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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
0-5-5-0, Fireball: 3
(zero, five, five, zero; Fireball: three)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
0-5-5-0, Fireball: 3
(zero, five, five, zero; Fireball: three) | 2022-06-13T02:59:05+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Evening-game-17237157.php |
NYC police cruiser kills pedestrian in multivehicle accident
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police cruiser struck and killed a 52-year-old woman in a multivehicle accident while responding to an emergency call. Police say the crash happened at about 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Far Rockaway section of Queens. Officials say the police SUV had its emergency lights on when it struck a car that turned in front of it. The cruiser then veered toward a sidewalk, hit the pedestrian and struck another car. The woman was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police say four officers in the SUV were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The crash remains under investigation. | 2023-02-18T18:16:46+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/02/18/nyc-police-cruiser-kills-pedestrian-in-multivehicle-accident/ |
Illinois man accused of killing estranged wife
QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM/Gray News) - An Illinois man is being held without bond on accusations he killed his estranged wife.
Police arrested 39-year-old Timothy Bliefnick on Monday, more than two weeks after his estranged wife, 41-year-old Rebecca “Becky” Bliefnick, was found shot to death Feb. 23 in her home in Quincy, Illinois.
The arrest came as a relief to Bobbie Taute-Howe, one of Rebecca Bliefnick’s closest friends, who still can’t believe her friend is dead.
“I still think that I’m going to wake up tomorrow to a text message,” she said, as she teared up. “I feel like this was an act of anger and jealousy.”
Timothy Bliefnick is charged with first-degree murder and home invasion. At a Tuesday court appearance, a judge denied him bond, WGEM reports.
His attorney, Casey Schnack, said a grand jury will review the case March 23. If it hands down an indictment, Timothy Bliefnick will return to court the next day for his arraignment, where he will plead not guilty.
“Given the circumstances of Becky’s death, it’s not surprising he was the No. 1 suspect or a suspect,” Schnack said. “He knows that there are a lot of people out here that are fighting for him, that are thinking about him and have his best interests in mind, so he’s trusting the process right now.”
Meanwhile, as Howe mourns, she remembers the time she spent with Rebecca Bliefnick. Together, they were nurses, workout buddies and moms. She describes her friend as “the mom you wanted to be.”
“Becky was such a great person and so loving and kind. Only a person that was truly selfish would have done this to her,” Taute-Howe said.
After Rebecca Bliefnick’s death, there are three boys who don’t have a mom. Taute-Howe is praying for justice for those boys and their mother.
“Just knowing that the boys get answers and have a safe and loving home will give her justice,” she said.
If convicted, Timothy Bliefnick could face life in prison.
Copyright 2023 WGEM via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-16T07:34:34+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/2023/03/16/illinois-man-accused-killing-estranged-wife/ |
Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated.
A move to outlaw caste-based discrimination in Seattle has thrust this complex — and often misunderstood — system into the spotlight. If the Seattle City Council votes Tuesday to approve an ordinance that will include caste in its anti-discrimination laws, Seattle will become the first city in the United States to outlaw such discrimination.
While the definition of caste has evolved over the centuries, under both Muslim and British rule, the suffering of those at the bottom of the caste pyramid – known as Dalits, which in Sanskrit means “broken” — has continued.
The word “caste” has its origins in Latin (castus), which means chaste or pure. Caste made its way into the Indian lexicon with the arrival of the Portuguese in the 1700s who first used the word “casta” with reference to the social hierarchy in the Indian subcontinent.
HOW DID THE CASTE SYSTEM ORIGINATE?
References to a societal hierarchy can be found in the millennia-old Rig Veda where a hymn describes the origin of all life from the Purusha or “supreme being.” A verse states that the four categories (varnas) of Hindu society came from this infinite being. The Brahmins (priest class) appeared from the being’s head, the Kshatriyas (warriors) from his arms, the Vaishyas (business class) from his thighs and the Shudras (laborers) from his feet. The hymn does not go into details about these categories or which is superior or inferior.
The varna system initially served to classify individuals on the basis of their attributes and aptitude. However, with time, it evolved into the caste system where a person’s occupation and status in society became determined by birth. Those who were outside the system became known as the outcasts or untouchables, and later as the Dalits.
The term “jati” appears in almost all Indian languages and is closest to the word “caste” because it is related to the idea of lineage. There are more than 3,000 jatis in India. Each region in India has its own ranking of jatis. However, in every region, the Dalits are at the bottom of the hierarchy and over the centuries, have faced discrimination. Members of the Dalit community have also historically performed tasks such as manual scavenging, the dangerous and inhumane practice of removing human waste by hand from sewers. The practice continues in many parts of the country even though the Indian government banned it in 2013.
Jati also occupies a significant role within the arranged marriage system where parents look for partners for their children within their caste. This is common in diaspora communities where online matrimonial sites can be filtered by caste.
