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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Edwards’ quick-hitting sprints changed everything for No. 2 Michigan. Again.
Now they’re hoping it propels them toward another championship.
Edwards ran for 185 yards and a touchdown, J.J. McCarthy threw for three scores and Michigan beat Purdue 43-22 on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game for its second straight conference title and a likely No. 2 playoff seed.
College football’s winningest program has the first 13-win season in school history. Two more victories would give the Wolverines (13-0, No. 2 CFP) their first national championship since 1997 — even without Heisman Trophy candidate Blake Corum because of a season-ending left knee injury.
“He’s the best running back in college football and he deserves the Heisman. If he hadn’t gotten hurt, he would have easily won the Heisman so this is for Blake Corum,” Edwards said after being named the game MVP. “I think it’s kind of self-explanatory what our goals are. I believe we’ve talked about them all year I don’t think much more needs to be said.”
Those goals appeared to be in jeopardy just last week when Corum managed to play just one series against rival Ohio State.
But Edwards stole the show, shredding the Buckeyes for 216 yards and two scores and was every bit as good in his encore — just hours after Corum posted on Twitter he had undergone knee surgery.
Edwards broke open this game with a 60-yard on the first play of the second half to set up one score. He added a 27-yard TD sprint on Michigan’s next series to make it 28-13 and Purdue (8-5) never recovered from the seven-play onslaught after trailing 14-13 at halftime.
“They didn’t panic when the game was close in the third quarter,” Boilermakers coach Jeff Brohm said. “They came out, ran the ball and imposed their will.”
While Edwards was the ringleader, he had plenty of help.
McCarthy was 11 of 17 with 161 yards. Kalel Mullings scored twice on short runs and Ronnie Bell caught five passes for 67 yards and one TD.
But even they knew the difference Saturday was Edwards.
“You put anyone back there, they’re going to get yards,” McCarthy said. “But Donovan is a special back, a special guy and I’m glad he’s on our side.”
Purdue quarterback Aidan O’Connell and receiver Charlie Jones helped the Boilermakers make it interesting for a while.
O’Connell was 32 of 47 with 366 yards and two interceptions after missing some practice time early this week to mourn the death of his oldest brother. Jones, who lost to Michigan in last year’s game while playing for Iowa, had 13 receptions for 162 yards.
It just wasn’t enough.
“We were going to have to play a near-perfect game to win,” O’Connell said. “We turned the ball over and didn’t score (enough) touchdowns.”
Michigan showed no signs of a hangover after last week’s rout over the Buckeyes, taking a 7-0 lead on its opening possession with a 25-yard TD pass from J.J. McCarthy to Colston Loveland.
Purdue answered with Devin Mockobee’s 1-yard scoring run to tie the score then took the lead on Mitchell Fineran’s 33-yard field goal.
Michigan retook the lead on McCarthy’s 7-yard TD pass to Luke Schoonmaker and Edwards helped them put it away while holding the Boilermakers to just three second-half field goals.
THE TAKEAWAY
Purdue: The Boilermakers’ magical season ended with a solid showing in the championship game where they played better than most expected. Still, they won the Big Ten’s wild, wild West, both trophy games and should be bound for a warm-weather bowl game.
Michigan: Yes, the Wolverines may have already locked up a top-two seed thanks to losses by Southern Cal and TCU. Michigan now has back-to-back conference crowns for the first time since 2003-04 though the hard part remains — ending its national title drought.
DIALING UP TRICKERY
Brohm played one season in the now defunct XFL and has acknowledged that experience helped him understand how to inject personality and creativity into play-calling. It was on full display Saturday.
A surprise end around set up Purdue’s first score, a fake punt helped keep its second scoring drive alive and then Mockobee sprinted 25 yards on a fake flea-flicker in the third quarter.
EMOTIONAL TIME
O’Connell said this week and last were difficult for himself and his family and though he played almost flawlessly in the Boilermakers victory over rival Indiana last week, he acknowledged football was hardly his primary thought.
“It’s been very difficult, as you would imagine. You know, when you first hear of news like that, it’s shock and denial and just a lot of emotions,” O’Connell said. “I felt a lot better this week than last week, but it’s been a little crazy. It’s going to be good to get some time to relax and spend some more time with my family, hopefully.”
The sixth-year quarterback, a former walk-on turned two-time all-conference selection, said he’s hoping to get some rest and spend time with his family before the bowl game.
UP NEXT
Purdue: Will find out its bowl game, destination and opponent Sunday.
Michigan: Waiting to see where its headed and who it will face in the national semifinals.
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TORONTO (AP) — Despite the initial shock, Daulton Varsho views his trade to the Toronto Blue Jays as potentially being one of the best things that could happen to him.
The former Arizona Diamondbacks slugger was sent to Toronto for veteran outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and catching prospect Gabriel Moreno on Friday.
“You think you’re going to stay at one spot your whole career and usually that never happens,” Varsho told reporters Saturday. “I’m glad I have family to be able to help me through.
“My dad (Gary Varsho) got traded so he knows exactly the feeling. He was with the Cubs for a long time and (then) going to Pittsburgh. But it was one of the greatest things for him, so I’m thinking the same thing. I’m coming to this winning team here in Toronto and it’s gonna be a lot of fun.”
Varsho provides the Blue Jays a much-needed left-handed power bat, in addition to a wealth of versatility. The 26-year-old is under team control for four years.
He hit a career-high 27 homers last season and was a Gold Glove finalist in right field and as a utility player. He also spent some time in center field and made 18 starts as a catcher.
Varsho drove in 74 runs, stole 16 bases and hit .235 over 151 games in 2022.
“I think well-rounded is what comes to mind,” Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said Saturday. “The impact that he’s going to have on our team is going to be on every side of the ball — the base-running impact, the speed, the versatility, elite defense and the fact that he can also catch for us is about as good of a fit as possibly we could have found.
“I think it is the ideal fit for the roster and one that we are very excited about.”
Gurriel, 29, is a five-year veteran set to become a free agent after next season. He hit .291 in an injury-plagued season with five homers and 32 doubles.
The 22-year-old Moreno made his big league debut last year with the Blue Jays, hitting .319 with a homer in 69 at-bats. Toronto was deep at the catcher position with All-Star Alejandro Kirk and Danny Jansen.
“All trades are difficult,” Atkins said. “Having to acquire a player of this caliber … one of the better players in the game last year, you’re going to have to be uncomfortable. Including Lourdes Gurriel in the deal was difficult for us, but necessary from their end.
“They were looking to consolidate talent at the major league level as well. The prospect-driven deals (weren’t) as attractive to them.”
Varsho was among a group of young, talented outfielders on the Diamondbacks, who were 74-88 last season. Atkins said Varsho predominantly will play left field, strengthening a new-look outfield that consists of George Springer and Kevin Kiermaier, who finalized a deal with the Blue Jays on Dec. 15.
“It’s gonna be a lot of fun playing with Kevin and George out there (and) having a better idea of how they play,” Varsho said.
The prospects of playing alongside Kiermaier especially excites Varsho.
“Definitely, he’s a Gold Glover,” he said. “It’s always fun to be out there with a guy who plays the same way I do, where it’s going hard until (you) catch the ball.
“Being able to learn from him because I think he goes really well back. That’s one thing I think I struggle at a little bit. But to be able to learn something, maybe something minimal for him throughout his whole career of what helped him and just bounce some ideas off him.”
Toronto (92-70) finished seven games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East last season. The Blue Jays have been busy retooling since getting swept by the Seattle Mariners in the wild-card round.
Toronto shipped slugger Teoscar Hernandez to the Mariners last month for reliever Erik Swanson. The Blue Jays also signed starting pitcher Chris Bassitt.
“I think our heavy lifting is done but certainly not ruling anything out and would expect incremental improvements,” Atkins said. “But very excited about this impact and feel good about the previous acquisitions that we’ve made as well.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it.
Their study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, is based on a rare archaeological find: An embalming workshop with a trove of pottery around 2,500 years old. Many jars from the site were still inscribed with instructions like “to wash” or “to put on his head.”
By matching the writing on the outside of the vessels with the chemical traces inside, researchers uncovered new details about the “recipes” that helped preserve bodies for thousands of years.
“It’s like a time machine, really,” said Joann Fletcher, an archaeologist at University of York who was not involved with the study. “It’s allowed us to not quite see over the shoulders of the ancient embalmers, but probably as close as we’ll ever get.”
Those recipes showed that embalmers had deep knowledge about what substances would help preserve their dead, said Fletcher, whose partner was a co-author on the study. And they included materials from far-flung parts of the world — meaning Egyptians went to great lengths to make their mummies “as perfect as they could possibly be.”
The workshop — uncovered in 2016 by study author Ramadan Hussein, who passed away last year — is located in the famous burial grounds of Saqqara. Parts of it sit above the surface, but a shaft stretches down to an embalming room and burial chamber underground, where the jars were discovered.
It was in rooms like these where the last phase of the process took place, said Salima Ikram, an Egyptologist at The American University in Cairo who was not involved with the study. After drying out the the body with salts, which probably took place above ground, embalmers would then take the bodies below.
“This was the last phase of your transformation where the secret rites, the religious rites, were being performed,” Ikram said. “People would be chanting spells and hymns while you were being wrapped and resin was being anointed all over your body.”
Experts already had some clues about what substances were used in those final steps, mainly from testing individual mummies and looking at written texts. But a lot of gaps remained, said senior author Philipp Stockhammer, an archaeologist at Ludwig Maximilian University in Germany.
The new finds helped crack the case.
Take the word “antiu,” which shows up in a lot of Egyptian texts but didn’t have a direct translation, Stockhammer said. In the new study, scientists found that several jars labeled as “antiu” contained a mixture of different substances — including animal fat, cedar oil and juniper resin.
These substances, along with others found in the jars, have key properties that would help preserve the mummies, said lead author Maxime Rageot, an archaeologist at Germany’s University of Tubingen.
Plant oils — which were used to protect the liver and treat the bandages — could ward off bacteria and fungi, while also improving the smell. Hard materials like beeswax, used on the stomach and skin, could help keep out water and seal the pores.
Some of the substances came from very far away — like dammar and elemi, types of resin that come from the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. These results show that ancient Egyptians would trade far and wide to get the most effective materials, the authors said.
“It’s interesting to see the complexity,” Stockhammer said. “Having this global network on the one hand, having all this chemical knowledge on the other side.”
Ikram said an important next step for the research will be to test different parts of actual mummies to see if the same substances show up. And these recipes probably weren’t universal — they changed over time and varied between workshops.
Still, the study gives a basis for understanding the past, and can bring us closer to people who lived long ago, she said.
“The ancient Egyptians have been separated from us through time and space, yet we still have this connection,” Ikram said. “Human beings all throughout history have been scared of death.”
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Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don’t skip your flu shot this fall – and seniors, ask for a special extra-strength kind.
After flu hit historically low levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be poised for a comeback. The main clue: A nasty flu season just ended in Australia.
While there’s no way to predict if the U.S. will be as hard-hit, “last year we were going into flu season not knowing if flu was around or not. This year we know flu is back,” said influenza specialist Richard Webby of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.
Annual flu shots are recommended starting with 6-month-old babies. Flu is most dangerous for people 65 and older, young children, pregnant women and people with certain health problems including heart and lung diseases.
Here’s what to know:
REVVED-UP SHOTS FOR SENIORS
As people get older, their immune system doesn’t respond as strongly to standard flu vaccination. This year, people 65 or older are urged to get a special kind for extra protection.
There are three choices. Fluzone High-Dose and Flublok each contain higher doses of the main anti-flu ingredient. The other option is Fluad Adjuvanted, which has a regular dosage but contains a special ingredient that helps boost people’s immune response.
Seniors can ask what kind their doctor carries. But most flu vaccinations are given in pharmacies and some drugstore websites, such as CVS, automatically direct people to locations offering senior doses if their birth date shows they qualify.
Webby advised making sure older relatives and friends know about the senior shots, in case they’re not told when they seek vaccination.
“They should at least ask, ‘Do you have the shots that are better for me?’” Webby said. “The bottom line is they do work better” for this age group.
If a location is out of senior-targeted doses, it’s better to get a standard flu shot than to skip vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All flu vaccines in the U.S. — including types for people younger than 65 — are “quadrivalent,” meaning they guard against four different flu strains. Younger people have choices, too, including shots for those with egg allergies and a nasal spray version called FluMist.
WHY FLU EXPERTS ARE ON ALERT
Australia just experienced its worst flu season in five years and what happens in Southern Hemisphere winters often foreshadows what Northern countries can expect, said Dr. Andrew Pekosz of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
And people have largely abandoned masking and distancing precautions that earlier in the pandemic also helped prevent the spread of other respiratory bugs like the flu.
“This poses a risk especially to young children who may not have had much if any previous exposure to influenza viruses prior to this season,” Pekosz added.
“This year we will have a true influenza season like we saw before the pandemic,” said Dr. Jason Newland, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Washington University in St. Louis.
He said children’s hospitals already are seeing an unusual early spike in other respiratory infections including RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, and worries flu likewise will strike earlier than usual — like it did in Australia.
The CDC advises a flu vaccine by the end of October but says they can be given any time during flu season. It takes about two weeks for protection to set in.
The U.S. expects 173 million to 183 million doses this year. And yes, you can get a flu shot and an updated COVID-19 booster at the same time — one in each arm to lessen soreness.
FLU SHOTS OF THE FUTURE
The companies that make the two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines now are testing flu shots made with the same technology. One reason: When influenza mutates, the recipes of so-called mRNA vaccines could be updated more quickly than today’s flu shots, most of which are made by growing influenza virus in chicken eggs.
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are recruiting 25,000 healthy U.S. adults to receive either its experimental influenza shot or a regular kind, to see how effective the new approach proves this flu season.
Rival Moderna tested its version in about 6,000 people in Australia, Argentina and other countries during the Southern Hemisphere’s flu season and is awaiting results. | 2022-10-03T11:26:52+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/national/its-flu-vaccine-time-and-seniors-need-revved-up-shots/ |
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Renaming nine U.S. Army posts that honor Confederate officers would cost a total of $21 million if the installations rebrand everything from welcome marquees and street signs to water towers and hospital doors, according to an independent commission.
The Naming Commission released its final report on recommending the new Army base names to Congress on Monday. It included a 17-page list of assets that are tied to the Confederacy, from the decals on 300 recycling bins at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to the sign for a softball field at Fort Hood in Texas.
The report is the latest step in a broader effort by the military to confront racial injustice, most recently in the aftermath of the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The renaming process was laid out in a law passed by Congress in late 2020. The secretary of defense is expected to implement the commission’s plan no later than Jan. 1, 2024.
Monday’s report provided detailed — and sometimes unflattering — descriptions of the Confederate officers whose names would be removed as well as the accomplishments of those whose names would replace them. Fort Bragg is the only base that would not be named after a person. It would be called Fort Liberty.
The commission wrote that Fort Benning in Georgia was named after a “lawyer, ardent secessionist, bitter opponent of abolition and senior officer in the Confederate Army.”
The report stated that Henry L. Benning “is on record as saying that he would rather be stricken with illness and starvation than see slaves liberated and given equality as citizens.”
The commission recommends renaming the base after a married couple: Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, who served in Vietnam and received the Distinguished Service Cross, and his wife Julia, who prompted the creation of teams that do in-person notifications of military casualties.
Renaming the base would cost just under $5 million, the report stated. The effort would target anything from the wording on airfield doors to the name of an airstrip. It would also include removing Confederate names from paver stones on a walk to a memorial that honors U.S. Army Rangers.
Fort Bragg, which is home to the 82nd Airborne Division, was named after a “slave-owning plantation owner and senior Confederate Army officer,” the report said.
Braxton Bragg is “considered one of the worst generals of the Civil War; most of the battles he was involved in ended in defeat and resulted in tremendous losses for the Confederate Army; highly consequential to the ultimate defeat of the Confederacy,” the commission wrote.
Renaming the base to Fort Liberty would cost about $6.3 million, the report said. It would include rebranding 45 police vehicles and 15 emergency services vehicles, such as fire engines and ambulances.
The other bases recommended for renaming are Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia; Fort Gordon in Georgia, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Polk in Louisiana and Fort Rucker in Alabama.
For years, U.S. military officials had defended the naming of bases after Confederate officers. But in the aftermath of the Floyd killing, and the months of racial unrest that followed, Congress ordered a comprehensive plan to rename the military posts and hundreds of other federal assets such as roads, buildings, memorials, signs and landmarks that honored rebel leaders.
The change in the military’s thinking was reflected in congressional testimony by Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a month after Floyd’s death. He said the current base names could be reminders to Black soldiers that rebel officers fought for an institution that may have enslaved their ancestors.
The Naming Commission said subsequent installments of the final report will address assets at the military academies and other places within the Department of Defense. | 2022-08-10T14:30:00+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-us-news/renaming-army-bases-that-honor-confederates-would-cost-21m/ |
How to Watch the Hurricanes vs. Islanders Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs First Round Game 2
Published: Apr. 18, 2023 at 7:13 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Carolina Hurricanes and New York Islanders take the ice Wednesday in Game 2 of the NHL Playoffs First Round at PNC Arena, starting at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN2, SN360, TVAS, BSSO, MSG, and MSGSN. The Hurricanes are on top 1-0 in the series.
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Hurricanes Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
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- Where: PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Hurricanes vs. Islanders Head-to-Head
Hurricanes Stats & Trends
- Defensively, the Hurricanes have been one of the stingiest units in league action, giving up 210 total goals (2.6 per game) to rank second.
- The Hurricanes' 262 total goals (3.2 per game) rank 15th in the league.
- In their past 10 matchups, the Hurricanes have gone 6-4-0 to earn 80.0% of the possible points.
- On the defensive side, the Hurricanes have allowed 21 goals (2.1 per game) over those 10 outings.
- They have averaged 2.7 goals per game (27 total) during that span.
Hurricanes Key Players
Islanders Stats & Trends
- The Islanders have one of the top defenses in the NHL, allowing 217 total goals (2.6 per game), fifth in the NHL.
- The Islanders have 242 goals this season (3.0 per game), 22nd in the NHL.
- In their last 10 games, the Islanders are 5-5-0 to earn 75.0% of the possible points.
- On the defensive side, the Islanders have allowed 18 goals (1.8 per game) over those 10 outings.
- They have totaled 24 goals over that stretch.
Islanders Key Players
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jesús Aguilar homered, drove in four runs and hit a go-ahead double in the ninth inning to lead the Miami Marlins to a wild 11-9 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.
Jazz Chisholm Jr., Avisaíl Garcia and Jacob Stallings also went deep for Miami, which has won six of eight.
Rhys Hoskins hit two homers, had four hits and drove in six runs for the Phillies, who lost for the second time in their last 12 games. This one was gut-wrenching for Philadelphia, which was trying to match its season best by going two games over .500.
After Hoskins broke an 8-all tie with his second homer of the game, a solo shot in the eighth, the Marlins capitalized against closer Corey Knebel (2-5) and Philadelphia’s shaky defense in the ninth.
Knebel, pitching for the first time since Friday due to right shoulder stiffness, induced a grounder to start the frame, but third baseman Alec Bohm’s throwing error allowed Miguel Rojas to reach. Bohm’s team-leading ninth error proved costly. Knebel walked the next two batters on just nine pitches to load the bases.
Garrett Cooper’s infield single tied the game at 9 and ended the night for Knebel, who exited to boos from those remaining among the 28,073 in attendance after blowing his fourth save in 15 chances.
Andrew Bellatti came on and induced a popup for the first out and looked like he was going to get another when Aguilar fouled a 1-0 pitch behind the plate. But catcher J.T. Realmuto dropped the ball for his seventh error and, two pitches later, Aguilar plated two runs with his hit to right field to give the Marlins a two-run lead.
All three Miami runs in the inning were unearned.
Tanner Scott pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save in as many opportunities.
Steven Okert (3-0) got the victory despite giving up the go-ahead homer to Hoskins in the eighth.
After the Marlins hit a pair of two-out homers to jump in front 4-0 in the first, Philadelphia scored the next eight runs and looked in control after Hoskins’ two-run double and Bohm’s two-run single in the fifth made it 8-4.
With the Phillies still ahead by four runs, interim manager Rob Thomson didn’t send starter Zach Eflin back out for the seventh even though the right-hander had thrown just 80 pitches and retired his last 13 batters. The move backfired. The Marlins got to the reliever duo of Jeurys Familia and Seranthony Dominguez with four runs in the seventh on two-strike homers by Stallings off Familia, a three-run shot, and Chisholm's solo shot against Dominguez to tie it at 8.
After singling in the first, Hoskins hit a three-run homer to left in the fourth and then made it 8-4 in the fifth with his 500th career hit, a two-run double. Hoskins tied his career high with six RBIs in a game while connecting for multiple homers for the 11th time.
FOR STARTERS
Eflin allowed four runs in the first inning but blanked the Marlins from there. He gave up five hits and struck out four in six innings.
Marlins starter Trevor Rogers departed after walking six and allowing four runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: RHP Pablo Lopez (right wrist contusion) experienced some discomfort during a bullpen session and might be pushed back from his scheduled start on Thursday, manager Don Mattingly said. Lopez was hit by a comebacker in Saturday’s 7-4 win over Houston.
Phillies: LHP JoJo Romero, who had Tommy John surgery last May, struck out the side in his only inning of work for the FCL Phillies in his first rehab assignment.
UP NEXT
Phillies RHP Kyle Gibson (4-2, 4.41 ERA) is scheduled to oppose Lopez (4-2, 2.30) on Thursday to conclude the three-game series, though Lopez’s start is in question.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Country Music Association Awards will open this year's show with a tribute to the late country queen Loretta Lynn, who died this month at the age of 90.
Other announced performers for the Nov. 9 show include co-host Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Carly Pearce and Morgan Wallen.
Kelsea Ballerini will team up with Kelly Clarkson and Pearce for a performance of her song “YOU'RE DRUNK, GO HOME,” while leading nominee Lainey Wilson will perform a duet with HARDY. Zac Brown Band will perform with Jimmy Allen and blues rocker Marcus King.
Bryan is co-hosting 56th annual CMA Awards with football star Peyton Manning. The show airs live on ABC and the next day on Hulu.
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Online: https://cmaawards.com/ | 2022-10-25T15:30:17+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/entertainment/2022/10/25/cma-awards-to-open-with-a-tribute-to-the-late-loretta-lynn/ |
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against TuSimple Holdings Inc. ("TuSimple" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TSP).
Class Period: April 15, 2021 – August 1, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 31, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the TuSimple lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/tusimple-holdings-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) TuSimple's commitment to safety was significantly overstated and Defendants concealed fundamental problems with the Company's technology; (2) TuSimple was rushing the testing of its autonomous driving technology in order to deliver driverless trucks to the market ahead of its more safety-conscious competitors; (3) there was a corporate culture within TuSimple that suppressed or ignored safety concerns in favor of unrealistically ambitious testing and delivery schedules; (4) the aforementioned conduct made accidents involving the Company's autonomous driving technology more likely; (5) the aforementioned conduct invited enhanced regulatory scrutiny and investigatory action toward the Company; and (6) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Sunday, May 29, 2022
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184 FPUS56 KMTR 301001
ZFPMTR
San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
This is an automatically generated product that provides average
values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific
forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco
(1) Select a location from the drop down menu above the map...
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(2) Click a location on the map.
You can refine your selection by clicking on the map displayed on
the resulting page.
CAZ505-310100-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 50s to upper 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the upper 50s to
lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the 50s to upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 45 61 46 67 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ503-310100-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West
winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northwest winds around 5 mph
increasing to west 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
CAZ502-310100-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs
in the mid 60s. Lows in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ506-310100-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 80s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the lower 40s to mid 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 70s to 80s. Northwest
winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the mid 40s to
upper 50s. West winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming southwest 10 to
20 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the upper 40s to lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the 40s to upper 50s. Highs in the 60s to mid 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 45 81 47 87 / 0 0 0 0
San Rafael 50 75 51 81 / 0 0 0 0
Napa 46 78 50 85 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ504-310100-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s to mid 50s.
North winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s. North winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. North winds
10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 51 78 58 85 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ006-310100-
San Francisco-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the mid 50s to upper 60s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to west 20 to 30 mph in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
50s. Highs in the mid 50s to upper 60s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs
in the 50s to upper 60s. Lows in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 51 66 51 71 / 0 0 0 0
Ocean Beach 49 62 50 65 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ509-310100-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs
in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
CAZ508-310100-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs near 70. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph increasing to west 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in
the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Breezy.
Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. A chance of
rain. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 51 67 52 72 / 0 0 0 0
Oakland 51 71 52 77 / 0 0 0 0
Fremont 48 71 49 79 / 0 0 0 0
Redwood City 49 73 50 80 / 0 0 0 0
Mountain View 50 71 50 77 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ510-310100-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. West
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s. West winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs near 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 50 79 51 87 / 0 0 0 0
Livermore 47 76 48 84 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ513-310100-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the upper 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 49 75 50 82 / 0 0 0 0
Morgan Hill 45 77 46 84 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ512-310100-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 80s. North
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 60s to lower
70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
$$
CAZ515-310100-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
CAZ514-310100-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 40s to upper 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s
to mid 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the 40s to upper 50s.
$$
CAZ529-310100-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except patchy fog after midnight.
Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming east
around 5 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds around
5 mph increasing to northwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming southeast around 5 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs
in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of rain. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A chance
of rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 44 74 45 78 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ530-310100-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
West winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 49 64 49 67 / 0 0 0 0
Big Sur 46 70 47 74 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ528-310100-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. West winds
5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 70s.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to
mid 70s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 46 66 45 72 / 0 0 0 0
Carmel Valley 45 68 45 75 / 0 0 0 0
Hollister 45 73 45 80 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ516-310100-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around
35 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows around 50. Northwest winds
20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 43 76 43 82 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ517-310100-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s. North
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 80s. North winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 40s to upper 50s. North winds
10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
Highs in the upper 60s to lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s
to mid 50s. Highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the 60s to 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the 60s to 70s.
$$
CAZ518-310100-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PDT Mon May 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest
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.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 80s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 80s. North winds
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.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower to mid 50s. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of rain. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 80s.
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(KTLA) — It’s where salty and sweet meet.
Krispy Kreme has partnered with Reese’s for the duo’s latest doughnut collaboration. The company unveiled three new doughnuts Monday, and each one includes a unique “salty” ingredient.
The three new Reese’s-inspired doughnuts include:
- Reese’s Salty Sweet Crunch Doughnut: A doughnut filled with Reese’s peanut butter crème and topped with Hershey milk chocolate icing, sea salt and praline pretzels.
- Reese’s Salty Sweet Crisp Doughnut: A Krispy Kreme glazed doughnut dipped in Hershey milk chocolate icing and decorated with potato sticks, a drizzle of milk chocolate icing, Reese’s peanut butter sauce and a dollop of Rees’es peanut butter crème filling.
