two games since Bettman’s cap remarks. Unless Florida rallies on Thursday in Game 3 at home, the Golden Knights will almost certainly be crowned champions in their sixth season of existence in what will be a very quick final round that limits revenue gains.
Then again, listening to Bettman on Saturday, that optimism over potential finals revenue may have been moot. Bettman said NHL revenue was already approaching a healthy $6 billion and even that apparently wasn’t enough to move the cap needle as players continue to pay off pandemic-related shortfalls.
A percentage of player salaries is withheld each year as “escrow” to balance out revenue sharing with owners during seasons in which revenue forecasts fall short of what’s targeted. And while Bettman says the cap will likely jump significantly in coming seasons once pandemic shortfalls are fully paid off by withheld player escrow, that still leaves this summer for the Kraken to capitalize.
The Rangers, Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks are just some of the teams facing cap crunches. Rumors have persisted that the Canucks are trying to move winger Conor Garland — whose positional flexibility and feisty nature fit well with the Kraken’s style of play — and his $4.95 million annual cap hit for the next three seasons.
But hey, there are plenty of teams Garland would fit with, including the Chicago Blackhawks — who also have cap space and could look into trading the lower of their two first round picks to move up from No. 19 overall to No. 11. So, we’ll see how things play out before the draft itself and then how teams manage their finances moving forward.
Leveraging cap space can be like a game of musical chairs, where you wait for available seats to be snatched up until exposed players are left standing with no more salary to accommodate them. And as was the case with Bjorkstrand being landed via trade several weeks into last summer’s free agency period, it’s not always how you start the game but how patiently you finish it. | 2023-06-06T22:09:28+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/kraken/kraken-could-find-another-impact-player-as-nhl-salary-cap-expected-to-grow-minimally/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
NEW YORK (AP) — J.J. Watt has signed a multi-year deal with CBS Sports to serve as a studio analyst. The announcement was made Thursday by CBS Sports President David Berson.
Watt’s first appearance will be on “The NFL Today” during Week 1 on Sept. 9. He’ll also be an analyst for NFL shows on CBS Sports Network and online.
“I love the game too much to be away from it entirely. I’m very excited to be joining CBS Sports to contribute across all their NFL shows and platforms, including working alongside and learning from JB, Coach, Boomer, Phil and Nate this fall,” Watt said in a statement. “Hopefully fans will enjoy the insights and knowledge I’ve gained over my 12 years in the NFL and if we’re lucky, we’ll share a few laughs along the way as well.”
Watt was a three-time AP Defensive Player of the Year and retired last season after a 12-year career in which he had 114 1/2 sacks. He was the 11th overall pick in the 2011 draft by Houston and spent 10 seasons with the Texans before playing the last two years for the Arizona Cardinals.
The 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year is the only player in league history to record multiple seasons with at least 20 sacks.
Watt has been busy since retiring. Watt and his wife, former U.S. soccer midfielder Kealia Watt, became investors in the Burnley Football Club in May.
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Saturday
Kokomo Downtown Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., intersection of Mulberry & Washington Streets. Market open every Saturday through Oct. 1. For more information go to kokomofarmersmarket.com.
Kokomo Summer Concert Series Summer’s End Concert, 6:30 p.m., Kokomo Performing Arts Pavilion in Foster Park, 721 W. Superior St. Endless Summer Band performs covers of classic hits, with opener Revolver Band. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.kokomosummerseries.com.
Indoor Community Garage Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Howard Masonic Temple, 316 N. Washington St. The Order Of The Eastern Star is hosting a community rummage sale.
Monday
GriefShare Grief Recovery Seminar and Support Group, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Bible Baptist Church, 2635 S. Dixon Road, Kokomo. Designed for individuals who have lost a family member or friend to find help and healing. For more information, call Bible Baptist Church at 765-455-1444, or Gail Ambrose at 765-860-9919.
Go Wild Outside, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Russiaville, 315 Mesa Drive, Russiaville. Designed for ages 3 to 5, but children of all ages are welcome. Kids can have fun with music, art, building, climbing and messy play. For more information, call 765-626-0807.
Tuesday
Adult Cookies and Canvas Event, 6-8 p.m. Greentown Public Library, 421 S. Harrison Street, Greentown. Meet with friends & learn to paint a unique project. Cost is $5. For more info contact Delina Murphy at 765-628-3534.
Wednesday
Well Read & Badly Behaved Book Club meeting, 7-8 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library South, 1755 E. Center Road, Kokomo. This book club is designed to be enjoyed by well-read and badly-behaved individuals. Call 765-453-4150 for the monthly title and location.
Thursday
Adults on the Spectrum at KHCPL, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library South, 1755 E. Center Road, Kokomo. A representative from the Autism Society of Indiana will join the KHCPL to talk about the challenges adults with Autism face and where to find services in Indiana.
Book party, 6-7 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main, 220 N. Union St., Kokomo. Adults, dress up and come to the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library to chat about “Whiskey in a Teacup” by Reese Witherspoon while savoring appetizers and music. For more information, call 765-626-0807.
Discover Music, Art, and Culture, 5-6 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main, 220 N. Union St., Kokomo. Children ages 0-11 can celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by dancing to music, creating art and learning about Hispanic cultures. For more information, call 765-626-0807.
Friday
Adult Turn the Page Book Club, 6-7 p.m. Greentown Public Library, 421 S. Harrison Street, Greentown. Discussion of the book Animals in Translation. Stop by or call and register to pick up a copy of the book. For more info contact Delina Murphy at 765-628-3534.
A Mighty Fortress is our Basement, 7:30 p.m., Tipton High School auditorium. Presented by the Tipton Community Theatre.
Bites and Books, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main, 220 N. Union St., Kokomo. Kids ages 6-11 can nosh on snacks inspired by books. This book-tasting event gives kids an appetizing way to discover books. Registration is required for this event and can be done at khcpl.org under “Events” or by calling any KHCPL location.
Scarecrow Soiree with Cider and Snacks, 6-7 p.m., Comet Trail, South Harrison St., Greentown. Come out to vote for your favorite scarecrow, and get warm cider and donuts for your vote. Votes cost one dollar. For more information, call 765-628-3534.
Good Neighbors Get-Together, 6-8 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Russiaville, 315 Mesa Drive, Russiaville. See live music from the ‘60s-’80s from local band Higher Ground, plus do a craft and enjoy s’mores. Just bring a chair to KHCPL Russiaville’s Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom. For more information, call 765-883-5112. | 2022-09-17T06:58:46+00:00 | kokomotribune.com | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/area_briefs/calendar-sept-17-2022/article_24674c02-35f2-11ed-81b4-237bc701f76b.html |
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) —
Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued three stowaways traveling on a ship's rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria.
The men, found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port, appeared to have symptoms of dehydration and hypothermia and were transferred to hospitals on the island for medical attention, Spain's Salvamento Marítimo said.
According to the MarineTraffic website which tracks ships, the Malta-flagged vessel left Lagos, Nigeria on Nov. 17 and arrived in Las Palmas Monday.
Though extremely dangerous, it is not the first time stowaways have been found traveling on the rudder of commercial ships to the Canary Islands. Last year a 14-year-old Nigerian boy was interviewed by Spain’s El País newspaper after surviving two weeks on a ship’s rudder. He had also departed from Lagos. | 2022-11-29T09:43:00+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Stowaways-found-on-a-ship-s-rudder-in-Spain-s-17617477.php |
4 die in domestic disturbance where house caught fire
OAK FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Police in suburban Chicago responding to a domestic incident early Friday found three gunshot victims who were mortally wounded outside a house and later the body of another person believed to have shot them inside the home a short time later.
In a news release, the Oak Forest Police Department said that officers arrived at the house after reports of gunfire and established a perimeter outside. After a child emerged from inside the home, officers saw “smoke coming from the house and flames appearing in the front window.”
After firefighters extinguished the blaze, police found the body of a fourth person who police believe had shot the others, who were all pronounced dead after being rushed to area hospitals.
No information about the victims or the person believed to have killed them was released, with the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office saying that next of kin had not been notified and that autopsies would likely be conducted on Saturday. Police have not said if the person found inside the house had been shot like the others.
During what police described a “fluid situation” with the person inside the burning house, the department issued a community alert to area residents and schools to shelter in place. That alert was later rescinded.
Oak Forest is about 25 miles south of Chicago
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DICKSON CITY — The region's newest hospital now includes an intensive care unit, adding crucial critical care capacity to the local health care landscape.
Lehigh Valley Hospital Dickson City celebrated Wednesday the addition of seven ICU beds and nine new medical-surgical beds on the previously unfinished fourth floor of the roughly year-old facility, which also houses seven operating rooms, a pair of procedure rooms and a 19-bay emergency department.
The new additions mean more patients can receive care close to home.
"Certainly prior to this we had (medical-surgical) capacity but we had no critical care admitting capacity here, so we can treat our critical care patients in our emergency department but then they had to be transferred to a different higher-level of care," Administrator of Clinical Services Amy Rubino said. "This gives us that opportunity to keep care for some of those patients right here on site at Dickson City."
Hospital President Kim Jordan echoed that sentiment, noting the added beds should help mitigate emergency department congestion and wait times, among other benefits. Officials recently said emergency department visits at the Dickson City hospital had increased month over month since the facility opened in May 2022.
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"Increasing the capacity just helps us obviously enhance our patient flow through the EDs and the (operating rooms) to get patients upstairs, and by having the critical care capability it also means that less folks will have to transfer out of this facility some place else," Jordan said Wednesday. "They get to stay local."
The new ICU and added medical-surgical beds bring the hospital's total number of inpatient beds to 40, all of which are in private rooms with private bathrooms. There remains a small space on the fourth floor that could potentially accommodate four-to-five additional beds in the future.
While that remains to be seen, Director of Perioperative Services Gordon Travis said having the ICU will allow the hospital to do more complicated surgeries in Dickson City.
"Patients that possibly may have needed an ICU bed postoperatively due to their medical conditions or the expansiveness of the surgery will now be able to come here," he said.
The new medical-surgical unit on the fourth floor officially began accepting patients May 18. Officials expect the ICU to be in use starting Monday. | 2023-06-21T22:15:40+00:00 | thetimes-tribune.com | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/lehigh-valley-hospital-dickson-city-adds-icu-bolsters-inpatient-capacity/article_3f1625ae-b1b4-5bf5-a768-5c08b612a0a9.html |
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether you spend the day sharing a hobby, reliving favorite family stories or remembering how special Dad was, Hallmark can help you make the most out of Father's Day. Hallmark's collection of Father's Day gifts and greeting cards offers an easy way to show appreciation for the dads and father figures in your life.
"Father's Day is dedicated to all the ways dads love, care, and support us," said Jeff LaCroix, digital marketing director at Hallmark. "Celebrate dads, grandfathers, husbands, uncles, sons, and all father figures by showing them how much they mean to us with help from a Hallmark gift or greeting."
Available now online and in stores, shop Hallmark's Father's Day collection for a wide selection of Father's Day gifts, greeting cards and gift wrap.
Father's Day Gifts
Show how much they are cared for with the perfect Father's Day gift. Choose from gifts that celebrate special memories, are great for everyday use or are from their favorite fandoms.
- Share a one-of-a-kind family photo framed in this Dads Love Like No One Else Picture Frame or preserve precious memories with this Grandkids Make Life Grand Ceramic Picture Frame.
- Inspire and support self-care for him with this Dad: Kind of a Big Deal Water Jug or help start his day with a smile with cute coffee mugs like the #1 Dad Banner Mug and Grandpa Is Cooler Mug.
- For the Star Wars fan, do not underestimate the force of Hallmark's Star Wars collection. Transport him to a galaxy far, far away with items like the Darth Vader™ Chamber Water Globe With Light and Sound, Rebel Pilot Helmet Picture Frame, Star Wars: The Mandalorian™ Helmet Sculpted Ceramic Caddy, Darth Vader™ Lightsaber™ Jumbo Mug With Sound or Millennium Falcon™ 3D Pop-Up Card.
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- Add the finishing touch this Father's Day with Hallmark's selection of gift bags and wrapping paper, including the Geometric Stripe Large Father's Day Gift Bag, Shadow Lettering Medium Father's Day Gift Bag or the #1 Dad Small Bag.
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- Perfect for the dad that does it all, this You're a Man of Many Hats Father's Day Card for Dad features colorful baseball hats with fun graphics and sayings paired with a sweet, simple message of gratitude for all he does.
- Give the gift of laughter with this Bigfoot Legendary Father's Day Card for Dad that has an illustration of Bigfoot walking in the forest paired with gold foil accents, embossing and a punny message.
- The at-home grill master will love this BBQ Grill 3D Pop-Up Father's Day Card for Dad that opens to reveal the surprise inside – an intricate, laser-cut barbeque grill with faux flames, die-cut utensils and a bucket of cold beverages.
- Hallmark acknowledges that Father's Day can be a difficult holiday for some. When it is hard to find the words, look to Hallmark's selection of greeting cards that offer emotional support, including Flower Bouquet Thinking of You Card, He'll Be With You Always Father's Day Card for Loss of Dad and A Beautiful Love Sympathy Card.
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Homeowner shoots, injures Black teen who went to wrong house
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The investigation into the shooting by a homeowner of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers, includes questions about whether race played a role, authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, said.
Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said Monday that his office is working with police to quickly review the case and determine if the homeowner should be charged. Details on Yarl’s condition, other than that he is stable, have not been released.
“We understand how frustrating this has been, but we can assure the public that the system is working,” Thompson said in a news release. “As with any serious case submitted to our office, we will approach this case in an objective and impartial manner.”
At a news conference on Sunday, Police Chief Stacey Graves acknowledged the outpouring of anger over the shooting.
“I want everyone to know that I am listening, and I understand the concern we are receiving from the community,” Graves said.
Yarl, 16, was identified online by relatives. He was shot Thursday night when he drove to a home a few blocks away from his own to pick up his twin younger brothers. He didn’t have a phone with him and went to the wrong block, his aunt, Faith Spoonmore, wrote on a GoFundMe page set up to help pay medical bills. By Monday morning, more than $1.1 million had been raised from 29,000 donations.
Spoonmore wrote that Yarl pulled into the driveway and rang the doorbell.
“The man in the home opened the door, looked my nephew in the eye, and shot him in the head,” Spoonmore wrote. When Yarl fell to the ground, “the man shot him again.”
Despite being shot twice, the teen was able to run to neighbors to seek help.
“Unfortunately, he had to run to 3 different homes before someone finally agreed to help him after he was told to lie on the ground with his hands up,” Spoonmore wrote.
Yarl is a gifted musician, a bass clarinetist who earned Missouri All-State Band honorable mention and who plays several instruments in the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Kansas City, Spoonmore wrote. He’s also a member of his school’s Technology Student Association and Science Olympia Team. He hopes to attend Texas A&M to study chemical engineering.
Spoonmore said Yarl is “doing well physically” but has a lot of trauma to overcome emotionally.
“He is our miracle,” she said. “We have heard these types of stories many times, and unfortunately, most Black boys are not alive to get another chance.”
Police have not identified the shooter or his race, though civil rights attorney Ben Crump told The Kansas City Star he heard from the family that the shooter is white. Information officials have now does not point to race playing a role in the shooting, but Graves said that aspect also remains under investigation.
Graves said investigators also will consider whether the suspect was protected by “Stand Your Ground” laws, which allow for the use of deadly force in self-defense. Missouri is among around 30 states with such laws.
State Rep. Marlene Terry, a St. Louis Democrat who chairs the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus, said the shooting underscores the danger of the laws.
“These laws breed a society of violence and fear while providing cover for those who harm, maim and kill others,” Terry said in a statement.
“Missouri Republicans’ extreme gun laws have established a culture of fear,” Democratic House Minority Leader Crystal Quade said in a statement. She said the us-versus-them mentality “makes Missourians less safe and less free, and too often, Black lives suffer the most from this fear-driven, shoot-first culture.”
A message seeking comment from Republican Gov. Mike Parson, a staunch gun rights supporters, wasn’t immediately returned.
Graves said Sunday that the homeowner was taken into custody Thursday and placed on a 24-hour hold. While searching the scene for evidence, detectives found the firearm used. Law enforcement released the suspect pending further investigation after consulting with the Clay County prosecutor’s office.
Missouri law allows a person to be held up to 24 hours for a felony investigation. At that point, the person must be released or arrested and formally charged. In order to arrest someone, law enforcement needs a formal victim statement, forensic evidence and other information for a case file to be completed, Graves said.
Because of the teen’s injuries, Graves said, police haven’t been able to get a victim statement.
Mayor Quinton Lucas, who attended the news conference, said police understand the community’s concern that the shooting could be racially motivated.
“This is not something that has been dismissed, marginalized or diminished in any way. This is something that is getting the full attention of the Kansas City Police Department,” Lucas said.
Crump told The Star on Sunday that the family has retained his Florida-based law firm.
“You can’t just shoot people without having justification when somebody comes knocking on your door and knocking on your door is not justification,” Crump said. “This guy should be charged.”
Crump has represented families in several high-profile cases, including those of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, as well as Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
Crump said that judging by what he was told by the teen’s family, the shooter is white.
“It is inescapable not to acknowledge the racial dynamics at play,” he said. | 2023-04-17T19:51:58+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/homeowner-shoots-injures-black-teen-who-went-to-wrong-house/ |
AKRON, Ohio - Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan and the Akron police today are holding a news conference Firestone Park Community center in Akron, not far from the parking lot where police fatally shot 25-year-old Jayland Walker early Monday.
The city released body cam footage that showed police firing a seconds-long barrage of bullets at Walker, who was unarmed after fleeing his vehicle. He died at the scene, after police provided first aid, said police Chief Steve Mylett.
At 12:30 a.m. Monday, police say they attempted to pull Walker over for traffic and equipment violations. Officers said they saw and heard gunshots as Walker headed southbound on Route 8. After slowing his vehicle near the Firestone Park neighborhood, minutes from the University of Akron main campus, Walker took off on foot toward a nearby parking lot, where he was fatally shot by police.
The city released body cam video from officers, as well as a timeline of the shooting and information on the eight officers involved.The city is streaming the news conference on its YouTube page.
“I’ve talked about being beyond outraged and beyond shocked,” Horrigan said. “The video you’re about to watch is heartbreaking.”
The city released two videos, the first narrated with notes and still photos. In the video, police reported a shot fired from Walker’s car, with led police on a chase of speeds up to 70 mph on Route 8. It shows the officer using tasers and a handgun, ammunition and what appears to be a gold wedding ring found in the front seat of Walker’s Buick.
The second video showed police surrounded the still-moving car and Walker, as he fled. Officers fired a dozens of bullets, lasting seconds.
The police department does not have police car dash cameras.
The NAACP has planned a rally at 2:30 p.m. A march will start at Quaker Station Parking Lot at 135 South Broadway Street and will end at Akron City Hall, located at 166 South High Street.
Horrigan stood with community members at the news conference to ask for peace at the rally.
Walker’s family’s attorney, Bobby DiCello, said officers shot 90 times, hitting Walker 60 times in the face, abdomen, buttocks, back, both arms and both legs.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Ohio attorney general’s office will investigate the shooting. The Akron police department’s internal affairs department is also investigating.
“I am urging all our residents, please reserve your full judgment until the investigation is complete,” Horrigan said. “You’ll have to do one of the most difficult things I can ever ask somebody to do and that is to please be patient.”
Mylett said an investigation will show how many times Walker was shot. The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office has said Walker died of multiple gunshot wounds but has not yet released a preliminary autopsy. An investigation shows more than 60 wounds, Mylett said. He said it is possible that 90 shots were fired.
When a shot was fired from Walker’s car, he said, “it went from being a routine traffic stop to a public safety issue.”
He said officers, who are on paid administrative leave, believed Walker was reaching for a gun in his waistband when he left the car.
Summit County Black elected leaders, including U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown, have called for justice. And protests are growing in the city, where Horrigan canceled the annual Rib, White and Blue weekend festival.
At the conference, Akron Deputy Mayor Marco Sommerville praised the city’s charter amendment requiring body cam footage to be released within seven days, as well as as the independent investigation.
“I know there’s anger,” Sommerville said. “I have sons. It could have been my son. It’s OK to protest, but we also ask them to do it in a peaceful manner.”
Mylett offered condolences to Walker’s family and thanked them for their calls for peace.
“If Jayland reflects the character of this family, which I continually heard that he did. You raised a good son.” | 2022-07-03T19:23:49+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/07/akron-mayor-holds-news-conference-on-fatal-police-shooting-of-jayland-walker-watch-live.html |
What to know about Juneteenth now that it's a federal holiday
Despite Juneteenth's storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans until recent years.
The momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Juneteenth into the national spotlight, building on a decades-long push by activists and leaders to get recognition for the landmark occasion. Last year, Juneteenth became the latest federal holiday in the U.S－the first to be approved since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.
With Juneteenth now a national holiday, many public and private sector employees enjoy an extra day off from work while brands and corporations capitalize on the event with celebratory marketing campaigns. But there's much more to Juneteenth than a long weekend and branded products.
As Black Americans continue to face the same challenges and inequities that inspired so many to take to the streets in 2020, it's worth reflecting on the history behind the holiday.
It celebrates the end of slavery
Juneteenth－also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day and Emancipation Day－commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
A blend of the words June and nineteenth, it marks June 19, 1865: The day that Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, proclaiming that the enslaved African Americans there were free.
"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free," the order read. "This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor."
Freedom for the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, came two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which couldn't be enforced in areas under Confederate control. It also came about two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia－an event generally considered to be the end of the Civil War.
How it's celebrated
What began as an informal celebration of freedom by locals in Galveston eventually grew into a wider commemoration of the end of slavery as African Americans in Texas moved to other parts of the country. Today, many African Americans mark Juneteenth with parties, parades and gatherings with family and friends.
Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth a state holiday in 1980. In addition to it being a federal holiday, all 50 states and Washington, D.C., recognize Juneteenth in some form.
As Juneteenth has made its way into the mainstream, some activists and leaders point to the systemic inequities that Black Americans continue to face, such as the racial wealth gap, disproportionate incarceration and longstanding health disparities. One coalition of civil and human rights groups, in particular, is acknowledging the holiday by installing a pan-African flag in front of the White House and calling for a commission to study reparations.
As many of those calling for widespread changes suggest, observing Juneteenth might then be an opportunity to reflect on how far the nation has come－and how much further there is to go. | 2022-06-18T13:21:05+00:00 | wisn.com | https://www.wisn.com/article/what-to-know-about-juneteenth-federal-holiday/40328538 |
PHOENIX (AP) — There was a time in Brittney Griner’s life when a mid-season coaching change might have been tough to handle.
Her 10-month detainment in Russia has a way of altering perspective.
The Phoenix Mercury announced on Sunday that they had fired coach Vanessa Nygaard following a 2-10 start to the season and elevated assistant coach Nikki Blue to the top spot. Griner — who recently earned her ninth All-Star selection — said she’s taken those changes in stride as the franchise tries to right its season.
“Not too much surprises me anymore,” Griner said Monday after practice. “I’m not too shocked about change or different circumstances. You’ve got to adapt. I’ve learned to adapt even more.
“This adaptation isn’t that major in the grand scheme of things.”
The Mercury’s tough start and coaching change is the latest challenge in Griner’s return to the WNBA following her ordeal in Russia on drug-related charges that caused her to miss the entire 2022 season. The 6-foot-9 center and her teammates were confronted by what the WNBA called a “provocateur” at the Dallas airport earlier this month and she’s also dealt with a hip injury that caused her to miss three games.
Griner said she was appreciative of everything Nygaard did for her during the past 1 1/2 seasons, but was also excited Blue would get her first chance as a WNBA head coach. Blue joined the Mercury coaching staff last season and has 15 years of coaching experience in the WNBA and college.
“Sometimes you’ve got to shake things up a little,” Griner said. “I think that’s what we did.”
Nygaard took over the team last season and went 17-31. It wasn’t an easy year-and-a-half for Nygaard, with Griner missing all of last season while she was detained in Russia. But the losses kept piling up even after she returned, so the Mercury decided to make a change.
“The final straw is that we’re 2-10,” Mercury general manager Jim Pitman said. “That’s just not good enough. Our organization, our fans, expect a lot from the Phoenix Mercury.
“I’d like to thank Vanessa for all the things she did for our organization. She managed through a lot of adversity over the last year and a half, but at the end of the day, professional sports is a results-oriented business and we’re 2-10.”
There’s hope the Mercury still might have time to turn their season around. The 32-year-old Griner — who returned on Saturday from her hip injury — has been productive on an individual level, averaging 19.1 points per game on a career-high 62% shooting. She’s also averaging 6.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks.
“A lot of teams don’t have veterans like Brittney Griner or Diana Taurasi,” Blue said. “It’s nice when something like this goes down in the organization, to have those veterans be a calming factor and a calming piece.”
Griner said it’s her job to play even better and help the banged-up Mercury try to compete for a playoff spot. As for her off-the-court challenges, she’s glad the Dallas airport has caused the WNBA to partially re-evaluate the use of charter flights and other travel options.
Griner’s detention in Russia is still a divisive political issue in the United States, particularly after she was swapped for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
“I’ll say this — I think we should have already had the option to use a different airline, a more private airline, a charter flight,” Griner said. “It’s a shame it had to get to rock bottom because I feel like waiting for something to happen, then making a change — you don’t know what that something’s going to be.
“We’ve all seen what can happen in this world,” she added. “When you play the wait-and-see game, you’re really playing with fire, you’re playing with people’s lives. So I’m glad they finally got it together and allow us to do this. It’s just a shame it took so damn long, honestly.”
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New Rise Renewables Reno Deploys Breakthrough Technology to Turn Renewable Feedstocks into Diesel that Burns Clean; Project Funded by USDA-Guaranteed Loans Arranged by Greater Commercial Lending
RENO, Nev., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the country's most advanced renewable fuel plants will officially launch operations at Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County, Nevada. New Rise Renewables Reno will produce 44 million gallons per year of renewable diesel made from triglyceride oils from sources such as corn.
The renewable diesel produced by New Rise Renewables Reno is completely interchangeable with diesel derived from petroleum and can efficiently power diesel engines, such as semi-trucks and large-scale emergency generators. The fuel burns with clean emissions. Phillips 66 is under contract to supply all of the feedstock for New Rise Renewables Reno and will purchase 100% of the renewable diesel product for use and sale nearby in California, according to New Rise Renewables Reno, which is owned by Nevada-based RESC Renewables Holdings.
Representatives from Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei and Nevada Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen inaugurated the facility at an on-site event today along with Storey County officials.
"New Rise Renewables and its proven technology represent the future. Renewable diesel is emerging as the renewable fuel of choice as the world begins to move away from fossil fuels. Notably, unlike ethanol or biodiesel, renewable diesel does not, and is not, mixed with petroleum products in order to perform," said Jeremy Gilpin executive vice president of Reno-based Greater Commercial Lending (GCL), which facilitated $112.6 million in government-guaranteed credit for the development of New Rise Renewables Reno.