IS CASTE EXCLUSIVE TO INDIA OR HINDUISM?
While the concepts of varna and jati are referenced in Hindu texts such as the Manu Smriti and the Bhagvad Gita, caste divisions are not exclusive to India or Hinduism. Caste can be found in other countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and in the diaspora worldwide, and in faith communities including Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims and Sikhs. Dalits who have converted to Buddhism, Christianity, Islam or Sikhism still report experiencing segregation and exclusion from places of worship and burial or cremation sites across the region.
IS CASTE A BRITISH CONSTRUCT?
Under British rule, the caste system, which had previously been more fluid, was made more rigid with use of the census, which classified the entire nation into categories and schedules, said Ananya Chakravarti, associate professor of history at Georgetown University who focuses on South Asia and Latin America.
“While the British by no means invented caste, they did play a part in fixing these caste identities in perpetuity,” she said. “As an institution, caste has had a very long life, way before Europeans showed up.”
The British also introduced elements of affirmative action in India, which has provided marginalized groups with representation in education, employment, government programs, scholarships and politics. Based on constitutional provisions, central and state governments are allowed to set “reserved quotas or seats” in colleges, workplaces and government agencies for disadvantaged groups such as Dalits. The system of reservations has been the source of animosity between castes, with upper-caste Indians claiming that such programs and policies are antithetical to a merit-based system.
ARE RACE AND CASTE THE SAME?
Chakravarti cautions against equating race and caste, particularly in the U.S. where both are present. She gives the example of BAPS, a prominent Hindu sect, which is facing a lawsuit in New Jersey accusing the organization of forcing hundreds of low-caste workers to labor at temple sites across the U.S. under dangerous conditions for as little as $450 a month.
“In this case, all those involved in the case are the same race,” Chakravarti said. “So race does not adequately cover the question of caste.”
Cornel West, professor of philosophy at Union Theological Seminary and scholar of African American studies, says he feels kinship with Dalit activists, calling casteism and racism “institutionalized forms of hatred.”
“We have no other alternative but to fight both morally, intellectually and politically,” he said.
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(NEXSTAR) – While the chocolates are usually not the finest, it’s hard to beat the childhood excitement of opening up the next Advent calendar date to see what small treat awaits.
Advent calendars come in many forms, even catering to adults with small bottles of wine or whiskey instead of chocolate, but how did the tradition begin?
The mass-produced calendars of today trace back to the Advent period of centuries past, which focused less on eating chocolate and more on abstaining from fun, Brent Landau, professor of religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin told Nexstar.
“Advent,” Latin for a “coming” or an “arrival,” is the anticipatory period leading up to Christmas, as well as the start of the year for the Christian church’s calendar, and is believed to date back to the 4th century, Landau said.
“In the Middle Ages there was a lot more sort of rigorous discipline connected with it,” Landau said. “So in the 13th Century, it was a four week fast and you were generally not eating or not eating a lot, at least during the daylight hours. There were a number of things that were forbidden – sex was forbidden during Advent, marriage ceremonies were not supposed to happen, you were not supposed to play games [and] you weren’t supposed to have feasts.”
Religious leaders in the 1200s would have had a difficult time imagining a “Harry Potter”-themed sock Advent calendar to count down to Christmas, but that’s fine, Advent calendars wouldn’t be marketed for another six centuries.
“I think the first Advent calendars that we know about that people were making were around 1850 in Germany,” Landau said. “Essentially, these were homemade Advent calendars so people would, you know, create them from woodworking or things like that. Sometimes they would just mark the days of an event, like with a piece of chalk on a door.”
Advent includes the first four Sundays leading up to Dec. 25, meaning the length and start date can vary depending on what day Christmas falls on. In 1850s Germany, the countdown from Dec. 1 to Dec. 25 began to take hold in limited form, Esther Gajek, a University of Regensburg cultural anthropology lecturer, told the New York Times.
“Some parents — mostly Protestant ones, mostly in cities, mostly members of the educated classes — made something for their children to visualize the endless time before Christmas,” Dr. Gajek told the paper.
Then in 1902, a publishing house created the first known Advent calendar, which more closely resembled a “Christmas clock for children,” according to the Weihnachts Christmas Museum in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany.
It was German lithographer Gerhard Lang, however, who came to be known as the “inventor” of the modern Advent calendar in the years that followed. According to the museum, when he was a boy Lang’s mother would help him count down to Christmas by fixing 24 cookies to a makeshift calendar.
After World War I, Lang released his first Advent calendar with pieces of chocolate inside, paving the way for the modern versions.
In the U.S., Advent calendars saw a massive boost in popularity after World War II.
“President Dwight Eisenhower’s grandkids had a picture in Newsweek magazine of them opening an advent calendar, because at that point … Advent calendars were still sort of a new thing in the United States, even though they had been produced in Germany for 50 years,” Landau said.