- Reese’s Outrageous Doughnut: A Krispy Kreme glazed doughnut dipped in Hershey milk chocolate icing and topped with mini Reese’s pieces and drizzles of Reese’s peanut butter sauce and salted caramel icing.
The new doughnut collection is available for a limited time at participating Krispy Kreme restaurants across the U.S. Customers can order the doughnuts in person or on the Krispy Kreme app and website.
“Salty, Sweet, Reese’s and Krispy Kreme can now all be experienced in one incredible doughnut collection,” said Dave Skena, Krispy Kreme’s global chief brand officer. “These flavors bring out the best in each other, just like our partnership with Reese’s has over the years.”
Krispy Kreme and Reese’s have collaborated on other doughnuts within the last few years. In 2020, the doughnut chain announced a limited-time promotion for customers to try all the Reese’s-inspired doughnuts from previous years. | 2023-02-21T20:45:27+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/krispy-kreme-unveils-new-reeses-inspired-doughnuts/ |
HONG KONG, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BIT Mining Limited (NYSE: BTCM) ("BIT Mining" or the "Company"), a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, today announced it has successfully completed the first closing of its previously announced share exchange agreement dated April 5, 2021 (as amended and restated in April 2022, the "Amended and Restated Share Exchange Agreement") entered into by the Company and the shareholders (the "Selling Shareholders") of Bee Computing (HK) Limited ("Bee Computing"). At the first closing of the Amended and Restated Share Exchange Agreement, the Company today issued 16,038,930 of its Class A ordinary shares to the Selling Shareholders. The first closing occurred following the satisfaction or waiver of certain required closing conditions, including, among others, Bee Computing's completion of certain reorganization steps and other customary conditions.
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Share Exchange Agreement, the Company shall issue (i) up to 18,330,210 of its Class A ordinary shares to the Selling Shareholders, and (ii) up to 4,582,560 of its Class A ordinary shares to certain research and development team members, subject to achievement of the following milestones:
- Development and mass-production of a new generation of Bitcoin mining machines incorporating 7-nanometer application specific integrated circuits ("ASICs");
- Successful development of high-performance and mass-producible Ethereum ASIC mining machines, with certain power consumption and cost control targets; and
- Successful development of high-performance and mass-producible LTC ASIC mining machines.
Bee Computing was established in 2018 and specializes in the development and manufacture of cryptocurrency mining chips and mining machines for different cryptocurrencies, including BTC, ETH and LTC. Bee Computing has successfully mass produced over 15,000 units of supercomputing mining machines, equipped with 7-nanometer E2P chips. Currently, Bee Computing is in the process of developing three types of mining machines, including a new generation of Bitcoin mining machines, ETC and LTC mining chips and mining machines.
The new generation of Bitcoin mining machines will also be equipped with 7-nanometer chips and have theoretical computing power of up to 110 TH/s with a power consumption of 3,300W. The ETC mining machines have completed a successful IC design, using Wafer-over-Wafer (WoW) 3-D packaging techniques. This niche IC packing technology would increase the mining machines' theoretical computing power up to 1.44 GH/s per machine, potentially making it one of the leading mining machines in terms of processing ability. Lastly, the LTC mining machines are also under development, with a planned computing power of 3,000 MH/s and power consumption of 1,800W.
"We are pleased to announce the first closing of our Bee Computing acquisition and are excited about the progress Bee Computing has made in developing and manufacturing cryptocurrency mining chips and machines," commented Mr. Xianfeng Yang, CEO of BIT Mining. "Bee Computing has a unique R&D team which continues to achieve remarkable milestones. Going forward, we plan to devote additional resources to assist Bee Computing in its development and manufacture of more mainstream cryptocurrency mining chips and machines with increasingly cost-effective performance advantages. We believe its capabilities will optimize our product offerings and further enhance our position along the blockchain industry value chain."
About BIT Mining
BIT Mining (NYSE: BTCM) is a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, with a long-term strategy to create value across the cryptocurrency industry. Its business covers cryptocurrency mining, mining pool, and data center operation. The Company owns the world's top blockchain browser BTC.com and the comprehensive mining pool business operated under BTC.com, providing multi-currency mining services including BTC, ETH and LTC. The Company also owns a 7-nanometer cryptocurrency mining machine manufacturer, Bee Computing, completing the Company's vertical integration with its supply chain, increasing its self-sufficiency and strengthening its competitive position.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "target," "going forward," "outlook" and similar statements. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause BIT Mining's actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.
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4 passengers hospitalized after fire ignites on United Airlines plane
Published: Feb. 7, 2023 at 3:54 PM EST|Updated: 18 minutes ago
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CNN) – A fire on a United Airlines flight Tuesday morning left four people hurt and prompted the flight to return to San Diego.
San Diego fire officials said the fire started from the battery of an electrical device on the plane.
Officials credit the flight crew of the Newark-bound flight with preventing the fire from spreading further.
They put the pack in a fire bag to contain it.
Fire crews evaluated everyone on board, and four people were taken to the hospital. Two others declined further treatment.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-07T21:13:37+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/02/07/4-passengers-hospitalized-after-fire-ignites-united-airlines-plane/ |
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - A new report shows the number of line-of-duty officer deaths is down by more than 50% from this time last year.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund just released its mid-year fatalities data. The numbers show a dramatic decline in deaths across all categories.
The report includes fifty-two law enforcement officer deaths in the first six months of 2023. There were a hundred and fifty-three line-of-duty deaths in the first six months of 2022. That's a 66% decline.
The number of COVID-19 deaths among officers is down significantly. Two officers died in the first six months of this year, compared to seventy-two officers by this time last year. Twenty-five officers have been shot and killed, compared to thirty-three. There were eleven traffic deaths in the first half of 2023, compared to thirty in the first part of 2022.
To see the full report, click here. | 2023-07-13T20:32:03+00:00 | wthitv.com | https://www.wthitv.com/news/crime/mid-year-line-of-duty-deaths-down-dramatically-according-to-new-report/article_0e79b91c-20a1-11ee-b9f8-abcb4f1b83ea.html |
The Shishpar glacier in northern Pakistan started rapidly thawing during a record heat wave last spring. The melted snow and ice flowed into a nearby ice-dammed lake until water levels grew too high, triggering a large flash flood that wiped out a key bridge and battered a downstream village.
A study published Tuesday in Nature Communications found that around 15 million people live in danger of such glacial flooding. More than half of those at risk are in four countries: India, Pakistan, Peru and China.
“It sounds quite dire, but it doesn’t need to be,” said Tom Robinson, a co-author of the study and risk researcher at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. “With thoughtful investment and careful planning, we can avoid these [flooding disasters].”
Glacial lake outburst floods have existed for as long as glaciers, but the risk has greatly increased in recent decades due to climate change, Robinson said in an interview. A warming planet is melting glaciers more quickly, draining additional water into nearby lakes and causing a bigger flooding event when a breach may occur. The number and total area of glacial lakes worldwide have increased by about 50 percent since 1990, previous research shows.
Glacial lake outburst floods “pose a globally significant hazard, and that hazard appears to be getting significantly worse with climate change,” Robinson said.
While not all glacial floods are caused by heat waves like the one that triggered the Shishpar flood, climate change is also making extreme heat more common. A study showed that climate change made last year’s record heat in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely to occur and elevated temperatures of the heat wave by about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) compared to preindustrial times.
Global populations have also skyrocketed, particularly downstream of many glacial lakes. In 1942, a glacial lake outburst near Huaraz, Peru, killed more than 1,000 people. A breach on that glacial lake today, which many fear, could affect more than 100,000 people living downstream.
Taking into account lake conditions and the number of people within 30 miles downstream, the study released Tuesday assessed the areas with the highest danger from glacial lake outburst flooding. They also looked at the level of human development, determined by the United Nations, and a corruption index from nonprofit Transparency International for each location, which could influence how resources are allocated in flood prevention and response.
They found that high-mountain Asia, home to the Himalayas, ranked the most dangerous, with 9 million people exposed to 2,211 lakes. Pakistan and China had the highest risk globally, with nearly 2 million and 1 million people exposed, respectively.
The High Arctic, such as Greenland, had the lowest danger. Even though Greenland had the highest number of glacial lakes worldwide, very few people live there and are in harm’s way. The Pacific Northwest, particularly in Canada, also had a large number of glacial lakes, although the population is not as vulnerable.
The most surprising part of the study came in the Andes, Robinson said. Peru ranked third globally in danger risk. Danger overall in the Andes comes in a close second behind high-mountain Asia, but the study found the area receives much less attention from the scientific world.
The number of glacial lakes across the Andes increased by 93 percent over the past two decades, compared to 37 percent in high-mountain Asia. Yet the researchers found the Himalayas accounted for 142 studies in English-language journals between 1990 and 2015. Fewer than 100 studies on glacial lake outburst flooding in the Andes have been published in similar journals since 1979, the study said.
“The focus over the last few years on high-mountain Asia is good,” Robinson said. “But that shouldn’t come at the expense of other places with really high danger as well, such as the Andes.”
Juan Torres, a risk researcher at National Institute for Research on Glaciers and Mountain Ecosystems in Peru, said he and his colleagues have published many Spanish-only studies in four sub-basins in the region and plan to publish more in the upcoming year. He agrees that the area is not well researched in general and wants more collaboration between his organization and other universities around the world.
“Fortunately, this type of hazard can be identified and at least we could know where it will occur,” Torres, who was not involved in the new study, said via email. “We would need to carry out many more studies to cover the largest number of lagoons potentially dangerous due to overflow.”
Dirk Hoffmann, a former director of the Bolivian Mountain Institute who has published studies on Andean glaciers, said some parts of the region, such as the Cordillera Blanca region, have also been better researched than other parts, such as the high Andes in Bolivia — and that there must be more study of potentially dangerous glacial lakes.
It is important to identify “possible future sites of those lakes (as global warming worsens, glaciers will continue to melt, new lakes will be forming),” Hoffman, who was also not involved in the study, wrote in an email. “If the aim is to prevent damage or even death from [glacial lake outburst floods], the only way is to look at concrete local conditions and realities.”
Despite the potential risks, the researchers say glacial flood disasters can still be averted with proper preparations and responses. For instance, early-warning systems in Nepal and Bhutan alert people farther downstream to move to a safer spot once a glacial lake breach occurs. Early-warning systems aren’t too helpful for those who live closer to a lake, though, Robinson said.
Also in Nepal, Bhutan and Peru, governments and researchers have implemented mechanisms to lower glacial lake levels to prevent breaching. Researchers have proposed to do another draining at Lake Palcacocha in Peru, the site of the 1942 glacial outburst, but the cost is a whopping $4 million.
Study co-author Caroline Taylor said more effective land planning downstream of glacial lakes can also help by preventing people from building in vulnerable locations in the first place. However, this would be complicated for many existing communities.
“None of these options will work on their own, and what is appropriate and works in one location may not work in another,” said Taylor, a glaciologist at Newcastle University. “It’s really now about looking at the local level and finding the appropriate measures for the threatened populations.” | 2023-02-07T16:46:30+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/07/glacier-melt-flooding-climate-change/ |
Tigers vs. Angels: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
The Los Angeles Angels and Shohei Ohtani hit the field at Comerica Park against Spencer Torkelson and the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.
Oddsmakers list the Tigers as -125 favorites on the moneyline, while giving the underdog Angels +105 moneyline odds. The over/under is 8.5 runs for this matchup (with +100 odds to go over and -120 odds to go under).
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Tigers vs. Angels Odds & Info
- Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2023
- Time: 6:40 PM ET
- TV: BSDET
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Venue: Comerica Park
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Tigers Recent Betting Performance
- In five games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Tigers have a record of 4-1.
- In their last 10 games with a total, the Tigers and their opponents have combined to hit the over two times.
- There has not been a spread set for any of the Tigers' last 10 games.
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Tigers Betting Records & Stats
- The Tigers have a 10-7 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.8% of those games).
- When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter, Detroit has gone 7-6 (53.8%).
- The Tigers have a 55.6% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline's implied probability.
- Detroit has played in 100 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 51 times (51-45-4).
- The Tigers have collected a 4-7-0 record against the spread this season (covering just 36.4% of the time).
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HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — An SUV crashed into Apple store Monday in Massachusetts, injuring several people, authorities said.
A large hole was seen in the glass front of the store and first responders were at the scene in Hingham following the crash shortly before 11 a.m.
Police were investigating and didn't immediately say whether the crash was believed to be accidental.
At least five people were reported hurt. A nurse at nearby South Shore Hospital told WCVB that the hospital was notified that seven to 10 victims could be transported to their emergency room.
The store, which is located in the Derby Street Shops, had been scheduled to open about an hour before the crash. | 2022-11-21T18:38:40+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/several-injured-when-suv-crashes-into-front-of-apple-store/article_8893566b-708a-576d-a32d-94061b087fb8.html |
Mayim Bialik is taking a stand for entertainment industry writers by choosing to stop her "Jeopardy!" hosting gig early.
The "Call Me Kat" star, who has been co-hosting the uber-popular TV trivia show on and off since 2021, opted not to host the final week of filming of Season 39, in solidarity with the ongoing writers' strike, according to a Friday report from Deadline.
CNN has reached out to representatives for both Bialik as well as "Jeopardy!" for comment.
The report also noted that Bialik's co-host, former "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings, is taking over hosting duties for her.
The quiz show is able to move ahead with production of the final week of the season during the strike since the trivia questions were reportedly already written before picketing began.
Late-night television shows were the first to be halted by the writers' strike. Some other popular shows now in production, including "Stranger Things," have been postponed as well. Many movies have continued to shoot, however, because they already have completed scripts
Earlier this week, "Jeopardy!" caused a bit of ire with viewers when all three contestants on Tuesday's episode lost out when they mispronounced a response.
The clue, which was worth $1600 in the "Quotable Alex" category, read, "Socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit.'"
Returning champion Hannah Wilson, along with Sami Casanova and Juveria Zaheer all gave it a go -- attributing the clue to Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the correct response -- but none of them used the exact pronunciation.
Bialik said that no one got the right answer, noting, "This is a tricky one to pronounce."
Many viewers of the show weren't happy with the ruling, with one commenting on social media, "If you're not going to accept anyone's attempt to pronounce Solzhenitsyn, don't write a clue about him."
Another wrote, "Solzhenitsyn. I get it's hard to say but one of them was fairly close. Of all the names to be strict on..." | 2023-05-14T03:01:42+00:00 | albanyherald.com | https://www.albanyherald.com/entertainment/mayim-bialik-opts-not-to-host-the-final-week-of-jeopardy-season-39-in-solidarity/article_01658743-0edd-5b6a-8a2f-949ae12e3816.html |
Live From Washington, D.C. with an All-Star Cast and Fireworks!
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 42nd annual edition of A CAPITOL FOURTH on PBS, America's longest-running live national Independence Day TV tradition, returns hosted by country music star and four-time Grammy-nominee Mickey Guyton. Joining Guyton, who will be hosting and performing during the celebration, will be top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical and Broadway with the National Symphony Orchestra. After making history as the first African American female artist to earn a Grammy nomination in a country category, Guyton went on to host the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards and performed the "National Anthem" this year at Super Bowl LV in front of an audience of 112.3 million. The line-up for A CAPITOL FOURTH will feature:
- Emmy and SAG Award-winning actor, singer and songwriter Darren Criss (AMERICAN CRIME STORY, GLEE);
- five-time Grammy Award-winning Gospel legend Yolanda Adams;
- multi-platinum pop artist and songwriter Andy Grammer;
- Grammy Award-winning music legend Gloria Gaynor;
- platinum-certified country music singer songwriter Jake Owen;
- ground-breaking five-time Grammy Award-winning blues musician Keb' Mo';
- Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer and recording artist Emily Bear (THE UNOFFICIAL BRIDGERTON MUSICAL);
- multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and recording artist Loren Allred (THE GREATEST SHOWMAN); and
- the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly.
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Broadway legend and one of the most nominated performers in Tony Award history, Chita Rivera, will lead a 65th anniversary celebration of WEST SIDE STORY featuring the National Symphony Orchestra who will perform a special musical tribute to one of Broadway's most successful shows. A theatrical icon, Rivera's electric performance as Anita in the original Broadway premiere of WEST SIDE STORY in 1957 brought her stardom. The segment will feature a performance of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's iconic ballad "Somewhere" by Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner and two-time Oscar nominee, Cynthia Erivo.
The evening will also include a special tribute to our men and women in uniform and their families by Emmy Award-winning, multiplatinum selling recording artist and published author Rachel Platten who will perform her hit song "Stand by You."
The concert also marks the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial, one of America's most famous and majestic landmarks. It was built as a tribute to a President whose leadership united the nation in a time of crisis, and whose eloquence spoke to our aspirations and dreams of a better tomorrow. The segment will feature a stirring performance of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Yolanda Adams live from the Lincoln Memorial.
Returning live from Washington, D.C., the top-rated, award-winning program available on television, radio and digital media puts viewers front and center for America's biggest birthday party. The celebration will be capped off with the greatest display of fireworks in the U.S.A. lighting up our nation's iconic skyline featuring twenty cameras positioned around the city to capture the best views. Accompanied by patriotic musical favorites, the fireworks extravaganza will also feature The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own," with a commemoration of its 100th anniversary.
A CAPITOL FOURTH airs on PBS Monday, July 4, 2022 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET, as well as to our troops serving around the world on the American Forces Network. The program can also be heard in stereo over NPR member stations nationwide and will be streaming on YouTube and www.pbs.org/a-capitol-fourth and available as Video on Demand for a limited time only, July 4 to July 18, 2022.
Also participating in the event will be the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, U.S. Army Presidential Salute Battery, Members of the Armed Forces carrying the State and Territorial Flags, the Armed Forces Color Guard provided by the Military District of Washington, D.C., the Choral Arts Society of Washington and Patrick Lundy & The Ministers of Music.
A CAPITOL FOURTH is made possible by grants from The Boeing Company, the National Park Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Department of the Army, PBS and public television stations nationwide. Air travel is provided by American Airlines.
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SPRINGFIELD — Plans for a $20 million marijuana cultivation facility on a parcel on Page Boulevard failed to win approval from the City Council Monday night after more than a year of deliberation.
The council voted 6-4 with two absensions in favor of the special permit for Page Cultivate LLC for the growing facility at 299 Page Boulevard. But because it did not gain a two-thirds majority, the permit was rejected.
Philip Silverman, lawyer for Page Cultivate LLC, declined to comment Tuesday morning. He said he would reach out to his clients to see if they wished to comment about the vote. | 2022-05-24T17:04:47+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/cannabis/2022/05/plans-for-20m-cannabis-growing-facility-on-page-boulevard-fails-to-gain-approval-from-springfield-city-council.html |
NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Inotiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOTV) between September 21, 2021 and June 13, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 22, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Inotiv securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose: (1) Envigo RMS, LLC ("Envigo") and Inotiv's Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") engaged in widespread and flagrant violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"); (2) Envigo and Inotiv's Cumberland Facility continuously violated the AWA; (3) Envigo and Inotiv did not properly remedy issues with regards to animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility; (4) as a result, Inotiv was likely to face increased scrutiny and governmental action; (5) Inotiv would imminently shut down two facilities, including the Cumberland Facility; (6) Inotiv did not engage in proper due diligence; and (7) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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Training series highlights solutions for HIV and COVID-19 screenings in primary care
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is hosting a free webinar on April 12 on how medical professionals can restore patient trust using a health justice approach. The webinar is a part of a training series for the Two in One: HIV + COVID Screening and Testing Model, and will feature Philip M. Alberti, Ph.D., senior director of health equity research and policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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"Our discussion with Philip will begin the important work of understanding how to restore trust in patient populations that have traditionally been marginalized," said Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, principal investigator of the Two in One Model and assistant professor of clinical research and leadership at The George Washington University. "Health justice allows us to understand the underlying social and structural factors that determines health, such as community safety, education, housing, and access to healthy food. With that holistic approach in mind, attendees will learn how to translate principles of health justice into clinical interactions."
The Two in One Model uses a combined health and racial equity lens to give primary care practitioners the tools to better engage in culturally responsive communication on HIV and COVID vaccines with their racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender-minoritized patients.
The training series will offer nine live-streamed continuing medical education lectures as well as an asynchronous CME-bearing module-based training course and toolkit. This session, the fourth in the series, is entitled "Restoring Patient Trust through a Health Justice Approach," and is scheduled for Friday, April 12, from 12 – 1 p.m. ET. Anyone can register for the event here.
This program has been supported by an independent educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. For more information on this research-informed model, visit the Two-in-One website at: twoinone.smhs.gwu.edu.
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Scripps News spoke with attorney Ben Crump, one of the attorneys representing plaintiffs in a lawsuit against former Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald and other Northwestern school leaders.
The lawsuit alleges Fitzgerald knew of and enabled hazing that "included forced participation, nudity and sexualized acts of a degrading nature, in clear violation of Northwestern policies and values."
Crump told Scripps News his firm represented "13 former college athletes at Northwestern University who were victims of hazing and physical assault, and some of them sexual assault, that we believe stemmed from the culture that existed at Northwestern University. We want to try to set a precedent where this is not allowed at other universities."
"It was civil rights [abuse] in the purest sense," Crump said. "They were forced to participate in humiliating activities that were both physically abusive and severely psychologically traumatic."
SEE MORE: Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern sued by former player over alleged hazing
Crump said some plaintiffs said they had been subject to abuse as much as 10 years prior. He said some of those involved were minors at the time.
"The coaches knew that there was a culture that existed of this hazing and this humiliation, this retaliation, as well as this sexual abuse that was going on. It's hard to fathom that coaches didn't know what was going on in their own programs," he said.
The lawsuit comes a week after Fitzgerald was fired, following additional allegations of hazing that were published in Northwestern's student newspaper.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Recent turmoil in the banking industry may have you worried about your money.
Officials announced Monday that they closed San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, making it the third U.S. bank to collapse in the past two months. Most of First Republic’s assets are being acquired by JPMorgan.
First Republic had wealthy clients who rarely defaulted on their loans. But the vast majority of deposits were above the $250,000 limit set by the FDIC, meaning they were uninsured. And that worried analysts and investors who were worried that if First Republic were to fail, its customers might not get all their money back.
Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which catered mostly to the tech industry, both collapsed in March under similar circumstances.
The First Republic deal announced Monday means customers will be able to access all of their money, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. First Republic branches will change to JPMorgan Chase branches and First Republic customers will become JPMorgan Chase customers.
Here’s what you need to know:
IS MY MONEY SAFE?
Yes, if your money is in a U.S. bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and you have less than $250,000 there. If the bank fails, you’ll get your money back.
Nearly all banks are FDIC insured. You can look for the FDIC logo at bank teller windows or on the entrance to your bank branch.
Credit unions are insured by the National Credit Union Administration.
If you have over $250,000 in individual accounts at one bank, which most people don’t, the amount over $250,000 is considered uninsured and experts recommend that you move the remainder of your money to a different financial institution, said Caleb Silver, editor in chief of Investopedia, a financial media website.
If you have multiple individual accounts at the same bank, for example a savings account and certificate of deposit, those are added together and the total is insured up to $250,000. (Read on for more about how joint accounts are protected.)
Federal officials have been taking steps to make sure other banks aren’t impacted.
“You shouldn’t be too concerned about your money if it’s in one of the bigger banks, and even in some of the regional banks and the credit unions,” Silver said.
ARE THERE RED FLAGS I SHOULD LOOK FOR WITH MY BANK?
If you are worried about your bank closing in the near future, there are some things you can watch out for, according to Silver:
— Watch the stock price.
— Keep an eye on the quarterly and annual reports from your bank.
— Start a Google alert for your bank in case there are news stories about it.
You want to make sure you pay close attention to the way your bank is behaving, Silver said.
“If they’re trying to raise money through a share offering or if they’re trying to sell more stock, they might have trouble on their balance sheet,” said Silver.
Public companies, including banks, do sell shares or issue new ones for various reasons, so context matters. First Republic did so this year when the hazards it faced were well known, and it kicked off an exodus of investors and depositors.
SHOULD I LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES?
If you have more than $250,000 in your bank, there are a few things you can do:
— Open a joint account
You can protect up to $500,000 by opening a joint account with someone else, such as your spouse, said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate, a financial services company.
“A married couple can easily protect a million dollars at the same bank by each having an individual account and together having a joint account,” McBride said.
— Move to another financial institution
Moving your money to other financial institutions and having up to $250,000 in each account will ensure that your money is insured by the FDIC, McBride said.
— Do not withdraw cash
Despite the recent uncertainty, experts don’t recommend withdrawing cash from your account. Keeping your money in financial institutions rather than in your home is safer, especially when the amount is insured.
“It’s not a time to pull your money out of the bank,” Silver said.
Even people with uninsured deposits usually get nearly all of their money back.
“It takes time, but generally all depositors — both insured and uninsured — get their money back,” said Todd Phillips, a consultant and former attorney at the FDIC. “Uninsured depositors may have to wait some time, and may have to take haircut where they lose 10 to 15% of their savings, but it’s never zero.”
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR INSURED MONEY TO BE AVAILABLE IF A BANK FAILS?
Historically, the FDIC says it has returned insured deposits within a few days of a bank closing. The FDIC will either provide that amount in a new account at another insured bank or issue a check.
HOW MUCH MONEY CAN BE INSURED IN JOINT ACCOUNTS?
If you have a joint account, the FDIC covers each individual up to $250,000. You can have both joint and single accounts at the same bank and be insured for each.
So if a couple each has individual accounts and a joint account where they have equal withdrawal rights, they can each have up to $250,000 insured in their single accounts and up to $250,000 in their joint accounts. That means each of them will have up to $500,000 insured.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER INVESTMENTS?
Customers should take a close look at the types of investments they have in their bank to know how much of their assets are insured by the FDIC. The FDIC offers an Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator, a tool to know how much of your money is insured per financial institution.
FDIC deposit insurance covers:
— Checking accounts — Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) accounts — Savings accounts — Money Market Deposit Accounts (MMDAs) — Certificates of Deposit (CDs) — Cashier’s checks — Money orders — Other official items issued by an insured bank
FDIC deposit insurance doesn’t cover:
— Stock investments — Bond investments — Mutual funds — Life insurance policies — Annuities — Municipal securities — Safe deposit boxes or their contents — U.S. Treasury bills, bonds, or notes — Crypto assets
HOW DOES A CREDIT UNION COMPARE TO A BANK?
Both credit unions and banks allow customers to open savings and checking accounts, among other financial products.
The key difference is that credit unions are not-for-profit institutions, which tends to translate into lower fees and lower balance requirements, while banks are for-profit. Sometimes it also means that it’s easier for credit union customers to be approved for loans, McBride said.
Usually, customers are allowed to join credit unions based on where they live or work.