"GCL is proud to have helped assemble the loan package that made New Rise Renewables Reno possible. It is one of only a few significant renewable diesel plants in the U.S., though there are certainly more on their way. A notable fact about the facility is that once it is in full operation, it will require minimal external energy. It will use its own internal energy recovery system to power the production of renewable diesel," Gilpin added.
Eighty percent of the GCL-arranged financing for New Rise Renewables Reno is guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) via its 9003 Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and Biodiesel Production Manufacturing Assistance Program. The financing structure includes participation by GCL parent Greater Nevada Credit Union, other credit unions, insurance companies and secondary market groups.
Said Randy Soule, leader of the New Rise Renewables Reno facility, "The USDA-guaranteed financing was what enabled the project. The favorable, flexible terms of the government guaranteed loan package were essential. With flexible financing, the financials may not have worked out, and our team wouldn't have been able to maintain complete oversight and control."
"Congratulations to New Rise Renewables Reno, and thanks to Greater Nevada Credit Union for supporting quality industries in Nevada," said Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei.
Nevada U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto added, "Northern Nevada's clean energy companies are helping us combat the climate crisis while fueling our economy and creating good-paying jobs for Nevadans. Businesses like New Rise Renewables are proof of what's possible with government-guaranteed loans, and when we all come together at a federal, state, and local level to foster innovation and growth. I'm proud to see this facility come online, and I'll keep working to support our clean-energy economy throughout Nevada."
"Nevada is a leader in clean energy, and I'm proud to continue fighting to bring more good-paying, clean energy jobs to our state," said Nevada U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen. "Renewable diesel plants like New Rise Renewables will help create jobs while helping our country move towards a cleaner energy future. I'm thankful to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for helping clean energy companies like this one in our state."
The New Rise Renewables Reno plant, which was developed by retrofitting an existing fuel plant, is projected to save nearly 880 million pounds of carbon emissions, the equivalent of removing 88,000 vehicles from the roads. The primary plant has been completed, and a pre-treatment and energy recovery system, designed to increase output and operational efficiency, will be fully operational in early 2023. The facility uses the most advanced renewable diesel technology in the U.S.
Renewable diesel is made by causing chemical reactions through the addition of hydrogen to the natural fats and oils. New Rise has deployed proven state-of-the-art efficient and cost-effective technology methods, which involves hydrogenating the triglycerides. The process uses hydrogen, pressure, catalyst and heat in an efficient manner, allowing reactions to be uniform and controlled – increasing yield, lowering operating costs and allowing for feedstock flexibility.
The fuel plant is located in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, the largest industrial park in the world. Other occupants include Tesla, Walmart, Google, FedEx, Switch and Panasonic.
Greater Commercial Lending (GCL) is a credit organization that brings together credit unions and community lenders from around the U.S. to provide government-guaranteed loans to businesses and initiatives in rural and under-served markets throughout the U.S. and its territories. It helps finance key infrastructure services, like power, renewable energy, transportation and fiber optic, as well as schools, hospitals, restaurants, agriculture, hotels and manufacturers. GCL partners with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which guarantee loans, to arrange credit at favorable terms. GCL is a subsidiary of Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU).
Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU) is headquartered in Carson City, Nevada and has been helping Nevadans with their financial needs since 1949. The credit union serves more than 82,200 consumers and small businesses and has over $1.73 billion in assets. GNCU's subsidiaries include Greater Nevada Mortgage, Greater Commercial Lending and Greater Nevada Insurance. GNCU is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), and has been consistently recognized as a Best Financial Institution in many of its service areas and as a top employer by the Reno/Tahoe Best Places to Work Awards and is the USDA Lender of the Year. GNCU is also the title sponsor of Greater Nevada Field in Reno. For more information, call (800) 421-6674 or visit www.gncu.org.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
0-0-6, SB: 7
(zero, zero, six; SB: seven)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
0-0-6, SB: 7
(zero, zero, six; SB: seven) | 2022-06-22T18:22:37+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Three-Midday-game-17258394.php |
Students at North Carolina's flagship public university walked out of class Thursday to protest school officials' decision to ban a law school student from campus after she was charged with domestic terrorism last month following a violent protest over a planned Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that activists derisively call “Cop City.”
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill law school student Jamie Marsicano, 30, was one of 23 people arrested on domestic terrorism charges March 5 after a large group of masked activists stormed a Georgia construction site and proceeded to bash equipment, torch a bulldozer and throw rocks and fireworks at retreating law enforcement officers, according to police surveillance footage. Since being released on bond last month, Marsicano has been barred from attending class in person.
On Thursday, more than 100 protesters marched across UNC's campus chanting, “Jamie's not in class! We are not in class!” The demonstrators then entered an administrative building and read aloud an open letter urging university officials to reverse the decision against Marsicano, a second-year law student whom classmates described as a loving, supportive member of the school community.
Marsicano's attorney, Erin King, has said the charge against her client is baseless, noting that, by prosecutors' own admission, authorities do not have any evidence directly tying Marsicano to the scene. The arrests occurred near a music festival about 0.75 miles (1.2 kilometers) away, more than two hours after the attack took place, according to jail records. According to King, Marsicano was arrested near a food truck while eating dinner at the festival.
“To be clear, we do not have video surveillance of (Marsicano) on the scene or running from the scene,” prosecutor Lance Cross said during a hearing last month at which Marsicano was granted a $25,000 bond. Prosecutors had called for Marsicano to be denied bond, saying she is an “anarchist” who was wearing muddy, black clothing and had been arrested in connection with protests in North Carolina in 2016 and 2017.
Officers who stormed the festival following the attack looked for people who had muddy clothing, reasoning the vandals had gotten wet while crossing a creek to flee the construction site and blend in with the concertgoers, according to prosecutors. Activists, however, have called that evidence into question, noting that it had rained two days before and there were numerous patches of mud on the festival grounds.
Meghan Rankins is a friend and classmate of Marsicano's who helped organize Thursday's protest. Rankins said the university’s Emergency Evaluation and Action Committee made a “ridiculous” decision in banning Marsicano from school grounds. Marsicano is a dean’s fellow who mentors first-year law students.
“The judge that granted Jamie bond clearly deemed that Jamie was not a threat to any community," said Rankins, who uses they/them pronouns.
University spokesperson Chloe McCotter declined to comment on Marsicano's status, citing the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which protects educational records.
Rankins said Marsicano “challenges us to think in class” and is a resource for many who are facing struggles both inside and outside the classroom, especially when it comes to supporting those struggling with mental health.
“Jamie is just this glowing, bubbly, wonderful personality,” they said. “She's deeply missed.”
Rankins said Marsicano has been living off-campus and is barred from attending in-person classes or participating virtually via Zoom, though Marsicano is able to watch livestream feeds of class.
School officials, in deciding to ban Marsicano from campus, have unfairly presumed Marsicano to be guilty, Rankins said.
“A primary tenet of our justice system is that we presume innocence," they said.
Marsicano is one of more than 40 people who have been charged with domestic terrorism in connection with protests over the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, a cause that has garnered international attention since an environmental activist was fatally shot in January by authorities who were clearing the South River Forest of protesters who had been camping near the construction site. Officials say the officers fired in self-defense after the protester shot a trooper. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is examining the shooting.
Activists from across the country have joined the protest movement, arguing that officers at the 85-acre (34-hectare) center would be trained to become more militarized and quell dissent, all while hundreds of trees are cut down, damaging the climate and flood mitigation in a poor, majority-Black neighborhood.
The Atlanta City Council approved building the training center in 2021, saying a state-of-the-art campus would replace substandard offerings and boost police morale, which is beset by hiring and retention struggles in the wake of violent protests against racial injustice that roiled the city after George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. | 2023-04-13T21:50:01+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2023/04/13/unc-students-protest-decision-to-ban-cop-city-activist/ |
PITTSBURGH, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced today that Ariel Shasko, Deployment Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering has been named a
2023 Women MAKE Awards Emerging Leader by The Manufacturing Institute. This award celebrates women professionals under 30 years of age who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in their careers.
Shasko is among 30 honorees from companies of all sizes and sectors to receive this honor and joins a group of 14 other Kennametal women who received a MAKE Award (previously known as STEP Ahead Awards) in prior years.
"We congratulate Ariel for receiving this outstanding honor," said Kennametal President and CEO Christopher Rossi. "She is helping Kennametal's transformation through not only her work but her mentorship and commitment to our communities, and we are thankful for her leadership and contributions to the company."
Shasko leads an engineering team in deploying Industry 4.0 capabilities across Kennametal's North American manufacturing facilities supporting strategic performance improvements in efficiency, scrap reduction and reduced downtime.
She also serves as a mentor to female EMERGE participants – Kennametal's early-career rotational leadership development program – and regularly partners with university students in support of career development opportunities.
On April 20, the Manufacturing Institute will recognize 130 recipients of the Women MAKE Awards in Washington, D.C. The evening will highlight each Honoree and Emerging Leader's story, including their leadership and accomplishments in manufacturing.
About Kennametal
With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in more than 60 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2 billion in revenues in fiscal 2022. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
About The Manufacturing Institute
The Manufacturing Institute builds, diversifies and strengthens the modern manufacturing workforce, with the goal of furthering individual opportunity, community prosperity and a more competitive manufacturing industry. The MI engages underrepresented communities and shifts perceptions about careers in modern manufacturing, leads skilled training and career development programs, provides thought leadership and research on the changing state of the workforce and builds partnerships to scale up its impact on manufacturing in the United States. As the 501(c)3 nonprofit workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, the MI is a trusted adviser to manufacturers, equipping them with solutions for the industry's toughest challenges. For more information, please visit www.themanufacturinginstitute.org.
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Types of residential water heaters
Residential water heaters come in tank, tankless and hybrid varieties. Each type has its own distinct characteristics; benefits as well as drawbacks. By looking at factors including cost, energy efficiency, maintenance and lifespan, you’ll be able to determine which type is right for your home.
Shop this article: Rheem 50-Gallon Residential Electric Water Heater, Stiebel Eltron Tempra 36 Plus Tankless Heater, A.O. Smith 50-Gallon Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heater
Tank water heaters
Traditional water heaters feature a tank that stores hot water until it’s needed. They range in size from 30-50 gallons and run on either gas or electricity. These units cost less upfront compared to tankless and hybrid water heaters. Since they’re the most common type, costs associated with installation, repairs and maintenance are relatively low in comparison. Tank water heaters are associated with the most energy loss, referred to as standby heat loss. They waste energy by maintaining hot water in the tank when not in use.
Traditional water heaters have the shortest lifespan compared to the other types, typically lasting 8-12 years. Exposure to water, oxygen and minerals corrodes the tank over time, causing it to leak; this process is usually what causes a tank water heater to cease functioning.
Tankless water heaters
Also referred to as on-demand water heaters, tankless models are powered by gas or electricity. According to the Department of Energy, “for homes that use 41 gallons or less of hot water daily, demand water heaters can be 24–34% more energy efficient than conventional storage tank water heaters.” While tankless water heaters cost more up-front and are pricier to install compared to tank units, energy savings make them more cost-effective in the long run. Tankless heaters also take up significantly less space compared to tank and hybrid models.
Tankless water heaters have the longest lifespan, capable of lasting around 15 to 20 years. This is in part due to the fact that they do not operate constantly the way a traditional tank heater does. However, tankless water heater components may also experience corrosion, eventually.
Hybrid water heaters
Hybrid water heaters run on minimal electricity, consisting of a tank and a heat pump. They’re larger than tank water heaters, with sizes ranging from 50 to 80 gallons. Unlike tank and tankless units, they don’t directly generate heat — heat is taken from the surrounding air and transferred into the tank. For this reason, hybrid water heaters are among the most energy-efficient options on the market. However, they are costly and more expensive to install compared to traditional storage tank heaters. Hybrid water heaters function best when the temperature of the surrounding air remains at or above 40 degrees.
Hybrid water heaters tend to last around 13-15 years. Similar to tankless water heaters, they do not run continuously, which increases their lifespan. They still contain a tank capable of corroding, though, so they won’t last as long as tankless units.
Best tank water heaters
Rheem 50-Gallon Residential Electric Water Heater
This electric water heater has a 50-gallon capacity suitable for households of 3-5 people. The water heater includes a 6-year tank and parts warranty.
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Rheem 40-Gallon Residential Electric Water Heater
If you’re looking for an electric model for a smaller household, this unit is a better option. It can reliably heat water for two to four people, with an included six-year tank and parts warranty.
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Rheem 40-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater
This natural gas heater with a 40-gallon capacity can support households of 2-4 people. It features a push-button ignition for an easier startup process. You’re covered with a 6-year tank and parts warranty, as well.
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Best tankless water heaters
Stiebel Eltron Tempra 36 Plus Tankless Heater
This tankless electric option provides a continuous output of hot water for three to four bathrooms in warm climates or two to three bathrooms in cooler climates. It has a digital display and preset temperature buttons that simplify operation. This heater comes with seven-year leakage and three-year parts warranties.
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EcoSmart ECO 27 Tankless Water Heater
Another electric pick, this tankless model can heat up to 6 gallons of water per minute, ideal for apartment and condo units in warmer climates. It features a digital display and dial temperature controls. The lifetime warranty offers peace of mind.
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Eemax Electric Tankless Water Heater
In cold climates, this tankless electric model produces enough hot water for one shower and two sinks to run simultaneously. In warmer climates, this heater can support up to four showers running at once. It features a digital display and dial controls, plus 5-year leak and 1-year parts warranties with purchase.
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Best hybrid water heater
A.O. Smith 50-Gallon Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heater
This hybrid water heater has a 50-gallon tank capable of servicing households of three to five people. You can access efficiency, hybrid, electric and vacation operating modes using the electronic interface. The electric heater comes with a six-year tank and parts warranty.
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The Minnesota Vikings will reportedly release running back Dalvin Cook on Friday, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. There is still a chance the Vikings trade Cook before Friday, though, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Cook, who will turn 28 before the start of the 2023 season, rushed for almost 6,000 yards in six seasons with Minnesota, including at least 1,000 yards in each of the past four seasons. He's also made the Pro Bowl in each of the past four seasons and rushed for the fourth-most yards among all running backs since the Vikings drafted him in 2017.
Unless Cook returns to the Vikings later in his career, he'll finish as the team's third all-time rusher with 5,993 yards. Only Adrian Peterson and Robert Smith rushed for more. His 47 rushing touchdowns rank fourth in franchise history.
Cook's contract, age and injury history likely played a role
Though Cook proved to still be a productive running back, his salary cap hit was about to get expensive. Cook signed a five-year, $63 million extension in 2020, but only $2 million of Cook's 2023 salary was guaranteed. He would have counted $14.1 million against the salary cap if he remained on the roster. A post-June 1 designation also saves the Vikings $9 million in cap release, per Over The Cap.
This could also be an attempt by Minnesota to avoid the dreaded running back cliff. Only 13 running backs since 2015 eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards in a season after they turned 28 and only two — Aaron Jones and Derrick Henry — have done it since 2020. Cook experienced a decline in efficiency in 2022 as well: His rushing yards over expectation dropped from +81 to -41 over the past year, according to NextGen Stats, and Cook led the NFL with 62 carries that either lost or didn't gain a year, per ESPN's Kevin Seifert.
Cook has an extensive injury history as well. Though he didn't miss a game in 2022 for the first time in his career, Cook missed at least three games every other season, including an ACL tear in his rookie season and multiple shoulder injuries. Cook underwent shoulder surgery in February but is expected to be ready for the 2023 season.
Cook joins the list of released veteran running backs
Two other former highly-drafted running backs also hit free agency after they were released by their respective teams.
The Dallas Cowboys cut 2016 No. 4 pick Ezekiel Elliott, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved on from Leonard Fournette, who was drafted 37 picks earlier than Cook by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2017. Both were productive veterans who saw a decline in efficiency, and their teams decided to jettison them for younger and somewhat cheaper players. The Cowboys will look to Tony Pollard, while the Buccaneers like what they have in 2022 third-rounder Rachaad White.
Alexander Mattison, who's backed up Cook since 2019, looks like the heir to the Vikings backfield. Minnesota reportedly shopped Mattison ahead of the 2022 season but decided to keep and re-sign him on a two-year, $7 million deal with $6.35 million fully guaranteed.
Cook's possible team fits
Like Elliott and Fournette, there are plenty of teams who could use a veteran running back like Cook.
It will obviously depend on the price, but Cook — who grew up and played college in Florida — could make a return to his home state with the Miami Dolphins, who reportedly almost traded for Cook in March, according to Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer. The Dolphins have a lot of running backs but their top-two options are injury-prone Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. Mostert just turned 31 and Wilson will be 28 in November.
The Denver Broncos are also another team heavily interested in signing Cook once he's officially on the open market, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Running back Javonte Williams is still recovering from a torn ACL and Samaje Perine is the only other experienced rusher on the depth chart.
Perhaps the most interesting team, though, would be the Buffalo Bills. Cook's brother, James Cook, is the projected started running back in Buffalo and rumors connected him to the Bills earlier this offseason. | 2023-06-08T23:56:57+00:00 | wsbtv.com | https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/vikings-will/7JO3QJZYN2HWHQ2C5HRSPYGLAM/ |
Precipitation Returns to Texoma This Evening & Overnight | 1/17 AM
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) -
Good morning! To start off this morning we will be seeing a good amount of sunshine with the rising sun, but the sun’s presence in the sky will be quickly covered by clouds as near-overcast skies are expected across Texoma by midday. Winds will be lighter today out of the southwest at 5-15 mph. Despite the cloud coverage, we will still warm up into the upper 60s and low 70s this afternoon, getting within 5 degrees of record-high temperatures later today. A few light sprinkles and a hit/miss shower or two will pop-up across western and northern counties before sunset.
Rain chances will increase overnight, becoming scattered and possibly even numerous in coverage. The majority of the rain we will see will stay north of the Red River, with the best timing being between midnight and sunrise tomorrow morning. Showers are going to be the main form of precipitation, but I won’t rule out the possibility of some rumbles of thunder. Rainfall accumulations unfortunately won’t be much and not everyone will see rain, as most that do will only see anywhere between 0.25″-0.50″.
A cold front will sweep through around sunrise on Wednesday, clearing rain and cloud coverage to the east and out of Texoma entirely by the late-morning hours. Tons of sunshine tomorrow with highs in the mid 60s. Winds will pick up behind the cold front, and by the afternoon will be breezing out of the southwest at 15-25 mph with gusts between 30-35 mph. As result, elevated and near-critical fire weather conditions will develop across Texoma with Fire Weather Watches already expected to go into effect for western North Texas.
The passage of another weak cold front on Thursday morning will send Thursday’s high temperatures back down the near-average in the mid 50s with mostly sunny skies. On Friday we will see another day featuring tons of sunshine as temperatures rise back into the low 60s.
This weekend will see the arrival of our next weather system, but model solutions are wildly different in terms of what we can expect Saturday - Monday. One model has us seeing rain showers and a rain/snow mix on Saturday, while another has us staying dry with the limited chance for a couple light showers for eastern counties. Models are consistent that we will see dry conditions on Sunday, while we see yet again more discrepancy on Monday with dry weather vs. rain showers vs. wintry weather in the form of snow & rain/snow mix. Until there is more agreement among models, I’m going with a forecast that straddles the median of the long-range solutions. Highs for Saturday - Monday will be in the lows 50s with morning lows around the freezing mark.
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Caught on camera: Smash-and-grab burglary at Phoenix eyeglass store
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PHOENIX - Police are investigating a smash-and-grab burglary that happened at a Phoenix eyeglass store.
Eclipse Eyewear owner David Stewart sent FOX 10 video showing two suspects who broke into his store near 32nd Street and Shea Boulevard.
In the video, the suspects can be seen smashing a glass case and loading glasses into a garbage can before fleeing the scene in a black car. Stewart says he has filed a report with Phoenix Police.
If you have any information, you're asked to call police at 602-262-6151.
Area where the burglary happened: | 2023-04-20T17:29:32+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/caught-on-camera-smash-and-grab-burglary-at-phoenix-eyeglass-store |
GRAPHIC: ‘Winnie the Pooh’ horror film releases first trailer
(CNN) - A beloved children’s tale is being reimagined into a disturbing horror film.
WARNING: The trailer contains graphic film footage and is not for kids.
The new trailer for “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” is out now.
A demonic-looking Pooh and Piglet have turned against their childhood friend Christopher Robin after apparently being abandoned by him when he went off to college.
According to director Rhys Waterfield, Christopher Robin’s absence made Pooh and Piglet’s lives quite difficult, and they’ve essentially become feral.
Waterfield told Variety the response to the trailer has been” absolutely crazy.”
The film was shot in 10 days in England.
Waterfield said they’re expediting the edit to get it through post-production as fast as possible. A release date has not yet been announced.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-01T20:52:10+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2022/09/01/graphic-winnie-pooh-horror-film-releases-first-trailer/ |
- iADCs are a next-generation modality for treating cancer and designed to boost anti-cancer activity, offering potential new options for patients who do not respond to existing cancer immunotherapies -
- Sutro will receive an upfront payment of US$90 million to develop iADCs for three biological targets and may be eligible to receive up to an additional US$422.5 million USD in development, regulatory and commercial milestones for each product candidate, plus royalties -
TOKYO and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503), (President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., "Astellas") and Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRO), (CEO: William J. Newell, JD, "Sutro") today announced a worldwide, strategic collaboration and licensing agreement focused on the discovery and development of novel immunostimulatory antibody-drug conjugates (iADCs). The collaboration leverages the unique cancer-fighting potential of iADCs as a novel modality, enabled by Sutro's ability to engineer complex conjugated antibodies, and Astellas' global oncology R&D expertise.
"We are delighted to work with Astellas, a premier biopharmaceutical company with substantial expertise in immuno-oncology, on this novel modality," said William J. Newell, Sutro's Chief Executive Officer. "iADCs hold promise well beyond the existing success of ADCs. Sutro's unique conjugation technology enables dual conjugations that site-specifically incorporate a potent cytotoxin that can directly kill tumor cells together with an immunostimulatory component that has the potential to locally prime an immune response to the patient's particular tumor cells. We look forward to collaboratively exploring the potential of this approach to treat cold tumors and bring new drug therapies to patients who do not respond to existing immunotherapies."
Naoki Okamura, Chief Strategy Officer, at Astellas commented, "Astellas considers Immuno-Oncology as one of the Primary Focuses of its R&D strategy; our goal is to bring effective drugs to patients who do not respond to existing immune checkpoint inhibitors. Sutro is a leading company in the area of iADCs, a new modality, and has its own original iADC technologies. The strategic partnership with Sutro will help us expand our pipeline and widen the choice of cancer immunotherapies."
A key challenge with cancer immunotherapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, is the tumor microenvironment*1 within cold tumors creating barriers to immune cell infiltration and thus preventing the cure. The immune checkpoint inhibitors approved to date are efficacious as a monotherapy in only about 20% of cancer types, which vary widely1.
This strategic partnership will engage in the development of iADCs, a next generation modality with the potential for effective and efficient approaches for treatment of cold tumors so as to bring new drug therapies to patients who do not respond to existing therapies. An iADC, which combines an antibody with a small molecule compound that induces immunogenic cell death*2 in addition to an immune activating molecule, has the potential to boost the anti-cancer action.
This partnership will enable Astellas and Sutro to mutually leverage strengths in their respective fields to accelerate iADC development for three distinct biological targets; Sutro will engage in research and preclinical studies to identify candidate compounds and then Astellas will pursue clinical development. Sutro has advanced technologies for linking drugs to antibodies and proprietary component parts, including candidate antibodies and linkable cytotoxins and immunostimulatory molecules. For development of iADCs, Astellas will utilize the strength of its global R&D and commercialization capabilities in the area of antibodies and the small molecular components. These iADCs may have the potential to provide new therapeutic options for treatment of cancers for which no broadly effective therapy is currently available.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sutro will receive an upfront cash payment of US$90 million to develop iADCs for three biological targets and may be eligible to receive up to US$422.5 million in development, regulatory and commercial milestones for each product candidate, and tiered royalties ranging from low double-digit to mid-teens on worldwide sales of any commercial products that may result from the collaboration, subject to Sutro's cost and profit sharing option for the United States.
Sutro has the option to share in the costs and profits for developing and commercializing product candidates in the United States. If Sutro exercise this option for a particular product candidate, Astellas and Sutro will equally share the costs of such co-development and co-commercialization, with the resulting profits/losses from co-commercialization also shared equally in the United States.
*1: Cancer surrounds itself with an environment advantageous to its own survival, that is, to protect itself from the immune system and help facilitate its own growth and metastasis. Such an environment is called a "tumor microenvironment."
*2: Immunogenic cell death is cancer cell death through the "cancer immune cycle" by which cancer antigens released by chemotherapy are captured by dendritic cells and then presented to T cells activated to kill the cancer cells. Regarding "cancer immune cycle," please refer to the materials from Astellas' R&D meeting (held in December 2020).
(https://www.astellas.com/system/files/rdmeeting2020_pre_en.pdf)
About Sutro
Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (Sutro), headquartered in South San Francisco, is a clinical-stage oncology company pioneering site-specific and novel-format antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Sutro has two wholly owned ADCs in the clinic—STRO-002, a folate receptor alpha (FolRα)-targeting ADC, in clinical studies for ovarian and endometrial cancers; and STRO-001, a CD74-targeting ADC, in clinical studies for B-cell malignancies. Additionally, Sutro is collaborating with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) on CC-99712, a BCMA-targeting ADC in the clinic for patients with multiple myeloma; with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, known as EMD Serono in the U.S. and Canada (EMD Serono) on M1231, a MUC1-EGFR bispecific ADC in clinical studies for patients with solid tumors, particularly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; with Merck Sharpe & Dohme LLC (Merck) on MK-1484, a biologic in clinical studies as a monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab for the treatment of solid tumors; and with Astellas Pharma (Astellas) on a novel modality, immunostimulatory antibody-drug conjugates (iADCs). Sutro's platform technology also enabled the spin out of Vaxcyte (Nasdaq: PCVX) and the creation of VAX-24, a 24-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in clinical studies for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease. Sutro's rational design and precise protein engineering has enabled six product candidates in the clinic. Follow Sutro on Twitter, @Sutrobio, and at www.sutrobio.com to learn more about our passion for changing the future of oncology.