According to Getty, the photo taken in 1954 at Fort Leavenworth showed President Eisenhower’s three grandchildren joining in an appeal for sales of “Little Christmas Town” Advent calendars by the National Epilepsy League.
In the years that followed, Advent calendars have exploded in popularity but it makes you wonder how today’s treats might have fared in the early 20th Century. Would Gerhard Lang have included Japanese whiskey, gemstones or Dolly Parton’s favorite candies? It would be nice to think so. | 2022-12-12T01:03:42+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/how-did-advent-calendars-become-a-beloved-holiday-tradition/ |
British actor Marisa Abela has been cast to play singer Amy Winehouse in a film about her life set to begin filming in London next week.
The announcement from the film's distribution company comes just days before production on the biopic starts on Monday.
Winehouse won six Grammy Awards and was nominated for eight during her short but incredibly successful career in the music industry.
Born in 1983 in London, she died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 in the same city.
Her mother worked as a pharmacist while during Winehouse's life, and her father was a taxicab driver who she divorced when Winehouse was nine.
She saw international fame in a short timed during her career, singing music with the influences of Motown in the 1960s and the soul of the 1970s.
Her trademark heavy Cleopatra-style eye makeup and large jet-black hair became part of her iconic presence around the globe.
Her tumultuous romances and substance abuse issues filled tabloids and became nearly as well known to the world as her music.
The upcoming biopic about Winehouse will be called "Back to Black" and will follow her "vibrant years living in London" in the early part of her path to fame. | 2023-01-14T04:02:15+00:00 | ktvh.com | https://www.ktvh.com/news/national/british-actor-marisa-abela-to-play-singer-amy-winehouse-in-new-film |
DETROIT, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, March 23rd, in a case involving defective CP4 high-pressure fuel injection pumps installed in 2010-2016 model year GM Duramax diesel vehicles, Judge Terrence G. Berg of the Eastern District of Michigan granted class certification to seven state-specific classes as well as denied all of GM's Daubert motions as to Plaintiffs' experts. Attorney Bob Hilliard, of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP, whose firm was one of three firms appointed as Class Counsel by Judge Berg, said in a statement:
"We commend the Court's thorough and well-reasoned analysis. It is clear that the CP4 fuel pump cannot work properly in U.S. vehicles. Never could. GM has known this since before the first CP4 pump was put in the first GM truck on the production line, yet it knowingly allowed these defective pumps to destroy thousands of engines and denied warranty after warranty, costing each hard-working truck owner tens of thousands of dollars out of their own pockets. We look forward to trial and showing a jury the overwhelming evidence found in GM's own damning documents, proving beyond any doubt GM knew of this defect from day one."
The Court's Order Granting Class Certification
The Court ultimately certified seven state classes with the following class definitions:
1. All persons or entities who purchased one or more of the Class Vehicles from a GM-authorized dealership in California from March 1, 2010, to the date of the Court-ordered notice to the Certified California Class, on claims for: (i) violation of the California Unfair Competition Law, Cal Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq.; (ii) violation of the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1750 et seq.; and (iii) violation of the implied warranty of merchantability under California law, Cal. Civ. Code § 1791 et seq., and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
2. All persons or entities who purchased one or more of the Class Vehicles from a GM-authorized dealership in Florida from March 1, 2010, to the date of the Court-ordered notice to the Certified Florida Class, on a claim for violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, Fla. Stat. § 510.201 et seq.
3. All persons or entities who purchased one or more of the Class Vehicles from a GM-authorized dealership in Illinois from March 1, 2010, to the date of the Court-ordered notice to the Certified Illinois Class, on a claim for violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, 815 ILCS 505/1 et seq.
4. All persons who purchased one or more of the Class Vehicles from a GM-authorized dealership in Iowa from March 1, 2010, to the date of the Court-ordered notice to the Certified Iowa Class, on a claim under the Iowa Private Right of Action for Consumer Frauds Act, Iowa Code Ann. § 714H.1 et seq.
5. All persons or entities who purchased one or more of the Class Vehicles from a GM-authorized dealership in New York from March 1, 2010, to the date of the Court-ordered notice to the Certified New York Class, on a claim for violation of the New York Deceptive Practices Act, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 349(a).
6. All persons or entities who purchased one or more of the Class Vehicles from a GM-authorized dealership in Pennsylvania from March 1, 2010, to the date of the Court-ordered notice to the Certified Pennsylvania Class, on a claim for violation of the implied warranty of merchantability under Pennsylvania law, 13 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 2314. and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
7. All persons or entities who purchased one or more of the Class Vehicles from a GM-authorized dealership in Texas from March 1, 2010, to the date of the Court-ordered notice to the Certified Texas Class, on a claim for violation of the implied warranty of merchantability under Texas law, Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §§ 2.314 & 2A.212, and Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
Notably, GM discontinued the use of the CP4 altogether after the 2016 model year, after seeing scores of CP4 fuel injection pump failures.
