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‘Gives survivors a little bit more protection’ - ‘Boyfriend loophole’ closed with new gun safety law
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Sunday, President Biden signed into law the first major gun safety legislation in decades. The bill includes millions of dollars for school safety, and mental health and crisis intervention programs. There are also changes to the process to buy a firearm for people ages 18 to 21.
It also closes what’s know as the boyfriend loophole which stops domestic abusers from buying guns.
Domestic Violence advocates say closing the so-called “boyfriend loophole” will keep guns out of the hands of violent people.
Previous laws only prevented people from purchasing a firearm if they were convicted of domestic violence while living with, married to or having a child with their partner.
”It finally closes what’s know as the boyfriend loophole. So, if you assault your boyfriend or girlfriend you can’t buy a gun or own a gun,” said President Biden.
Alta Medea, Community Engagement Director for Domestic Violence Intervention Program said the law is a step in the right direction.
”Preventing individuals that are in dating relationships from obtaining weapons... we know that they are just as lethal and just as violent as if someone was married or had a child or lived with them. So, closing that loophole gives survivors a little bit more protection, though we know it’s not obviously 100%,” said Medea. “There still are many other loopholes that need to be addressed, we know that it can help curb that and move us closer to making a space that’s safe for everyone,” she said.
DVIP serves eight counties throughout Eastern Iowa. Medea said within the area they serve, around 32 percent of victims reported that weapons were used in their abuse.
”Of that, 34% of the individuals we serve, the abuser threatened to kill the victim and we know that many times that is done with a gun,” said Medea.
Medea added their main goal is for people to be safe and have the resources they need.
”According to the FBI, every month an average of 53 are shot and killed by an intimate partner. And over 4.5 million women within our nation have reported being threatened in their lifetime with a gun,” she said. “That is a shocking number. The more loopholes we can get close, the more sensible gun legislation we can have in place, the safer all of us are,” said Medea.
If you need help, Medea said you can call the 24 hour hotline, that’s 1-800-373-1043.
Copyright 2022 KCRG. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-27T21:56:27+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/2022/06/27/gives-survivors-little-bit-more-protection-boyfriend-loophole-closed-with-new-gun-safety-law/ |
Officials from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announced the team of astronauts who will be the crew for the upcoming Artemis II mission to the moon.
The four-person international crew, introduced at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, consists of Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Hammock Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of the Canada Space Agency.
“For the first time in more than 50 years, these individuals — the Artemis II crew — will be the first humans to fly to the vicinity of the Moon,” said Director Vanessa Wyche, NASA Johnson, in the space agency’s press release. “Among the crew are the first woman, first person of color, and first Canadian on a lunar mission, and all four astronauts will represent the best of humanity as they explore for the benefit of all.”
Artemis II is scheduled for launch in late 2024.
The Four Astronauts
Wiseman spent 165 days as a flight engineer on the International Space Station (ISS) and completed a record 82 hours of research in a single week while in orbit. He also logged 13 hours of spacewalking during his mission. He shared his thoughts on his experience on the International Space Station’s Twitter account.
"I never imagined in my entire life getting to see something that beautiful." In this episode of “Down to Earth – It’s Alive,” @Astro_Reid explains how seeing Earth from space compared to his expectations during his time aboard the space station #SpaceStation20th pic.twitter.com/EcFj933JJL
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) November 4, 2019
Before being selected as an astronaut, Glover served as a legislative fellow in the U.S. Senate. He has participated in the SpaceX program as a pilot and second-in-command as well as spending time on the ISS.
In the excerpt posted to Twitter at @Space_Station below, he talks to his daughter on the podcast Down to Earth about his time in space and the important lessons he brought back home.
In the latest episode of Down to Earth, astronaut @AstroVicGlover sits down with his daughter to discuss the important lessons he took away from his time in space. pic.twitter.com/liUoX8EBYS
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) February 18, 2023
Koch has served as a flight engineer on the ISS on three expeditions. She also set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, having logged 328 days in space and participated on the first all-female spacewalk.
She has often tweeted from space, and in this post at @Astro_Christina, she immortalized the historic spacewalk when it happened in October 2019.
To all those reaching to new heights: yes you can. #AllWomanSpacewalk pic.twitter.com/sPqfcK2ULy
— Christina H Koch (@Astro_Christina) October 20, 2019
Hansen is making his first trip to space. He is a colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces and a former fighter pilot with a degree in space science and a masters in physics from Royal Military College of Canada. He has served as capcom at NASA’s Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center and was the first Canadian to lead the training of a NASA astronaut class.
In a tweet at @Astro_Jeremy, he says he is honored to represent Canada on the mission.
I’m excited to leverage my experience, training, and knowledge to take on this challenging mission. I am honoured to represent Canada on Artemis II!
Watch the full video here: https://t.co/1rVlE8c9OI pic.twitter.com/akqMPpY0h3
— Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy) April 3, 2023
The Artemis II Mission
The Artemis II mission is the next step in NASA’s plan to establish a long-term presence on the Moon for science and exploration. The hope, NASA said in its press release, is for the agency and other international scientists to learn more about the lunar surface than ever. They’ll then use that knowledge to take the next natural leap — sending astronauts to Mars.
The approximately 10-day-long mission will serve to test the Orion service module and how it performs in a variety of situations as the crew makes a figure-eight path between the Earth and the Moon. Artemis II is the first manned spaceflight to the moon since the Apollo missions in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Good luck to the entire crew!
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Check out Simplemost for additional stories. | 2023-04-04T14:54:26+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/nasa-announces-4-person-crew-for-upcoming-moon-mission |
Businesswoman and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon won the Republican primary for Michigan governor on Tuesday, setting up a tough race against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as anger and division within the state GOP threaten the party’s efforts in the battleground state this fall.
Dixon, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump last week, defeated four male candidates in a race between little-known political newcomers. She also had backing from the prominent Michigan Republican family of Betsy DeVos, who was education secretary in Trump’s Cabinet but was critical of him and resigned after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, as well as the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and several anti-abortion groups.
Taking the stage at a victory party, Dixon pledged to fight for families who struggled through COVID-19 lockdowns that Whitmer imposed and who can’t afford to put gas in their vehicles and pay bills. She called the first-term governor “the queen of lockdowns” and recounted how her own grandmother died in a nursing home, alone, during the pandemic.
“Frankly Michigan, we deserve better,” Dixon said. “Now we have the opportunity to truly hold Gretchen Whitmer accountable for the pain she has inflicted on each and every one of us during the past four years.”
Whitmer, who did not have a Democratic opponent, was seen as potentially vulnerable heading into 2022 because of anger over her pandemic restrictions, rising gas and food prices, and her ties to President Joe Biden, whose approval ratings are low. But some of those hopes were dashed after top Republican candidates didn’t make the ballot because they didn’t file enough valid nominating signatures and the remaining field struggled to compete in fundraising with Whitmer and her multimillion-dollar campaign fund. None of the GOP candidates had held public office, and many had baggage that could hurt in a general election.
Dixon is a former steel industry executive who also hosted a conservative program on a streaming channel and once acted in low-budget zombie movies in what her campaign described as an “admittedly lame” hobby.
Democrats criticize her far-right positions on issues, which also could be a tough sell for independent voters who decide elections in Michigan. Dixon opposes abortion, except to save the mother’s life, and says Michigan should eliminate the requirement for permits to carry concealed weapons.
In a statement Tuesday, Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes said Dixon “has a dangerous agenda that would devastate Michigan working families.”
Dixon is the first woman Republican nominee for Michigan governor. The matchup adds to an already record number of contests between two women nominees this cycle, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Three — in Iowa, Oregon and Alabama — were set before Tuesday, up from a previous record of two. Arizona’s primary Tuesday also was expected to result in an all-women race.
Dixon has campaigned as a mother of four who focused heavily on education, saying she wants to keep drag queens and talk of sex and gender out of elementary schools. She said she would end “critical race theory” from being taught in Michigan public schools and wants all districts to post teaching materials and curriculum online for parents to review. Dixon also says families should be able to use per-student state funds on private schools, home schooling or other education settings of their choice.
Dixon defeated real estate broker Ryan Kelley, who pleaded not guilty to misdemeanors in the Capitol riot; chiropractor Garrett Soldano; former auto dealership owner Kevin Rinke and pastor Ralph Rebandt.
They blasted Dixon during the campaign as the “establishment” pick, criticizing her connections to DeVos and saying she hadn’t done enough to stand up to Whitmer when she imposed COVID-19 restrictions.
Contentious primaries are not new, but the hostility seems heightened in some places this year as Republicans split over whether to relitigate the 2020 election or look ahead, including to the 2024 presidential race. The divide has been particularly public and pronounced in Michigan, where Trump has pushed the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him and has endorsed many candidates who back him — including for secretary of state and attorney general — with an eye on a possible 2024 bid.
Michigan is also among states where subpoenas have been issued to “fake electors” who submitted paperwork saying Trump, not Biden, won the state’s election.
Trump lost Michigan by about 154,000 votes in 2020, and multiple audits and courts — as well as an investigation by the Republican-led state Senate — have upheld that.
Dixon has wavered on the issue. She raised her hand during a debate when candidates were asked who among them believes the election was stolen. But has been less explicit in recent weeks, criticizing Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and saying on Fox News Sunday, “We have to make sure our elections are secure and what happened in 2020 doesn’t happen again.”
Trump’s late-stage endorsement of Dixon gives him a win to tout, though he also has experienced some high-profile defeats.
Voter Mark Orsinger of Grand Rapids said he decided to cast his ballot for Dixon after Trump’s endorsement.
“I didn’t know Tudor until Trump mentioned her,” Orsinger said. “She seems like an OK person. I only know her from 20 seconds of a commercial.”
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Associated Press writers Joey Cappelletti in Grand Rapids and Mike Householder in Delhi Township contributed to this report. | 2022-08-03T21:12:16+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/ap-top-headlines/in-michigan-gop-discord-threatens-effort-to-oust-whitmer/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s culture minister on Wednesday rejected speculation that a rare book given to Pope Francis earlier this week by French President Emmanuel Macron might have been looted from Poland during World War II.
The minister, Piotr Glinski, said the book “is not a Polish war loss,” and that “contrary to the claims of some media … this work was not stolen from Poland.”
Concerns had risen in Poland after a photo was published of a stamp in the old book from a library in Lviv, a city that is now part of Ukraine but was the Polish city of Lwow until WWII.
The volume is the first French edition of German philosopher Immanuel Kant’s work “On Eternal Peace,” dating from 1796.
Poland saw much of its cultural patrimony destroyed or looted during the country’s wartime occupation by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, and about 500,000 artifacts remain missing.
The country has been making efforts to recover as much as possible. The Culture Ministry has a Division for Looted Art that keeps a database of missing objects and scours foreign collections and auctions.
When they locate a looted Polish painting, book or other object, they inform law enforcement officials of the country it’s found in. | 2022-10-27T12:59:52+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/entertainment-news/ap-poland-says-book-given-to-pope-by-macron-wasnt-wwii-plunder/ |
President Joe Biden is honoring the memory of Queen Elizabeth II in the United States.
Biden signed a proclamation on Thursday, ordering flags to be flown at half-staff until the day of her funeral.
"Queen Elizabeth II led always with grace, an unwavering commitment to duty, and the incomparable power of her example," Biden stated.
Queen Elizabeth II was a staunch ally of the United States. She met 14 American presidents during her 70-year reign.
Her passing has set off a 10-day mourning period in the United Kingdom.
There will be various ceremonies in honor of the queen. She will be buried on the grounds of Windsor Castle. | 2022-09-08T20:19:26+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/world/biden-orders-flags-to-fly-at-half-staff-in-memory-of-queen-elizabeth-ii |
A nuclear attack has not hit New York, but the city's emergency management department wants residents to be prepared if one does occur.
The department released a short video titled "Nuclear Preparedness PSA" on Monday, but not much else was shared other than "NYC Emergency Management shares important steps for New Yorkers to follow if a nuclear attack occurs," in the caption.
The video, which has been viewed more than 500,000 times, opens with a narrator saying, "So there's been a nuclear attack. Don't ask me how or why, just know that the big one has hit. Ok? So, what do we do?"
The three big steps of action for what to do in the event of a nuclear attack include getting inside, staying inside and then staying tuned to the media for more information and signing up for text alerts from the city. Residents are also urged to move to the interior of the buildings, away from windows and doors that they should close.
The announcement — without much else to go on — left many in the city and elsewhere wondering what was going on and if they had missed a warning or something else related to the video. But the announcement "was not in response to any specific threat," the Defcon Warning System, which describes itself as a private intelligence organization that focuses on the threat of nuclear war, said on Twitter.
just saw a video about what to do if a nuclear attack happens in nyc and as someone who lives there, is there something i should know about… pic.twitter.com/pVaTGvnXUF
— razia (@girIbossonfilm) July 13, 2022
Anyone see that weird nuclear war PSA that NYC put out on what to do if the city is hit with an atomic bomb? Telling people to get inside and take a shower? As if you’re not just going to disintegrate immediately
— Alli💫 (@AlliGraz) July 12, 2022
Me watching the NYC nuclear attack PSA in which the host says, “you got this!” pic.twitter.com/PdYmQEtTeW
— ned riseley (@nriseley) July 13, 2022
Despite the confusion, New York Mayor Eric Adams said he approved of what the office of emergency management did, and that it was all about "preparedness" and "taking necessary steps after what happened in Ukraine."
"No, I don't think it was alarmist," Adams said at a news conference on Tuesday. "I'm a big believer in better safe than sorry ... this was right after the attacks in the Ukraine and OEM took a very proactive step to say let's be prepared."
"It doesn't mean just a nuclear attack, it's any natural disaster. Pack a bag, know where your medicines are located. These are just smart things to do," the mayor said.
Adams added that this was just one of many emergency preparedness announcements in the works, including some for the hurricane season that started last month.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-13T19:58:46+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2022-07-13/new-york-put-out-a-psa-in-case-of-a-nuclear-attack-leaving-many-residents-confused |
Jury selection begins in defamation lawsuit against Fox News
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection began behind closed doors Thursday in a defamation lawsuit seeking to hold Fox News responsible for repeatedly airing false claims related to the 2020 presidential election.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis previously made clear that the selection would be done out of public view to ensure the privacy and safety of potential jurors.
“Because of the nature of the case and under the statute, I can take those steps to protect jurors,” the judge said Thursday, noting that the case has received international attention.
“I need to make sure that the jury remains unaffected by this,” Davis added.
Jury selection in Delaware is usually done in public but occasionally is closed to protect jurors, such as in high-profile criminal cases or those involving alleged gang activity.
The judge met privately with potential jurors and handed out forms asking several routine questions, including whether those in the jury pool have ever worked for Fox or Dominion Voting Systems, the Colorado-based voting machine company that filed the defamation lawsuit.
He began Thursday’s proceeding by denying a request by certain media outlets for permission to record and rebroadcast a live audio feed of the trial. The outlets sought similar permission for the jury selection, even though it is being done in private without audio access.
“I have gone as far as I can go with response to access,” Davis told lawyers and media representatives in the courtroom, noting that even providing an audio feed of the trial is unprecedented.
“You’re getting the most access of any media in a Superior Court case in Delaware,” he said.
Lawyers for Fox filed a response opposing the media access request, saying it risks invading privacy interests, distracting jurors and trial participants, and compromising the integrity of the trial proceedings.
“There is no guarantee that others will not exploit or misuse the recordings once they are posted online,” Fox’s lawyers wrote.
Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in a trial expected to last six weeks.
Dominion alleges that Fox damaged the company by repeatedly airing false allegations that its machines and the software they used rigged the 2020 presidential election to prevent Donald Trump’s reelection. Records produced as part of the suit show many Fox executives and on-air hosts didn’t believe the claims but broadcast them anyway.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-13T18:04:30+00:00 | foxcarolina.com | https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/04/13/jury-selection-begins-defamation-lawsuit-against-fox-news/ |
Corey Coleman couldn't help but notice the crowd of news reporters Monday surrounding rookie DeShone Kizer, whom the Browns named their starting quarterback for this fall less than 24 hours earlier. As he spoke at his own podium session a few feet away, he glanced over at the youngster several times and flashed a wide smile.
"That's my guy," Coleman said.
After all, the pair hit it off Saturday night in Tampa, connecting four times — including three times on third down — for 64 yards in a win over the Buccaneers that doubled as Kizer's first preseason start. Coleman, who has grown close with the former Notre Dame star, said he's excited to watch their bond grow this fall.
"We're trying to think one game at a time, we're trying to keep performing at a high level," he said, "but it can be a very bright future for both of us if we keep on doing what we need to do."
After missing most of OTAs with a hamstring injury, Coleman -- the team's first-round NFL Draft pick in 2016 -- looked impressive in his latest performance, making ridiculous catch after ridiculous catch.
It was the former Biletnikoff Award winner's best statistical outing since a breakout game against the Ravens last season in Week 2, when he caught six passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns. And now, Coleman hopes he can keep that momentum — and chemistry with Kizer — rolling into the regular season.
"I'm getting back in the groove, feeling comfortable out there," said Coleman, who missed six games as a rookie with a broken hand.
As Kizer spoke at the podium next to him, however, he was focused less on himself and more on the 21-year-old who'll be throwing him passes this fall.
"We were just talking about our goals and stuff and it's just really exciting to see him," said Coleman, who said he trained with Kizer over the summer. "He's the starting quarterback now … just to see how he's taken all of it. We just talked about this, and it's crazy."
Much like head coach Hue Jackson — who praised Kizer for his growth since coming to Cleveland this spring — Coleman said the former Notre Dame star has made strides both on and off the field.
"He's really poised for him to be so young, tremendous leadership, the way he carries himself he's a true professional," he said. "That's my guy, I'm happy for him."
He added: "I'm excited for him. I'm just ready to see how far he keeps on going." | 2022-12-17T08:04:02+00:00 | clevelandbrowns.com | https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/corey-coleman-eager-to-get-to-work-with-deshone-kizer-that-s-my-guy-19274420 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Gerrit Cole brought the Yankees back from the brink. They’re Bronx bound, still chasing a championship.
Cole gave New York what it needed, seven solid innings and Harrison Bader hit a two-run homer as the Yankees forced a decisive fifth game in the AL Division Series with a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians in Game 4 on Sunday night.
There was no margin for error, no second chances. Cole, who failed in a similar spot last October, had the weight of New York's season, the one Aaron Judge's home-run swing made historic, on his shoulders.
He handled it. Like an ace should.
"Preparing for this game, there’s an opportunity to clinch or an opportunity to go home, I didn’t approach the game any different," Cole said. “I just went out there and did my job.”
New York's $324 million man, Cole allowed two runs and struck out eight in beating the Guardians for the second time in six days. He didn't dominate, but Cole kept Cleveland's hitters off base and off balance.
Bader homered for the third time in the best-of-five series, connecting in the second inning off Cal Quantrill, who came in unbeaten in 44 games at Progressive Field.
After blowing Game 3 on Saturday, when the Yankees' bullpen had its greatest meltdown in the team's storied postseason history, New York recovered and is headed home for a winner-moves-on game.
New York will start Game 2 loser Jameson Taillon against Aaron Civale on Monday night at Yankee Stadium. The winner advances to meet Houston in the AL Championship Series.
Josh Naylor homered for the Guardians, who are trying to end Major League Baseball's current longest World Series drought in their first year after a franchise name change. Cleveland hasn't won it all since 1948.
With a history of postseason heartbreak, Cleveland teams are 1-7 in winner-take-all games.
“You know if you would have told me back in March, we just signed up to play Game 5 in New York to go to the ALCS, I would have jogged to New York,” Guardians manager Terry Francona said. “I’m excited.”
Cole was pulled after 110 pitches and Yankees manager Aaron Boone brought in closer Clay Holmes for the eighth. Holmes didn't pitch in Game 3 after Boone decided to shut him down but didn't tell the right-hander.
Holmes struck out Amed Rosario and All-Star José Ramírez in the eighth before Wandy Peralta finished for the save. Working his third straight day, Peralta retired three batters on just seven pitches.
"Our guys had that look in their eyes tonight, and it starts with Gerrit,” first baseman Anthony Rizzo said. “It’s a complete win for us and that’s who we are and that’s the wins we need to have.”
The Guardians weren't supposed to be here. But they won the AL Central, swept Tampa Bay in the wild-card round and had the Yankees on the cusp of elimination. All Cleveland's kids have to do now is beat the Yankees in baseball's most hostile environment.
“It's going to be exciting,” Civale said. “Everyone that was there saw what it was like. It’s going to be crazy, it’s going to be a lot of screaming and a lot of fans. But at the end of the day it’s noise.”
This was the kind of game the Yankees envisioned Cole pitching in when they signed him to a nine-year contract in 2019 as a free agent after he spent two seasons with the Astros.
“Gerrit showed up huge tonight and now we’re headed back to the Bronx, where we like our chances," Holmes said. "We all believed we could win two games, and this is the first step.”
There was no magic this time for the Guardians, who overcame a two-run deficit in the ninth inning on Saturday to win Game 3 in dramatic fashion.
Cleveland not only rallied against New York's bullpen on Saturday, but the Guardians became the first team in 168 games to overcome a multi-run deficit and beat the Yankees in the postseason.
The Guardians closed within 3-2 in the fourth on Naylor's second career postseason homer — and third homer in 17 at-bats — off Cole.
Naylor's laser shot into the seats fronting the outfield bullpens sent Cleveland's crowd into a frenzy that got wilder as the animated DH circled the bases swinging his arms back in forth as if he was rocking a baby.
Cole didn't find it amusing.
“Whatever,” he said. “It’s cute. I didn’t see it in the moment, and it wouldn’t have bothered me in the moment, and it just is kind of funny.”
Bader's 429-foot shot into the left-field bleachers put the Yankees ahead 3-0 in the second, and not only gave them momentum but belief they would even the series following their gutting loss in Game 3.
New York's dugout erupted with shouts and fist pumps as Bader rounded first following his fifth hit in six career at-bats off Quantrill. He also homered in Game 1, when Cole and the Yankees beat Quantrill.
The Guardians got a run back in the third, but missed a chance for more when Ramírez got a little overaggressive on the base paths.
With runners at first and second, Ramírez dropped a bloop into left field that scored rookie Steven Kwan. Thinking he had a chance to take an extra base, Ramírez went about halfway to second before realizing he had no chance and got thrown out retreating to first.
PITCHING PROSPECTS
Both managers are expected to empty their bullpens in the finale.
Boone said it's possible Peralta could pitch in his fifth straight game, and that Game 2 starter Nestor Cortes is also available.
Francona is confident Civale will pitch well, and after that, he's got Trevor Stephan, James Karinchak and closer Emmanuel Clase — his top three relievers — all rested and ready.
ODDS AND ENDS
Cole saves his best for Cleveland in the postseason. He's 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA in four career starts against the Guardians. ... Bader's three homers in the series are his three longest this season. ... New York improved to 14-12 in the postseason against Cleveland. ... It was the 19th anniversary of Boone's walk-off homer to beat the Boston Red Sox in 2003.
BULLPEN BUSINESS
Boone spent much of his pregame news conference attempting to clarify the communication breakdown between him and Holmes in Game 3.
After the bullpen melted down, Holmes, who was recently sidelined with a shoulder strain, told reporters he was available. Boone, though, said he never informed the right-hander he was down, creating confusion and awkwardness.
Boone said he decided not to pitch Holmes on consecutive days so as not to risk his health. Holmes reported soreness after pitching in Game 2.
“As a competitor, I want to be out there as much as possible, but I totally understand the plan,” Holmes said.
UP NEXT
Making his first career relief appearance, Taillon allowed two runs ad three hits without recording an out in Game 2. Civale hasn't pitched since Oct. 5. He's won his last three starts with a 3.18 ERA. The right-hander was on the injured list three times this season.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-10-17T04:03:08+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Cole-Yankees-save-season-beat-Guards-to-force-17513577.php |
BAY CITY, MI -- Here’s a look at the top performances from the eight high school swimming programs in the MLive Bay City coverage area, including Bay City Central, Bay City Western, John Glenn, Essexville Garber, Standish-Sterling, Caro/Cass City, Ogemaw Heights and Oscoda for Feb. 23, 2023. All eight teams are in action Saturday at SVSU, which hosts both the Saginaw Valley League Championship and the Independent Swim Conference Championship.
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Cold fronts ahead, but more heat too
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Two cold fronts have roles in our current 7 Day Forecast, which takes us through early next week. In this post, I cover the temperature changes we expect.
In the near term, today and tomorrow, there will be a few clouds but the days will be mostly sunny. The breeze we’ve experienced recent days returns, generally southerly at about 10 to 20 mph.
Temperatures will be similar to yesterday, peaking from the upper 80s in the far northwestern viewing area to the mid-90s across the east. That’s about five to ten above the average.
The first of the two cold fronts is expected Thursday morning. While areas to the north of us will see a dramatic drop in temperature, our drop will be minimal.
Thursday’s highs will range from the mid-80s in the northwest to the low 90s in the east. It is possible that our southeastern communities will still see highs in the mid-90s.
Lubbock will rebound to about 90 degrees Friday. A mostly sunny and somewhat breezy day.
Saturday may end up as the hottest day of this week, and next. Lubbock-area highs are likely to hit the low 90s, perhaps the mid-90s. Hot for Game Day.
Then the second of the two cold fronts comes into play. Its arrival is anticipated Saturday night or early Sunday. It will bring a moderate drop in temperatures, and it may bring some brief light rain to the area.
Highs Sunday will range from the upper 70s in the northwest to the upper-80s in the southeast. Highs Monday will be a little cooler.
Following the front, our mornings will get at least a little chilly. Lows in the 50s are likely Monday through Wednesday of next week.
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Copyright 2022 KCBD. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-20T12:32:21+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/2022/09/20/cold-fronts-more-heat-too/ |
The Chicago White Sox drafted Garrett Crochet in June 2020, and the No. 11 pick found himself making big pitches in the big leagues that September.
The left-hander didn’t allow a run in five 2020 appearances spanning six innings. He continued to be one of the more dependable members of the bullpen last year.
Crochet, 23, was ready for an expanded role in 2022 and looked sharp in spring training before suffering an injury that required season-ending Tommy John surgery.
He provided an update during the weekend while with the Sox for their series against the Texas Rangers.
“Things are going well,” Crochet said Friday at Globe Life Field. “(I’ve) been training back in (Arizona). Kind of going about my business the way I have the whole rehab process. Just taking it one step at a time.
“(I’m) playing catch at the end of the month. Really looking forward to that. But in the meantime, working on shoulder strength and stability with the arm.
“Everything is progressing as we expected it to, so I’m excited to get a ball in my hand.”
Crochet has a 2.54 ERA in 59 career relief appearances, striking out 73 in 60⅓ innings.
He began the eighth inning of a March 31 Cactus League game against the Cincinnati Reds with a strikeout. He went to a 3-1 count on the next batter before being looked at by the training staff and exiting the game.
The next day, Sox general manager Rick Hahn said the “preliminary MRI reading is not great,” and Crochet underwent surgery in early April.
“He’s feeling good,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said Thursday. “Just a reminder of what he has waiting for this organization and our fans. He’ll be better than ever when he comes back. And that’s saying something.”
Injuries have forced the Sox to do some shuffling in the bullpen this season. Crochet and Aaron Bummer were penciled in as the top left-handed options. Bummer has been limited to 20 outings because of injuries. He was on the injured list May 7-22 with a right knee strain and went back on the IL retroactive to June 9 with a left lat strain. He last pitched June 7.
Jake Diekman, acquired in a trade last week from the Boston Red Sox, is the only left-hander in the bullpen after the Sox optioned Tanner Banks to Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday. Diekman has allowed one run and struck out five in his first three appearances with the White Sox.
Even though he couldn’t be on the mound, Crochet tried to aid the team in other forms.
“Rejoining the team this time of year, the energy is high and I love being in this environment any way I can to add to the positive energy,” he said.
He has been able to lean on teammates who previously were sidelined.
“Seeing my teammates having gone through it before, I kind of know the path that I have to follow,” Crochet said. “It’s on me to follow it at this point.
“I’m staying present in the moment and being there for my teammates. I feel like that’s the main thing that I want to take from this. I’ll have time to focus on throwing when I’m throwing. I’m just trying to really be selfless.”
Crochet worked on smoothing out his mechanics before the injury. He anticipates continuing that process when he gets clearance.
“I broke that down pretty big over the past offseason,” Crochet said. “I look forward to resuming all the work I was working on and picking right up where I left off.”
() | 2022-08-08T22:07:49+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/08/garrett-crochet-is-excited-to-get-a-ball-in-my-hand-as-the-chicago-white-sox-relievers-tommy-john-rehab-progresses/ |
(The Hill) – The Biden administration on Monday said doctors and hospitals need to follow federal law and provide abortions if there is a medical emergency and the health or life of the patient is at risk, regardless of state law.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reaffirmed that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) protects providers when offering legally-mandated, life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations.