Sutro Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, anticipated preclinical and clinical development activities, timing of announcements of clinical results, potential benefits of STRO-002 and Sutro's other product candidates and platform, potential future milestone and royalty payments, and potential market opportunities for STRO-002 and Sutro's other product candidates. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Although Sutro believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, Sutro cannot guarantee future events, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements, and the timing and results of biotechnology development and potential regulatory approval is inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause Sutro's actual activities or results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, including risks and uncertainties related to Sutro's ability to advance its product candidates, the receipt and timing of potential regulatory designations, approvals and commercialization of product candidates and Sutro's ability to successfully leverage Fast Track designation, the market size for Sutro's product candidates to be smaller than anticipated, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sutro's business, clinical trial sites, supply chain and manufacturing facilities, Sutro's ability to maintain and recognize the benefits of certain designations received by product candidates, the timing and results of preclinical and clinical trials, Sutro's ability to fund development activities and achieve development goals, Sutro's ability to protect intellectual property and Sutro's commercial collaborations with third parties and other risks and uncertainties described under the heading "Risk Factors" in documents Sutro files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and Sutro undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
About Astellas
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are promoting the Focus Area Approach that is designed to identify opportunities for the continuous creation of new drugs to address diseases with high unmet medical needs by focusing on Biology and Modality. Furthermore, we are also looking beyond our foundational Rx focus to create Rx+® healthcare solutions that combine our expertise and knowledge with cutting-edge technology in different fields of external partners. Through these efforts, Astellas stands on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into value for patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.astellas.com/en.
Astellas Cautionary Notes
In this press release, statements made with respect to current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Astellas. These statements are based on management's current assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in general economic conditions and in laws and regulations, relating to pharmaceutical markets, (ii) currency exchange rate fluctuations, (iii) delays in new product launches, (iv) the inability of Astellas to market existing and new products effectively, (v) the inability of Astellas to continue to effectively research and develop products accepted by customers in highly competitive markets, and (vi) infringements of Astellas' intellectual property rights by third parties.
Information about pharmaceutical products (including products currently in development) which is included in this press release is not intended to constitute an advertisement or medical advice.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp. and Israeli defense contractor Rafael on Monday said they will team up to develop a high-energy laser system to defend against aerial attacks.
The system will be based on “ Iron Beam,” a laser missile-defense system that Rafael has been developing with Israel’s Defense Ministry.
The Iron Beam has undergone a series of successful tests this year and is expected to be rolled out over the coming decade.
The joint product will be geared toward the American and other markets. Development, testing, and manufacturing will take place both in the U.S. and Israel, the companies said.
Lockheed’s chief operating officer, Frank St. John, said the agreement will help customers “stay ahead of their adversaries.” He said it was an honor to be a “security teammate” of Israel.
The state-owned Rafael designed “Iron Beam” to complement a series of aerial defense systems used by Israel, including the highly effective yet more costly rocket-intercepting Iron Dome.
It is part of a multilayered defense system that Israel is developing on land, in the air and at sea to protect against everything from crude short-term rockets to long-range guided missiles possessed by its enemies. | 2022-12-06T14:11:42+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-lockheed-teams-with-israels-rafael-on-laser-defense/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened Thursday to derail a bill designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United States if Democrats revive their stalled climate and social policy package.
The rejuvenation of the Democratic reconciliation package, central to President Joe Biden’s agenda, remains a work in progress and is far from certain. But with some signs of progress in the negotiations, McConnell is moving to complicate Democratic plans by warning that Republicans would react by stopping separate semiconductor legislation from moving over the finish line in the coming weeks, despite its bipartisan support.
“Let me be perfectly clear: there will be no bipartisan USICA as long as Democrats are pursuing a partisan reconciliation bill,” McConnell tweeted, referring to the shorthand name for the computer chips bill that passed the Senate last year.
Both chambers of Congress have passed their versions of the legislation, which would include $52 billion in incentives for companies to locate chip manufacturing plants in the U.S. Lawmakers are now trying to reconcile the considerable differences between the two bills, but at a pace that has many supporters worried the job won’t get done before lawmakers break for their August recess.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said McConnell was “holding hostage” a bipartisan package that would lower the cost of countless products that rely on semiconductors and would yield hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs.
“Senate Republicans are literally choosing to help China out compete the U.S. in order to protect big drug companies,” Jean-Pierre said. “This takes loyalty to special interests over working Americans to a new and shocking height. We are not going to back down in the face of this outrageous threat.”
Democrats have eyed using reconciliation — a special budget process — to pass parts of their agenda through the 50-50 Senate because it allows them to circumvent the filibuster and pass legislation with a simple majority. It was anticipated that any new reconciliation package Democrats pursue would include provisions designed to lower drug prices for many consumers.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have been talking intermittently for months in an effort to craft a whittled-down version of the massive environment and social program measure that Manchin killed in December.
As part of that drive, Democrats are expected to submit language reducing prescription drug costs to the chamber’s parliamentarian in coming days, according to an official familiar with the process.
The parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, must affirm that the provisions adhere to Senate rules. That would allow Democrats to use special procedures that would let them approve the legislation in the 50-50 chamber over unanimous Republican opposition.
The prescription drug provisions would be crucial to the bill because they could produce hundreds of billions of dollars in savings by reducing federal costs.
Those savings would be used to pay for other initiatives under discussion dealing with climate, energy and possibly health care subsidies for low earners. Schumer and Manchin have yet to reach agreement on other potential parts of the bill, which Schumer is hoping the Senate would consider as early as late July.
The prescription drug provisions would let Medicare begin negotiating prices for the drugs it buys from manufacturers next year and increase federal subsidies for premiums and co-pays for some low-income people, according to a summary obtained by The Associated Press.
It would also cap Medicare recipients’ out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 annually, payable in monthly installments; make it harder for pharmaceutical companies to raise prices by requiring them to provide rebates if the cost exceeds inflation and make vaccines free for Medicare beneficiaries, the outline said.
The now defunct version of the legislation would have cost around $2 trillion over a decade and had cleared the House. But Manchin, who had negotiated with party leaders for months and whose vote Democrats needed for passage, abruptly said he was opposing it, arguing it would have fueled inflation.
Some Democrats have expressed optimism that the effort can be revived. Others have expressed pessimism that a fresh, election-year agreement with the West Virginian can be reached as the Senate calendar dwindles.
“To his credit, Senator Schumer is much more optimistic than myself,” No. 2 Senate Democratic leader Richard Durbin of Illinois told reporters Thursday in Madrid, where Biden and lawmakers were attending a NATO summit. “So perhaps before the end of the year, they’ll deliver this miraculous bill, but I’m going to continue to work in the 60-vote environment.”
That was a reference to the 60 votes, including support from at least 10 Republicans, that major legislation usually needs to pass the Senate.
The semiconductor legislation will need support from at least 10 Republicans in the Senate, and possibly more, to get a bill to Biden’s desk to be signed into law. If McConnell withholds his support, it makes the task much harder, if not impossible, as other GOP lawmakers follow his lead.
Supporters of the semiconductor legislation include the nation’s auto makers and the nation’s biggest tech companies. They have ramped up their lobbying in recent weeks to congressional leaders, saying the bill’s provisions boosting investments in research, workforce development and domestic manufacturing are critical if the U.S. wants to compete with other nations, particularly China.
McConnell met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Schumer on the semiconductor legislation a little more than a week ago. The two Democrats emerged from the meeting saying that negotiators should “work with the urgency the situation deserves.” They also said they expressed their belief to McConnell that there was no reason the bill couldn’t pass in July.
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Associated Press writer Zeke Miller in Madrid contributed to this report. | 2022-07-01T00:06:28+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/mcconnell-warns-dems-of-fallout-for-reviving-biden-bill/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
San Marcos Boys’ Volleyball Defeats Servite in CIF-SS Division 2 Quarterfinals
The Royals Will Matchup With Tesoro in the Semifinals
For the second consecutive year the San Marcos High boys’ volleyball team has reached the CIF-SS division 2 semifinals.
The Royals overcame a rough first set to defeat visiting Servite 23-25 25-19, 25-18, 25-18 on Wednesday night at the Thunderhut. San Marcos has not lost a home game in the last two seasons.
“When we lost the first game, 25-23, you find out what you’re all about at that point,” said San Marcos coach Roger Kuntz, who notched his 400th victory at the helm of the San Marcos program. “Once again our big players played big in a big game.”
San Marcos benefited from its trademark balanced attack as setter Hansen Streeter was in complete control throughout taking whatever the Servite defense gave him.
Middle blocker Kyle Foley finished with a team-high 12 kills for San Marcos, but he was far from the only attacking option for Streeter against Servite. Outside hitter Jack Wilson added eleven kills, opposite Luke Walker racked up ten kills and Mason Rice chipped in nine kills.
“My teammates were passing the ball and Hansen was feeding me perfectly; It was just my night tonight,” Foley said. “That was a really good team over there and I knew we had to do something special tonight to beat them.”
In the semifinals on Saturday, San Marcos will travel to Tesoro and face the team that has eliminated the Royals the past two seasons.
“It’s too bad we’re on the road. We got fortunate with a couple coin flips to get a couple home games,” Kuntz said. “This is our third year in a row playing them at their place so it’s not a happy place for us, but these guys want to go back and try to get it back for us.” | 2023-05-04T23:52:48+00:00 | independent.com | https://www.independent.com/2023/05/04/san-marcos-boys-volleyball-defeats-servite-in-cif-ss-division-2-quarterfinals/ |
TUPELO • Sam Gilliam joined the heavenly ranks of Tupelo native sons whose artistic legacies traveled beyond those small city borders. During his 88 years of life, Gilliam became an internationally renowned abstract artist who innovated modern art.
“Tupelo’s known for a lot of things, but I would say one would not automatically think accomplished African-American visual artist would be one of the things,” said Malcolm White, the retired former executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC). “Sam was quite a get.”
Gilliam died Saturday, June 25. His death was announced by the David Kordansky Gallery and Pace Gallery, who worked with Gilliam in his later years. He died of renal failure at his home in Washington, the New York Times reported.
Gilliam was born in Tupelo on Nov. 30, 1933, to Sam Gilliam Sr. and Estery Gilliam. He was the seventh of eight children. He tapped into his love for art at an early age.
"Somewhere around 6, someone pointed out to my mother that it kept me quiet as I drew," Gilliam told the Daily Journal in a 2007 interview. "She said, ‘If you keep him doing this the rest of his life, you'll never have any trouble with him.' And I've been doing that the rest of my life."
Spending his early childhood years in Tupelo taught Gilliam to cultivate a lifetime of discovery, as he’d climb on his parents’ roof and look up.
"I noticed there was a much prettier world up there," Gilliam said in the 2007 interview. "Between the sky and the tops of buildings, there were a lot of things that were surprising.”
Shawn Brevard has followed Gilliam’s work for years, viewing his art in galleries in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Jackson. Seeing his photo on the front page of the New York Times on Tuesday, June 27, showcased his remarkable impact and “something that this town needs to pay attention to,” Brevard said. Gilliam’s legacy reminded her of another Tupelo legend, Elvis Presley, whose births are separated by merely 13 months.
“You got the visual art coming out of Sam, and you’ve got the musical art coming out of Elvis,” Brevard said. “(They both had) these experiences as children in this community that had a really incredibly foundational impact on their lives and their art.”
Gilliam’s family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, when he was 8, where he continued advancing in his artistry. He graduated from the University of Louisville with a bachelor’s degree in fine art and a master’s in painting. In between both degrees, he entered the U.S. Army in 1956, serving two years, according to a biography from HistoryMakers, a national nonprofit that preserves African American history.
He married Dorothy Butler, who was a pioneer in her own right as the Washington Post’s first Black female reporter, in 1962. The couple had three children: Stephanie Gilliam, Melissa Gilliam and L. Franklin Gilliam. Sam Gilliam married Annie Gawlak, an art dealer and longtime partner following his separation, in 2018.
Gilliam’s art career developed in the 60s. In 1968, he changed art history with his Drape paintings, which cast aside frame borders to drop his canvases on ceilings and walls. Pieces were mostly tailored for specific spaces, making each installation unique, said Ke Francis, a celebrated Tupelo-based narrative artist. Francis followed Gilliam’s career as a major figure in American art. Gilliam’s work provided a creative and innovative way to view museum space, Francis said.
“(It’s) like you were walking into, and being completely enveloped by, the color, rather than looking at it like you were looking at a window,” Francis said. “It’s a different feeling, more like you would actually be in a forest instead of looking at a painting of a forest.”
Gilliam earned international acclaim, becoming the first Black artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale in 1972. He’d manage to have a great career despite facing barriers.
“Sam was one of the people who managed to get the work shown regardless,” Francis said. “People seemed like they were kind of forced to push their prejudices aside because the work was so powerful.”
He continued recreating his artistry throughout his career, according to Pace, with Pace founder Arne Glimcher crediting him with “explod(ing) the borders between sculpture, painting and installation” and “reinvent(ing) color and space in abstraction” in a written recollection.
“It was a very unique style that he worked in ... which is so rare in the art field, finding something that no one else has done before,” White said.
He received his flowers from his native state, receiving an honor for lifetime achievement in the 2007 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. As the MAC director at the time, White remembered Gilliam as gentle and humble despite his prestige.
Gilliam continued painting throughout his life, stopping only in death, according to the David Kordansky Gallery and Pace Gallery. While Gilliam wasn’t always a household name, Francis believes the final years of his career brought well deserved focus back to his work, showing it could last the span of time.
He leaves behind his wife, three children, three sisters and three grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, his family requested that donations be made to NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Children’s Defense Fund, the Rock Creek Conservancy or an art institution of the donor’s choosing. | 2022-07-02T10:00:15+00:00 | djournal.com | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/tupelo-native-sam-gilliam-leaves-a-legacy-of-artistic-innovation/article_3416b5b1-ba44-55fa-a676-916c58977463.html |
JACKSON COUNTY, MI -- A fire department in a small Jackson County township has lost two firefighters and its fire chief in the last two months due to disagreements over the condition of its main fire engine.
Dave and Mindy Thomas -- a husband-and-wife duo who worked as on-call firefighters for the Pulaski Township Fire Department before being abruptly let go in April -- said their firing has been a detriment to the morale of the remaining on-call firefighters. | 2023-06-07T12:08:31+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2023/06/abrupt-firings-resignations-impact-small-jackson-county-volunteer-fire-department.html |
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The fireworks displays are well underway across Western New York, and with just 24 hours to go before Independence Day, law enforcement is reminding people of safety tips to keep in mind, especially if you plan on using them at home.
The Erie County Sheriff's Office does not recommend the use of fireworks at home and stresses that the safest option is to enjoy fireworks in a controlled and safe space, perhaps somewhere organized by your town, village, or city.
But for those choosing to use them at home, Detective Dan Walczak says it's important to keep certain things in mind.
For starters, don't go overboard. Remember, the amount of fireworks considered for personal use are about within the limits of what's legal. More than than that could be teetering on illegal.
Another important reminder, Detective Walczak says do not make fireworks at home. While the internet has loads of "how to's" posted at your fingertips, it's a very dangerous thing to do.
As for distancing?
The recommendation is to be at minimum 50 to 100 feet away before lighting them, to ensure no harm is done to you or others.
"Burns are not good for your body. Third-degree burns, that's a high thermal yield of aluminum, magnesium. ... Metals that burn extremely hot are associated with pyrotechnics," Walczak said.
So, again, the best thing to do when it comes to ways to enjoy fireworks this holiday weekend is to find a safe and secure place to watch them, from a distance. | 2022-07-04T01:53:02+00:00 | wgrz.com | https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/fourth-of-july-independence-day-fireworks-safety-tips/71-a4feb7a5-95a1-4502-8786-0de64c13cc56 |
Bank of America customers say Zelle transfers missing from accounts
(Gray News) – Bank of America customers reported on social media Wednesday that money was missing from their accounts, with many identifying transactions from digital payments service Zelle.
Bank of America’s Help Twitter account responded to dozens of tweets by the afternoon. Several people said money that had been in their accounts was no longer there.
They also voiced their frustration they could not get anyone in customer service by phone. Replies on Twitter told them to reach out by direct message.
Customers received a notice on the bank’s app that said Zelle transactions between Saturday and Wednesday may be delayed in posting to accounts. The notice said transfers would appear “as soon as possible” and apologized for the delay.
The website Downdetector.com showed a large spike in problems reported with Bank of America since around 8 a.m. ET.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-18T19:28:51+00:00 | foxcarolina.com | https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/01/18/bank-america-customers-say-zelle-transfers-missing-accounts/ |
The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in its effort to make the U.S. take steps to secure water from the Colorado River for the tribe.
In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that a 1868 treaty did not require the country to take “affirmative steps” to secure water for the tribe.
At issue is an 1868 treaty under which the federal government guaranteed the nation’s agricultural needs, which the Navajo Nation argues includes water rights.
Tribal governments in the suit also cite the so-called Winters doctrine, based on the 1908 Winters v. United States court case, which established that the creation of a Native American reservation also reserves the water necessary for its purposes.
The 1868 peace treaty in question established a reservation for the Navajo and granted them the right to use needed water on the reservation.
The tribe has argued that under that treaty, the U.S. has the responsibility to secure water for the tribe — which has become more difficult as water resources along the Colorado River dwindle amid historic drought.
But the majority of the high court called the tribe “incorrect.”
“In the Tribe’s view, the 1868 treaty imposed a duty on the United States to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Navajo. With respect, the Tribe is incorrect,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority.
The majority opinion was joined by all of the court’s conservatives except Neil Gorsuch, a fervent defender of tribal rights who wrote a dissenting opinion joined by the court’s three liberals.
Gorsuch said the court’s decision “rejects a request the Navajo Nation never made.”
“Where does the Navajo Nation go from here?” Gorsuch wrote. “To date, their efforts to find out what water rights the United States hold for them have produced an experience familiar to any American who has spent time at the Department of Motor Vehicles. The Navajo have waited patiently for someone, anyone, to help them, only to be told (repeatedly) that they have been standing in the wrong line and must try another.”
He said their lawsuit “more than suffices to state a claim for relief.”
“As they did at Bosque Redondo, they must again fight for themselves to secure their homeland and all that must necessarily come with it,” Gorsuch wrote, referring to the attempted ethnic cleansing of the Navajo in the 1860s.
“Perhaps here, as there, some measure of justice will prevail in the end,” he added.
In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas took issue with another piece of the tribe’s case.
He wrote that when a lower court allowed the Navajo Nation’s “breach of trust” claim to go forward, it recognized a “generic legal duty of the Federal Government toward Indian tribes” — which he took issue with.
“The Nation has pointed to no source of legally enforceable duties supporting its claim in this suit. But the Ninth Circuit’s reasoning reflects deeper problems with this Court’s frequent invocation of the Indian ‘trust relationship,’” he wrote.
The Navajo reservation, which stretches more than 17 million acres, has been hit hard by a lack of water infrastructure, and tribal leaders have argued the federal government has shirked its treaty obligations to the tribe.
In 2021, a San Francisco federal appeals court sided with the tribe, allowing it to sue in support of the affirmative duty. The Biden administration and the states of Arizona, Nevada and Colorado appealed the decision, with the high court hearing the consolidated appeals.
In their arguments before the court, the states argued that siding with the Navajo Nation would represent a major disruption to management of the Colorado River. The states in the river’s basin only recently reached a consensus on usage of the river water, updating a 2007 contingency plan with the threat of potential federal government cuts hanging over the talks.
Updated at 11:13 a.m. EDT. | 2023-06-22T16:34:32+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/hill-politics/supreme-court-rules-against-navajo-nation-in-colorado-river-case/ |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he is recovering from an attack earlier this month outside a Florida hotel.
Allen, who was in South Florida to perform a show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, was attacked while taking a smoke break outside the the Four Seasons hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Police arrested a 19-year-old man, but said they don't have a motive for the attack. They did not identify either the suspect, or Allen, in the police report.
But in a social media post, Allen, 59, said he's thankful for all the support he has received from this fans. He said he's also relieved that his wife, Lauren, wasn't with him when the incident occurred, and that they are now “working on recovering in a safe space.”
"We ask you to join us in our effort to move from confusion and shock to compassion and empathy," he wrote. "We understand this act of violence can be triggering for so many people. To all of the fans, veterans, and first responders in our global community we are thinking of you all."
Police said the assailant was hiding behind a pillar outside the hotel while Allen was smoking a cigarette. The man ran at Allen, knocking him to the ground.
According to the police report, a woman saw Allen fall and ran to help him. The man then attacked her, the report said.
The man then ran to another hotel and started breaking car windows until he was stopped by witnesses and police arrived. He was arrested and charged with two counts of battery, four counts of criminal mischief, and abusing an elderly or disabled adult.
Allen lost his left arm in an accident in 1984.
In a photo posted on Instagram, Allen was wearing a blue Fort Lauderdale police t-shirt. | 2023-03-22T12:20:49+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/def-leppard-drummer-rick-allen-florida-attack/507-54444495-f73c-49fd-ac8b-9606ea5435af |
A new campaign ad from Eric Greitens, the controversial former governor of Missouri now running for U.S. Senate, has left him accused of glorifying political violence and was flagged by Twitter for breaking its rules around "abusive behavior."
"Today, we're going RINO hunting," Greitens, a Republican, said with a smile as he slid the action on his shotgun in the 38-second ad. RINO stands for "Republican in name only."
Greitens and a team of men outfitted in military gear are then shown bursting into a home, guns raised.
"The RINO feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice," said Greitens. "Get a RINO hunting permit. There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country."
We are sick and tired of the Republicans in Name Only surrendering to Joe Biden & the radical Left.
— Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) June 20, 2022
Order your RINO Hunting Permit today! pic.twitter.com/XLMdJnAzSK
The ad was posted to social media on Monday morning. It was soon criticized by many on the left — and some on the right — for its use of language and visuals seeming to support violence against political opponents.
By early afternoon, Twitter had flagged the tweet with a warning that the video violated the company's rules for "abusive behavior." But it allowed the ad to remain viewable, saying "it may be in the public's interest" to do so. The video has been viewed more than 2 million times.
"This is sociopathic. You're going to get someone killed," wrote Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat.
"You're a very bad man," wrote Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican whose criticism of Donald Trump has netted him both the "RINO" label and threats of violence, including a recent death threat that he shared on Twitter just yesterday.
Greitens was elected governor of Missouri in 2016, but he resigned less than two years later amid allegations of sexually assaulting and blackmailing a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair.
He acknowledged the affair but denied any wrongdoing. Greitens was also accused of misusing a charity donor list to raise campaign funds. Criminal charges against him were ultimately dropped.
He and his then-wife, Sheena, have since divorced. In a sworn affidavit earlier this year, she accused him of abusing her and their children.
Now, Greitens is one of 21 Republicans running to replace retiring Sen. Roy Blunt.
Some Missouri Republicans have worried that if Greitens wins the Republican primary in August, the candidate could turn off enough voters to hand the election to a Democrat.
Greitens has steadfastly refused calls to drop out. A June poll by Emerson College and The Hill found that 26% of likely primary voters preferred Greitens, which would be enough to lead the crowded race.
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Some six million newly enfranchised voters, either young or previously unregistered, could determine the outcome of Malaysia’s first general election since the political earthquake of 2018. Yet apathy, wildly uneven constituencies and a striking conservatism among youth mean this isn’t the prelude to the lasting change that it could be. That’s not good news for a country economically scarred by the pandemic and sorely in need of inclusive growth, not old-style patronage.
The dramatic ousting of the United Malays National Organisation-led coalition, Barisan Nasional, four years ago was supposed to draw the line under identity politics and end the Malay nationalist party’s monopoly after six decades. Hopes ran high. But democratization hasn’t played out as expected. Voters have seen two government collapses, three prime ministers and a splintered opposition. Former Prime Minister Najib Razak is in jail on corruption charges, but UMNO is back in the ruling bloc and confident enough to call an election in the risky monsoon season.
The party’s electoral rallying cry ahead of the vote expected next month — the promise of a return to stability, in an allusion to pre-2018 — is appealing to those unused to this newfound turbulence at the top and feeling the pinch from rising prices. Never mind that the country cannot, and should not, go backwards. Malaysia’s open economy is being buffeted by global storms at a time when more than 60% of lower-income households have no savings. Meanwhile, subsidies are too costly, youth unemployment and overall underemployment too high, and labor productivity too weak. Educational outcomes continue to vary significantly across the country. None of these problems are new.
UMNO says it has changed, introducing new faces and backing targeted subsidies that are needs-based, not race-based. Yet it’s clear that parties with a Malay-oriented agenda based on developmental economics and welfare continue to prevail, as do the old names. It’s not just Najib who endures, Mahathir Mohamad — the long-serving prime minister who made a return as a newly minted democrat in 2018 — is running again for his Langkawi seat at 97.
The key question in 2022 is what a dramatically transformed electorate will do to change that picture.
From 14.9 million in 2018, the number of voters has swollen to 21 million thanks to constitutional changes that lowered the age to 18 from 21 — Malaysia was among the last democracies to do so — and introduced automatic registration. Already at the time of the last vote more than 40% of voters were under 40, the very people at the sharp end of the low-skills trap.
None of this implies what conventional wisdom — and footage of protesting youth in Thailand or Hong Kong — might suggest.
These new voters in Malaysia are not necessarily more liberal, less driven by identity politics or willing to demand change. The young skew more towards Malay and indigenous groups than the rest of the population, thanks to differing birthrates, and are frequently conservative. While they did not support the Barisan Nasional at the last election, it was the youth that helped the Islamic, Malay-oriented party PAS rise instead. Not to mention that even if limits on student activism have been removed and there are plenty of youth-driven initiatives — including Undi18, which campaigned to lower the voting age — disinterest is prevalent. A June survey found only 40% of Malay youth would vote if the election was held soon.
State-level votes give an imperfect but potentially indicative flavor of what is to come. In the southern state of Johor in March, the UMNO-led coalition won 40 out of 56 seats, and turnout was a paltry 55%. MUDA, a youth-based, progressive party, got one seat. Under economic pressure, the good old days of patronage politics seem to retain some appeal.
Then, there’s the inconvenient fact that a large portion of the new voters are not necessarily young at all. Thanks to the automatic voter registration portion of reform, understandably championed by Barisan Nasional, many are just people who had been put off registering before by red tape and inconvenience. That suggests only more voter absenteeism, unless parties like UMNO, with strong mobilizing capacity, step in.
Finally, there’s the question of Malaysia’s uneven constituencies, and the unequal representation that comes from major disparities in the size of electoral districts choosing parliamentarians — a bias UMNO, with its rural support, has long used to its advantage. Many of the young people voting for the first time will be in these underrepresented urban areas, but resources and attention will target easier to win countryside seats. As James Chai, visiting fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute points out in a recent paper, this malapportionment creates another reason for young Malaysians to disengage and encourages “a habit of vote abstention” that will impact even future cohorts.
What actually happens at the election, expected in mid-November, is still far from clear. In a tight race, monsoon floods could go against the government and favor the opposition Pakatan Harapan coalition. But a desire to go back to the future, with voters disillusioned after 2018, may well help UMNO and its allies.
Malaysia’s newest voters should keep in mind they can still shape what’s to come — should they choose to.
More From Bloomberg Opinion:
• Jailing Najib Is a Win for Malaysia, While It Lasts: Daniel Moss
• Malaysia Migrant Labor Abuse Is a Shot in the Foot: Adam Minter
• Malaysia’s Top Talent Is Fleeing to Singapore: Daniel Moss
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Clara Ferreira Marques is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and editorial board member covering foreign affairs and climate. Previously, she worked for Reuters in Hong Kong, Singapore, India, the U.K., Italy and Russia.