In granting certification, the Court explained that "the question of whether and when GM knew about this defect may be answered once for the whole class based on common evidence," and further noted:
GM first argues that Plaintiffs cannot show a central defect stretching across the classes because, it says, Dr. Edgar's testimony is insufficient to demonstrate a defect and should be excluded by the Court. . . . The Court has admitted Dr. Edgar's testimony and finds that it raises an issue that a defect exists, so this argument is moot.
The Court further noted that in the context of Plaintiffs' class implied warranty of merchantability claims: "Plaintiffs have common evidence, in the form of Dr. Edgar's testimony[,] about the likelihood of malfunction during a vehicle's useful life, capable of establishing whether the class vehicles are unfit for use." The Court went on:
Plaintiffs intend to offer common proof—through the testimony of GM engineers, internal testing data, and GM's correspondence with Bosch—that GM knew of the alleged design defect even before it began production of class vehicles. They also intend to offer common proof—through testimony by GM employees, GM's internal warranty data, GM's instructions to dealerships, and marketing literature—that GM failed to disclose the design defect and actively concealed it even though class vehicles immediately began failing in the field. . . . The issues Plaintiffs have identified are sufficient to show commonality.
With respect to GM's argument that individuals who have not yet experienced CP4 fuel pump failure did not have standing to bring claims, the Court explained:
In opposing class certification, GM reprises its argument from its Motion to Dismiss that named plaintiffs whose vehicles have not experienced a catastrophic failure do not have standing and therefore cannot represent the class. It contends that anyone whose vehicle still performs properly has received the "benefit of their bargain" and therefore has not suffered an injury-in-fact under Article III. . . . The Court has previously rejected this argument, concluding that even those who have not yet experienced a failure have adequately alleged they have been damaged by overpaying for their vehicles as a consequence of GM's failure to disclose the problems with the CP4 pump. . . . GM has not advanced any new arguments, so the Court's conclusion regarding standing remains the same. . . . Whether the alleged defect actually manifested itself has no bearing on what consumers would have done if they were provided with information about the defect."
The Court further underscored that "each Plaintiff purchased a class vehicle in the state they are representing[, e]ach asserts that there were no disclosures to them of the alleged defect[, e]ach either experienced a catastrophic failure or paid a price for their vehicle they would not have paid if the design defect had been disclosed to them[,] and [each] seeks the same form of either compensation for alleged overpayment or recovery of costs incurred in repairing or replacing defective pumps. Their interests thus 'align with those of the represented group.'"
The Court went on to reject GM's arguments as to the adequacy of the named Class Representatives, noting that "[t]hey have vigorously pursued the interests of absent class members, including participating in discovery and sitting for depositions. Their claims are typical of the classes which they represent; they seek the same relief in the form of either recovery of repair costs or compensation for alleged overpayment for defective cars at the point of sale." The Court also affirmed the adequacy of the proposed Class Counsel, specifically Hilliard Martinez Gonzalez LLP, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, and The Miller Law Firm P.C., and appointed them to serve as Class Counsel for all certified classes.
The Court aptly noted that "[t]he array of predominating common questions and issues—i.e., whether the pump was defective and rendered the class vehicles unmerchantable and fundamentally defective, whether GM knew that the pump was defective, whether GM had a duty to disclose that the pump was defective, and whether GM breached its duty to disclose that the pump was defect—renders adjudication in a single action effective and efficient."
The Court Order Rejecting GM's Daubert Arguments
In Friday's other order, Judge Berg rejected GM's arguments to exclude all four of Plaintiffs' experts. Specifically, he found that the testimony of Plaintiffs' mechanical engineering expert, Dr. Bradley L. Edgar, was reliable and admissible, noting in summation that, "After its own review of Dr. Edgar's report, the Court concludes that it is highly technical, related to his expertise, and would provide helpful context and analysis for a jury, as well as the Court."
The Court similarly upheld the opinions of Plaintiffs' expert Edward Stockton, who opines on the average cost of CP4 repair for those individuals who are part of the so-called failure classes (i.e., those individuals who have experienced CP4 failure and had to pay the cost of repair out of pocket) — a repair cost which is widely known to be upwards of $10,000. As the Court explained:
"Echoing its complaints about Dr. Edgar, GM additionally argues that Stockton's calculations are unreliable because he used data that may reflect instances where there was not actually a pump failure. . . . But none of GM's challenges are specific or concerning enough to warrant exclusion of Stockton's testimony. . . . And as GM admitted during oral arguments, some data 'cleansing' was necessary because GM's data production included numerous records not relevant to Plaintiffs' claims. . . . The Court concludes that Stockton's methodology is sufficiently based in economic principles and industry-backed to be reliable. . . . GM's arguments ignore that he also conducted calculations with [a] fuller dataset to test the sensitivity of his methods. Id. He offered plausible and transparent reasons for culling the data as he did."