Administration officials said the federal government can penalize doctors or hospitals that fail to provide care in those circumstances.
“Under the law, no matter where you live, women have the right to emergency care — including abortion care,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “Today, in no uncertain terms, we are reinforcing that we expect providers to continue offering these services, and that federal law preempts state abortion bans when needed for emergency care.”
The announcement follows President Biden’s executive order on reproductive health issued Friday, and comes as the White House fends off criticism for its seemingly sluggish response to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
EMTALA has been on the books for over 30 years. Under the law, if an emergency medical condition is found to exist, the hospital must provide available stabilizing treatment or an appropriate transfer to another hospital that has the capabilities to provide stabilizing treatment.
HHS officials on a call with reporters said the administration is not making any new policy or changes to the existing law. The point of the guidance is to remind providers that the EMTALA law exists, and preempts any state restrictions.
The law leaves it up to a physician to determine what qualifies as an emergency medical condition for a pregnant patient, but the administration listed examples such as ectopic pregnancy, complications of miscarriage or severe preeclampsia.
Under the law, providers don’t need to wait for a patient’s condition to worsen. If there is an emergency, a physician or other provider must provide stabilizing treatment.
Any state laws or mandates that employ a more restrictive definition of an emergency medical condition are preempted by the federal statute, HHS said.
The guidance from the administration comes as dozens of states enact strict abortion bans in the wake of the ruling. Some states make explicit exceptions for the health and life of a mother, but others don’t.
Providers in some states have said they fear prosecution under the news laws if they perform an emergency abortion. Senior HHS officials told reporters the guidance is meant to provide reassurance for those hospitals and physicians that they should trust their clinical judgment.
“We heard a lot from physicians that we needed to be clearer on these points because people were still too scared to treat people,” a senior HHS official said.
In a letter dated Monday, Becerra reassured health providers they will be protected.
“[I]f a physician believes that a pregnant patient at an emergency department, including certain labor and delivery departments, is experiencing an emergency medical condition as defined by EMTALA, and that abortion is the stabilizing treatment necessary to resolve that condition, the physician must provide that treatment.”
EMTALA is a complaint driven process, and an investigation can’t occur without a complaint to the federal government.
Each violation will cost a hospital $119,942 if it has over 100 beds, and $59,973 for hospitals under 100 beds.
Hospitals could also lose their Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements, and private citizens who are harmed by a physician’s or hospital’s failure to provide stabilizing treatment may file a civil suit against the hospital to obtain damages.
Additionally, an individual physician could also face civil penalties of $119,942 per violation. | 2022-07-11T23:21:53+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/white-house-says-hospitals-doctors-must-give-abortions-in-emergencies/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Dozens of people have been taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak at a daycare center in Pennsylvania, according to local authorities.
First responders were alerted to the incident on Tuesday morning following reports of an unconscious child at the Happy Learning Smiles Center in Allentown, a spokesperson for the City of Allentown told Nexstar.
Upon arrival, one of the firefighter’s carbon monoxide (CO) monitors alerted the crew to a possible issue. The firefighter located a carbon monoxide/gas meter in the building, which indicated “dangerously high levels” of CO, the spokesperson said.
Fire officials told WPHL there were 25 children and 8 workers inside at the time of the incident. Of those, 27 were transported to local hospitals in the area.
A triage center was also set up in the center’s parking lot, according to the city.
Capt. John Christopher of the Allentown Fire Department told local outlet WFMZ that every ambulance in the city had responded to the day care center Tuesday morning. The station added that officials were calling the incident a “level 1 mass casualty” incident, meaning hospitals in the area should prepare to be overwhelmed.
All of the sickened individuals were said to be in stable condition, according to a city spokesperson.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | 2022-10-11T18:54:31+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/carbon-monoxide-leak-at-pennsylvania-day-care-center-sends-dozens-to-hospital-reports-say/ |
BEIJING, June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Waterdrop Inc. ("Waterdrop", the "Company" or "we") (NYSE: WDH), a leading technology platform dedicated to insurance and healthcare service with a positive social impact, today announced that it has entered into definitive transaction documents in relation to the proposed acquisition of Shenzhen Cunzhen Qiushi Technology Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, "Cunzhen Qiushi", also known as "Shenlanbao").
Founded in 2018, Cunzhen Qiushi provides insurance knowledge-based content and insurance product reviews through multiple online channels to attract users, and convert them into insurance consumers to generate commission. Pursuant to the transaction documents, the Company will acquire up to 100% of the equity interest of Cunzhen Qiushi for an aggregate consideration of RMB360.0 million (subject to certain price adjustment mechanisms) through multiple closings. The Company will acquire 56% of the equity interest of Cunzhen Qiushi at the first closing, which is expected to take place in June 2023. The Company will acquire 4% of the equity interest of Cunzhen Qiushi at the second closing, which is expected to take place within six months after the first closing. The remaining 40% equity interest of Cunzhen Qiushi will be acquired in three years, subject to certain closing conditions.
Upon completion of the proposed acquisition, Cunzhen Qiushi will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Waterdrop, and its financial results will be consolidated into our consolidated financial statements upon completion of the first closing of the proposed acquisition.
About Waterdrop Inc.
Waterdrop Inc. (NYSE: WDH) is a leading technology platform dedicated to insurance and healthcare service with a positive social impact. Founded in 2016, with the comprehensive coverage of Waterdrop Insurance Marketplace and Waterdrop Medical Crowdfunding, Waterdrop aims to bring insurance and healthcare service to billions through technology. For more information, please visit www.waterdrop-inc.com.
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SOURCE Waterdrop Inc. | 2023-06-09T10:24:22+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2023/06/09/waterdrop-announces-proposed-acquisition-cunzhen-qiushi/ |
NASA's Artemis l moon rocket launch called off due to Tropical Storm Ian
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA officials have called off the launch of its Artemis l moon rocket as Tropical Storm Ian approaches Florida.
The space agency tweeted the update on Saturday.
"NASA is foregoing a launch opportunity Tuesday, Sept. 27, and preparing for rollback, while continuing to watch the weather forecast associated with Tropical Storm Ian."
During a meeting Saturday morning, teams decided to stand down on preparing for the Tuesday launch date to allow them to configure systems for rolling back the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
"Engineers deferred a final decision about the roll to Sunday, Sept. 25, to allow for additional data gathering and analysis. If Artemis I managers elect to roll back, it would begin late Sunday night or early Monday morning," NASA said.
Tropical Storm Ian is moving toward Florida and could become a major hurricane.
Managers on Friday declared that the rocket is now ready to blast off on its first test flight, after overcoming more hydrogen leaks during a fueling test earlier in the week. It will be the first time a crew capsule orbits the moon in 50 years; the spacecraft will carry mannequins but no astronauts.
It takes three days of preparations to get the rocket back into Kennedy Space Center’s mammoth Vehicle Assembly Building, a 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) trip lasting several hours.
"I don’t think we’re cutting it close," Whitmeyer told reporters. "We’re just taking it a step at a time."
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This would've been the third launch attempt for the Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA. Fuel leaks and other technical problems scrapped the first two tries, in late August and early September.
Although hydrogen fuel seeped past newly installed seals during Wednesday’s dress rehearsal, the launch team got the leakage down to acceptable levels by slowing the flow and reducing the pressure in the lines. That gave the launch team the confidence to proceed with a Tuesday launch attempt, officials said.
Managers said that the 30-year space shuttle program also saw plenty of hydrogen fuel leaks and hurricane-related rollbacks. The moon rocket’s main engines are actually upgraded versions of what flew on shuttles.
Also, the Space Force has extended the certification of on-board batteries that are part of the flight safety system — at least through the beginning of October.
NASA has just one more chance to launch the rocket — Oct. 2 — before a two-week blackout period begins. The next launch period would open Oct. 17.
Astronauts would climb aboard for the second test flight around the moon in 2024. The third mission, targeted for 2025, would see a pair of astronauts landing on the moon.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-09-24T17:31:00+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/nasas-artemis-l-moon-rocket-launch-called-off-due-to-tropical-storm-ian |
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man stabbed four family members and himself during a domestic-related incident at his home in Savannah, police said Friday.
Roger Hendrix, 31, was taken into custody and faces numerous charges, including four counts of aggravated assault, authorities said in a news release.
Police said they responded to a home Thursday night and found four people between the ages of 38 and 65 suffering from stab wounds. The suspect, who was also found in the home, had self-inflicted stab wounds, police said.
According to investigators, Hendrix stabbed one of the victims and the remaining people involved were injured while trying to disarm him.
All five were transported to a hospital for injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
It was not clear whether Hendrix has an attorney who could speak on his behalf. | 2022-07-01T19:41:25+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Police-Georgia-man-stabbed-4-family-members-at-17279739.php |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox finished off a dazzling playoff debut that was years in the making and had one more task to do.
With the home crowd counting down following an exhilarating return to the postseason, Fox pressed the button and lit the ceremonial beam, letting out 17 seasons of frustration for Sacramento.
“Sacramento showed out tonight,” Fox said. “But doing this for the fans, just knowing the way that they support this team through thick and thin — really thin. It’s just a testament to the way they are.”
Fox was the biggest reason why, scoring 38 points to tie for the second highest playoff debut in NBA history to lead the Kings to a 126-123 victory over the defending-champion Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.
Fox scored 29 points in the second half after taking time to adjust to the playoff physicality and hit the 3-pointer that gave Sacramento the lead for good late in the fourth quarter.
Fox took until his sixth season to reach the postseason stage but announced himself as a star as only Luka Doncic scored more points in a playoff debut with 42 against Dallas three years ago.
“You need guys like that on your side because they know everything that we’re throwing at them,” coach Mike Brown said. “There’s no secrets. You have to have guys on your team that can go make plays and Foxy went and made plays tonight.”
The first playoff meeting between the Northern California neighbors lived up to the hype and delighted the raucous crowd that had been waiting for a playoff game since 2006.
The inexperienced Kings closed the game strong against a Warriors team that won four titles in the previous eight seasons.
After Stephen Curry hit a corner 3-pointer to give Golden State a 114-112 lead with about four minutes left, the Kings responded with seven in a row starting with a 3-pointer from Fox.
The Warriors didn’t go away and cut the deficit to one on a layup by Curry in the final minute. But Andrew Wiggins missed a corner 3 for the lead in the closing seconds of his first game in more than two months.
“That last one felt amazing,” Wiggins said of the last shot. “Only up from here. … I’m here to compete and I believe in myself.”
Malik Monk made two free throws to make it 126-123 with 2.9 seconds left. Curry missed a runner from 3 at the buzzer, giving the Kings their first playoff win since April 30, 2006, against San Antonio.
“That first game is kind of a feeling out process,” Curry said. “We responded. That’s what we are capable of doing. It was a high energy game from start to finish.”
Monk finished with 32 points off the bench and Domantas Sabonis had 12 points and 16 rebounds.
Curry led the Warriors with 30 points, Klay Thompson added 21 and Wiggins and Poole scored 18 apiece.
It was a festive environment in success-starved Sacramento where fans gathered outside the arena hours before the start of the Kings first playoff game following an NBA record 16-year drought.
The arena was deafening starting in pregame warmups with some fans even bringing back the cow bells that were so common during their playoff runs two decades ago.
“It was incredible all night,” forward Harrison Barnes said. “When guys ran out for layup lines with how loud it got in there and I think everyone got chills.”
The excitement appeared to take a toll on the inexperienced Kings, who struggled shooting the ball early. Sacramento shot just 39.2% in the first half and trailed Golden State 61-55 at the half.
The Warriors built the lead to 10 points in the third quarter before Sacramento ended the quarter on a 15-4 run fueled by 10 points from Trey Lyles to take a 91-90 lead into the fourth.
WIGGINS’ RETURN
Wiggins showed few signs of rust in his first game in more than two months after leaving the team to deal with an undisclosed family matter.
Wiggins came off the bench after starting his first 657 games in the NBA and made an immediate impact. He had his first shot attempt blocked but hustled back for a block of his own on the defensive end.
The only thing missing from his game was the outside shot as he was 1 for 8 from 3.
TIP-INS
Warriors: Golden State opened a series on the road for the fourth time in 25 playoff series under Steve Kerr. The Warriors won Game 1 and the series in the 2018 Western Conference Finals against Houston and the second round against Memphis last season. Golden State lost the opener of the 2019 Finals and the series to Toronto.
Kings: Sacramento starters missed their first 15 attempts from 3-point range before Fox hit one late in the third quarter,
UP NEXT
Game 2 is Monday night in Sacramento. The Warriors haven’t fallen behind 2-0 in a playoff series since the second round against Utah in 2007.
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-04-16T15:04:10+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/sports/fox-leads-kings-past-warriors-126-123-in-playoff-return/ |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter serving a life sentence without parole for killing a first grader on a South Carolina playground when he was 14 is asking a judge to lessen his sentence so he can eventually get out of prison.
Jesse Osborne’s lawyer asked Judge Lawton McIntosh on Monday to reconsider his sentence so Osborne, now 21, could have some hope of freedom in his 50s or 60s.
Attorney Frank Eppes said the judge didn’t fully consider a psychologist’s report that Osborne’s lashed out because of abuse and can be rehabilitated.
“Give Jesse some hope to live with,” Eppes said at a televised court hearing.
Osborne himself asked for a chance at life outside a prison cell, apologizing to the family of 6-year-old Jacob Hall who he killed and everyone at the school that day.
“I would just like to say sorry to every single one of them. Because my evil actions hurt their lives,” Osborne said. “I’m just going to try to better myself in the Department of Corrections the rest of my life.
But the teacher whose class was having recess, the parent of a wounded child, the father of the student celebrating his birthday, the superintendent who saw the bloodstained class rug and the school principal all said at Monday’s hearing at the Anderson County Courthouse that they don’t want to ever see Osborne out of prison.
Principal Denise Fredericks recognized Osborne as he paced outside Townville Elementary School with a backpack full of ammunition for 12 minutes after his gun jammed before police arrived to arrest him. Osborne had been a student there for seven years.
“I do wish Jesse a life where he can wake up, breathe, eat, work, be productive — but not outside the walls of a prison,” Fredericks said. “In my opinion, his current sentence is still so, so much more merciful than the sentence he gave to Jacob and our school family.”
Prosecutors said Hall’s family didn’t wish to speak in court but want Osborne to never be released from prison.
Osborne is serving two life sentences after pleading guilty. Before opening fire at the school on Sept. 28, 2016, he shot and killed his father while he slept in a recliner, kissed his rabbit and other pets goodbye, then stole his dad’s truck and drove to his former elementary school, according to Osborne’s confession.
Osborne crashed his truck into the school fence and fired at the first grade class celebrating a classmate’s birthday at recess. Hall bled to death from a gunshot to his leg. Two other student and a teacher suffered minor injuries.
Uneaten cupcakes with the Batman logo could still be seen on the ground inside police tape hours after the shooting.
“My son hates his birthday now,” father Jeff Bernard told the judge.
Prosecutors said Osborne wanted to kill dozens but he was carrying the wrong ammunition and his gun jammed after every shot.
“He didn’t stop because he wanted to. The gun jammed. Thank God the gun jammed,” Fredericks said.
Osborne’s lawyer said a video call he had open to a group chat with people who knew his plan showed him sobbing, upset and ready to give up after the first shots.
Osborne is asking the judge to consider a supplemental report from a psychologist that disagrees with prosecution experts who testified at Osborne’s original sentencing that he is a dangerous and pathological liar with no remorse.
Osborne’s brain was sill developing in his teens. The psychiatrists cited by the defense said he has shown guilt and grief and responded to treatment during the nearly seven years since his arrest on school grounds.
Osborne’s lawyer suggested a 30-year minimum sentence for the two counts of murder, followed by 15 years for shooting at the other children and then lifetime monitoring by GPS after he is released from prison with one review after 10 years.
McIntosh asked for a detailed report from the defense expert in the next month and told prosecutors they would have at least 10 days to respond.
A number of students never returned to the school after the shooting. Some haven’t returned to any school. A popped balloon ended a school dance in tears. Recess is still filled with anxiety, said teacher Meghan Hollingsworth, whose class was celebrating the birthday that day. Her child was in kindergarten just down the hall.
“The screams of children having fun sends a panic through me as I look to see who is screaming and see if they are OK,” she said.
She asked the judge to think about a sign in her first grade classroom and uphold his life sentence handed down more than three years ago,
“You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choices,” it reads. | 2023-05-23T15:01:02+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-school-shooter-asks-for-mercy-from-life-sentence-teacher-principal-want-him-to-stay-in-prison/ |
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Princeton reported from May 8 to May 15. There were 5 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 3,242-square-foot home on Cherry Hill Road in Princeton that sold for $675,000.
Princeton
23 Scarlet Oak Drive, Princeton, $450,000. | 2023-05-24T18:02:39+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/realestate-news/2023/05/see-all-homes-sold-in-princeton-may-8-to-may-15.html |
CA Reno NV Zone Forecast for Monday, September 19, 2022
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National Weather Service Reno NV
331 AM PDT Tue Sep 20 2022
This is an automatically generated product that provides averaged
values for large geographic areas and may not be representative
of a specific area. To get a more specific forecast for your area,
please visit www.nws.noaa.gov/wtf/udaf/area/?site=rev
CAZ072-NVZ002-210300-
Greater Lake Tahoe Area-
Including the cities of South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, Truckee,
Markleeville, Stateline, Glenbrook, and Incline Village
331 AM PDT Tue Sep 20 2022
.TODAY...Showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then
numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Snow level 9500 feet. Highs 50 to 60. Light winds becoming
southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening,
then numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms after midnight.
Snow level 9000 to 9500 feet. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch.
Lows 34 to 44. West winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.WEDNESDAY...Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
morning, then numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Snow level 8500 to 9000 feet. Snow accumulation up to
1 inch. Highs 49 to 59. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing.
Areas of freezing fog after midnight. Lows 26 to 36. West winds
around 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Areas of freezing fog in the morning. Highs
58 to 68. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 30 to 40.
.FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Highs 67 to 77. Lows 34 to 44.
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Surprise Valley California-Northern Washoe County-
Including the cities of Cedarville, Eagleville, Fort Bidwell,
Empire, and Gerlach
331 AM PDT Tue Sep 20 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the morning, then
scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 61 to 71. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
evening, then numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows 41 to 51. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs 59 to 69. Light winds becoming southwest around
10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with
isolated showers after midnight. Lows 37 to 47. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs
62 to 72. Light winds becoming west around 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 73 to 83. Lows
42 to 52.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Highs 77 to 87. Lows 46 to 56.
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Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties-
Including the cities of Portola, Susanville, Westwood,
Sierraville, and Loyalton
331 AM PDT Tue Sep 20 2022
.TODAY...Showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then
numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 54 to 64. Light winds becoming south around 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Lows 35 to 45. West winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.WEDNESDAY...Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
morning, then numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs 54 to 64. Light winds becoming southwest around
10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows 31 to 41. West winds around 10 mph in the evening
becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs
61 to 71. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 43.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 68 to 78. Lows 35 to 45.
.SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Highs 76 to 86. Lows 39 to 49.
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Mono County-
Including the cities of Bridgeport, Coleville, Lee Vining,
and Mammoth Lakes
331 AM PDT Tue Sep 20 2022
.TODAY...Sunny with scattered showers in the morning, then partly
cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs 59 to 69. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with isolated showers in the evening,
then mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms after midnight. Snow level 10000 feet lowering to
9000 feet. Lows 32 to 42. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms. Snow level 8500 to 9000 feet. Highs 56 to 66.
Light winds becoming southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 23 to 33. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 63 to 73. Light winds becoming northeast
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 28 to 38.
.FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Highs 71 to 81. Lows 32 to 42.
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XIAMEN, China, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd ("Pop Culture" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CPOP), a hip-hop culture company headquartered in China, received notification (the "Notification Letter") from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq"), dated November 17, 2022, that the Company is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rules for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market (the "Nasdaq Global Market"). The Notification Letter is only a notification of deficiency and not a notice of delisting.
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the minimum bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Based on the closing bid price of the Company's Class A ordinary shares for the 30 consecutive business days from October 6, 2022 to November 16, 2022, the Company no longer meets the minimum bid price requirement.
The Notification Letter does not impact the Company's listing on the Nasdaq Global Market at this time. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided 180 calendar days, or until May 16, 2023, to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). To regain compliance, the Company's Class A ordinary shares must have a closing bid price of at least US$1.00 for a minimum for 10 consecutive business days. In the event the Company does not regain compliance by May 16, 2023, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance or may face delisting.
The Company's business operations are not affected by the receipt of the Notification Letter. The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its Class A ordinary shares and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options, including, but not limited to, implementing a reverse share split of its outstanding Class A ordinary shares, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
About Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd
Headquartered in Xiamen, China, Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd is a hip-hop culture company. The Company aims to promote hip-hop culture and its values, and to promote cultural exchanges with respect to hip-hop between the United States and China. With the values of hip-hop culture at its core and the younger generation as its primary target audience, the Company hosts entertainment events, operates hip-hop related online programs, and provides event planning and execution services and brand promotion services to corporate clients. The Company has in recent years focused on developing and hosting its own hip-hop events. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://ir.cpop.cn/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including the further spread of the COVID-19 virus or new variants thereof, or the occurrence of another wave of cases and the impact that may have on the Company's operations and the demand for the Company's services, and are based on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to," or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's registration statement and its other filings with the SEC.
For more information, please contact:
Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd
Investor Relations Department
Email: ir@cpop.cn
Ascent Investors Relations LLC
Tina Xiao
President
Phone: 917-609-0333
Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — At least one person is dead following a massive pile-up involving dozens of vehicles in Oregon Wednesday morning.
The crash happened around 8 a.m. on the southbound side of Interstate 5, roughly 20 miles north of Eugene in Linn County.
According to Oregon State Police, the crash scene spanned more than a mile on I-5, with portions still closed as of 3 p.m. PT Wednesday.
Oregon State Police told Nexstar’s KOIN that at least one person was killed in the crash. About 20 semi-trucks and 45 passenger vehicles were reportedly involved in the collision.
Authorities shared the below photos from the scene:
Crews are still working to clear the crash. Multiple vehicles were heavily damaged, according to officials. At least six commercial vehicles leaked fluid onto the interstate, prompting hazmat and the Department of Environmental Quality to respond.
School buses were called in to shuttle the 30 to 40 people stranded after the crash to a nearby truck stop.
Authorities believe heavy fog in the area led to the crash but additional details haven’t yet been released.
In February, a 100-car pile-up closed a freeway in eastern Oregon for multiple hours. | 2022-10-20T00:52:17+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/one-killed-in-oregon-pile-up-involving-over-60-vehicles/ |
PITTSBURGH, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better way to keep a paint can opener and a putty knife handy while working on various projects," said an inventor, from Riverdale, Ga., "so I invented the PAINTER'S PAL. My design eliminates the need to carry, store and maintain separate tools."
The patent-pending invention provides a multi-use handheld tool for painters, contractors, etc. In doing so, it ensures that a putty knife is readily available for use. It also enables the user to easily open a can of paint or compound. As a result, it increases efficiency and convenience. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for painters, contractors, trade workers, do-it-yourselfers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2820, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — DeMarcus Lawrence returned a fumble 19 yards for a touchdown on the Rams’ opening drive, and Cooper Rush remained unbeaten as the Dallas Cowboys’ fill-in starter despite passing for just 102 yards in a 22-10 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday.
Tony Pollard made an outstanding 57-yard TD run for the Cowboys, who are off to a 4-1 start for the second consecutive season after racking up four consecutive wins without injured QB Dak Prescott.
Dorance Armstrong forced the fumble returned by Lawrence and later blocked a punt during a huge first quarter for Dallas, which got 86 yards rushing from Pollard and 78 more from Ezekiel Elliott. With Rush going 10 for 16, the running game and the Cowboys’ impressive defense took charge in yet another strong game.
Cooper Kupp made a 75-yard touchdown reception for the Rams (2-3), who fell below .500 for only the second time in coach Sean McVay’s six seasons while getting shut out in the second half.
With three missing starters, the offensive line for the defending Super Bowl champions struggled to provide any support for the Rams’ inert running game or for Matthew Stafford, who passed for 308 yards and was sacked five times.
Kupp’s brilliant catch-and-run is the only touchdown scored by the Rams in their past nine quarters of play, including back-to-back losses to San Francisco and Dallas.
Malik Hooker made a clinching interception with 3:29 to play in a rematch of the first regular-season game in the history of SoFi Stadium, the multibillion-dollar football palace built by Rams owner Stan Kroenke and championed by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Los Angeles beat Dallas 20-17 in that fan-free encounter to open the 2020 season.
Dallas got off to an auspicious start on the third play from scrimmage when Stafford fumbled while getting dropped by Armstrong under enormous pressure. Lawrence scooped it and scored the second touchdown of his nine-year career.
Los Angeles’ second drive ended with Armstrong running unimpeded up the middle and blocking Riley Dixon’s punt, although Dallas only managed an ensuing field goal.
The Rams settled down from the early chaos and even took the lead in the second quarter when Kupp caught a short pass one-handed and ran the final 71 yards on the longest play in the remarkable career of last season’s NFL Offensive Player of the Year.
But Pollard put the Cowboys back ahead 92 seconds later, breaking a handful of tackles on the second-longest run of his career.
JALEN’S FIRST
Jalen Ramsey got the first sack of his seven-year NFL career in the third quarter when the Cowboys left him unblocked on a blitz. The Rams’ All-Pro defensive back never had a sack in his first 95 regular-season games and nine playoff contests.
MISCOMMUNICATION
The Cowboys missed the extra point on Lawrence’s touchdown because new long snapper Matt Overton hit holder Bryan Anger in the head with the football while Anger was looking elsewhere. Overton, who was on the Rams’ practice squad last month, is replacing Jake McQuaide, who spent a decade with the Rams before leaving in 2021.
INJURIES
Cowboys: TE Dalton Schultz injured his knee in the first half. … OL Jason Peters was inactive with a chest injury that’s likely to sideline him for several weeks. … McQuaide is out for the year with a torn triceps muscle.
Rams: LG David Edwards left the game in the fourth quarter for a concussion evaluation after colliding with Lawrence. Edwards missed last week’s game in the concussion protocol. … S Taylor Rapp sat out with injured ribs. … DB David Long (groin) missed his third straight game, and rookie DB Cobie Durant (hamstring) missed his second straight.
UP NEXT
Cowboys: At Eagles on Sunday night.
Rams: Host Panthers on Sunday.
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-10-09T23:51:58+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/ap-dominant-d-puts-cowboys-past-rams-22-10-for-4th-straight-win/ |
EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) - United Way is working to bridge the digital divide one laptop at a time.
On Tuesday the organization partnered with CVTC to increase internet access for students and community members by hosting a digital resource fair.
Each qualified person received a refurbished laptop or desktop for $30 through the United Way Partner program. A total of 57 laptops were distributed.
Each person was pre-selected based on income. People could also receive training on how to set up their device and learn about the internet. United Way holds digital resource fairs about once a month.
They plan to hold more digital resource fairs in the Chippewa Valley in the future. | 2023-04-05T03:12:11+00:00 | wqow.com | https://www.wqow.com/news/united-way-working-to-bridge-digital-divide-with-refurbished-laptops/article_6a890fbc-d341-11ed-95b8-8743159236aa.html |
Two men are facing criminal charges, accused of shooting and killing a bald eagle near Stanton, Nebraska, on Tuesday, that authorities said they had planned to cook and eat.
The two suspects, identified as Honduran nationals Ramiro Hernandez-Tziquin and Domingo Zetino-Hernandez, both age 20, were charged with unlawful possession of an eagle, the Stanton County Sheriff's Office reported in a news release Tuesday. Hernandez-Tziquin was also cited for not having a driver's license.
At about 4 p.m. local time Tuesday, deputies responded to a report of a vehicle in a field northwest of the Wood Duck Recreation Area, about three miles from Stanton, the sheriff's office said, where they made contact with the two men, and found them with a dead North American Bald Eagle.
"Further investigation revealed that the two had shot and killed the protected national bird in that area and stated they planned on cooking and eating the bird," the sheriff's office said.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission seized the rifle used to kill the eagle, and also took custody of the eagle's body, the sheriff's office said.
Bald eagles are protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940, which prohibits anyone, without a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior, from shooting or killing them, including their parts, nests, or eggs.
The sheriff's office said more serious charges are possible as the investigation continues. | 2023-03-03T16:19:01+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/news/crime-watch/2-men-killed-and-planned-to-eat-a-bald-eagle-in-nebraska-officials-say |
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has won the Republican primary in a bid to keep his job.
He defeated three challengers, including U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Raffensperger became a top target for Trump after the secretary of state refused to bow to pressure to take steps to overturn the former president’s narrow loss in Georgia.
In a recorded phone call in January 2021, Trump asked Raffensperger to "find" him enough votes to change the outcome of Georgia's election.
Raffensperger refused to do anything that would change the election results.