Credit unions serve a smaller number of customers, which also allows for a more personalized experience. The tradeoff is that banks tend to have larger staff, more physical branches and newer technology.
When it comes to the safety of customer’s money, both banks and credit unions insure up to $250,000 per individual customer. While banks are insured by the FDIC, credit unions are insured by the NCUA.
“Whether at a bank or a credit union, your money is safe. There’s no need to worry about the safety or access to your money,” McBride said. ___
Associated Press Writer Ken Sweet contributed to this report.
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Judge in Cecily Aguilar case denies defense request and schedules trial start date for Jan. 23, 2023
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A federal judge on Tuesday denied requests from attorneys for Cecily Ann Aguilar to require prosecutors to provide more specific information about allegations she conspired with her boyfriend to dispose of the remains of Fort Hood Spc. Vanessa Guillen in 2020.
Aguilar, 24, is named in an 11-count superseding indictment with aiding her boyfriend, Army Spc. Aaron David Robinson, who investigators believe killed Guillen, dismembered her body and buried her remains.
Robinson, 20, shot himself in June 2020 as Killeen police officers were on their way to arrest him.
In a hearing Tuesday, Aguilar’s attorneys, Ashley Askari and Lewis Gainor of the Federal Public Defender’s Office, asked U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to order government prosecutors to file a document called a bill of particulars to clarify what the attorneys described as their confusion over specific allegations against Aguilar.
The indictment alleges Aguilar conspired to tamper with documents or proceedings; two counts of tampering with documents or proceedings; three counts of accessory after the fact; one count of destruction, alteration or falsification of records in a federal investigation; and four counts of false statement or representation.
Askari argued that the superseding indictment doesn’t make it clear who Aguilar is accused of conspiring with and what records or documents she is accused of destroying or altering. She said it is clear that Robinson is the alleged co-conspirator. However, what remains unclear to her is if the government is alleging others are involved.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Frazier told Albright that the government has provided all the information it is required to furnish the defense through the discovery process. He said the defense has more than adequate notice of what Aguilar is charged with and that the allegations in the indictment track the language in federal statutes.
Aguilar also is charged with destroying information in Robinson’s Google account on his cell phone in an effort to impede the investigation. Askari told the judge that Google has multiple accounts and the defense is unclear what account the government is alleging she destroyed. She said the allegations are too vague, which hamstrings the defense in his preparation for trial.
Frazier countered that the defense has all the information it needs to be prepared for trial.
After Albright denied the defense motions, he scheduled Aguilar’s trial to begin on Jan. 23, 2023.
Guillen, whose family recently filed a lawsuit against the Army, was last seen on the night of April 22, 2020, in the parking lot of her 3rd Cavalry Regiment Engineer Squadron Headquarters. Keys to her car and her barracks room and her ID card and wallet were later found in the armory room where she had worked earlier in the day.
More than two months later, on June 30, 2020, contractors working on a fence along the Leon River discovered remains later confirmed to be hers.
The new indictment alleges Aguilar lied when she told investigations she and Robinson were in her apartment from late in the evening on April 22, 2020, through the early morning hours on April 23, 2020. The indictment also alleges Aguilar bought cement to cover the burial sites.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is citing her recently born child as another reason she should be allowed to delay the start of a more than 11-year prison sentence while her lawyers appeal her conviction for duping investors about the capabilities of her failed company’s blood-testing technology.
The birth of Holmes’ second child was confirmed in court documents filed last week in advance of a March 17 hearing about her bid to remain free during an appeals process that could take years to complete.
The filing didn’t disclose the date of the birth or the child’s gender, but the news isn’t a surprise. Holmes, 38, was pregnant at the time of her Nov. 18 sentencing in the same San Jose, California, courtroom where a jury convicted her on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy.
The start of that trial had been delayed so Holmes could give birth to her first child, a son. Holmes had both children with her current partner, William “Billy” Evans. She met Evans after her 2016 break-up with her former lover and business partner, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, who was convicted on 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy in a separate trial.
Balwani, 57, is also trying to convince U.S. District Judge Edward Davila to delay the start of his nearly 13-year prison sentence. A hearing on his request was held earlier this month, but Davila hasn’t issued a ruling yet.
Holmes isn’t citing her two children as the only reason she should be allowed to stay out of prison during her appeal. Her lawyers contend that an array of mistakes and abuses made during her trial make it likely her conviction will be overturned. They are also pointing to Holmes’ unblemished record while she has been free on bail during the four-and-half years since her criminal indictment as evidence that she isn’t a flight risk or a danger to the community. | 2023-03-01T00:33:01+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/technology/ap-elizabeth-holmes-has-2nd-child-as-she-tries-to-avoid-prison/ |
The three confessed to and were convicted of murdering token seller Harry Kaufman in 1995. The case resounded from New York to Washington to Hollywood, after parallels were drawn between the deadly arson and a scene in the movie “Money Train,” which had been released days earlier.
Malik and Irons, both 45, left court free for the first time in over a quarter-century. Ellerbe, 44, was paroled in 2020.
The men have long said they were coerced into falsely confessing in the case, which involved detectives who later were repeatedly accused of forcing confessions and framing suspects.
While there were other potential suspects early in the investigation, it’s unclear whether police or prosecutors plan to — or can — pursue any further investigation decades later.
Kaufman was attacked Nov. 26, 1995, while working an overnight shift on overtime to put away money for his son’s future college tuition. The attackers first tried to rob him, then squirted gasoline through the tollbooth coin slot and ignited the fuel with matches, authorities said at the time. The booth exploded, and the 50-year-old Kaufman ran from it in flames. He died two weeks later.
— Associated Press
Grandma sought after child left in car 2 days
Authorities are searching for the grandmother of a toddler after her 2-year-old grandchild was found alone and abandoned for two days in a locked car on a rural Alaska road.
The search for Mary Dawn Wilson, 69, is being concentrated around the community of Healy, Alaska State Troopers said. The car was found abandoned Thursday on Stampede Road, just outside Healy.
The child appeared to be in good health and was handed over to the state Office of Children’s Services, the troopers said.
Officials said evidence in the car indicated that the child and car were abandoned Tuesday, troopers said. Wilson was the last known person with the child, the statement said,
Healy is located about 10 miles north of Denali National Park and Preserve.
Stampede Road is famous for being the main thoroughfare that adventurers used to retrace the steps of Christopher McCandless, a young idealist whose journey on the Stampede Trail ended with his death in 1992, alone in an abandoned city bus.
His life and death were made famous by the book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, later made into a movie.
Over the years, people trying to reach the bus that was located about 25 miles from Healy to pay pilgrimage to McCandless had to be rescued themselves or died. That prompted state officials to remove the bus from the backcountry in 2020.
— Associated Press | 2022-07-15T23:21:59+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2022/07/15/80836632-ff34-11ec-87e4-55be07124164_story.html |
SEATTLE (AP) — An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium.
But it also called to mind the release of Keiko — the star of the movie “Free Willy” — more than two decades ago. Keiko’s return to his native Iceland vastly improved upon his life in a Mexico City tank, but he failed to adapt to the wild and died five years later.
He is the only orca released after long-term captivity.
Advocates say their experience with Keiko will inform how they plan for Lolita’s return. But they also stress the differences between their cases.
While they hope to bring Lolita — also known as Tokitae, or Toki — to a whale sanctuary among the Pacific Northwest’s many islands, she might never again swim freely with her endangered family, including the nearly century-old whale believed to be her mother.
Here’s a look at Tokitae’s story.
HOW DID TOKI WIND UP IN CAPTIVITY?
Native American tribes revere orcas, considering them their relatives.
White settlers had a different view. Fishermen reviled the “blackfish” as competition for salmon and sometimes shot them.
That began to change in 1965, when a man named Ted Griffin bought a killer whale that had been caught in a fisherman’s net in British Columbia and towed it to the Seattle waterfront. The whale — Namu — became a sensation.
Namu soon died from an infection, but Griffin had set off a craze for capturing the Pacific Northwest’s killer whales and training them to perform, as The Seattle Times recounted in a 2018 history. Griffin corralled dozens of orcas off Washington’s Whidbey Island in 1970. Several got caught and drowned when opponents cut the nets, intending to free them.
Many orcas remained nearby, declining to leave as their clan members were hauled out of the water. Among those kept was 4-year-old Tokitae, later sold to the Miami Seaquarium.
By the early 1970s, at least 13 Northwest orcas had been killed and 45 delivered to theme parks around the world; Toki is the only one still alive. The roundups reduced the Puget Sound resident population by about 40% and helped cause problems with inbreeding that imperil them today.
Outrage over the captures helped prompt the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
WHY BRING TOKI HOME?
Lolita, now 57, spent decades performing. Last year the Miami Seaquarium announced it would no longer feature her under an agreement with regulators. The 5,000-pound (2,267-kilogram) animal lives in a tank 80 feet by 35 feet (24 meters by 11 meters) and 20 feet (6 meters) deep.
Whales are intelligent, social creatures, and activists have long dreamed of returning Tokitae to her family.
The whale believed to be Toki’s mother is the matriarch of L-pod, one of three clans that make up the so-called southern resident killer whales, a genetically and socially distinct population that frequents the Salish Sea between Washington and British Columbia. There are 73 southern residents remaining.
Plans call for bringing Lolita to a netted whale sanctuary of about 15 acres (6 hectares). She would be released into an enclosure the size of a couple football fields within that sanctuary, where she would be under round-the-clock care.
“The first objective is to provide her the highest quality of life we can,” said Charles Vinick, a founder of the nonprofit Friends of Toki as well as executive director of the Whale Sanctuary Project. “Whether or not it becomes the dream of having her reunite with L-pod is something we have to rely on Lolita to show us.”
Because the southern residents are endangered, advocates would have to obtain additional permits if they ever wanted to return Toki fully to the wild. Advocates would likely have to show that introducing another aging whale to feed wouldn’t burden the population further.
With financial backing from Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, they have agreed to support Lolita long term, whether she’s reintroduced or not.
For Raynell Morris, an elder of the Lummi Indian Tribe in Washington and a board member of Friends of Toki, the whale’s return is fundamental.
“Until she’s returned to her family, our family is broken,” Morris said. “When she comes home, the web of life will be repaired and restored, and our people will be repaired and restored.”
HOW DO YOU MOVE A 2.5-TON WHALE?
When all the pieces are in place — which could take two years — Lolita will be placed on a stretcher. She’ll be lifted by crane into a tank placed on a truck, and the truck driven to a cargo plane.
She’ll be flown to Washington, loaded onto a barge, floated to the sanctuary, and lowered by crane into her new home.
Toki’s transportation tank will be filled with fresh water — salt water could ruin the plane in the event of a leak. Her caregivers will protect her skin with ointment.
Advocates will work with Washington’s Department of Natural Resources to pick the sanctuary site.
There, Toki can begin recovering the strength she might need to rejoin wild orcas, to relearn to hunt and to travel around 100 miles (161 kilometers) per day.
WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM KEIKO?
Keiko was about 2 when he was captured in 1979. He spent time in Iceland and Canada before being sold in 1985 to a theme park in Mexico City, where he lived in a tank filled with tapwater mixed with salt.
In 1993 he was featured in “Free Willy,” prompting a campaign by schoolchildren to get him released. A facility was built at the Oregon Coast Aquarium where the emaciated Keiko could recover before his return to Iceland.
Keiko gained about 1,000 pounds (453 kilograms) in his first year in Oregon.
Vinick, who helped manage Keiko’s return, noted that it was always designed as a reintroduction effort. Keiko was in his early 20s — still young for an orca — when he was brought to Iceland in 1998. To teach him to hunt, trainers would launch fish around his pen with a sling shot. Eventually they began escorting him on longer swims in the open ocean.
While Keiko would approach wild orcas at times, he would return to his trainers’ boat and generally sought out humans. He swam to Norway on his own — a journey of nearly 1,000 miles (1,609 km). But there again he was attracted to boats and people, and he died, apparently of pneumonia, at about age 27.
“We already knew how easy it is to capture whales,” Vinick said. “What we learned with Keiko is how difficult it is to put one back.”
Malene Simon of the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, who conducted a scientific review of Keiko’s release, said she was pessimistic about Lolita’s chances to learn to hunt after 52 years of being fed by humans.
Still, Tokitae has some advantages. She was slightly older when she was captured, so she would have been already learning to hunt, and she might have more memory of her family songs. Further, researchers know who her family is, unlike with Keiko.
“It’ll be therapeutic for her, and she’ll get healthier,” said Howard Garrett, president of the board of the advocacy group Orca Network. “This is a step toward righting a great wrong that humans have done.” | 2023-04-04T14:14:54+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/how-do-you-move-and-release-a-long-captive-orca-free-willy-star-offers-sad-lesson/ |
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MOUNT EVANS, Colo. (KDVR) – The Colorado Department of Transportation is closing the highest portion of the Mount Evans Highway for the season on Monday.
The top five miles of Colorado Highway 5 from Summit Lake to the top of the popular 14er always closes on the day after Labor Day as part of an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service.
The remaining 10 miles from Echo Lake (Colorado Highway 103) to Summit Lake were closed to motorized vehicles on the morning of Monday, Oct. 3.
Travelers are urged to “know before you go.” Gather information about weather forecasts and anticipated travel impacts and current road conditions prior to hitting the road. CDOT resources include:
- Road conditions and travel information
- Download the COtrip Planner app
- Sign up for project or travel alerts
- See scheduled construction lane closures
- Connect with @ColoradoDOT on social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. | 2022-10-03T16:43:36+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/local/road-to-top-of-mount-evans-closing-for-the-season/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate declined for the sixth straight week, giving potential homebuyers a tiny amount of relief after rates topped out over 7% last month.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the benchmark 30-year rate dipped to 6.27% this week from 6.31% last week. A year ago the average rate was 3.05%.
The average long-term rate reached 7.08% in late October and again in early November as the Federal Reserve has continued to crank up its key lending rate this year in an effort to cool the economy and tame inflation.
Mortgage rates are still more than double what they were a year ago, mirroring a sharp rise in the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. The yield is mostly influenced by global demand for U.S. Treasurys and investor expectations for future inflation, which heighten the prospect of rising interest rates overall.
The Federal Reserve raised its rate again last week by 0.50 percentage points, its seventh increase this year. That pushed the central bank’s key rate to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, its highest level in 15 years.
More surprisingly, the policymakers forecast that their key short-term rate will reach a range of 5% to 5.25% by the end of 2023. That suggests that the Fed is poised to raise its rate by an additional three-quarters of a point and leave it there through next year.
Despite that, the average U.S. long-term mortgage rate has fallen by more than three-quarters of a point in six weeks.
The Fed has made clear that it thinks sharply higher rates are still needed to fully tame the worst inflation bout to strike the economy in four decades.
The overall sharp rise in mortgage rates this year, combined with still-climbing home prices, have added hundreds of dollars to monthly home loan payments relative to last year, when the average rate on a 30-year mortgage hovered around 3%.
That’s created a significant affordability hurdle for many would-be homebuyers, spurring this year’s housing market downturn. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell for the 10th consecutive month in November, hitting the slowest pre-pandemic annual sales pace in more than 10 years.
The rate for a 15-year mortgage, popular with those refinancing their homes, went the opposite direction this week, rising to 5.69% from 5.54% last week. It was 2.3% one year ago. | 2022-12-22T22:14:03+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/money/ap-average-long-term-us-mortgage-rate-falls-a-6th-straight-week/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Known for her wise-cracking, quick delivery, Natasha Lyonne’s newest role in the Peacock series “ Poker Face ” grants her an opportunity to play a character with a personality trait she’s never played before. Lyonne’s character, Charlie, likes people.
Charlie’s still got zingers, but Lyonne says the character is partly inspired by Jeff Bridges’ famed character, The Dude, in “The Big Lebowski.”
She’s “a person a little bit set back who’s kind of got sun on their face,” said Lyonne, “I’m usually more of a city slicker and someone who avoids getting hit by taxis and runs down in a subway.”
Adds creator Rian Johnson, “Charlie’s very open. She’s very sunny. That kind of blew Natasha’s mind. She’s like, ‘Oh, this will be a new thing for me to play. I like people.’ The natural kind of like acidity and sharpness of Natasha’s personality, combined with a character who has a genuinely sunny outlook … I find it’s super watchable.”
“Poker Face” is a mystery series, so it fits Johnson’s wheelhouse, as the writer, director of “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion.”
Charlie has a keen ability to automatically know when someone is lying. After events in the first episode send her on the run from a mafia boss and his enforcer — played by Benjamin Bratt — she sets off in her car to drive… away from trouble. In each stand-alone episode, Charlie encounters new people, a murder and, of course, lies, that make her want to figure out what happened.
Johnson describes it as a howdunit and unapologetically a procedural. Charlie knows who commits the murder but has to figure out how.
“We follow the same format with every single episode. We show the murder, then we flashback and see where Charlie was during the murder. We catch up with the murder and then she solves it. Keeping that procedural consistency was a big, big deal to me because when I tune in to TV, part of what I love is hanging out with the same friends over and over. It’s a comforting pattern of getting a new thrill from something that I know what to expect from every single week. There’s great joy in that… I embrace it completely.”
As Charlie encounters a new mystery each week, there’s a revolving door of notable guest stars throughout the 10-episode first season, including Lil Rey Henry, Tim Meadows, Luis Guzman, Chloë Sevigny and even Nick Nolte — who appears in an episode that Lyonne directed, which she described as a “sensational” experience.
“Strong recommend for literally everyone. Now, granted, that might get chaotic because Nick likes somebody who is pretty serious, but yeah, I would say I recommend it to all hobbyists.”
Lyonne describes acting opposite so many guest stars as mostly great and seems amused by those that were perhaps more challenging.
“Sometimes somebody comes in and it’s just really joyous. It’s like making music with this really cool musician you didn’t know you were going to play so well with. Other times it’s like, ‘Oh, wow, so this person just doesn’t memorize their lines. OK, this is going to be a long, long day.’ It’s sort of a mixed bag sometimes. I would say that the caliber of people that we were able to put together is definitely, maybe like 99% really, really awesome. There were a few that were like, ‘This is sticky business.’ You never know. You never know.”
Another reason Charlie is able to pick up on something that seems off is because she pays attention to those around her and likes the underdogs, those who are ignored or dismissed by others.
“Charlie’s always going to have her sympathies with the little guy which is similar to Columbo in a way,” said Johnson.
It’s a trait Lyonne is also drawn to both personally and professionally. She has a production company, “Animal Pictures” with Maya Rudolph which co-produces “Poker Face” along with Rudolph’s Apple TV+ comedy, “Loot.” It was also behind Lyonne’s popular series “Russian Doll” on Netflix. Lyonne says she gravitates to creative people, including friends Jenji Kohan (who created “Orange is the New Black”), Amy Poehler, Clea DuVall and Janicza Bravo, and there’s joy in creating content for “misfits and outsiders.”
“We kind of go on a journey together. You’re communicating with the weirdo kids in the back of the class because, you know, they watch stuff, too.” | 2023-01-24T16:26:14+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/entertainment-news/ap-natasha-lyonne-stars-in-poker-face-a-peacock-howdunit/ |
Memorial Day is almost upon us and that means the unofficial start of summer.
With that as a background – along with the upcoming cookouts and picnics that will be occurring – I thought I’d make a list of some great backyard craft beers. By that I mean easy-drinking, warm-weather brews you can hold in one hand while playing horseshoes or bocce or cornhole with the other.
These are brews that are low(ish) in alcohol, don’t bloat you or make you logy and are able to refresh you on the warmest (or even hottest) of days. But the trick is that they also are really tasty. These are just five of my favorites and by no means a definitive list. I would love to hear about your favorites that fit this category. I know I will leave some great ones out.
Without further ado, here are five great Memorial Day cookout beers:
- Jack’s Abby House Lager – This one will have you falling in love at the mere scent of it, light bready malts with a hint of floral hops. The flavor is just as tantalizing, with a superb tango being danced between the tart notes and the sweet malt structure. Light and airy, this brew is sessionable even at 5.2% ABV.
- Building 8′s The Session – At 4.8 ABV and almost as crisp as most lagers, this session IPA is both slightly piney and moderately juicy, with some zesty citrus notes dovetailing nicely with just enough malt to keep things in balance. Some grassy notes chime in as the beer warms, and the whole shebang is as refreshing as a trip down a water slide. It might be the best session IPA I’ve ever had.
- Victory Prima Pils – When you think of a German-style Pilsner, you probably think of a sweet malty flavor profile that is attenuated by some snappy Hallertau, Saab or Spalt hoppiness. And that’s exactly what you get with Victory Prima Pils. The aroma has a nice pattern of coral hops and caramel malts, and this combination morphs nicely into a biscuit-like breadiness flanked by pine resin and some tasty, bitter finishing hops. Yet all in all, it’s not overwhelming and serves as a fantastic summer brew.
- Allagash River Trip – This nod to farmhouse ales, at 4.8 % ABV, has a citrus punch accentuated by coriander. The main flavor here is grapefruit, but the beer is not cloyingly fruity and finishes fairly dry. Hints of lemon and yeast peek around the corners of this brew and it’s pretty complex for a low-ABV beer.
- Brick & Feather Montague Gothic – This local take on the Kölsch style of beer is clear, bright, snazzy with a dollop of lemon hoppiness that ties things up neatly. At just 5.2% ABV, this brew brings plenty to the (picnic) table for your money.
What are your favorite cookout craft beers? | 2022-05-22T12:53:35+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2022/05/beer-nut-5-brews-to-bring-to-your-next-cookout.html |
FLORENCE — Northwest Alabama K9 Search & Rescue used cadaver dogs Thursday to search several undisclosed locations in hopes of finding clues in locating a man who has been listed as missing since March 19, 2019.
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DALLAS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers (27-35, 12th in the Eastern Conference) are set to off against the Dallas Mavericks (32-30, sixth in the Western Conference) at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Dallas.
BOTTOM LINE:
Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks host the Indiana Pacers. Doncic leads the NBA averaging 33.1 points per game.
The Mavericks have gone 20-11 in home games. Dallas is last in the Western Conference scoring 42.4 points per game in the paint.
The Pacers are 9-20 on the road. Indiana ranks eighth in the Eastern Conference scoring 48.2 points per game in the paint led by Myles Turner averaging 9.1.
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LAST 10 GAMES:
Mavericks: 5-5, averaging 118.8 points, 39.8 rebounds, 24.5 assists, 6.8 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.6 points per game.
Pacers: 3-7, averaging 114.2 points, 39.2 rebounds, 28.5 assists, 8.0 steals and 5.3 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.4 points.
INJURIES:
Mavericks: Maxi Kleber: out (hamstring), Davis Bertans: out (calf).
Pacers: None listed. | 2023-02-27T22:06:12+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/sports/pacers/doncic-leads-dallas-into-matchup-with-indiana/ |
Biloxi Mayor Gilich backs AG Fitch in letter regarding “Michael Watson’s erroneous view of the law”
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Biloxi’s mayor is taking sides in a standoff of sorts between Secretary of State Michael Watson and Attorney General Lynn Fitch over tidelands, and he’s backing the AG.
Tuesday, Mississippi Today reported on Watson’s frustration that Fitch isn’t helping to enforce the state’s public tidelands leasing laws. He said her inaction is costing taxpayers and threatening a precious public resource as he hires a private firm to do the work.
In response to the article, Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich on Wednesday sent a letter of support to AG Fitch and General Joe Spraggins, Executive Director of the Dept. of Marine Resources (DMR). DMR is the agency tasked with issuing permits for construction on tidelands.
“Secretary Watson’s request to hire outside counsel to address a fictional problem is counter beneficial to all the citizens in our state. It is indeed a waste of time and money,” Gilich wrote. “The Secretary spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars suing Long Beach, Biloxi, and Harrison County to stop them from making improvements to public piers and harbors without a tidelands lease. But the Mississippi Supreme Court said the law authorizes Coast cities and county to do so.”
The mayor is referencing a March state Supreme Court decision where justices sided with a Chancery Court ruling that a tidelands lease is not needed to build a pier at Veterans Avenue.
A public pier had been at that location for years before being destroyed by a hurricane. In 2019, Biloxi and Harrison County approved a plan to lease the property to RW Development for construction of a municipal pier for public use.
Gilich ends the letter saying, “Keep up the good work enforcing and honoring all Mississippi laws, including those that prevent the Secretary from demanding tidelands leases for piers and harbors built by cities and counties.”
Read Mayor Gilich’s full letter here: https://bit.ly/3pTrVrm
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Diabetic janitor gets locked in Orange County Courthouse for three days
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A janitor working inside of the Orange County Courthouse got locked inside for three days.The incident report says the woman was cleaning a holding cell Friday night when the door shut behind her, locking her in.Her cell phone was left on her cart, and she wasn't found until Monday morning.The cell only had a small faucet to drink from and a small bench to sit or lay down on. The woman told officials she had diabetes and had not taken any insulin since before she was locked in the cell. She was given food to help with her blood sugar but refused medical transport.
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The cell only had a small faucet to drink from and a small bench to sit or lay down on.
The woman told officials she had diabetes and had not taken any insulin since before she was locked in the cell.
She was given food to help with her blood sugar but refused medical transport. | 2023-02-01T22:57:20+00:00 | wesh.com | https://www.wesh.com/article/janitor-florida-courthouse-three-days/42737135 |
After a chilly and soggy start to the holiday weekend, the Fourth of July is shaping up to be mostly dry in the Seattle area.
Folks can expect high temperatures in the upper 60s or low 70s today, said Mary Butwin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Seattle.
“The clouds that we are seeing right now, they’ll gradually start to scatter out. It probably won’t get completely clear, but it will improve,” she said Monday morning.
While some showers are expected in the area, “those will gradually come to an end later this afternoon, early evening,” Butwin said.
So good news for fireworks fanatics: By tonight it should be mostly dry throughout the region.
Not too dry, though. Butwin said people should “be fire aware,” especially in grassy areas, but with recent rains, the fire risk in Western Washington remains low.
So what can we expect immediately after the holiday? Butwin said there may be a short break in the clouds Tuesday, but the pattern of rain isn’t going away – the forecast suggests a repeat of wet and overcast weather starting later this week, Butwin said. | 2022-07-04T18:02:46+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/heading-outside-for-4th-of-july-celebrations-heres-what-to-expect-from-seattle-area-weather/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Triad: Armed and dangerous man wanted for double homicide, marshals say
Man wanted for double homicide could be in the Triad, police said.
Kannapolis police say Marlon Anderson, 50, "forcefully" entered a home and shot and killed two people.
Sharon Chamber, 61, and her 49-year-old nephew died from their wounds.
Anderson is believed to be driving a black Chevy suburban with North Carolina license plate HFZ-4932 and could be in the Triad.
Police said he has recently visited friends and family in areas between Greensboro, Charlotte and Asheville.
He should be considered armed and dangerous, police said.