The Court went on to note: "What's more, GM wrongly frames Plaintiffs' theory as being only about U.S. diesel fuel. It appears to suggest that Stockton should have included only repairs that were identified as being related to out-of-spec fuel. . . . But . . . . Plaintiffs' theory of liability is that the design of the CP4 pump itself is defective." Therefore, the Court held, GM's challenges to purportedly individualized failure "causes" went to weight, not admissibility.
Finally, the Court rejected GM's attempts at excluding experts Steven Gaskin and Colin Weir, who calculated class-wide damages using conjoint analysis for "overpayment" class members (i.e., those class members who have purchased a defective CP4-equipped vehicle but have not yet experienced catastrophic CP4 failure requiring out-of-pocket repairs). The Court explained:
The key issue for the Court is whether, as required by Daubert, the analysis reliably determines diminution to the class vehicles' reasonable market value caused by the allegedly defective pump. . . . Their analysis is informed by historical marketplace and quantity data. GM offers nothing to suggest that the analysis deviates in any significant way from the usual principles by which a conjoint analysis survey is designed. And since there are multiple accepted ways of conducting a conjoint analysis, any dispute with their method goes to its weight, not its admissibility.
The case is Chapman, et al. v. GM LLC, No. 2:19-cv-12333-TGB (E.D. Mich.).
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Rappers Drake and 21 Savage are gearing up to release Her Loss, a joint album, on Friday. To promote the project, the pair has been doing multiple spoofs, including of NPR Music's Tiny Desk series.
Unfortunately, it is not real and Drake and 21 have not stopped by the NPR office for the segment.
In an Instagram post Wednesday, Drake and 21 are seated in front of a backdrop of books and All Things Considered signage, though if you've seen enough Tiny Desks, perhaps you noticed the background wasn't quite the same as the one used to shoot the real thing.
Thank you to @nprmusic @tinydesk for having the gang @Drake @21savage let’s go crazy 🔪🦉#HERLOSS pic.twitter.com/cBpG9SgARI
— OVO Sound (@OVOSound) November 2, 2022
"What's up everybody? Appreciate you joining us today, all the audience, everybody at home," Drake says in the video before he and 21 Savage introduce themselves. Beside them is a two-piece band. The video concludes with the NPR Tiny Desk logo.
The Internet began freaking out at the possibility of the four-time Grammy winner doing acoustic versions of his various hits. A few NPR employees frantically began trying to confirm the news internally after seeing the post on social media and receiving text messages from friends and family.
"Let's do it forreal tho," NPR Music responded.
Seriously, Drake, you and 21 are welcome anytime.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-03T06:16:29+00:00 | nprillinois.org | https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-11-03/no-drake-has-not-done-a-tiny-desk-though-were-open-to-the-possibility |
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue operations at a coal mine in central Colombia that collapsed earlier this week ended Thursday and officials said the accident had left 21 workers dead.
The mine near the town of Sutatausa collapsed late Tuesday following an explosion that blocked several of its entrances. Rescue teams worked nonstop for more than 30 hours to find survivors and retrieve bodies.
Nicolás García, the governor of Cundinamarca province, said nine workers survived the accident and had been released from hospital, while the relatives of miners who were killed were receiving psychological support. Officials said all of the workers who were at the mine at the time of the accident had been accounted for.
Colombian Minister of Mines Irene Velez said Thursday that the explosion was caused by methane inside the mine. She said the complex would remain closed until officials investigate how the explosion occurred.
Mining accidents are common in Colombia, particularly in coal and gold mines. Last year 117 accidents were registered at mines throughout the country by the National Mining Agency, which says that 146 workers were killed in those incidents. | 2023-03-17T05:55:03+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/world-news/ap-international/officials-say-21-workers-killed-at-coal-mine-in-colombia/ |
Officials in Florida revealed Monday what caused the death of country music legend Hank Williams Jr.'s wife, Mary Jane Thomas, back in March.
The Palm Beach County Medical Examiner said in its autopsy report that Thomas's death, which was ruled accidental, was caused by a collapsed lung punctured during cosmetic surgery, NBC affiliate WPTV and USA Today reported.
According to the medical examiner's report, Thomas traveled from Tennessee to Florida to undergo breast reduction and liposuction surgery at Bafitis Plastic Surgery in Jupiter on March 21, USA Today and WPTV reported.
The news outlets reported that Thomas was released from the hospital and transported to the Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa to recover.
On March 22, Jupiter police officers received a call about a medical emergency at the Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa around 5 p.m., TMZ and Fox News reported.
According to the medical examiner's report, Thomas became unresponsive and was taken to Jupiter Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, USA Today and WPTV reported.
Thomas is survived by her husband and son, Sam Williams.
The couple's daughter Katherine Williams-Dunning died in a 2020 automobile accident in Tennessee. She was 27. | 2022-07-26T20:49:51+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/entertainment/autopsy-reveals-death-of-hank-williams-jr-s-wife-mary-jane-thomas-was-accidental |
RUPERT — The PMT Foundation announced its five grant winners for 2022.