Raffensperger's opponent on Tuesday night had embraced false claims about the 2020 election being stolen and objected to Georgia’s electoral votes being counted for President Joe Biden. | 2022-05-25T21:44:28+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/national/georgia-secretary-of-state-raffensperger-beats-trump-ally |
Teamsters Now Represents Workers from Germination to Retail
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighty-one workers at Growpacker have organized with Teamsters Local 1932 in San Bernardino, Calif. The company is the largest bottling facility in the California cannabis industry, as well as one its the largest providers of supply chain, manufacturing, and distribution services.
"We're thrilled to welcome these workers into our union family," said Randy Korgan, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 1932. "The services this company provides are core industries for our union, and we intend to get the workers at Growpacker the same great wages and benefits that Teamsters at any other logistics employer get."
With the addition of Growpacker, Local 1932 now represents workers in every component of the cannabis supply chain. Retail workers at Captain Jack's dispensary organized in February. The union also represents workers at the cannabis grower Tikun Olam.
"This is the fifth group of California cannabis workers who have joined the Teamsters this year, and there are many more on the horizon," said Peter Finn, Teamsters Western Region International Vice President and Food Processing Division Director. "Workers in this industry want to stay in this industry, and the best way to make it sustainable enough to retain talent is with a Teamster contract."
"We look forward to establishing more structure for our positions, as well as getting a much-needed voice – both at work, and in our industry as a whole," said Bianca Aleman, a quality assurance worker at Growpacker.
Teamsters Local 1932 represents more than 14,000 members in the Inland Empire of California. For more information, go to https://www.teamsters1932.org/.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 12, 2022 Robinson Helicopter Company bid a final farewell to its founder, Frank Robinson. Robinson, 92, passed away peacefully at his Rolling Hills, California home.
One of the most recognizable names in the helicopter industry, Frank Robinson was a pioneer, a man not driven by reward or accolades but by a vision that redefined the industry and forever changed general aviation.
Robinson will be remembered for the design and manufacture of the R22, R44, and R66 model helicopters. Known for their simplicity and reliability, the popular helicopters have a distinct profile and can be spotted easily and frequently all over the world.
Robinson's fascination with helicopters began in 1939, at age nine, when he saw a picture in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of Igor Sikorsky hovering his VS-300 helicopter, an image that captivated Robinson and set the course for his life's work.
He earned a BSME degree from the University of Washington, later attending Wichita State University's graduate aeronautical engineering school. His career began in the late '50s with Cessna and continued through the '60s working for many leading aerospace companies, including Bell and Hughes. In 1973, at age forty-three, unable to interest any of his employers in the idea for a simple, personal helicopter, he resigned from his job at Hughes and founded Robinson Helicopter Company in his Palos Verdes, California home. Six years later, defying critics and overcoming enormous obstacles, Robinson was granted FAA certification for his two-place, piston powered R22 helicopter. The unknown helicopter company delivered its first production R22 in October 1979. By 1989, the R22 had gained a foothold in general aviation, opening a previously untapped market for private helicopter ownership.
In the early '90s, realizing the potential for a light mid-size helicopter, Robinson introduced the four-place piston powered R44. Orders for the R44 quickly piled-up and the company became a recognized player in the aviation industry. In 2010, Robinson once again expanded his line with the five-place, turbine powered R66.
Robinson's relentless determination earned him the respect of both colleagues and competitors. Affectionately called a rock star in certain aviation circles, Robinson retired in 2010 at age 80.
The list of awards and honors bestowed on Robinson is long. Most notable:
Today, the company continues under the leadership of Frank's son, Kurt Robinson and, to date, has delivered over 13,000 helicopters worldwide.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After scaling 40-year highs, inflation in the United States has been slowly easing since summer. Yet the Federal Reserve seems decidedly unimpressed — and unconvinced that its fight against accelerating prices is anywhere near over.
On Thursday, stock markets buckled on the growing realization that the Fed may be willing to let the economy slide into recession if it decides that’s what’s needed to drive inflation back down to its 2% annual target.
The S&P 500 stock index lost roughly 100 points — 2.5% — in its worst day since early November. The losses came a day after the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate for the seventh time this year. The half-point hike the Fed announced — to a range of 4.25% to 4.5% — had been widely expected.
What spooked investors was Wall Street’s growing understanding of how much further the Fed seems willing to go to defeat high inflation. In updated projections they issued Wednesday, the Fed’s policymakers forecast that they will ratchet up their key rate by an additional three-quarters of a point — to a hefty 5% to 5.25% — and keep it there through 2023. Some Fed watchers had expected only an additional half-point in rate hikes.
Those higher rates will mean costlier borrowing costs for consumers and companies, ranging from mortgages to auto and business loans.
The policymakers also downgraded their outlook for economic growth in 2023 from the 1.2% they had forecast in September to a puny 0.5% — as near to a recession forecast as they were likely to make. What’s more, they raised their expectation for the unemployment rate next year to 4.6% from 3.7% now.
All of which suggested that the officials expect — or at least would accept — an economic downturn as the price of taming inflation.
The message the Fed was sending, said Ryan Sweet, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, was blunt: “We’re going to break something. We’re going to break inflation or we’re going to break the economy.’’
Many investors had convinced themselves that with inflation pressures gradually easing, the Fed might soon declare some progress in their fight and perhaps even reverse course and cut rates sometime in 2023.
There was seemingly reason for optimism: Consumer prices rose 7.1% last month from a year earlier, down from 9.1% in June and the fifth straight drop. Even more encouragingly, on a month to month basis, prices inched up just 0.1%. And core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy costs and which the Fed tracks closely, rose just 0.2% from October to November, the mildest rise since August 2021.
A slowing economy has eased pressure on supply chains, which had previously been overwhelmed with customer orders, causing shortages, delays and higher prices. Oil prices, too, have plunged, easing prices at the pump. A gallon of unleaded gasoline cost an average $3.19 on Thursday, down from $5.02 in mid-June, according to AAA.
Yet Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who had been slow to recognize the inflation threat when it emerged in the spring of 2021, was in no mood to celebrate. Powell essentially shrugged off the signs of incremental progress.
“Two good monthly reports are very welcome,’’ he told reporters Wednesday. “But we need to be honest with ourselves… 12-month core inflation is 6%’’ — three times the Fed’s target. “It’s good to see progress but let’s just understand we have a long ways to go to get back to price stability.’’
Powell seemed to bat down hopes that the Fed might end up cutting rates by late next year — a move that typically acts like steroids for markets and the economy — unless inflation had dropped significantly by then, which he does not appear to expect.
The policymakers increased their inflation forecast for next year above what they were expecting back in September. It suggested that they feel their anti-inflation fight isn’t having as much impact as they had hoped.
Many economists were caught off-guard by that change. For next year, the Fed is projecting more rate hikes, a slower economy and higher unemployment than it did three months ago.
All those things typically help tame inflation. Yet the Fed’s officials predict that their preferred inflation gauge will be 3.1% at the end of 2023, up from their 2.8% forecast in September. That’s above their 2% target and likely too high for them to feel they can cut rates.
The Fed wasn’t the only source of rising recession fears Thursday. The European Central Bank, which is waging its own aggressive war against inflation, signaled that it, too, might send rates higher than markets expected, thereby raising the likelihood of a downturn in Europe.
On Thursday, the U.S. government reported that Americans slashed their spending at retailers in November. That was disconcerting news in the midst of the holiday shopping season. And the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Philadelphia issued downbeat reports on manufacturing in their regions. Yields on long-term Treasurys fell, a sign that bond investors are growing more concerned about a possible recession.
Even the goods news out Thursday — a drop in the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits — had a downside: It reinforced the Fed’s concern that a strong and resilient job market is putting upward pressure on wages and overall inflation.
The Fed is especially worried that a worker shortage in the labor-intensive services sector — everything from restaurants and hotels to airlines and entertainment venues — could keep pay growth high and make inflation more intractable.
Sweet of Oxford Economics said he suspects that “the Fed is overstating how strong inflation might be.’’
But he said he sympathized with its predicament: Powell and the other policymakers fear that a failure to curb high inflation — even if it means a recession next year — would lead to a central bank’s nightmare scenario: “stagflation.” That’s a worst-of-all-worlds combination of weak growth, high unemployment and persistent inflation.
It’s a problem with no clear solution.
“Faced with that choice,” Sweet said, “they’ll do everything they can to prevent it.”
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Choe reported from New York. AP Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber contributed to this report. | 2022-12-16T14:22:05+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/money/ap-us-recession-a-growing-fear-as-fed-plans-to-keep-rates-high/ |
The Sundance Film Festival is back in-person this year — after being mostly online for two years. The team sifted through 16,000 submissions — the highest number ever.
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The Sundance Film Festival is back in-person this year — after being mostly online for two years. The team sifted through 16,000 submissions — the highest number ever.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-01-19T11:48:58+00:00 | kcbx.org | https://www.kcbx.org/2023-01-19/park-city-utah-welcomes-back-sundance-film-festival-attendees |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Here’s a deeper look into one of the many shootings that occurred during Wednesday’s rampage in Memphis, Tennessee, which left four dead and three injured. It was an ordinary day at an AutoZone store — until the clock struck 4:49 p.m.
In an exclusive video obtained by WREG, that’s when suspect Ezekiel Kelly is seen on camera entering the store, according to officials. Once inside, Kelly reportedly live streamed himself shooting at an innocent bystander, later identified as Rodolfo Berger.
His family said he went there to buy some parts and was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Surveillance video appears to show Kelly exiting the store a second after the shooting and driving away. Moments later, several people are seen running to his aid, including a person named Adolfo.
“He was in a lot of pain,” said Adolfo. “He allowed my pastor’s dad to pray with him and he was very concerned about his family. He kept on asking us if we’re getting ahold of his family.”
Berger ended up being taken to the hospital in critical condition. His family tells WREG he had to undergo two surgeries and is now in stable condition.
In a statement posted on social media, his wife Fabiola said in part, “God is a comforter. He is in charge, and we are faithful to him. We are glad the police caught the shooter so he could not harm more people. Well done police department, we thank you.”
As Berger continues to recover, four other families are left planning funerals. It’s a reality that hits close to home for Memphians like Jasmine Pittman.
“It’s been other deaths around in this area and it just needs to be stopped, it really do. It really do need to be stopped,” Pittman said.
At this moment, suspect Kelly is only charged with one count of first-degree murder but that’s expected to change soon. | 2022-09-09T03:35:37+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/he-was-in-a-lot-of-pain-witness-video-detail-autozone-shooting-during-rampage/ |
‘Rust’ movie medic gets $1.15 million partial settlement
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has approved a $1.15 million settlement between a medic who worked on the “Rust” film set and one of several defendants she accused of negligence in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal.
Court records show the partial settlement between Cherlyn Schaefer and prop master Sarah Zachry was approved during a hearing Monday. Schaefer told the judge there’s not a day that goes by when she doesn’t think about what happened, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
In her civil complaint, Schaefer said she fought desperately in a failed attempt to save the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. She said the shock, trauma and emotional distress that followed has made it impossible for her to continue working in her field.
Prosecutors dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor and producer last month, citing new evidence and the need for more time to investigate.
State District Judge Kathleen McGarry Ellenwood had entered a default judgment against Zachry in November after the film worker failed to file responses within court deadlines.
Zachry’s current attorney, Nathan Winger, told the court Monday that her previous attorney, William Waggoner, let deadlines pass without her permission, and she intends to seek damages from him to fund her settlement with Schaefer. Waggoner disputes the claim.
Justin Rodriguez, one of several attorneys representing Schaefer, said the settlement “is a small portion of what we expect to receive in the future.” The remaining defendants include Rust Movie Productions, weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director David Halls, but not Baldwin.
Schaefer’s complaint claims Zachry and Gutierrez-Reed failed to ensure there were no live rounds in Baldwin’s weapon. An involuntary manslaughter charge remains pending against Gutierrez-Reed, but her attorneys have said they fully expect her to be exonerated.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-09T18:09:16+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2023/05/09/rust-movie-medic-gets-115-million-partial-settlement/ |
HONOLULU (AP) — No two tournaments held in consecutive weeks in the same state have so little in common as Kapalua on Maui and the Sony Open on Oahu.
One is an elite field of 39 players, the other a full field of 144. The prize money this week is $7.9 million, compared with $15 million last week. The Plantation Course at Kapalua was built on a small mountain that requires players to get into vans twice to reach the next tee. The other is a flat walk along the ocean and royal palms.
“I think guys who play Kapalua also enjoy coming here with an easier walk around the golf course,” said Adam Scott, among 19 players from Kapalua who are playing the Sony Open. “It feels like a little calmer week than tackling that mountain over there.”
One big difference — and a key point going forward on the PGA Tour — is that roughly half the field will be going home on Friday.
Cuts have been an integral part of the meritocracy that golf allows, dating back decades. There was time when getting to the weekend was one thing; players had to finish among the top 25 or so just to get paid.
At question is what the PGA Tour will look like going forward. This year is all about designated events and $20 million purses, a response to Saudi-backed LIV Golf. The work in progress is 2024 and beyond, and one topic is limited fields for the elite players and whether there should be a cut.
LIV Golf is only 54 holes with no cut, and it’s one reason the anti-LIV crowd sneers at the rival league as a little more than an exhibition.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said last week, “I’ve always felt a cut was important to the sport.”
Scott, for one, said he can make arguments for both sides, and that it depends on the ultimate goal for the PGA Tour’s competition structure and whether a cut is needed.
“That’s a hard thing in a membership organization. There are hundreds of opinions getting thrown around. You’re not going to please everyone,” Scott said. “We have to decide what we want to be.”
He referenced a comment from Tiger Woods on preferring “pure competition,” and Scott said he sits on that side of the fence.
Pure competition?
“I think he means a cut and more traditional golf,” Scott said. “That’s fine. But then you’ve got to structure a lot of things around that and go down that path. I think compromise in trying to please everyone is not going to be the best answer.”
One of the records deemed untouchable is Woods making 142 consecutive cuts on the PGA Tour from February 1998 through May 2005. Some two dozen of those tournaments, such as the Tournament of Champions or the Tour Championship or the Match Play, did not have a cut.
Woods also won 18 World Golf Championships, which had limited fields of golf’s best from around the world and no 36-hole cut.
Now consider the breakdown.
Overall, Woods had a winning percentage on the PGA Tour of 17%, an astounding rate for his era. He won 40% of the World Golf Championships he played, 21% of regular PGA Tour events (including 23 that had no cut) and 17% of the majors he played.
Overall, for no-cut events — WGCs, Tour Championship, Kapalua — he won 34% of them. Were they harder or easier to win?
“It’s hard to argue with the quality of the field,” Scott said.
Jordan Spieth also can see both sides of the equation. He is actively involved in the discussions of what the PGA Tour will look like going forward.
Spieth is trying to find a good balance for his schedule and opted for the Sony Open over the Farmers Insurance Open. He loves both events, but said “I can’t figure out how to make the cut in January” at Torrey Pines.
Spieth had one eye on fans who wanted to come watch their favorite players and would know for certain the stars would be there all four days.
“But at the same time, the professional golf that we’ve been playing for all this time — 80% of the tournaments that I’ve played in, maybe more — have had cuts, and you have to play well, he said.
“Obviously, the conversation with LIV … we should be doing what’s best for our tour and forget about the consequences and any reaction that would cause elsewhere.”
For now, the objective for Spieth, defending champion Hideki Matsuyama and everyone else is to get to the weekend in Hawaii and still have to work.
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Atlantic City, N.J. (KRON) – Former San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills running back Frank Gore was arrested on a charge of assault stemming from a “domestic violence incident,” according to police in New Jersey.
“On July 31, 2022, at 8:11 AM, patrol units were dispatched to Tropicana Atlantic City for a report of a domestic violence dispute,” the Atlantic City Police Department stated. “Officers arrived to find the victim, a 28-year-old woman from Miami, Florida, speaking with hotel security. The victim did not exhibit signs of injury and complaints were not filed at the time. However, an ensuing investigation resulted in Franklin Gore being charged with simple assault related to the domestic violence incident.
“Gore was issued a summons pending a future court date,” the statement continued. “The public is reminded that charges are mere allegations and the accused is considered innocent until proven guilty.”
Gore played for the 49ers from 2005 to 2014. He made one Super Bowl appearance in 2013. He subsequently played for the Indianapolis Colts, the Miami Dolphins, the Bills and the New York Jets before his retirement.
Gore, who made it to the Pro Bowl five times, also holds the record for most games played by a running back.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact police in Atlantic City at 609-347-5766, or text 847411 (TIP411) with a message that begins with “ACPD.” | 2022-08-10T20:39:10+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/former-buffalo-bills-rb-frank-gore-arrested-for-assault/ |
(KRON) — The victims in a deadly crash on Highway 4 near Pittsburg early Thursday morning have been identified. The head-on collision, which occurred shortly after midnight Thursday, left five dead.
Shortly before the crash, the CHP received a report about a Hyundai Elantra traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the highway. The Elantra crashed head on into a Ford Flex traveling westbound.
The drivers of both cars were killed. Three children who were riding in the Hyundai also suffered fatal injuries and were pronounced deceased at the scene.
The identities of the victims are:
- Lasaundra Goode, 44, of Vacaville
- Tiara Tucker, 27, of Vallejo
- Mariah Mihailovic, 5, of Vallejo
- Keilani Johnson-Ochoa, 4, of Vallejo
- Kaliyah Johnson-Ochoa, 9, of Vallejo
As a result of the crash, the entire freeway was shut down for a time before being reopened. The cause of the accident remains under investigation. It has not yet been determined if drugs or alcohol were involved. | 2022-11-18T20:46:36+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/victims-in-deadly-highway-4-crash-identified/ |
TAMPA, Fla. — Travelers to and from Tampa International Airport should anticipate the possibility of delays and cancellations as many destinations across the United States experience extremely low temperatures, strong winds and snow.
As of Thursday morning, TPA had 68 delays and 15 cancellations, according to Flight Aware.
Travelers can track their flights on TPA's flight status page.
Freeze watches across the Tampa Bay area have been issued in preparation for the freezing temperatures. The watches will be from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday.
A freeze watch has been issued for the following Tampa Bay area counties:
Polk, Hardee, Highlands, coastal Pasco, coastal and inland Hillsborough and inland Manatee counties. Sub-freezing temperatures will be as low as 31 degrees.
A hard freeze watch has been issued in the following Tampa Bay area counties:
Coastal and inland Citrus, coastal and inland Hernando, and inland Pasco counties. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 degrees will be possible.
Orlando and Tampa are not expected to break 50 degrees on Christmas Eve and even Miami isn’t expected to get out of the 50s.
In northern Florida cities such as Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Pensacola have predicted lows in the 20s on Christmas Eve, with highs of about 40.
Forecasters say the watches may be upgraded to warnings as the weekend approaches and that more watches/warnings are possible for Sunday as well.
10 Tampa Bay's holiday travel trips:
- Track your flights closely
- Keep luggage essentials with you
- Consider travel health insurance
- Contact the airline or travel insurance company if there is a cancellation or delay | 2022-12-22T18:15:04+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/holiday-travel-tpa/67-1e2dce60-7d93-47c3-900e-d6bc7b0ac465 |
Latest Anime Heroes Line Brings Fan-Favorite IP to Collectors!
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles America is giving collectors a new reason to clear their shelves with the Anime Heroes line adding one of the best-selling mangas of all time, BLEACH, to their roster of fan-favorite action figures.
Bandai's Anime Heroes figures continue to define a generation of anime with the addition of BLEACH, alongside the line's offerings of the most popular and influential anime series of the 2000s, which were a catalyst for anime's global popularity surge. The line brought the captivating worlds of anime to fans' hands by introducing popular characters from One Piece and Naruto last year. Now the fan-centric line has unveiled the addition of BLEACH's Ichigo Kurosaki and Renji Abarai.
"What previously defined an anime fan has changed drastically since these series found their way into mainstream popularity," says Daisuke Zama, Vice President of Marketing, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles America. "We're thrilled to cater beyond the hardcore collector to bring highly detailed action figures to every type of anime fan."
Bandai's Anime Heroes line brings Ichigo Kurosaki and Renji Abarai to life in 6.5-inch action figure form, including over 16 points of articulation, character-specific accessories, extra sets of hands, and all the character details you love, perfect for recreating your favorite BLEACH moments from the show. Fans can jumpstart their BLEACH collection by pre-ordering Ichigo Kurosaki and Renji Abarai on Amazon.com!
"We saw all kinds of anime fans at this year's New York Comic-Con where we unveiled our latest Anime Heroes figures," said Zama. "The takeover of anime in the mainstream, and the demand for it across every type of fan, keeps us excited to continue developing Anime Heroes with the best titles and figures that fans want."
Fans can expect more BLEACH characters coming down the pipeline alongside the celebrated Anime Heroes line working to put fans' favorite IPs in hand. Debuting with Saint Seiya, and Naruto, Anime Heroes has grown to include Digimon, and One Piece, and most recently, one of the most popular and in-demand anime titles, Jujutsu Kaisen, offering the characters Nobara, Itadori, and Megumi.
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Opening statements begin in Elon Musk Tesla tweets trial
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Opening statements begin Wednesday in a trial that will determine whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk cheated investors by asserting in 2018 tweets that he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private.
A nine-person jury was seated Tuesday for the case that is expected to include testimony from Musk to explain his thinking while engaged in one of his favorite activities — tweeting on the Twitter service that he now owns.
Musk’s tweets fueled a rally in the company’s stock price that abruptly ended a week later after it became apparent that he did not have the funding for a buyout after all. Investors then sued him, saying that Tesla shares would not have swung so widely in value if he had not dangled the prospect of buying the company for $420 per share.
Musk’s tweet also attracted the attention of securities regulators, who concluded that it was improper and that he was lying. In a settlement, they forced him to pay $40 million and required him to step down as Tesla chairman.
He has since contended that he entered the settlement under duress and maintains that he believed he had locked up financial backing for the buyout during meetings with representatives from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Even while he has been making major changes at Twitter, Musk continues to serve as CEO at Tesla and derives most of his wealth and fame from the company.
The trial hinges on an Aug. 7, 2018, tweet in which Musk claimed he had lined up financing to pay for a $72 billion buyout of Tesla, which he then amplified with a follow-up statement that made a deal seem imminent.
But the buyout never materialized, and now Musk will have to explain his actions under oath in a federal court in San Francisco. The class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of investors who owned Tesla stock for a 10-day period in August 2018.
The trial’s outcome may turn on the jury’s interpretation of Musk’s motive for the tweets, which U.S. District Judge Edward Chen has already decided were false.
The judge dealt Musk another setback on Friday, when he rejected Musk’s bid to transfer the trial to a federal court in Texas, where Tesla moved its headquarters in 2021. Musk had argued that negative coverage of his Twitter purchase had poisoned the jury pool in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The challenge of finding jurors without strong feelings about Musk became evident during Tuesday’s painstaking selection process.
At one point, the judge flagged some prospective jurors who had expressed extreme misgivings or enthusiasm about Musk in pretrial questionnaires. Seven jurors were questioned individually, away from the rest of the jury pool, to reduce the chances of influencing the opinions of others in the courtroom.
Chen and lawyers for both the shareholders and Musk ended up grilling seven of those jurors, who variously described Musk as “arrogant,” “narcissistic,” “unpredictable,” “a little off his rocker,” “a mercenary” and “a genius.”
Musk’s leadership of Twitter — where he has gutted the staff and alienated users and advertisers — has proven unpopular among Tesla’s current stockholders, who are worried that he has been devoting less time to automaker at a time of intensifying competition.
Those concerns contributed to a 65% percent decline in Tesla’s stock last year that wiped out more than $700 billion in shareholder wealth — far more than the $14 billion swing in fortune that occurred between the company’s high and low stock prices from Aug. 7 to Aug. 17, 2018, the period covered in the lawsuit.
Tesla’s stock has split twice since then, making that $420 price worth $28 on adjusted basis now. The shares closed last week at $122.40, down from the company’s November 2021 split-adjusted peak of $414.50.
After Musk dropped the idea of a Tesla buyout, the company overcame a production problem, resulting in a rapid upturn in car sales that caused its stock to soar and made Musk the world’s richest person until he bought Twitter. Musk dropped from the top spot on the wealth list after a stock market backlash to his handling of Twitter.
The trial is likely to provide insights into Musk’s management style, given that the witness list includes some of Tesla’s current and former top executives and board members, including luminaries such as Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and James Murdoch, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
The drama may shed light on Musk’s relationship with his brother, Kimbal, who is also on the list of potential witnesses. The trial is expected to last until early February.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-18T16:00:48+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2023/01/18/opening-statements-begin-elon-musk-tesla-tweets-trial/ |
There's an increase in emergency department visits for tick bites this time of year as people spend more time outdoors. Increasingly, these bites are linked to illness, everything from Lyme disease to babesiosis. And, there's another emerging risk linked to tick bites known as alpha-gal syndrome, which causes a red meat allergy.
Scientists first connected the dots between red meat allergies and tick bites more than a decade ago, when they identified patients who got allergic reactions such as hives or anaphylaxis after eating beef or pork. Most had been bitten by Lone Star ticks.
Now, doctors' understanding of these allergies has evolved.
"What's new is that we have patients who really just have GI symptoms," explains Dr. Sarah McGill, a gastroenterologist at the University of North Carolina. McGill says some alpha-gal syndrome, or AGS, patients feel sick to their stomachs after they eat red meat, but never develop more typical allergic symptoms, such as a rash, swelling or trouble breathing.
McGill has co-authored new guidance for the American Gastroenterological Association to raise awareness about the GI-only onset. She has diagnosed AGS in people who experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting about 2 to 6 hours after eating red meat.
That's exactly what happened to Randy Rayborn, 72, who lives in a rural community in Caswell County, North Carolina. "I figured it was food-poisoning," Rayborn recalls thinking after his first alpha-gal attack in the fall of 2019. "I woke up in the middle of the night with severe pain and nausea. I had to rush to the restroom," Rayborn recalls.
He describes the episode as "the most violent upheaval" he'd ever experienced.
Deer and ticks are prevalent near Rayborn's home. He recalls pulling several ticks off his body in the months before his illness began, but he didn't realize the bites had triggered the illness. Nor did he imagine that the hamburgers or bacon he'd eaten had anything to do with it.
When he had a similar attack a few weeks later, he went to see his doctor, who referred him to McGill. A blood test showed he had Immunoglobin E, or IgE antibodies to alpha-gal, the sugar molecule that he was exposed to from the tick bites, suggesting he was positive for the allergy. "I'd never heard of it," Rayborn says, so he was very surprised.
McGill advised him to eliminate all red meat from his diet. "I miss bacon, I miss hamburgers, " Rayborn says. But after suffering through such painful episodes, "I don't miss them that much," he says. He remains symptom-free after several years on the diet.
Alpha-gal is a sugar molecule found in most mammals, including cows, lambs and pigs. It can also be found in the saliva of ticks. Humans don't make alpha-gal, so it's foreign to us, explains Dr. Scott Commins, an allergist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. When tick saliva goes through a person's skin and transmits alpha-gal it can be a potent inflammation trigger.
"Our immune system can be tricked into making an allergic response to this sugar," says Commins. Then, after a person is sensitized to alpha-gal, they can get a reaction every time they eat red meat. Alpha-gal can be found in beef, pork, lamb, rabbit, deer meat as well as other products from mammals including milk and gelatin, according to the CDC.
Commins has published a new research paper on tick bites and the risk of developing the alpha-gal allergy. People who get multiple tick bites (four or more) and spend a lot of time outdoors in wooded areas are at higher risk.
And the new recognition that AGS leads some people to have only GI symptoms, without any traditional allergic symptoms, is a paradigm shift. "It was a surprise," he says. Blood tests show that these patients have the same allergic antibodies as other AGS patients. "We did not know that we were missing these patients," Commins says.
During her medical training as a gastroenterologist, McGill says she was taught that allergies don't present with GI symptoms alone. But her clinical experience treating patients who didn't experience any hives or rashes led her to a different conclusion. "This flies in the face of what I learned about GI distress and allergies," McGill says.
Her change in thinking came after she saw a patient, similar to Randy Rayborn, who had experienced several episodes of nausea and GI distress. Each time it happened a few hours after eating a hamburger. "I did an endoscopy on that patient and it was normal," McGill says. But a blood test showed the patient was positive for AGS.
"I started checking for it more often," McGill says and she identified a string of patients who were also positive for alpha-gal antibodies. She advised all of them to go on the Alpha-Gal Elimination Diet.
Early in the pandemic, when her endoscopy lab was shut down, she had time to do some research and check in with patients she'd diagnosed with AGS. She found that patients who had eliminated red meat told her they felt better. They also reported getting sick again if they went off the elimination diet. "I was surprised," she says. It was a confirmation that her diagnosis had been correct, and that avoiding these foods was an effective treatment.