Anderson is described as a Black man who is 6 feet tall and weighs about 165 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair.
His notable tattoos are a $100 bill on his right forearm and the insignia North Carolina 704 on his left arm.
Anderson is wanted for two counts of homicide and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
U.S. Marshals are offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Anderson.
Anyone with information about Anderson's whereabouts should contact the U.S. Marshals Service at 1-877-WANTED2 or use the USMS Tips app.
This is a developing story, check back with WXII for more updates. | 2022-06-29T22:44:07+00:00 | wxii12.com | https://www.wxii12.com/article/triad-wanted-double-homicide-anderson-armed/40463833 |
Alexander Zverev 2023 French Open Odds
As play in the French Open approaches an end, a quarterfinal is coming up for Alexander Zverev against Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Zverev's odds to win this tournament at Stade Roland Garros are +750, third-best in the field.
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- In the Round of 16, Zverev won 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 against Dimitrov on Monday.
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Troopers: Driver killed in Orangeburg Co. crash
Published: Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:43 PM EST|Updated: 10 minutes ago
ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Orangeburg County.
The crash happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday on SC Highway 6 near Highway 301, about four miles west of Vance, Cpl. Tyler Tidwell said.
Troopers say a 2010 Buick LaCrosse was traveling west on SC Highway 6 when it collided with an eastbound 2018 Mack truck.
The driver of the Buick was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver of the truck was taken to the hospital with injuries, Tidwell said.
The Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office has not yet released the identity of the victim.
Copyright 2023 WCSC. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-07T22:57:57+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2023/03/07/troopers-driver-killed-orangeburg-co-crash/ |
Outfitting your dream farmhouse bathroom
Farmhouse-style bathrooms bring together rustic and natural elements with a vintage flair. Reminiscent of the quaint farmhouses and barns of days gone by, this style can bring a relaxed, inviting feel to bathrooms. From wallpaper and accessories to lighting and fixtures, there are many ways to display farmhouse style in bathroom spaces.
Shop this article: Kate and Laurel Cates Rustic Wall Mirror, Amolliar Mason Jar Bathroom Accessories Set, Apsoonsell Rustic Shabby Chic Vase
Farmhouse bathroom elements
Reclaimed wood and tarnished metal accents feature heavily in farmhouse bathrooms. Vintage wall fixtures, rusty-looking copper tubs, barn door-inspired mirrors, distressed wood vanities and farmhouse sinks are all popular farmhouse bathroom elements.
Keep in mind that farmhouse style is subtle and practical bordering on minimalist; think neutral tones including white, black, brown and gray, milk jug vases, mason jar toiletry storage and other creatively repurposed items.
Traditional wood wall paneling, distressed shiplap, exposed brick walls and nature-inspired wallpaper are great for adding character and style to the room. Dark wood flooring and tiles in black and white or slate gray contribute to the rustic feel, as well.
Top farmhouse bathroom picks
Kate and Laurel Cates Rustic Wall Mirror
This barn door-inspired mirror is perfect for a farmhouse bathroom. The brown finish and black metal accents add to its rustic charm. It’s also available in four other colors and seven sizes to suit different spaces.
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Sand and Stable Alger Single Bathroom Vanity
This antique-style vanity contains a farmhouse-style sink, a beautiful marble countertop and a cabinet with a driftwood finish. You can store toiletries in the one-drawer cabinet, and the bottom ledge is useful for holding towels and bathroom items you want quick access to. There are three pre-drilled holes for installing a faucet and handles (not included), and the base comes in seven different colors.
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Dujahmland Farmhouse Vanity Light Fixture
This vintage-style wall sconce pairs nicely with the featured mirror and vanity. The clear glass shade, wood base and matte black accents have a farmhouse-meets-industrial aesthetic. The fixture comes in two wood finishes with three, four, five or six lights (bulbs not included).
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Dosly Idees Farmhouse Shower Curtain
This shower curtain features pretty pleats, stripes and wooden button embellishments in earthy tones for a farmhouse or country cottage feel. It’s machine washable and easy to keep clean, with four sizes and 10 color schemes to choose from.
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This hand-woven bathroom rug has a classic braided texture and knotted tassels, featuring soft cotton in a neutral tone that complements farmhouse decor. It comes in nine colors and 12 sizes to suit a variety of bathrooms.
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Amolliar Mason Jar Bathroom Accessories Set
This bathroom accessories set balances form and function, keeping toiletries organized while making a decorative statement. The set includes soap dispenser and toothbrush holder Mason jars, as well as two apothecary jars for storing cotton swabs, cotton balls and other small items. The jar tops contain rust-resistant stainless steel in one of five finishes, though the matte black and bronze finishes are most suitable for farmhouse decor.
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Autumn Alley Rustic Toilet Paper Holder
This rustic toilet paper holder is crafted from weathered wood, with galvanized metal hardware and a barn door motif that works well with the featured mirror. You can buy a matching towel ring, single towel rack or large towel rack separately for a uniform appearance.
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Mkono Rustic Wood Floating Shelves
These floating shelves are perfect for displaying candles, plant pots, and other decorative items in the bathroom. Matte black wall brackets support handcrafted paulownia wood shelves. They’re available in sets of two or three in 17- and 23.6-inch-wide versions.
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Abyssaly White Gray Wood Peel and Stick Wallpaper
This wallpaper mimics the appearance of weather-beaten wood, and it’s impressive how realistic the wood grain looks. You can install the paper so that the panels are oriented horizontally or vertically, depending on your preference. The durable vinyl paper can stand up to moist bathroom conditions. What’s more, it’s easy to remove, apply and reposition thanks to the peel-and-stick design.
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Haus and Hues Framed Vintage Botanical Prints
The simple black-and-white color scheme of these botanical prints can complement the featured shiplap wallpaper nicely. The floral images bring a touch of elegance to the bathroom, with seven other antique-style prints and nine sizes to choose from (both framed and unframed).
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Stonebriar Wire Metal Cloche Set
This versatile set of distressed wood and metal cloches features a caged design for displaying pillar candles, succulent pots and other small decor. The two cloches have different sizes, offering visual variety when placed together.
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Apsoonsell Rustic Shabby Chic Vase
This miniature metal milk jug has a chipped paint design and rusted rim for a shabby farmhouse look. You can fill it with real or artificial flowers; if you opt for fresh flowers, be sure to put a water liner in the vase first.
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Plantersville reminds dog-owning residents to register pets
PLANTERSVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Residents of one Lee County town who own a dog need to get their pet registered, ahead of an upcoming deadline.
Every dog in Plantersville must be registered every January with the city. Dog owners can register their dogs at Plantersville Town Hall for $5.
The owner gets a tag with contact information that can be put on their dog’s collar.
The town’s animal control officer said the registration ordinance has helped reunite lost dogs with their owners .
“We started the registration last year, and went through last year, went real well, had a lot of positive feedback. We have had several people get their dogs back without them going to the shelter because we knew where to carry them because they were registered with the town,” said Officer Jason Lessel, Plantersville Animal Control.
Dog owners have until March 31 to get their pets registered, or they will pay $30 for registration.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. (the "Company" or "Rexford Industrial") (NYSE: REXR), a real estate investment trust focused on creating value by investing in and operating industrial properties located in Southern California infill markets, today announced that the Company will release third quarter 2022 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. A conference call with senior management will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
To participate in the live telephone conference call, please access the following dial-in numbers at least five minutes prior to the start time.
1-877-407-0789 (for domestic callers)
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A webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode at ir.rexfordindustrial.com.
Conference call playback will be available through November 20, 2022 and can be accessed using the following numbers and pass code 13733021.
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Rexford Industrial creates value by investing in, operating and redeveloping industrial properties throughout infill Southern California, the world's fourth largest industrial market and consistently the highest demand, lowest supply market in the nation. The Company's highly differentiated strategy enables internal and external growth opportunities through its proprietary value creation and asset management capabilities. Rexford Industrial's high-quality, irreplaceable portfolio comprises 344 properties with approximately 41.6 million rentable square feet occupied by a stable and diverse tenant base. Structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "REXR," Rexford Industrial is an S&P MidCap 400 Index member. For more information, please visit www.rexfordindustrial.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – The long season of La Niña has finally ended, meteorologists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed.
The La Niña climate pattern, which has been present practically uninterrupted since the summer of 2020, started weakening in recent months. Now, La Niña has officially been replaced by “ENSO-neutral conditions,” the Climate Prediction Center (a division of NOAA’s National Weather Service) said in its “Final La Niña Advisory” Thursday morning,
“ENSO neutral” means neither La Niña nor El Niño is present. Forecasters expect these conditions to last through early summer.
We may switch from ENSO-neutral conditions to El Niño at some point this summer or fall, but it’s too early to predict the timing or strength of an El Niño season, meteorologists said.
Both La Niña and El Niño usually grow strongest in the winter.
A strong El Niño for fall and winter, if it were to develop, would be the inverse of what we’ve seen the last three years. It would likely mean a cold, wet winter for California and the Southern U.S. El Niño usually means a warm, dry winter for the Pacific Northwest and Midwest.
The absence of La Niña and El Niño, as we have now, can make spring weather more unpredictable.
“The crystal ball is even blurrier than usual,” Michelle L’Heureux, a meteorologist with the Climate Prediction Center, told Nexstar last month. “ENSO neutral effectively means that conditions across Tropical Pacific are closer to average, so there isn’t a big disruption in the atmospheric circulation that is offered by El Niño La Niña.”
The latest outlook for spring indicates warmer-than-average weather for southern states. It also predicts dry conditions for the Four Corners states, as well as Florida. The Great Lakes region, on the other hand, is most likely to see above-average precipitation through May.
Whether we’re in a La Niña year, El Niño year, or neither is determined by sea surface temperatures near the equator over the Pacific Ocean. The temperature of the water and air above it can shift the position of the jet stream, which impacts the types of weather we see on land. | 2023-03-09T16:58:28+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/la-nina-is-officially-over-noaa-announces-what-does-that-mean/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With a staunch anti-abortion Republican governor and large GOP legislative majorities, Iowa would seem poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
There’s just one catch: a 2018 Iowa Supreme Court ruling that established the right to abortion under the state constitution.
“I don’t know if the people of Iowa know that things aren’t going to change immediately if Roe. v. Wade is overturned,” said state Rep. Sandy Salmon, a Republican and farm manager from northeast Iowa who has made abortion restrictions a cornerstone of her five legislative terms.
Supreme courts in a handful of states, including others controlled by Republicans, have recognized the right to abortion. But in no state is the issue more immediate than Iowa, where Republicans are calling for a state high court with new, conservative justices to reverse a decision made just four years ago.
The Iowa court’s decision, due within weeks, is an example of the complexities that loom in states should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn its 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Specifically, it highlights the inevitable confrontation between new abortion bans being prepared in anticipation of Roe’s reversal and state constitutions.
“There are states where this is to some extent unknown and an issue that state courts will likely have to confront,” said Helene Krasnoff, vice president of public policy, litigation and law for abortion rights advocates Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “But this is an issue that’s present in Iowa in this very moment.”
The Iowa Supreme Court decision that’s under consideration struck down a 2017 law signed by then-Gov. Terry Branstad requiring a woman to wait 72 hours before receiving an abortion. The court ruled 5-2 that an abortion is a fundamental right protected by the state constitution’s guarantee of liberty.
“Autonomy and dominion over one’s body go to the very heart of what it means to be free,” wrote then-Chief Justice Mark Cady, who died in 2019. “Implicit in the concept of ordered liberty is the ability to decide whether to continue or terminate a pregnancy.”
Since that decision, Branstad’s successor, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, has signed other restrictions, including outlawing abortion once cardiac activity is detected in the embryo and requiring a 24-hour waiting period. Both measures were struck down in state district court. Reynolds appealed the waiting-period decision to the Iowa Supreme Court last year.
In the years since Cady’s opinion, Reynolds has appointed four of the court’s seven members. The Republican-controlled Legislature also gave her more control over the process of selecting the panel that recommends potential nominees.
Drake University Law School professor Sally Frank said if the court were to overturn a right established only four years ago, it “would give an even more political look to a decision here than the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Yet abortion opponents argued that court rulings in a half-dozen states, including Iowa, are examples of laws inappropriately established by judges rather than elected officials.
“This case presents the opportunity for the Iowa Supreme Court to return the issue back to the people to decide through their elected representatives in the Legislature,” said Mallory Carroll, a spokeswoman for the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List.
Polls indicate support for keeping abortion legal. The Des Moines Register Iowa Poll found in September that 57% supported keeping abortion legal in most or all cases, compared with 38% who said it should be illegal in most or all cases. According to AP VoteCast, a 2020 survey of the electorate, 65% of Iowa voters said the U.S. Supreme Court should leave Roe v. Wade as it is, while a third said it should be overturned.
Reynolds has said she is “proud of the legislation she signed in 2018,” including the ban on abortions once cardiac activity is detected, as early as six weeks and before many women know they are pregnant. While the measure included exceptions to protect the life of the mother and for pregnancies that are the result of incest or rape, Reynolds recently declined to endorse any exceptions.
“I’m not going to set any parameters,” she told reporters last week. “We have a ruling before the Iowa Supreme Court and we’re going to wait and see what they do, and that actually will affect what our next steps are moving forward.”
Supreme courts in Alaska, Florida, Kansas, Montana and Minnesota have ruled that their constitutions protect the right to abortion. Among them, Republicans hold legislative majorities and the governorships in Florida and Montana.
In Montana, a challenge to abortion restrictions is before the state supreme courts.
Majority Republicans in the Kansas Legislature are seeking to invalidate a 2019 state Supreme Court decision that declared access to abortion a “fundamental right” with a referendum on the August primary ballot to amend the state constitution.
Iowa Republicans also are pursuing a constitutional amendment that specifies the state constitution does not recognize, grant, or secure a right to abortion. The amendment could not stop the Legislature from enacting a statutory right to abortion, but would present an obstacle to any court weighing what the state would be required to enforce.
The measure needs a second approval in the Legislature and will likely come up next year, Salmon, the GOP state lawmaker, said. If approved it would go before voters, probably in 2024.
It’s the removal of the abortion guarantee in the 2018 court ruling that would clear the way for lawmakers to ban the procedure, Salmon’s ultimate goal.
“That means that abortion would not be a service offered in this state,” Salmon said.
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Associated Press polling reporter Hannah Fingerhut contributed to this story.
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This version corrects the last name of the spokeswoman for the Susan B. Anthony List to Carroll instead of Clark.
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This story has been corrected show challenges to abortion restrictions are only before the Montana Supreme Court, and to show the correct the spelling of Krasnoff. | 2022-05-25T00:11:17+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/courts-stymie-abortion-bans-in-iowa-other-gop-led-states/ |
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Federal environmental and energy officials moved Wednesday to quell a growing controversy over whether work done by the offshore wind power industry is killing whales in the northeastern U.S., saying there is no evidence this is happening.
In a hastily arranged briefing for reporters, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management addressed a spate of whale deaths on the East Coast that some groups suspect may have been caused by site preparation work for offshore wind farms.
NOAA said there have been 14 whale strandings on the East Coast since Dec. 1, including humpback whales, which are common in the area, and some sperm whales, which are an endangered species.
The call came two days after the latest reported death, that of a humpback whale that washed ashore Monday on Assateague Island, Maryland. The death of that whale followed the deaths of seven whales in New Jersey and New York in a little over a month.
NOAA officials said they have been studying the phenomenon of humpback whales dying at elevated rates along the East Coast since January 2016. During that period, 178 of the animals have washed ashore dead between Maine and Florida.
Post-mortem examinations were able to be done on about half the animals, and of those, 40% showed evidence of “human interaction,” such as entanglement with fishing gear or being struck by vessels, said Lauren Gaches, a NOAA spokesperson. In other cases, the animals were too decomposed for an effective investigation.
In no case, authorities said, has a whale been proven to have been killed by offshore wind activity.
“I want to be unambiguous: There is no information supporting that any of the equipment used in support of offshore wind development could directly lead to the death of a whale,” said Benjamin Laws, deputy chief for permits and conservation with NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources. “There are no known connections between any offshore wind activities and any whale strandings.”
The issue has become contentious since early last week when Clean Ocean Action, one of New Jersey’s leading coastal environmental groups, held a press conference in Atlantic City with resident groups and opponents of offshore wind to call on President Biden to investigate the seven dead whales discovered in New Jersey and New York since early December.
They also called for a temporary pause on ocean floor site preparation work for wind farms until the cause of the deaths could be established — something New Jersey’s Democratic governor, Phil Murphy, rejected.
Since then, other environmental groups and federal agencies have pushed back, saying there is nothing to link the deaths with survey work for offshore wind farms. On Tuesday, many of New Jersey’s main environmental groups held a press conference to support offshore wind and decry what they called the “false narrative” that offshore wind preparation is killing whales.
That prompted Clean Ocean Action to renew its call for a temporary moratorium on ocean floor exploration.
“Any industrial activity, especially reckless industrial development that is massive in scope, scale, magnitude, and speed, should be required to prove it is protective of the marine ecosystem,” the group said in a statement.
Brian Hooker, leader of a biology team with BOEM’s Office of Renewable Energy Programs, said the type of surveying work being done now off New Jersey and New York is not known to seriously harm whales.
The work is examining the ocean floor for the suitability of foundations for wind turbines and for laying cables between them and the shoreline, he said.
Such work involves multi-beam sound equipment, side-scan sonar, and so-called “cone penetration testing” in which a drill on top of a vessel presses a metal rod into the sea floor to test the friction and resistance of the soil.
None of those methods has been shown to seriously injure whales, Hooker said. But they do have the potential to affect the animals’ behavior, he added.
Under federal regulations, vessels conducting offshore wind activities must meet numerous requirements designed to look for and avoid marine mammals, including whales.
One requirement is that there be observers on board whose sole job is to look out for marine mammals. One observer must be aboard during daylight hours, and two at night, using night-vision equipment, Laws said.
Erica Staaterman, a bioacoustician with BOEM’s Center for Marine Acoustics, said surveying equipment used in offshore wind site preparation is different from that used in exploring for oil and gas in that the wind farm testing uses smaller, quieter equipment.
This type of equipment typically activates for a few milliseconds, and then is silent for 15 seconds. She, too, said there is no evidence of such testing being linked to whale strandings.
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Follow Wayne Parry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/WayneParryAC | 2023-01-19T11:37:22+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/ap-feds-offshore-wind-not-to-blame-for-east-coast-whale-deaths/ |
The No. 25 UC Santa Barbara women’s tennis team beat UC Irvine 6-1 Saturday afternoon at Anteater Tennis Stadium, improving to 7-0 in Big West play on the season. The Gauchos’ (15-6) win over the Anteaters marked their sixth straight win, the longest winning streak of the season.
Irvine gained an early edge in doubles as Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico and Emily Fowler bested Camille Kiss and Marta Gonzalez Ballbe 6-2 on court two.
The Gauchos were resilient, coming back to take the doubles point with 6-3 wins on the other two courts. Kira Reuter and Filippa Bruu-Syversen beat Dasee Carter and Shreya Pavani on court two and Shakhnoza Khatamova and Elizaveta Volodko locked up the point, topping Jessica Tsukiji and Alyssia Fossorier on court one.
In singles, Bruu-Syversen’s match against Fowler ended early as Fowler had to retire, giving Bruu-Syversen the victory and a point for Santa Barbara.
Volodko was the first to fully wrap up a singles victory, besting Tsukiji 6-1, 6-2 on court two.
Gonzalez Ballbe clinched the match for UCSB with a court six 6-0, 6-1 win over Pavani.
The Gauchos earned wins on courts three and five as well after the clinch. Kiss prevailed 6-1, 6-3 over Fossorier on three and Reuter came back to beat Carter 4-6, 6-2, 10-6.
Irvine picked up its only point as No. 88 Khatamova fell 6-3, 3-6, 8-10 to Gonzalez-Rico on court one.
Daniel Messinger writes about sports for UCSB.
email: sports@newspress.com | 2022-04-19T02:30:25+00:00 | newspress.com | https://newspress.com/ucsb-womens-tennis-beats-uc-irvine/ |
Van Alstyne hoops standout Carson Brown goes to Texas Lutheran
Published: May. 10, 2023 at 9:20 PM CDT|Updated: 11 minutes ago
VAN ALSTYNE, Texas (KXII) - Van Alstyne basketball standout Carson Brown is headed to Texas Lutheran to play his college hoops.
Brown can shoot from downtown, and now, he’s headed to TLU.
Copyright 2023 KXII. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-11T02:33:18+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/2023/05/11/van-alstyne-hoops-standout-carson-brown-goes-texas-lutheran/ |
Invesco Ltd. Announces May 31, 2022 Assets Under Management
Published: Jun. 9, 2022 at 3:15 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
ATLANTA, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) today reported preliminary month-end assets under management (AUM) of $1,451.6 billion, a decrease of 1.7% versus previous month-end. The firm experienced net long-term outflows of $2.4 billion in the month. Non-management fee earning net outflows were $1.4 billion and money market net outflows were $26.7 billion. AUM was positively impacted by favorable market returns which increased AUM by $6 billion. FX increased AUM by $0.5 billion. Preliminary average total AUM for the quarter through May 31 were $1,481.2 billion, and preliminary average active AUM for the quarter through May 31 were $1,002.7 billion.
About Invesco Ltd.
Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) is a global independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. With offices in more than 20 countries, our distinctive investment teams deliver a comprehensive range of active, passive and alternative investment capabilities. For more information, visit www.invesco.com/corporate.
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Fed set to impose another big rate hike to fight inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conflicting signs about the health of the U.S. economy have thrust the Federal Reserve into a difficult spot.
With inflation raging at a four-decade high, the job market strong and consumer spending still solid, the Fed is under pressure to raise interest rates aggressively.
But other signs suggest the economy is slowing and might even have shrunk in the first half of the year. Such evidence would typically lead the Fed to stop raising rates — or even cut them.
For now, though, the Fed is focused squarely on its inflation fight, and this week it’s set to announce another hefty hike in its benchmark interest rate. Together with its previous rate increases, the Fed’s moves will make borrowing costlier for individuals and companies and likely weaken the economy over time.
“Until there’s very clear evidence of the labor market beginning to meaningfully deteriorate, the No. 1 focus for the Fed must be inflation,” said Matthew Luzzetti, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank.
When it ends its latest policy meeting Wednesday, the Fed is expected to impose a second consecutive three-quarter-point hike, elevating its key rate to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. It will be its fourth rate hike since March, when it announced a quarter-point increase. Since then, with inflation setting new four-decade highs, the central bank has tightened credit ever more aggressively.
By raising borrowing rates, the Fed makes it costlier to take out a mortgage or an auto or business loan. In turn, consumers and businesses will likely borrow and spend less, cooling the economy and slowing price increases. The Fed’s hikes have already led to a doubling of the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage in the past year, to 5.5%, and home sales have tumbled. The central bank is betting it can slow growth just enough to tame inflation yet not so much as to trigger a recession — a risk that many analysts fear may end badly.
The Fed’s rate hikes aren’t suited to address all the causes of high inflation. Higher borrowing rates can reduce spending. But they cannot reverse other factors, notably the global shortages of food, energy, factory parts and other items, which have been worsened by Russia’s war against Ukraine and COVID-19-related shutdowns in China.
It will also likely take months for the Fed’s higher rates to reduce spending on airline flights, restaurant meals and other services. Many economists worry that this means the Fed will have to clamp down even harder on consumer and business demand, to bring it into balance with the economy’s restricted supply of goods and labor.
A news conference that Chair Jerome Powell will hold Wednesday — and whatever signals, if any, he sends about the Fed’s next steps — will draw intense interest. Since the Fed met in June, the government has reported that inflation accelerated to a 9.1% annual rate, the most since 1981. Though that jump reflected a spike in gas prices, which have since declined, inflation worsened even after excluding the volatile energy and food categories.
The nation’s June jobs report showed that hiring has remained healthy, with employers adding 372,000 jobs last month. Employers’ continued need for labor has been elevating wages and contributing to inflation as companies pass their higher labor costs on to customers in the form of price increases.
Oddly enough, though, despite the robust job market and its role in keeping inflation high, by some measures the economy is barely growing, if at all. When the government reports Thursday on growth in the April-June period, it may show that the economy shrank for a second consecutive quarter.
Though two straight quarters of negative growth are sometimes seen as an informal definition of recession, few economists think the economy is in a downturn. Instead, recessions are defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit group of economists. The NBER assesses a broad range of data in determining recessions and places heavy weight on incomes and jobs. Economists note that employers have added 2.7 million jobs so far this year, which points to an economy far from recession.
If, as expected, the Fed raises its short-term rate this week to 2.25% to 2.5%, it would move it near a level that officials think neither stimulates nor discourages growth. After that, the policymakers could raise the rate in smaller increments to levels that would slow the economy. Fed officials have signaled that they expect to raise it to a range of 3.25% to 3.5% by year’s end.
On Wednesday, Powell is expected to hammer home the Fed’s determination to raise rates until inflation falls, even at the risk of slowing growth too much.
“What we’re looking for is compelling evidence that inflationary pressures are abating and that inflation is moving back down,” he said at a news conference after the Fed’s June meeting. “We’d like to see that in the form of a series of declining monthly inflation readings.”
At a central banking forum last month in Portugal, Powell added: “Is there a risk that we would go too far? Certainly there’s a risk, but I wouldn’t agree that’s the biggest risk to the economy. The biggest mistake to make … would be to fail to restore price stability.”
Other officials have made clear they expect the Fed to continue raising rates for the foreseeable future.
“I have not seen any convincing evidence that inflation has turned the corner,” said Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, earlier this month.
Still, the economy’s conflicting signals have whiplashed Fed policy for months, leaving many analysts calling for a clearer message. In June, policymakers had signaled that a half-point rate hike was likely — until just before their meeting, when expectations abruptly shifted to a three-quarter-point increase.
And after the June inflation report showed that price increases were accelerating, Wall Street traders bet that the Fed would impose a full percentage point hike this week. That expectation, too, faded after several Fed officials dismissed the idea. The rapid swing in expectations was “borderline ridiculous,” Krishna Guha, an economist at Evercore ISI, an investment bank, wrote to clients.
The policymakers should “lay out the thinking a little bit more of how they see the pace of rate increases going forward,” said Ellen Meade, an economics professor at Duke University and a former senior Fed economist. “Will they react to a dramatic slowing in the economy if that should occur before they see inflation slow in a meaningful way? Having a little more information as to how they’re thinking about it could be helpful.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-25T17:40:03+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/07/25/fed-set-impose-another-big-rate-hike-fight-inflation/ |
Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping down from his roles within the U.S. government.
Fauci said he will leave his positions as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, in December.
Fauci has spent more than 50 years in the government, serving under seven presidents, Democrats and Republicans.
"It has been the honor of a lifetime to have led the NIAID, an extraordinary institution, for so many years and through so many scientific and public health challenges," Fauci said.