More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com/opinion
©2022 Bloomberg L.P. | 2022-10-17T23:01:01+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/will-malaysias-young-voters-use-their-power/2022/10/17/dcefd482-4e67-11ed-ada8-04e6e6bf8b19_story.html |
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FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) – University (3-2) defeated Fairmont Senior (3-2) by a final score of 19-14.
University will face Buckhannon Upshur next week and Fairmont Senior is set to take on top-ranked North Marion.
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) – University (3-2) defeated Fairmont Senior (3-2) by a final score of 19-14.
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MIAMI (WSVN) - A man has died after, police said, he was injured in a shooting near Miami Edison High School.
City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the incident, Wednesday afternoon.
According to investigators the shooting occurred at a home near the school, along the 5900 block of Northwest 60th Street.
As a result, police set up a perimeter in the area.
Paramedics transported the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
Wednesday night, police confirmed he succumbed to his injuries.
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A Chicago suburb was ranked among the safest cities in the country in a new ranking - and several Midwestern cities also made the cut.
Finance website Wallethub, released its list of safest cities in the U.S. Monday, and Aurora, Illinois, made the top 40.
The west Chicago suburb ranked at no. 37 on the list. Also in the top-ranked cities were Madison, Wisconsin, at no. 13; Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at no. 22; and Fort Wayne, Indiana at no. 36.
Wallethub said its ranking looked at more than 180 cities in the country, using 42 "key indicators of safety." The group included the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state.
The ranking used what Wallethub said were "three key dimensions": home and community safety, natural-disaster risk, and financial safety. The key indicators ranged from percentage of people fully vaccinated to assaults per capita to unemployment rates to road quality and more.
"Threats to safety in the U.S. come in many forms, from the continued presence of the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters to mass shootings and traffic accidents," the group stated.
Under the ranking, Columbia, Maryland, was listed as the safest city, followed by Nashua, New Hampshire, and Laredo, Texas.
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Chicago was listed at no. 133 on the list and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at no. 155.
See the full ranking here. | 2022-10-10T19:10:14+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburb-midwest-cities-ranked-among-safest-in-the-country-in-new-ranking/2963054/ |
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Due to the threat of severe weather to the region Wednesday, December 14, a number of institutions and offices in the capital area and surrounding regions are announcing closures.
A running list of business closures can be found below.
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Ascension Parish
No official closures have been announced at this time.
Assumption Parish
No official closures have been announced at this time.
East Baton Rouge Parish
- City-Parish buildings, including Head Start, will be closed Wednesday, December 14, due to the potential of severe weather. However, the Metropolitan Council meeting will continue as scheduled at 4pm.
- The East Baton Rouge Parish School System has cancelled all classes for Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
- All Zachary Community schools and offices will be closed on December 14, 2022.
East Feliciana Parish
No official closures have been announced at this time.
Iberville Parish
- Iberville Parish is closing all schools and offices within the Iberville Parish School System, tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
Livingston Parish
No official closures have been announced at this time.
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No official closures have been announced at this time.
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Please stay updated on the latest weather conditions by watching the WVLA/WGMB weather forecast, or by following @BRProudNews on Twitter. | 2022-12-15T23:26:35+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/weather/baton-rouge-surrounding-area-business-closures-due-to-severe-weather-threat/ |
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, about the extreme weather events occurring globally.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, about the extreme weather events occurring globally.
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MEXICO CITY, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tangelo announces that it made its first disbursement of the approved credit in 2020 with the DFC. This disbursement amounts to US$10,200,000 and has the following characteristics: a 2-years grace period followed by 8 years of quarterly amortizations and is guaranteed by Tangelo's accounts receivables. The purpose of the loan is to finance SMEs in Mexico and support their economic development. The favorable credit conditions of the loan allow the company to be more balance-sheet efficient by having two years to use the rest of the credit line, which allows the company to maintain healthy cash levels. DFC approved a credit line to Tangelo for US$45,000,000; the company expects to use the rest of the facility in the following quarters.
"The first disbursement with the DFC shows Tangelo's ability to diversify its funding sources and attract resources in times of market uncertainty, this is a clear milestone in the company's funding strategy. We plan to use the rest of the credit line in the following quarters, prioritizing Tangelo's long-term vision and strengthening the company's balance sheet" said Abelardo Loscos, Chief Financial and Sustainability Officer of Tangelo. Additionally, he stated that: "We are very proud to make the first disbursement with one of the most prestigious institutions worldwide. DFC bases its approval decision on sustainability matters and financial strength, which validates Tangelo's business model."
"Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mexico drive much of the country's economic growth, yet they lack adequate resources to grow their businesses," said Jim Polan, Vice President of DFC's Office of Development Credit. "DFC's investment in Tangelo -- formerly Mexarrend -- will help address this issue by promoting quality job creation, encouraging innovation, and empowering women in the economy."
About DFC
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. We invest across sectors including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and technology. DFC also provides financing for small businesses and women entrepreneurs in order to create jobs in emerging markets. DFC investments adhere to high standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights.
About Tangelo
Tangelo is a Latin American financial technology company specializing in alternative credit and with over 25 years of experience developing bespoke credit solutions for consumers and SMEs in the region. Through a proprietary technology platform and data driven models, Tangelo manages a diverse set of tailor-made products ranging from point-of-sale financing, supply chain financing, asset-based lending, credit scoring as a service, and end-to-end white label digital credit solutions for numerous industries.
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Russians strike Ukraine as Kremlin-staged votes continue
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities Saturday as Kremlin-orchestrated votes continued in occupied regions of Ukraine to pave the way for their annexation by Moscow.
Zaporizhzhia Gov. Oleksandr Starukh said the Russians targeted infrastructure facilities in the Dnieper River city, and one of the missiles hit an apartment building, killing one person and injuring seven others.
The Russian forces also struck other areas in Ukraine, damaging residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
The British Defense Ministry said that Russia was targeting the Pechenihy dam on the Siverskyy Donets River in northeastern Ukraine following previous strikes on a dam on a reservoir near Kryvyi Rih, causing flooding on the Inhulets River.
“Ukrainian forces are advancing further downstream along both rivers,” the British said. “As Russian commanders become increasingly concerned about their operational setbacks, they are probably attempting to strike the sluice gates of dams, in order to flood Ukrainian military crossing points.”
Amid the fighting, voting continued in Kremlin-organized referendums in occupied areas — votes that Ukraine and its Western allies dismissed as a sham with no legal force.
WARNING: The following video contains graphic content.
In the five-day voting in the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south that began Friday, election officials accompanied by police officers carried ballots to homes and set up mobile polling stations, citing safety reasons. The votes are set to wrap up Tuesday when balloting will be held at polling stations.
The voting was also was held in Russia, where refugees and other residents of those regions cast ballots.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow will heed the residents’ will, a clear indication that the Kremlin is poised to quickly annex the regions once the voting is over.
Ukraine and the West said the vote was an illegitimate attempt by Moscow to slice away a large part of the country, stretching from the Russian border to the Crimean Peninsula. A similar referendum took place in Crimea in 2014 before Moscow annexed it, a move that most of the world considered illegal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in occupied regions to undermine the referendums and to share information about the people conducting “this farce.” He called on residents to try to avoid Moscow’s mobilization announced Wednesday and sabotage the Russian army action if they are rounded up.
“If you get into the Russian army, sabotage any activity of the enemy, hinder any Russian operations, provide us with any important information about the occupiers – their bases, headquarters, warehouses with ammunition,” he said in his nightly address. “And at the first opportunity, switch to our positions.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that a partial mobilization ordered by Putin aimed to add about 300,000 troops, but the presidential decree keeps the door open for a broader call-up.
Across Russa’s 11 time zones, men hugged their weeping family members before being rounded up for service amid fears that a wider call-up might follow. Some media reports claimed that the Russian authorities actually plan to mobilize more than 1 million, the allegations denied by the Kremlin.
Protests against the mobilization that erupted Wednesday in Moscow, St. Petersburg and several other Russian cities were quickly dispersed by police, who arrested over 1,300 and immediately handed call-up summons to many of them. Anti-war activists are planning more protests Saturday.
Many Russian men tried desperately to leave the country, buying up scarce and exorbitantly priced plane tickets. Thousands others fled by car, creating lines of traffic hours or even days long at some borders. The lines of cars were so long at the border with Kazakhstan that some people abandoned their vehicles and walked — just as some Ukrainians did after Russia invaded their country Feb. 24.
In a bid to calm public fears over the call-up, the authorities announced that many of those working in high tech, communications or finance will be exempt.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed regional leader of Chechnya who sent his forces to fight in Ukraine and repeatedly called for tougher action, suggested that Moscow should more broadly engage personnel from law-enforcement agencies in the fighting.
He denounced those fleeing the mobilization as cowards and suggested that police and various paramilitary agencies would make a much better-trained and motivated fighting force.
“Russia is a huge country with such vast resources that NATO and the West will grow tired of counting them,” Kadyrov said, noting that the combined strength of military and various law-enforcement and paramilitary agencies is about 5 million.
“If we leave 50 percent of the personnel to fulfil their duties, 2.5 million others will blow any Western army away and we won’t need any reservists,” Kadyrov said.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-24T10:02:04+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2022/09/24/russians-strike-ukraine-kremlin-staged-votes-continue/ |
“Just keep your foot in it and you’ll be fine.” That’s the first thing I tell my drive partner as we head into the dunes in Dubai. She’s behind the wheel of the extra-long 2023 Land Rover Defender 130 while I’m riding shotgun. Before us are miles of steep dunes undulating like the nearby Persian Gulf.
“No matter what happens, don’t lift your foot off the gas until I tell you.”
My driving partner, let’s call her Melissa, gives me a nervous glance, but puts the big SUV in gear, takes a deep breath, and goes for it.
2023 Land Rover Defender 130 dune discipline
Driving in the dunes is all about commitment, or “driving with passion” as our Land Rover guides say. You have to stay on the throttle to maintain momentum, especially when piloting a vehicle that’s more than 17 feet long with room for eight and weighs in excess of 5,700 pounds. Pretty much anyone can get a tiny side-by-side through the dunes. A full-size SUV? Not so much.
I’ve driven stock vehicles through dunes in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, California, and Nevada, but I’ve never coached a newbie before. Land Rover makes instructing easier with a drive mode just for sand, full-time all-wheel drive with automatically engaging center and rear differential lockers, and an air suspension to bring ground clearance up to 11.5 inches.
For this trip, our Defender 130 is outfitted with the P400 powertrain, which teams a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 with a mild-hybrid system to make 395 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. An 8-speed automatic puts that power down to the sand through 32-inch Goodyear Duratrac tires.
As Melissa heads up the sandy slope, I can feel the traction control start to kick in a bit.
“Oh crap,” I think. “We’re still in Auto mode.”
Sure, Auto mode will respond to the terrain and act accordingly, but it’s definitely not as forgiving as Sand mode. Land Rover hasn’t let us air down the tires yet either, so we have a smaller contact patch on the sand and less flotation. But we’re in the middle of it now and it’s not like we can stop and change modes. Melissa just has to do it.
“Throttle! Throttle! Go! Go! Go! You got it,” I yell as Melissa stays steadfastly on goal, her eyes fixed on where she wants to go. It wasn’t the prettiest ascent those dunes have ever seen, but she’s conquered her first sand hill.
She looks over at me with a triumphant smile. “This is going to be fun.”
Going big in the 2023 Land Rover Defender 130
Once we air down the tires from about 39 to 25 psi and switch to Sand mode, which keeps the revs high and cuts the traction control nannies, Melissa is confidently piloting the Defender up and over some medium-sized dunes while numerous people behind us are getting stuck. This gives us plenty of opportunity to practice stopping and starting on the soft sand. It may sound easy but stopping too quickly will dig in the front tires and you’ll get stuck. Mashing the throttle from a dead stop will bury you as well.
Then I get the chance to coach her up some bigger dunes, where throttle control is key.
“You have to carry enough speed to make it up the dune, but at the top you have to lift at just the right moment. Too soon and you’ll lose momentum and get stuck. Too late and you’ll launch yourself over the dune.”
This gal’s got it. She heads up the dune with plenty of speed, the turbo-6 providing more than enough grunt. Just as we crest the top she times the throttle release and we coast over the last few feet, keeping all four wheels on the ground.
She does get stuck once, however, and it’s easy to do in a long vehicle like the Defender 130. The wheelbase may be the same as the Defender 110’s, but its rear overhang is much, much longer. All of the additional 13.3 inches of length versus the 110 is carried at the rear, bringing the total length to more than 200 inches. The departure angle here is 28.5 degrees with the air suspension in the highest setting. Meanwhile, the 110 and 90 sit at a much better 40.0 degrees.
This means that the rear can drag coming off a steep slope, and that’s just what happens. It’s soft sand so you can power through it easily, but the sand at the bottom of the hill is chewed up and Melissa doesn’t have enough momentum to power through. No worries though. A quick yank with a kinetic rope and we are out and moving again.
When it’s my turn to drive I’m a bit more aggressive. I crab walk along the side of a dune, flinging sand from all four wheels. I take the highest line I can across the face of another dune, just to show off. I’m able to point out to Melissa hazards like witches’ eyes, little sand bowls that can be hard to see that will end your day if you drive into one. We also chat about looking a few dunes ahead to chart your path, surfing the tops of the dunes as much as possible. While the others are digging out in the hot Dubai sun, Melissa and I are having a great time in cooled-seat comfort, singing along to bad ’80s music.
Of course, I can’t let my time in the three-row Defender go by without sampling that last row. It’s actually not too shabby. At 5-foot-9, my knees raise a little high and my butt sits a little low, but the 31.7 inches of legroom would be plenty on shorter trips. Hip and shoulder room are a little tight for three full-sized humans back there, but kids should be just fine.
I love that the Defender is primed for long trekking with the capability to carry a veritable butt load of payload. You can shove more than 1,700 pounds of gear and people in this thing and can carry 370 pounds on the roof while the rig is moving. Combine that dynamic rating with a static roof load rating of 661 pounds and that’s more than enough for a roof top tent for two.
Although I always prefer smaller rigs for off-roading, I can’t deny the Defender 130’s dune driving chops. It makes it easy for a newbie to learn and allows me to have some fun as well. Of course, you’ll pay for the privilege. The SE trims we drove start at just under $80,000 including $1,475 for destination, but the top Defender 130 X trim just squeaks its way into six figures.
That’s plenty of cashola for sure, but look at what else is out there. Besides Land Rover’s other three-row Range Rover and Discovery, only the Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer can come close to matching the Defender’s off-road prowess. I mean, are you going to take your Cadillac Escalade into the wild? Have fun with that.
If you’ve never driven in the dunes before, don’t freak out. Yes, it can be scary but the only two things you need to remember are to air down and drive with passion. A good Sand mode helps, too.
Land Rover paid for lodging and airfare for Motor Authority to present this firsthand report.
—by Emme Hall
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The North Carolina Supreme Court’s new Republican majority weighed overruling a decision that struck down the state’s GOP-drawn voting maps as a partisan gerrymander on Tuesday, a rare rehearing that could shift a sweeping election law clash at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The case has also fueled accusations of partisanship in the state’s top court, which is elected in increasingly expensive campaigns. Republican state lawmakers argued the court’s previous 4-3 Democratic majority sped up their rulings against the GOP.
After Republicans in the midterm elections regained control of the court and the new 5-2 majority last month granted the GOP lawmakers’ request to rehear the dispute, Democrats have similarly attributed partisan motivations. It marked only the third time the court has granted a rehearing during the past 30 years.
“This court issued two landmark decisions recognizing that the North Carolina Constitution prohibits partisan gerrymandering that systematically dilutes some North Carolinians’ votes and requires that all voters have substantially equal voting power,” Lali Madduri, who represented the plaintiffs, said at Tuesday’s oral argument.
“Now, the legislative defendants play a cynical game, hoping that this newly constituted court will reverse course and abdicate its fundamental duty of judicial review,” continued Madduri, counsel at progressive election law firm Elias Law Group.
Although the court is technically only rehearing the second decision in the case, which is known as “Harper II” and involves maps to replace the invalidated ones, the Republican lawmakers want the court to also overrule its earlier decision, referred to as “Harper I,” that originally struck down the legislature’s maps last February.
Phillip Stratch, an attorney representing the GOP lawmakers, asserted that the court has no workable tool to adjudicate partisan gerrymanders and should instead leave map drawing to the legislature.
“Harper I claimed to divine the holy grail, a standard by which so-called ‘partisan gerrymandering’ could be measured and enforced by the courts. But as Harper II demonstrated, that was simply a fool’s errand,” said Stratch.
Tuesday’s oral arguments specifically involved North Carolina’s voting maps, but the rehearing impacts a closely watched U.S. Supreme Court case with major implications for elections nationwide.
After the GOP-drawn maps were struck down, the nation’s highest court agreed to consider a sweeping argument from the Republican lawmakers that would effectively hand state legislatures near-total authority in drawing congressional maps and setting federal election rules.
The Republicans lawmakers’ argument, known as the independent state legislature theory, contends that the federal Constitution prohibits state courts and constitutions from limiting legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections.
The justices were headed for a decision in Moore v. Harper by late June, but they have recently questioned whether they have authority to move ahead now that the state court is conducting a rehearing.
Legal experts suggest the justices may wait until the North Carolina justices issue their opinion before deciding what to do, because overruling Moore I may make the proceedings in Washington, D.C., moot. The parties are due to submit briefs explaining their views on the issue later this month.
At the oral argument, Justice Richard Dietz, one of the newly elected Republican justices, asked if the U.S. Supreme Court’s ongoing proceedings block the state court from overruling Harper I.
“This court certainly has the authority to overrule Harper I notwithstanding Moore v. Harper,” Scratch responded.
Meanwhile, Democratic justices who previously ruled against the GOP lawmakers appeared skeptical of changing their stance on Tuesday.
“What has happened over the course of the past 88 days since we issued our opinion in this case, that would mandate and compel a different result?” asked Justice Michael Morgan (D).
Justice Anita Earls (D), who also previously ruled against the Republican lawmakers, noted, “You’re saying that we should overrule Harper I and advocate that the legislature has free rein to enact legislative districts that give extreme partisan advantage to one political party, rather than to, as Harper I stipulated, there should be adherence to some measures of fairness.” | 2023-03-14T20:51:13+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/hill-politics/north-carolina-supreme-court-convenes-for-rare-rehearing-in-major-gerrymandering-case/ |
Terry Gately is a minister from Texas. He went to Kherson, before the Russian invasion, to visit his girlfriend and do volunteer work.
"They bag my head with a black bag, handcuffed me, put me in the van and started screaming at me in Russian," Gately said.
He experienced first-hand the types of abuses by Russian authorities in occupied areas of Ukraine. Exposed in a new report from Human Rights Watch, and also a newly-declassified assessment from the U.S.' Director of National Intelligence, they document Russia's "arbitrary detention" of civilians and of torturing individuals in their so-called "filtration" camps.
U.S. Intelligence has identified 18 such facilities the Russians use to decide whom to send to Russia. In many cases, it's for imprisonment.
The Russians occupied Kherson so fast in the first days of the war, few could escape.
"And I just happened to be in the one place that the Russians took on the first day. If I would have been anywhere else, I would have said, 'oh, there's a war. Well, I got to go'. But that didn't happen," Gately said.
He recorded photos and video of an increasingly terrifying life under Russian occupation.
"You can't use your debit card anywhere because now they're saying all this part of Russia. There are a lot of inconveniences. But the way Russia does things when they occupy, they let you know it's theirs right from the get-go. And then they're like a like a python that wraps itself around you. And as you exhale a little bit, it gets tighter," he said.
In fact, Russian intelligence agents grabbed him off the street one day for questioning, throwing a bag over his head.
TERRY GATELY: I'm a 63 year old. Nobody. I mean, really, if you search everything about me, you'll find out nothing because I am nothing. They let me go out for three hours and said I had to make three videos.
NEWSY'S JASON BELLINI: You were doing propaganda videos?
GATELY: A few days later I had to make the first video and it was with a Moscow TV crew. And I was on Moscow TV, apparently, and they basically said that I was okay. The Russian army was not hurting anybody in town and me, especially me, no one had hurt me. And they agreed to take me to the American Embassy in Moscow safely.
At that point, U.S. Embassy staff in Ukraine had long since been evacuated. But he says the State Department was following his case and warned him against going to Russia.
"The State Department the next day called me and said, 'under no circumstances whatsoever do you do that unless they force you. Do you understand?' I mean, they were adamant," Gately said.
Heeding the State Department's advice, he told the Russians he did not want to go to Russia and finally decided to escape Kherson.
His escape was orchestrated by a group of American soldiers who had led rescues first in Afghanistan and then in Ukraine.
Bryan Stern heads the volunteer rescue group Project Dynamo; he told Gately to get on a specific bus that would take him to safety.
BRYAN STERN: We knew Terry was radioactive.
BELLINI: So to get someone like Terry out, you have to work with the Russians.
STERN: So 'work with the Russians' is the wrong way of saying it. 'Work against the Russians and play chess against the Russians' is more accurate.
GATELY: The bus driver will know you. The password is 'white Mercedes.' We have people on the bus that you don't know about, but they'll take it from there.
But he says over 50 Russian checkpoints stood between him and freedom.
"Every time they saw I was American. But this time they took me off the bus. Get me there, look through my phone, and I'm a licensed carry instructor for the state of Texas. So I got a lot of gun pictures. They swore up and down that I came to Ukraine to train people, to shoot, to use guns and kill Russian soldiers." Gately said.
The Russians took him to a local prison similar to the filtration camps many are facing. Gately said he was tortured by not being allowed to sleep for more than three days.
"Every 15 minutes, they came in and said, 'No sleep,'" Gately said.
He says he heard the screams of other prisoners who he thought were being tortured.
"From the screaming I was hearing those two days, I'm pretty sure it was, but I didn't witness it," he said.
Then, suddenly, without explanation, the Russians let him go, abandoning him on a street outside Kherson.
"I took off the bag and there was a guy standing there and he goes, you want to go to Zaporizhzhia? And I'm like. I sure do," Gately said.
Stern won't say how exactly he arranged for Gately to get to safety and return to the U.S., but Gately was fortunate. Untold Ukranians and even some Americans who disappeared are still missing.
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Target recalls nearly 5 million Threshold candles after severe burns, lacerations reported
WASHINGTON (AP) — Target is recalling almost 5 million candles over laceration and burn hazards, according to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The recall impacts some 4.9 million Threshold-branded glass jar candles sold in multiple sizes and various scents — including water mint and eucalyptus, apple blossom and breeze and warm cider and cinnamon, among others.
According to the CPSC notice, Target received 137 reports of the Threshold candles’ jars breaking or cracking during use. Six injuries — which included lacerations and severe burns — were reported.
Consumers with the recalled Threshold products should “should immediately stop using” them, Thursday’s notice said. The candles can be returned to any Target store or by mail for a full refund.
Details on the size, scent and item numbers of the candles are listed on the CPSC website and Target’s recall page.
The recalled Threshold products were sold exclusively in Target stores and on the Minneapolis-based retailer’s website from August 2019 through March 2023. Sale prices range from $3 to $20, the CPSC said.
The Associated Press reached out to Target for comment on Friday.
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Craig (Bell), Frances A.
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NY Buffalo NY Zone Forecast for Saturday, February 11, 2023
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Zone Forecasts for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
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Niagara-
Including the city of Niagara Falls
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Light south winds.
.MONDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. West winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds around
10 mph, becoming south.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Windy with highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...A chance of snow and rain showers likely. Highs in the
upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
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NYZ010-122215-
Northern Erie-
Including the city of Buffalo
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs ranging from around 40 along the Lake Erie
shore to the mid 40s inland. Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming
light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Light southwest
winds.
.MONDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. West winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds around
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Windy with lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Windy
with highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...A chance of snow and rain showers likely. Highs around 40.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
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NYZ002-122215-
Orleans-
Including the city of Medina
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s along the Lake
Ontario shore to the mid 40s inland. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds around 10 mph,
becoming southwest.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Windy with highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers. Highs
around 40. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
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NYZ011-122215-
Genesee-
Including the city of Batavia
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Light southwest winds.
.MONDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds around 10 mph,
becoming southwest.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Windy with lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Windy
with highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
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NYZ085-122215-
Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Orchard Park and Springville
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s along the Lake Erie
shore to the mid 40s inland. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph, becoming west.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds, becoming south
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Windy with lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Windy
with highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers with a chance of snow showers. Highs in the
upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
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NYZ012-122215-
Wyoming-
Including the city of Warsaw
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Light southwest winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph, becoming west with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s on the hilltops
to the mid 40s across the lower elevations. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Windy with lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Windy
with highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers with a chance of snow showers. Highs in the
upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ019-122215-
Chautauqua-
Including the city of Jamestown
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s along the
Lake Erie shore to the upper 40s inland. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows ranging from the mid 20s in interior
valleys to the upper 20s along the Lake Erie shore. Light southwest
winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds, becoming south
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Windy with lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Windy
with highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Snow showers likely with rain showers. Highs in the upper
30s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
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NYZ020-122215-
Cattaraugus-
Including the city of Olean
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Light southwest
winds.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the lower 20s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph, becoming west.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds, becoming south
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers with a chance of snow showers. Highs around
40. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ021-122215-
Allegany-
Including the city of Wellsville
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Light southwest
winds.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Light west winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming west.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers with a chance of snow showers. Highs in the
lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ013-122215-
Livingston-
Including the city of Geneseo
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph, becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Light south winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the mid 40s on the
hilltops to the upper 40s across the lower elevations. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s on the hilltops
to the upper 40s across the lower elevations. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and windy. Highs around 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs around 60. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ014-122215-
Ontario-
Including the city of Canandaigua
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Light southwest winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s on the
hilltops to the upper 40s across the lower elevations. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows ranging from the upper
20s on the hilltops to the lower 30s across the lower elevations.
West winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s on the hilltops
to the mid 40s across the lower elevations. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows around 40. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ003-122215-
Monroe-
Including the city of Rochester
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s along the Lake
Ontario shore to the upper 40s inland. Southwest winds around
10 mph, becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds around 10 mph,
becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ004-122215-
Wayne-
Including the city of Newark
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s along the
Lake Ontario shore to the upper 40s inland. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows ranging from the mid 20s inland to the
upper 20s along the Lake Ontario shore. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds, becoming west 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows around 40. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ005-122215-
Northern Cayuga-
Including the city of Fair Haven
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 40s along the
Lake Ontario shore to the mid 40s inland. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Light east winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs ranging from the lower 40s along the Lake Ontario shore to the
upper 40s inland. Light winds, becoming west around 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ006-122215-
Oswego-
Including the city of Oswego
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the upper 30s on the Tug
Hill to the lower 40s across the lower elevations. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Light east winds.
.MONDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs
ranging from the upper 30s on the Tug Hill to the lower 40s across
the lower elevations. Light winds, becoming west 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Lows ranging from the upper 20s on the Tug Hill to the
lower 30s across the lower elevations. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of snow showers in the
morning, then partly sunny with a chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs ranging from the mid 30s on the Tug Hill to the
lower 40s across the lower elevations. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming light. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows around 40. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers with snow showers likely. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 10 to 15.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ007-122215-
Jefferson-
Including the city of Watertown
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 40. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 20s. Light east winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs around 40. Light winds, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and rain showers in
the evening, then a chance of snow showers overnight. Lows around
30. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs ranging from the mid 30s on the Tug
Hill to the upper 30s across the lower elevations. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southwest.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers with a chance of snow showers. Highs in the
lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 10 to 15.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ008-122215-
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
335 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the mid 30s on the
hilltops to the lower 40s across the lower elevations. Southwest
winds 10 mph or less.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the lower 20s. Light southeast
winds.
.MONDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs
around 40. Light winds, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows ranging from the mid 20s on the hilltops to the upper
20s across the lower elevations. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Becoming mostly sunny. A 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs ranging from the mid 30s on the hilltops to the upper
30s across the lower elevations. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs around 50.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers with snow showers likely. Highs in the lower
40s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 10 to 15.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
$$
EAJ
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Copyright 2023 AccuWeather | 2023-02-12T09:26:36+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/ny-buffalo-ny-zone-forecast-17779536.php |
Habitat for Humanity hosting prom-themed fundraiser
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Friday night Habitat for Humanity Georgetown County is hosting a prom-themed fundraising event and they still have tickets to sell.
The event is being held at Land End’s Yacht Club from six to ten on Friday. All of the proceeds will help families in need in Georgetown county by funding the various programs that Habitat for Humanity runs in the area.
It will be a prom-themed event with live music, a professional photographer, an open bar and a silent auction. Habitat for Humanity said the event will help fund their overall mission, which is to help people in need gain affordable housing.
They said they want everyone to have a place where they can comfortably live. The organization builds new and repairs old homes in the county for people in need. According to the organization, they’ve built and repaired more than 150 homes in Georgetown County since 1991.
Jacob Rigopoulos, the Volunteer and Community Engagement Specialist for Habitat for Humanity Georgetown County called Georgetown a small community, but a big family.
“It’s awesome to see the amount of people that want to help us help other people, I mean that’s really the kind of big tie-in,” Rigopoulos said.
As of Thursday, Habitat for Humanity said they still have spots to fill at the event. If you are interested in purchasing a ticket for the event, click here.
Copyright 2022 WCSC. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-29T10:32:42+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2022/07/29/habitat-humanity-hosting-prom-themed-fundraiser/ |
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A speeding bus veered off a narrow mountain road and plummeted into a ravine in a remote area of southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 22 passengers including women and children, a government official said.
The accident happened in the district of Qilla Saifullah in Baluchistan province.
Deputy District Administrator Mohammad Qasim said rescuers transported the bodies to a nearby hospital. There were apparently no survivors, he added. Qasim initially said 18 people died in the accident but later added that rescuers retrieved four more bodies from the badly destroyed wreckage of the bus.
He said relatives of passengers who died in the crash were arriving at a hospital to receive their bodies.
The exact cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Authorities said the weather was fine at the time of the crash, and that police officers were looking into possible mechanical problems or human error as witnesses said the bus appeared to be speeding when it lost control and fell into a ravine.
Eyewitness Abdul Ali told The Associated Press by phone that he was traveling on the same road on motorcycle when he saw a small bus going faster, skidding and falling into a ravine.
Ali said that after the bus fell people from a nearby village alerted police, who rushed to the scene. He said he then joined rescuers who were transporting bodies to the hospital in ambulances.
Qillah Saifullah is located about 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.
Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi and other government officials expressed sorrow over the tragic accident, and ordered authorities to make arrangements to deliver the bodies of passengers to their families.
Deadly road accidents such as this one are common in Pakistan due to poor road infrastructure and disregard for traffic laws, as well as poorly maintained vehicles.
In July of last year, a jam-packed bus carrying mostly laborers traveling home for a major Muslim holiday rammed into a container truck on a busy highway in central Pakistan, killing at least 33 people. | 2022-06-08T13:26:09+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Bus-falls-into-deep-ravine-in-southwest-Pakistan-17226962.php |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California ballot measure that would tax the rich to help put more electric cars on the road may seem tailor-made to win support from Democrats in a state known for climate leadership, but Proposition 30 has one notable opponent: Gov. Gavin Newsom. That’s put the Democratic governor on the opposite side of his own party and against his traditional environmental allies.
The proposition before voters would add a 1.75% tax on personal income of more than $2 million, or fewer than 43,000 people. State analysts estimate it would raise up to $5 billion a year, mostly to help people buy electric vehicles and to build charging stations, with some also dedicated to resources for fighting wildfires.
Environmental and health group backers say California needs dedicated funding to speed the transition away from gas-powered cars and help lower planet-warming emissions. Transportation accounts for 40% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions, and increasingly deadly wildfires are another major source of carbon.
“We can’t meet our climate goals without something like this,” said Mary Creasman, chief executive officer for California Environmental Voters. “It’s either going to be all of us who pays, or it’s going to be the wealthiest who can afford to pay.”
Newsom has branded Proposition 30 as a money grab by ridesharing giant Lyft, which has spent at least $45 million backing it. State regulators have mandated that all rideshare trips be zero-emission by 2030. Uber has not taken a position on the measure.
“Don’t be fooled, Prop. 30′s being advertised as a climate initiative, but in reality it was devised by a single corporation to funnel state income taxes to benefit their company,” Newsom says in one TV ad.
Supporters reject that characterization, saying that Lyft got involved after environmental groups were already discussing a ballot measure. Creasman said it was important to “call our own team and governor out for lying” about the origins of the measure.
In an election year where Newsom is expected to cruise to reelection for a second term, the fight over Proposition 30 has become perhaps the most contentious of the season for Democrats. It comes months after state air regulators approved a Newsom-backed plan to ban the sale of most new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. Newsom notes that he has already dedicated $10 billion to various programs aimed at boosting EV adoption over the next six years.
Half the money raised in Proposition 30 for electric vehicles would go into an equity account designed to expand transportation options and limit air pollution in low-income or disadvantaged neighborhoods. It could be used to help people buy electric cars or to put cleaner delivery trucks, buses and even e-bikes on the roads.
Wildfires, too, have become an increasingly urgent problem as climate change makes the state hotter and drier. Most of the state’s deadliest and most destructive wildfires have occurred in the last few years, and the state estimates wildfires released more than 85 million metric tons of carbon emissions in 2021 — more than the annual emissions from electricity.
Lyft says it supports the measure because reducing emissions is good climate policy.
“Proposition 30 funds this through a tax on individuals who earn more than $2 million a year. I’m fortunate enough to be impacted by this tax and happy to pay it to help turn back the clock on this existential threat,” Logan Green, the company’s chief executive officer, wrote in a blog post.
Joining Newsom in opposing the measure are the California Teachers Association, the California Chamber of Commerce and some venture capitalists who are helping fund the “No” campaign.
The money raised by the tax wouldn’t count toward a state budget rule that says a certain percentage of revenue must go to K-12 education, a provision the teachers don’t like. Meanwhile, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said the proposal could force lower spending in other areas based on certain budget rules, something supporters of the measure dispute.
Business groups note that California’s personal income tax is already the highest in the nation, and the ballot measure would put it over 15% for the highest earners. Loren Kaye, foundation president for the California Chamber of Commerce, also warned that a rapid expansion of electric vehicles could strain the energy grid, an argument the Newsom administration has rejected.
Backers of Proposition 30 include the California Democratic Party, the Clean Air Coalition, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the American Lung Association, which have rejected characterizations that the measure is designed to benefit Lyft specifically, noting there’s no provision that would expressly set aside money for rideshare drivers.
While Newsom’s existing commitment to electric vehicle infrastructure is significant, the state needs a more stable long-term revenue source, supporters argue. The tax increase would last for 20 years if the measure passes.
“We need a consistent, reliable source of funding that keeps us going through good budget years and bad budget years,” said Bill Magavern, policy director for the Coalition for Clean Air. Referring to Lyft, he added, “If the goal is to limit pollution, does it matter who is driving the EV?” | 2022-10-17T22:01:06+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-tax-the-rich-for-more-evs-california-democrats-split/ |
LONDON (AP) — Izzy Short, 13, struggles to pick her favorite England player as she anticipates the team’s appearance in Sunday’s final of the European soccer championships.
There’s forward Ellen White. Defender Lucy Bronze. Midfielder Georgia Stanway. Captain Leah Williamson. The whole team basically.
“I just look up to them really,’’ the high school player from Manchester said, excitement filling her voice. “They are all very positive … they all, like, appreciated one another and how they are such a good team and all of them just working together really. And they’re just so kind and so good as well.”
The march to Sunday’s final against Germany has energized people throughout England, with the team’s pinpoint passing and flashy goals attracting record crowds, burgeoning TV ratings and adoring coverage. The Lionesses, as the team is known, have been a welcome distraction from the political turmoil and cost-of-living crisis that dominate the headlines.
The final, set to be played before a sellout crowd of more than 87,000 at historic Wembley Stadium, is seen as a watershed moment for women’s sports in England. Although the game, known here as football, is a national passion, female players have often been scoffed at and were once banned from top-level facilities. Now the women’s team has a chance to do something the men haven’t done since 1966: Win a major international tournament.
Hope Powell played 66 times for England and coached the team from 1998 to 2013.
“I think we have to give thanks to the people that worked really hard before us, that went through all of that, being banned, fighting for the right to play,” Powell told the BBC. “I think we have to remember what came before is what got us to the point we are today.”
There were 68,871 people in the stands at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, when England beat Austria 1-0 in its opening game of this year’s European championship. That helped push total tournament attendance so far to 487,683 — more than double the record of 240,055, according to tournament organizer UEFA.
But it’s not just the victories that are attracting fans. It is how the team is winning.
With money from sponsorship deals and a new TV contract supporting full-time professional players, there is more flash and polish than many expected. While they don’t play like the men’s team, that’s not a bad thing.
There are fewer players flopping to the ground to draw fouls, less rolling around on the turf dramatically clutching purportedly injured knees or ankles and little shouting at the referees. Instead there is teamwork, artful passes and stunning goals like Stanway’s 20-meter (22-yard) screamer in the quarterfinal victory over Spain and the backheel from Alessia Russo in England’s 4-0 semifinal win against Sweden.
And here’s the thing: People like it.
Naomi Short, Izzy’s mom and the goalie for Longford Park Ladies Football Club, said fans are being treated to a “totally different vibe’’ at the stadium and on the field — one that’s more welcoming than the lager-fueled tribalism that has put some people off the men’s game.
“It’s not just girls watching it — it’s families, it’s men, women, children. Everybody’s watching it. It’s brought everybody together,’’ said Short, 44. “Whereas, you know, sometimes when you go to a men’s game, there is sometimes (a) slightly different atmosphere.”
There is also less distance between fans and the players, who know they have a responsibility to build a game their mothers and grandmothers were excluded from. The players stay after games and sign autographs. They take selfies. There is time for a chat. They know that little kids look up to them.
Coach Sarina Wiegman has made a point of noting that there’s more at stake than victory alone.
“We want to inspire the nation,’’ Wiegman said after the team’s semifinal victory. “I think that’s what we’re doing and we want to make a difference — and we hope that we will get everyone so enthusiastic and proud of us and that even more girls and boys start playing football.”
The groundswell of support for the team is also being fueled by the country’s dismal record in international competition and hopes that they can bring a European championship home to England, which prides itself as the place where modern football was invented.
England’s last major international championship, men’s or women’s, came at the 1966 World Cup — a lifetime ago for most fans. The men’s team disappointed fans again last year when they lost to Italy in the final of their European championship.
That leaves it to the women to end the drought.
Women’s football has a long and sometimes controversial history in England.
The women’s game flourished during and for a few years after World War I, when teams like Dick, Kerr Ladies Football Club filled the sporting gap created as top men’s players went off to the trenches to fight. Women’s teams, many organized at munitions plants, attracted large crowds and raised money for charity. One match in 1920 attracted 53,000 spectators.
But that popularity triggered a backlash from the men who ran the Football Association, the sport’s governing body in England. In 1921, the FA banned women’s teams from using its facilities, saying “the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged.”
The ban remained in place for the next 50 years.
Women organized their own football association in 1969, and soon after the FA ended its ban on women. The FA took over responsibility for the women’s game in 1993, beginning the slow process of improving funding and facilities.
Things accelerated after the 2012 London Olympics, when authorities began to recognize there was a global audience for the women’s game, said Gail Newsham, author of “In a League of Their Own!’’ that tells the story of Dick, Kerr Ladies.
Last year, the FA signed a three-year deal for broadcast rights to the Women’s Super League, increasing funding and exposure for the game. Sky Sports will broadcast a minimum of 35 games a year on its pay TV channels, and the BBC will carry another 22 on its free-to-view network.
“It’s not that long ago that girls, you know, top players, were paying for their own travel to get to matches and then having to get up to go to work the next day. So all of this is helping,’’ Newsham said of the funding. “You can see the difference now in the professionalism of the girls playing football.”
The excitement about Sunday’s final has triggered a scramble for tickets.
Tickets that originally sold for 15-50 pounds ($18-$61) are now selling for 100-1,000 pounds ($122-$1,216) on resale sites.
The Short family has decided to watch the game at the local pub, making an afternoon of it, like fans around the country.
“I don’t think it will matter if it’s men or women,’’ Naomi Short said. “It’s England now. It’s coming home. You know, I’d like to think that’s what people are getting excited about.” | 2022-07-29T18:13:22+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/sports/ap-sports/womens-soccer-energizes-england-in-a-league-of-their-own/ |
Mike Mokma has done a lot in baseball.
He won a state championship as a player at Holland Christian.
He pitched three seasons in the Big Ten at Michigan State.
He pitched two years of professional baseball in the minor leagues.
Now, he's the head baseball coach at South Christian High School.
"This is a really special place, they win a ton, look what they did in football, look what they did in basketball," Mokma said. "You have a great athletic director David Kool, so I wouldn't really say it was a hard decision."
Mokma was not offered a contract by a professional organization after he posted a 2.27 ERA in 26 appearances with the high A Everett AquaSox in the Mariners organization last season.
"Obviously when you stop playing baseball it is a little tough," Mokma added. "It is completely different being on the inside of the dugout versus the outside is completely different, but it's awesome, I wouldn't trade it for the world. Being able to help these kids in life and in baseball is special, so I am really excited to get going."
The Sailors players are welcoming Mokma too, some of them even remember his high school playing days.
"Interesting thing actually, my brother played against him in high school so I had watched him a few times," South Christian senior pitcher and outfielder Seth Ritsema said. "My brother never beat him, Mike always beat him so I knew about that and I knew he played at Michigan State and in the minor leagues for a little bit."
"It is really nice for me because he can give me a lot of useful information, tips I didn't know before," Ritsema continued. "A lot of new stuff already that I didn't know before that's very helpful."
The Sailors are off to an 0-2 start to the season, but three players just joined the team after helping the basketball team reach the division two state championship game.
South Christian is on spring break next week and its next scheduled game is a doubleheader with Ottawa Hills at home on Tuesday April 11th to open OK Gold conference play.
For more scores, highlights, and the latest news on high school sports in West Michigan, go to the FOX 17 Blitz page. | 2023-03-29T04:00:46+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/sports/blitz/mike-mokma-is-excited-to-lead-the-south-christian-baseball-program |
Updated March 30, 2023 at 9:09 AM ET
Russia's intelligence services have detained a U.S. citizen working for the Moscow bureau of The Wall Street Journal. A closed session Russian court formally arrested reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage and ordered the American journalist held until May 29, pending an investigation, Russian media report.
Gershkovich was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Services, the FSB, which accused him of carrying out "illegal activities" on behalf of the U.S. government.
In a statement, the agency alleged that Gershkovich, "acting on an assignment from the American side, was gathering information classified as a state secret about the activity of one of the enterprises of Russia's military-industrial complex."
The Urals mountain region is home to various Russian military factories.
The Wall Street Journal said in a statement it "vehemently denies the allegations."
Russia has introduced a slew of new restrictive laws surrounding media and information amid the war in Ukraine.
The Journal is one of a small handful of Western media outlets to have continued to report in Moscow despite the restrictive environment.
The Kremlin said it was aware of the arrest but called it "the prerogative" of the FSB.
"The only thing I can say is that, as far as we're aware, they caught him red-handed," said Kremlin spokesmen Dmitry Peskov, in a call with reporters.
Peskov also noted that the Journal could continue its work in Russia.
Russia's Foreign Ministry — which issues visas and accreditation to foreign journalists — expressed support for Gershkovich's arrest.
"Unfortunately, it's not the first time the status of 'foreign correspondent', a journalist visa, and accreditation have been used by foreigners in our country to cover for activities that have nothing to do with journalism," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Russia's Kommersant daily newspaper, said Gershkovich would soon be transported to Moscow's Lefortovo prison, the FSB's pre-trial detention facility.
Espionage charges in Russia can carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
Gershkovich has covered Russia since 2017, working with The Moscow Times and the Agence France-Presse before joining the Moscow bureau of The Wall Street Journal.
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TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Friday, February 24, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for South Texas
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
TXZ343-252230-
Coastal Nueces-
Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows in
the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the upper 60s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to northeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy, cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs around 70.
$$
TXZ443-252230-
Nueces Islands-
Including the city of Port Aransas
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Areas of fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Near steady
temperature in the upper 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas
of fog after midnight. Near steady temperature in the upper 60s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to northeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy, cooler with lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ243-252230-
Inland Nueces-
Including the cities of Robstown, Tuloso, and Bishop
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 80.
East winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs around 80. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph, diminishing to 15 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
north 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy, cooler with lows in
the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ234-252230-
Victoria-
Including the cities of Victoria and Bloomington
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds
around 10 mph, increasing to east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
mid 60s. East winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Breezy with
highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to
20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ239-252230-
Webb-
Including the cities of Laredo, Bruni, and Orvil
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Breezy with lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph,
increasing to southwest 20 to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the mid 80s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Much cooler with lows
in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ242-252230-
Inland Kleberg-
Including the cities of Kingsville, Loyola Beach, Ricardo,
and Riviera
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 80s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 90.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy, cooler with lows in
the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ342-252230-
Coastal Kleberg-
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to northeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Much cooler with lows
in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs around 70.
$$
TXZ442-252230-
Kleberg Islands-
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Near steady
temperature in the upper 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the upper 60s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming 15 to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to northeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy, cooler with lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ344-252230-
Coastal San Patricio-
Including the cities of Portland and Ingleside
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas
of fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph, becoming 20 to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy, cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ244-252230-
Inland San Patricio-
Including the cities of Sinton, Mathis, Taft, and Odem
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows in
the mid 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ245-252230-
Coastal Aransas-
Including the cities of Rockport and Fulton
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas
of fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to south 15 to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph, becoming 20 to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy and much cooler with lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ345-252230-
Aransas Islands-
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Areas of fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas
of fog after midnight. Near steady temperature in the upper 60s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Areas of fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in
the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to south
15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming 15 to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy, cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ346-252230-
Coastal Refugio-
Including the cities of Bayside and Austwell
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph, becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas
of fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to south 15 to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy and much cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ246-252230-
Inland Refugio-
Including the cities of Refugio and Woodsboro
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph, becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows in
the mid 60s. East winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph, becoming 20 to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs around 80. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Much cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ247-252230-
Inland Calhoun-
Including the city of Long Mott
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph, becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas
of fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ347-252230-
Coastal Calhoun-
Including the cities of Seadrift, Port Lavaca, and Port O Connor
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 10 to
15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas
of fog after midnight. Near steady temperature in the mid 60s.
Southeast winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the upper 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy, cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ447-252230-
Calhoun Islands-
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Areas of fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas
of fog after midnight. Near steady temperature in the mid 60s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Areas of fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in
the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to south
15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy, cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ233-252230-
Goliad-
Including the city of Goliad
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds
around 10 mph, becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
mid 60s. East winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to south 20 to 25 mph in
the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs around 80. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ232-252230-
Bee-
Including the cities of Beeville, Skidmore, Pettus, and Pawnee
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds
around 10 mph, increasing to east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
mid 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the lower 80s. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 70.
$$
TXZ241-252230-
Jim Wells-
Including the cities of Alice, Orange Grove, and Premont
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the mid 80s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy, cooler with lows
around 50.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ231-252230-
Live Oak-
Including the cities of George West and Three Rivers
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
mid 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the lower 80s. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Much cooler with lows
in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ240-252230-
Duval-
Including the cities of Freer, Benavides, and San Diego
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
15 to 25 mph, increasing to southwest 20 to 25 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the mid 80s. North winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing
to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 90.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Breezy and much cooler with lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ229-252230-
La Salle-
Including the cities of Cotulla and Encinal
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the mid 80s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 90.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Much cooler with lows
around 50.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ230-252230-
McMullen-
Including the cities of Calliham, Cross, Loma Alta, and Tilden
314 AM CST Sat Feb 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds
15 to 25 mph, becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Less humid
with highs in the mid 80s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Breezy and much cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TC/TE
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Concho Valley Farmers Market opening this weekend
The Concho Valley Farmers Market opens Saturday, May 13, for the 2023 season in San Angelo.
The Farmer's Market is located at 609 S. Oakes St. and is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. until they sell out or 1 p.m.
"Customers can expect to see a little bit of everything: green onions, beets, radishes, fresh herbs, squash, plants, pecans, honey and more," according to a Facebook post from the City of San Angelo. "New crops will be added as they come into season."
The farmers market typically charges customers $1 for a bundle or a bowl of produce. Cash payment is recommended as not all vendors accept debit or credit cards.
Farmers can join the market for $15 or $20, which allows them to set up a stand for $5 or $10 at each sale. Vendors come from a 75-mile radius around San Angelo, the Facebook post stated.
For more information or to join the market, contact Margie Jackson, president of the Concho Valley Farmer's Market, at 325-245-3338. | 2023-05-10T01:39:01+00:00 | gosanangelo.com | https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2023/05/09/concho-valley-farmers-market-opening-this-weekend/70199794007/ |
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HONG KONG (AP) — As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draw near with promises of feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash, children have another thing to look forward to –- one extra hour of online games each day.
Only one hour.
For years, Chinese authorities have sought to control how much time kids can spend playing games online, to fight “internet addiction.” They've claimed success in curbing the problem but are taking no chances.
In 2019, authorities restricted minors to playing 90 minutes a day on weekdays and banned them from playing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. In 2021, they issued even harsher restrictions: Minors are allowed to play online games for only an hour a day and only on Fridays, weekends and public holidays. Game approvals were halted for eight months.
The Jan. 21-27 Lunar New Year holiday, China's biggest festival, will give them four extra days for online gaming.
Many parents have lauded the restrictions, even as their children threw tantrums. Social media and games companies set up or strengthened “youth mode” settings on their apps meant to protect minors. They include features that limit use, control payments and display age-appropriate content. For some popular games, real-name registration and even facial recognition gateways have been implemented to prevent workarounds.
In November — more than a year after the stricter game controls were introduced — a government-affiliated industry group, Game Industry Group Committee, issued a report declared the gaming addiction problem among minors was “basically resolved,” even as the three-hour weekly limit for Friday, Saturday and Sunday stayed in place.
Overall, the Game Industry Group's report said, more than 75% of minors in China played online games for less than three hours a week and most parents expressed satisfaction with the new restrictions.
A report by games market intelligence firm Niko Partners in September found that the number of youth gamers declined to 82.6 million in 2022 from its peak of 122 million in 2020 as a direct result of China’s regulations.
Beijing resident Zhong Feifei said her 11-year-old daughter has spent less time on games since the restrictions came into effect. “My daughter gave up playing online games during the prohibited time,”
Zhang has encouraged her daughter to play with other children or spend time on other activities.
“Even during the public holidays, she doesn’t spend too much time gaming anymore because she has found something else to do, such as playing with our dog or other toys,” she said.
The Game Industry Group's report said the “biggest loophole" in the gaming restrictions was parents who help their kids bypass the controls. The harsh restrictions have also spawned an underground market where minors can buy “cracked" games that are unsupervised, or rent adult game accounts.
Zhong enjoys playing online games, too, but said she avoids doing so when with her child, leaving the house to play to try to set a good example.
Parents are the most important factor when it comes to curbing gaming addiction, said Tao Ran, director of the Adolescent Psychological Development Base in Beijing, which specializes in treating the problem.
Tao’s estimates the restrictions and “youth mode” settings on apps have helped counter addiction to online gaming among younger children, who may not know how to find workarounds. Kids in middle school or high school tend to be more resourceful and often find ways to beat restrictions. That might mean convincing their parents to let them use their accounts, or figuring out passcodes to turn off “youth mode.”
With so many people trapped at home during the pandemic, kids were spending huge amounts online, noted Tao.
“The pandemic has contributed to more internet addiction, I haven’t seen a reduction in the number of minors that are sent to our center to curb addiction each month,” said Tao, whose center treats an average of 20 kids with severe internet addiction each month.
“For many of these children with gaming addictions, we find that their parents play games often,” said Tao. “So these children, they look at their parents and think that it’s okay to spend lots of time gaming, since their parents do it too.”
With the crackdown easing, regulators have resumed approving new games.
In February, NetEase, the country’s second-biggest games firm, was awarded a license for Fantasy Life, a role-playing simulation game by Nintendo. However, the company's partnership with Activision Blizzard is set to end by Jan. 23, which will see the withdrawal of hit titles such as Overwatch and World of Warcraft from the Chinese market until Blizzard finds a new domestic partner to publish its games.
December brought green lights for the first batch of imported games in 18 months – with China’s biggest games firm, Tencent, receiving approvals for Riot Games’ tactical shooter game Valorant and the multiplayer online battle arena game Pokémon Unite.
Not all parents agree with the government's heavy-handed approach.
Huang Yan, mother of a 12-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son in Beijing, said online gaming can foster teamwork and help children make friends.
“I’m not against minors gaining access to the internet, games or social media, as this is an overall trend and it’s impossible to stop them,” she said. “It’s better to let them face these activities and intervene appropriately if they are unable to control themselves, and steer them toward other interests.”
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AP news assistant Yu Bing in Beijing contributed to this report.
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Find more of AP’s Asia-Pacific coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/asia-pacific | 2023-01-20T05:05:16+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/article/China-keeping-1-hour-daily-limit-on-kids-online-17729905.php |
COLOMBES, France (AP) — COLOMBES, France (AP) — Sequans Communications SA (SQNS) on Wednesday reported a loss of $5 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Colombes, France-based company said it had a loss of 10 cents. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 9 cents per share.