Cases of alpha-gal syndrome have been concentrated in southeastern states, but the range extends from New York and Iowa to Texas and Florida. There have been cases reported on every continent (except Antarctica), and doctors say other types of ticks, beyond the Lone Star tick, may cause the syndrome.
A report in the New England Journal of Medicine, documents the case of a 47-year-old man in Ann Arbor, Michigan who stumped doctors in the E.R. who were not familiar with the condition.
In the new guidelines for gastroenterologists, McGill and her colleagues say it's important for GI doctors to be aware of alpha-gal Syndrome and "be capable of diagnosing and treating it in a timely manner," pointing to the importance of the elimination diet. The evidence from recent studies show roughly 75% of AGS patients improve when they follow an alpha-gal–avoidance diet.
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U.S. Army parachute team member dies in training accident
HOMESTEAD, Florida (AP) — A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team has died after sustaining injuries during a training jump at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Ty Kettenhofen died Monday, the Army said in a news release. He joined the Golden Knights parachute team in 2020 and had over 1,000 jumps with the Army.
“The U.S. Army Parachute Team is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own,” said Lt. Col. Andy Moffit, Golden Knights Parachute Team commander. He noted that Kettenhofen is being remembered “for his sense of humor, joy of life and accomplishments as a senior non-commissioned officer and demonstration parachutist.”
The accident remains under investigation. The Army said no additional details are available.
“Our hearts and faith are with his family and friends as we grieve and heal with them. Ty will be honored and remembered as a Golden Knight, Soldier, and friend.”
The Golden Knights are made up of several expert teams, including parachute teams, aircraft pilots, and people behind the scenes who handle jump logistics.
Homestead Air Reserve Base is 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Miami.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-16T15:34:06+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2023/03/16/us-army-parachute-team-member-dies-training-accident/ |
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new catch bucket that allows catches to remain alive, active and healthy while you continue to fish," said an inventor, from Arlington, Texas, "so I invented DENCA'S LIVE BUCKET. My design would also allow an angler to deposit his catches without pulling the container out of the water."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved catch container for fishermen. In doing so, it allows the user to keep catches and bait alive and healthy in water. It also eliminates the need to use an aerator bucket/catch container and it offers a convenient alternative to using a conventional stringer. The invention features a durable design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for fishing enthusiasts. Additionally, a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-DLL-3840, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90
(AP) – Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90.
NASA confirmed Cunningham’s death in a statement but did not include its cause. His family said through a spokesman, Jeff Carr, that Cunningham “died in the hospital of natural causes.”
Cunningham was one of three astronauts aboard the 1968 Apollo 7 mission, an 11-day spaceflight that beamed live television broadcasts as they orbited Earth, paving the way for the moon landing less than a year later.
Cunningham, then a civilian, crewed the mission with Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra and Donn F. Eisele, an Air Force major. Cunningham was the lunar module pilot on the space flight, which launched from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, on Oct. 11 and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda.
NASA said Cunningham, Eisele and Schirra’ flew a near perfect mission. Their spacecraft performed so well that the agency sent the next crew, Apollo 8, to orbit the moon as a prelude to the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday that Cunningham was “above all” an explorer whose work also laid the foundation for the agency’s new Artemis moon program.
The Apollo 7 astronauts also won a special Emmy award for their daily television reports from orbit, during which they clowned around, held up humorous signs and educated earthlings about space flight.
It was NASA’s first crewed space mission since the deaths of the three Apollo 1 astronauts in a launch pad fire Jan. 27, 1967.
Cunningham recalled Apollo 7 during a 2017 event at the Kennedy Space Center, saying it “enabled us to overcome all the obstacles we had after the Apollo 1 fire and it became the longest, most successful test flight of any flying machine ever.”
Cunningham was born in Creston, Iowa, and attended high school in California before enlisting with the Navy in 1951 and serving as a Marine Corps. pilot in Korea, according to NASA. He later obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he also did doctoral studies, and worked as scientist for the Rand Corporation before joining NASA.
In an interview the year before his death, Cunningham recalled growing up poor and dreaming of flying airplanes, not spacecraft.
“We never even knew that there were astronauts when I was growing up,” Cunningham told The Spokesman-Review.
After retiring from NASA in 1971, Cunningham worked in engineering, business and investing, and became a public speaker and radio host. He wrote a memoir about his career and time as an astronaut, “The All-American Boys.” He also expressed skepticism in his later years about human activity contributing to climate change, bucking the scientific consensus in writing and public talks, while acknowledging that he was not a climate scientist.
Although Cunningham never crewed another space mission after Apollo 7, he remained a proponent of space exploration. He told the Spokane, Washington, paper last year, “I think that humans need to continue expanding and pushing out the levels at which they’re surviving in space.”
Cunningham is survived by his wife Dorothy, his sister Cathy Cunningham, and his children Brian and Kimberly. In a statement, Cunningham’s family said, “the world has lost another true hero, and we will miss him dearly.”
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Boston is a minority-majority city — most of the city’s population consists of people of color.
And yet the city, which is now hosting the NAACP’s 114th annual convention, continues to grapple with a national perception as a racist city, unfriendly to people of color.
“Boston does have a reputation of not being a very kind city to Black and Brown people,” said State Rep. Bud Williams, a Democrat from Springfield. He’s the chair of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus and he said part of the group’s mission is to change that reputation.
Hosting the NAACP Convention is meaningful for the city, Williams said.
Williams recalled the last time the NAACP convention came to Boston in 1982. In those days, the city saw resistance to school desegregation and has grappled with a reputation for being racist ever since.
After a federal judge ruled in 1974 that the Boston School Committee deliberately segregated the city’s schools, thereby creating separate and unequal school systems, a new busing program was initiated. Some 18,000 Black and white students were required to take buses outside of their neighborhoods.
The new busing system caused an uproar in the city and created racial tensions that reverberated for years to come.
“We’ve come a long way since then but we have a long way to go,” Williams said.
Recently, athletes have been outspoken about their experiences in the city.
Celtics player Jaylen Brown told the New York Times: “I definitely think there’s a group or an amount within the Celtic nation that is extremely toxic and does not want to see athletes use their platform, or they just want you to play basketball and entertain and go home. And that’s a problem to me.”
Basketball superstar LeBron James described Celtics fans more bluntly on his series, The Shop, last year: “They’re racist as f——.”
Williams said sports teams do suffer as a result of Boston’s reputation.
“We miss out on a lot of free agent folks because they don’t want to come to Boston,” Williams said.
Boston, and Massachusetts at large, experienced a surge in white nationalist propaganda last year. In one of the most notable instances, members of the racist Patriot Front group marched in Boston around the 4th of July and allegedly assaulted a Black artist.
At the time, Black leaders called on Boston and state officials to address racism.
The Anti-Defamation League found in a study earlier this year that Massachusetts ranked second in the nation for white nationalist propaganda activity in 2022, only behind Texas.
For Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a speaker at the convention and a Democrat who represents portions of Boston, said that Boston has made tremendous strides since the last time the NAACP Convention was held there — in 1982 — but that there was still much work to do.
“This year’s NAACP Convention is an historic opportunity for Boston to reintroduce itself to the nation, and it is also an opportunity to educate folks about our city’s difficult past, the progress we’ve made, and the work that remains,” Pressley said in a statement on Friday.
Pressley, who is scheduled to speak Monday at the Juanita Jackson Mitchell Youth Awards at 7 p.m., called attention to disparities and injustices now facing Black people, including the racial wealth gap, police brutality and a maternal morbidity crisis.
“The convention will play a critical role in shaping our agenda for Black folks nationwide, and is also an opportunity for us to celebrate the Black community’s collective power in Boston and beyond,” Pressley wrote. “I’m honored to be participating in it.”
She said to truly change people’s perceptions of Boston, the city would have to undergo transformational policies, including closing the racial wealth gap, investing in affordable housing and homeownership, establishing fare-free transit and addressing structural racism as a public health crisis.
Togetherness and unity are highlighted in the convention’s theme of “thriving together.”
“From our first Black female Vice President, Kamala Harris, to our nation’s youngest mayor, Jaylen Smith, and former Boston Youth and College member Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones, we’ve cultivated a program that truly embodies this year’s theme of thriving together,” said Aba Blankson, the chief of marketing and communications for the NAACP. | 2023-07-28T16:12:59+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/boston/2023/07/can-the-naacp-convention-inspire-a-change-in-bostons-racist-reputation.html |
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve to cool inflation.
Shanghai, Hong Kong and South Korea declined. Tokyo and Sydney advanced. Oil prices were little changed, staying below $100 per barrel.
Wall Street tumbled Tuesday after Walmart warned that inflation that has spiked to a four-decade high of 9.1% is hurting American consumer spending.
Investors worry aggressive action against inflation by the Fed and central banks in Europe and Asia might derail global economic growth.
The Fed is expected to announce a rate hike Wednesday of up to three-quarters of a percentage point, triple its usual margin. That would match a similar increase last month, the U.S. central bank's biggest in 28 years.
“The main risk at this stage is in fact an inflation ‘overkill’ with monetary tightening too abrupt, unnecessarily pushing up the unemployment rate,” Thomas Costerg of Pictet Wealth Management said in a report. Costerg said most economic indicators and lower commodity prices already point to slower inflation ahead.
The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.1% to 3,274.37 while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 advanced 0.3% to 27,728.93. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong sank 1.5% to 20,590.46.
The Kospi in Seoul retreated 0.4% to 2,401.78 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 gained 0.1% to 6,814.00.
India's Sensex opened up 0.3% at 55,418.55. New Zealand, Bangkok and Jakarta advanced while Singapore declined.
On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index fell 1.2% to 3,921.05. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.7% to 31,761.54. The Nasdaq composite closed 1.9% lower at 11,562.57.
Walmart slumped 7.6% after the retail giant cut its profit outlook for the second quarter and the full year late Tuesday. It said rising prices for food and gasoline are forcing shoppers to cut back on more profitable discretionary items, particularly clothing.
The retailer's profit warning in the middle of the quarter is rare and raised worries about how the highest inflation in 40 years is affecting the entire retail sector.
Other major chains also fell. Target dropped 3.6%, Macy’s slid 7.2% and Kohl’s fell 9.1%.
Tech stocks retreated. Microsoft fell 2.7%, Amazon slid 5.2% and Facebook owner Meta Platforms dropped 4.5%.
General Motors fell 3.4% after its second-quarter profit fell 40% from a year ago. U.S. sales fell 15% after shortages of processor chips and other components left the company unable to deliver 95,000 vehicles during the quarter.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude rose 32 cents to $95.30 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.72 on Tuesday to $94.98. Brent crude, the price basis for international oils, added 6 cents to $99.52 per barrel in London.
The dollar rose to 137.01 yen from Tuesday's 136.00 yen. The euro gained to $1.0151 from $1.0120. | 2022-07-27T05:59:14+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Asian-stocks-follow-Wall-St-lower-before-likely-17331441.php |
BEIJING (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Beijing next week for talks, China’s Foreign Ministry said Friday, marking the latest exchange in a relationship in which Russia is becoming increasingly reliant on China for economic and diplomatic support.
“During the visit, the two sides will have an in-depth exchange of views on practical cooperation in bilateral relations and issues of common concern,” ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily briefing.
“We look forward to further strengthening cooperation between the two sides, deepening people-to-people and local exchanges (and) injecting strong momentum into the recovery of the world economy,” Wang added.
Mishustin’s visit is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Meanwhile, China’s Deputy Permanent U.N. Representative Geng Shuang again criticized Western arms sales to Ukraine, saying it would only lead to escalation, more civilian casualties and displacement, and make it harder to obtain a ceasefire and start peace negotiations.
China says it does not and will not provide arms to either side in the Ukraine conflict, a point Geng reiterated at a Security Council meeting Thursday.
“The constant feeding of weapons to the battlefield will … also pose serious challenges to post-war reconstruction and, if such weapons are diverted to terrorists or armed groups, likely cause new turmoil in a wider geographic area,” Geng was cited as saying on the U.N.’s website.
“All parties should promote a political settlement with sincerity and urgency and create conditions conducive to a ceasefire,” Geng added.
China says it is a neutral party and wants to help broker an end to the 15-month-old conflict, but has refused to criticize the invasion and blamed the West for provoking Moscow.
China is now seen as the senior partner in the relationship, helping Moscow deflect condemnation at the United Nations and maintaining what it calls “normal trade” with Russia, providing a market for Russian oil and other resources and selling the country needed manufactured goods.
At the same time, Beijing is making inroads into what has traditionally been Russia’s strategic backyard, this week hosting a summit of five former Soviet Central Asian republics.
China’s special envoy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other government officials during talks in Kyiv earlier this week. The visit followed a phone call last month between the Ukrainian leader and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Zelenskyy described as “long and meaningful” and which marked the first known contact between the two since the Russian invasion began.
Beijing released a peace plan in February but Ukraine’s allies largely dismissed it, insisting that Russian President Vladimir Putin must withdraw his forces. Zelenskyy’s own 10-point peace plan includes a tribunal to prosecute war crimes committed by Russia. | 2023-05-20T05:14:55+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/ap-russian-pm-to-visit-beijing-as-china-renews-criticism-of-western-arms-sales-to-ukraine/ |
Jackie Martinez and Kaylee Hughen recorded one goal and one assist each for eighth-seeded Boonton in its 3-0 win over ninth-seeded Montville in Boonton.
Tania Zeb added one goal in the victory. Grace Hricay made 15 saves for Montville. Boonton will play the winner of top-seeded Mountain Lakes and 16th-seeded Pequannock in the quarterfinals.
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the tragic assassination of President Moise on July 7, 2021, Haiti has plunged into a state of disarray with no stable government in place. The absence of publicly elected officials has left the country vulnerable and effectively operating as a failed state. The resultant surge in gang activity has been marked by horrific violence—including kidnappings, rapes, looting, and brutal murders. This situation has forced many families in and around the capital city of Port-au-Prince to flee their homes as gangs expand outward to take over, leading to a mass exodus of thousands of people.
Just last week, on April 19th, 2023, more than 150 innocent individuals, including men, women, and children, were brutally murdered by gangs in the village of Source Mateles. The rampant violence has left the country in a dire situation where resources are scarce, and the need for intervention is urgent.
"The people of Haiti do not deserve to live like this. No one does," said Brad Johnson, Mission of Hope President. "Based on past experiences and 25 years as an organization working in Haiti, we believe that military intervention in Haiti would establish an environment that would allow the nation to stabilize and progress toward rebuilding. We are not requesting the United States solve the crisis, but rather, to lend a hand in creating a peaceful environment. This would give moms, dads, and children a chance to lay their heads to rest at night without the constant fear of losing their lives."
"As human beings, we are all created in the image of God, and it's our moral obligation to stand up for those who have been silenced," said Brad Johnson. "The Haitian people cannot continue to live like this, and we are calling for governments, NGOs, businesses, churches, and you and I to raise our voices together and act for the people of Haiti."
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As an organization following Jesus Christ, Mission of Hope exists to bring life transformation to every man, woman, and child. Mission of Hope currently works in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We believe nations can be transformed one life at a time by focusing on nutrition, education, medical care, and church advancement.
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President Joe Biden’s top health official has again tested positive for COVID-19, less than a month after he came down with virus symptoms while on a trip to Germany.
U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra woke up with symptoms again Monday morning and tested positive afterward, spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim said.
His symptoms are mild and he is isolating in Sacramento, California. Lovenheim said Becerra had been in California for a “personal commitment.”
A statement from HHS said the secretary was not believed to be a close contact of Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris, who also tested positive earlier this spring.
Becerra is continuing to work from isolation.
Becerra had joined Biden at the Summit of the Americas last week in Los Angeles. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that he had tested positive after attending the event, which gathered dignitaries, diplomats and business leaders from across the hemisphere.
Becerra is fully vaccinated and has received a booster shot guarding against the virus.
In May, Becerra tested positive while in Berlin for a meeting of health ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy nations to discuss the ongoing pandemic. His office said then that he had mild symptoms and continued his work from isolation.
HHS said Becerra tested negative for COVID before returning to the United States and multiple times afterward before the positive test Monday.
It’s possible to be re-infected with the virus and get sick with COVID-19 more than once. It’s unclear how often people are re-infected so soon after the first illness, but one early study found that it’s possible, though rare, to test positive for one type of omicron variant, called BA.2, 20 to 60 days after testing positive for the original omicron.
The viral mutant now dominant in the U.S., which scientists call BA.2.12.1, is also a member of the omicron family but has a genetic trait called a “delta mutation” that appears to allow it to escape pre-existing immunity from vaccination and prior infection – especially if someone was infected with the original omicron.
It’s also possible that Becerra didn’t clear his earlier infection – although he tested negative.
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AP reporter Zeke Miller and AP Science Writer Laura Ungar contributed to this story. | 2022-06-14T03:26:08+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/politics/ap-politics/hhs-secretary-becerra-tests-positive-for-covid-19-again/ |
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Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Sam Houston State University and Zachary Montz, Sam Houston State University
(THE CONVERSATION) The news was startling.
On June 19, 1865, two months after the U.S. Civil War ended, Union Gen. Gordon Granger walked onto the balcony at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and announced to the people of the state that “all slaves are free.”
As local plantation owners lamented the loss of their most valuable property, Black Texans celebrated Granger’s Juneteenth announcement with singing, dancing and feasting. The 182,566 enslaved African Americans in Texas had finally won their freedom.
One of them was Joshua Houston.
He had long served as the enslaved servant of Gen. Sam Houston, the most well-known military and political leader in Texas.
Joshua Houston lived about 120 miles north of Galveston when he learned of Granger’s proclamation.
It was read aloud at the local Methodist Church in Huntsville, Texas, by Union Gen. Edgar M. Gregory, the assistant commissioner for the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas.
If Juneteenth meant anything, it meant at least that Joshua Houston and his family were free.
But there was more too.
The promise of freedom meant that more work needed to be done. Families needed to be reunited. Land needed to be secured. Children needed to be educated.
Indeed, the radical promise of Juneteenth is embodied in the community activism of Joshua Houston and the educational career of his son Samuel Walker Houston.
The violent white reaction to Black political power
Within a year of Granger’s proclamation, Houston had established a blacksmith shop near the Huntsville town square and moved his family into a two-story house on the adjoining lot.
He helped found the Union Church, the first Black-owned institution in the city, as well as a freedmen’s school to begin educating African American children.
In 1878 and 1882, a Republican coalition of Black and white voters opposed to conservative Democratic rule elected Houston as the county’s first Black county commissioner, a powerful position in local governance.
Despite this dramatic turn of events, Houston’s political story was hardly unique.
In the two decades following emancipation, 52 Black men served in the state Legislature or the state’s constitutional conventions.
But that number had fallen to two by 1882.
Opposition to Black freedom had been a powerful force in the state’s political culture since emancipation.
Armstead Barrett, a former slave in Huntsville, recalled in 1937 that an enraged white man had reacted to Granger’s Juneteenth order by riding past a celebrating Black woman and murdering her with his sword.
In 1871, the violence continued when the white citizens of Huntsville stormed the county courthouse and aided the escape of three men who had lynched freedman Sam Jenkins.
Later, in the 1880s, attacks on Black elected officials, their white political allies and Black voters escalated dramatically.
In the early 1900s, changes in state election laws, including the introduction of the poll tax, effectively disenfranchised most Black voters and many poor whites as well. Voter participation dropped from roughly 85% at the high tide of Texas populism in 1896 to roughly 35% when the poll tax became effective in 1904.
As a result, Robert Lloyd Smith was the last Black legislator for nearly 70 years when he finished his term in 1897.
That wall of white supremacy at the state Capitol would not crack again until 1966, when federal voting rights legislation and Supreme Court rulings nullified schemes to deny African Americans the ballot.
These changes enabled the election of Black officials such as Barbara Jordan, the first African American woman to serve in the Texas Senate.
Like father, like son
On an unknown date, a few years after Juneteenth, Joshua Houston’s son Samuel Walker Houston was born free in the bright light of Reconstruction.
Although he spent his adulthood in some of the darkest years of Jim Crow, he continued his father’s work as an educator and community leader. Following a short stint at Atlanta University in Georgia and Howard University in Washington, D.C., Samuel Walker Houston returned to Huntsville and founded a school in the nearby Galilee community.
Houston’s school was named for him and served as one of the first county training schools for African Americans in Texas. It enrolled students at every level, from first grade through high school, and provided a curriculum based on Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee model of vocational training.
Young women at Houston’s school received training in homemaking, sewing and cooking, while young men learned carpentry, woodworking and mathematics.
By 1922, enrollment at the school had grown to 400 students, and it was recognized by contemporaries as the leading school of East Texas. In the 1930s, Houston’s school was absorbed into Huntsville’s school district, and he became the director of Black education in the county.
Houston encouraged a practical education for Black Texans, but he also believed that young Texans of all races needed to learn an account of history that differed from the white supremacist narrative that dominated Southern history.
Toward this end, he joined with Joseph Clark and Ramsey Woods, two white professors who pioneered race relations courses at Sam Houston State Teachers College. Together, the group led the Texas Commission on Interracial Cooperation’s effort to evaluate Texas public school textbooks during the 1930s.
In an analysis of racial attitudes in state-endorsed textbooks, they found that 74% of books presented a racist view of the past and of Black Americans. Most excluded the scientific, literary and civic contributions of Black people, while mentioning their economic contributions only in the period of slavery before the Civil War.
Instead, the group argued, books designed for both Black and white Texans needed to take the “opportunity … to do simple justice” by including Black history and the “struggle for the exercise” of equal civil, political and legal rights.
White Texans refused to adopt a textbook in the 1930s that taught the fundamental equality of the races, or portrayed Reconstruction, as it is now widely understood, as a missed opportunity to establish a more just and egalitarian Texas.
But Houston and his white counterparts were motivated by the conviction that progress, both for African Americans and for Texas, required a more honest and progressive account of the state and its history.
An ongoing battle for equality
Today’s legislative efforts in Texas and elsewhere to restrict the teaching of systemic racism in public schools ignore the lessons and realities represented by Joshua and Samuel Walker Houston’s lives.
The argument used for supporting such restrictions is that “divisive concepts” like the history of racism may make some students feel uncomfortable or guilty.
That sort of thinking echoes the same justification provided by Texas lawmakers in 1873, when many argued that the state’s schools must be segregated to ensure “the peace, harmony and success of the schools and the good of the whole.”
But the opposite is true.
In reality, the prohibition on teaching the darker chapters of our past creates a segregated history.
Instead, as Samuel Walker Houston recognized, young Texans must have a more honest account of the past and of one another to progress into a unified and egalitarian society.
Texas history is both the story of people who dedicated their lives to the work of advancing freedom and the story of powerful people and forces that stood against it.
One cannot be understood without the other.
Americans cannot appreciate the accomplishments of Joshua and Samuel Walker Houston without examining the vicious realities of Jim Crow society.
The lesson of their lives, and of the Juneteenth holiday, is that freedom is a precious thing that requires constant work to make real.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/juneteenth-jim-crow-and-how-the-fight-of-one-black-texas-family-to-make-freedom-real-offers-lessons-for-texas-lawmakers-trying-to-erase-history-from-the-classroom-207678. | 2023-06-16T21:45:27+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/juneteenth-jim-crow-and-how-the-fight-of-one-18157028.php |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — This year’s All-Star Futures Game was son-splashed.
Darren Baker, the 23-year-old son of Houston manager Dusty Baker, was on the National League roster at Dodger Stadium for baseball’s premier showcase event.
Jack Leiter, the 22-year-old offspring of two-time All-Star Al Leiter, pitched a 1-2-3 fourth inning for the American League staff in a 6-4 win Saturday, reaching 97.5 mph.
Darren entered in the fifth and lined out to center. He is remembered as the 3 1/2-year-old bat boy for his daddy’s Giants who was scooped out of harm’s way by J.T. Snow during Game 5 of the 2002 World Series.
“I feel like it’s always seen that way a little since it happened,” Darren said before the game.
They are part of baseball’s generational pipeline of families made famous by the Bells, Boones, Colemans and Hairstons. Just ahead, Sunday’s amateur draft could see Druw Jones (son of Andruw), Justin Crawford (Carl) and Jackson Holliday (Matt Holliday) become first-round picks.
Bypassed in a 2020 draft shortened to five rounds due to the coronavirus, Darren Baker remained at Cal for his senior year and hit a team-best .327 with 28 stole bases in 34 tries, though with no homers and 17 RBIs.
Washington, the team his father managed in 2016 and ‘17, drafted him in the 27th round in 2016 and in the 10th round with the 293rd pick in 2020, signing him for slot value of $146,800. Darren played four games at the rookie level Florida Complex League Nationals and 18 at Class A Fredericksburg.
This year he is at Wilmington of the South Atlantic League, a higher Class A, and is batting .273 with two homers, 25 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. Quite different than college ball.
“It’s more just just the grind of playing every day,” he said. “It’s a lot of games.”
Leiter looks like a right-handed clone of his left-handed dad, who pitched from 1987-2005. Same facial features, same vocal cadence, same opinions — pitch clocks OK with no runners but not with men on base.
Jack attended Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, where he was teammates with Yankees shortstop prospect Anthony Volpe, also on Saturday’s AL roster.
Leiter went to Vanderbilt rather than sign with the Yankees, who took him in the 20th round in 2019. Texas selected him second overall last year after Pittsburgh picked catcher Henry Davis, and he started his pro career this season at Double-A Frisco. Leiter is 2-7 with a 6.30 ERA in 14 games. Leiter has had to adapt to the inundation of information in modern baseball.
“It’s balancing all the awesome information that we get with competing,” he said. “I think it’s easy sometimes to get away from that, when you’re looking into spin rates and the shape of your slider, what the TrackMan said about your curveball that outing, my release point was 0.2 inches whatever lower than it was earlier in the season. You can start looking too far into these things and then it comes time to compete and they’re still kind of in your head.”
Al Leiter was on hand Saturday but Dusty was in Houston for the Astros’ game against Oakland. He will fly to Los Angeles to manage the AL in Tuesday’s All-Star Game, and Darren will stick around.
“It’ll be good just to see him,” Darren said.
Dusty Baker, a two-time All-Star during a playing career from 1968-86, is known for his relationships throughout the sport, his habits that include chewing Tea Tree Therapy Toothpicks and a sartorial style with elements including custom wristbands designed by James Mims that picture Baker from his days as a player.
Darren prefers designer arm sleeves under his jersey — Saturday’s had a thunderbolt. He finds it difficult to describe what makes his dad so cool.
“For me, it’s just the relationship him and I have,” he said. “I feel like he’s more like a best friend, even though he is my dad. Just a respectful man, and he treats everybody the way he’d want to be treated.”
Jack Leiter has vague memories of his father’s playing days — he was 5 when Al threw his final pitch.
“I remember being around the clubhouse,” he said.
Then his father became a broadcaster, and Jack tagged along for All-Star Games and the Home Run Derby. In addition to his dad, Leiter can rely on uncle Mark, a big league pitcher from 1990-2001, and cousin Mark Leiter Jr., a major leaguer since 2017 and currently with the Chicago Cubs.
“They tell me about what they think I need to do a little bit more of, a little bit less of. It’s just another big league mindset,” he said. “They all have different takes. It’s not just hearing it from my dad, anymore.”
Darren’s mother, Melissa, has her fill of baseball.
“It’s tough. It’s such a big part of both of our lives. My mom is like a superhero,” Darren said. ”It’s kind of in the blood, I guess. Her son and husband are so deep invested into baseball, it’s kind of tough for her not to be also.”
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-17T14:34:09+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/darren-baker-jack-leiter-make-for-son-splashed-futures-game/ |
It’s 7 p.m. and Roland Coit and his staff at Two 18 are shutting the store down for the night. The cash drawer is being counted, the floor is being swept, hoodies and T-shirts are being folded and hung.
The store is a carefully curated sneaker boutique that opened earlier this year, posted on the corner of Russell Street and the East Fisher Service Drive in Detroit’s Eastern Market district. These days, sneaker stores are much more than just a place to buy a pair of shoes — they’re a consumer compass for sneaker and fashion trends. Along with its sister store Burn Rubber in Royal Oak, Two 18 has evolved into Detroit’s flagship for freshness.
“In the fashion sneakers business world, dope is dope and fresh is fresh,” says Coit.
And now, the two brands are being recognized by sneaker giant Nike. Later this month, Two 18 and Burn Rubber will be among the retail stores to exclusively sell a new Air Jordan 2 that Nike invited Coit and his team to design.
Coit has been passionate about sneakers for as long as he can remember. “Some of my oldest memories involve sneakers,” he says. “When I think back to when I was 6 or 7 years old, it was me doing chores around the house to get a pair of sneakers. I kind of developed this reputation of being the first guy with whatever the shoe was. It could have been Deion Sanders or Barry Sanders Nikes or whatever.”
He adds with a laugh, “But with me, I would wear them out the store.”