Biden praised Fauci for his service to the country.
"Because of Dr. Fauci’s many contributions to public health, lives here in the United States and around the world have been saved," Biden said.
For many, Fauci became the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was often praised on the left for offering fact-based advice, sometimes countering former President Donald Trump. He was also criticized by people on the right who disagreed with him about mitigation efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Despite the criticism, Fauci, 81, says he's not retiring.
"I want to use what I have learned as NIAID Director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats," Fauci said. | 2022-08-22T16:07:14+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/fauci-stepping-down-from-government-roles-to-pursue-next-chapter-of-career |
Man admits to Jan. 6 attacks on police, AP photographer
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty on Monday to attacking police officers and an Associated Press photographer during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the U.S. Capitol.
In a deal with prosecutors, Alan Byerly, 55, admitted to wielding a stun gun while confronting officers who were trying to protect the Capitol from the angry mob. He also admitted to assaulting AP photographer John Minchillo, who was documenting the chaos and violence outside the building where lawmakers were meeting to certify President Joe Biden’s election victory.
In exchange for pleading guilty to two charges stemming from the attacks, prosecutors agreed to drop several other charges Byerly was facing, including civil disorder. An attorney for Byerly declined to comment Monday.
Federal guidelines recommend a sentence between about three and four years behind bars, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss said. Byerly, of Fleetwood, is scheduled to be sentenced in October.
Byerly, who was arrested last year, is among three people who have been charged with assaulting Minchillo, who was wearing a helmet-style gas mask when he was pushed, pulled and punched by a group of men outside the Capitol. The assault was captured on video by a colleague.
Byerly was seen on camera standing behind a group of people who pulled Minchillo backward down a set of stairs leading up to the western front of the Capitol building, according to charging documents.
At the bottom of the stairs, Byerly and three other people grabbed the photographer and pushed, shoved and dragged him, authorities say. Byerly grabbed Minchillo with both hands and pushed him backwards before continuing to push and drag him away from the stairs, prosecutors say.
Minchillo found himself backed up against a stone wall by the attackers. Authorities say another man, Benjamen Scott Burlew of Miami, Oklahoma, lunged toward the photographer and shoved him over the wall, causing Minchillo to land on his back. Burlew was arrested last August and is scheduled to go to trial in October.
A third man charged in the assault was arrested in May. Rodney Milstreed is accused of grabbing Minchillo by his backpack and pulling him backward down the stairs and then shoving him. In a Facebook post a few days later, Milstreed said attacking the photographer was “worth it,” adding “Hit him with everything god give. The crowd cheered,” according to the court papers.
Authorities say shortly after assaulting Minchillo, Byerly approached police officers standing behind a row of bike racks who were trying to hold back the pro-Trump mob. Byerly approached the officers while holding up a stun gun and activated the weapon, but police were able to knock it out of his hand, prosecutors say.
Byerly continued to charge at the officers, striking and pushing them, and grabbed one officer’s baton, authorities said. Officers were eventually able to restrain Byerly, but he got away with the help of another rioter, according to charging documents.
Byerly is among more than 300 people who have pleaded guilty so far to federal crimes stemming from the riot. More than 840 people have been charged with crimes ranging from low-level misdemeanors to serious felony charges such as seditious conspiracy. | 2022-07-25T23:23:21+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/25/man-admits-jan-6-attacks-police-ap-photographer/10149384002/ |
Rising mortgage rates hit home builders as buyers pull back
Prospective home buyers are getting hit by a double whammy of bad news: Prices remain prohibitively high for many consumers, largely due to low supply. Mortgage rates have also skyrocketed to their highest level in 14 years.
That is weighing on demand for both new home construction as well as sales of existing homes on the market. Home builders Lennar and KB Home both reported their latest quarterly results Wednesday afternoon. The two companies each posted a profit that topped analysts' forecasts, but revenue was below Wall Street's expectations.
"Sales have clearly been impacted by rising interest rates," Stuart Miller, Lennar's executive chairman, said in the company's earnings release. Miller added that "there remains a significant national shortage of housing, especially workforce housing, and demand remains strong."
Lennar also reported that orders for new homes fell 12% from a year ago and that it is trying to "navigate the rebalance between price and interest rates."
Mortgage rates are likely to head even higher given the Federal Reserve's series of big interest rate increases and likely plans for even more hikes in the coming months.
KB Home chairman and CEO Jeffrey Mezger said in Wednesday's earnings report that "the combination of rising mortgage interest rates, ongoing inflation and other macro concerns has caused many prospective buyers to pause on their homebuying decision."
Shares of KB Home fell 5% Thursday following its earnings report. Lennar rose 2%. But both stocks have plunged this year along with other builders. Lennar's stock is down 32% in 2022 while KB Home's shares have plummeted 40%.
The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF, which owns these two stocks and shares of other housing related companies such as air conditioner maker Carrier and retailers Home Depot and Lowe's, is down 35% this year. | 2022-09-22T21:51:09+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/mortgage-rates-home-builders/41335400 |
Russian missiles strike Kyiv, shattering sense of calm
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia took aim at Western military supplies for Ukraine’s government with early Sunday airstrikes in Kyiv that it said destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as President Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of long-range rocket systems to Ukraine would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck.”
The cryptic threat of a military escalation from the Russian leader didn’t specify what the new targets might be, but it comes days after the United States announced plans to deliver $700 million of security assistance for Ukraine that includes four precision-guided, medium-range rocket systems, helicopters, Javelin anti-tank weapon systems, radars, tactical vehicles, spare parts and more.
Military analysts say Russia is hoping to overrun the embattled eastern Donbas region, where Russia-backed separatists have fought the Ukrainian government for years, before any weapons that might turn the tide arrive. The Pentagon said earlier this week it will take at least three weeks to get the precision U.S. weapons and trained troops onto the battlefield.
Russian forces pounded railway facilities and other infrastructure early Sunday in Kyiv, which had previously seen weeks of eerie calm. Ukraine’s nuclear plant operator, Energoatom, said one cruise missile buzzed the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant, about 350 kilometers (220 miles) to the south, on its way to the capital — citing the dangers of such a near miss.
There was no immediate confirmation from Ukraine that the Russian airstrikes had destroyed tanks.
Kyiv hadn’t faced any such strikes since the April 28 visit of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. The early morning attack triggered air raid alarms and showed that Russia still had the capability and willingness to hit at Ukraine’s heart since abandoning its wider offensive across the country to instead focus its efforts in the east.
In a posting on the Telegram app, the Russian Defense Ministry said high-precision, long-range air-launched missiles were used. It said the strikes on the outskirts of Kyiv destroyed T-72 tanks supplied by Eastern European countries and other armored vehicles located in buildings of a car-repair business.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 has led to untold tens of thousands of civilian and troop deaths, driven millions from their homes, sparked vast sanctions against Putin’s government and allies, and strangled exports of critical wheat and other grains from Ukraine through Black Sea ports — limiting access to bread and other products in Africa, the Middle East and beyond.
In a television interview on Sunday, Putin lashed out at Western deliveries of weapons to Ukraine, saying they aim to prolong the conflict.
“All this fuss around additional deliveries of weapons, in my opinion, has only one goal: To drag out the armed conflict as much as possible,” Putin said, alluding to U.S. plans to supply multiple launch rocket systems to Kyiv. He insisted such supplies were unlikely to change much for the Ukrainian government, which he said was merely making up for losses of rockets of similar range that they already had.
If Kyiv gets longer-range rockets, he added, Moscow will “draw appropriate conclusions and use our means of destruction, which we have plenty of, in order to strike at those objects that we haven’t yet struck.”
The missiles hit Kyiv’s Darnytski and Dniprovski districts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app, punctuating the Kremlin’s recently reduced goal of seizing the entire Donbas. Moscow-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian forces for eight years in the Donbas and established self-proclaimed republics.
In recent days, Russian forces have focused on capturing the city of Sievierodonetsk.
A billowing pillar of smoke filled the air with an acrid odor in Kyiv’s eastern Darnystki district, and the charred, blackened wreckage of a warehouse-type structure was smoldering. Police near the site told an Associated Press reporter that military authorities had banned the taking of images. Soldiers also blocked off a road in a nearby area leading toward a large railway yard.
The sites struck included facilities for the state rail company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said Serhiy Leshchenko, an adviser in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, on Telegram. The cruise missiles appeared to have been launched from a Tu-95 bomber flying over the Caspian Sea, the Air Force Command said on Facebook. It said air defense units shot down one missile.
Energoatom said one cruise missile came dangerously close to the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant. It said the missile “flew critically low” and that Russian forces “still do not understand that even the smallest fragment of a missile that can hit a working power unit can cause a nuclear catastrophe and radiation leak.”
Elsewhere, Russian forces continued their push to take ground in eastern Ukraine, with missile and airstrikes carried out on cities and villages of the Luhansk region, with the war now past the 100-day mark.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said on Telegram that “airstrikes by Russian Ka-52 helicopters were carried out in the areas of Girske and Myrna Dolyna, by Su-25 aircraft - on Ustynivka,” while Lysychansk was hit by a missile from the Tochka-U complex.
A total of 13 houses were damaged in Girske, and five in Lysychansk. Another airstrike was reported in the eastern city of Kramatorsk by its mayor Oleksandr Goncharenko. No one was killed in the attack, he said, but two of the city’s enterprises sustained “significant damage.”
On Sunday morning, Ukraine’s General Staff accused Russian forces of using phosphorus munitions in the village of Cherkaski Tyshky in the Kharkiv region. The claim couldn’t be independently verified.
The update also confirmed strikes on Kyiv, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday. It wasn’t immediately clear from the statement which infrastructure facilities in Kyiv were hit.
The General Staff said Russian forces continue assault operations in Sievierodonetsk, one of two key cities left to be captured in the Luhansk region of the Donbas. The Russians control the eastern part of the city, the update said, and are focusing on trying to encircle Ukrainian forces in the area and “blocking off main logistical routes.”
The U.K. military said in its daily intelligence update that Ukrainian counterattacks in Sieverodonetsk were “likely blunting the operational momentum Russian forces previously gained through concentrating combat units and firepower.” Russian forces previously had been making a string of advances in the city, but Ukrainian fighters have pushed back in recent days.
The statement also said Russia’s military was partly relying on reserve forces of the separatists in the Luhansk region.
“These troops are poorly equipped and trained, and lack heavy equipment in comparison to regular Russian units,” the intelligence update said, adding that “this approach likely indicates a desire to limit casualties suffered by regular Russian forces.”
Far from the battlefield, Ukraine’s national soccer players are hoping to secure a World Cup spot when the team takes on Wales later Sunday in Cardiff.
On the diplomatic front, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was heading to Serbia for talks with President Aleksandar Vucic early this week, followed by a visit to Turkey on Tuesday, where the Russian envoy is expected to discuss Ukraine with his Turkish counterpart.
Turkey has been trying to work with U.N. and the warring countries to help clear the way for Ukrainian grain to be exported to Turkish ports, though no deal on the issue appeared imminent.
A Ukrainian presidential adviser urged European nations to respond with “more sanctions, more weapons” to Sunday’s missile attacks.
Mykhailo Podolyak referenced remarks Friday by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said Putin had made a “historic error” by invading Ukraine, but that world powers shouldn’t “humiliate Russia” so that a diplomatic exit could be found when the fighting stops.
Ukrainian authorities said Ukraine and Russia had exchanged bodies of killed troops this week, in the first officially confirmed swap. Ukraine’s Ministry for Reintegration of Occupied Territories said Saturday each side had exchanged 160 bodies Thursday on the front line in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, parts of which are under Russian control. Russian officials haven’t commented on the exchange.
At the Vatican, Pope Francis made one of his strongest appeals for a cease-fire and peace negotiations in Ukraine, urging leaders: “Don’t bring the world to ruins, please. Don’t bring the world to ruins.” He made the plea during his traditional Sunday blessing from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, asking leaders to hear “the desperate cries of the people who suffer” more than 100 days after the Russian invasion.
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CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A horror movie convention promoter says it is assisting authorities following charges against actor Gary Busey involving alleged sexual offenses at an event in New Jersey earlier this month.
Busey, 78, was charged Friday with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment following alleged actions Aug. 12-14 at the Monster Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, police said Saturday.
Monster-Mania Convention said in a Facebook post that after attendees complained, an unspecified “celebrity guest was removed from the convention and instructed not to return.”
“Monster-Mania also encouraged the attendees to contact the police to file a report,” the company said, adding that behavior that compromised the safety and well-being of attendees would not be tolerated. “Monster-Mania will continue to assist the authorities in any and every way possible,” it said.
“It was about contact. It was about touching,” Lt. Robert Scheunemann told The Philadelphia Inquirer of the muliple complaints police had received about Busey’s conduct.
Busey, who lives in Malibu, California, was scheduled as a featured guest for all three days of the event.
Police did not immediately respond to a message seeking details. It also wasn’t clear whether Busey has an attorney to comment on the charges, and a representative didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment Saturday.
Busey is widely known as a character actor, largely in supporting roles, though he came to attention and was nominated for an Oscar for best actor for playing the title role in the 1978 film “The Buddy Holly Story.” | 2022-08-22T08:14:41+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/horror-film-convention-promoter-speaks-after-busey-charges/ |
Two members of the state Public Regulation Commission on Wednesday said they had “erred” in March when they asked the New Mexico Supreme Court to dismiss a case on the controversial merger proposal for Public Service Company of New Mexico and Connecticut-based power company Avangrid.
The companies had appealed to the Supreme Court a December 2021 decision by previous commissioners rejecting the merger deal. In a joint request with PNM and Avangrid in early March, the new commissioners asked the court to dismiss the appeal and remand the case to the PRC for a “rehearing.”
However, Commissioners Gabriel Aguilera and James Ellison said at a meeting Wednesday a rehearing of the merger case would be improper because such a proceeding would have to occur within 10 days of an original order. They plan instead to request to “reopen” the case, a proceeding they said would offer due process protections to all parties.
“If the commission considers this matter again, the record must be reopened,” Aguilera said. “That was always my intent, although it was not clear. We did fail in not making that transparent after we made the decision.”
The March 8 motion filed by the commissioners and the utility companies drew concerns from state Attorney General Raúl Torrez, who warned in a court filing of the possibility the merger case would be “decided behind closed doors.”
The commissioners’ quiet decision to join Avangrid and PNM in the joint request also drew concerns they had violated the state Open Meetings Act. The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government and activist group Indivisible Albuquerque wrote letters April 6 accusing the commission of flouting the law by deciding in closed sessions to rehear the merger case.
The Foundation for Open Government’s letter stated the commission “went beyond discussions and decisions about pending litigation strategy to make the very significant policy decision to reconsider its previous decision rejecting the purchase of PNM by Avangrid.”
Indivisible Albuquerque’s letter also accused commissioners of engaging in ex parte communications with representatives of the utility companies.
Ellison said Wednesday the commissioners had planned all along to hold a thorough, open proceeding on the merger. “I want to make clear that our intent was never to do a very quick review of the evidence that is on record and make a decision,” he said.
He and Aguilera maintained they did not violate the Open Meetings Act when they decided in five closed sessions to file the joint motion to the Supreme Court.
The third PRC member, Patrick O’Connell, is recused from the merger case because he testified in it in 2021 as an employee of the environmental advocacy group Western Resource Advocates.
Several members of the public attended Wednesday’s PRC meeting to speak about the commission’s recent actions regarding the merger. Twenty-one people spoke against the merger or the commission’s decision to reopen the case, and one person spoke in favor.
Mariel Nanasi, executive director of Santa Fe-based New Energy Economy, said she believed the commission was prompted to walk back its request to the court due to the community’s pushback. She added, “Public input matters.”
“I was pleased that the two commissioners read our objections to their previous decision to reconsider, in an expedited manner without due process, and acknowledge the errors they made, withdraw their previous decisions and to adhere to a normal course of legal proceedings,” Nanasi said. | 2023-04-20T21:11:17+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-prc-regulators-admit-they-erred-when-asking-for-rehearing-of-merger-case/article_d40c9598-de37-11ed-aa57-b7034a8d805e.html |
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1. Calgary, Yakemchuk 10 (Fiddler-Schultz) 0:36 (pp).
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3. Edmonton, Hodnett 11 (Kovacevic, Boyko) 11:29 (pp).
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Penalties — Hoffrogge Edm (tripping) 0:24; Cadieux Edm (closing hand on puck) 5:58; Patterson Cgy (tripping) 10:16; Wright Edm (tripping) 12:01.
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5. Calgary, Husinecky 1 (Marinkovic, Muranov) 2:47.
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7. Calgary, Yakemchuk 11 (Tulk, Fiddler-Schultz) 16:19 (pp).
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Referees — Curtis Johanson, Mike Langin. Linesmen — Kristian Brown, Scott Fulmer.
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Biden to award Medal of Honor to Vietnam-era Army officer
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat will receive the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for bravery on the battlefield, nearly 60 years after he distinguished himself during the Vietnam War.
President Joe Biden telephoned ret. U.S. Army Col. Paris Davis on Monday “to inform him that he will receive the Medal of Honor for his remarkable heroism during the Vietnam War.”
The White House also said Biden told Davis that he looks forward to hosting him at the White House. A date for the medal ceremony was not immediately announced.
Davis was recommended for the Medal of Honor after he distinguished himself on June 18, 1965, during a pre-dawn raid on a North Vietnamese army camp in Bong Son. A major enemy counterattack followed and wounded every American there.
Davis, who retired as a colonel in 1985, repeatedly sprinted into an open rice paddy to rescue each member of his team, using his pinkie finger to fire his rifle after an enemy grenade shattered his hand, according to the ArmyTimes. His entire team survived the battle.
The paperwork recommending Davis, who is now in his early 80s, for the Medal of Honor disappeared at least twice, the paper reported. He eventually was awarded a Silver Star Medal, the third-highest military combat medal, but members of Davis’ team have long argued that race was a factor in how his recommendation was handled.
In early 2021, Christopher Miller, then the acting defense secretary, ordered an expedited review of the case. He argued in an opinion column in June 2021 that awarding Davis the Medal of Honor to would address an injustice
“Some issues in our nation rise above partisanship,” Miller wrote. “The Davis case meets that standard.”
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Former Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown will not face battery charge after domestic incident, Tampa prosecutor says
By Sharif Paget and Ray Sanchez, CNN
Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown will not face charges stemming from an alleged domestic battery incident involving a woman in Florida in late November, the State Attorney’s Office in Tampa said in a statement Wednesday.
The Tampa Police Department and the State Attorney’s Office had previously determined there was probable cause to issue an arrest warrant for Brown after interviewing the alleged victim on November 28, the night the incident took place, according to the statement.
The alleged victim, however, recanted her previous allegations — that Brown intended to strike her or cause her bodily harm — when she appeared in person on December 16 to speak under oath with an assistant state’s attorney and victim assistance advocate assigned to the case, the statement said.
“The SAO analyzed this new information along with the body worn camera video recorded at the scene, the Child Protective Services investigation, and the denial of a law enforcement’s Temporary Risk Protection Order and determined we could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt a battery took place,” the statement said.
“As a result, a letter of release was issued, which formalizes the SAO’s decision not to prosecute and withdraws the previously issued arrest warrant,” the statement said.
The State Attorney’s Office “believes that all allegations of domestic violence should be investigated to the fullest extent possible” but the cases are “often difficult and involve conflicting evidence,” the statement said. The office said “all victims deserve to be heard, supported and protected.”
Police had said the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver was allegedly involved in a verbal altercation with the alleged victim at a home in South Tampa late last month.
“At some point later on, the argument turned physical, after the suspect threw a shoe at the victim. The suspect also attempted to evict the victim from the residence and locked her out of the home,” police said in a statement at the time.
The Buccaneers released the seven-time NFL Pro Bowler in January after Brown dramatically walked off the field mid-game against the New York Jets.
Brown, who was part of the Super Bowl-winning Bucs team last season, had previously said he left the game because of an ankle injury. He said the team knew about his injury, something the Bucs have denied.
The incident came weeks after Brown said he was suspended in December for three games without pay following a league investigation that determined he violated Covid-19 protocols.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA), and certain officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and docketed under 22-cv-02844, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Enviva securities between February 21, 2019 and October 11, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchase or otherwise acquired Enviva securities, you have until January 2, 2023 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Enviva, formerly known as Enviva Partners, LP, develops, constructs, acquires, and owns and operates, fully contracted wood pellet production plants. The Company's products are used as a substitute for coal in power generation, and combined heat and power plants. Significantly, Enviva touts itself as a "growth-oriented" environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") company with a "platform to generate stable and growing cash flows."
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Enviva had misrepresented the environmental sustainability of its wood pellet production and procurement; (ii) Enviva had similarly overstated the true measure of cash flow generated by the Company's platform; (iii) accordingly, Enviva had misrepresented its business model and the Company's ability to achieve the level of growth that Defendants had represented to investors; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On October 12, 2022, during pre-market hours, Blue Orca Capital ("Blue Orca") published a report on Enviva (the "Blue Orca Report"). Among other allegations, the Blue Orca Report stated that "new discovered data suggests . . . the company is flagrantly greenwashing its wood procurement" and characterized Enviva's claim to be a "pure play ESG Company with a healthy, self-funded dividend and cash flows to provide a platform for future growth" as "nonsense on all counts." Moreover, the Blue Orca Report alleged that "Enviva is a dangerously levered serial capital raiser whose deteriorating cash conversion and unprofitability will drain it of cash next year" and is "a product of deranged European climate subsidies which incentivize the destruction of American forests so that European power companies can check a bureaucratic box."
On this news, Enviva's stock price fell $7.74 per share, or 13.13%, to close at $51.23 per share on October 12, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy charged with trying to protect children caught in conflicts is in Moscow, where she is reported to be meeting Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, who is charged with war crimes for deporting children from Ukraine.
Human Rights Watch strongly criticized Virginia Gamba’s reported meeting with Maria Lvova-Belova, saying the Russian commissioner should be behind bars and not meeting with senior U.N. representatives.
“It’s hard to imagine any circumstance that would justify Gamba meeting with a suspected war criminal, when there are clearly other officials she could meet with instead,” Balkees Jarrah, associate director of the group’s International Justice Program, said.
U.N. associate spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay did not confirm that Gamba was meeting with Lvova-Belova while in Moscow. Pressed on whether there was anyone else Gamba could meet with, Tremblay replied: “Her role is really to do everything she can to improve the protection of children impacted by armed conflict and preventing violations that could be committed against them.”
The spokesperson also would not say whether Gamba was discussing the return of Ukrainian children, telling reporters that details will be included in her report to the U.N. Security Council, which is expected in early July. Gamba was in Ukraine last week to meet with officials there before traveling to Moscow.
In March, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Lvova-Belova and Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing them of abducting children from Ukraine.
The deportation of Ukrainian children following Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion is an emotional issue not only for the families but for millions of Ukrainians and their global supporters.
An Associated Press investigation published in October on Lvova-Belova’s involvement in the abduction of Ukrainian children found that an open effort to put Ukrainian children up for adoption in Russia was well under way.
The exact number of Ukrainian children taken to Russia has been difficult to determine. A statement posted on Twitter by Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, on April 5 said more than 19,500 children had been seized from their families or orphanages and forcibly deported.
In April, Lvova-Belova addressed an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council by video link. Western ambassadors boycotted the meeting, which had been called by Russia.
She told the council that the children were taken for their safety and Moscow was coordinating with international organizations to return them to their families. She said Russia had taken in more than 5 million Ukrainians, including 700,000 children — all with parents, relatives or legal guardians except for 2,000 from orphanages in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas, where fighting has been intense.
By early April, she said, about 1,300 children had been returned to their orphanages, 400 were sent to Russian orphanages, and 358 were placed in foster homes. She insisted there had been no adoptions.
After visiting Ukraine, Gamba commended the Kyiv government for measures it has taken to protect children, who she said are disproportionately affected by the war.
“Children have been killed or maimed, their schools and hospitals have been attacked and the unbearable levels of violence they are experiencing daily is leaving deep scars that will last for a lifetime,” she said in a statement on May 14. | 2023-05-20T18:43:59+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-un-envoy-reportedly-meeting-russian-official-accused-of-war-crimes-for-deporting-ukrainian-children/ |
Your next Uber Eats food delivery could come from a robot.
Serve Robotics announced it's expanding its partnership with Uber Eats. The new deal will mean up to 2,000 of Serve Robotics' autonomous sidewalk robots will be used to make deliveries for Uber Eats.
The initial partnership in 2022 included more than 200 restaurants in Los Angeles. Serve Robotics says the latest deal allows for expansion of the robots in other cities across the U.S.
“This partnership is a major step towards mass commercialization of robotics for autonomous delivery, and it is a testament to the success of our partnership," said Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics.
SEE MORE: Here's what's changing on your Uber app
Uber has been increasing its use of autonomous technology.
In May, the company announced it was scaling up its use of Waymo's autonomous vehicles for its ridesharing and delivery networks.
Waymo has reportedly expanded its operating territory in Phoenix, and now covers 180 square miles.
“Fully autonomous driving is quickly becoming part of everyday life, and we’re excited to bring Waymo's incredible technology to the Uber platform," said Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber.
Waymo's vehicles are not foolproof. Scripps News Phoenix has reported on at least two crashes involving the vehicles.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-06-05T15:36:18+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/uber-eats-to-deploy-up-to-2-000-robots-to-deliver-food |
Traveling by train is an excellent way to explore a country, whether you want to take the scenic route, enjoy slower travel or simply avoid planes. You can take your trip to the next level with train travel gadgets to make your trip more comfortable.
Not only is packing the right items important for an enjoyable train trip but learning some valuable train travel tips will help you get the most from the experience. Armed with this information, you’ll be riding the rails like a pro. Don’t miss our testing insights on the Kindle Paperwhite.
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What can you take on a train?
This depends on where you’ll be traveling by train, but if you’re traveling in the U.S. and parts of Canada, most Amtrak services have the same luggage regulations. All passengers can bring two personal items and two carry-on bags. Each personal item can weigh up to 25 pounds and measure 14 inches by 11 inches by 7 inches. Each carry-on bag can weigh up to 50 pounds and measure 28 inches by 22 inches by 14 inches. Plus, on most services, you can check an additional two bags of up to 50 pounds each free of charge.
Some items are prohibited when traveling on Amtrak services, including knives, swords and incendiary items. Others, such as firearms, are allowed in checked baggage with some restrictions, but not in carry-on luggage. If you’re unsure whether you can take something on your train trip, check the full list of prohibited items.
Train travel tips
To make your train journey as smooth, comfortable and enjoyable as possible, it’s important to be prepared. Following these simple tips will help you make the most of your trip.
Book early
Amtrak tickets are sold in price buckets. The cheapest ones are sold first with the price increasing as enough are sold to move into the next bracket. This means you’ll always get a lower price the further ahead of time you book. Train providers in other countries often follow similar price structures too, so booking early usually saves you money. Not to mention that popular routes can sell out.