The foundation has awarded more than 60 scholarships to help students further their education beyond high school.
The foundation has also contributed more than $250,000 in grant awards to community organizations that help sustain and improve our local community through various projects.
This year’s winners are as follows:
West Minico Parent Teacher Organization Inc. received $1,500 to purchase two new sewing machines for their Family and Consumer Sciences classroom.
Mini-Cassia Search & Rescue Unit Inc. received $2,300 to purchase an In-Bed Storage Rat Pack Unit/Pullout Drawer to protect and store the Jaws of Life & Spreader in the bed of the extrication truck.
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Paul Palooza for the city of Paul received $5,000 to help with the cost of building a gazebo in the City of Paul Park.
Renaissance Arts Center Inc. received $5,000 to help with the cost of installing a new fly loft in the theater that will improve productions for the community. The theater is currently equipped for concerts, plays, conferences, and more and they would like to continue to expand its capabilities.
Senior Citizens Recreation Center of Cassia County received $2,500 to create a media center that would allow for safe internet options, printers, computer classes for seniors, and provide online guidance and assist with scanning and printing online documents. | 2022-10-26T01:53:31+00:00 | magicvalley.com | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/pmt-awards-16-300-in-grants/article_094e9422-546d-11ed-b3d2-4bc8b70102ad.html |
Have you noticed that your Starbucks drive-thru order is taking a lot longer these days? Don’t blame the baristas: The reason for slower lines is that customized drinks have skyrocketed, and it’s difficult for baristas to keep up with that demand.
Customizable cold drinks now make up about 75% of Starbucks orders, and that means employees are working extra hard to keep up with all the substitutions and special off-menu orders.
But here is the good news: Starbucks has recognized that this is a growing problem at locations across the country, and the coffee chain announced plans to revamp their store designs to help keep up with the times during an investor event on Tuesday.
While store designs have stayed pretty standard in the last several years, the way we order coffee has not. Drive-thru orders account for 50% of Starbucks orders each day, and delivery orders have increased by almost 25%.
“It’s clear that our physical stores have to change,” Starbucks CEO John Culver said during the investor event, according to the Associated Press.
Enter the Siren System. Starting in 2023, the Siren System (named for the mythological creature in the Starbucks logo) will be a new workstation at Starbucks locations across the country. Starbucks says the Siren System is “a proprietary new equipment innovation designed to meet the growing demand for customization of hot and cold beverages and warm foods.”
“As part of the Siren System, Starbucks has redesigned its cold beverage station, which significantly reduces the time and number of steps to make cold beverages,” the company said in a press release.
In addition, Starbucks says they’re developing a new, faster way to extract cold coffee and espresso that it expects to test in stores in fiscal year 2023.
In the meantime, if you’re really in a hurry but need your Starbucks fix, here’s a tip: Go inside. Experts say that the fastest way to get your drink is by going inside to grab your order, because most people are queued up at the drive-thru. Even better, do a mobile order: This leads to fewer mistakes and less time waiting in line.
Last but not least, be patient. Remember, everyone is working as hard as they can under stressful conditions. Leave a tip if you can, but if not, a simple smile and “thank you” can go a long way!
This story originally appeared on Don't Waste Your Money. Checkout Don't Waste Your Money for product reviews and other great ideas to save and make money. | 2022-10-12T16:15:56+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/starbucks-plans-to-make-getting-coffee-food-faster |
HSINCHU, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS), an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services ("OSAT"), today announced that it will present virtually to institutional investors at the 23rd Credit Suisse Asian Technology Conference from Wednesday, September 7 to Thursday, September 8, 2022.
Management from the Company, including Jesse Huang, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations, will discuss the Company's recent financial results, business trends and market opportunities. The Company's latest investor update is available on the investor relations' section of its website at www.chipmos.com.
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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS) (https://www.chipmos.com) is an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Industrial Park and Southern Taiwan Science Park in Taiwan, ChipMOS is known for its track record of excellence and history of innovation. The Company provides end-to-end assembly and test services to leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries serving virtually all end markets worldwide.
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SOURCE ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 2022-08-31T10:36:36+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2022/08/31/chipmos-present-23rd-credit-suisse-asian-technology-conference/ |
Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment helped the pharmaceutical giant balance tumbling international sales for its coronavirus vaccine and top third-quarter expectations.
The pill treatment Paxlovid brought in $7.5 billion in sales in the quarter and has generated more than $17 billion so far this year.
Sales from the vaccine Comirnaty, meanwhile, tumbled 66% to $4.4 billion in the quarter. That was mainly due to changes in a European Commission supply agreement that pushed dose deliveries into the fourth quarter. Sales also were hurt by slow demand in emerging markets.