The Nike Air Jordan 1 sneaker was first released in 1985, but it took several years for the shoe (and the brand) to make a significant impact in Detroit due to the Motor City’s own diverse shoe culture. Detroiters have always been trendsetters, not followers: In the ’80s a crew of hustlers called Pony Down popularized Pony sneakers, while Adidas Forums and Top Tens were exclusively worn by many teens. Fila sneakers were also hot in the mid ’80s and again in the ’90s (sparked by Piston Grant Hill). And on the Notorious B.I.G.’s 1997 song, “Hypnotize,” he rapped “...stink pink gators, my Detroit players,” a nod to Detroit’s exotic skin shoe-wearers.
But by the early 2000s “streetwear” was starting to evolve into the most dominant force in urban fashion, and for many enthusiasts their wardrobe had to be built around a pair of Air Jordan sneakers.
“Detroit has always curved fashion, and once sneakers came along the street sense of it just made it even better,” says celebrity stylist Marv Neal. “We know how to match the color way perfectly to the perfect tee or jersey or hoodie. When Detroiters move or visit other cities, they see how we rock and they adopt our style.”
“I think it’s the way we rock our clothes, period,” says Coit. “What we rock them with and the diversity in it. I know so many people from the east side of Pontiac that had never purchased anything but Adidas. I think it ties into what Detroit is. It’s a mixing pot, it’s a jambalaya of these amazing fresh things.”
Like other kids, Coit had college hoop dreams and musical aspirations, but he never stopped loving sneakers. While attending Eastern Michigan University, he worked at Puffer Reds, an established Black-owned sneaker and apparel store. “Seeing [owners] Eric and Tandra, it was the first time I saw a successful Black man and woman that owned something I was into,” he says. “It kind of made me see like, wow, this was a regular guy that pulled himself up and he’d been there for 20 or 30 years.”
“It’s like Bill Ford Jr. letting a crew of local gearheads redesign a Ford Mustang.”
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During this same time Coit went into his first entrepreneurial foray as a sneaker reseller. He had fallen in love with Bapesta sneakers and started taking trips to New York to buy a pair for himself and another pair to sell. His motivation was not driven by profit, he says, but rather as a way to cover his expenses to and from New York.
“All I was trying to do was get my pair for free,” he says. “It just became a way of life.”
The trips to New York and working at Puffer Reds had lit a fire within him. In 2004 he wrote a comprehensive business proposal detailing a sneaker store he wanted to open. At first he called it “Sneaker Heaven,” but changed it to “Burn Rubber.” However, his dreams were temporarily deferred when his then-girlfriend (now wife) stumbled on a sneaker store in Royal Oak with the exact same name.
“She called me like, ‘You’re not gonna believe this,’ and I was crushed,” he says. “I wanted to be the first person, the first independent boutique in this area, to really do that. My dream was crushed. I put my business plan in the closet.”
Coit shifted the focus back to his music career, where he met fellow sneaker enthusiast Rick Williams in a band they were both in. Coit (who goes by the moniker Ro Spit when he’s behind the mic) was the lead emcee, Williams was the tap dancer, and they both had a shared passion for sneakers and fashion. Eventually, Williams took an internship-type position at Burn Rubber, and when the owners decided to sell, he had put himself and Coit in a prime position to capitalize on the opportunity to buy it.
“Rick reached out to me because he knew I already had a business proposal,” Coit says. “The first couple of people that wanted to buy it fell through, and next it came to us. We went for it, we signed on the dotted line February, Valentines Day, 2007.”
Once they had the keys to Burn Rubber in their hands, they took to the business of sneaker-selling at a scorched-earth pace. The timing was impeccable: The sneaker industry was starting to see the emergence of “hypebeasts,” or fans who always buy the newest and most hyped sneakers, no matter the cost. Then there are the sneakerheads, collectors who own copious amounts of sneakers and have an equal amount of sneaker knowledge. Throw in the rise of social media sneaker pages and sneaker influencers, and things couldn’t have worked out better.
Burn Rubber outgrew its location twice, had their own reality show called Detroit Rubber (which was produced by Eminen’s Shady Films), and then established the Two 18 brand in 2013, opening a Two 18 storefront in Eastern Market this past February. (The name “Two 18” is a nod to Burn Rubber; the “two” is because the letter “B” in “Burn” is the second letter in the alphabet, and “18” is because the letter “R” in “Rubber” is the 18th letter.)
“We put a flag and a stake in doing good business,” Coit says. “Over the years we’ve done 17 to 20 collabs with Reebok, with Puma, New Balance, to name a few. They’ve all been successful and we’ve always tried to tell a story that put Detroit in a positive light, because we knew the shoes were going to the world.”
Opportunity knocks
Amid the pandemic in 2020, Coit received a call from his Nike rep informing him that the Jordan brand would like to collaborate with Coit and Two 18 to redesign the Air Jordan 2 colorway.
“I hung up on him, but at the time I didn’t realize I hung up on him!” Coit says. “He called back and said, ‘I’m serious, you put the work in. You’ve earned this.’ He was just as proud as I was.”
For those unfamiliar with sneaker culture, it can be hard to wrap one’s head around the magnitude of this. To put it in more familiar terms, it’s the equivalent of your local Chevy dealership getting a call from GM’s executive office to redesign the new Corvette, or Bill Ford Jr. letting a crew of local gearheads redesign a Ford Mustang. Nike rarely does collabs with independent storefronts, as there have been less than five so far. Most high-profile collaborations involve a rockstar designer from the fashion world, an athlete, other fashion brands, or a pop star.
“Here I am driving to Meijer to pick up much-needed ingredients for smoothies when I get a FaceTime call from Ro,” says Mario “Rio” Butterfield, creative director for Burn Rubber and Two 18. “He was like, ‘Nigga, are you sitting down?’ Once he was actually able to get it out … I felt this childlike excitement, and it remained for the duration of the process.”
“Rio is a Detroit legend who doesn’t get the credit he deserves,” Coit says. “His lineage in Detroit fashion goes back to Maurice Malone. He worked at the Hip-Hop Shop and helped with designs. He was Big Proof’s hype man, he toured with D-12.”
Along with Butterfield, Coit pulled in Alex Collins and Jay John Henry from his Burn Rubber and Two 18 team. “We kind of got on a call and started spitballing, just brainstorming, really,” Coit says. “The first thing I wanted to convey to people was that, yes, this is a Burn Rubber/Two 18 shoe, but more importantly, it’s a Detroit shoe.”
Designing the colorway for the Air Jordan 2 was a lot more intricate than logging onto the Nike website and customizing a pair of Air Force 1s by slapping your favorite colors on it. The first step was obtaining an AutoCAD file, or the software used to create digital diagrams, of the Air Jordan 2 from Nike.
“Rio was so excited he couldn’t wait for Nike to send it, he found pics online and made his own CAD,” Coit says.
Coit also decided he wanted the shoes to be functional and not so much of a trophy shoe that buyers would be afraid to wear them. Next were the colors.
“We setted on three different colors — black, white, and brown,” Coit says. “It was extremely close. To me the fire one was the black one. I’m just looking at the suede on it, it was just perfect, but the white one almost looked like a Bally shoe or a high-end fashion shoe. And then there was this brown one. Jay John and even the people at Jordan liked the brown one.”
Eventually, the brown colorway was declared the winner and the Two 18 team started adding small design elements, which are odes to Michigan.
“The insole is a picture of a map of Southeastern Michigan,” says Coit. “It goes from Flint to Detroit. It has a heart around Flint, lines under Pontiac, a circle around Detroit. I tried to take [places] on that map like Southwest Detroit, Oak Park, Inkster, Southfield, so that kid that has never seen his city on a map now sees it on a pair of Jordans.” The shoe also features red and blue stripes, an echo of Two 18’s logo.
This is not the first time Nike has reached out to a Detroiter for a shoe collab. In 2005 Nike teamed up with Eminem to release the Eminem x Jordan 4 “Encore,” then the Jordan 2 Eminem “The Way I Am” in 2008, and then Jordan 4 Eminem x Carhartt in 2015. Although the Eminem-inspired sneakers were some of the first collabs that Nike had done with celebrities outside of athletes, they were Eminem-inspired sneakers, not Detroit-inspired sneakers. Also you have to throw in the fact that the Eminem-themed Jordans were close to impossible to purchase. (A size 9 for the Eminem x Carhartt 4 currently has an asking price of $67,452 on StockX, the sneaker resale company co-founded by local billionaire Dan Gilbert, whose son is a sneaker collector.)
“The insole is a picture of a map of Southeastern Michigan. It goes from Flint to Detroit. It has a heart around Flint, lines under Pontiac, a circle around Detroit ... so that kid that has never seen his city on a map now sees it on a pair of Jordans.”
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In fact, over the last several years, many other Jordan releases have been impossible to purchase at their standard retail price (between $190-$200) because they either aren’t available at a physical store or they get gobbled up by resellers. It’s led to buying sneakers at inflated resale prices to become commonplace, which has left a bad taste in many fans’ mouths toward a company that makes billions a year and has doubled its revenue over the last decade.
“Off-White Jordans don’t come to Michigan,” says Coit. “If you’re here you have to go to Chicago to get it. So just talking to the sneaker community here, they feel like, ‘Does that brand I put all my time and energy into even care about me?’”
Nike is allowing Coit to start selling the shoes on Friday, Oct. 14 at 2:18 p.m. at Two 18 in Detroit and at 7 p.m. at Burn Rubber and online (one week before the Oct. 21 national release). Coit is confident that there will be plenty of shoes for everyone who wants a pair.
“This is an SMU (or “Special Make Up”), everyone will be able to get a pair,” he adds. “This is our shoe, it’s for Detroit, it’s for us. We’re going to have thousands of pairs. … There’s going to be some really special things going on in the city of Detroit for this release, community-based stuff, teachable moments, giving back.”
‘A monumental time for the city’
Ultimately, the Two 18 x Air Jordan 2 arrives at a time where Detroit’s creatives have been on an unparalleled winning streak lately. Detroit’s culture is being told through the voices of its very own filmmakers, hip-hop artists, and fashion designers. They’ve all received more national notoriety than they have in years past, and have helped Detroit evolve from being a destination where other artists came to profit to Detroit influencing every aspect in art, music, and fashion.
“For a Detroit native, Puritan Avenue, to be exact, it’s so much larger than a shoe,” says Henry. “Just to be represented, to be seen, and for something highlighting the creativity that I know we’re known for is beyond what I am able to put into words.”
“I love to see Detroit get a specific release or colorway, because stylistically it’s deserving,” adds Neal.
Along with the sneakers there are T-shirts with the same Michigan map that’s inside the insoles of the sneakers. There are also hoodies, shorts, and sweatpants that accompany the collection.
The lasting impact of the Two 18 x Air Jordan 2 will be heavier than sneakers and hoodies, says Collins. It will be with the youth who get to grow up with the memory of opening their first box of a Detroit-themed Jordans.
“This will be a monumental time for the city,” Collins says. “I think Detroit has always been in the forefront, but for some reason the city has been overlooked, and that will always baffle me. Think about music with the historic Motown artists, to some of the biggest rappers in hip-hop history, sports with the Red Wings and Pistons, even style, fashion, etc. The city of Detroit has always been here. I think it will be an historic day that no one will ever forget, and something the city will take pride in.”
Although Coit’s focus is sneakers, he has not totally abandoned music. You can often catch him spinning at one of his many DJing gigs, and this past April he collaborated with superstar producer Nick Speed to release the album Coney Island.
“Burn Rubber is the bottom line, though,” Coit says. “I was going to be whatever I was going to be musically. Whether that’s this local hero or this local legend, it’s a level better than some people, but not a major level. … But I’m here for it. I’m an open book, I want the world to know my story, I want the world to know where I come from, and I want the world to know why I haven’t left Detroit.”
Two 18 is located at 1400 E. Fisher Service Dr., Detroit; 313-974-6955; two18.com. Burn Rubber is located at 512 N. Main St., Royal Oak; 248-543-3000; burnrubbersneakers.com.
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‘Dr. Phil’ talk show to end daytime TV run after 21 years
NEW YORK (AP) — Daytime television psychologist “Dr. Phil” McGraw says he plans to end his talk show after 21 years in the coming months, but viewers haven’t seen the last of him.
“Dr. Phil” was the most prominent spinoff from Oprah Winfrey’s show, which once dominated daytime TV. The Texan’s program debuted in September 2002 after he’d been featured as a regular guest on Winfrey’s.
“With this show, we have helped thousands of guest and millions of viewers through everything from addiction and marriage to mental wellness and raising children,” McGraw said in a statement. “This has been an incredible chapter of my life and career, but while I’m moving on from daytime, there is so much more I wish to do.”
The traditional broadcast TV season ends in spring; there was no date given for Phil’s final show.
McGraw, 72, said he wants to focus on prime-time programming and is planning an unspecified project for early next year.
In the meantime, while new “Dr. Phil” episodes won’t be made, the show won’t disappear from TV. CBS Media Ventures, which syndicates his program, said it will offer stations a package of reruns with occasional new wraparound content for future seasons.
That’s a cost-saving path blazed by “Judge Judy,” which aired its last original show in June 2021 but continues to be popular in reruns.
“We plan to be in the ‘Dr. Phil’ business with the library for years to come and welcome opportunities to work together in the future,” said Steve LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures.
For more stories across the U.S., click here. | 2023-02-01T20:07:50+00:00 | wbbjtv.com | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2023/02/01/dr-phil-talk-show-to-end-daytime-tv-run-after-21-years/ |
Alex Jones won’t re-take stand in Sandy Hook defamation trial
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Alex Jones returned to a Connecticut courthouse Tuesday but is not expected to retake the stand in his defamation trial, as a jury decides how much he should pay for spreading the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.
Jones was initially expected to be a defense witness Wednesday as his lawyer begins presenting a case that damages to the families of eight shooting victims and an FBI agent should be minimal.
But his attorney indicated Jones would head home instead and the defense would call no witnesses.
Francine Wheeler, the mother of 6-year-old victim Ben Wheeler, was the first of three Sandy Hook family members to take the stand Tuesday as the plaintiffs wrapped up their presentation.
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Calm and Clear
With high-pressure having returned, clear conditions persist
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – Conditions remain warm through Sunday, then another front arrives dropping our temperatures significantly.
TONIGHT: Beautiful evening, clear and cool overnight with a low temperature near 50.
SATURDAY: Plenty of sunshine on tap, drier air will keep us more comfortable. High:84, Low 55.
SUNDAY: Clouds increase ahead of an approaching cold front, high temperatures will peak in the low 80s with overnight lows landing in the mid 50s. A slight chance of a shower remains in the forecast through the day.
NEXT WEEK: A drastic cool down is expected following an anticipated cold front passage. Temperatures will range through the upper 50s to low 70s with overnight lows falling to the 30s!
Consider pulling a coat from your closet! | 2022-10-15T01:19:18+00:00 | wcbi.com | https://www.wcbi.com/calm-and-clear/ |
A federal appeals court overturned all fraud convictions Wednesday of two parents who were found guilty of paying bribes to get their kids into elite universities as part of a sprawling college admissions scandal.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed all convictions against Gamal Abdelaziz and all but one conviction of another parent, John Wilson. The Boston-based appeals court upheld Wilson's conviction on a charge of filing a false tax return.
A jury in Boston's federal court found the pair guilty in 2021 of buying their kids’ ways into school as athletic recruits in the first case to go to trial in the so-called “Operation Varsity Blues” scandal that embroiled prestigious universities across the country.
Abdelaziz, of Las Vegas, was accused of paying $300,000 to get his daughter into the University of Southern California as a basketball recruit even though she didn’t even make it onto her high school’s varsity team.
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Authorities alleged that Wilson, a former Staples Inc. executive, paid $220,000 to have his son designated as a USC water polo recruit and an additional $1 million to buy his twin daughters’ ways into Harvard and Stanford.
Lawyers for Wilson and Abdelaziz argued that their clients believed they were making legitimate donations and that the admissions consultant at the center of the scandal, William “Rick” Singer, pitched his so-called “side door” scheme as a lawful one. They said they were led to believe their money would go directly to colleges, saying they’re no different than other wealthy parents who make donations to get a boost in the admissions process.
The three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit said the trial judge was wrong in instructing the jury that admissions slot constitutes “property" of the universities under the mail and wire fraud law. The judges found that the government also failed to prove that the parents agreed to join the “overarching conspiracy among Singer and his clients."
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The government was allowed to introduce a “significant amount of powerful evidence related to other parents’ wrongdoing in which these defendants played no part, creating an unacceptable risk that the jury convicted Abdelaziz and Wilson based on others’ conduct rather than their own,” the judges wrote.
The ruling is a blow for prosecutors, who netted more than 50 convictions in the scandal that ensnared prominent businesspeople, celebrities and other wealthy parents across the country. Coaches from schools including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the University of California, Los Angeles, admitted to accepting bribes.
A spokesperson for Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said her office is reviewing the opinion and assessing its next steps.
Attorneys for Abdelaziz said in an emailed statement that their client “has maintained his absolute innocence from day one and is enormously grateful that the Appeals Court has reversed his unfair conviction.”
“We are pleased to have represented him in this matter and look forward to Mr. Abdelaziz putting this behind him,” attorneys Brian Kelly and Joshua Sharp said.
Noel Francisco, Wilson's lawyer, said in an emailed statement that the decision “confirms what we’ve known from the beginning —John Wilson’s case is fundamentally different from others in the broader Varsity Blues scandal.”
“His children were all qualified for admission to these schools on their own athletic and academic merits, and none of his money went to enrich any coach but, rather, was directed to the schools themselves," Francisco said. “We are examining the opinion to determine the appropriate next steps.”
Wilson was sentenced last year to 15 months in prison and Abdelaziz was sentenced to a year behind bars, although the court later agreed that they could remain free while they pursued their appeals.
Both men were convicted of fraud and bribery conspiracy, and Wilson was convicted of additional charges of bribery, wire fraud and filing a false tax return.
The ringleader of the scheme, Singer, was sentenced in January to 3 1/2 years in prison.
Among the most high-profile parents who admitted to charges were “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, who paid $500,000 in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as crew team recruits, even though neither of them played the sport. Loughlin served a two-month prison sentence and Giannulli served a five-month sentence.
Others who pleaded guilty include “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman, who paid $15,000 to boost her older daughter’s SAT scores. Huffman was sentenced to 14 days behind bars. | 2023-05-11T02:04:36+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/appeals-court-overturns-first-varsity-blues-college-admissions-scandal-convictions/3032163/ |
PHILADELPHIA, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Philadelphia-based 3D geospatial company, Cesium, has partnered with Google Maps Platform on the experimental release of Photorealistic 3D Tiles, available through their Map Tiles API. Photorealistic 3D Tiles, announced at Google I/O, use the Open Geospatial Consortium's 3D Tiles community standard pioneered by Cesium.
"We believe today is a new inflection point, where Photorealistic 3D Tiles will spark innovation across the community and enable developers to build never-before-seen applications and experiences," said Cesium CEO Patrick Cozzi.
The Map Tiles API serves Photorealistic 3D Tiles to an open ecosystem of 3D Tiles-enabled runtimes including CesiumJS, Unreal Engine, Unity, and NVIDIA Omniverse. The experimental release is the result of two years of collaboration between Google and Cesium.
Additional tools announced at Google I/O that leverage Photorealistic 3D Tiles include:
- Google's Geospatial Creator in Unity - A new workflow within ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation SDK that allows users to visualize the real world with Photorealistic 3D Tiles and Cesium for Unity.
- Google's Geospatial Creator in Adobe Aero, which enables the loading of Photorealistic 3D Tiles in a location of choice to anchor AR objects to the real world.
Cesium has released sample code and tutorials to help the community get started with Photorealistic 3D Tiles. Developers can also use Cesium ion to combine their own 3D geospatial data with Photorealistic 3D Tiles to build immersive metaverse experiences and applications.
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As United Airlines cuts flights to two small airports, members of Congress are looking into the impact of airlines pulling out of remote locations.
Last week, United Airlines said it would soon pull flights from Springfield, Illinois, and Erie, Pennsylvania.
United Airlines currently operates two flights from Erie to Chicago and two flights from Chicago to Erie. With the elimination of those flights, Erie will only be left with two outbound and two inbound flights a day. The news comes after Delta stopped flying in and out of Erie in July 2020.
Springfield, Illinois, will only have one daily flight in and out, although there are some non-daily Allegiant Airlines flights out of the airport.
The reduction of flights out of small airports was recently the focus of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing.
"Most economic development happens within 10 miles of an airport. So if we’re hampering our airports, we are hampering our economic development,” said committee Chair Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat.
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Trent Moyers, director of the Pangborn Memorial Airport in Wenatchee, Washington, told senators his airport went from having four daily flights to Seattle to one.
“Airports of all sizes bolster their local economies by connecting passengers and cargo with where they need to go, but it’s important to note that having commercial air service also directly provides workforce opportunities for their communities, from airline and TSA staff to aircraft servicing, administration, operations and maintenance, and public safety,” Moyers said.
Moyers said that incentives have not gone far enough for airlines to make servicing small airports profitable. He said his airport garnered a $700,000 federal grant in addition to the $401,000 raised by the community. That amount was not enough to attract a new carrier, he said.
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“If adequate incentives that are attractive to airlines and supportive of the communities they serve are available, the likelihood of successful airline recruitment improves. An airline that flies a route that does not foster resiliency is unlikely to operate beyond the life of the grant funds,” Moyers said.
The reduction of services also reduces competition, which could also drive up prices. Diana Moss, president of the American Antitrust Institute, said her organization has objected to recent airline mergers, stating that they drive down the competition.
“The economic reality is that airlines will only enter and remain in markets when they are profitable,” Moss said. “Otherwise, they will exit routes. This fact casts significant doubt on claims that post-merger, carriers will increase long-term connectivity for consumers.” | 2023-03-29T18:43:49+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/airlines-cut-service-to-small-airports-congress-looks-for-solution |
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — SpaceX, the rocket ship company run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has fired several employees involved in an open letter that blasted the colorful billionaire for his behavior, according to media reports.
The reports published Friday cited an email from Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president, saying the company had terminated employees who put together and circulated the letter. The letter writers denounced Musk for actions that they said are a “frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks.”
The New York Times was the first outlet to report the purge, based on information from three employees familiar with the situation. The employees were not named.
It’s unclear how many SpaceX workers lost their jobs, but Shotwell left no doubt that the company believed they had crossed an unacceptable line.
“The letter, solicitations and general process made employees feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or angry because the letter pressured them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views,” Shotwell wrote in her email, according to the Times . “”We have too much critical work to accomplish and no need for this kind of overreaching activism.”
The firings occurred Thursday — the same day Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time about his $44 billion deal to add that social media service to his business empire. The purchase is in limbo while Musk tries to determine whether Twitter has been concealing the number of fake accounts on its platform.
As the Twitter drama unfolded, another report emerged t hat Musk had paid $250,000 to a flight attendant to quash a potential sexual harassment lawsuit against him. Musk denied the sexual harassment allegations, and Shotwell last month sent out an email to SpaceX employees saying she believe the accusations were false.
In recent weeks, Musk has also crudely mocked the looks of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Twitter and posted a poop emoji during an online discussion with Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal.
The open letter from SpaceX employees criticizing Musk asserted that some of his tweets sent out to his 98 million followers cast the company in a poor light.
“As our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX — every tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company,” the open letter said. “It is critical to make clear to our teams and to our potential talent pool that his messaging does not reflect our work, our mission, or our values.” | 2022-06-17T23:39:06+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/spacex-reported-to-fire-employees-critical-of-ceo-elon-musk/ |
BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — Alex Carpenter scored twice and the United States beat Japan 7-1 on Wednesday to open group play in the women’s world hockey championship.
Also in Group A, Ann-Renee Desbiens made 11 saves and two-time defending champion Canada beat Switzerland 4-0 in the night game in front of 3,510 fans at the 5,000-seat CAA Centre. Earlier in Group B, Jenniina Nylund had three goals to help Finland rout France 14-1.
Haruka Toko opened the scoring for Japan at 8:14 of the first period. Megan Keller tied it at 9:29, and Carpenter made it 2-1 on a power play with 5:14 left in the first period.
“Obviously, we want to be able to respond to any team that quick, so to be able to do that was good for us,” Carpenter said. “Japan’s a great team. They always play us hard.”
Carpenter and Taylor Heise added goals early in the second.
Riko Kawaguchi took over in goal in the third from Miyuu Masuhara, allowing goals to Hannah Bilka, Abbey Murphy and new captain Hilary Knight. Knight also had two assists, and Carpenter had an assist.
“It’s a tremendous honor to be around this room and to lead it, it’s just incredible,” Knight said. “These are the people you want to show up to every single day with.”
Aerin Frankel made 12 saves for the Americans in her first start in the event. Tessa Janecke, Gabrielle Hughes, Rebecca Gilmore and Haley Winn made their senior national team debuts. Janecke assisted on Keller’s tying goal and Winn had two assists in the third period.
“It’s nice to get the first win of the tournament,” U.S. coach John Wroblewski said. “I thought up and down the lineup we had strong skaters, and I think that has to do with our mix of veterans and youth, our exuberance, and it is an emphasis point. We want to make sure we’re maxing out our game every shift. That’s a credit to the team and the individuals.”
The U.S. will face Switzerland on Friday.
Natalie Spooner and Sarah Nurse each had goal and an assist for Canada, with Spooner playing 120 days after giving birth to son Ryan.
“It was awesome,” said Spooner, competing in her ninth world championship. “Just to get back out there even with my teammates, I was having a blast.”
Rebecca Johnston and Sarah Fillier also scored.
In Finland’s rout, Petra Nieminen, Emilia Vesa and Viivi Vainikka each scored twice and Sanni Ahola allowed a goal on 12 shots. Estelle Duvin scored for France. | 2023-04-06T19:26:13+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/sports/us-beats-japan-7-1-to-open-womens-world-hockey-championship/ |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Country superstar Dolly Parton, who made a big donation to help fund coronavirus vaccine research in 2020, is among this year's Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients.
Also being honored are Dallas entrepreneur Lyda Hill, Kenyan industrialist Manu Chandaria, and Lynn and Stacy Schusterman, from the Oklahoma investment family.
The award, presented by the international family of Carnegie institutions to honor innovative philanthropists, debuted in 2001 and is normally awarded every two years. It was not issued in 2021 due to the pandemic.
The 2022 honorees will receive their medals in a private ceremony in New York on Oct. 13. A priority of the ceremony is fostering personal meetings to encourage the exchange of ideas and spur potential collaboration — something this year’s honorees have already done, said Eric Isaacs, president of the Carnegie Institution for Science and a member of the medal selection committee.
Parton’s $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received plenty of attention. But her fellow honoree Hill, through her Lyda Hill Philanthropies, was also an early donor to the work that would yield the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
“I invested before it was anything,” Hill told The Associated Press. “One of the things that Warren Buffett said that stuck with me was, ‘Don’t do what other people can do and will do. Do what other people can’t do and won’t do. And take risks.’ I have had to apply that to my philanthropic investments.”
Hill, who focuses her funding on advances in science and nature conservancy, as well as supporting women in those careers, said she never did get a Moderna shot.
“Unfortunately,” Hill said, “when I went to get my vaccine, I rolled my sleeves up and said, ‘What do you got?’ And she said, ‘Pfizer.’ I said, ‘OK.’”
Parton, in a statement, said she was honored to receive the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.
“I’ve always believed that if you are in a position to help, you should help, and I truly hope that I can be an inspiration for others to lift up those around them,” said Parton, who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November, and makes most of her donations through her Dollywood Foundation. “Whether through my Imagination Library or giving to COVID-19 research, I try to support things that have a special meaning for me. I hope everyone can find something they’re passionate about supporting and do what they can to help make this world a better place.”
Considering the intense need created by COVID-19, the pandemic was top of mind while the selection committee was making its decisions, Isaacs said.
“Obviously, this is a very difficult time with the pandemic,” he said. “But we think environmental issues are probably equally, if not more, impactful in the sense that pandemics like COVID-19 are likely to become more frequent as the atmosphere heats up. I think we take the long view in terms of our selections.”
The Schustermans exemplify philanthropists whose donations have made a long-lasting impact, in addition to making timely grants to address current needs.
The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation was established in 1987 to invest in systemic change in the United States and Israel on matters of justice and equity. When Charles died in 2000, Lynn Schusterman took over the foundation, expanding its work and becoming an outspoken advocate for inclusion, especially for the LGBTQ community. In 2018, their daughter Stacy Schusterman took over the foundation, which changed its name last year to Schusterman Family Philanthropies and now also includes work in reproductive equity, voting rights and criminal justice — all hot-button issues this summer.
“I hope that work like this will inspire other people to give more now,” Stacy Schusterman told the AP. “It’s important for people to give a meaningful percentage of their family’s assets. And I think the partnership that can exist between philanthropy and the communities that we’re seeking to help is vital. Government can’t address all problems.”
She said she’s thrilled to be carrying on her parents’ work and that she will be celebrated with her mom.