Check in early
Arriving at the station early gives you time to check bags and solve any issues that could arise before your train departs. If you’re close to the start of the queue at check-in time and ask nicely, you may be allocated the best seats. On some trains, one side has a significantly better view than the other, so these seats are always more desirable and get allocated quickly.
Consider a sleeper accommodation
When traveling overnight, you should seriously consider paying extra for a sleeper accommodation. It can mean the difference between arriving at your destination refreshed or groggy with a crick in your neck. There are different types of sleeper accommodations available, including bunks in shared rooms and private suites. Check what’s available and pick according to your budget and needs.
Be prepared for all temperatures
Amtrak trains are air-conditioned, but temperatures aren’t always ideal. Sometimes, the air conditioning runs cool, and you might need a blanket or sweater. Other times, the AC is ineffectual, and you’ll greatly appreciate a handheld fan. When traveling in other countries, don’t count on there being AC or heating, so make sure you have what you need to stay at a comfortable temperature.
Sanitize your surroundings
Even before COVID-19 struck, trains haven’t always felt like the most hygienic of places. It’s worth bringing antibacterial wipes to clean any areas that get touched a lot, such as seatback trays and toilet door handles.
Check out sightseer lounges
On certain scenic routes, Amtrak trains have sightseer lounges, which are observation cars with large windows and seats facing toward them for comfortable viewing. These are free for all passengers to use, but seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Checking out the sightseer lounge is a great way to view the scenery at its best, but be conscious of not spending too long in these seats to give other passengers a chance.
Take advantage of fresh air breaks
Fresh air breaks are longer breaks at stations that give passengers the chance to get off the train and stretch their legs. Make note of when these breaks are and try not to nap through them or eat your meals during them because you’ll want to take full advantage of them on a long journey. They’re usually 10 to 15 minutes long, and you won’t be able to leave the platform, but you can walk up and down it.
What you need for comfortable train travel
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This compact travel blanket is warm yet lightweight and breathable so you won’t overheat. It’s great for naps or when the AC is up too high.
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The AC on trains can be unreliable, so if you’re traveling during the summer, it’s worth bringing a small fan with you, just in case. This one hangs around the wearer’s neck and blows air upward for hands-free cooling.
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Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones
While it’s a steep investment just for a train trip, if you’re looking for a decent pair of headphones anyway, now might be the time to invest. These Sony noise-canceling headphones block out sound around you extremely effectively, so you’ll feel like you’re in a private compartment even if you have noisy neighbors.
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Anker PowerCore 26800 Portable Charger
You’ll likely be relying on tech to keep you entertained during your trip, and you don’t want to run out of battery 12 hours into a 36-hour train ride. That’s why you should bring this portable charger that has enough power to recharge most phones six times and most tablets twice.
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Nomader Collapsible Water Bottle
Spending half your train journey thirsty because getting hold of water is a hassle certainly counts as an uncomfortable experience. Bringing your own reusable water bottle is wise, and this collapsible one doesn’t take up an excessive amount of luggage space.
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Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition
A long train journey is an excellent opportunity to catch up on your reading. Rather than lugging several books on board with you, this compact e-reader will do the trick, plus the front light makes it easier to read in darkened cars or compartments. Our tester praised the Kindle for its waterproof design, substantial storage, and bright, user-friendly display.
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TP-Link AC750 Wireless Portable Nano Travel Router
While there’s Wi-Fi on Amtrak trains, it’s often slow and can be unreliable on some routes. Instead, consider bringing your own travel Wi-Fi hotspot so you can stream video or music to keep you entertained on your trip.
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Meanwhile, the Navajo Nation has a new president. Buu Nygren defeated incumbent Jonathan Nez by nearly 3,500 votes. Nygren criticized the Nez administration for being too slow in implementing infrastructure.
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This will be his first elected office. Nygren’s running mate, Richelle Montoya, will become the Navajo Nation’s first female vice president. | 2022-11-09T22:49:49+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics-government/navajo-nation-elects-new-president/ |
Former daycare workers charged, accused of scaring kids with 'Scream' mask
HAMILTON, Miss. - Four people linked to viral video footage of Mississippi daycare employees using a scary mask to frighten young children are facing charges of felony child abuse, and a fifth person faces two misdemeanor counts, authorities say.
The daycare’s owner, Sheila Sanders, is not facing charges. She has said that at least four of the employees were fired after the video came to light.
The videos — one filmed in September and another this month — were posted on social media. They show a daycare worker at Lil’ Blessings Child Care & Learning Center in Hamilton, an unincorporated community in northeast Mississippi, wearing a Halloween mask similar to the one in the "Scream" movies and yelling at children who didn’t "clean up" or "act good."
Children can be seen bawling, cowering in fear, and at times running from the masked employee. Another employee gives directions, singling out which children have acted good or bad. The employee in the mask is shown screaming inches away from children’s faces, the video showed.
Monroe County Sheriff Kevin Crook said in a news release that four of the women each face three counts of felony child abuse. A fifth woman, he says, faces charges of failure to report abuse by a mandatory reporter and simple assault against a minor — both misdemeanors.
"They can’t use corporal punishment, so we think they were using the mask to try to scare the kids into doing what they were supposed to be doing," Crook said.
Crook said his office, the county prosecuting attorney and the district attorney met earlier this week with the children's parents about the case. On Wednesday, at least one set of parents signed felony child abuse complaints, he said, adding a judge issued warrants Thursday for the women.
Crook said all five live in the area. Sierra McCandless, 21; Oci-Anna Kilburn, 28; Jennifer Newman, 25, and Shyenne Shelton, 28, are accused of three counts of felony child abuse, the sheriff's statement said.
Another woman, Traci Hutson, 44, faces charges of failure to report abuse by a mandatory reporter and simple assault against a minor — both misdemeanors, he added.
At a hearing, bond was set at $20,000 each for McCandless and Kilburn and $15,000 each for Newman and Shelton. Because she faces misdemeanor charges, Hutson was not required to post bond.
It was not immediately known if any of those facing charges have attorneys who could speak on their behalf.
Katelyn Johnson, a parent, told ABC News that she was shocked after seeing the videos.
She said her 2-year-old son is still showing signs of trauma and has difficulty sleeping through the night, adding of the footage, "it’s not a joke. And it’s nothing to laugh at."
"Whether they had a mask on or a mask off, their behavior was unacceptable. My blood pressure was raised. It broke my heart for my child. I was angry," she said.
Crook told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that the felony charges will ultimately be presented to the grand jury to determine if there’s enough evidence for formal indictments, which could lead to court trials.
"It’s just a shame it happened and this is where we’re at. Hopefully, people will learn from it," Crook said. "It can tear a community apart. Everybody who was a part of it knew each other in some shape or form. It’s a lot of emotions to deal with, and our job is to cut through those emotions, find the facts and present those facts."
RELATED: Daycare owner, employees arrested after 26 kids found behind ‘false wall,’ police say | 2022-10-21T15:49:15+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/daycare-workers-mississippi-charged-scaring-kids-scream-mask |
Trial delayed for woman accused of driving into Strip crowd, killing 1
A Las Vegas judge has delayed a trial for a woman accused of driving her car onto a sidewalk on the Las Vegas Strip in 2015, killing one person and injuring dozens more.
Paris Morton, 32, who also has gone by the name Lakeisha Holloway, was scheduled to stand trial on May 30, nearly seven and a half years after the fatal crash in December 2015. After Morton filed court documents indicating she wants to dismiss her public defenders, District Judge Tierra Jones said Thursday that she was going to delay the trial.
A new trial date was not set during Thursday’s hearing. Jones said she would hold a closed hearing on May 24 to determine if a new attorney will be appointed.
Public defenders have previously said in court that the defendant changed her name from Lakeisha Holloway to Paris Morton, records show.
She has gone through multiple competency evaluations at a state psychiatric hospital since 2016 to determine if she is fit to stand trial, court records show. She was most recently deemed competent in March 2021.
She faces 71 counts, including murder, attempted murder, battery and child abuse charges. Prosecutors have said she was above the legal limit for marijuana and had intentionally driven onto the crowded Strip sidewalk, killing 32-year-old Jessica Valenzuela, of Buckeye, Arizona.
Witnesses said that the vehicle moved onto the sidewalk multiple times during the crash, which happened in front of Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood Resort. Thirty-five other people were injured, authorities have said.
Morton remained in the Clark County Detention Center on Thursday without bail.
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Highlights:
- The Company has received all pending assay results related to 2022 drilling at the Rainbow deposit;
- Over 42,000m of drilling across 82 drill holes completed at the deposit area since discovery in 2020;
- Awaiting maiden NI 43-101 resource estimate on Rainbow deposit within the first 800m of surface and updated resource on historic Pine Bay deposit; and
- The Rainbow deposit remains open for expansion at depth.
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Callinex Mines Inc. (the "Company" or "Callinex") (TSXV: CNX) (OTCQX: CLLXF) is pleased to announce that it has received final results from of the 2022 exploration campaign to expand and delineate the high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc Rainbow deposit (the "Rainbow"). The Rainbow is located at the 100% owned Pine Bay Project (the "Project") within a mineral lease, less than 250m from a high-voltage hydroelectric power-line, 550m from a historic shaft with direct road access to processing facilities in Flin Flon, Manitoba. At Pine Bay, Rainbow sits 850m and 1.4km from the historic Pine Bay and newly discovered Alchemist deposits which are all located within the mineral lease (Pine Bay Project Plan View).
Max Porterfield, President and CEO, stated, "Our 2022 drilling campaign was successful in further defining our high-grade Rainbow deposit at the required drill spacing necessary to define a maiden 43-101 resource estimate." Mr. Porterfield continued, "As we await the maiden resource, we look forward to continuing to aggressively advance Rainbow in our 2023 exploration campaign."
Callinex completed an additional 11,300m of drilling to expand and delineate the Rainbow deposit during the 2022 exploration campaign at the Project. Since Rainbow's initial discovery, the Company has completed in excess of 42,000m of drilling across 82 drill holes (including 18 wedges). The drilling and corresponding assay results are properly spaced to publish a maiden resource on the deposit which is forthcoming.
The Company has retained Kirkham Geosystems Ltd. to model and prepare an independent resource estimate on the high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc Rainbow deposit and the historic Pine Bay deposit which comprise this maiden resource estimate, as well as the supporting NI 43-101 Technical Report. Rainbow and Pine Bay are considered to be part of the global Pine Bay Project, based on the reasonable expectation that if put into production the two deposits would likely share common infrastructure. The Company anticipates that the resource estimate will be completed and published within Q2 of 2023. This first time, maiden resource is a key milestone in the growth of this mineral discovery, which is both historic and new, as it has the potential to quantify the grade, tonnage and dimensions for the Company, the investment community in addition to key stakeholders. This maiden resource will also facilitate enhanced definition for exploration targeting, inform infill drilling programs and potentially support moving forward with more advanced economic studies. Additionally, it is hoped that this maiden resource will provide assurances to decision makers about the state of the project such as policy makers who may make operational considerations such as releasing resources for training, road and infrastructure requirements as well as supply of Manitoba hydroelectric power.
The final drill results from the 2022 drilling campaign at Rainbow are highlighted by drill hole PBM-180 which returned the best intersection to date in the Red zone with 10.40m of 3.97% Copper Equivalent ("CuEq") including 3.31% copper ("Cu"), 0.61 g/t gold ("Au"), 10.31 g/t silver ("Ag") and 0.41% zinc ("Zn"). Additionally, drill holes PBM-186-W1 and PBM-190 tested the extent of the Orange zone and returned 14.46m of 2.49% Cu and 7.30m of 2.29% Cu respectively (Pine Bay Deposit Long Section).
These results build upon other high-grade assays announced earlier in the campaign which included PBM-177 which intersected the Orange zone and returned 33.67m of 4.29% Cu, 0.22 g/t Au, 4.63 g/t Ag, 0.31% Zn or 4.60% CuEq including 10.47m of 5.90% Cu, 14.43m of 5% Cu and 7m of 6.38% Cu. Also, PBM-178-W1 expanded the Yellow zone with a vertical step-out which intersected 11.00m of 2.98% CuEq which was followed by the Orange zone which returned 11.65m of 2.76% CuEq (See news release dated September 19, 2022).
The Rainbow remains open at depth and has the potential to grow through additional exploration. Drill hole PBM-158, the deepest and most northern hole intersected to date at Rainbow, returned 5.0m of 1.56% CuEq (1.45% Cu, 0.07 g/t Au, 1.86 g/t Ag and 0.11% Zn). PBM-158 is located 225m along strike to the North of discovery hole PBM-111, the most southerly hole to intersect the Rainbow at depth (See news release dated January 21, 2022).
Table 1: Pine Bay Drill Results
J.J. O'Donnell, P.Geo, a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release.
Individual samples were labeled, placed in plastic sample bags, and sealed. Groups of samples were then placed in security sealed bags and shipped directly to SGS lab in Vancouver, BC for analysis. Samples were weighed then crushed to 75% passing 2mm and pulverized to 85% passing 75 microns in order to produce a 250g pulverized split. 35 elements including copper, zinc, lead and silver assays were determined by Aqua Regia digestion with a combination of ICP-MS and ICP-AES finish, with over limits rerun using an ore grade analysis (two acid digest ICP-AES). Gold was analyzed by fire assay. Specific gravity (sg) measured for each sample using the pycnometer and water and air method. QA/QC included the insertion and continual monitoring of numerous standards, blanks, and duplicates
Callinex Mines Inc. (TSXV: CNX) (OTCQX: CLLXF) is advancing its portfolio of base and precious metals rich deposits located in established Canadian mining jurisdictions. The focus of the portfolio is highlighted by the rapidly expanding Rainbow and Alchemist deposits at its rich VMS Pine Bay Project located near existing infrastructure in the Flin Flon Mining District. The second asset in the portfolio is the Nash Creek Project located in the VMS rich Bathurst Mining District of New Brunswick. A 2018 PEA generates a strong economic return with a pre-tax IRR of 34.1% (25.2% post-tax) and NPV8% of $230 million ($128 million post-tax) at $1.25 Zinc. The third asset, 100% owned Point Leamington Deposit in Newfoundland, is located in one of the richest VMS and Gold Districts in Canada. Callinex prepared a pit constrained Indicated Mineral Resource of 5.0 Mt grading 2.5 g/t AuEq for 402 koz AuEq (145.7 koz gold, 60.0 Mlb copper, 153.5 Mlb zinc, 2.0 Moz silver, 1.5 Mlb lead), an pit constrained Inferred Mineral Resource of 13.7 Mt grading 2.24 g/t AuEq for 986.5 koz AuEq (354.8 koz gold, 110.2 Mlb copper, 527.3 Mlb zinc, 6.2 Moz silver, 7.0 Mlb lead) and an out-of-pit Inferred Mineral Resource of 1.7 Mt grading 3.06 g/t AuEq for 168.5 koz AuEq (65.4 koz gold, 13.3 Mlb copper, 102.9 Mlb zinc, 1.4 Moz Ag, 2.6 Mlb lead).
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future expenditures. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, among others, the ability to complete the proposed drill program and the timing and amount of expenditures. Except as required under applicable securities laws, Callinex does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship gave Winsome Earle-Sears, Virginia Lieutenant Governor, its highest honor, the Distinguished Christian Statesman Award, at a November 16 award dinner on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
"We're thrilled to have honored Lt. Gov. Sears for her bold and principled leadership and her outspoken Christian witness," remarked Rev. Robert J. Pacienza, President and CEO of D. James Kennedy Ministries.
Pacienza added: "Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears lives out a public Christian witness, applying commonsense Christian values, like the primacy of parental authority in education, to guide her policy preferences."
A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Earle-Sears immigrated to the U.S. at age six. She is a successful businesswoman and trained electrician who has proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corp, has led a men's prison ministry and a homeless shelter for women. A former Vice President of the Virginia State Board of Education, she has served as a presidential appointee to the US Census Bureau, co-chair of the African American Committee; and the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
First elected in 2002 to the Virginia House of Delegates, Earle-Sears is the first female Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the first Black female elected to statewide office.
The Distinguished Christian Statesman Award, given annually since 1996, seeks to honor individuals who combine excellence in public service with character and faith in God.
"Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears demonstrates what it means to be a Christian Statesman," said Lauren Cooley, the new executive director of the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship.
"Her commitment to serve Virginians, her courage in the face of vicious criticism from the Left, and her willingness to bring God into public life—both by her life and her words—all make her a most deserving honoree."
Founded in 1995 by the late D. James Kennedy, a minister, author, and evangelical leader, the Center for Christian Statesmanship has impacted thousands of lives by bringing a gospel witness, Christian discipleship, and a vision for Christian statesmanship to leaders in Washington.
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TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valet Living, the only nationally recognized full-service amenities provider to the multifamily industry, announced that Teresa Reed has been promoted to vice president of national accounts. Reed, who has been with Valet Living for nearly ten years, had most recently been the regional vice president and before that was a national director of sales with the company.
"Teresa has proven her sales and leadership capabilities with Valet Living, and she deserves the additional responsibility and recognition of this promotion," said Valet Living CEO and President Shawn Handrahan. "As the premier amenity services provider in the multifamily industry, we need leaders like Teresa to keep us advocating for the success of all of our clients. We are very proud of the work she's done and will continue to do in this expanded role."
Before joining Valet Living, Reed spent the previous two decades in roles of increasing sales responsibility at Lexis Nexis, Rent.com and The Armco Group. Valet Living has offered Reed a chance to grow her career, as well as realize personal growth.
"I love Valet Living's ability to innovate and evolve with the multifamily industry," Reed said. "We have the ability to respond to clients and residents' specific needs by adding amenities and services to support the industry. This is a huge industry, but a close-knit one. I have made lifelong friends, and many people have supported and invested in my career. What I love about the industry is that in multifamily, everyone wants to see you succeed."
In addition to gladly participating in the company's continued evolution and brand expansion, Reed looks forward to helping expand Valet Living's sales and territory. As Valet Living now supports nearly 2 million apartment homes, it is Reed's goal to double the national account team and even implement an account management team to serve Valet Living's clients better. Additionally, Reed will help expand Valet Living's services to penetrate their nationwide presence further and positively impact more residents' lives.
Reed's career in multifamily has touched her close to home and has had not only an impact on her, but also on her family. Reed's daughter is pursuing a career in multifamily, starting at Greystar and now serves as an account manager with Sight Plan, and her soon-to-be son-in-law has a bright career in multifamily as well.
Finally, Reed credits Valet Living and the multifamily industry in general as aggressively expanding to give women more opportunities.
With Women's Equality Day, today, on August 26, this is more important than ever. On this monumental day, Valet Living honors the anniversary of the U.S. 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote. While the country has come a long way in the last 100 years, the fight for gender equality continues. Valet Living understands that as an employer, it plays a crucial role in promoting equality. That's why Valet Living compensates equitably from the moment an associate is hired through the biggest milestones of their careers, and women and men earn dollar for dollar at Valet Living. Valet Living is proud to be on the right side of the gender wage gap issue, and supportive of female leaders like Teresa Reed.
"When I started in this industry over 25 years ago, it was mostly male-dominated at the corporate level," Reed explained. "Now, there are many women executives at Valet Living and in the industry at large. Some have been mentors to me over the years, and I am eager to continue supporting that trend. It is exciting to see the next generation of diverse women leaders at multifamily women conferences and participating in diversity and inclusion councils across the industry. I feel our industry has positively and quickly responded to this needed change."
About Valet Living
Valet Living is the largest nationally recognized full-service amenities provider to the multifamily housing industry, performing more than 470 million amenity services annually, encompassing 1.9 million apartment homes in 40 states. Valet Living uses specialized technology that empowers its trusted associates to deliver standard-setting amenities in communities where people want to live. Valet Living has been setting the standard for residential living since 1995 and has been proven to increase property value. Valet Living is a portfolio company of the Private Equity Group GI Partners.
To learn more about Valet Living, please visit www.ValetLiving.com
Contact:
Nikita Bhappu Abbaspour
(813) 331-0680
nikita.bhappu@valetliving.com
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Fentanyl fuels string of deadly weekend overdoses in Portland, Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH
Associated Press/Report for America
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, say that at least eight people died from suspected drug overdoses over the weekend. The police bureau said that six of the deaths were likely fentanyl related. Officials said that several of those who died believed they were using cocaine, when it was actually fentanyl or a mix of the two substances. According to the Oregon Health Authority, the number of unintentional overdose deaths related to fentanyl more than doubled from 2020 to 2021. The agency found that in 2021, fentanyl and methamphetamine were the most common drugs in accidental overdose deaths. | 2023-05-15T22:28:43+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/05/15/fentanyl-fuels-string-of-deadly-weekend-overdoses-in-portland-oregon/ |
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Project expands company's growing portfolio of zero-carbon power generation facilities
IRVING, Texas, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra (NYSE: VST) today announced its Emerald Grove Solar Facility in Crane County, Texas, is online and generating electricity for summer. The 108-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) project is the third of seven new renewable and energy storage projects Vistra is bringing online across Texas over the next few years and the latest addition to the company's portfolio of zero-carbon power generation assets, known as Vistra Zero.
Vistra Zero projects completed and online in spring 2022 include:
- Brightside Solar Facility, Live Oak County, TX – 50 MW
- DeCordova Energy Storage Facility, Hood County, TX – 260 MW/260 MWh
- Emerald Grove Solar Facility, Crane County, TX – 108 MW
Together with its existing emission-free generation assets, including the most efficient nuclear plant in the country – Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, these projects bring the company's zero-carbon Vistra Zero portfolio to nearly 3,300 MW online, with plans to grow to more than 7,300 MW by 2026.
"With our Emerald Grove Solar Facility now online, Vistra has taken another important step in transitioning our fleet to cleaner electric generation," said Curt Morgan, CEO of Vistra. "In the two years since announcing a nearly $1 billion capital investment within ERCOT, our teams have executed with precision despite the challenges that exist today. We've shown that we can deliver the green energy alternatives many retail customers are looking for while providing affordable and reliable electricity to the growing Texas population."
Situated on 1,100 acres in Crane County, Emerald Grove is comprised of 316,416 photovoltaic solar panels that can generate enough electricity to power approximately 54,000 average residences in the ERCOT market during normal grid conditions. The facility's west Texas location allows the panels to take advantage of higher solar irradiance levels, increasing output just as demand climbs across the state.
"Emerald Grove is coming online in time to power Texas through what's predicted to be a record-breaking summer for energy use," said Jim Burke, Vistra president and chief financial officer. "Vistra's diverse set of power generation facilities allow us to combine battery storage and renewables, such as Emerald Grove, with dispatchable generation to provide lower-carbon, reliable electricity while maintaining grid resilience."
Emerald Grove Solar Facility utilizes solar panel technology from First Solar; Mortenson provided engineering and construction expertise.
For more information on Vistra Zero, click here.
About Vistra
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, providing essential resources for customers, commerce, and communities. Vistra combines an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with safe, reliable, diverse, and efficient power generation. The company brings its products and services to market in 20 states and the District of Columbia, including six of the seven competitive wholesale markets in the U.S. and markets in Canada, as well. Serving nearly 4.3 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers with electricity and natural gas, Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and offers over 50 renewable energy plans. The company is also the largest competitive power generator in the U.S. with a capacity of approximately 39,000 megawatts powered by a diverse portfolio, including natural gas, nuclear, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. In addition, Vistra is a large purchaser of wind power. The company owns and operates the 400-MW/1,600-MWh battery energy storage system in Moss Landing, California, the largest of its kind in the world. Vistra is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company's sustainability report at https://www.vistracorp.com/sustainability/.
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BEIJING (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Beijing as part of efforts to revive U.S.-Chinese relations that are at their lowest level in decades due to disputes over technology, security and other irritants.
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met in November and agreed to improve relations between the world’s biggest economies and major trading partners. But neither government has shown willingness to make major policy changes.
“We hope the United States takes concrete actions to create a favorable environment for the healthy development of economic and trade relations,” the Chinese finance ministry said in a statement Friday.
It expressed hope for “the realization of mutual benefit and win-win results” but did not suggest possible Chinese concessions.
Yellen’s visit follows one by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met with Xi last month in Beijing in an encounter that lasted just 30 minutes.
Here’s a look at some areas of contention.
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U.S.-Chinese relations are riven by disputes over technology, security, human rights, Beijing’s assertive policies abroad and its support for Russia during its war on Ukraine. Despite an agreement between Biden and Xi to improve relations during a meeting in Indonesia in November, ties worsened after a Chinese surveillance balloon drifted over the United States in February and was shot down. Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to Beijing in June in the highest-level U.S. visit in five years and had a meeting with Xi that lasted just 30 minutes.
The United States has blocked Chinese access to advanced processor chips and other technology on security grounds. Beijing has been slow to retaliate, possibly to avoid disrupting China’s fledgling developers of artificial intelligence and other technologies. But this week, Beijing announced controls on exports of two minerals used in semiconductors and solar panels — gallium and germanium. In May, China banned using products from the biggest U.S. maker of memory chips, Micron Technology Inc., in computers that handle sensitive information, saying they had unspecified security flaws but gave no explanation.
Xi’s government said it had a “no limits” friendship with Moscow ahead of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Beijing has provided political support for President Vladimir Putin’s government and has blocked efforts in the United Nations to criticize the Kremlin. China also has stepped up purchases of Russian oil and gas, helping to offset revenue losses due to Western sanctions. Washington has warned Beijing not to provide military support.
The United States rejects China’s claim to sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, where Beijing has built artificial islands and stationed naval forces. Chinese claims overlap with those of Vietnam, Malaysia and U.S. ally the Philippines. Washington and its allies have sent warships through the sea to assert their “freedom of naviation.” Beijing rejects that and says the United States is adding to tension over the region. China also claims the self-ruled island democracy of Taiwan as part of its territory. Xi’s government has stepped up efforts to intimidate Taiwan’s elected government by flying fighter jets near the island and firing missiles into the sea. American politicians including then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House of Representatives have visited Taiwan in a show of support.
Businesspeople warn the world might decouple, or split into separate markets with incompatible industrial standards and products, as the United States and China tighten export controls and try to reduce reliance on each other. They say that would slow economic growth and innovation. Yellen has warned decoupling would be a disaster. Treasury officials said ahead of her trip she would deliver that message to Chinese officials. “There will be no winners in trade wars or ‘decoupling and broken chains,’” the Chinese finance ministry said. There are also deep financial ties: China stockpiles part of its trade surpluses and foreign currency reserves in Treasury debt, which helps to finance U.S. government budget deficits.