But vaccine sales jumped in the United States after regulators approved a new booster dose and expanded access to children as young as 6 months old. Pfizer books the vast majority of revenue from Comirnaty and splits profit, as well as the cost to make and distribute the vaccine, with German development partner BioNTech.
Pfizer’s top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment generated more than half the company’s revenue in third quarter. Sales for both are expected to trail off in the coming years but still amount to billions of dollars annually.
Pfizer also faces the expiration in the next several years of patents protecting key products from cheaper generic competition. Those include the breast cancer drug Ibrance and Eliquis, for preventing blood clots and strokes.
Company leaders emphasized during a Tuesday call with analysts that they are making progress addressing those future revenue challenges through a combination of acquisitions and drug development.
Pfizer also said Tuesday that a large international study found vaccinating moms-to-be was nearly 82% effective at preventing severe cases of RSV, the common but scary respiratory virus, in their babies’ most vulnerable first 90 days of life.
Pfizer executives said Tuesday that vaccine could hit the market late next year, depending on regulatory approvals, and could become another multi-billion dollar sales generator.
Overall, Pfizer’s profit jumped 6% to $8.61 billion in the third quarter, and adjusted earnings totaled $1.78 per share.
That easily topped analyst expectations of $1.39, according to a survey by FactSet.
Revenue slid 6% to $22.64 billion as the strong dollar dented international sales, but Pfizer’s top line also beat Wall Street projections, which were for $21.07 billion in sales.
Pfizer Inc., based in New York, also raised and narrowed its 2022 earnings forecast. It now expects adjusted earnings to range between $6.40 and $6.50 per share.
Analysts forecast earnings of $6.40 per share.
Company shares jumped more than 2%, or $1.09, to $47.64 in late-morning trading while broader indexes slipped.
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Voters in four states on Tuesday will determine their party’s nominees for the statewide office that typically oversees elections.
Much of the attention will center on Wisconsin, where the secretary of state does not have any role with elections. Republicans want to change that should they win the office in November. Primaries are also being held in Minnesota, Connecticut and Vermont.
In Wisconsin, all three GOP candidates on Tuesday’s ballot have echoed former President Donald Trump’s false claims that fraud cost him the 2020 election and have called for the dismantling of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, an agency established just six years ago by Republican lawmakers with bipartisan support.
The Republican candidates have all sharply criticized decisions made by the commission heading into the 2020 election, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought major challenges to running elections, and say they would rather empower the secretary of the state so voters can hold someone accountable for election-related decisions.
To accomplish their goal, Republicans also would need to defeat Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who would block such a move, in November.
The Republicans vying for the nomination in Wisconsin are state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, businessman Jay Schroeder and Justin Schmidtka, who hosts a political podcast.
On the Democratic side, longtime Secretary of State Doug La Follette faces challenger Alexia Sabor, who is the chair of the Dane County Democratic Party Executive Board. La Follette, 81, was first elected to the position in 1974.
La Follette has said he decided to run again to stop Republicans from meddling with elections, citing Trump’s call to Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, after the 2020 election asking him to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s win in the state.
This year, races for secretary of state have drawn tremendous interest and money largely because of the 2020 election, when voting systems and processes came under attack by Trump and his supporters. There is no evidence of widespread fraud or manipulation of voting systems occurring in the 2020 election.
In Minnesota, the leading Republican candidate has called the 2020 election “rigged” and has faced criticism for a video attacking three prominent Jewish Democrats, including the current secretary of state, Democrat Steve Simon, who is seeking reelection.
Kim Crockett has also called the 2020 election a “train wreck” and accused state election officials of using the pandemic as “cover to change how we vote, but also how the vote is counted.”
In their respective primaries, Crockett and Simon face lesser-known opponents — Republican Erik van Mechelen and Steve Carlson, a perennial candidate running as a Democrat.
Races in Connecticut and Vermont are noteworthy because it’s the first time in more than a decade that the seats have been open. Both longtime Democratic secretaries of state opted not to seek reelection this year.
Connecticut GOP candidate Dominic Rapini, who is a former board chairman of a group called Fight Voter Fraud Inc., has called for tightening ID requirements and cleaning the state’s voter rolls. Rapini faces state Rep. Terrie Wood, R-Darien, who has also called for tighter voter ID rules and cleaning voter lists.
On the Democratic side, state Rep. Stephanie Thomas of Norwalk, who won the party’s endorsement at the state convention this spring, faces Maritza Bond, health director for the city of New Haven.
In Vermont, the Democratic primary has drawn the most interest. The candidates are Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters, state Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas, and Montpelier City Clerk John Odum.
A perennial candidate for office, H. Brooke Paige, is the lone person running in the GOP primary. He also appears on the ballot for three other statewide offices.