The chip company posted revenue of $11.9 million in the period.
For the current quarter ending in June, Sequans said it expects revenue in the range of $9 million to $11 million.
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Which Steve Madden shoes are best?
With only $1,100, Steve Madden began selling shoes out of his car trunk in 1990. Three decades later, the Steve Madden brand is known for its attention to fashion and individualistic designs that have captivated the shoe industry.
Steve Maddens are designed for men, women and children, and include trendy sneakers, sandals, dress shoes and boots. Madden isn’t considered a luxury brand, but it is pricier than mainstream brands.
For its eye-catching look and wide array of colors, the best Steve Madden shoes are the Steve Madden Women’s Maxima Sneaker.
What to know before you buy Steve Madden shoes
What makes Steve Madden shoes distinctive?
Steve Madden shoes are designed to be worn with every outfit and express individuality. The company was founded on bold, head-turning designs that would let every person express themselves in a meaningful way. There are styles for everyone, with discounts and payment plans for widespread availability.
Styles of Steve Madden shoes
Steve Madden makes shoes for women, men and children in a wide range of styles.
- Women’s shoes have the most choices, including sneakers, loafers, platforms, wedges, flats, mules, sandals and heels. Steve Madden also makes a full line of stylish boots. There are slippers and booties, too.
- Men’s shoes include sneakers, dress shoes, casual shoes and boots.
- Children’s shoes comprise sneakers, dress shoes, loafers, casual shoes, booties and boots.
Sustainability
The company uses recyclable bags in all of its retail stores and switched to recyclable shoe boxes for all of its products. It also partners with Carbonfund to help fight climate change and offers it fabric remnants to Fabscrap for recycling.
The company has made a commitment to ban fur, down, angora and exotic animal hair and skin from its products. It also uses wool from non-mulesed sheep, which have not had strips of skin removed to prevent parasites from infecting them. The use of leather remains a point of contention for some animal rights proponents.
What to look for in quality Steve Madden shoes
Leather
Many Steve Madden shoes are made with leather, faux leather, distressed leather or suede. Leather provides excellent durability and stretches with your foot over time for greater comfort.
Rhinestones
Many Steve Madden women’s shoes feature rhinestones. Rhinestones are made from quartz and resemble diamonds. They offer a shiny sparkle that catches the eye and makes shoes look elegant and fashionable. Designs incorporating rhinestones are among the ways Steve Madden differentiated his shoes from competitive brands.
Color
Steve Madden sneakers come in a vast array of colors. The hues are bright and bold, and often are paired with other bold tones for a contrast that is eye-popping and fresh.
How much you can expect to spend on Steve Madden shoes
Steve Madden shoes cost $50-$250. Most sneakers and dress shoes run between $70-$120. Suede and leather dress shoes, and some boots, run $180-$250.
Steve Madden shoes FAQ
Q. Does Steve Madden make anything else?
A. Over the years, Steve Madden has expanded to make women’s clothing, handbags, sunglasses and jewelry. Shoes remain the largest product line in terms of models to choose from.
Q. Can you return Steve Madden shoes?
A. There is a 30-day return policy, though the shoes must be unworn. The company issues a FedEx shipping label, and your shoes must be sent within seven days of the return being initiated. They also can be returned to a Steve Madden retail store.
Q. What if I can’t afford the shoes?
A. The brand has an online resale shop as part of its website called Re-Booted, where gently used shoes are sold at a discount. It also partners with third-party payment companies to set up payment installments that fit your budget.
Q. Is there a rewards program?
A. The SM Pass program lets customers set up an online account and earn stars through purchases. This leads to discounts, free shipping, birthday gifts and entry into a monthly drawing for a shopping spree. The stars are active on a 12-month rolling calendar and expire if you haven’t used them in that year.
What are the best Steve Madden shoes to buy?
Top Steve Madden shoes
Steve Madden Women’s Maxima Sneaker
What you need to know: With a cutting-edge look and thick molded sole, these sneakers come in over 25 colors and patterns that are sure to turn heads.
What you’ll love: These stylish sneakers have a Lycra and knit design with rhinestone embellishments. They are easy to put on and have a lace closure. They feature the Steve Madden logo on the side.
What you should consider: They run at least a half-size small, and some users felt they were a full size too small.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Steve Madden shoes for the money
Steve Madden Child Dawes Sneaker
What you need to know: These stylish sneakers can be worn by both boys and girls, and are easy on the budget.
What you’ll love: They are easy to put on and take off, with a lace-up closure and pull tab in the back. They have a textile upper and lining with a cushioned sock and flexible outsole. There are several modern patterns to choose from.
What you should consider: The size may run small for some children.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Steve Madden Men’s Proctr Oxford
What you need to know: These Oxfords look elegant and can be worn for any occasion in both black and brown leather.
What you’ll love: These dress shoes have a leather upper with a synthetic outsole. They offer a textile lining for extra comfort and include a toe cap. The shaft measures close to low-top from the arch.
What you should consider: They may run small for some men.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing in a small boat on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's office said Thursday.
Karina Borger, a spokesperson for the Alaska Republican senator, said in an email that the office has been in communication with the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection and that “the Russian nationals reported that they fled one of the coastal communities on the east coast of Russia to avoid compulsory military service.”
Thousands of Russian men have fled since President Vladimir Putin announced a mobilization to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine. While Putin said the move was aimed at calling up about 300,000 men with past military service, many Russians fear it will be broader.
Spokespersons with the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection referred a reporter’s questions to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security public affairs office, which provided little information Thursday. The office, in a statement, said the people “were transported to Anchorage for inspection, which includes a screening and vetting process, and then subsequently processed in accordance with applicable U.S. immigration laws under the Immigration and Nationality Act.”
The agency said the two Russians arrived Tuesday on a small boat. It did not provide details on where they came from, their journey or the asylum request. It was not immediately clear what kind of boat they were on.
Alaska's senators, Republicans Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, on Thursday said the two Russians landed at a beach near the town of Gambell, an isolated Alaska Native community of about 600 people on St. Lawrence Island. Sullivan said he was alerted to the matter by a “senior community leader from the Bering Strait region” on Tuesday morning.
Gambell is about 200 miles (320 kilometers) from the western Alaska hub community of Nome and about 36 miles (58 kilometers) from the Chukotka Peninsula, Siberia, according to a community profile on a state website. The remote, 100-mile (161-kilometer) long island, which includes Savoonga, a community of about 800 people, receives flight services from a regional air carrier. Residents rely heavily on a subsistence way of life, harvesting from the sea fish, whales and other marine life.
U.S. & World
A person who responded to an email address listed for Gambell directed questions to federal authorities. A message seeking comment also was sent to the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco.
Sullivan, in a statement, said he has encouraged federal authorities to have a plan in place in case “more Russians flee to Bering Strait communities in Alaska.”
“This incident makes two things clear: First, the Russian people don’t want to fight Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine," Sullivan said. “Second, given Alaska’s proximity to Russia, our state has a vital role to play in securing America’s national security.”
Murkowski said the situation underscored “the need for a stronger security posture in America’s Arctic.”
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday, as initial details of the situation were emerging, said he did not expect a continual stream or "flotilla” of people traversing the same route. He also warned that travel in the region could be dangerous as a fall storm packing strong winds was expected.
It is unusual for someone to take this route to try to get into the U.S.
U.S. authorities in August stopped Russians without legal status 42 times who tried to enter the U.S. from Canada. That was up from 15 times in July and nine times in August 2021.
Russians more commonly try to enter the U.S. through Mexico, which does not require visas. Russians typically fly from Moscow to Cancun or Mexico City, entering Mexico as tourists before getting a connecting a flight to the U.S. border. Earlier this year, U.S. authorities contended with a spate of Russians who hoped to claim asylum if they reached an inspection booth at an official crossing.
Some trace the spike to before Russia invaded Ukraine, attributing it to the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny last year.
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Associated Press reporters Manuel Valdes in Seattle and Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report. | 2022-10-07T01:41:24+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/two-russians-seek-asylum-after-reaching-remote-alaska-island-by-small-boat/2960663/ |
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Fund IV Oversubscribed Due to Support from both New and Existing Investors
DALLAS, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Traveller Capital Advisors ("Traveller" or "the Firm"), an investment firm focused on the secondary market acquisition of interests in private equity funds, today announced the successful closing of Traveller Capital Partners IV, LP ("Fund IV" or "the Fund") with $44 million in capital commitments. Fund IV received commitments from a diverse investor group, including RIAs, family offices and sophisticated high net worth investors.
Traveller is a dedicated and active buyer of private equity fund interests on the secondary market with a focus on small-balance transactions. Since inception, the Firm has acquired approximately 100 LP interests through its first three fund vehicles. Fund IV was oversubscribed, enabling Traveller to expand its pursuit of opportunistic acquisitions of both single LP positions and portfolios of LP positions.
"We are excited by the compelling opportunity set within the smaller end of the secondary market," commented Drew Crichton, Traveller's founder. "Many of our investors have been with us for multiple funds, and their long-term perspective and belief in the outlook for our strategy drove a historically strong raise. We are grateful for this level of participation given today's challenging environment for fundraising in general."
"We strive to build on our long-term relationships and reputation as an established investor in our target market, helping to create unique sourcing capabilities to identify small-balance interests," continued Crichton. "This is an area of the market that is less efficient, so relationships certainly matter."
Traveller seeks to construct portfolios diversified across fund managers, vintages, sectors, strategies, and geographies within the U.S. To date, the Firm has completed two transactions within Fund IV.
About Traveller
Traveller Capital Advisors is a Dallas, Texas-based investment manager focused on the secondary market acquisition of interests in private equity funds. Founded in 2013, Traveller primarily pursues smaller secondary transactions, often mature capital accounts with balances below $2 million. Traveller considers a wide array of US-based strategy types, including buyout, venture capital, credit, and natural resource funds.
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Which infrared therapy lamps are best?
Infrared therapy lamps can help treat wounds, pain and other health problems and can be an excellent addition to your pain management technique. These lamps use light to penetrate through your skin layers to impact your bones, tissues and cells and help decrease inflammation, relieve pain and assist with the healing process.
Ensure you understand the best features to look for in an infrared therapy lamp, as well as the best lamp options on the market before you make a purchase. If you’re looking for the top infrared therapy lamp out there, it’s the Beurer IL50 Infrared Heat Lamp.
What to know before you buy an infrared therapy lamp
There are several factors to consider when purchasing an infrared therapy lamp, such as what you plan to use it for, the wavelength and the type.
Use for
Most people use infrared therapy lamps to treat neuropathy pain, muscle pain, joint pain or pain connected to injury, as well as conditions like tendinitis, lower back pain, neck pain, knee pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis and several other chronic pain conditions. These lamps can also effectively smooth wrinkles and fine lines, decrease the appearance of scars, repair sun damage and treat slow-healing wounds.
Wavelength
You should also think about the wavelength of light that the lamp produces. At-home infrared therapy lamps usually provide wavelengths between 600 and 1,400 nanometers.
Type
There are four types of infrared therapy lamps: tripod lamps, light panel lamps, desk lamps and handheld lamps. Tripod lamps have wheels on the bottom for moving the item around your home, while light panel lamps have big rectangular or square panels that emit light. Desk lamps are small tabletop models, and handheld lamps have a similar design as flashlights.
What to look for in a quality infrared therapy lamp
Size
Consider the overall size of the infrared therapy lamp you want, since you need to have space in your home to store it and use it. Tripod infrared therapy lamps are usually the biggest and have a similar size to standard floor lamps. Light panels are also fairly large, but they can fit on most tabletops. Desk infrared therapy lamps are pretty small and can fit well on most desks.
Treatment area
The size of the treatment area of the infrared therapy lamp is also important because that determines how simple and effective the lamp is to use. The treatment area refers to the part of the lamp that emits light on the impacted body area that you want to relieve.
If you need to treat your back, for example, then choose an infrared therapy lamp with a bigger treatment area. The size of the treatment area isn’t as important for smaller body areas like the knees.
Timer
Many infrared therapy lamps come with timers that count down the time the heat lamp is in use. This timer helps you meet the suggested treatment time without going over it. Some lamps with timers automatically turn off after the timer counts down.
How much you can expect to spend on an infrared therapy lamp
Infrared therapy lamps range in price from $30-$350. Handheld infrared therapy lamps are usually on the lower end, while tripod models are the priciest.
Infrared therapy lamp FAQ
Does it hurt to use an infrared therapy lamp?
A. Using an infrared therapy lamp should not hurt if you’re using it properly. Keep in mind that you might see some temporary redness on your skin or feel some warmth, but you should not feel any pain. It’s important to note that some infrared therapy lamps aren’t intended for use on naked skin, so it might be uncomfortable if you allow the light of the lamp to hit your bare skin.
How long does it take to get results with an infrared therapy lamp?
A. The length of time it takes to see results typically depends on how much pain you’re experiencing and the condition you’re treating. You might see relief in as little as a few hours from a single treatment if you just have pain from a mild injury.
You might need two or three treatment sessions to feel relief if you’re treating chronic knee pain. And it could take a few months of regular infrared therapy lamp treatments before you see relief for severe pain.
What’s the best infrared therapy lamp to buy?
Top infrared therapy lamp
Beurer IL50 Infrared Heat Lamp
What you need to know: This small infrared therapy lamp gives off short to mid wavelengths and is simple to adjust and use.
What you’ll love: The ceramic glass helps keep the heat evenly focused. This lamp is an excellent option for those who need a small lamp to focus on specific parts of the body, and it’s easy to tilt as needed.
What you should consider: Some consumers say this product stopped working after a few months, and it’s pricey to replace the bulbs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top infrared therapy lamp for the money
K.S. Choi Corp TDP Infrared Mineral Heat Lamp
What you need to know: The simple standing infrared therapy lamp works well for long periods of time and gives you the most bang for your buck.
What you’ll love: This affordable lamp features a heat coil style, which means you can use the lamp for 40 minutes at a time, which is longer than most infrared therapy lamps. It also offers soothing energy to warm targeted areas and relieve pain.
What you should consider: Many customers report the infrared therapy lamp lost power after some time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Wolezek Red Light Therapy Lamp Bundle
What you need to know: This small lamp is perfect for small spaces and works well for reducing pain and body aches.
What you’ll love: The bundle features a built-in heat sink for improved heat depletion. The therapy light bundle also includes therapy glasses, a lamp holder and an LED combo light. You can use the LED light at 850 nanometers for near and 660 nanometers for far.
What you should consider: According to some customers, this item is too heavy to hang without additional support.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. and MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DiamiR, a developer of innovative blood-based diagnostic tests for brain health and other diseases, today announced that it will present a poster at the 15th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD), taking place November 29 – December 2, 2022, at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA, and online.
Title: Association of circulating brain-enriched microRNAs with demographic and clinical factors in A4 screening plasma samples from cognitively normal individuals
Session Title: Clinical trials: Biomarkers including plasma
Poster Number: LP67
Date and Time: Thursday, December 1, 8 am - 6 pm PT
The study was supported by funding from the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) Diagnostics Accelerator. The initiative seeks to accelerate the development of affordable and accessible biomarkers to diagnose Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and to advance the development of more targeted treatments. To learn more about the initiative visit the website at: AlzDiscovery.org/accelerator.
DiamiR is a privately held molecular diagnostics company focused on developing minimally invasive tests for detection and monitoring of pathology based on quantitative analysis of organ-enriched microRNA signatures in plasma for screening, patient stratification, as well as disease progression and treatment monitoring. DiamiR collaborates with leading academic centers, disease foundations, and biopharma companies. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.diamirbio.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events. These statements are predictions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual events or results to differ materially.
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KATY, Texas, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- US LED, the leading full-service provider of ultra-long-life LED lighting and other operational efficiency solutions, proudly introduces the addition of the new LAS1 linear architectural strip to its indoor portfolio. The LAS1 delivers brilliant illumination and visual comfort for those seeking a sophisticated lighting solution in new construction and retrofit projects.
Engineered with the end-user in mind, the LAS1 packages style and performance into the company's small linear profile. Its elegant form is carefully crafted to make it a statement piece for a space or easily integrated into the existing design. Everything about the LAS1 has been designed to perform as well as it looks, delivering over 3,900 lumens with an efficacy of 130 lumens per watt.
The LAS1 offers immense flexibility for indoor lighting, thanks to the integrated switch to select the CCT that best complements the space. This feature empowers customization to simplify lighting design, ensuring a balance for optimal illumination and occupant wellbeing. Want customers to feel cozy while shopping? Make it feel warmer with 3000K. Want to improve productivity in the office? Change it to 5000K. Whatever the application, the LAS1 enhances the environment in any scenario.
"I'm proud of the phenomenal job that our team does with the product development process to make sure we exceed our customers' technical and creative expectations," says Ron Farmer, CEO at US LED. "The LAS1 is a natural fit in our portfolio of ultra-long-life lighting solutions that customers rely on for performance and quality."
Key Product Features
- Sleek design with no visible hardware or holes offering modern elegance.
- Selectable CCT with an integrated switch - 3000K, 4000K, and 5000K.
- Smooth dimming down to 5% with compatible 0-10V controllers.
- Industry-leading LEDs for consistent CCT and excellent color rendering of Ra ≥80.
- Contractor-friendly mounting kits facilitate efficient installation – cable-suspended, surface-mounted, or wall mounted.
- Microwave sensor available; Casambi control solutions available.
For more information, please visit the product page on the US LED website: https://hubs.la/Q01YtLWf0
About US LED, Ltd.
Since 2001, US LED has been a full-service commercial LED lighting and controls provider. With decades of expertise, US LED continuously offers ultra-long-life lighting that approaches 200,000-hour L70 lifetimes, backed by its Ten-Year Warranty. Additionally, US LED offers operational efficiency solutions to provide organizations with an easy path to energy management and meeting ESG goals. US LED eases the burden of complex rollouts by applying end-to-end program experience through nationwide turnkey installation implemented by its dedicated project management team. For more information, visit www.usled.com and follow LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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(NewsNation) — As millions of people head to the U.S. national parks this summer, many may be unaware of the mysterious cases of people who’ve vanished within the parks.
The National Parks Service has faithfully kept records of visitors who disappear, often without a trace. NewsNation looked into the mysterious disappearances of those who simply set out to bask in the beauty of our nation.
Whether it’s the waterfalls of Yosemite, the meteor showers over Bryce Canyon, or the slot canyons of Zion, more than 400 million Americans and foreign tourists enjoy the beauty of the national parks each year.
Unfortunately, some never make it home.
“NPS investigators are continually working to find people who, who do get lost or have gone missing national parks,” said Cynthia Hernandez, with the National Park Service.
The National Parks Service keeps a list of the missing. Many people are eventually found or, sadly, turn out to be suicides.
But some visitors, like 24 of those on the Parks Services’ cold case list, are simply missing.
“The risks are everywhere, it’s just not national parks. It’s just when people go missing at a national park, it makes headline news,” said survival expert Jason Marsteiner.
Marsteiner said lightning, snow storms, and rising flood waters make situational awareness paramount.
“The first mistake is failure to plan. That means telling somebody where you’re going, what you’re doing, and exactly your itinerary, I guess,” Marsteiner said.
Most of those who have gone missing in national parks are solo hikers, like Charles Lyon, whose car was found on the Grand Canyon’s south rim in June 2021. Or James Pruitt, 70, who set out in Rocky Mountain National Park as a snowstorm moved in, for what was supposed to be a day trip.
“A lot of people go on day hikes, they may never have spent a night outside,” said survival expert Jessie Krebs.
Krebs knows a thing or two about staying safe in extreme conditions. A former Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, she survived 46 days alone on the hit TV show “Survivor.”
Krebs doesn’t discourage solo hiking, but she does suggest taking certain precautions, like letting people know where you’re going before you leave.
“Tell at least two people before you head out there and, if you can, take a picture of the map and write down the map where you’re planning on going and where you’re gonna be staying each night,” Krebs said. “Take a picture of all the gear you’re taking, including what signaling devices you’re taking.”
Some of the cases tracked by the National Parks Service go back decades and include those with plenty of outdoor experience. One ranger on the list of the missing has been gone for more than four decades. Another case involves a woman who vanished in 1976. Then there’s Dennis Lloyd Martin, who was last seen in a national park in 1969.
They are all missing despite the best efforts of trained professionals trying to locate them.
“National Parks responders, officers and special agents are highly trained, experienced, and the most proficient subject matter experts to conduct the search and rescue operations,” Hernandez said.
While the national parks offer great beauty to behold, lovers of the great outdoors want people to keep safe while exploring nature.
“A rainstorm doesn’t care what we look like, doesn’t care whether or not we’re wearing makeup doesn’t care or what gender we are or what color skin is, or any of that doesn’t matter a bit, it’s just going to do what a rainstorm does. And there’s something very freeing about that,” Krebs said.
The National Parks Service website has downloadable maps, road closure info and guides on how to safely view wildlife. Those visiting the parks should also check in with a ranger station before exploring, to get the latest updates on road or trail closures and safety conditions.
GPS does not always work in National Parks, especially those that are more remote, and don’t always reflect current road conditions so paper maps are essential.
Our survival experts say a $4 safety whistle is a must. Hikers should also pack extra food and water and carry extra layers of clothing in case they are unexpectedly stranded or weather conditions change suddenly. | 2023-06-18T18:36:32+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/the-mystery-of-missing-persons-in-americas-national-parks/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Fox News agreed to pay nearly $800 million to settle a lawsuit over its airing of 2020 election lies, you’d be hard-pressed to notice anything had changed there.
Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham led their shows Thursday talking about Hunter Biden, the president’s son. Ingraham’s show warned, “The left wants the government to be your only family.” Hannity targeted familiar villains — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Vice President Kamala Harris. Carlson mocked a speech on racial equity, saying it meant “that straight white men are bad.”
Experts doubt the settlement will lead to much of a course correction in conservative media, save for a little less specificity to avoid future lawsuits.
So far, that’s been the chief result of a Connecticut jury’s verdict last year that Alex Jones must pay $965 million to parents of Sandy Hook school shooting victims, after claiming the 2012 massacre was a hoax and that grieving parents were actors. Now Jones is more likely to keep names out of it, said Nicole Hemmer, a Vanderbilt University professor and author of “Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s.”
“It hasn’t changed his conspiracy theories,” Hemmer said. “He’s just a little more careful about not saying legally actionable things.”
Heading into the 2024 election, radio host Erick Erickson predicted more hesitancy in conservative media to embrace claims by former President Donald Trump or anybody in politics preaching election denialism. Fox’s response will be most watched.
If anything, Fox is just as dominant among conservatives today as it was in the aftermath of the 2020 election, the period addressed by the Dominion lawsuit. That’s when Fox aired false claims that Dominion Voting Systems helped rig the election against Trump, despite many at the network knowing the allegations were bogus.
Documents in the case exposed the fear within Fox that it would lose viewers if the network didn’t tell Trump fans what they wanted to hear.
A former Fox personality, Bill O’Reilly, wrote after the settlement: “This is what happens when money becomes more important than honest information.” His own experience, though, shows there was reason to be afraid. O’Reilly said he lost more than 1,000 premium subscribers to his website after telling them the election results wouldn’t be overturned.
Fox’s followers, it seems, were more upset with the election reporting than with revelations in the lawsuit about those at the network who didn’t believe the fraud charges and expressed private disdain for Trump.
There’s been little noticeable change in Fox’s television ratings in the past few months, certainly none attributable to the lawsuit. In March, Fox’s website had 88.7 million unique visitors, marking its fourth straight month of double-digit gains, said Howard Polskin, whose website The Righting monitors conservative media.
Most conservative websites either ignored the Dominion lawsuit or gave it cursory coverage, he said.
“The coverage on the right would not support at all that some landmark settlement had been reached,” Polskin said. “It was completely misaligned with the magnitude of the news event itself.”
While Fox acknowledged in the settlement the judge’s conclusion that the network had spread false material about Dominion, Fox offered no apology. That likely would have meant more to Fox’s critics than its fans, anyway, said Megan Duncan, a Virginia Tech communications professor who studies news audiences.
To Fox’s followers, criticism of the network wouldn’t matter much unless it was made by someone who shared their ideology. For the bulk of Fox’s audience, the settlement will be quickly forgotten — if it was followed at all, she said.
For Fox, that’s all an argument for the importance of keeping its audience happy.
That audience is what has made Fox the leading cable television network for several years, so profitable that it is able to absorb the $787 million Dominion settlement as a cost of doing business.
Fox still has legal challenges, with a pending defamation lawsuit by Smartmatic, another elections technology company. But Dominion also has a case against Newsmax, Fox’s chief television rival for a conservative audience. Newsmax insists its case is different and that it has better protections against defamation than Fox did.
But as a smaller company, if Newsmax is wrong, a financial judgment could cripple or kill it, to Fox’s benefit, Hemmer said.
“Fox would absolutely go after that audience,” she said.
Fox soon faces crucial negotiations with three large cable companies — Comcast, Spectrum and Cox — over carriage fees, the amount they will pay to Fox for the right to offer the network on their systems, said Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters for America, a left-leaning media watchdog group.
Ever since an advertiser boycott against former Fox personality Glenn Beck, largely orchestrated by Media Matters, Fox has concentrated on boosting carriage fees. It has succeeded to the point where Fox would have a 35% profit margin even if it had no advertising revenue, he said.
That makes it important for Fox to illustrate to these companies that it has a large, valuable audience that can be counted on to be loyal at a time people are cutting cable service.
Fox could use the conclusion of the lawsuit to build up its news operation, which has lost personalities such as Chris Wallace and Shepard Smith in recent years, said Chris Stirewalt, an executive fired by Fox after the quick, although ultimately correct, decision on election night 2020 to call Arizona for Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential race.
Fox said that it is doing just that, saying this past week that it has increased its investment in journalism by more than 50%.
“Being a news organization is expensive and dangerous,” said Stirewalt, now political editor at NewsNation. “Not just expensive because you have to pay to get news but also, expensive because you can lose your audience because sometimes you have to tell them what they don’t want to hear.”
It could be easier, and good business, to double down on programming that appeals to the attitudes and emotions of viewers, he said. Fox wouldn’t be alone in following that direction.
“I don’t envy their choices,” he said.
Erickson, the radio host, said he would expect to see greater management control of Fox’s personalities, although this wouldn’t necessarily be something that viewers would notice. That would revert back to the days of the late Fox leader Roger Ailes, drummed out of the network in a sexual misconduct scandal in 2016.
“Whether you liked Roger Ailes or not, he did understand that you should not lie to your audience,” Erickson said.
The ovations delivered on Thursday night by an audience crowded into Hannity’s studio — for him and for Carlson and Ingraham at the beginning and end of their shows — illustrated an enduring point.
Fox has several solid journalists on its payroll but its stars, the chief reason viewers tune in, are those that offer tough talk and opinion.