Treasury officials said Yellen planned to encourage Chinese officials to work with Washington on areas of common interest including climate change. China signed onto a deal last month to reduce debts owed by the Zambian government. Treasury officials pointed to that as an example of areas where cooperation produced results. | 2023-07-07T22:42:09+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/international/ap-yellens-visit-to-beijing-aims-to-heal-rifts-over-a-daunting-array-of-china-us-antagonisms/ |
Man sentenced for attempting to smuggle ammunition to Mexico
TUCSON, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - A 47-year-old man was sentenced to 24 months in prison along with three years of supervised release for pleading guilty to one count of smuggling goods from the U.S.
Victor Acosta of Tucson, Ariz. attempted to leave the U.S. and enter Mexico at the port of entry in Nogales, Ariz. on March 23, 2022.
Customs and Border Protection officers discovered about 19,000 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammunition and 3,000 rounds of .223 caliber ammunition in Acosta's vehicle.
The press release mentioned Acosta admitted to having the ammunition in the vehicle. | 2023-03-09T23:15:11+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/news/crime/2023/03/09/man-sentenced-for-attempting-to-smuggle-ammunition-to-mexico/ |
TORONTO and MONTREAL, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO) (NYSE: BMO) (the "Bank") today announced that it has completed its previously announced issue and sale of common shares pursuant to a public offering and a concurrent private placement to investors at a price of C$118.60 per common share for gross proceeds totaling approximately C$2.6 billion, consisting of approximately C$1.6 billion of gross proceeds from the public offering and approximately C$1.0 billion of gross proceeds from the concurrent private placement to investors, other than BNP Paribas S.A. ("BNPP"). The syndicate of underwriters in the public offering elected to exercise its over-allotment option in full, resulting in a total of 13,575,750 common shares being issued today pursuant to the public offering. A total of 8,431,700 common shares were issued today pursuant to the concurrent private placement to investors other than BNPP. The private placement investors purchasing common shares today were Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, OMERS, Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
As previously disclosed by the Bank, closing of the private placement to BNPP is conditional on the closing of the Bank's previously announced acquisition of Bank of the West from BNPP, will occur no later than concurrently with the closing of the Bank of the West acquisition and is expected to result in additional gross proceeds to the Bank of approximately C$750 million. When combined with the gross proceeds of the public offering and concurrent private placement this is expected to result in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$3.35 billion and net proceeds of approximately C$3.24 billion.
The common shares issued today are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
The common shares were offered for sale in the public offering in all of the provinces and territories of Canada by way of a Canadian prospectus supplement to the Bank's Canadian short form base shelf prospectus dated March 11, 2022. The common shares were offered for sale in the public offering in the United States pursuant to the Bank's registration statement (including a prospectus) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and a prospectus supplement to such registration statement. Before investing, prospective purchasers in Canada should read the Canadian prospectus supplement, the Canadian short form base shelf prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference therein for the purposes of the public offering, and prospective purchasers in the United States should read the prospectus in the U.S. registration statement, the U.S. prospectus supplement and the other documents that the Bank has filed and will file with the SEC for more complete information about the Bank and the public offering in Canada and the United States.
Copies of the Canadian and U.S. prospectus supplements, the Canadian short form base shelf prospectus, and the registration statement on Form F-3, may be obtained upon request in Canada by contacting BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Brampton Distribution Centre C/O The Data Group of Companies, 9195 Torbram Road, Brampton, Ontario, L6S 6H2 by telephone at 905-791-3151 Ext 4312 or by email at torbramwarehouse@datagroup.ca, and in the United States by contacting BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 151 W 42nd Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10036, or by telephone at (800) 414-3627 or by email at bmoprospectus@bmo.com. Copies of the applicable offering documents can be obtained free of charge under the Bank's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
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Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of C$1.14 trillion as of October 31, 2022, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
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The future outcomes that relate to forward-looking statements may be influenced by many factors, including, but not limited to: the possibility that the private placement with BNPP will not close when expected, or at all, because the acquisition of Bank of the West does not close when expected, or at all, because required regulatory approvals and other conditions to closing are not received or satisfied on a timely basis, or at all, and those other factors discussed in the "Risks That May Affect Future Results" section, and the sections related to credit and counterparty, market, insurance, liquidity and funding, operational non-financial, legal and regulatory, strategic, environmental and social, and reputation risk, in the "Enterprise-Wide Risk Management" section of BMO's 2022 Annual Report, all of which outline certain key factors and risks that may affect our future results and our ability to anticipate and effectively manage risks arising from all of the foregoing factors. We caution that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all possible factors. Other factors and risks could adversely affect our results. Investors and others should carefully consider these factors and risks, as well as other uncertainties and potential events, and the inherent uncertainty of forward-looking statements.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Changes are coming to North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicle locations in an attempt to make visits more efficient for customers.
The agency plans to pilot self-service kiosks in accessible places, like stores, limit appointment scheduling services, increase office hours, and implement new technology.
Starting May 1, scheduled services will only be available until noon. After midday, DMV services will be on a walk-in basis. Customers can book appointments at skiptheline.ncdot.gov.
Wayne Goodwin, NCDMV Commissioner, said growing walk-in capability was a feature the public wanted.
“DMV introduced the ability to schedule appointments during the pandemic," Goodwin said in a news release. "But I believe now is the time to better maximize potential efficiencies by allowing for more walk-in capability, given that data indicates up to 25 percent of appointments are no-shows.”
As the focus shifts more towards walk-ins, the DMV plans to add estimated wait times at driver license offices to its office locations page.
Also starting May 1, the Mooresville DMV office, along with four others across the state, will open one hour earlier, at 7 a.m. The locations with expanded hours join 35 locations already operating with an extra hour of service.
Hours at select spots will also expand for the peak summer season. Saturday hours return at 16 offices, including Charlotte-University City, Charlotte South, Huntersville, Monroe, and Morganton offices. Those locations will open from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays from June 3 to Aug. 26.
The NCDMV is also working to reduce the number of people having to go in person for services. Soon the agency will allow customers with State ID cards and Level 3 Full Provisional Licenses to renew online up to one year after expiration. Drivers could renew their licenses online up to two years after expiration.
"This should help shorten lines and wait times at our offices by getting folks that would previously have to come to the office out of the line altogether," Goodwin said.
Officials will test-drive a new program involving self-service kiosks at places like grocery stores and pharmacies. Customers can use those for driver and vehicle service transactions, such as driver license and vehicle registration renewal. The initial program will deploy 20 kiosks across the state by the end of summer.
"If the public responds well to this pilot program, then I plan to make even more kiosks available statewide," Goodwin said.
Contact Vanessa Ruffes at vruffes@wcnc.com and follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. | 2023-02-15T03:50:49+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/north-carolina-dmv-self-service-estimated-wait-time-features/275-ee8082c5-03ad-4b69-9bcb-df36b0692b22 |
The U.S. is seeing high levels of heat-related illness this year, according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided to NPR.
The agency has been collecting national data on heat-related illness from emergency departments since 2018 and currently releases it daily through its Heat & Health Tracker.
The data serves as an early-warning system for communities suffering from the heat. "It's providing real-time health information," says Claudia Brown, a health scientist with the CDC's Climate and Health Program.
The agency provided NPR with historical data and an analysis of 2023's trends to date. The historic data is limited to places that have reported regularly so that rates can be compared over time. Explore trends in your region and see when rates of illness have spiked.
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The CDC collects this data through its National Syndromic Surveillance Program, which takes in anonymized information from electronic health records shared by participating medical facilities. About 75% of the nation's emergency departments report into the program.
Some recent spikes in heat-related illness
This summer, hospitals recorded a large spike in heat-related illness in the region that includes Texas as well as Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma. According to the CDC analysis, for several days in June, the rates of emergency department visits for heat-related illness were the highest seen in this region in the past five years.
Parts of the region saw above-average temperatures last month. According to The Texas Tribune, a midmonth heat wave brought "an unusually high number of 100-degree days."
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Record high rates of heat-related illness showed up early in the year in several other regions. Federal health regions 1, 2, 5 and 8, which includes the Northeast, the upper Midwest and the Rocky Mountain region, saw the highest daily rates of heat-related illness recorded in any April over the past five years.
And Region 10, which includes the Pacific Northwest and Idaho, saw the same trend of record-setting daily heat-related hospital visits for the months of both April and May.
In 2021, that region also saw the highest recorded rate of heat-related illness in any region since 2018, when much higher-than-average temperatures scorched a region that doesn't traditionally deal with heat, and where air conditioning use isn't widespread.
"There's a lot of regional variation in what temperatures trigger a heat-related illness spike, based on what people are acclimated to, what their infrastructure is built for," Brown says.
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Heat-related deaths are rising
CDC's Brown notes that extreme summer heat is increasing in the U.S. "It's hot again, and it's getting hotter every summer," she says. "Climate projections indicate that extreme heat events will be more frequent and intense in coming decades as well."
And she says that despite some improvements in forecasting, public messaging and access to air conditioning, "extreme heat events remain a cause of preventable deaths nationwide."
She cites the increase in heat-related deaths in 2020, 2021 and 2022, as tracked by the National Center for Health Statistics.
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The CDC warns that anyone spending time in the heat should take precautions. Heat-related illness may start as a rash, headache, dizziness or nausea, but can quickly escalate.
Heat stroke, or hyperthermia, happens when the body loses the ability to regulate temperature. While it often develops as a bad turn from heat cramps or heat exhaustion, "it can also strike suddenly, without prior symptoms," Brown says.
Those with heat stroke might feel confused or dizzy, and may or may not be sweating. If someone feels these symptoms or suspects heat stroke for any reason, Brown advises that you call 911 immediately.
Those who are more vulnerable to heat-related illness include pregnant people, those with lung conditions, young children and the elderly. Outdoor labor and sports can contribute. For instance, in Austin, Texas, a large share of emergency visits are coming from young men overexerting themselves in the heat, according to CBS Austin.
Living in cities surrounded by pavement and little shade also increases the ambient heat levels.
The CDC is working with cities on preparing for more extreme weather, expected to get worse in the coming decades due to climate change. They hope that better planning and public awareness, as well as more air conditioning, can help protect people from the consequences of heat.
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WFO SEATTLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, November 5, 2022
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HONOLULU — Austin Reed threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score and Western Kentucky rolled to a 49-17 victory over Hawaii on Saturday.
Western Kentucky capped off a 21-point second quarter with Reed’s 47-yard scoring strike to Joshua Simon and the Hilltoppers led by 11 at halftime.
WKU upped its lead to 28-10 after three quarters when Reed hit Jaylen Hall for a 17-yard score. Kye Robichaux pushed the Hilltoppers’ advantage to 35-10 with a 7-yard TD run early in the final period. Reed and Davion Ervin-Poindexter had short scoring runs after that.
Reed completed 22 of 31 passes for 271 yards with one interception.
Schager finished with 230 yards on 22-of-33 passing for the Rainbow Warriors (0-2). Backup QB Joey Yellen completed 4 of 11 passes for 36 yards with a pick. Dedrick Parson and Nasjzae Bryant-Lelei had short TD runs.
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What you need to know. Buy Now, Pay Later Loans
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - You may have noticed the buy now, pay later option from different financing companies while online shopping.
Instead of paying for something all at once, you can pay for it in smaller payments with just a few clicks.
In fact, statistics from the business platform, Lending Tree, show that Buy Now Pay Later loans have increased 230 percent in the last two years.
So should you do it?
Some financial experts say it’s less risky than paying on your credit card because with a credit card, there are interest rates and you end up not being sure exactly how much you are paying. But with buy now, pay later loans you know exactly how much you are paying and when the loan will end.
Companies including Klarna, Afterpay and Paypal paved the way for the buy now pay later loans that are revolutionizing the way we shop and pay.
So what are the pros and cons?
Pros:
- Easy to qualify
- No hard pull on your credit
Predictable payments- Pay off in 4 equal installments every two weeks
- Generally Interest free
- However, problems can arise because it’s easy to overspend.
Cons:
- Easier to get into deep debt and overspend
- Get caught off guard with more frequent payments
- Late fees
- Tricky return policies
While there isn’t a hard pull on your credit to qualify, your credit will take a hit if you have a missed or late payment.
Buy now, pay later loans are now being offered on travel - like airlines and cruise ships. However, be sure to read the fine print because travel loans oftentimes do have interest.
Copyright 2022 KFYR. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-07T22:13:48+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/07/07/what-you-need-know-buy-now-pay-later-loans/ |
Puerto Rican artists wrestle with what Hurricane Maria revealed about their country's flaws and strengths in an exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art. (Story aired on ATC on Jan. 7, 2023.)
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Puerto Rican artists wrestle with what Hurricane Maria revealed about their country's flaws and strengths in an exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art. (Story aired on ATC on Jan. 7, 2023.)
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TAMPA, Fla., May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dollar disintermediation from global trade is gaining speed as sovereign states negotiate and implement accords to transact cross-border investment and trade in their own currencies, DoubleLine Global Bond Strategy Portfolio Manager Bill Campbell observes in a new research paper.
To read the paper, titled "Dollar Disintermediation Gathering Steam: the How and the Why," please click on the following link: https://doubleline.com/markets-insights/dollar-disintermediation-bill-campbell-5-2023/
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Previously unseen video shows Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie shopping together at a Wyoming Whole Foods store not long before her death.
The video, obtained from the Town of Jackson Police on Tuesday, was taken Aug. 27, the day Petito’s family said they last spoke with her. They claim Laundrie told his parents he killed Petito the next day.
In the video, Petito and Laundrie are seen pulling into the parking lot in her white Ford Transit van. The couple shopped for about 15 minutes, bought cheese and coffee and left the store. They sat in their van for another 20 minutes before pulling out of the parking lot and getting back onto the highway to continue their journey.
In July 2021, the couple set off on a lengthy road trip, which they documented on their YouTube and Instagram pages.
Petito was reported missing by her mother on Sept. 11. Her body was found Sept. 19 near Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
Investigators searched for Laundrie for more than a month before his body was found in Sarasota County’s Carlton Reserve. The FBI said he shot himself in the head, and confessed to killing Petito in a notebook found near his remains.
Petito’s family sued Laundrie’s parents, Brian and Roberta Laundrie, for $30,000, claiming they had hindered the search for their missing daughter, knowing she was murdered by their son.
A motion to dismiss that lawsuit was denied in June. | 2022-10-19T19:23:32+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/top-stories/new-video-gabby-petito-seen-alive-for-last-time-at-wyoming-whole-foods/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Follow along for real-time, on-the-carpet and behind-the-scenes updates on the 2023 Grammy Awards from The Associated Press. Live updates — any times Pacific — are brought to you by AP journalists at the show in Los Angeles and around the country.
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MIC DROP
“We’re here with our pockets empty, but our hands aren’t!”
— Sir the Baptist, accepting the award for best roots gospel album on behalf of the Tennessee State University Marching Band for “The Urban Hymnal.” Baptist used his acceptance speech to highlight how underfunded historically Black colleges and universities like Tennessee state are, saying he had to “put my last dime in order to get us across the line.”
The nomination alone marked the first time a college marching band had been nominated in the category, especially significant given the role marching bands play in HBCUs’ identities and culture as AP’s Travis Loller explained last month. With the win, Tennessee State’s “Aristocrat of Bands” beat out the likes of Willie Nelson.
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Kendrick Lamar can’t be beat for best rap performance.
He extended his record in the category with a sixth career trophy for “The Heart Part 5.”
The 35-year-old rapper from nearby Compton put even more distance between himself and Kanye West and Jay-Z, who are tied with two wins apiece.
Lamar also was honored for his writing with a Grammy for best rap song for “The Heart Part 5.” He shared it with three co-writers.
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THEY SAID IT
“It’s rock ‘n’ roll, man.”
— Brandi Carlile, after jogging onstage to accept the trophy for best rock performance for “Broken Horses.” Carlile was the only woman nominated this year in a category long dominated by men.
She wasn’t gone from the stage for long. She soon returned to collect the Grammy for best rock song, a writer’s award. She co-wrote “Broken Horses” with twin brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth.
“Oh my god, this is amazing,” Carlisle shouted. “Oh, I’ll never be the same.”
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On the heels of announcing the end of his touring days, Ozzy Osbourne has won two Grammys.
“Degradation Rules” by Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi won the best metal performance and his album “Patient Number 9” won best rock album. Osbourne’s 2020 album “Ordinary Man” was well received and his 2022 album “Patient Number 9” came into the Grammys with four nominations. The one with Iommi reunited him with his Black Sabbath bandmate. Osbourne did not attend.
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MIC DROP
“I just EGOT!”
— Viola Davis, picking up her Grammy Award for spoken word album. Davis has an Emmy for “How to Get Away With Murder,” an Oscar for “Fences,” a Tony for both “King Hedley II” and “Fences” and now a Grammy for her audiobook performance of her memoir “Finding Me.”
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SNAPSHOT
Bebe Rexha’s sizzling hot pink halter gown is Moschino. It twists and turns from the neck to the floor. And like Doja Cat, she accessorized with long matching gloves.
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Eric Schilling could not accept his Grammy Award because he had to work. At the Grammys.
No, he’s not tending bar, but the mixing engineer is recording and mixing the Grammys show.
He won for best immersive album for “Divine Tides.”
“Hi Eric! If you can see us on the screen, We won!” said Herbert Waltl, who won the award along with Schilling, Ricky Kej and Police drummer Stewart Copeland.
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BEY WATCH
All eyes are on Beyoncé, who has the chance tonight to take the mantle as the artist with the most Grammy Awards. She’s on her way, winning her first Grammy on what could be a historic day and night.
She took her 29th career trophy for best dance electronic recording early in the Premiere Ceremony. The win puts Beyoncé in second place for most Grammys ever, breaking a tie with legendary producer Quincy Jones.
If she wins three more before the day is over, she’ll be the biggest Grammy winner of all time. She’s nominated for eight more.
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Doja Cat heated up the Grammys red carpet in skin-tight, shiny Versace. She capped off her shiny look with long black gloves and cropped black hair.
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“Assassins Creed: Valhalla” has won the first Grammy Award ever handed out for a video game score soundtrack.
Composer Stephanie Economou accepted the award, which was a newly created category this year. She thanked all the people who fought to get the category created.
“Thank you for acknowledging and validating the power of game music,” she said.
She beat out composers who worked “Aliens: Fireteam Elite,” “Call of Duty: Vanguard,” “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Old World.”
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TROPHY TALLY
“Encanto” took home the first two Grammys of the night. The 2021 Disney film won the best compilation soundtrack for visual media and the best score soundtrack awards. The soundtrack included last year’s megahit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” Soundtrack writer Lin-Manuel Miranda was not in attendance, but thanked during both acceptance speeches.
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RED CARPET ROLLOUT
The Grammys red carpet opens five hours before the show begins, but it doesn’t take nearly that long to walk through it. Let’s take a tour of it.
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THEY SAID IT
“I just keep thinking back to when I was 16, when I was 20, what would it have been for me if I had seen the kind of visibility that there is now?”
— Anoushka Shankar, sitar player and Grammy nominee, on South Asian representation in the music industry. She was accompanied by sister and fellow nominee Norah Jones and added that one of best friends, actor Poorna Jagannathan from “Never Have I Ever,” helped her get dressed today.
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12:30 p.m.
So what can you expect from the Premiere Ceremony, which is now getting underway? Around 80 awards will be handed out during this pre-telecast event. Among the categories slated for this ceremony are best rap song; best alternative music album; and best audio book, narration and storytelling recording.
The Premiere Ceremony is hosted by Randy Rainbow, best known for his musical parodies. Presenters include poet Amanda Gorman, actor Myles Frost, jazz musician Arturo O’Farrill, singer Judy Collins and R&B star Babyface. Performers include jazz singer Samara Joy, sitar player Anoushka Shankar and Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab, Colombian singer Carlos Vives and singer Madison Cunningham.
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12 p.m.
The Premiere Ceremony is slated to start in just half an hour. Check out our guide on how to watch the pre-show offering and the main event.
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INTRO TRACK
The 2023 Grammy Awards show is upon us. With the notoriously long red carpet set to rollout in a matter of hours, it’s time to study up on our writers’ predictions for the evening.
Most of the awards will be handed out before the CBS telecast gets started, but we’ll keep you updated on the tallies from the Premiere Ceremony.
The AP will be hosting its own red carpet show, featuring a mix of fashion and interviews. It’ll be streamed on YouTube, Twitter and right here on apnews.com.
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Apple HomeKit is now more convenient than ever
Apple hangs its hat on a streamlined, user-friendly experience. To that end, it offers periodic updates to its software, including operating systems such as macOS and iOS. At Apple’s latest Worldwide Developers Conference, it announced a refined Apple Home App that makes smart home management considerably easier. This is great news for users already invested in Apple’s smart home ecosystem, as well as prospective buyers weighing the pros and cons of getting into it for the first time.
What is Apple HomeKit?
You’ll need an Apple HomePod or the highly praised Apple TV streaming device to break into the ecosystem. While there’s a relatively high cost of entry, you can be almost certain that HomeKit devices are worth it, in terms of user experience. Like most of Apple’s devices and their surrounding ecosystem, HomeKit is somewhat of a walled garden, as developers go the extra mile to ensure compatibility and a streamlined experience.
Aside from the cost, the only drawback to the HomeKit ecosystem is that less devices support it compared to Alexa and Google Assistant. That’s changing, though, as more consumers adopt it and developers pour more resources into compatible devices.
How does the updated Apple Home app work?
The app’s basic organization marks the first noticeable change. Whereas before there were separate tabs for categories such as “Rooms” and “Automation”, things are broken down more logically now. Instead of the somewhat nebulous navigation options from before, now you can head straight for “Climate”, “Lights”, “Security” and other clearly-labeled categories.
But convenience isn’t the only thing the updated app brings. A new multi-camera feature lets you view up to four camera feeds simultaneously. This lets you quickly scan your entire security system at a glance, instead of waiting for an app to load separate feeds at a time when seconds might make a difference.
On top of HomeKit-specific upgrades, updates to the iPhone’s lock screen in iOS 16 make HomeKit investment more attractive than ever. Proud iPhone owners can now customize the lock screen by adding widgets and preset configurations based on time of day, location and other variables. It’s one more way Apple is working hard to make its smart devices as easy to use as possible.
Apple HomeKit now supports the Matter ecosystem
Formerly known as Connected Home over IP or CHIP, Google’s newly developed Matter ecosystem aims to bring wide-ranging compatibility to the formerly fragmented smart home space. A collective effort from smart home giants such as Google, Samsung SmartThings and Zigbee, Matter is poised to greatly enhance interoperability between smart devices. It will also significantly expand the selection of smart devices in nearly every category.
In addition to announcing the updated Home app, the 2022 WWDC brought the revelation that Apple HomeKit will, in fact, be part of this new all-encompassing standard. That’s great news for current and prospective HomeKit buyers, as it stands to minimize the ecosystem’s biggest fault.
Best Apple HomeKit smart devices
August 4th-Generation Smart Lock
No matter what smart home ecosystem you’re using, August’s most refined smart lock is one of the best choices. Its dependable geofencing, integrated Wi-Fi radio and extensive feature set leave almost nothing to be desired in terms of security and convenience.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Ecobee Premium Smart Thermostat
Few smart thermostats can keep you comfortable and save you money like Ecobee’s flagship. One of the best things about this thermostat is its support for multiple temperature- and humidity-detecting room sensors.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
For indoor or outdoor use, it’s hard to beat this powerful security camera with a high resolution and impressive HDR performance, plus highly effective color night vision. It connects directly to your Wi-Fi network and works best with the company’s cloud storage subscription, which only costs about $3 per month.
Sold by Amazon
With one look at the resolution, motion detection and pan and tilt functions of this wired, indoor camera and you might think it costs a fortune. In reality, it’s surprisingly affordable and features one of the best values on a home security camera.
Sold by Amazon
If you’re a fan of premium smart home devices, you’ve probably heard of the Philips Hue smart lighting family. It consistently gets rave reviews from owners and experts alike due to its powerful connectivity, advanced feature set and user-friendly device management.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Logitech Circle View Video Doorbell
As an Apple HomeKit-exclusive device, it’s no surprise that the Circle View doorbell is compact and effective, with clean lines, no-nonsense controls and premium video quality. Its wide field of view, two-way audio and HD color night vision make it a great choice for security-minded users.
Sold by Amazon
HomeKit users tend to gravitate toward high-end devices, and the flagship Sonos One smart speaker fits that bill perfectly. It delivers surprisingly good sound for its size, along with an integrated microphone for voice control and dependable wireless connectivity.
Just because some electronics don’t have any built-in smarts doesn’t mean they can’t be part of an effective smart home. These smart plugs are reliable, programmable and support Apple HomeKit integration.
Sold by Amazon
Perfect for killing two birds with one stone, the high-end Apple TV delivers a crisp, 4K resolution and one of the most highly lauded streaming interfaces. The integrated HomeKit hub makes it the ideal centerpiece for a connected Apple smart home.
Sold by Amazon
Whether you’re constantly using your keys, or you want to track your bicycle in case of theft, Apple’s revolutionary Bluetooth-based locator can help you keep tags on what’s important to you. They last for about a year before the battery needs replacing, which isn’t hard to do.
Sold by Amazon
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kane Brown knows a hit when he hears one, whether it’s a tribute to '90s country or a collaboration with an R&B star or DJ that might light up the dance floor.
The 28-year-old multi-hyphenate who broke out on social media has let his ear for what’s hot lead his uncharted path in country music, all the way up to his third record “Different Man” out Friday.
But even after a string of eight No. 1 Billboard Country Airplay songs, Brown took his time finding the special song his fans have been begging him for: a duet with his wife, Katelyn.
“We’ve had, like, four other songs that we were going to do,” Brown said, of his wife, who was also an aspiring singer-songwriter when they met in 2015.
Nothing felt right until he heard a song — the only one on the album that he didn’t co-write — that fit her style, which Brown describes in the vein of the big vocal pop like Whitney or Mariah. He’s so confident “Thank God” is a hit, he’s ready to pitch it as an awards show performance.
“After we recorded it, I was like, ‘Are you going to sing this on the ACMs?’ And she’s like, ‘No.’ And I was like, ‘This is going to be the biggest song on the record,’” Brown said with a grin.
Brown has a right to feel confident in his song choices and his production. His latest hit, “Like I Love Country Music” shot to No. 1 on the country airplay chart and his cross-genre songs with artists like Khalid, Marshmello and Becky G have exposed him to a worldwide audience that recognizes his name and smooth baritone.
But behind the scenes of the industry, he’s pushing into new territory. He co-produced his new record, has hosted awards shows, started his own record label and was the first male country artist to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards last month, a show that generally doesn’t court a country fanbase. During his last tour he played every NBA arena in the country, often sporting a jersey for each team on stage.
Brown has already jumped over genre lines and his sights are set on international audiences with tour stops in Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe in the coming months.
Last year, he launched his label, 1021 Entertainment, in partnership with Sony Music Nashville, where he handpicked its first band, Restless Road, after meeting the trio years ago while they were all trying out for “X Factor.” For Brown, the ambition to succeed extends all the way back to when he was often told he wasn’t the right look or fit for country music, even though his mother’s country records were the first ones he learned to sing.