“I’m really excited that we’re being honored together,” she said. “It’s fun to have it happen as a mother-daughter team.”
The Chandaria Foundation had its start as a family enterprise in the 1950s, though the Kenyan-born industrialist of Indian descent had to do some convincing before it began.
When he first brought up the issue, Chandaria remembers his father asking if something was wrong with him and whether he had lived in the United States too long. “We are not the Rockefellers,” Chandaria’s father told him. “You better get to work. There’s a big hole over there.”
But by 1956, they had established a charitable organization providing scholarships in Kenya and, decades later, its work has expanded into building education and healthcare infrastructure in Africa.
“It’s a basic principle of the Gandhian philosophy: If you have wealth, you are not owners of the wealth,” said Chandaria, who also attributes generosity to being a follower of the Indian religion Jainism. “You really should go and help others who cannot help themselves.”
Isaacs said the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy is meant to recognize the work of the honorees in their various fields and locations. This year, the Carnegie institutions will also launch the Carnegie Catalyst award to “celebrate the transformative power of human kindness,” which will go to World Central Kitchen, the anti-hunger nonprofit founded by chef Jose Andres.
That award was inspired by the late Vartan Gregorian, the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the co-founder of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, who died in 2021.
“World Central Kitchen is an outstanding model of how humankind can respond in times of dire need by activating the inherent goodness in others — an ideal that was embodied through the life and work of Vartan Gregorian,” Thomas H. Kean, chairman of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s board of trustees and former governor of New Jersey, said in a statement.
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A rail strike is still not off the table.
According to The Associated Press, the nation's third-largest railroad union has rejected a deal tentatively agreed to in September.
A strike was thought to be avoided after the Biden administration said it intervened last month and helped railroad operators and labor unions reach a tentative deal.
The agreement included an immediate 14.1% pay increase. Workers would also receive $11,000 in backpay thanks to a retroactive raise.
However, more than half of track maintenance workers represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division union have rejected the 5-year deal, The Associated Press reported.
A sticking point for the workers reportedly has to do with a lack of paid time off.
“Railroaders are discouraged and upset with working conditions and compensation and hold their employer in low regard. Railroaders do not feel valued,” Cardwell said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press.
The union is expected to return to the bargaining table in hopes of working out a deal with the railroad operators. | 2022-10-10T23:10:29+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/news/national/third-largest-rail-union-rejects-deal-brokered-by-biden-administration |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — People were socializing. Someone may have been giving a speech, but Elise Grenier couldn’t tell you what was said.
She was too distracted by the hand-painted wallpaper, its romanticized scenes by an artist who possibly had never traveled to the United States. The slow deterioration of the masterpiece in the Old Louisiana Governor’s Mansion's dining room was all Grenier noticed.
“I couldn’t even concentrate, because of the damage,” she said. “All I could do was look at the damage and think, ‘I wish somebody would let me restore it.‘”
Her wish came true in July, when the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Museum Division hired Grenier to restore not only the dining room wallpaper, but damaged bits and pieces in the rotunda and East Room.
Grenier is a Louisiana-born art conservator whose business, Grenier Conservation, has restored quite a few key Louisiana public artworks, including LSU’s Allen Hall frescoes, ceiling art in the Louisiana State Capitol’s Memorial Hall and Conrad Albrizio’s frescoes at the Louisiana Exhibition Museum in Shreveport.
She’s also done maintenance work on a Banksy mural in New Orleans.
Now, her attention is solely focused on the wallpaper, which, she says, is a work of fine art in itself. The wallpaper is only one of three sets in the United States. The other two can be found in the White House in Washington, D.C., and at Brown University.
And it only makes sense that the Old Governor’s Mansion would share this decor with the White House, being that Gov. Huey Long partly expressed his dream of becoming president by designing the mansion as a smaller version of the White House.
With one exception.
“Huey Long had the wallpaper put into the dining room when the mansion was built in 1930,” Grenier said. “The White House didn’t put their wallpaper until 30 years later, in 1961.”
Which prompts some speculation.
Did Jackie Kennedy visit the Old Mansion when her husband brought his presidential campaign to the Crowley Rice Festival in 1959? She did, after all, spearhead the White House’s restoration in 1961. Then again, maybe it’s just coincidence. The fact is the wallpaper was placed in the White House later, and it’s not in the dining room.
“At the White House, it’s in one of the reception rooms,” Grenier said. “The interesting thing about the White House was that their set was recovered from a house in Maryland, a very old historic house that was going to be demolished. It was called the Stoner House — a nice, historic house built by a wealthy merchant in Thurmont, Maryland. The other set is in the Commons Room at Brown University.”
The wallpaper in the Governor's Mansion appears as it did when it was installed — one continuous mural telling the story of an American landscape that technically doesn’t exist.
“It’s called ‘Scenic America,’ inspired by French artists’ engravings of American sites from the 1820s,” Grenier said. “French artist Jean-Julien Deltil designed the wallpaper, but I’m not sure if he had ever come to America. This might be his impression of how he thought America would be.”
Nevertheless, Jean Zuber and Co. produced the “Scenic America” wallpaper in 1834 in Alsace, France, where it has been operating since 1797. And the amazing part? The wallpaper is still available for purchase.
Grenier researched the company while spending her days surrounded by Deltil’s idealized 1834 American world where diverse races and ethnicities harmonize in romantic scenes of New York City and the bay from the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, the fortification of West Point on the Hudson River, a view of Boston and its harbor, the natural bridge of Virginia and Niagara Falls.
Once visitors get their bearings on this continuous carousel, the landscape somehow becomes recognizable. And there are plenty of visitors who have viewed it while Grenier worked.
The Secretary of State’s office added the Old Louisiana Governor’s Mansion to its Museum Division in November 2021 and has since opened it to visitors free of charge.
“I am incredibly excited that the Old Governor’s Mansion is now under the care of the Department of State,” Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin said. “This beautiful piece of our state’s social and political history joins the eight other museums currently under my care as Secretary of State.”
The building previously had been operated by Preserve Louisiana, formerly the Foundation for Historical Louisiana.
The mansion also served as home to the Louisiana Art & Science Museum from 1964 to 1978.
“Lots of visitors remember when the planetarium was here,” said Sondra Mott, event coordinator for the Secretary of State and the mansion’s manager. “We still have a switch for it on the breaker box.”
And before the planetarium opened the universe for a 14-year flow of museum visitors and school years from behind the mansion, the building was home to nine governors, beginning with Huey Long.
Louisiana’s governors previously lived in an old house known as the Knox Mansion, which stood on the same spot. Long enlisted the aid of prison inmates to tear it down, which led to the Louisiana legislature’s unsuccessful attempt to impeach the governor in 1930.
“I consider it my role as its caretaker to be an incredible privilege and responsibility,” Ardoin said. “The mansion is our very own White House and is one of the most iconic remnants and reminders of Huey Long’s legacy as governor of Louisiana.”
Cost of construction was almost $150,000 with an added $22,000 for the finest damask and velvet drapes, crystal chandeliers and other high-end pieces.
That included the wallpaper, which Grenier said, involved a woodblock printing process.
“According to documentation from the Old Governor’s Mansion files, 1,674 woodblocks were needed to produce it,” Grenier said. “The woodblock method requires a separate wood carving for each color present. Each wood block was lowered through a pulley system on the color pad, then lifted and lowered onto the paper to receive the design.”
The paper is printed with tempera paint, and the colors are not water resistant.
“The sky, that blends from a light to a dark blue would have been applied by hand before the scenes were printed,” Grenier said.
Grenier used Caran d’Ache color pencils in the restoration, but she emphasizes that they weren’t used for touch-ups.
“I used them to keep the wallpaper intact,” she said. “This is basically tempera paint on paper, and that’s about the most delicate thing that there is to deal with in restoration. As long as nothing happens to it, it’s going to be fine, but by its very nature, tempera paint on paper is a lot more delicate than say, faux finishes, which are directly on the plaster.”
And since tempera paint wallpaper isn’t water resistant, water-based solutions can’t be used in its restoration when it suffers dings and scratches.
Grenier looks around the room now. The paper has been reattached in the places where it had separated from the wall, cracking has been smoothed over and dings have disappeared.
And though the paper now looks as it appeared when it was first installed, the wallpaper’s story isn’t perfect.
“The paper was also not correctly aligned on some of the seams when it was first applied in 1930,” Grenier said. “It was designed in a continuous flow, and it does great in a circular room. It’s in a circular room in the White House, but here, it’s interrupted by the window.”
But it works, and now Grenier takes a moment to take in Jean-Julien Deltil’s world.
“It really is a beautiful piece of fine art,” she said. “After years of looking at it, I’m so happy that I finally had a chance to restore it.” | 2022-07-31T05:30:30+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/State-s-Old-Governor-s-Mansion-s-wallpaper-a-17340955.php |
President Biden vowing 'strong' climate action despite dual setbacks
President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks in recent weeks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power.
The Supreme Court last month limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Then late Thursday, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he wants to delay sweeping environmental legislation that Democrats have pushed as central to achieving Biden's ambitious climate goals.
Biden, who has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, compared with 2005 levels, said Friday that "action on climate change and clean energy remains more urgent than ever.''
If the Senate will not act to address climate change and boost clean energy, “I will take strong executive action to meet this moment,'' Biden said in a statement from Saudi Arabia, where he met Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Biden did not specify what actions he will take on climate, but said they will create jobs, improve energy security, bolster domestic manufacturing and protect consumers from oil and gas price increases. “I will not back down,'' he promised.
Some advocates urged Biden to use the moment to declare a national climate emergency and reinstate a ban on crude oil exports, among other steps.
Declaring a climate emergency would allow Biden to redirect spending to accelerate renewable energy such as wind and solar and speed the nation’s transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.
Climate advocates, including some of Manchin's Democratic colleagues in the Senate, said Manchin's announcement that he cannot back the climate provisions in the Senate bill — at least for now — frees Biden of the obligation to cater to a powerful, coal-state senator eager to protect his energy-producing home state. Manchin's vote is decisive in the evenly divided Senate, where Republicans unanimously oppose climate action.
"Free at last. Let’s roll. Do it all and start it now,'' tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. who has long pushed stronger action on climate. “With legislative climate options now closed, it’s now time for executive Beast Mode,'' Whitehouse wrote.
Whitehouse suggested a series of actions Biden could take, including “a robust social cost of carbon rule″ that would force energy producers to account for greenhouse gas emissions as a cost of doing business. The senator also urged Biden to require major polluters to use technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions and impose stronger pollution controls on cars, light trucks and heavy-duty vehicles.
Advocates also urged Biden to reject all onshore and offshore drilling on federal lands and in federal waters — a step he promised during the 2020 campaign but has not enacted — and restrict approval of natural gas pipelines and other fossil fuel projects.
“For too long, we’ve been waiting on a single legislative package to save us and a single legislator to determine our fate,'' said Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. “Now that it’s clear legislation to address our climate crisis is dead, President Biden needs to put us on an emergency footing to address this disaster.''
Citing Biden's campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands and waters, Merkley said, "Now is the time to show the American people he’s serious by saying ‘no’ to expanding our addiction to fossil fuels.''
Even before Manchin's apparent rejection of the climate measures, Democrats had slimmed their plan down from about $555 billion in climate spending to just over $300 billion to secure his support. Advocates said that proposed tax credits for wind, solar and nuclear energy, along with still-unproven carbon-capture technology, could reduce emissions by up to 40% by 2030.
Manchin had already forced Democrats to drop two tax provisions he opposes: direct payments of clean energy credits and tax credits for drivers who purchase electric vehicles. Manchin forced other concessions last year, including killing a proposal that would have paid utilities that increase clean energy while penalizing those that do not.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said he still hopes to salvage the clean energy tax provisions and said failure “really is not an option here.”
Manchin's request to postpone action on the climate measure follows a June 30 ruling by the Supreme Court, which said in a 6-3 vote that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
The ruling by the court's conservative majority likely complicates the Biden administration’s plan to manage power plant pollution, but does not eliminate its authority to regulate greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Michael Regan has said the agency is moving forward with proposed rules for power plants in the coming months.
Ann Clancy, associate climate policy director for Indivisible, a progressive advocacy group, said it was time for Biden to "stop waiting for corporate-backed Democrats and their bad faith negotiations and deliver real wins for the American people on climate.''
"We don’t have any more time to waste,'' Clancy said.
Manchin, in a radio interview Friday, said climate activists want an immediate end to U.S. use of oil, coal and gas. "That's crazy,'' he told West Virginia talk show host Hoppy Kercheval. “I’m not throwing caution to the wind. I think we need an energy policy that works for our country.” | 2022-07-16T18:47:13+00:00 | wisn.com | https://www.wisn.com/article/biden-strong-climate-action-setbacks/40631093 |
The Highly-Anticipated Next Chapter of the Mega-Hit Series Comes to Theaters Nationwide for a Limited Run Beginning January 26
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fathom Events announces the debut of the next Left Behind movie, LEFT BEHIND: RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST, coming to theaters nationwide beginning Thursday, January 26. Starring Kevin Sorbo (GOD'S NOT DEAD, SOUL SURFER), Neal McDonough (MINORITY REPORT, "Arrow," TIMELINE), Corbin Bernsen ("Psych," MAJOR LEAGUE, "The Resident"), Bailey Chase ("Longmire," "Saving Grace"), Greg Perrow (ACTOR FOR HIRE, THOSE WHO KILL), Sarah Fisher ("Degrassi: The Next Generation," ROXY) and Sam Sorbo (LET THERE BE LIGHT, HOPE BRIDGE, MIRACLE IN EAST TEXAS), LEFT BEHIND: RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST is the next chapter of the mega-hit LEFT BEHIND film franchise, based on the 80 million-copy New York Times bestselling book series of the same name.
Watch the trailer for LEFT BEHIND: RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST here.
LEFT BEHIND: RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST delivers an updated storyline from the 2014 LEFT BEHIND movie starring Nicolas Cage, which earned more than 30 million worldwide at the box office. The sequel shows how today's events set the stage for the return of Christ and the coming apocalypse.
"I'm excited to bring this film to theaters across the country," said actor and director Kevin Sorbo. "With recent current events and talk about the end times, this captivating story delivers the essence of what made the original book series and film so successful but does so in a fresh way, hopefully ushering in a new generation of fans."
"It's a true story — it just hasn't happened yet," said Paul Lalonde, producer, co-writer and CEO of Cloud Ten Creative.
After millions of people vanish and the world falls into chaos, the only light is a charismatic leader who rises to become head of the U.N. But does he bring hope for a better future? Or is it the end of the world?
"The current political, social and global climate is creating a perfect storm for an even greater revival of interest in what the Bible says about it all," said Lalonde. "Nothing you see on the news is surprising if you have the roadmap in your hand."
Lalonde adds,"We are thrilled to partner with Fathom Events to bring this powerful movie to theaters nationwide. This movie will help bring Bible prophecies to life so that audiences can understand the big picture in a more tangible way."
LEFT BEHIND: RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST is directed by Kevin Sorbo and written by Paul Lalonde, John Patus and Jessica Parker. It is produced by Paul Lalonde, Michael Walker, Ed Clydesdale, James Quattrochi, Jason Wan Lim and John Duffy in association with AMCOMRI Entertainment Inc., Polyscope Pictures and Stonagal Pictures Inc.
For more information about the film and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.leftbehindmovie.com/ and follow us on social media at @leftbehindmovie.
About Fathom Events
Fathom is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry as one of the top distributors of content to movie theaters in North America. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L). Fathom operates the largest cinema distribution network, delivering a wide variety of programming and experiences to cinema audiences in all the top U.S. markets and to more than 45 countries. For more information, visit www.FathomEvents.com.
Cloud Ten Creative
Formed by Paul Lalonde and the team behind Christian film studio, Cloud Ten Pictures, Cloud Ten Creative is a marketing and consulting firm specializing in the release of independent faith based films, books, series and other projects.
About Amcomri Entertainment Inc.
Amcomri Entertainment Inc. invests in the production and distribution of independent movie, TV and documentary content on a global basis. Financing our own productions which are then distributed through our own distribution network ensures that Amcomri is able to control the entire process of content production and sale around the world, reducing risk and enhancing net margins.
In our distribution activities, we provide a robust, secure and trustworthy route to the global entertainment markets for independent producers of film, documentary and TV content. To achieve this, the Amcomri teams' networks are comprised of tried and trusted distribution partners built over decades of in-depth exposure to these markets. For Amcomri, quality service and high levels of trust are the two major factors we look for in our partners and that gives us the confidence to offer a fully global distribution network to our producer clients, enhancing the sales levels whilst substantially reducing the execution and collection risks.
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The Heritage Bourbon Brand Will Also Honor the Milestone with Rare Release of Its Proprietary Ten Recipes
LAWRENCEBURG, Ky., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Four Roses Distillery, the award-winning Kentucky-based bourbon brand, announces its global brand refresh, the first update for the brand since 2006. The new visual identity also comes as Four Roses, a heritage brand that predates Prohibition, celebrates its 135th year. Fans of the brand and consumers alike will see the refreshed branding across all of Four Roses' bourbon bottles, and on its new website, starting today.
Since its founding in 1888, the bourbon brand has maintained its commitment to quality and consistency in its liquid and overall product. Four Roses has continued to stay true to its roots and time-tested process of creating bourbons with an unmatched flavor that are not only complex, but also delightfully mellow. Four Roses looks to pay homage to the brand's heritage while exploring a more modernized approach through evolving the labels on all bottles, and revitalizing the website for a more user-friendly and cohesive experience.
"In our 135th year, we're thrilled to reveal our refreshed, modernized branding, which aims to maintain the spirit of our rich history while appealing to today's bourbon drinker," said Kelly Edney, Senior Brand Manager. "Four Roses is about creating and being part of life's mellow moments, and we hope that our dedicated fans and future customers continue to feel that connection."
Helmed by agency Camp + King, the design updates from the brand refresh include:
- A renewed, 3D rose emblem - the brand's classic logo - offering a more refreshed and refined representation of the brand's founding story
- A new engraved rose cluster on the cork of each bottle
- Brightened labels with gilded borders on all bottles labels, to bring a more contemporary look to the design. Labels on each of the brand's four bourbon expressions show a varying color palette that correspond with the richness of the product
- The publico typeface on the new label brings an elegance that is as timeless as the brand itself
- The addition of Master Distiller Brent Elliott's signature on the face of each bottle as a nod to the care and attention he puts into every bottle; tasting notes have also been added to the back of each bottle label to highlight the unique flavor profiles of each product.
- An updated website design that still includes cocktail recipes, events, and purchase links, but with a brighter and more cohesive look to match the refreshed branding
To celebrate this momentous occasion, for the first time ever, Four Roses is releasing a rare, limited edition kit - The Ten Recipe Tasting Experience - which will feature each of the ten unique bourbon recipes that make up Four Roses' bourbons. It's these ten signature recipes that set the brand's bourbons apart, and gives the liquid in each bottle its distinctive characteristic. The kit will include 50ml bottles of each recipe for bourbon enthusiasts to get a taste of where the brand's offerings originate. A QR code on the box will lead to a guided tasting video with Master Distiller Brent Elliott for a more immersive experience. This limited edition kit (SRP: $129.99) will be available for purchase starting June 30 at the Four Roses Visitor Centers in Lawrenceburg and Coxs Creek, Kentucky, and will roll out in select retailers in Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, and California starting in mid-July.
"While the look of our brand is being refreshed, our unwavering commitment to producing the highest-quality bourbons made of our ten signature recipes remains the same," said Brent Elliott, Master Distiller, "It's been a true honor watching the brand grow over the past 18 years that I've been with Four Roses and I look forward to this next chapter."
ABOUT FOUR ROSES:
Established in 1888, Four Roses combines two mashbills with five proprietary yeast strains to distill and age 10 distinct bourbon recipes, each with its own unique flavor profile. With distilling and warehousing operations in Lawrenceburg and Cox's Creek, Kentucky, respectively, Four Roses is available in all 50 states. This past year, Four Roses has received 46 awards, including 2 Double Platinum medals, 8 Double Gold medals and 16 Gold medals from esteemed competitions such as the American Whiskey Masters and Whiskies of the World. For more information, visit www.fourrosesbourbon.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Twitter’s pared-down staff struggles with misinformation
(AP) - Twitter is struggling to respond to political misinformation and other harmful posts on the social media platform after Elon Musk fired roughly half of its workforce just days before the U.S. midterm elections, according to employees who survived the cuts and an outside voting rights group.
The recent mass layoffs spared many of the people whose job it is to keep hate and misinformation off the social-media platform. Musk cut just 15% of those frontline content-moderation workers, compared to roughly 50% job cuts companywide, an executive said last week.
But in preparation for the layoffs, employees said the company also sharply reduced how many employees can look into a specific account’s digital history and behavior — a practice necessary to investigate if it’s been used maliciously and take action to suspend it. The company said it froze access to those tools to reduce “insider risk” at a time of transition.
The developments are causing concern as the U.S. midterm elections culminate on Tuesday. Though millions of Americans have already cast early and absentee ballots, millions more are expected to go to the polls to cast in-person votes. Election watchers fear the platform may not be equipped to handle hate speech, misinformation that could impact voter safety and security, and actors seeking to cast doubt on the legitimate winners of elections around the country.
Researchers tracking misinformation ahead of the midterms notified Twitter on Friday about three posts from well-known far-right figures that advanced debunked claims about election fraud. The posts remain up three days later. When Common Cause asked Twitter for an update on Monday, the platform said the posts were “under review.”
Before Musk took over, Twitter responded much more quickly, said Jesse Littlewood, vice president for campaigns at Common Cause. The group said they had been in regular contact with Twitter staff before Musk took over. Now, they are getting a response from a generic email address.
“We had been getting much faster decisions from them, sometimes within hours,” said Littlewood. Now, he said, “It’s like pushing the button for the walk sign at the stop light, and nothing is happening.”
Musk gutted teams working on marketing, communications and editorial curation of what people see on Twitter. But his decision to retain most of Twitter’s content moderation team came as a welcome surprise to some inside and outside the company. Musk, after all, promised to let free speech flourish by loosening Twitter’s content restrictions and restoring accounts banned for violating those rules. He has also pledged to end the current user verification system in favor of a $7.99 subscription fee.
But the fact that the content moderation team survived could mean that critical misinformation functions such as blocking incitements of political violence will continue, and some of the worst-case scenarios around election misinformation won’t be realized. Some of Musk’s own tweets have been annotated with fact-checked context in recent days.
Two employees who survived the job cuts credit a previously little-known executive Yoel Roth, Twitter’s global head of safety and integrity, for leveraging his team’s importance to Musk’s goals for Twitter while avoiding moves that might anger the mercurial Tesla CEO.
“Yoel Roth singlehandedly saved the company,” said a Twitter employee who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about job security. “On the public side, he appropriately and thoughtfully engaged with Elon Musk in a way that was not subservient, but deferring, because Elon is the king.”
Roth has become the public face of Twitter’s content moderation since Musk took over and has regularly defended Twitter’s ongoing efforts to fight harmful misinformation. Musk, a prolific tweeter with more than 110 million followers, has frequently pointed to Roth’s Twitter feed as the most reliable account of the company’s adherence to integrity standards. And the billionaire, who embraces the idea that Twitter’s past leadership suppressed right-wing views, defended Roth when ardent Musk supporters demanded his firing over past comments they thought showed Roth’s liberal bias.
Roth, who once worked at an Apple store fixing Mac computers, joined Twitter in 2015 after spending a year studying online hate speech at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, according to his LinkedIn profile. In May, he took on a senior role “responsible for all user, content, and security policies, comprising more than 120 policymakers, threat investigators, data analysts, and operations specialists.”
Roth didn’t respond to requests for comment.
A legal scholar who sits on Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council, an advisory board set up in 2016, said she has long been impressed with Roth’s candor about the challenges of content moderation and the nuances of free speech — such as the importance of curbing abusive content to enable the free speech of women and others more likely to be harassed online.
“If Musk had been able to cut everybody in content moderation and just replace it with his ‘yes’ men, he probably would have,” said Mary Anne Franks, a law professor at the University of Miami and president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. “The only reason why he hasn’t is because he maybe recognizes that would make Twitter unworkable.”
One Twitter employee said Monday that layoff survivors were actively looking for new jobs in part because of Musk’s lack of commitment to keeping the platform free of hate speech and misinformation. Speaking anonymously because of concerns about job security, the employee said the job cuts would make Twitter’s staff less effective in following up and acting on complaints about election-related disinformation, because they included people leading civic integrity teams.
Franks said there’s always been a tension within Twitter and other social media companies between making money and protecting democracy and freedom of expression. She said that’s only getting harder under Musk, who has shown Twitter can act quickly in banning a comedian who made fun of him by impersonating his account, but who has otherwise expressed hostility towards Twitter’s anti-abuse standards.
“I would imagine that someone in a position like Roth’s at Twitter would have to play a pretty delicate game trying not to trip any of the wires, not to trigger a backlash from Musk because he’s incredibly thin-skinned,” Franks said.
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AP Technology Writer Frank Bajak contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-07T23:58:22+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/11/07/twitters-pared-down-staff-struggles-with-misinformation/ |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — The Winston-Salem Police Department is looking for a Nissan Rogue that was stolen in an armed robbery on Sunday morning.
At around 6:32 a.m. on Sunday morning, officers came to the parking lot of an apartment complex on the 5400 block of Shattalon Drive after getting a report of a robbery.
Investigators say that the victim had started the vehicle and was getting ready to drive when two “young” men armed with a firearm approached the victim, demanded they exit the vehicle and stole it.
The suspects drove away from the scene and the victim was not injured during the robbery.
Police say that they are looking for a purple 2012 Nissan Rogue with the North Carolina license plate FFC-6845.
The WSPD’s Patrol Division is investigating the robbery. There is no further information available at this time. | 2023-06-11T18:49:17+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/nissan-rogue-stolen-in-winston-salem-armed-carjacking/ |
Debate over hotel room cleaning bill grows contentious in Nevada
An Assembly committee took up a bill that would repeal COVID-19 era cleaning standards for hotels, with opponents arguing hotels would no longer clean rooms daily, while hotels saying they will continue to ensure rooms are clean.
Senate Bill 441 passed the Senate on a bipartisan 18-to-3 vote and was heard Monday in the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor.
The bill would repeal Senate Bill 4, which was introduced in 2020 in response to COVID-19, requiring hotels in large counties like Clark and Washoe to follow the Department of Health and Human Services’ minimum standard of cleaning to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Opponents argue repealing daily room cleaning could have consequences for the health and satisfaction of hotel guests and could lead to a negative effect on Nevada’s tourism industry. Labor unions are also opposed, saying it will jeopardize hospitality workers’ safety and disproportionately impact low-wage, immigrant and minority workers.
Will my room still get cleaned?
The passage of the bill wouldn’t mean hotels will no longer clean their rooms daily, representatives said, calling current rules “excessive.”
“We’re not going to stop cleaning rooms,” said Billy Vassiliadis, a lobbyist representing the Nevada Resort Association. “We’re not going to lower the great standards that this industry has always had.”
At the time the legislature passed SB 4, there was a lot that wasn’t known about how COVID-19 was spread, wrote Ellen Whittemore, vice president, general counsel and secretary of Wynn Resorts, in an April letter. Scientists at the time believed that the virus could be transmitted via surfaces, and now find that risk is low, Whittemore wrote.
Wynn will continue to clean its hotel rooms daily to maintain its Forbes Five Star designation, Whittemore wrote, but keeping the current requirement in place imposes “unprecedented business operational requirements.” She added that the resort industry benefits from having clean environments for both guests and employees, as it relies on the experience of guests for business.
Ted Pappageorge, secretary treasurer of the Culinary Union Local 226, the labor union representing hospitality workers, argued that while five-star resorts like the Wynn might continue to clean their rooms daily, other hotels may not.
“Daily room cleaning is essential and needs to be a part of the safety and security of tourists (and) guests in our No. 1 industry in Nevada,” Pappageorge said.
At MGM Resorts’ properties, 43 percent of overnight guests in the last 12 months placed “do not disturb” signs on their doors, declining daily housekeeping, and have an average stay of 2.7 days, said Ayesha Molino, senior vice president of public affairs at MGM Resorts.
What about jobs?
Opponents argue that with no requirement to clean rooms daily, hotels will lay off housekeepers, which would further devastate communities of color still recovering from the pandemic. Pappageorge encouraged the Legislature to either oppose the bill, or change the law to ensure daily room cleaning provisions are intact.
Vassiliadis says jobs won’t be lost. On the contrary, there are many job openings as resorts plan ahead to support an influx of visitors from Formula 1 and the Super Bowl, as well as a “rolling amount” of events, conventions and special events coming into the city, he said.
The sponsor of the bill, state Sen. Marilyn Dondero Loop, D-Las Vegas, received a $10,000 campaign donation from the Nevada Resort PAC in December 2022. Assemblywoman Elaine Marzola, D-Henderson, chair of the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor, also received a $10,000 campaign donation from the PAC in October 2022, according to campaign finance records.