“I think they’ve backed themselves into a corner, and that corner is full of Trump supporters,” said Hemmer, the Vanderbilt professor. “That is the business model.” | 2023-04-22T15:45:17+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/politics/ap-politics/fox-settlement-seen-as-unlikely-to-change-conservative-media/ |
Driver in California cliff crash that injured 4 charged
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a car that plunged off a treacherous cliff in northern California, seriously injuring himself, his wife and their two young children, was charged Monday with attempted murder.
Dharmesh A. Patel, 41, also faces enhancements for great bodily injury and domestic violence in the Jan. 2 crash, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said in a statement.
Patel was scheduled to be arraigned Monday. His attorney, Jose Bentley, did not immediately respond to a Monday email seeking comment.
The Pasadena man was seriously injured and taken to a hospital after the car went over the 250-foot (76-meter) cliff at Devil’s Slide, an area along the Pacific Coast Highway about 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of San Francisco that is known for deadly wrecks. He was recently moved to a jail.
Rescuers initially hailed the family’s survival as a miracle. Firefighters had to cut open the Tesla Model Y to extract the family, including Patel’s 41-year-old wife, 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son.
Patel was later arrested after California Highway Patrol investigators “developed probable cause to believe this incident was an intentional act,” the agency said.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-30T22:38:57+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/2023/01/30/driver-california-cliff-crash-that-injured-4-charged/ |
Pope Francis, in an Easter address delivered to tens of thousands of worshipers in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, called for “peace for war-torn Ukraine,” and for caution over conflict that could lead to nuclear war.
"We have seen all too much blood, all too much violence,” he said. “Our hearts, too, have been filled with fear and anguish, as so many of our brothers and sisters have had to lock themselves away to be safe from bombing.”
“Let us all commit ourselves to imploring peace, from our balconies and in our streets,” he said, in a plea for people to take up the cause. “May the leaders of nations hear people’s plea for peace.”
He cited a line from a 1955 manifesto by physicist Albert Einstein and philosopher Bertrand Russell, in which scientists and thinkers warn of the risks posed by nuclear weapons, writing, “Shall we put an end to the human race, or shall mankind renounce war?”
The Easter message capped a weekend of religious events for Catholics. Orthodox Christians in Ukraine and elsewhere celebrate Easter on April 24.
Three Ukrainian lawmakers and the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, who was reportedly abducted by Russian forces and released in a prisoner swap, attended the pope’s Easter vigil service on Saturday, where he addressed them directly. “In this darkness that you are living, Mr. Mayor, parliamentarians, the thick darkness of war, of cruelty, we are all praying, praying with you and for you this night,” he said.
The pope’s Good Friday sermon at the Colosseum in Rome called for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, attracting criticism from Ukrainian faith leaders who disliked that Ukrainians and Russians carried a cross together during the service.
While the pope has often talked raised support for Ukraine since the start of the war, he has so far avoided naming Russia as the aggressor, or calling what is happening in Ukraine an invasion. His Easter Sunday address was no exception. He said Ukraine was “dragged” into a “cruel and senseless war,” but did not say by whom. He mentioned Ukraine and Ukrainians by name, but not Russia.
The message highlighted the consequences of war for Ukraine and its people, especially “the millions of refugees and internally displaced people, the divided families, the elderly left to themselves, the lives broken and the cities razed.”
“I see the faces of the orphaned children fleeing from the war,” Francis said. “As we look at them, we cannot help but hear their cry of pain, along with that of all those other children who suffer throughout our world: those dying of hunger or lack of medical care, those who are victims of abuse and violence, and those denied the right to be born.”
He praised European nations for opening their doors to Ukrainian refugees, but said the same welcome should be extended to other vulnerable people fleeing conflicts elsewhere. He raised his hopes for a peaceful resolution to other conflicts around the world.
The pope ended his address with a call for peace: “Peace is possible; peace is a duty; peace is everyone’s primary responsibility!”
Stefano Pitrelli, Lateshia Beachum and Tobi Raji contributed to this report. | 2022-04-17T11:41:08+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/17/pope-francis-easter-message-ukraine/ |
Then-President Donald Trump tweeted criticism of Mike Pence, his vice president, after a phone call in which Trump pressured Pence to stop the election of Joe Biden, triggering the crowd at the U.S. Capitol to surge, Rep. Pete Aguilar said Thursday.
"Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done," Trump tweeted, in part.
"Our investigation found that immediately after the president's 2:24 p.m. tweet, the crowds both outside the Capitol and inside the Capitol surged," Aguilar said.
He said Pence was then moved to a secure location.
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Multiple aides described a heated phone call earlier in the day between Trump and Pence.
Nicholas Luna, former assistant to Trump, said in audio testimony played during the hearing that he heard Trump calling Pence a "wimp" during that call.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JH-AS-4D-9D-7S
(JH, AS, 4D, 9D, 7S)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JH-AS-4D-9D-7S
(JH, AS, 4D, 9D, 7S) | 2022-09-02T00:09:59+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-17414030.php |
ST. LOUIS, Mich. (WOOD) — In many ways, St. Louis, Michigan, is your typical small town. Main Street is one of the city’s primary throughways. The “downtown” shopping district spans just a few blocks. St. Louis doesn’t have a Walmart to call its own. That requires a quick drive over to the nearby city of Alma.
But St. Louis has its own claims to fame. The town of approximately 6,800 people prides itself on being the “Middle of the Mitten” — measured to be the geographic center of the state of Michigan. Signs throughout the city boast about that fact.
A cynic could call it the middle of nowhere, but that isn’t necessarily true. At one time, St. Louis wasn’t just the “middle” of Michigan, it was also the center of a statewide controversy.
Just a couple of short blocks from Main Street, there is a giant swath of open land, about 54 acres in all. It’s surrounded by chainlink fence, with construction equipment and power stations lining the paths. The warning signs are faded by the sun. The lettering that was once a bright red is now a pale pink, but all these years later they still read “Private Property, No Trespassing.”
There is a gated driveway with a sign of its own. You have arrived at the former Velsicol Chemical Plant, now an EPA Superfund Cleanup site. On the other side of the driveway is a ceremonial bench, built on behalf of the city. The inscription reads, “We declare our mutual aim that our river and land be restored to their natural condition safe for any use.”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been working off and on at the site for more than 40 years now — and the work continues. The Pine River and surrounding areas have been contaminated for much longer than that. But 50 years ago, a simple error at the since-demolished St. Louis plant spread that contamination from a handful of communities to the entire state.
‘CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS ONE?’
“It is the most underreported disaster I have known in my long journalistic career.”
That’s how Joyce Egginton ends the first paragraph of her book, “The Poisoning of Michigan.” At the time, Egginton was an American correspondent for the London Observer. She says she stumbled onto the story tucked away deep inside an issue of The New York Times.
“I remember calling out to my husband halfway through the task, ‘Can you believe this one?’” Egginton wrote. “Way down on an inside page of the New York Times was a brief account of how in Michigan a large quantity of a highly toxic industrial fire retardant, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), had been confused at the manufacturing plant with a nutritional supplement for cattle feed. As a result, there had been a massive, slow poisoning of dairy herds for almost a year before the accident was discovered. It was estimated that throughout that time virtually all 9 million people living in Michigan had been ingesting contaminated meat and milk on a daily basis.”
That snippet from The New York Times led Egginton to years of research and interviews, culminating in more than 300 pages packed with details, outlining a quietly escalating tragedy that centered around PBB.
PBB is a group of man-made chemicals that were first manufactured around 1970 and sold primarily as a fire retardant. They were also mixed into many plastics for consumer products, including computer monitors, televisions and textiles. But chemical manufacturers didn’t fully understand the health or environmental impact from these chemicals. Those questions came after the infamous “PBB Disaster.”
It was a late spring day in 1973 when a truck driver made a delivery from Michigan Chemical to the Michigan Farm Bureau’s central mixing facility outside of Battle Creek. The driver thought he had dropped off 50-pound bags of Nutrimaster — Michigan Chemical’s product name for magnesium oxide.
Farmers regularly mix in magnesium oxide as a supplement for milking cows. The compound provides iodine, which cows need, and it also makes the cows thirstier. The more water cows drink, the more milk they produce.
This magnesium oxide was a grayish-white powder and was packed in 50-pound brown paper sacks. The powder tended to get clumpy when exposed to moisture. What the driver had actually delivered was Firemaster, another grayish-white clumpy mixture that was packed in 50-pound brown paper bags.
“Except for the color coding on the bags, Nutrimaster and the powdery form of Firemaster could easily have been mistaken one for the other,” Egginton wrote. “Which is exactly what happened when, during a temporary nationwide paper shortage in the winter of 1972-73, Michigan Chemical Corporation ran out of preprinted bags and made do by simply hand-stenciling the trade names in black.”
Instead of mixing in a nutritional supplement, the Farm Bureau was unknowingly poisoning thousands and thousands of animals. Even worse, the problem wasn’t limited to one specific type of feed. Any feed that was processed through the same mixer that used Firemaster was now being exposed to PBB, making it even harder for the investigators trying to find the root of the problem.
THE END RESULT
In the ensuing few years, more than 500 farms across the state had to be quarantined. Approximately 30,000 cattle, 4,500 swine, 1,500 sheep and 1.5 million chickens either died from PBB-related ailments or had to be killed. That doesn’t count the sick animals that showed clear signs of PBB toxicity but were still allowed to be sold off and slaughtered.
Rick Halbert, one of the first farmers to press the Farm Bureau on a problem with his feed, explained to Egginton how his herd’s health fell off a cliff.
“As months went by the toxic symptoms in his herd progressed, producing a mangey appearance, matted hair, thickened skin, diarrhea, emaciation,” Egginton wrote.
Many cows also showed signs of distress during pregnancy, leading to a spike in aborted or stillborn calves.
Gerald Woltjer bought a farm in Coopersville from a farmer who was forced to sell because of PBB contamination. He figured the property could still be successful with a new herd. He was wrong.
“Within two years, Woltjer’s herd — which was never quarantined — was so sick and useless that he was on the verge of bankruptcy,” Egginton wrote. “He told of scrawny cows with perpetually bloody noses ‘who acted like they were blind;’ cows so weak that they could not get up to be milked; cows which had bodily infections but passed inspection to be butchered for human consumption.”
Woltjer realized the land was contaminated and PBB exposure had spread to his herd.
“The longer I lived on that farm, the worse it became,” he told Egginton. “After a time, there were no worms in the soil. There were no field mice, no rats, no rabbits, no grasshoppers. As the cattle were dying, the cats and dogs were dying, too. A fully grown cat would live only six weeks on that farm. Our three dogs went crazy. Our neighbors had bees that were dead in the hives. The frogs were dead in the streams. There was a five-acre swamp that used to croak at night so you could hardly sleep. Then, it was silent. And it was a long time before I knew why.”
Most farmers, completely baffled by the sudden changes, fell into financial ruin. Even with the state eventually instituting PBB testing standards and a program to help compensate for their losses, many farmers faced drastic decisions. For some, it came down to killing your animals or selling an obviously sick one to market in an attempt to make any money back on a floundering investment. Many farmers, like Garry Zuiderveen from Missaukee County, refused to pass along the PBB-contaminated animals.
“We should never have had to make that decision,” Zuiderveen told Egginton. “It was the darkest day in my life when I shot those cows. A farmer is an immensely proud person. Anything wrong with his herd reflects on his husbandry and his herdmanship.”
The Michigan Department of Agriculture eventually opened a large tract of state-owned land in Kalkaska County to be used as a burial pit for tainted animals. But for farmers like Zuiderveen, who clearly had a poisoned herd but tested below the state’s safety threshold, there was no help offered.
Zuiderveen ended up digging a burial pit on his own property. His neighbors and friends came to help, knowing it would be a difficult day.
“We hauled the milk cows from the barn to the burial site on three stock trailers and put them in six or eight at a time. Within 20 seconds after they were unloaded, we shot them with high-powered rifles. This finished them instantly. They did not suffer,” Zuiderveen told Egginton. “My dad would not look at them. Tears were running down his face, a man of 78. … Those fellows don’t know what they put us through. We should never have had to kill our own cows; we were too emotionally involved.”
Zuiderveen wouldn’t take any credit for doing “the right thing.” He credited his Christian upbringing and the concept of being “our brother’s keeper.”
“I knew that, from the information we had at the time, it was the only decision we could make and still face ourselves in the mirror,” he said.
Still, plenty of other farmers couldn’t pull the trigger. Between facing bankruptcy or foreclosure, many felt like there was no other rational choice. As a result, lots of PBB-tainted meat and dairy products were sold at market and scientists estimate virtually everyone who lived in Michigan at the time was exposed to PBB and had some level stored within the fats in their body.
THE HUMAN IMPACT
Though there were studies being conducted and clear symptoms that could be traced to PBB exposure, specific findings on how PBB impacts the human body came long after the 1973 disaster. By the 1990s, researchers had been able to tie chemical pollution to a rise in hormone-related abnormalities, including breast cancer.
Michele Marcus is a professor of epidemiology at Emory University and is the lead scientist on the Michigan PBB Registry, which began in 1976. She said that PBB essentially acts as estrogen in the human body. A PBB buildup throws off the body’s hormonal balance, leading girls to mature earlier and boys to mature later and be born with abnormalities in their urinary or reproductive systems.
Researchers also found that PBB was being passed down from one generation to another, even today finding a higher rate of miscarriages in women who were born from mothers or grandmothers who were directly exposed to high levels of PBB.
“The children of the mother are exposed as it crosses the placenta and then again in breast milk because (PBB) is lipophilic. It is stored in fat, and breast milk has a very high fat concentration,” Marcus said.
The latest studies are focused on how PBB impacts a person’s DNA. Marcus explained that PBB does not mutate a person’s genetic sequence, but it can impact how certain genes are “expressed.”
“You start from a single cell. You’ve got your DNA and then the cells change and they differentiate into heart cells, stomach cells, liver cells. And each cell type has a gene expression pattern. So genes are turned off and turned on depending on the function of the cell,” Marcus said. “This is kind of a new field, which is looking at the impact of chemicals or substances on gene regulation, not on the genes themselves. … We found that PBB does impact this methylation pattern and, in fact, that’s part of the evidence that it acts like estrogen because it affects this methylation pattern in the same way as estrogen.”
So can that gene regulation be inherited? Researchers haven’t come to a unanimous conclusion yet, but Marcus believes it can.
“This is a very controversial question and for many years the dogma was no, it can’t (be inherited) because those things are stripped when the sperm are developed. When the DNA replicates that is supposed to be all stripped off,” Marcus said. “But now it seems that that’s not complete. … There have been a lot of studies that are very, very clear in animals that it happens, and the human evidence keeps accumulating.”
The Michigan PBB Registry was launched in 1976 to gather data that could eventually be used to answer these kinds of questions. The study started with approximately 4,000 people and eventually added in their children and grandchildren. Eventually, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services wanted to shut down the research project. But thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health, it was transferred to Emory University.
Decades later, the St. Louis community remains heavily invested in the PBB disaster and anxious to learn more about how it impacted their health and environment. In 1998, after meeting with the EPA and other state departments, a community group launched the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force.
Jane Jelenek now serves as the chairperson of the task force. She didn’t live in St. Louis in 1973, but her husband worked at the chemical plant and had other friends and relatives who had direct exposure.
Jelenek said her work is not focused on looking to the past or securing compensation for people who were exposed; those efforts have long failed. Instead, the task force is focused on working with the EPA and holding it accountable to make sure the land is restored. She said it has been an up-and-down relationship.
“We found at our (monthly meetings) that they were more interested in the amount of dollars that they could get to do something that determined how much cleanup they actually would do. We did not think that was a very good measure,” Jelenek said. “And I remember saying at one meeting, ‘We don’t care about the money. We don’t care how much it costs. We just want it done.’”
When will it be done? Thanks to an influx of investment because of the latest infrastructure legislation, work has gotten a boost. Tom Alcamo, the EPA’s remedial project manager for the site, hopes work will be done by 2026. Eventually, the Superfund site will be deemed clean and the land will be turned over to the community.
But the scars will remain. And traces of PBB are still being passed down from one generation to the next. | 2023-06-04T19:54:26+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/how-a-simple-shipping-error-poisoned-most-of-michigan/ |
Marcus Semien Player Prop Bets: Rangers vs. Red Sox - July 6
Published: Jul. 6, 2023 at 6:33 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Texas Rangers and Marcus Semien (.390 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including one homer), battle starting pitcher Kutter Crawford and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Thursday at 7:10 PM ET.
He had a hitless performance in his previous game (0-for-4) against the Red Sox.
Marcus Semien Game Info & Props vs. the Red Sox
- Game Day: Thursday, July 6, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Fenway Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Red Sox Starter: Kutter Crawford
- TV Channel: NESN
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +125)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +320)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +115)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -167)
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Marcus Semien At The Plate
- Semien has an OPS of .787, fueled by an OBP of .341 and a team-best slugging percentage of .446 this season.
- Among qualified hitters in baseball, he ranks 38th in batting average, 55th in on-base percentage, and 63rd in slugging.
- Semien has had a hit in 66 of 87 games this season (75.9%), including multiple hits 29 times (33.3%).
- He has gone deep in 12.6% of his games in 2023 (11 of 87), and 2.7% of his trips to the dish.
- Semien has had an RBI in 37 games this season (42.5%), including 13 multi-RBI outings (14.9%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in five contests.
- In 52 of 87 games this year, he has scored, and 11 of those games included multiple runs.
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Marcus Semien Home/Away Batting Splits
Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Red Sox pitching staff ranks 16th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Red Sox have the 18th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.38).
- Red Sox pitchers combine to allow 112 total home runs at a clip of 1.3 per game (to rank 23rd in baseball).
- Crawford makes the start for the Red Sox, his ninth of the season. He is 3-4 with a 3.77 ERA and 55 strikeouts through 57 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his last appearance on Saturday, the right-hander went 5 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up two earned runs while surrendering three hits.
- The 27-year-old has an ERA of 3.77, with 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings, in 16 games this season. Opponents are hitting .228 against him.
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Scott to Take the Stage at the Premier Nightclub Starting Sept. 17
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Travis Scott announces "Road to Utopia" – a mind-bending, first-of-its-kind nightclub residency experience with Zouk Nightclub at Resorts World Las Vegas. Travis brings an unmatched energy and singular creative force to the property's list of iconic residents on what promises to be a spectacle only suited for Las Vegas. The first of seven shows begin on September 17, 2022.
Scott has quickly become a cultural phenomenon as he changed the course of hip-hop with a procession of groundbreaking albums. The residency at Zouk Nightclub will feature top hits guests know and love – and just may feature some previews of upcoming tracks. As Zouk Group continues to change the face of Las Vegas nightlife, Scott was an obvious choice to elevate the experience and offer something guests have not yet seen.
Zouk Nightclub pushes the boundaries of live music as the most technologically advanced nightlife venue in Las Vegas. The venue features an unrivaled, high-technology experience that transforms based on the evening's performing artist, including the venue's LED Mothership and shifting ceiling. Zouk Group and Resorts World Las Vegas previously announced their partnership in November 2020, bringing multiple entertainment and lifestyle concepts to the over 3,500-room integrated resort, the first ground-up property to open on the Las Vegas Strip in over a decade.
"Travis Scott was a seamless fit for the Zouk Nightclub roster," said Andrew Li, CEO of Zouk Group. "His electric performances will pair perfectly with our immersive atmosphere, bringing our guests an unmatched show unlike anything else they can find in Las Vegas. We can't wait to kick off his residency and continue to amplify our talent lineup."
"From his music and fashion to unprecedented brand collaborations, Travis Scott is a one-of-a-kind, multi-talented artist. His residency will bring a new level of energy to Resorts World Las Vegas and add to the property's diverse list of entertainment and nightlife offerings," said Ronn Nicolli, Chief Marketing Officer of Resorts World Las Vegas.
Current dates on sale to the public are:
- Sept. 17 and Oct. 15
Additional performance dates and ticket information to be announced soon. For updates, visit zoukgrouplv.com or follow Zouk Group Las Vegas on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
The future depends on Travis Scott. Never one to follow, the Houston native asserts himself as not only a leader in music, but also in fashion, culture, and beyond. The diamond-certified eight-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated artist, designer, style icon, actor, producer, and Cactus Jack record label founder has changed the course of hip-hop with a procession of groundbreaking albums and conversation-starting moves. Indicative of his impact, he has ignited the Super Bowl, starred in his own NETFLIX documentary LOOK MOM I CAN FLY, and even scored a place on President Barack Obama's Playlist. So far, Travis has collected 40 billion total streams and counting in addition dozens of gold, platinum, and multiplatinum certifications around the globe. Following 2015's platinum-selling Rodeo, he has notched three #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200, including the platinum Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight [2016], quadruple-platinum ASTROWORLD [2018], and JACKBOYS [2019]. He has also ignited four #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the RIAA diamond-selling "SICKO MODE." He set the precedent for online performances with his Fortnite event ASTRONOMICAL, breaking records, making history, and drawing an audience of tens of millions. Giving back, Travis launched the Cactus Jack Foundation as a 501(c)3 with a mission to uplift Houston youth through toy drives, scholarship programs to HBCU college students, and fulfilling expenses for education and creative endeavors.
Zouk Group is a global lifestyle company with establishments that span across nightlife, entertainment, and dining sectors. Its namesake, Zouk, is a 29-year-old nightlife brand known for pushing boundaries of dance music and propelling Singapore on the global map. Ranked Asia's best club on DJ Mag's annual Top 100 Clubs list since 2017 and top globally since 2010, Zouk is Singapore's foremost clubbing institution, delivering the freshest in dance music across genres, state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, a constant roster of stellar international, regional and local residents, and top-notch service and hospitality.
Zouk has since evolved into an all-encompassing global lifestyle brand that has expanded into the food & beverage sector with new brands like social gaming bar RedTail, vibe dining restaurant FUHU, and more concepts in the pipeline. Aside from club offerings, Zouk Group also owns ZoukOut, Asia's premier dawn-to-dusk music festival featuring world class DJs, which attracts a cosmopolitan mix of locals and tourists within and beyond Asia to the beachfront of Singapore. Zouk Group oversees club and lifestyle entities in Singapore, Genting Highlands in Malaysia, on board the Genting-owned cruise ship and Las Vegas. The company also owns the franchise to Five Guys in Singapore and Malaysia.
Resorts World Las Vegas was developed by Genting Berhad, a publicly traded Malaysian corporation registered with the Nevada Gaming Commission. The company has affiliated operations in the Americas, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the Bahamas. In partnership with Hilton, Resorts World Las Vegas integrates three of Hilton's premium brands into its resort campus, including Las Vegas Hilton, the resort's full-service brand; Conrad Las Vegas, Hilton's lifestyle luxury brand; and LXR, Hilton's network of independent luxury properties, which operates as Crockfords Las Vegas, Genting's internationally renowned ultra-luxury brand. Resorts World Las Vegas features 3,506 guest rooms and suites, an innovative, next-generation gaming floor, world-class food and beverage options, a 5,000-capacity theatre, distinct nightlife venues, a curated retail collection of designer and boutique shops and more. The integrated resort weaves time-honored traditions of the international Resorts World brand into the fabric of Las Vegas, introducing a bold, fresh take on hospitality to the city with stunning design, progressive technology and world-class guest service. Resorts World Las Vegas is Sharecare Health Security VERIFIED™ with Forbes Travel Guide, a verification that ensures the resort has appropriate health safety procedures in place. For more information, visit rwlasvegas.com or find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Tom Falcone (he/him), identifies as a gay man, but he emphasizes that being gay is more than a sexual attraction. It’s about being attracted to the entire person.
“You know that vision of who you think your partner is going to be?” asked Falcone, 67, of Wickcliffe. “We all grow up knowing that or feeling it — we don’t choose. It’s just there.”
Falcone talked about his life as a gay person — represented by the G in LGBTQIA+ — for Plain Dealer and cleveland.com’s “LGTBQIA+ Explained.” He also explained intersexuality, asexuality and plus, represented by I, A and the plus sign, respectively.
The series “LGTBQIA+ Explained” includes written and video interviews to explain the words represented by the acronym— lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, queer and other gender representations. Reporters worked with PFLAG Cleveland, a support organization that advocates for LGBTQIA+ people and their families, seeking to amplify LGTBQIA+ voices.
See video interviews, which took place at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. Written interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Read the entire series here.
Here, Falcone discusses why he identifies as gay.
Q: What does the word gay mean to you?
Falcone: “Your emotional and physical attraction for that other person in your life is in the same gender. I see myself as male, and I am attracted to men who see themselves as male. I identify as being gay because my attraction is to men, not women.”
Q: What are some misconceptions about gay people?
Falcone: “I don’t think (people in the wider community) they get anything wrong. They just don’t understand that there’s more to it. It’s always pictures of physical sex that come to people’s minds, not the emotional part or the mental attraction of who you are drawn to. It’s not just the sex that makes me gay.”
Q: At what point in your life did you decide you were gay?
Falcone: “You know, it’s not really that I chose to be a gay man. That’s how I feel. You know, I struggled with it for years. But growing up in a society that said, you can’t be that, in my small town there was no one to talk to and no one that I could identify with. So you go along with what the norms are supposed to be. I was married at one time to a woman and fathered three sons. And now I’m married to my husband.”
Q: What does intersexuality mean?
Falcone: “The I for intersex is a difficult one. It’s actually a disorder of sexual development. It can also be chromosomal — people born with extra Y or extra X chromosomes. It can also be people who have more than just testes or just ovaries. It’s not what we would expect a typical birth to be, but it’s not that uncommon.
“The old way of doing things was to assign a gender at birth. They’re finding now that’s not the best thing to do for the child. Allow them to mature and understand their own identity. That way, they can assume the identity they feel they are.”
Q: What do asexuality and plus mean?
Falcone: “To me, asexuality implies that sex has nothing to do with it. It’s more like a platonic outlook on life. They tend not to look for sexual partners; romances tend to be about the person.
“The plus covers the wide range of what goes on in the community. You have your pansexuals; you have people who claim they fall in love with the person — the sex of their body has nothing to do with it.
“Then you have two-spirit people, which is an ancient recognition by the Native peoples, here in the States and a lot of places, of a separate gender. It was people who presented male, but would still do work that societies typically assigned to females, and visa versa. They viewed two-spirit as a separate gender.”
Q: Why is Pride month important?
Falcone: “People will say, why do you have to celebrate? Well, we have to celebrate because we have to force the acknowledgement that we are here. We have a right to exist and we’re like anybody else. My husband and I keep a house. We mow lawns, pay taxes and we do all that stuff. And all we want to do is have the right to exist and live our lives the way we choose to live. And that’s why Pride comes about.”
Julie Washington covers healthcare for cleveland.com. Read previous stories at this link.
LGBTQIA+ Resources:
‘Every Body’: Eye-opening documentary sheds light on intersex people
LGBTQ Community Center of Greater Cleveland
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
MetroHealth LGBTQI+ Pride Network
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How to Watch the Suns vs. Clippers: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NBA Playoffs Game 2
Published: Apr. 18, 2023 at 3:32 PM CDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
The NBA Playoffs will see the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Clippers face off in the opening round, with Game 2 next to come.