“I tried to fight to get into Nashville for the longest,” Brown said. “People were just like, ‘Nah nah.’ And then when it started selling, that’s when people started coming to the door. And so I felt like I’m really good at finding talent, especially on social media, because I’m always on social media, so I might as well just try and help people even faster.”
Brown didn’t just give Restless Road a record deal — he’s also given them a masterclass in touring and songwriting, as they’ve been opening his tour stops and earned a co-write on Brown’s new record.
“He’s someone we’re always playing our songs for,” said Zach Beeken, one of the three singers and songwriters in Restless Road. “We take his opinion very seriously and he’s always looking to make sure that we’re highlighting ourselves and our strengths and really finding our sound every time we put out a song.”
Brown's album is built for his playlist generation audience, whether its going toe-to-toe on the title track duet with Blake Shelton, co-writing with pop singer-songwriter Mike Posner, to getting Brooks & Dunn in the studio to add their distinctive voices to a ’90s country tribute song.
While Brown has often been welcomed by other artists to collaborate outside of the country genre, he’s going it solo on a trappy pop single called “Grand” that he hopes will further establish himself on non-country playlists.
“That was the scariest thing — just doing it by myself and not having a feature on it, but we got all positive feedback from radio and the editorial playlists for streaming,” he said. “ESPN loves it. I heard it on the ESPYS before it came out.”
Now his next goal is to celebrate a hit song with his wife and the mother of his two kids.
“I want to share a No. 1 with her so I can relive what it feels like to have a No. 1 and just relive it through her,” he said.
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Online: https://www.kanebrownmusic.com/
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Follow Kristin M. Hall at https://Twitter.com/kmhall | 2022-09-09T14:49:34+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/entertainment/article/Kane-Brown-takes-his-hitmaker-status-to-the-next-17429893.php |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday that he could order his troops to try to seize more land in Ukraine to protect bordering Russian territory — a threat with questionable credibility because the Kremlin lacks full control over areas it already annexed.
In some of his most detailed remarks about the war in months, the Russian leader also asserted that Ukrainian forces had suffered “catastrophic” losses in a new counteroffensive, and he said he was not contemplating a new troop mobilization, as many Russians have feared. But he did not rule out another troop call-up later. And he reiterated Russia’s claim that Ukraine was responsible for blowing up a Dnieper River dam that caused vast flooding on both sides of the front line last week in the country’s south.
Putin’s comments at an open meeting with military journalists and bloggers followed Kyiv’s claims that Ukrainian troops had captured a handful of villages in the early stages of the counteroffensive as they seek to push Russian troops out of four regions of Ukraine the Kremlin illegally annexed last fall. The meeting, which lasted more than two hours, came after Russian missile strikes in central Ukraine killed at least 11 people overnight.
Putin said Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been unsuccessful. He asserted that Ukraine lost 160 tanks and over 360 other armored vehicles, while Russia lost 54 tanks since the new assault began. Those claims could not be immediately verified. Ukrainian officials typically do not comment on losses.
The White House offered no immediate reaction to Putin’s claims.
A U.S. official familiar with American intelligence said Putin’s comments were “not accurate” and cautioned against putting any stock in Russia’s public assessments. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to offer an internal assessment, did not detail how Putin’s claims were misleading.
Referring to alleged Ukrainian incursions into Russia and shelling of border regions, Putin said he was considering whether “to create on Ukrainian territory a kind of sanitary zone at such a distance from which it would be impossible to get our territory.”
It was not clear whether Russia — which failed to capture Kyiv and its surroundings early in the war and later had to give up other territory it had captured, even in annexed areas — could afford to risk expanding its gains in Ukraine while trying to repel the evolving counteroffensive in several sectors of the more than 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.
In recent weeks, Russia’s border areas have come under increasing attack, with the Kremlin blaming Ukrainian forces for incursions of fighters and drone strikes.
Ukrainian authorities have not confirmed Kyiv’s involvement in the attacks but have obliquely welcomed them. Russian volunteer units sympathizing with Ukraine have claimed responsibility for the incursions.
Local leaders in Russia have pleaded with the Kremlin to do more to protect residents, some of whom have been evacuated to safer areas.
Putin acknowledged that Russian authorities should have foreseen and prepared to stop such attacks. Earlier in the war, the border was better protected because Russia held more adjacent Ukrainian territory, but Kremlin forces withdrew from much of it last fall under the brunt of a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Putin’s long meeting with military bloggers, along with war correspondents from traditional news media, was a dramatic acknowledgement of their importance in conveying the Kremlin’s viewpoint.
In other remarks, Putin also said:
— Russia’s defense industry has ratcheted up production of drones and other weapons but needs more, and the West is also struggling to produce more weapons and ammunition.
— Russia might pull out of a U.N.-backed deal to allow grain shipments from Ukraine through a demilitarized Black Sea maritime corridor.
— The United States could stop the war by halting weapons shipments to Ukraine, leaving it too weak to carry on the fight.
— The West will eventually realize it won’t succeed in Ukraine. “They will never see it happen. Never.”
While Putin spoke, the State Department announced that the United States would send Ukraine a new military aid package worth up to $325 million, including a range of rockets, missiles and other munitions.
Putin mocked alleged Ukrainian battlefield losses, including of high-tech Western equipment Kyiv has received. He said German-made Leopard battle tanks and U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles “are burning really well.”
Earlier Tuesday, his defense ministry published a video showing what it said was a Leopard 2 tank and a Bradley fighting vehicle captured from Ukrainian forces. According to the ministry, Russian soldiers shot the video after fierce fighting in Zaporizhzhia. It was not immediately possible to verify the video’s authenticity.
Ukrainian officials have been nearly as forceful as Putin in vowing to win the war, with Zelenskyy insisting his people will not relent until all of Ukraine is liberated from Russian control.
Contrasting with Putin’s dim view of Ukraine’s progress in its counteroffensive, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told President Joe Biden on Tuesday that Ukrainians are “making progress,” and that could bolster their position in any peace talks.
“It’s still early days, but what we do know is that the more land that Ukrainians are able to liberate, the stronger hand they will have at the negotiating table,” Stoltenberg said at a White House meeting.
Also Tuesday, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, Hanna Maliar, told Ukrainian TV that the country’s forces are continuing the offensive in four areas in the south and east.
The head of Ukraine’s ground troops said forces were “moving forward” outside Bakhmut, in Ukraine’s east. Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on Telegram that Russian forces are “losing positions on the flanks.”
Elsewhere, Ukrainian authorities said at least 11 people were killed and 36 wounded overnight in a Russian missile strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown.
Images from the latest missile attack relayed by Zelenskyy on his Telegram channel showed firefighters battling a blaze as flames poked through broken windows in a damaged apartment building. Charred and damaged vehicles littered the ground.
“More terrorist missiles,” he wrote. “Russian killers continue their war against residential buildings, ordinary cities and people.”
Without providing details of the locations or timing, the Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces used long-range air-launched cruise missiles to hit Ukrainian military reserves and depots holding Western weapons and ammunition.
The governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak, wrote on Telegram that the bodies of seven people were recovered from a private company’s warehouse, and “another four destinies were cut short” at the apartment building.
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Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani in Washington and Andrew Katell in New York contributed to this report.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-06-13T22:52:32+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/international/ap-international/ukraine-official-says-at-least-3-killed-dozens-wounded-in-russian-missile-attack-on-kryvyi-rih/ |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance for clinicians on how and when to prescribe opioids for pain. Released Thursday, this is a long-anticipated revamp of the agency's 2016 recommendations which some doctors and patients have criticized for promoting a culture of austerity around opioids.
Doctors, insurers, pharmacies and regulators sometimes misapplied the older guidelines, causing some patients significant harm, including "untreated and undertreated pain, serious withdrawal symptoms, worsening pain outcomes, psychological distress, overdose, and [suicide]," CDC officials state in the updated guidance.
The 100-page document and its topline recommendation serve as a roadmap for prescribers who are navigating the thorny issue of treating pain. It touches on everything from handling pain relief after surgery to managing chronic pain conditions, which are estimated to affect as many as one in every five people in the U.S.
The 2016 guidelines proved immensely influential in shaping policy — primarily a push by insurers, state medical boards, politicians and federal law enforcement to curb prescribing of opioids.
The fallout, doctors and researchers say, is hard to overstate: a crisis of untreated pain. In the following years, many patients with severe chronic pain saw their longstanding prescriptions rapidly reduced or cut off altogether, sometimes with dire consequences, like suicide or overdose as they turned to the tainted supply of illicit drugs.
Authors of the previous guidelines and federal agencies have tried to course correct, making it clear that the voluntary guidelines were misapplied and not intended to become strict policies or laws that deter doctors from prescribing at all. But doctors and patient advocates also held out hope that the CDC's updated guidelines would strike a more balanced tone on opioids and undo some of the unintended consequences of the earlier guidance.
This was clearly on the mind of CDC health officials when they announced the new clinical guidelines on Thursday.
"The guideline recommendations are voluntary and meant to guide shared decision-making between a clinician and patient," said Christopher Jones, acting head of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and a co-author of the updated guidelines, during a media briefing, "It's not meant to be implemented as absolute limits of policy or practice by clinicians, health systems, insurance companies, governmental entities."
The change in outlook is evident all over the new guidelines, says Dr. Samer Narouze, the president of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
"You can tell the culture around the 2016 guidelines was just to cut down opioids, that opioids are bad," he says. "It's the opposite here, you can sense they are more caring more about patients living in pain. It's directed more towards relieving the pressure, their pain, their suffering."
The general thrust of the new guidelines continues to be that opioids should not be the go-to treatment in many cases, pointing to evidence that other treatments and approaches are often comparable for improving pain and function. However, much of the discussion about prescribing is also tempered with language about not letting the guidance replace clinical judgment and to work with patients who are in pain, even if that means continuing them on opioids.
"Every patient is a different story and deserves individualized care," says Narouze. "This is what I like most about the new guidelines."
While the voluntary guidelines are a welcome step, their impact depends largely on how state and federal agencies and other authorities respond to them, says Leo Beletsky, professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University and director of the Health in Justice Action Lab there.
"CDC needs to be a lot more proactive than just putting out this update and trying to walk back some of the misinterpretation of the previous version," he says. The agency needs to work with other federal agencies, including Health and Human Services and the Drug Enforcement Administration, as well as law enforcement to implement these guidelines.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-03T18:58:11+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/2022-11-03/cdc-issues-new-opioid-prescribing-guidance-giving-doctors-more-leeway-to-treat-pain |
First lady Jill Biden said in an interview with NBC’s “Today” that she has not yet discussed whether the president will run for reelection in 2024.
“Not yet. We’ve been a little too busy, but I’m sure it’ll be a discussion,” Biden told “Today’s” Sheinelle Jones in an interview that aired on Tuesday.
The first lady pointed to what President Biden has done in office and said that he has “kept true” to what he said he would do when he was running for president.
“So I think he just needs to keep going,” she said.
Her comments come as the general election season for the November midterms gets underway. Democrats are looking to defy a historical trend that usually sees a new president’s party lose seats in Congress in the midterms.
Democrats are seeking to maintain and expand their slim majorities in both chambers of Congress, while Republicans are trying to take back control of the legislature.
President Biden has maintained that he plans to run for reelection in 2024, but some analysts and politicians have questioned if he will follow through based on his age and his approval rating, which has remained below 50 percent for about a year.
Biden’s approval rating rose to 44 percent last month in a Gallup poll, the highest in a year, as inflation has shown some signs of easing and he has achieved a series of legislative wins.
The president signed his climate, health care and tax package, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, into law and a bill to invest $50 billion in the domestic semiconductor industry last month. The president also signed the PACT Act into law to expand health care coverage for veterans exposed to burn pits.
Still, several congressional Democrats have dodged questions about whether they believe Biden should run for reelection.
The first lady also spoke about her interactions with Queen Elizabeth II, who died last week at age 96, during the her visit with the president to the United Kingdom last year. She also touched on the need to support teachers and staff schools appropriately. | 2022-09-14T14:40:44+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/hill-politics/jill-biden-says-she-hasnt-discussed-2024-with-president-weve-been-a-little-too-busy/ |
Which guinea pig cage is best?
It might seem like guinea pigs are fairly low-maintenance pets, but they must have a proper habitat to live in. You should spend some time finding the perfect guinea pig cage and making sure it’s appropriate for your pets.
Guinea pigs require more space than you may think, and they aren’t climbers, so it should be predominantly on one level. If you’re looking for a spacious home for a pair of piggies, the MidWest Guinea Habitat Guinea Pig Home is ideal.
What to know before you buy a guinea pig cage
Cages vs. hutches
Guinea pig cages are the best homes for guinea pigs. However, you may have also heard of guinea pig hutches and want to know more about them.
- Cages: Cages are made from wire with hard or soft plastic bases. They’re meant for indoor use, which is ideal for guinea pigs.
- Hutches: Hutches are usually made from wood and wire. They’re designed for outdoor use, but it isn’t ideal to keep guinea pigs outside due to temperature fluctuations and danger from predators.
Size
Guinea pigs need plenty of space to move around, play and exercise themselves. They’re commonly kept in too-small cages and even many commercially available cages aren’t large enough. It’s important to know what size cage you need for the number of guinea pigs you want to keep. Because guinea pigs are social animals, you should keep them in pairs or larger groups, never alone.
- Two guinea pigs: If you want to house two guinea pigs, they’ll need at least 7.5 square feet of floor space. You can find quite a lot of 24-inch-by-48-inch cages, which equal 8 square feet.
- Three guinea pigs: A group of three guinea pigs needs at least 10.5 square feet, which is equal to 30 by 50 inches.
- Four guinea pigs: You need a cage of at least 13 square feet to keep four guinea pigs. This is the same as 30 by 62 inches. Few commercial cages are this large but some are designed so you can link two together.
Layout
While many cages for small animals, such as hamsters and rats, have multiple levels, guinea pigs aren’t climbers so their cages should have single-level layouts. While it’s fine to have a small second level with a shallow ramp, you should look for cages mostly arranged in one layer. This means they have large footprints and take up a significant amount of floor space, but it’s just something you have to live with if you want to keep guinea pigs.
What to look for in a quality guinea pig cage
Leakproof base
The base of your cage should be leakproof. Even though you’ll line it with bedding, it’s still vital that moisture can’t seep through.
Ventilation
Cages should be well-ventilated to provide healthy air quality for your piggies. Wire bars are ideal since air flows through freely.
Bar spacing
Safe bar spacing for adult guinea pigs is up to 1 1/2 inches, while cages for baby guineas should have bars no more than 3/4 of an inch apart.
How much you can expect to spend on a guinea pig cage
You can find some basic cages for around $50, while the largest and most elaborate cost $100-$250.
Guinea pig cage FAQ
How often should I clean my guinea pig’s cage?
A. You should do a quick spot clean to remove visible waste daily and a more thorough clean once a week. One of the benefits of choosing a large habitat for your guinea pigs is that they’ll usually use just one area as a bathroom, making spot cleaning significantly easier.
Do guinea pigs need hay in their beds?
A. Guinea pigs should always have access to an unlimited supply of hay. While they’re likely to use some of it to nest in, it shouldn’t be the only bedding in their cages because it isn’t absorbent. Wood chippings and sawdust can be harmful to guinea pigs’ respiratory systems, so it’s best to use paper-based bedding.
How much time do guinea pigs need out of their cages?
A. Ideally, they should have at least an hour outside of their cages twice a day, but anywhere up to 4 hours in total. During some of this time, you should play and interact with them. However, it’s also nice for them to have some time to roam freely in a large pen or a guinea pig-proofed room.
What’s the best guinea pig cage to buy?
Top guinea pig cage
MidWest Guinea Habitat Guinea Pig Home
What you need to know: With 8 square feet of floor space, this is a perfect cage for two guinea pigs.
What you’ll love: The floor is leakproof and chew-resistant. You can divide it into two spaces if you like: one sleeping area and one living area. It’s easy to assemble, taking just minutes with no tools required.
What you should consider: The soft bottom makes it difficult to move around without emptying it.
Where to buy: Sold by Chewy
Top guinea pig cage for the money
Amazon Basics Indoor-Outdoor Small Pet Habitat Cage
What you need to know: Offering roughly 8 square feet of floor space, it’s great for a couple of piggies.
What you’ll love: It comes with an optional divider with a door in it. It comes with a lofted corner area that you can use as a hide, a spot for a bed or a food and water area. The waterproof canvas base is gentle on the feet.
What you should consider: The sides of the base could be higher as they let bedding out.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Kaytee Open Living Small Pet Habitat
What you need to know: This comes in a 24-by-48-inch version for two guinea pigs or a 30-by-60-inch version for three.
What you’ll love: You can connect both sizes of this cage to house four or more guinea pigs or to give them a separate run area. It’s quick and easy to assemble with a durable waterproof liner.
What you should consider: It can feel somewhat flimsy, so you need to make sure you position it on a stable surface.
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The Los Angeles Rams, led by quarterback Matthew Stafford, meet the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by quarterback Tom Brady, in an NFL Week 9 NFC matchup on Sunday, November 6, 2022 (10/6/2022) at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
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Here’s what you need to know:
What: NFL regular season, Week 9
Who: Los Angeles Rams (3-4) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5)
When: Sunday, November 6, 2022
Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.
Time: 4:25 p.m. ET
TV: CBS
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Line: Buccaneers -3
Over/under: 42.5
(Lines are subject to change.)
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RAMS NOTES: QB MATTHEW STAFFORD had 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs last week. Had 366 pass yards & 3 TDs (2 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs for 121.2 rating in 2021 NFC-D & 343 pass yards & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 134 rating in Week 3 vs. TB last season. Has 295+ pass yards in 5 of his 6 reg. season starts vs. TB. • RB RONNIE RIVERS (rookie) had 36 scrimmage yards (21 rush, 15 rec.) last week. • WR COOPER KUPP had 8 catches for 79 yards & 5th rec. TD of season last week. Has 64 receptions in 2022, 2nd-most by player in team’s 1st 7 games of season all-time. Has 38 catches (9.5 per game) for 545 rec. yards (136.3 per game) & 4 rec. TDs in 4 career games vs. TB, incl. playoffs. Aims for his 5th in row vs. TB, incl. playoffs, with 9+ catches & 95+ rec. yards. Has 6+ catches & 90+ rec. yards in 10 of his past 11 on road. • WR ALLEN ROBINSON had 5 catches for 54 yards last week. Has 3 rec. TDs in 4 career games vs. TB. • TE TYLER HIGBEE had TD catch in last reg. season meeting. Has 5+ catches in 3 of his past 4 on road. Aims for his 4th in row on road with 60+ rec. yards. • DL AARON DONALD had TFL last week. Has 5.5 sacks, 11 TFL & 2 FFs in his past 5 on road & aims for his 6th in row on road with TFL. Had sack, 2 TFL & PD in 2021 NFC-D & sack, FF & PD in Week 3 vs. TB last season. • LB BOBBY WAGNER has 11+ tackles & sack in 2 of his 3 career games vs. TB & aims for his 4th in row vs. TB with 9+ tackles. • LB LEONARD FLOYD had 1st 2 sacks of season last week. Had sack in both 2021 NFC-D & Week 3 meeting vs. TB last season. • CB JALEN RAMSEY had 2 PD & 6th-career FF last week.
BUCCANEERS NOTES: QB TOM BRADY has 99,836 career pass yards, including postseason, & needs 164 pass yards to become 1st player ever with 100,000 career pass yards. Passed for 325 yards last week, his 111th career 300-yard game, 2nd-most all-time. Aims for his 4th in row at home with 300+ pass yards. Had 329 pass yards in 2021 NFC-D & 432 pass yards & 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) in Week 3 vs. LAR last season. • RB LEONARD FOURNETTE had 2nd rush TD of season last week. Aims for his 4th in row at home with TD. Had 9 catches, 107 scrimmage yards (56 rec., 51 rush) & 2 rush TDs in 2021 NFC-D vs. LAR. Had rush TD in last home meeting. • WR MIKE EVANS led team with 123 rec. yards last week, his 32nd career game with 100+ rec. yards. Aims for his 5th in row at home with 80+ rec. yards. Had 8 catches for 119 yards & rec. TD in 2021 NFC-D & 8 catches for 106 yards in Week 3 vs. LAR last season. Has 701 rec. yards (100.1 per game) in 7 career games vs. LAR. • WR CHRIS GODWIN has 6+ receptions in 8 of his past 9 & aims for his 6th in row with 6+ catches. Has 299 rec. yards (99.7) & 4 TDs (3 rec., 1 rush) in 3 career games vs. LAR & aims for his 4th in row vs. LAR with TD. • WR JULIO JONES had 1st rec. TD of season last week, his 62nd-career TD catch. • LB LAVONTE DAVID had 11 tackles, TFL & FR in 2021 NFC-D vs. LAR. Has 11 TFL in 8 career reg. season games vs. Rams. • LB DEVIN WHITE had 10 tackles last week, his 3rd 10+ tackle game of 2022. • DT VITA VEA had sack last week. Aims for his 3rd in row at home & 3rd in row overall with sack. Had sack in 2021 NFC-D vs. LAR. • S MIKE EDWARDS aims for his 4th in row at home with 10+ tackles. — NFL Communications
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Here is TV and livestream information for NFL Week 9 games
All live streams local markets only, out-of-market fans can watch every game with NFL Sunday Ticket. Check which games will play in your local market here.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Houston Texans, 8:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
Sunday, November 6, 2022
Buffalo Bills vs. New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
San Diego Chargers vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., FOX
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Miami Dolphins vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m. CBS
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Carolina Panthers vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., FOX
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., FOX
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Minnesota Vikings vs. Washington Commanders, 1 p.m., FOX
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Las Vegas Raiders vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m., FOX
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Los Angeles Rams vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:25 p.m., CBS
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Tennessee Titans vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p.m., NBC
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Monday, November 7, 2022
Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
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The Wilmot Union High School academic decathlon team brought home its fifth national title last week after competing in the national competition in Frisco, Texas.
Wilmot Union High School has accumulated five national titles in California, Alaska, Minnesota, virtually and in Texas. It’s also been National runner up in three times in Hawaii, Madison and virtually.
At 8:00 a.m, Saturday, the awards ceremony began and Wilmot decathletes began racking up medals from the very beginning, and the procession to the stage never stopped. Knowing the second-ranked team going in was only trailing by 874 points, the suspense was palpable at the team table before being announced as Division II champions. Later, when team scores were released, the Panthers had greatly extended the gap to over 3,000 points. Enhancing the entire experience, the sixteen Wilmot family members who made the pilgrimage to Frisco to witness the win loudly cheered the team on.
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At the start of the competition Thursday morning, an opening ceremony brought all the teams across the nation together to kick off the two-day competition. Speech and interview competitions started in mid-afternoon and ended later in that evening. Friday rounded out the competition with the four remaining tests-- economics, social science, math and science --followed by the Live Super Quiz event that afternoon.
After three nail-biting rounds of 18 questions to each of the GPA divisions, Wilmot students tallied 46 correct answers. Moments later, after all the tabulations were made, the Wilmot team was crowned the Division II Super Quiz champions.
Individual achievements
Senior Isaac Keen, the three-year decathlete affectionately nicknamed the “Keen Machine,” lived up to his moniker as he posted the highest score of his stellar career in his very last decathlon.
“It’s arguably the best performance ever by a Wilmot student in any competition," said Academic Decathlon coach Don Serkowski. "Isaac posted the third highest score in the nation, regardless of division. He was less than 10 points from being second, and less than 100 points from placing first... Wilmot’s never had a decathlete finish that high in comparison with all decathletes nationwide before. Isaac is definitely among the elite.”
Keen was first-overall in Division II, earning a $1,000 cash scholarship for the second consecutive year, the only Wilmot decathlete to ever go back-to-back as the top scorer at a national decathlon. Keen also posted the top Economics score of any decathlete regardless of division, earning him the B. Franklin Reinauer II Economics Prize plaque and a $250 cash scholarship. He also was the highest scorer in the nation with a score of 980 on the Social Science exam, a score he’s achieved three times this year. As the team’s highest scoring decathlete Keen received an additional cash scholarship of $250 and was unanimously voted Most Valuable Teammate netting yet another $250. Keen totaled $1,750 for the event.
“So happy for all the decathletes to get to experience this in-person competition, but especially for Isaac. To be one of the top decathletes in the nation for so long and not being able to be recognized by the best in the country would have been a true shame," Serkowski said. "I had a little extra emotion seeing him being able to get his due on this, the biggest stage of them all.”
Nearly all the Panthers improved their scores from state, and three others joined Keen on the Division II all-national team.
Senior Emilee Olenick also posted her career high-score in her final decathlon and clinched the top spot in the scholastic division for the second straight year. She was Wilmot’s second-highest scorer overall. For her efforts Olenick earned a $1,000 cash scholarship and a golden plaque commemorating her incredible achievement.
Sophomore Evan Kerman posted his highest score of the year, allowing him to place third-overall in the scholastic division. Kerkman earned a $500 cash scholarship and bronze plaque for his efforts.
Sophomore Charlie Fielder dominated the varsity division with his highest personal score to date. He was Wilmot’s third-highest scorer overall after putting up his highest personal score to date. Fielder also earned $1,000 cash scholarship and a golden plaque for placing first in his division.
In total Wilmot decathletes collected $4,250 in cash scholarships at the event.
Individual medals
Wilmot decathletes collected 47 of the available 99 individual medals handed out in Division II, which was an even bigger share than they had at the Wisconsin state competition in March. Every single Wilmot decathlete earned an individual national medal. Those students include the following:
Isaac Keen - (Gold) Overall, Economics, Social Science, Essay, Literature, Music, Science, Art; (Bronze) Math.
Mary Catherine Slagle - (Silver) Interview; (Bronze) Economics
Daegan Fragale - (Silver) Art
Emilee Olenick - (Gold) Overall, Essay, Literature, Art; (Silver) Science and Social Science; (Bronze) Economics, Math, Music
Evan Kerkman - (Gold) Social Science, Art, Music; (Silver) Literature; (Bronze) Overall
Mac Keen - (Silver) Economics; (Bronze) Speech, Social Science, Literature
Charlie Fielder - (Gold) Overall, Music, Essay, Social Science, Art, Literature, Science, Economics.
Allison Streitmatter - (Silver) Social Science, Music, Literature; (Bronze) Essay, Art, Economics
Lorelei Glassman - (Silver) Literature; (Bronze) Essay and Art | 2023-05-03T16:33:57+00:00 | kenoshanews.com | https://kenoshanews.com/wilmot-union-high-school-academic-decathletes-bring-home-fifth-division-ii-national-title/article_ed37794a-e835-11ed-a2d5-77efc9cb91c5.html |
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