Contact Jessica Hill at jehill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jess_hillyeah on Twitter. | 2023-05-02T02:48:29+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/2023-legislature/debate-over-hotel-room-cleaning-bill-grows-contentious-in-nevada-2770731/ |
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Statehouse Republicans said Wednesday they will push the Legislature’s special session to July 25 and convene for multiple weeks.
The lawmakers plan to address the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, which eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion.
Lawmakers also will address the state’s budget surplus to determine if the billions in cash can be used to provided financial relief as inflation hits Hoosiers hard.
A news release from the Republicans says the Legislature’s special session will still begin July 6, as previously announced. But, the release also says, House Speaker Todd Huston, a Republican from Fishers, and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, a Republican from Martinsville, worked with GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb to push back the special session’s start date to July 25.
The release specifically says, “Bray and Huston also expect to address the state’s budget surplus and provide financial relief for Hoosiers during the special session. Bray and Huston also expect state legislators to take action to further protect life, and support new and expectant mothers.”
The Republican leaders said the Legislature “will vet bills through the full legislative process, including committee hearings and public testimony,” and updates will be posted on the state’s website.
State law, the Republicans say, allow a special session to last up to 40 calendar days.
The 2022 special session would be the 12th in Indiana since the Legislature first began meeting yearly in 1970. The most recent special session was in 2018.
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“If Republicans are determined to eliminate women’s right to privacy and force them to give birth against their will, then we must have a detailed analysis. People are shocked to learn that they’re losing 50 years of constitutional protection. I issue this call to Republican leadership: Let’s use the entire time allotted to us to study your proposed legislation as to abortion. Let’s give the public ample time and notice to come and make their thoughts on this known. Let’s have sufficient hearings to cover all aspects of this issue, ranging from who will pay, to the impact on our colleges, our insurers and victims of domestic violence. I want the legislature to be crystal-clear on the impact this law will have.”
State Rep. Ed DeLaney, a Democrat from Indianapolis | 2022-06-29T21:10:04+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/indiana-lawmakers-to-address-abortion-inflation-at-multiweek-special-session/ |
NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Torrid Holdings Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of CURV during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who purchased Torrid common stock in or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) in the first half of 2021, Torrid had experienced a temporary surge in demand as a result of changed consumer behaviors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and government stimulus and that such ephemeral demand trends had dissipated and were not internally projected to continue following the initial public offering ("IPO"); (ii) Torrid was suffering from severe supply chain disruptions caused by the emergence of the Delta variant of COVID-19, which had first emerged in May 2021; (iii) Torrid was running materially below historical inventory levels as a result of supply chain disruptions; (iv) as a result, Torrid did not have sufficient inventory to meet expected consumer demand for its fiscal third quarter of 2021; (v) as a result, late inventory arrival had materially impaired the Company from effectively matching consumer buying trends, creating an undisclosed risk of increased markdowns and promotional activities necessary to sell undesirable inventory; (vi) Torrid's Chief Financial Office planned to retire shortly after the IPO; and (vii) as a result of the above, representations made in the Company's registration statement regarding Torrid's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of the Company at the time of the IPO, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable factual basis.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Italian referee Daniele Orsato was chosen Friday to handle the opening game of the World Cup.
FIFA picked Orsato for Sunday’s match between host Qatar and Ecuador, describing him as “one of Europe’s most experienced referees.” He turns 47 on Wednesday.
Until 2016, FIFA imposed a mandatory age limit of 45 on match officials for international games.
Orsato, who was a video review official at the last World Cup, refereed the 2020 Champions League final when Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0. He worked three games at last year’s European Championship, which was won by his home country.
Italian referees have one of the best reputations in the modern era of World Cups, handling two of the past five finals.
FIFA referees committee chairman Pierluigi Collina officiated the 2002 final and Nicola Rizzoli was picked for the 2014 final.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to make using a full-size tub easier and safer for parents with babies," said an inventor, from Aurora, MO., "so I invented the BABY SEAT/ TUB WALL COMBO. My design would also require less water and it would increase safety and stability for the child."
The invention provides an effective way to create a smaller, contained bathing area for babies or toddlers within a full-size bathtub. In doing so, it offers an extremely stable bath seat for infants. As a result, it increases safety. It also helps to conserve water. The invention features a user-friendly design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for parents with infants and toddlers.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-TLP-186, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Little to no rainfall and now smoke from the Canadian wildfires are becoming growing concerns for Central New York farmers.
The uncertain weather patterns put Reeves Farms in quite the jam. A late May frost damaged nearly half of the farms sweet corn crop and killed off most of their squash.
“Obviously now with the smoke in the sky that’s actually causing temperatures to be low as well and then there’s no sun so it’s not the best growing conditions when things are 60 and no sun,” said Manager and Co-Owner of Reeves Farms Karin Reeves.
As a result of the cool conditions, it’s shaping up to be a slow strawberry harvest.
“By now we’d have lots and lots of strawberries,” Reeves said. “This cool weather has kind of delayed things a little bit.”
Reeves said this is one of the more difficult growing seasons and she’s doing her best to adapt to the changes.
Reeves Farms fruit stand is open for the season.
They will have strawberries available for sale, pick your own dates have not been set. | 2023-06-09T01:26:41+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/weather-extremes-threaten-farmers-crop/ |
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday issued a terse response to the House Jan. 6 select committee’s decision to refer criminal charges against former President Trump to the Justice Department.
“The entire nation knows who is responsible for that day. Beyond that, I don’t have any immediate observations,” McConnell said in a statement reacting to the House panel voting to refer four criminal charges against Trump to prosecutors in connection to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The committee, made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans, recommended the Justice Department investigate Trump for inciting insurrection, obstructing an official proceeding, conspiring to defraud the United States and conspiring to make a false statement.
The panel also recommended a formal ethics investigation of the role that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and several allies — Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) — played on Jan. 6 and in the days before.
McConnell’s statement responding to the action on the other side of the Capitol was bolder than those from some members of his leadership team.
Retiring Senate Republican Policy Committee Chairman Roy Blunt (Mo.) said he “had no idea” of the details of the referral.
Incoming Senate Republican Conference Vice Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said, “I never heard of Congress instructing [the Justice Department] in that way.”
She said the committee’s work was “obviously politicized.”
McConnell denounced Trump on the Senate floor in February 2021 after the former president was acquitted on the impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection.
“There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day,” McConnell said, after voting to acquit the president on the technical grounds that he no longer held the office.
Since then, McConnell has regularly declined to comment when asked what responsibility Trump bore for spreading the unsubstantiated belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. | 2022-12-19T23:43:08+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/hill-politics/mcconnell-on-jan-6-criminal-referral-of-trump-entire-nation-knows-who-is-responsible-for-that-day/ |
RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is one of the fastest growing Hot Dog and BBQ restaurants across the United States. With over 50 brick and mortar locations on the map as well as food trucks, Crave is really making their mark in the food and beverage industry. A fast casual restaurant concept, Crave specializes in BBQ, hot dogs, brats, sausages, as well as sides and toppings. The brand is especially known for their self-pour beer walls at every location that feature anywhere from 18-42 crafts, domestic, ciders, and mixed drinks on tap. The atmosphere at Crave is truly family friendly, where everyone can find something they enjoy. Several locations offer patios, and all locations have table games inside for customers to play while they eat and drink. Locations host trivia, bingo, karaoke, live music, kids eat free Wednesdays, and so much more! Each location has multiple flat screen TVS so that the customers can watch their favorite sport games and celebrate each win. Customers can enjoy Crave's offerings through dine-in, curbside pickup, take out, drive through, delivery, and catering!
Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ in Raleigh North Carolina has recently been voted by the people and awarded as the "Best BBQ restaurant" in News & Observers Raleigh's Best 2022! The owners of the Raleigh Crave location, Eric and Jesse Reyes, are grateful for this award and excited to continue the legacy!
"Raleigh is known for its great BBQ restaurants, and we couldn't be prouder to have been voted by the people! In less than a year of being open, to accomplish this feat speaks volumes! We look forward to the continued growth of this brand!" -Eric Reyes Owner of Crave Raleigh
You can visit Eric at his storefront location located at, 1028 Oberlin Road, Raleigh NC, 27605, or follow them on Facebook/Instagram to see where their food truck is serving up deliciousness!
Crave is expanding nationally and always looking for qualified franchisees for both brick-and-mortar locations as well as food trucks! For more information on owning your own Crave, please visit us at www.iwantcrave.com.
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Venezuelan comedian Angelo Colina is on a mission to make Spanish-language material mainstream in the U.S. comedy scene. In the past, Latinx comedians with non-English routines have largely been relegated to restaurants, bars and other spaces where Spanish already dominates. But Colina, 28, is part of a new generation of performers working to change that, one show at a time.
Standup comedy has long wrestled with American identity, and Black, Asian and Latinx comedians have remixed conversations about race and representation with an edge. Some of the nation's biggest names in standup comedy – Cheech Marin, George Lopez, Gabriel Iglesias and Cristela Alonzo — come from Chicano or Mexican-American backgrounds. But the most popular American routines are almost exclusively performed and commercially successful in English.
On a recent Sunday evening, a young, diverse audience filed into a Washington, D.C., club called Room 808 to see Gente Funny (People Funny) – the Spanish-language circuit Colina recently created. During his set, Colina asked people in the audience where they're from. A young guy sitting in the back raised his hand. "I'm from Bolivia, my friend's Cuban!"
"Bolivia y Cuba?" Colina replied in Spanish.
"I'm white as f***k," the Cuban friend said in English.
"No, you're not," Colina smirked. "Pero a los cubanos les encanta pensar que lo son." (But Cubans love thinking that they are)
The crowd erupted into laughter, as Colina continued to shake his head.
In interactions like these, Colina's performances poke and prod at the construction of Latinx and Hispanic identity in the United States, without subtitles. Framing and satirizing that identity is inevitably complicated because it encompasses such a wide range of races, countries, languages and cultural backgrounds. Spanish itself is an colonial language imposed throughout Latin America, where people still speak a variety of indigenous languages. But Colina says for Latinx performers, it can still feel like their identities need to check a certain box or rely on particular tropes.
"But I'm not only an immigrant, and I'm not only Venezuelan, and I'm not only a guy with an accent," he says.
Hispanic people comprise the biggest minority population in the country and Spanish is the most widely spoken non-English language in the U.S., according to the Census Bureau. But Colina says even as more films, TV shows and standup routines incorporate Spanish into their dialogue, it can often feel like the language is used as a decorative and superficial device.
"Because it's a café con leche or it's a chancla, and we're just so much more than that," he explains. "Our voices are different, and we speak differently, and we have a different sense of humor."
Coming to America
Colina first realized his sense of humor could lead to a career when he was studying filmmaking in Venezuela. A professor told him he was bad at writing dramas but good at making people laugh, so he began writing sketches and jokes. He left his hometown of Maracaibo to move to Bogota, Colombia for two years before eventually immigrating to the U.S. in 2018. It was while he was living in Utah that he performed standup for the first time: a three-minute set in English. Language barriers – and mistranslations – became central to his story.
"My mom doesn't speak English, and my entire set was talking to [her] about stuff I did in her bedroom with girls," he says. "She was just clapping, and everyone in the room was dying laughing because they knew she didn't know. And she was just happy to see me doing well."
Colina kept performing and sharing clips of his sets online, and he eventually connected with Venezuelan comedian Andrés Sereno, who invited him to do his first Spanish set in New York City. It went so well that Colina moved to the city not long after. But when they didn't find many opportunities to perform Spanish routines in clubs, he and Sereno created their own circuit called Español Please. Those shows are designed to connect first, second and third generation Latinos — and also dig into the experience of being bicultural and bilingual. It led to an invitation for the group to be part of the 2021 New York Comedy Festival.
By performing in Spanish, Colina says he didn't have to change his voice or justify how he sounds. First with Español Please and now with Gente Funny, he's providing a stage for other Latinx comedians to also share their material in Spanish.
Latinx representation pushes forward
"I think for a long time, there was this perception that in order to be a Latino comedian, you needed to be a comedian that fit the paradigm of what a Latino was for people that weren't," says Venezuelan American comedian and TV writer Joanna Hausmann, who's been making bilingual content for more than 10 years. "I really think there was this sense for a while that bilingual comedy was just not mainstream and there wasn't enough of an audience," says Hausmann.
But the rise of YouTube and social media video uploads changed everything, says Hausmann. Latinx-focused, bilingual content was no longer seen as niche. Soon, her own sketches and rants about immigration, identity and culture were drawing hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
On the larger pop culture stage, there's also the Bad Bunny phenomenon: a Puerto Rican singer who refused to "crossover" and make music in English for the larger pop market and still became one of the most acclaimed and successful superstars in the world. Colina and Hausmann both say there's a palpable new enthusiasm for Spanish as the main language of expression, from both inside and outside the culture. Cuban Dominican comedian Marcello Hernandez brought jokes in Spanglish to Saturday Night Live, and the second season of Los Espookys, from Ana Fabrega, Julio Torres and Fred Armisen, just received a Peabody Award.
The shift in the pop culture politics of Spanish is happening as the demographic makeup of Latino communities in the U.S. is also changing. From 2010 to 2019, Venezuelans, Guatemalans and Hondurans became the fastest-growing groups within the Hispanic demographic category. That shift is diversifying what Latinx communities look like, how they express themselves and how they connect with one another.
For Colina, with both his circuits and his solo headliner tour, "Little Alone" (a purposeful mistranslation of the word "solito"), the point is to foster a space where almost everyone in the audience speaks and understands English but is choosing to speak Spanish and tell jokes from that distinct point of view, with its specific sense of humor. As non-Spanish speakers find their way, Colina's attempts at translating the set into English becomes a punchline — one where only the bilingual members of the audience are in on the joke.
"I think that's our biggest flex as immigrants and as bilinguals," Colina says. "We get to decide how to dictate [the conversation] now."
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NEW YORK, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Milbank LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of a team of three highly regarded structured finance partners led by market-leading partner Michael L. Urschel to the Alternative Investments Practice in New York. The team joins the firm from King & Spalding LLP and includes partners Martin Y. Eid and Kathryn (Katie) Weiss.
Mr. Urschel is a preeminent attorney in the esoteric structured finance market. He has extensive experience with debt capital markets, securitizations, hybrid finance and structured lending. He has led the financing for the majority of recent franchised whole business securitizations and several dozen transactions involving cell tower, data center, fiber and other digital infrastructure assets, among other asset classes.
Together, Mr. Urschel, Mr. Eid and Ms. Weiss focus their practice on asset financing and acquisition financing of complex assets. Among other matters, they have advised on multiple first-of-their-kind hybrid whole business securitizations and digital infrastructure securitizations, including transactions that leverage the securitization of a business as acquisition financing.
"We are delighted to welcome Michael, Katie and Martin to Milbank," said Milbank Chairman Scott A. Edelman. "This uniquely talented team commands a high degree of respect in the structured finance field, and we know their collective work ethic makes them a perfect fit for the firm."
Mr. Urschel, Mr. Eid, Ms. Weiss and other colleagues built a top-tier structured finance practice at King & Spalding LLP with a specialty in whole business transactions, which Chambers USA ranked in Band 1 in the Whole Business category in 2021 and 2022. Mr. Urschel also earned a Band 1 ranking in the category, and Ms. Weiss and Mr. Eid are recognized as "Up and Coming" attorneys. Legal 500 also recognized their practice for its "business-focused mindset" and creative approach to client matters.
"Michael and the team's prowess in the structured finance space will be an invaluable addition to our practice," said Sean M. Solis, partner and member of the Alternative Investments Group. "We also see a tremendous opportunity for the team to cross-collaborate with our top-flight Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, given their strong experience with digital infrastructure securitizations and other complex transactions in relevant industries."
Mr. Urschel said: "Milbank's platform gives our team the opportunity to take our structured finance practice to a new level. We look forward to collaborating with our new colleagues across the firm's global offices and practices."
The team joins Milbank from the New York office of King & Spalding LLP. Mr. Urschel was head of the firm's Structured Finance Practice and member of its Financial Services Leadership team. He received his J.D. and an M.B.A from the from the University of North Carolina School at Chapel Hill. Ms. Weiss and Mr. Eid were partners in the Structured Finance practice. Ms. Weiss received her J.D. from Harvard University and Mr. Eid received a B.A., Law from Trinity College, Cambridge University.
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At least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the United States in 2022, the Human Rights Campaign announced Wednesday in its annual report ahead of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Transgender people of color account for 81% of known victims this year, and 59% were Black. Trans women are disproportionately represented, as they have been in years past, also comprising 81% of the deaths recorded at the time of publication.
The Human Rights Campaign has documented at least 302 violent deaths of transgender and gender-nonconforming people since the LGBTQ advocacy organization began tracking such fatalities in 2013 — the same year the FBI began tracking hate crimes against transgender people.
The victims have been “overwhelmingly Black, under 35 and killed with a firearm,” the report states.
Black transgender women, such as Shawmaynè Giselle Marie, a 27-year-old nursing assistant killed in June in Gulfport, Mississippi, comprise 63% of all recorded victims since 2013.
This week is Transgender Awareness Week and leads into Sunday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, an international observance honoring those killed by anti-transgender violence and drawing attention to the threats trans people face.
The Human Rights Campaign notes that the number of fatalities is likely an undercount because the deaths of trans people often go unreported or the victims are misgendered in news or police reports. The data does not encompass those who died by suicide, which has also been documented at significantly higher rates among LGBTQ people than in the general population.
The report found that 15 trans people have been killed by police or while incarcerated in jails, prisons or ICE detention centers since 2013, including two this year.
Other victims were killed by a person they knew. Since 2013, nearly one-fifth of those whose killer is known were killed by an intimate partner.
Among them is Ray Muscat, 26, who was fatally shot by his girlfriend in May in Michigan.
Fewer deaths have been reported than at the time of the publication of last year’s report — 47. In 2021, the Human Rights Campaign recorded its highest total of fatal violence against trans and gender-nonconforming people, with 57 deaths by the year’s end.
Shoshana Goldberg, public education and research director for the HRC Foundation, said this year’s report comes amid the largest recorded wave of anti-trans legislation at the state level, which she said has largely been fueled by disinformation and stigma.
Some bills sought to limit discussion of LGBTQ topics in schools, restrict gender-affirming health care, and prevent transgender children from playing on sports teams or using bathrooms that align with their gender identities.
Such bills, she said, fuel anti-LGBTQ sentiment by painting queer and transgender people as a risk to children and communities.
States have enacted 25 anti-LGBTQ bills so far this year, including 17 directed at transgender people, according to the report. More than 145 anti-transgender bills have been introduced across 34 states, marking the largest number recorded by the Human Rights Campaign in a state legislative session.
Although the bills do not directly encourage violence against LGBTQ people, Goldberg said, they enforce a culture of bias that is often exacerbated by racism and sexism and can lead to an increased risk of fatal violence.
“This year saw unprecedented amounts of negative rhetoric and stigma aimed by anti-equality political leaders and public figures at transgender and nonbinary people, as well as their families, loved ones and even their medical providers,” Goldberg said. “You can’t separate that from the horrific, ongoing violence against transgender people.”
An estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. 13 and older identify as transgender, according to the Williams Institute, a think tank focused on LGBTQ issues at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Hannah Schoenbaum, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | 2022-11-17T04:12:05+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/ap-report-at-least-32-transgender-people-killed-in-us-in-2022/ |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local governments in Minnesota are trying to find creative solutions to managing the cost of fueling their fleets of vehicles as gas prices remain high.
With gas prices recently near $5 a gallon in the Twin Cities, municipal leaders are looking for ways keep police squad cars, fire engines, dump trucks and park equipment fueled, yet stay on budget.
Many Minnesota communities are trying new ways to cut costs.
The city of Buffalo is urging carpooling and checking tire pressure on its vehicles to stretch a tank of gas.
“We’re projecting we will be coming in over our fuel budget,” said Taylor Gronau, Buffalo's assistant city administrator. “However, a lot of those trips are necessary and needed.”
Several communities are trying to add more electric and hybrid vehicles to their fleets — only to find huge backlogs, the Star Tribune reports.
Earlier this summer, Minneapolis started a program that gave home inspectors the option of taking e-bikes to job sites. It saved wear and tear on the vehicle fleet and cut the city’s gas consumption. Several other city agencies, from IT and public works staff are also looking into e-bikes.
While dozens of local governments are under state fuel contacts, which cover a majority of fuel purchases in bulk and at a fixed rate, many other communities don't participate, including Buffalo, which relies on retail gas stations to fuel its fleet. | 2022-07-13T14:23:08+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Cities-coping-with-rising-cost-of-fueling-17301921.php |
SARA CLINE and LEAH WILLINGHAM
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Court battles prompted by the Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling reversing abortion rights played out in multiple states Monday, with a judge in West Virginia blocking that state’s 150-year-old abortion ban and one in Louisiana leaving an order against enforcement of that state’s ban in place, for now.
In another Monday development, the Supreme Court issued an order that put Indiana a step closer to being able to enforce a parental notification law involving girls who get abortions before they turn 18.
In West Virginia, Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Tera L. Salango granted the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia a preliminary injunction against the 1800s-era ban, saying that in the absence of action by the court, the clinic and its patients, “especially those who are impregnated as a result of a rape or incest, are suffering irreparable harm.”
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey decried the ruling, calling it “a dark day for West Virginia.” He said his office will appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.
Women’s Health Center lawyers argued the 19th century law is void because it has not been enforced in more than 50 years and has been superseded by a slew of modern laws regulating abortion that acknowledge a woman’s right to the procedure. One example is West Virginia’s 2015 law, which allows abortions until 20 weeks.
State attorneys argued the law has not been active in decades only because prosecuting people for getting or performing abortions would have been illegal prior to the June 24 Supreme Court decision reversing Roe v. Wade. If lawmakers wanted to repeal the 1800s-era law, they would have done so, they argued.
In Louisiana, where an abortion clinic and others are challenging the state ban, District Judge Donald Johnson left a June 11 restraining order in place. He gave both sides until Tuesday morning to submit their “proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law” in the case and gave no indication when he would finally rule.
Johnson is pondering whether to allow enforcement of the abortion ban that was written in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision.
Whatever Johnson decides, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said he anticipates that the case will ultimately end up before the Louisiana Supreme Court.
“We believe that ultimately we will prevail and the rule of law will be upheld,” Landry said during a news conference, that was mostly drowned out by the chants of nearby protesters, following Monday’s court hearing. “Those people who don’t like it have two choices — they can try to change the law, but if they find themselves in the minority of ideas then they can pack their bags and go somewhere else.”
In Indiana, a U.S. Supreme Court order put the state a step closer to being able to enforce a parental notification law involving girls who get abortions before they turn 18.
The law has been blocked for five years, but the Supreme Court ordered lower courts to take a new look at the law following the landmark June 24 decision. The order formally returned the Indiana case to lower courts that had refused to act while awaiting the judgement.
Abortion remains legal in Indiana up to about 20 weeks.
In Louisiana, there is little question that an abortion ban will eventually be in effect in the state where the Legislature has long been dominated by abortion opponents. The question as the lawsuit there progresses is when. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are a north Louisiana abortion clinic and other supporters of legal abortion. They have managed to buy time for Louisiana’s three abortion clinics, in Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, while they argue that the current law is unconstitutionally vague.
The plaintiffs say the law has multiple, conflicting trigger mechanisms. They also argue that state law is unclear on whether it bans an abortion prior to a fertilized egg implanting in the uterus.
In addition, although the law provides an exception for “medically futile” pregnancies in cases of fetuses with fatal abnormalities, the plaintiffs argue that the criteria for what constitutes such a pregnancy is unclear.
That leaves doctors “paralyzed” in trying to decide when an abortion would be legal, attorney Joanna Wright argued for the plaintiffs.
Landry’s office argues that the state ban is constitutional and should no longer be blocked. Landry, in a filing last week, argued that the law “needs only to delineate what is illegal — not define what is legal.” John Balhoff, an attorney representing Landry, argued that the terms are clear and defined.
The lawsuit originated in New Orleans, where a judge issued a temporary order blocking enforcement of the ban June 27. Nearly two weeks later, a second New Orleans judge sent the case to Baton Rouge, saying state law required that it be heard in the capital. That move, in effect, ended the initial restraining order.
But Johnson issued a second temporary restraining order July 11.
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Willingham reported from Charleston, West Virginia. Associated Press writers Kevin McGill in New Orleans and Mark Sherman in Washington contributed to this report.
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BOSTON (AP) — Yu Chang snapped an 0-for-28 drought with a two-run homer and delivered a go-ahead, two-run single after Los Angeles’ Matt Thaiss was called for his second catcher’s interference in the eighth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 9-7 comeback win over the Angels on Saturday.
Rafael Devers added his seventh homer, a two-run shot, and Rob Refsnyder drove in two runs for Boston.
Gio Urshela hit a grand slam and drove in five runs and Mike Trout added three hits with his 300th career double for the Angels, who were sloppy in a 5-3 loss in the series opener.
The 31-year-old Trout became the fourth in MLB history to reach 300 doubles, 300 homers and 200 stolen bases by his age-31 season, joining Willie Mays, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez.
Shohei Ohtani had two singles, his second had pushed the Angels ahead 7-6. He extended his on-base streak to 36 games, the majors’ longest current active stretch.
Thaiss had his catcher’s interferences in three batters to help Boston load the bases in the eighth against Ryan Tepera (1-1) before Chang drove his single to left. Tepera walked Refsnyder with the bases loaded.
Ryan Brasier (1-0) got the win and Kenley Jansen the final three outs for his fourth save and the 395th of his career.
A day after the Angels made three errors, allowed a run on a passed ball, hit a batter and walked six in a 5-3 loss, Urshela’s first-inning slam into the first row of Green Monster seats gave them a 4-0 lead.
Devers’ hit his over the Monster in the bottom half.
Chang’s came in a three-run fourth that pushed Boston ahead 6-4.
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The Angels called up highly touted shortstop Zach Neto from Double-A before the game, demoting shortstop David Fletcher to Triple-A.
The 22-year-old Neto was the club’s first pick from the 2022 draft and he’s the initial player from that class to make their MLB debut. He went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.
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Both starters, Boston’s Nick Pivetta and Tyler Anderson each gave up six runs in four innings.
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There was a pregame ceremony honoring medical personnel, fire and police that came to the aide of injured near the finish line when two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon 10 years ago. Angela Menino, the widow of then-Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick were also on hand.
The father of Krystle Campbell and aunt of Lingzi Lu, two of the three killed that day, threw out ceremonial pitches along with some that were injured. More than 260 were injured.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: Urshela collided with second baseman Brandon Drury, ranging far to catch a pop up. The two went to the ground hard but stayed in the game.
Red Sox: Manager Alex Cora said outfielder Masataka Yoshida will probably DH on Sunday and return to left field for the Patriots’ Day morning game when Ohtani is scheduled to pitch for the Angels. Yoshida missed his fourth straight with hamstring tightness.
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Angels: LHP Reid Detmers (0-0, 5.59 ERA) is slated to make his third start this season in Sunday’s game.
Red Sox: RHP Garrett Whitlock (0-1, 9.00) is set to start for the second time after beginning the season on the injured list while recovering from offseason hip surgery. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-04-16T00:15:17+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/chang-has-4-rbis-red-sox-rally-for-9-7-win-over-17899672.php |
The Nancy Pelosi era has come to an end.
After leading the Democrats for the last two decades, the House Speaker announced Thursday that she will step down next year from her spot at the top of the party, closing a momentous run for the most powerful woman in U.S. history while clearing the way for a younger generation of up-and-coming lawmakers to climb into the leadership ranks.
The announcement, which came shortly after late midterm results had officially flipped House control to the Republicans, sent shockwaves across Capitol Hill, as lawmakers in both parties grappled with the thought of a Democratic House without Pelosi at the helm.
Yet the departure is only partial: Pelosi will cede her formal leadership seat, but remain in Congress indefinitely, where she’s aiming to assume a mentorship role and grease the transition for whichever new leader fills the mantle. Such a role would be unprecedented in modern memory — most leaders who step down quickly leave Congress — but Pelosi is not one to do things by the book.
The House chamber during Pelosi’s speech was a study of partisan contrasts. While her Democratic allies packed into their side of the chamber, filling almost every seat, the Republican side of the chamber was virtually empty — a sign of just how polarized Congress has become in recent years.
Only a handful of GOP lawmakers were on hand for the speech, including Reps. Joe Wilson (S.C.), Tim Burchett (Tenn.), Doug LaMalfa (Calif.) and Young Kim (Calif.). But a vast majority of Republicans skipped the event, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.). Only one member of the GOP leadership team was on hand: Rep. Steve Scalise (La), the Republican whip, who gave Pelosi a standing ovation at the end.
Burchett and LaMalfa later hugged Pelosi.