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Suns vs. Clippers Game Info
- When: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 10:00 PM ET
- Where: Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona
- TV: TNT, BSSC, BSAZ
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Suns Stats Insights
- The Suns are shooting 46.7% from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points lower than the 47.3% the Clippers allow to opponents.
- Phoenix is 24-11 when it shoots better than 47.3% from the field.
- The Clippers are the 16th-ranked rebounding team in the league, the Suns sit at 11th.
- The 113.6 points per game the Suns score are only 0.5 more points than the Clippers give up (113.1).
- When Phoenix puts up more than 113.1 points, it is 33-10.
Clippers Stats Insights
- The Clippers are shooting 47.7% from the field, 1.1% higher than the 46.6% the Suns' opponents have shot this season.
- Los Angeles is 32-17 when it shoots better than 46.6% from the field.
- The Clippers are the 16th-ranked rebounding team in the league, the Suns sit at fifth.
- The Clippers average just two more points per game (113.6) than the Suns give up to opponents (111.6).
- When it scores more than 111.6 points, Los Angeles is 34-8.
Suns Home & Away Comparison
- Offensively the Suns have performed better in home games this year, scoring 114.1 points per game, compared to 113.2 per game away from home.
- In 2022-23, Phoenix is allowing 109.2 points per game at home. On the road, it is allowing 113.9.
- The Suns are sinking 12.5 treys per game with a 38.4% shooting percentage from three-point land at home, which is 0.6 more threes and 1.9% points better than they're averaging in road games (11.9 threes per game, 36.5% three-point percentage).
Clippers Home & Away Comparison
- The Clippers score fewer points per game at home (112.7) than on the road (114.4), but also allow fewer at home (110.6) than away (115.6).
- Los Angeles is conceding fewer points at home (110.6 per game) than on the road (115.6).
- At home the Clippers are collecting 24.1 assists per game, 0.4 more than away (23.7).
Suns Injuries
Clippers Injuries
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WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — Now that’s some serious girl power at the plate.
Olivia Pichardo of Brown University became the first woman to hit a home run in the history of the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League when she connected Saturday for the Sag Harbor Whalers in the second game of a doubleheader against the first-place Westhampton Aviators.
A left-handed hitter, Pichardo pulled a two-run shot over the right-field fence that sent her Sag Harbor teammates jumping and shouting in excitement as they spilled from the dugout.
The 19-year-old Pichardo recently finished her freshman season at Brown, where on March 17 she became the first woman to appear in a Division I baseball game when she pinch hit and grounded out in a 10-1 loss to Bryant.
That was the only game Pichardo appeared in for the Bears last season, but the 5-foot-7, 160-pound utility player is getting regular at-bats as an outfielder for Sag Harbor this summer. A right-handed pitcher, she’s also struck out six batters over three innings in three outings out of the bullpen — and she even pitched in the league’s All-Star Game this month.
Modeled on the well-known Cape Cod League that draws scores of elite prospects, the six-team HCBL is a summer wood-bat league on Long Island for college players. The league has produced more than 20 major leaguers since its inception in 2008, most notably Milwaukee Brewers Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes, Washington Nationals All-Star pitcher Josiah Gray and Arizona Diamondbacks Gold Glove shortstop Nick Ahmed.
Pichardo, from Queens, New York, was an outfielder and pitcher on the USA Baseball Women’s National Team that won three of five against Team Canada in its only games last summer. She walked on at Brown in the fall, and coach Grant Achilles told her she earned a roster spot in November.
Pichardo played club ball in the New York area and last year completed an internship in the New York Mets’ amateur scouting department. She was a basketball standout and also played volleyball at the Garden School before attending Brown.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is renewing attention to his long history of turning a blind eye to bigotry after dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West just days into his third campaign for the White House.
Trump had dinner Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago club with West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white nationalist rhetoric.
Ye, who says he, too, is running for president in 2024, has made his own series of antisemitic comments in recent weeks, leading to his suspension from social media platforms, his talent agency dropping him and companies like Adidas cutting ties with him. The sportswear manufacturer has also launched an investigation into his conduct.
In a statement from the White House, spokesman Andrew Bates said: “Bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America — including at Mar-A-Lago. Holocaust denial is repugnant and dangerous, and it must be forcefully condemned.”
Trump, in a series of statements Friday, said he had “never met and knew nothing about” Fuentes before he arrived with Ye at his club. But Trump also did not acknowledge Fuentes’ long history of racist and antisemitic remarks, nor did he denounce either man’s defamatory statements.
Trump wrote of Ye on his social media platform that “we got along great, he expressed no anti-Semitism, & I appreciated all of the nice things he said about me on ‘Tucker Carlson.’” He added, “Why wouldn’t I agree to meet?”
The former president has a long history of failing to unequivocally condemn hate speech. During his 2016 campaign, Trump waffled when asked to denounce the KKK after he was endorsed by the group’s former leader, saying in a televised interview that he didn’t “know anything about David Duke.” In 2017, in the aftermath of the deadly white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trump was widely criticized for saying there was “blame on both sides” for the violence. And his rallies frequently feature inflammatory rhetoric from figures like U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who spoke earlier this year at a far-right conference organized by Fuentes.
The latest episode, coming just one week after Trump launched his third run for the Republican nomination, also underscored how loosely controlled access to the former president remained, particularly without a traditional campaign operation in place.
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club came under intense scrutiny amid revelations that Trump was storing hundreds of documents with classified markings there — sparking a federal investigation. But the club — and the people it gave access to Trump — had long been a source of consternation among former White House aides.
Mar-a-Lago is not only Trump’s home, but also a private club and event space. Paid members and their guests dine alongside him and often mingle with him; members of the public can book weddings, fundraisers and other events, and Trump often drops by.
Ye first shared details of the dinner in a video he posted to his Twitter account Thursday. Ye said he had traveled to Florida to ask Trump to be his 2024 running mate, and that the meeting had grown heated, with Trump “perturbed” by his request and Ye angered by Trump’s criticism of his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian.
“When Trump started basically screaming at me at the table telling me I was gonna lose. I mean, has that ever worked for anyone in history, telling Ye that I’m going to lose?” Ye asked in the video. “You’re talking to Ye!”
Ye also said Trump was “really impressed with Nick Fuentes,” whom he described as “actually a loyalist” and said he’d asked Trump, “Why when you had the chance did you not free the January 6th-ers?” referring to the defendants who were alleged to have participated in the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump released a series of statements Friday trying to explain the circumstances of the meeting.
“Kanye West very much wanted to visit Mar-a-Lago. Our dinner meeting was intended to be Kanye and me only, but he arrived with a guest whom I had never met and knew nothing about,” Trump said in his first statement released by his campaign.
Not long after, Trump took to his social media network to say that Ye and “three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about” had “unexpectedly showed up” at his club.
“We had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful. They then left for the airport,” he wrote.
Hours later he again posted, saying he had told Ye that he “should definitely not run for President,” and that “any voters you may have should vote for TRUMP.”
“Anyway, we got along great, he expressed no anti-Semitism, & I appreciated all of the nice things he said about me on ‘Tucker Carlson.’” he added. “Why wouldn’t I agree to meet? Also, I didn’t know Nick Fuentes.”
Fuentes, meanwhile, said after the trip that, while he couldn’t rule out that Trump had heard of him, “I don’t think he knew that I was me at the dinner.”
“I didn’t mean for my statements and my whole background to sort of become a public relations problem for the president,” he added on his show.
The meeting drew immediate criticism from Trump critics as well as some supporters, including David Friedman, who served as Trump’s ambassador to Israel.
“To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this. Even a social visit from an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes is unacceptable,” Friedman wrote in a tweet. “I urge you to throw those bums out, disavow them and relegate them to the dustbin of history where they belong.”
On Saturday, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a potential 2024 rival, also denounced antisemitism, without directly referencing the dinner or the president under whom he served.
“Anti-Semitism is a cancer,” Pompeo wrote, adding: “We stand with the Jewish people in the fight against the world’s oldest bigotry.”
Biden, asked about the Trump dinner meeting while vacationing in Nantucket, Massachusetts, replied, “You don’t want to hear what I think.” | 2022-11-27T12:05:33+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/politics/ap-trump-faulted-for-dinner-with-white-nationalist-rapper-ye/ |
Former Michigan receiver Nico Collins was amid the best stretch of his NFL career when he suffered a foot injury Dec. 4 against the Cleveland Browns.
The 2021 third-round pick of the Houston Texans has missed the past two games because of the injury and now will officially miss the team’s last three as well. The Texans placed Collins on injured reserve Friday, ending his season.
The 6-foot-4, 215-pounder had emerged as Houston’s No. 1 receiver the second half of the year and had been targeted at least seven times in his final four games. He totaled 19 catches for 176 yards during that stretch, including his only two touchdowns of the season.
In 2022, Collins finished with 37 receptions for 481 yards in 10 games, besting his numbers from his rookie year, when he recorded 33 catches for 446 yards in 14 games.
In three seasons at Michigan, Collins had 78 receptions for 1,388 yards and 13 scores. He was an all-Big Ten honoree in 2018 and 2019 before sitting out the 2020 COVID-19-shortened season to prepare for the draft. | 2022-12-24T00:03:45+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2022/12/ex-michigan-receiver-placed-on-ir-by-houston-texans.html |
A town once deemed "most hippie" in Washington recently outlawed drug use after a spike in fentanyl overdoses that included the death of a 5-year-old girl.
Edwin Williams, a city council member in Bellingham, Washington, said overdoses became so commonplace in his city that one dead body was left on a bench for 12 hours.
"A man was sitting on the curb in a parking lot with his head bowed, right out in the open … and a police officer told me that he had been dead for at least 12 hours," Williams told The New York Post in a report on Bellingham published Sunday. "It shocked me to my core."
The Bellingham City Council voted in April to make open drug use an arrestable crime — a decision that came two years after the Washington legislature decriminalized hard-drugs in response to a decision at the state's Supreme Court.
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The reversal from city leaders came after a 5-year-old overdosed on fentanyl in March, as well as two teenagers. The Bellingham Fire Department said it responded to more than two overdoses per day from January to April 12 — a rate nearly double that of the year prior, according to Cascadia Daily.
"I have lived here for 30 years, and no, I haven’t seen anything like this," Williams told The New York Post. "I would characterize our city as one that is trying and willing to bend over backwards to help and provide people with programs to address either addiction or homelessness."
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY NOT 'CONTRIBUTING' TO US FENTANYL CRISIS, BIDEN AMBASSADOR SAYS
"But at this point— the combination of COVID, the pervasiveness of fentanyl and the state law being changed— pushed everything to the limit," Williams continued. "It was just the perfect storm and at some point, something had to be done."
In 2018, local media boasted that Bellingham in particular was named by the site OnlyInYourState as "the most hippie town in Washington." Since then, however, casualties from drug use have spiked.
Overdose deaths in Bellingham jumped from 11 in 2018 to 89 in 2022, according to the Whatcom County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A decision at the Washington Supreme Court in 2021 struck down a law that made simple drug possession a felony. State legislators responded to the decision with a drug decriminalization law that is set to expire in July. The state Senate attempted but failed to push through a bill criminalizing drug use last month.
Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., has pushed to end decriminalization in the state in response to the fentanyl crisis. | 2023-05-08T14:55:52+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/the-most-hippie-town-in-washington-bans-drugs-after-spike-in-overdoses/article_539c6273-bf1e-5391-bf53-ce5fdadfb0b3.html |
MASON — Dorothy Lane Market has been given approval to start construction on its second Warren County store.
The Dayton-area based specialty grocery, which opened a Springboro store in 2000, has plans for a 50,225 square-foot building as part of the Mosaic, a $150 million development that will include residential, office and other retail in Mason.
Mason Planning Commission on Tuesday approved the final development and landscaping plans for the Dorothy Lane Market that will be on the southeast corner of Mason-Montgomery and Western Row roads where a former golf course was once located.
The proposed building will be constructed out of brick veneer, with glass and metal wall accents and decorative art panels over the entrance of the building. Entrance to the site will be from Veterans Parkway and a right in/right out entrance on Mason Montgomery Road, according to officials.
The store will have a small tower near its building that will have time and temperature. John Roll, the architect for the Dorothy Lane Market, said there will be cafés, culinary centers and three focal points as part of the construction.
Roll said the site has been cleared and that the infrastructure at the site is still being built.
“We expect to start construction in 2023 and open in 2024, depending on the site work,” Roll said. “We hope to start construction drawings soon.”
The remainder of the Mosaic mixed use project will include 103 homes, 102,035 square feet of commercial space and 267,000 square feet of office space. The residential portion of the site will be comprised of 34 detached single-family homes and 69 attached townhomes.
Ellen Todia, president of Western Row Land Development, said, “All I want for Christmas is to get this plan passed,” she said. “We’re very excited.”
About the Author | 2022-12-07T22:07:21+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/community/dorothy-lane-market-given-final-approval-for-2nd-warren-county-store/HJ4UJLAOE5HJ5C2SII56KSYVLA/ |
ATLANTA — The Atlanta community is hurting after a beloved basketball coach died trying to save several children who were swept up in a strong Florida current.
Coach Charles "Chuck" Johnson died while trying to save Maynard Jackson High junior, Bryce Brooks, 16. The teen jumped into the ocean to save four children pulled in by the currents.
Both did not survive.
It happened at a beach in Escambia County, Florida, near Pensacola. The area is in Florida's panhandle bordering the Alabama state line.
Brooks' family said their son called for help and that's when Coach Chuck and another family friend jumped in to try and save the group. The currents were too strong and took the beloved coach under.
Coach Chuck was a basketball coach with Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Kids, a non-profit organization that focuses on preventing childhood obesity.
Jabari King, the founder of HLHK, knew Johnson for 40 years. He said they grew up together in Decatur. He said Johnson was always willing to help and bring out the best in people.
"He was the heart of the basketball program. He coached the 20/26 team. And the boys really respected him," King said.
King said the kids Johnson coached broke down crying when they heard the news of his passing.
"I got the phone call and said he had drowned. And I knew that he was down in Florida. That's the reason why he wasn't at practice with us because he's normally with us, at that time of night—and just disbelief," King said. "I wanted to make sure that it was not... I wanted it to be somebody else and not him."
Desmond Stegall, the head baseball coach at Maynard Jackson High School, said the late coach was also a supporter of the Jaguars baseball team.
Stegall told 11Alive he was shocked to hear about Coach Chuck's death. He said he couldn't stop thinking about Coach Chuck's family, and the three children he leaves behind.
"When I heard how it happened, I was like, 'Yea, that's Chuck,'" Stegall continues, "It was just so unexpected--my heart. When I heard how it happened as a rescue trying to save some kids, I wouldn't expect Chuck not to try to help."
The two first met in a leadership program where Stegall coached Johnson's son outside of Maynard Jackson High School. That's where Stegall and his family developed a close relationship with the Johnsons.
Stegall said that he was more than a coach to him.
"He was one of those friends that you could you could always count on to be there for you," he said.
Coach Chuck even pushed Stegall to make a bigger impact on students, which he said is how he ended up being the head coach at Maynard Jackson High School.
"He always supported decisions that I made. He learned how to let his kids be coached," he added.
Stegall said Coach Chuck was known for his energy and his smile. He also added that the coach inspired many kids he mentored and helped over the years.
"It's just his energy-- the light that he signed on athletics no matter if you knew him or not. His smile would light up the entire gym if he could. He was always helpful. He's going to be missed," he added.
A candlelight vigil will be held to honor Coach Chuck at the First Iconium Church, in Atlanta, which has a basketball gym on Moreland Avenue.
"I want his legacy to stand out that he was there for everybody and wanting the best for everybody until his last breath," King added. | 2023-04-12T18:29:14+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/national/charles-johnson-atlanta-basketball-coach-dies-florida-current/85-d9855ada-9208-4645-af67-6bdb4dcc1842 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A longtime Los Angeles politician was convicted Thursday on federal corruption charges in a scheme in which prosecutors said he promised to help steer a multimillion-dollar government contract to the University of Southern California if his son got a scholarship and a teaching job.
Suspended Democratic City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas — a former legislator, county supervisor and a fixture in local politics for decades — was found guilty in U.S. District Court of seven felonies, including conspiracy, bribery and fraud.
The jury's verdict marked a stunning fall for a once-commanding figure in Los Angeles County politics known for his involvement in civil rights and racial issues.
Marilyn Flynn, who was dean of USC’s School of Social Work from 1997 to 2018, pleaded guilty last year to one count of bribery in the case. Prosecutors said that as part of the plot, she concocted a scheme to funnel $100,000 that Ridley-Thomas provided from campaign funds through the university to a nonprofit run by his son.
“When elected leaders engage in acts of corruption, our community suffers immense damage. Ridley-Thomas engaged in a corrupt conspiracy with a university dean to steer taxpayer-funded contracts to the school in exchange for benefits for his son,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement.
Mark Ridley-Thomas, then a county supervisor, offered to support county contracts for USC’s School of Social Work that could potentially bring the institution millions of dollars in new revenue in return for helping his son, Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, according to prosecutors. At the time, the school had a multimillion-dollar budget deficit.
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas was a state assemblyman who resigned the last day of 2017 while facing allegations that he made an unwanted sexual advance toward a Capitol staffer. The $100,000 went to his organization, known as the Policy, Research & Practice Initiative, prosecutors said.
The son later received a $26,000 graduate scholarship for 2018 and was offered a paid teaching position with a $50,000 salary, even though being a student and a teacher would violate school policy, authorities said.
The Los Angeles City Council suspended Mark Ridley-Thomas in October 2021, shortly after he was charged in the case.
Ridley-Thomas, who denied wrongdoing, left the courthouse after the verdict without speaking to reporters. A representative for his defense team told the Los Angeles Times that he would appeal.
He will be sentenced in August.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a longtime friend and political ally, called the verdict a “sad day for Los Angeles.”
USC wasn’t accused of wrongdoing in the criminal case but it further tarnished the school’s elite image, already battered by a series of scandals.
USC was one of the universities embroiled in an admissions cheating scandal in which wealthy parents sought to get their undeserving offspring into college by falsely portraying them as star athletes. Dozens of parents and athletic coaches nationwide were charged and more than 50 people were convicted in the “Operation Varsity Blues” case. They include TV actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, and Loughlin’s fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli.
In 2021, USC agreed to an $852 million settlement with more than 700 women who accused the college’s longtime campus gynecologist of sexual abuse. It was believed to be a record amount for such a lawsuit. When combined with an earlier settlement of a separate class-action suit, USC has agreed to pay out more than $1 billion for claims against Dr. George Tyndall, who worked at the school for nearly three decades. | 2023-03-30T23:50:04+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/longtime-la-politician-guilty-on-federal-17870112.php |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of a 1989 double slaying in Florida for which he was dubbed the "ninja killer" is set for execution next month under a death warrant signed Monday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Barring delays on appeal, the execution of Louis Bernard Gaskin is set for April 12 at 6 p.m., according to the governor's office. It would mark the second execution in Florida this year after a long pause dating back to 2019.
The execution would be only the fourth under DeSantis, a far slower pace than recent Florida governors — and ahead of his widely expected presidential campaign.
Gaskin was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Robert Sturmfels, 56, and Georgette Sturmfels, 55, on Dec. 20, 1989 in their Flagler County home on Florida's northeast coast. He was also convicted of armed robbery, burglary and the attempted murder of another couple that same night nearby.
He was dubbed the "ninja killer" because he wore all-black ninja clothing during the crimes. Gaskin shot his victims with a .22-caliber rifle, investigators say. Property that he stole from the Sturmfels home — a clock, two lamps and a videocassette recorder — was found at his residence and were intended to be Christmas gifts for his girlfriend.
Local media reported at the time that Gaskin quickly confessed to the crimes and told a psychologist before his trial that he knew what he was doing.
“The guilt was always there,” Gaskin told him. “The devil had more of a hold than God did. I knew that I was wrong. I wasn’t insane.”
Jurors voted 8-4 in 1990 to recommend the death sentence, which the judge accepted. Florida law now requires a unanimous jury vote for capital punishment, although that could be changed this year by the state Legislature.
Gaskin, now 56, has filed numerous appeals over the years but by 2020 both the Florida Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for his death warrant to be signed, Attorney General Ashley Moody said in court documents.
The state Supreme Court set a briefing schedule for all filings in any new Gaskin appeals to be completed by March 31.
Credit: AP
Credit: AP | 2023-03-13T22:36:56+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/desantis-sets-execution-for-ninja-killer-in-1989-murders/7LIM74NM4NDRVP4QKVSGOTRNP4/ |
DURHAM, N.H. (AP)Matt Herasme’s 17 points helped New Hampshire defeat St. Joseph’s (ME) 104-61 on Monday night.
Herasme added five rebounds for the Wildcats (4-6). Nick Johnson hit all nine of his free throws and scored 15. Jaxson Baker had 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting (3 for 4 from distance) to finish with 13 points.
Griffin Foley led the way for the Monks with 15 points. Camryn Yorke added 10 points and six rebounds.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2022-12-13T09:07:55+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/ncaa-basketball/herasme-leads-new-hampshire-past-st-josephs-me-104-61/ |
With long-term deal, Alex Anzalone feels like he's now 'found a home' with Lions
Allen Park — It's a feeling Alex Anzalone found difficult to describe. After playing three straight seasons not knowing where he'd be the following year, there's welcomed reassurance in finally having some long-term security.
The veteran linebacker was in town Wednesday to sign a new, three-year contract with the Detroit Lions, allowing him the opportunity to, as he puts it, continue building a legacy with a team that's on the rise.
As Anzalone searched for the right words to describe the anxiety of continuously playing on an expiring contract, he landed on "a sense of desperation." In an ideal world, he never would have left New Orleans. Like many players, he dreamed of playing his entire career with the franchise that drafted him. But the reality of the NFL is that's exceptionally rare.
After his rookie deal expired with the Saints in 2021, he landed in Detroit on a one-year, prove-it deal. The team's leadership, including coach Dan Campbell and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, understood what Anzalone could bring as a leader and culture-setter, but with an extensive injury history, there was no guarantee his body would hold up to the increased on-field role they envisioned.
And Anzalone didn't make it to the finish line that season, missing the final few games. But before landing on the shelf, he set a career-high for tackles while playing nearly every defensive snap. That was enough to earn a second, one-year deal from the Lions. And much like the first year, he was able to reset expectations, being voted a captain, starting all 17 games, and blowing out the previous year's tackle total, all while making strides as a pass rusher and in coverage.
So the Lions finally decided to commit, awarding him the three-year deal where he could earn close to $19 million if everything goes just right.
"It's a sense of relief," Anzalone said. "And also it's a sense of you being yourself, too. All the walls are down. In this league, you don't want to get burned emotionally, so you try to keep no strings attached as much as possible. But I really feel like I've found a home."
With his mind at ease, Anzalone's thoughts shift to the next steps. On a personal level, his biggest goal after racking up 125 tackles a year ago is finding the consistency that define the league's elite players at his position.
"I think that I've proven that it's in me and that I feel like there are some games last year that I was playing at a very high level," he said. "I really just wanted to get that 17 games and still do all the leadership and the mentorship, getting everyone lined up, do all that."
There are also team goals. Although it wasn't reflected in the final numbers, Detroit's 32nd-ranked defense played significantly better down the stretch. There were several factors that went into that improvement, but few more important than the young unit gaining experience and building chemistry. The idea is now that the foundation is there, the group can build on those successes in 2023.
"I think the development of the young guys is not an excuse anymore," Anzalone said. "I think it's time for everyone to take the next step. And even though we are a young team age-wise, I think that everyone has enough experience to be consistent, be reliable, be everything that you want out of an NFL player. I think that everyone needs to take that next step, collectively."
And with that next step, Anzalone is eyeing playoff berths and wins. He knows it's been a long time since the Lions have won a playoff game, but it still came as a little bit of a surprise when he learned it hasn't been since 1991, three years before he was born.
"We are on the rise and I think we're going to be for years to come," Anzalone said. "It's fun to see it happening and see it happening in real time, seeing young guys develop, seeing pieces being filled that we need filled through free agency or the draft. It's going to be a fun year going forward."
jdrogers@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @Justin_Rogers | 2023-03-15T23:53:34+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/03/15/alex-anzalone-feels-like-hes-now-found-a-home-with-detroit-lions/70013854007/ |
- Randy Parker is Named CEO of Hyundai Motor America
- Edgar Carranza is Named CEO of Hyundai Motor Mexico
- Tedros Mengiste is Promoted to Vice President, Genesis Sales Operations, Genesis Motor America
- Bob Kim is Promoted to Vice President, National Sales, Hyundai Motor America
- David VandeLinde is Promoted to Vice President, After-Sales, Hyundai Motor America
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- José Muñoz, president and chief executive officer, Hyundai Motor North America (HMNA) announced today the promotion of five key members of his HMNA executive team. The five promotions are effective Aug.1.
Randy Parker is promoted to CEO of Hyundai Motor America (HMA). Parker will be responsible for Hyundai's commercial automotive operations in the United States and report to Muñoz. Parker was previously the senior vice president of national sales at HMA.
Edgar Carranza is promoted to CEO of Hyundai Motor Mexico. Carranza will oversee commercial automotive operations in Mexico reporting to Muñoz. Carranza was previously the chief operating officer of HMM.
Tedros Mengiste is promoted to vice president, Genesis sales operations, Genesis Motor America. Mengiste will continue to oversee Genesis sales, production, distribution, incentives, and field operations in the United States. He will continue to report to Claudia Marquez, chief operating officer, Genesis Motor North America. Mengiste was previously the executive director of Genesis sales.
Bob Kim is promoted to vice president, national sales, Hyundai Motor America. Kim will oversee sales and field operations in the United States and report to Parker. Kim was previously the general manager of the southern region.
David VandeLinde is promoted to vice president, after-sales, Hyundai Motor America. VandeLinde will continue to be responsible for leading dealer service programs and operations, parts and accessory sales, and owner marketing, and will report to Parker.
"I am excited to have Randy and Edgar leading these two markets in North America," said Muñoz. I know that they will continue the remarkable growth and expansion of the Hyundai brand that we have experienced during the past three years. And having Ted and Bob leading sales efforts for GMA and HMA will ensure we continue to increase market share across both brands in the U.S."
Hyundai Motor North America
Hyundai Motor North America (HMNA) was established in 2018 to provide strategic oversight of Hyundai Motor America, Hyundai Motor Canada, Hyundai Motor Mexico, Genesis Motor America, and Genesis Motor Canada. HMNA also provides operational oversight of Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. HMNA's 1,400 dealerships sold 956,000 Hyundai and Genesis vehicles in 2021, a 22% increase compared with 2020. HMNA is committed to achieving long-term sustainable growth and promoting Hyundai's global vision of 'Progress for Humanity.'
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