Her announcement ends the perennial speculation game surrounding the future of Capitol Hill’s single most powerful lawmaker, and she kept them guessing to the very last.
After Democrats had staved off a red wave in this year’s elections, there was plenty of talk that Pelosi could remain in power, if she chose, even despite a previous pledge to step out of leadership at the end of this term.
In the end, Pelosi suggested her decision to exit hinged more on the recent assault on her husband, Paul Pelosi, who was bludgeoned with a hammer last month at the family’s San Francisco home by an intruder whose intended target, police said, was the Speaker.
By remaining in Congress outside of leadership, Pelosi can remain influential as an adviser, fundraiser and vote-getting whip while taking a foot off the gas of her famously frenetic schedule — a hybrid role that will allow her to spend more time with her recuperating husband.
On Capitol Hill, the change will be seismic.
Pelosi has led the House Democrats since 2003, marking the longest leadership run in either party since the legendary tenure of Sam Rayburn, a Texas Democrat, who died in office in 1961. Over those 20 years, she oversaw passage of some of the most significant legislative accomplishments of the last half-century; raised more than $1.2 billion for the party; and shattered the glass ceiling in 2007, when she became the first woman ever to ascend to the House Speakership — a feat she repeated in 2019.
“She’s a tough, effective, focused, disciplined woman. I wasn’t always on the same side as her — and it’s not pleasant being on the other side of her — but she knew how to bring a disparate group of people together to get the job done,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), a close Pelosi ally, said Thursday morning as Democrats waited anxiously for the Speaker’s announcement.
“For women, the doors have been opened wider for all of us because of what she did.”
Along the way, Pelosi helped steer the congressional response to the Great Recession; guided the passage of ObamaCare; secured trillions of dollars in emergency relief through the COVID-19 pandemic; and made the decision to impeach former President Trump, not once but twice.
Pelosi also launched the special investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the results of which could reverberate through the legal and political world for many years to come.
“I’m not a House historian, but what I hear from House historians is [she’s] probably the strongest Speaker of the House we have seen in many, many, many years,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), another close Pelosi ally.
“It’s values, her strategic ability, her knowledge of the system, how to negotiate — all of those really melded into one person, which have forged an unbelievable legislative legacy,” she continued. “And that’s wherein lies her strength. … Someone who knows how to get from A to B, with a very diverse caucus.”
Part of that legacy will be this year’s midterm elections. Heading into the polls last week, Republicans were expecting a rout, one that would lend them a considerable majority to do battle with President Biden through the last two years of his first term. Instead, Democrats were able to cling to dozens of toss-up seats in battleground districts, limiting the Republican gains and making it harder for GOP leaders to govern next year.
“This really solidifies her legacy as the most accomplished Speaker in U.S. history, by all measures — all measures,” Ashley Etienne, Pelosi’s former communications director, said of Pelosi’s role in the Democrats’ midterm performance. “There’s no question.”
Pelosi’s decision will clear the bottleneck that’s existed at the very top of the Democratic Caucus since 2003, when she and her top deputy, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), assumed the leading spots. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) would join them in 2006 in the No. 3 slot, where he has remained ever since.
Neither Hoyer nor Clyburn have ruled out bids to remain in power in the next Congress. But a younger group of up-and-coming Democrats is eager to climb the leadership ladder, or just get into the ranks.
Three current members of leadership — Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Katherine Clark (Mass.) and Pete Aguilar (Calif.) — are expected to launch bids for higher spots at the first opportunity.
Jeffries, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, is widely viewed as the favorite to replace Pelosi. And Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), who heads the Black Caucus, predicted Thursday that every member of that group would back Jeffries.
But Hoyer, after almost 20 years right behind Pelosi, has raised tens of millions of dollars for the party over the years, building his own loyal following along the way.
Updated at 1:02 p.m. | 2022-11-17T19:10:06+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/end-of-an-era-pelosi-steps-down-as-house-democratic-leader/ |
Fit First Turkey Trot brings about 400 entries to Bay St. Louis
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - Folks in Bay St. Louis began their Thanksgiving Day bright and early for the 11th annual “Fit First Turkey Trot.”
It was a day for turkeys - of all kinds.
“We dress up as turkeys to show our support and where our loyalties lie,” joked participant John Michael Ladner. “We stand with turkeys.”
But our furry friends are also front and center.
“The Friends of the Animal Shelter makes sure that the animal shelter in Hancock County gets everything that they need that’s on their wish list,” said Bay St. Louis Running Company president Leanne Murray. “They provide food and bedding and cleaning supplies - anything that they need, they take care of. And so, we’re here to help them.”
The main attraction was a 5K race as well as a one-mile fun run.
“Before you eat a bunch of turkey and stuffing, it feels good to run, and it’s a great thing to do with your family,” said race director Joel Lawhead. “It’s a family activity and people are coming in from out of town, we have 14 states represented today.”
And the participation was on par with last year at about 400 entries.
There were a lot of prizes for the winners of this race. The top prize, of course, was a full turkey dinner.
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Jerry Springer, former mayor who transformed daytime TV, dead at 79
Posted/updated on: April 27, 2023 at 9:45 amJerry Springer, the former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose eponymous daytime show transformed talk television, has died, ABC News has confirmed. He was 79.
According to his rep, Springer "died peacefully Thursday at his home in suburban Chicago."
Jene Galvin, a lifelong friend and spokesman for the family, added: "Jerry's ability to connect with people was at the heart of his success in everything he tried whether that was politics, broadcasting or just joking with people on the street who wanted a photo or a word."
She continued, "He's irreplaceable and his loss hurts immensely, but memories of his intellect, heart and humor will live on."
The statement concluded, as his shows did, with a final thought: "To remember Jerry, the family asks that in lieu of flowers you consider following his spirit and make a donation or commit to an act of kindness to someone in need or a worthy advocacy organization. As he always said, 'Take care of yourself, and each other.'"
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Brutal heat continues to grip Asia in warning for the world
Asia remains in the grip of a blistering heat wave, chiming with predictions from climate scientists that 2023 could be the world's hottest year.
In an ominous sign ahead of the northern hemisphere summer, an emerging El Nino weather pattern is pushing the mercury to unprecedented levels in southern parts of the continent.
Vietnam reported its highest ever temperature of 44.2C over the weekend, triggering power shortage warnings, while Laos also likely broke records. The Philippines cut classroom hours after the heat index reached the "danger" zone, reflecting the potentially deadly combination of heat and humidity.
The scorching temperatures follow a pattern of increasing extreme weather, caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, that's sending the world into uncharted territory. The sweltering conditions are testing the ability of governments to protect public health and also to prevent major disruptions to agriculture and power generation in economies that are still recovering from the ravages of Covid-19.
El Nino - characterized by warmer ocean temperatures across the Pacific - has far-reaching impacts on weather patterns around the world. It could bring relief to drought-parched areas of Argentina and the southern U.S., while blanketing parts of Asia and Australia with hotter, drier conditions. Coffee, sugar, palm oil and cocoa crops would be especially vulnerable.
The prolonged dryness across Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand is due to suppressed rainfall over the past winter, said Tieh-Yong Koh, an associate professor and weather and climate scientist at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.
"Because dry soil heats up faster than moist soil, a hot anomaly naturally forms as spring arrives," he said, adding that this has been exacerbated by global warming over the past decades.
Temperatures in Thailand remained above 40C in many northern and central regions over much of last week, pushing power demand to a fresh peak. A group of businesses and banks have asked the government to prepare an action plan to deal with a potential drought that they say might last for three years.
Rainfall in Malaysia may be as much as 40% lower in some areas, which could put palm oil production at risk in one of the world's biggest producers of the commodity. Authorities are closely monitoring the return of forest fires and air pollution. An El Nino in 2015 caused a particularly bad episode of haze that was one of the worst environmental disasters in Southeast Asia.
Elsewhere in Asia, scorching temperatures have also roasted parts of China, India and Bangladesh over the past few weeks. Yunnan province, a major aluminum hub in southwest China, suffered its worst drought in a decade last month. India is on alert for more heat waves following soaring temperatures in April that prompted school closures in some states and caused at least 11 people to die of heat stroke after attending an event.
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Bloomberg's Thomas Kutty Abraham, Nguyen Kieu Giang, Manolo Serapio Jr. and Anuradha Raghu contributed to this report. | 2023-05-08T14:51:09+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2023/05/08/brutal-heat-continues-to-grip-asia-in-warning-for-the-world/70194312007/ |
TORONTO, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Khiron Life Sciences Corp. ("Khiron" or the "Company") (TSXV: KHRN) (OTCQX: KHRNF) (Frankfurt: A2JMZC), a global leader in medical cannabis throughout Latin America and Europe, today announced that Helen Bellwood (ACA) will be appointed as Interim CFO, replacing Swapan Kakumanu of RTB LLP, effective immediately.
Prior to her appointment as Interim CFO, Ms. Bellwood was acting as Head of Finance for Khiron´s European operations, based in London (United Kingdom). Ms. Bellwood currently heads the Company's Finance Department in Europe since 2021 and has been working for Zerenia™ Clinics UK since its inception. Over the time, Ms. Bellwood has gained an in-depth understanding of this industry and the Company. Ms. Bellwood is a Chartered Accountant ACA (ICAEW), and has more than 24 years of experience in finance, including five years as an auditor for KPMG in the UK and has served as a senior global finance executive for various British-based CPG companies, such as Diageo PLC and Majestic Wine PLC.
Mr. Alvaro Torres, Khiron CEO and Director, commented: "On behalf of the Board of Directors and the management team, I would like to thank Swapan and RTB for their contributions to our finance team, and we welcome Helen to this new interim CFO role. Having worked closely with Helen, we have full confidence in her experience, financial leadership, and business acumen to assume this important role at Khiron, as we continue to grow our operations in Europe and Latin America. The UK has become and continues to be more significant to Khiron´s overall revenue and profitability, with more than 1 million CAD in revenue just in the first quarter of this year, and a clear path towards short-term EBITDA positivity".
Khiron is a leading vertically integrated international medical cannabis corporation with core operations in Latin America and Europe. Leveraging medical health clinics and proprietary telemedicine platforms, Khiron combines a patient-oriented approach, physician education programs, scientific, product innovation, and cannabis operations expertise to drive prescriptions and brand loyalty with patients worldwide. The Company has a sales presence in Colombia, Peru, Germany, United Kingdom, and Brazil and is positioned to commence sales in Mexico. The Company is led by co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Alvaro Torres, together with an experienced and diverse executive team and Board of Directors.
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Embedded Software Development Teams Report Effortless Adoption & Increased Code Coverage
MONROVIA, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parasoft, a global leader in automated software testing for over 35 years, shared that medical device companies that use its automated software testing solution for C/C++ embedded development are reporting effortless adoption of test-driven development (TDD), decreases in code complexity, and increases in code coverage. The powerful combination of Parasoft C/C++test and DTP provides clear reporting and analytic insights, enabling medical device software development teams to achieve static analysis, unit testing, and code coverage requirements. To learn more, download the IEC 62304 Software Compliance ebook.
Parasoft will showcase its medical automated software testing solutions for process standards compliance, code safety, and cybersecurity at the 3rd Annual Medical Device and Diagnostic Software Development and Compliance Conference on October 18 and 19 in Boston, MA.
- Visit Parasoft at booth #7 to talk with an expert about ensuring compliance to industry standard IEC 62304 on safety and security standards, such as IEC 62443 and UL 2900.
- Attend the discussion, Barriers to Managing SaMD, on October 18 at 12:35 EST at Roundtable 3.
"This event is a fantastic opportunity to share insights, acquire knowledge, and listen to different perspectives from others in the medical device industry," said Ricardo Camacho, director of regulatory safety and security compliance. "I'm looking forward to hosting our roundtable discussion around SaMD. We'll discuss challenges, best practices, compliance, and test automation."
By automating the testing practices required by functional safety standards and implementing TDD workflows, Parasoft's medical device customers, like Smiths Medical, are seeing results.
"Parasoft C/C++test seamlessly integrates into our CI pipeline with a low learning curve, reducing adoption costs," said the senior principal software architect at Smiths Medical. His team observed that the number of tests increased due to efforts in obtaining better code coverage. Instead of test failures going up in tandem with the increased number of tests, they dropped.
Additionally, the ratio of open to closed defects has been trending toward zero. This indicates an improvement in test case quality in terms of clarity and properly set expected test results. Lastly, the amount of manual labor required to fix defects or the tests themselves has decreased. Read the customer success story.
Parasoft helps organizations continuously deliver quality software with its market-proven, integrated suite of automated software testing tools. Supporting the embedded, enterprise, and IoT markets, Parasoft's technologies reduce the time, effort, and cost of delivering secure, reliable, and compliant software by integrating everything from deep code analysis and unit testing to web UI and API testing, plus service virtualization and complete code coverage, into the delivery pipeline. Bringing all this together, Parasoft's award winning reporting and analytics dashboard delivers a centralized view of quality enabling organizations to deliver with confidence and succeed in today's most strategic ecosystems and development initiatives — security, safety-critical, Agile, DevOps, and continuous testing.
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Milton, VT – A man who was fishing fell into the Lamoille River Friday night and died. Police and firefighters responded to the area around Peterson Dam around 4:30 p.m. for a report of a person in the water.
Multiple Milton Fire, Rescue Police vehicles responded. A man was found dead in the wtaer and removed by the Milton Fire Department. According to Milton Police, a preliminary investigation shows the man slipped into the river while fishing.
Police say more information will be released after the man’s family has been notified. | 2023-06-02T23:49:13+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/fisherman-killed-after-falling-into-lamoille-river-in-milton/ |
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- Carolina compiled an 8-8-0 record against the spread last season.
- Panthers games went over the point total eight out of 17 times last season.
- While Carolina ranked 22nd in total defense with 349.8 yards allowed per game last season, it was slightly worse on offense, ranking fourth-worst (306.2 yards per game).
- Last year the Panthers were 5-4 at home, but they had only two road victories.
- Carolina was winless (0-4) when favored and 6-6 as underdogs.
- In the NFC South the Panthers were 4-2, and in the conference overall they went 6-6.
Panthers Impact Players
- Miles Sanders rushed for 1,269 yards (74.6 per game) and 11 touchdowns in 17 games last year with the Eagles.
- In 14 games with the Saints, Andy Dalton threw for 2,871 yards (205.1 per game), with 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions, and a completion percentage of 66.7%.
- In the Vikings' passing game a season ago, Adam Thielen scored six TDs, catching 70 balls for 716 yards (42.1 per game).
- On the ground, Chuba Hubbard scored two touchdowns and accumulated 466 yards (31.1 per game).
- In 15 games last year, Frankie Luvu posted 7.0 sacks to go with 19.0 TFL, 111 tackles, and one interception.
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MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government not only did no apparent work, but also channeled a large chunk of the money to a yacht company on behalf of a fugitive billionaire, according to new allegations in a civil suit.
The accusations against former Congressman David Rivera come in a new filing Friday in New York federal court by opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who now control the U.S.-based affiliates of the South American nation’s state oil company.
Rivera’s Interamerican Consulting was sued in 2020 by PDV USA — a Delaware-based affiliate of Venezuelan-owned Citgo. It alleges Rivera performed no work for the $50 million contract he signed in 2017 for three months of “strategic consulting” meant to build bridges with key U.S. stakeholders.
The same contract has been the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in Miami looking into, among other things, whether Rivera failed to register as a foreign lobbyist as required bv law.
Rivera has not been charged with any crime, but the new filings give a detailed look at his dealings with Venezuela’s state-run oil industry and how he allegedly spent the money he received.
Around the same time Rivera was hired, Maduro’s government had launched a charm offensive to curry favor with the Trump administration. It initially avoided outright criticism of the new U.S. leader and even donated $500,000 to his inaugural committee through Citgo.
The new court filing is based on evidence only recently uncovered by PDV USA’s attorneys, including 18,000 text and WhatsApp messages from Rivera’s phone and statements he made during a two-day deposition in July.
Rivera received only $15 million of the original amount, but the new filing says he spent part of that on unexplained payments to a convicted drug trafficker and to a company managing yachts on behalf of a Venezuelan TV magnate wanted for arrest by U.S. authorities.
“Mr. Rivera never provided any services to Citgo and, it appears, never intended to do so,” according to the filing by PDV USA. “Instead, the true purpose of the agreement was to cover up illicit transactions.”
Rivera did not reply to a request for comment, but he has maintained his innocence and has countersued PDV USA alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment for its failure to pay $30 million he says he is still owed.
According to the filing, in one exchange of messages with Raul Gorrin — a Maduro insider who owns Venezuela’s largest private TV network — Rivera discussed trying to set up a meeting between Venezuela’s foreign minister and executives from the U.S. oil company Exxon.
The new filing cites a message in which Rivera and Gorrin texted one another that “the concert ticket is $15, not 20, as we said last night” — wording PDV USA’s lawyers call a “clear reference to a bribe.”
“At deposition, Mr. Rivera was unable to explain what this text message meant, and testified that he did not remember attending any concerts at that time,” PDV USA stated in its filing. It did not say who a bribe might have been meant for and the meeting never took place.
Rivera had asked the court to shield his communications with Gorrin, who the U.S. alleges was the mastermind of a conspiracy to siphon $1.2 billion from PDVSA — Venezuela’s state oil company. Gorrin is a lawyer, though not licensed to practice in the United States, and a judge in June ruled that Rivera’s communications with him did not meet the threshold for attorney-client privilege and must be handed over as part of what’s known as discovery.
Of the $15 million that Rivera received, about 75% was transferred to other individuals, according to the new filing. Around $3.75 million was transferred to a Miami company, Interglobal Yacht Management. Rivera claimed the money was an expense for services under the contract. PDV USA alleges instead it was used to pay for maintenance on one of Gorrin’s superyachts.
Similar amounts went to Esther Nuhfer, who is described as a longtime political associate of Rivera, as well as Hugo Perera, a Miami developer who pleaded guilty to tax fraud in a massive drug-smuggling case in the 1990s against the feared Cali Cartel.
Rivera testified that the payments were referral fees and for assistance he received as part of the consulting contract, according to PDV USA.’s account. But the new anti-Maduro management claims PDV USA never gave Rivera permission to outsource the work, as was expressly required by the consulting agreement.
To justify the large payments, PDV USA alleges Rivera created “phony contracts” backdated to March 20, 2017 — the day before the consulting agreement took effect.
Interglobal declined to sign the backdated contract, saying it had not performed that sort of subcontractor service.
“In short, PDV USA received nothing from Interamerican in exchange for making payments of $15 million,” the plaintiffs allege. “Most of that sum was transferred to third parties that are either indicted fugitives from justice or under criminal investigation in connection with those payments.”
The filing also alleges that other payments, deducted as expenses by Interamerican, were in reality moved between accounts controlled by Rivera. The new filings allege that Rivera’s own accountant testified in a deposition after meeting with criminal investigators from the Internal Revenue Service that he believed his client had committed tax fraud.
The consulting contract had all the hallmarks of a sham, according to PDV USA. Rivera’s Interamerican made just $9,500 in the year prior to signing the multimillion-dollar deal.
The lawsuit claims the company then controlled by Maduro loyalists hired Interamerican out of the blue, without due diligence, and that Rivera never met in person with anyone from Citgo or PDV USA while supposedly working on its behalf. Instead, he filed two “deficient and incoherent” progress reports of the seven he was required to submit.
“The written record is bereft of any evidence that Interamerican performed any of the contracted services,” PDV USA argues in the new filings. “There is not a single email, a single PowerPoint presentation, a single outline, a single memorandum, a single calendar entry, or anything else suggesting that Interamerican ever performed any of the services.”
Rivera, a Republican, served a single term in Congress, in 2011-2013, and during that time honored Venezuelan exiles fleeing socialist rule and cosponsored legislation seeking to withhold funding from the Organization of American States until it confronted then President Hugo Chávez for allegedly violating Venezuela’s constitution.
While serving as a state legislator, he shared a house in Tallahassee with now-Sen. Marco Rubio, who was the state House speaker at the time. Rivera has been embroiled in several election-related controversies since then, including orchestrating the stealth funding of an obscure Democratic candidate to take on his main rival in a South Florida congressional race. Last year, he was fined $456,000 for violating campaign finance laws in connection to that plot.
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NORWOOD, Mass., June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBP) ("Corbus" or the "Company"), a precision oncology company, today announced that the Company is set to join the Russell Microcap® Index at the conclusion of the 2023 Russell indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the US market opens today, as part of the 2023 Russell indexes reconstitution.
Membership in the Russell Microcap® Index, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the appropriate growth and value style indexes. FTSE Russell determines membership for its Russell indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.
Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies. Approximately $12.1 trillion in assets are benchmarked against Russell's US indexes. Russell indexes are part of FTSE Russell, a leading global index provider.
For more information on the Russell Microcap® Index and the Russell indexes reconstitution, go to the "Russell Reconstitution" section on the FTSE Russell website.
About Corbus
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "Corbus") is a precision oncology company committed to helping people defeat serious illness by bringing innovative scientific approaches to well understood biological pathways. Corbus' internal development pipeline includes CRB-701, a next generation antibody drug conjugate (ADC) that targets the expression of Nectin-4 on cancer cells to release a cytotoxic payload and CRB-601, an anti-integrin monoclonal antibody which blocks the activation of TGFβ expressed on cancer cells. Corbus is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts. For more information on Corbus, visit corbuspharma.com. Connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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INVESTOR CONTACT:
Sean Moran
Chief Financial Officer
Corbus Pharmaceuticals
Sean.moran@corbuspharma.com
Bruce Mackle Managing Director
LifeSci Advisors, LLC
bmackle@lifesciadvisors.com
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DCISionRT® Reclassifies over 50% of DCIS Patients with Low-Risk Clinicopathology into Elevated or Residual Risk Groups Who Benefit Greatly from Radiation Therapy
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prelude Corporation (PreludeDx™), a leader in molecular diagnostics and precision medicine for early-stage breast cancer, today announced study results demonstrating that DCISionRT provides patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) superior risk and RT benefit prediction compared to common clinicopathologic features. The data was presented in an oral presentation at the 64th Annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting, held on October 23 – 26, 2022 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX.
This study, titled 'Re-thinking clinicopathologic risk assessment in DCIS: Pooled data from validation studies comparing a 7-gene DCIS assay to clinicopathologic features alone', highlighted that clinicopathologic criteria were poor predictors of 10-year ipsilateral breast recurrence (IBR) rates and radiation therapy (RT) benefit in 926 women from four international cohorts.
"With DCISionRT, clinicians can now identify which DCIS patients, despite having low-risk clinicopathologic features, who can decrease their risk of recurrence by 70% or more with RT after breast conserving surgery. Utilizing this genomic tool, we can also confidently identify a truly Low Risk group of patients who can safely forego RT, even if they have high risk clinicopathologic factors," said Chirag Shah, MD, Co-Director of Comprehensive Breast Program and Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. "It is important to follow the clinical evidence when making the best treatment decisions with our patients. As clinicians, we should not rely on clinicopathologic factors alone, which are inadequate to personalize radiation treatment decisions, especially when compared to the DCISionRT predictive test."
"DCISionRT provides unique game-changing information to enable physicians and DCIS patients to confidently make a personalized treatment decision," said Dan Forche, President and CEO of PreludeDx. "We are honored by the overwhelming recognition of this latest data with oral presentations at three national medical conferences and the recent publication of validation data in ASTRO's prestigious Red Journal."
DCISionRT is the only risk assessment test for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) that predicts radiation therapy benefit. Patients with DCIS have cancerous cells lining the milk ducts of the breast, but they have not spread into surrounding breast tissue. In the US, over 60,000 women are newly diagnosed with DCIS each year. DCISionRT, developed by PreludeDx on technology licensed from the University of California San Francisco, and built on research that began with funding from the National Cancer Institute, enables physicians to better understand the biology of DCIS. DCISionRT combines the latest innovations in molecular biology with risk-based assessment scores to assess a woman's individual tumor biology along with other pathologic risk factors and provide a personalized recurrence risk. The test provides a Decision Score™ that identifies a woman's risk as low or elevated. Unlike other risk assessment tools, the DCISionRT test combines protein expression from seven biomarkers and four clinicopathologic factors, using a non-linear algorithm to account for multiple interactions between individual factors in order to better interpret complex biological information. DCISionRT's intelligent reporting provides a woman's recurrence risk after breast conserving surgery alone and with the addition of radiation therapy. In turn, this new information may help patients and their physicians to make more informed treatment decisions.
PreludeDx is a leading personalized breast cancer diagnostics company dedicated to serving breast cancer patients and physicians worldwide. Founded in 2009 with technology licensed from University of California San Francisco, PreludeDx has focused on developing precision breast cancer tools that will impact a patient's treatment decision. Our mission is to provide patients and physicians with innovative technologies that improve patient outcomes and reduce the overall cost burden to the healthcare system. Before making a treatment decision, Know Your Risk™. PreludeDx is a Fjord Ventures portfolio company.
For more information on how PreludeDx is making a difference for patients, please visit the Company's website: https://preludedx.com and follow us on Twitter @PreludeDx, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
PreludeDx, the PreludeDx logo, DCISionRT, the DCISionRT logo, DecisionTree, Decision Score, The DCIS Test, Know Your Risk and Your Biology, Your Decision are trademarks of Prelude Corporation or its wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States and foreign countries.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF"), announces that KSF has commenced an investigation into CareDx, Inc. (NasdaqGM: CDNA).
On October 28, 2021, the Company disclosed that it was the subject of at least three government investigations related to its "accounting and public reporting practices," including the recent receipt of a civil investigative demand ("CID") from the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") requesting the Company produce documents in connection with the DOJ's False Claims Act investigation. Then, on May 5, 2022, the Company announced its 1Q2022 results, disclosing testing service revenue that fell well short of analysts' expectations and another decline in average sales price for testing in which the Company's average price declined by approximately 4.9% versus the last quarter of 2021.
Thereafter, the Company and certain of its executives were sued in a securities class action lawsuit, charging them with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws, which remains ongoing.
KSF's investigation is focusing on whether CareDx's officers and/or directors breached their fiduciary duties to its shareholders or otherwise violated state or federal laws.
If you have information that would assist KSF in its investigation, or have been a long-term holder of CareDx shares and would like to discuss your legal rights, you may, without obligation or cost to you, call toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or email KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgm-cdna/ to learn more.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
Contact:
Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
Lewis Kahn, Managing Partner
lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com
1-877-515-1850
1100 Poydras St., Suite 3200
New Orleans, LA 70163
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NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Daktronics, Inc. ("Daktronics" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DAKT). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Daktronics and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On December 6, 2022, Daktronics disclosed that it would be unable to timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 29, 2022, and that there is "substantial doubt" about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Daktronics also disclosed that it recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $13.0 million for deferred tax assets which "created a covenant violation under our line of credit agreement." The Company further disclosed that "[i]n light of the substantial doubt in our ability to continue as a going concern and our related evaluation of the income tax implications of reaching this conclusion, the Company also expects to conclude that its disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting were not effective as a result of material weaknesses."
On this news, Daktronics' stock price fell $1.30 per share, or 39.16%, to close at $2.02 per share on December 7, 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.
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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President Biden’s two-year report card has historic marks
At the halfway mark, the president has signed a trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure deal and is under federal investigation.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Joe Biden recently celebrated his two-year anniversary as commander in chief. His presidency has been historic from the legislation he signed to being under investigation by the Department of Justice.
“For the last two years since my inauguration, I think we’ve made some progress,” President Biden said earlier this month.
Biden has delivered on key campaign promises. He appointed the first black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court while signing major legislation on climate change, COVID, gun violence, infrastructure, and same-sex marriage.
“We’re gonna look back at the last two years and view them as perhaps the most productive policymaking years in generations,” said Navin Nayak, president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
And Nayak believes President Biden is getting the politics right despite most Americans disapproving of the job he is doing.
“It was the most successful midterm for a president, again, in a long time,” Nayak said.
Conservatives disagree with Nayak’s assessment.
“They’ve been a momentous two years. Unfortunately for the American people, not in a good way,” said Genevieve Wood, the spokesperson for the Heritage Foundation.
Wood said what sticks out to her about President Biden’s first two years is record inflation and other negative milestones.
“Whether you’re in Atlanta, whether you’re in Dallas, whether you’re in New York or small cities, you’re feeling a rise in crime and you’re also seeing the chaos on the southern border,” said Wood.
And then there’s the question of the Department of Justice’s investigation into whether the president mishandled classified documents.
“If you’re gonna go after President Trump, for example, on his unclassified documents, then you’re gonna have to go after President Biden too. And you can’t treat two parties differently,” Wood said.
“At the end of the day, the American people care about what happens in their lives. I don’t think this is going to be something that actually weighs against him,” said Nayak.
The president will likely not sign as many bills into law the next two years given the new makeup of Congress. Two years from now, President Biden will also be 82-years-old.
He is already the oldest serving president in U.S. history and would hope to raise that mark if decides to run for re-election.
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