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Cassidy reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Todd Richmond in Madison, Wisconsin; Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis; Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut; and Wilson Ring in Montpelier, Vermont, contributed to this report. | 2022-08-09T15:11:56+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/voters-in-4-states-to-decide-secretary-of-state-nominees/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — The founder of the Chicago Italian beef shop that inspired FX’s “The Bear,” Joseph Zucchero, has died at 69, his son said.
Mr. Beef, the no-frills sandwich joint in Chicago’s River North, has been a neighborhood staple for decades. But it became a national sensation after it was portrayed by the gritty, fast-paced show released in June 2022.
Zucchero died unexpectedly on March 1 at Rush Medical Center while undergoing treatment for cancer, said his son, Christopher Zucchero, who is a co-owner of the restaurant. “He was supposed to come home,” he said.
Zucchero said the family is waiting to learn the exact cause of his father’s death.
“He was a magnificent human being. He was charismatic. He loved his restaurant. .. He loved his family, his children,” Zucchero said.
Nothing will be the same at Mr. Beef without his father, Zucchero said.
“There’s going to be a huge … void here,” he said. “I’m in shock… we act as if he’s still here. That’s kind of how we’re going to maintain and persevere, is to act as if he’s going to come around the corner.”
Mr. Beef’s doors stayed open after the elder Zucchero’s unexpected passing, his son said.
“We didn’t take any time off” — which is what his dad would have wanted. For 44 years, “Mr. Beef was always open the hours it said it was open,” Zucchero said.
The only exceptions: when “The Bear” was shooting, and this Saturday, when his father’s burial and services will be held.
“He was a tough human being. He was tough, but he was also fair. He loved everyone,” Zucchero said.
The Italian beef legend was “elated” when Christopher Storer, creator of “The Bear” and a childhood friend of Christopher Zucchero, centered the show on his shop.
“He was very proud of that,” his son said. | 2023-03-08T02:40:03+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/founder-of-chicago-beef-shop-that-inspired-the-bear-dies/ |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Fans who visited Graceland after the death of Lisa Marie Presley were distraught at the loss of Elvis Presley's only child, one of the last remaining living touchstones to the icon whose influence and significance still resonates more than 45 years after he himself suddenly passed away.
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Lisa Marie Presley, 54, died Thursday, hours after being hospitalized for a medical emergency.
A singer-songwriter herself, Lisa Marie did not live in Memphis, where she was born. But she made trips to the city for celebrations of her father's birth anniversary and commemorations of his death, which stunned the world when he was found dead in his Graceland home at age 42 on Aug. 16, 1977. She was in Memphis just this past Sunday, on what would have been her father's 88th birthday.
Angela Ferraro was among those on Thursday night who stopped by Graceland, where the trees in the front lawn were adorned by green and red lights. Fans took photos and left flowers at the front gate on the chilly and windy evening.
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Ferraro and her fiance drove 25 minutes from Olive Branch, Mississippi, to pay their respects. Ferraro said she was a fan of Elvis’ music and of Lisa Marie’s — the couple listened to Lisa Marie’s song “Lights Out” on the drive north to Graceland.
“Elvis died young, and so did she. And her son, his passing was very tragic as well,” said Ferraro, 32. “It’s hard and it’s devastating.”
Lisa Marie became the sole heir of the Elvis Presley Trust, which — along with Elvis Presley Enterprises — managed Graceland and other assets until she sold her majority interest in 2005. She retained ownership of the mansion itself, the 13 acres around it and items inside the home. Her son is buried there, along with her father and other members of the Presley family.
A representative from Elvis Presley Enterprises told The Associated Press that the mansion is in a trust that will go to the benefit of her children — she's survived by three daughters, including actor Riley Keough. The representative did not have details on a funeral or burial.
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Lisa Marie was 9 when her father died. She was staying at Graceland at the time and would recall him kissing her goodnight hours before he died. When she next saw him, the following day, he was lying face down in the bathroom.
“I just had a feeling,” she told Rolling Stone in 2003. “He wasn’t doing well. All I know is I had it (a feeling), and it happened. I was obsessed with death at a very early age.”
Lisa Marie visited Graceland in 2012 to attend the opening of a new exhibit, “Elvis Through His Daughter’s Eyes," a personal look that included her baby shoes — her birth, nine months exactly after Elvis and Priscilla Presley's wedding, was international news — as well as her first record player and a small white fur coat.
During an interview with the AP during that stop, she smiled when recalling the time spent with her dad. She said one of her favorite items was the key used to operate a golf cart because it helped her recall when she was alone with her father, riding around the neighborhood.
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“That was my life,” she said. “I carried it everywhere. It was never far from me or not on my person when I was a child. I hadn’t seen it in 35 years.”
Kristen Sainato and her husband were visiting Memphis from Cleveland when she heard the news of Lisa Marie's death on Thursday. She wore a black jacket with the well-known TCB lightning bolt (shorthand for taking care of business in a flash, a motto Elvis lived by) on the back as she described meeting Lisa Marie at a celebration of her father’s birthday. Sainato set down a bouquet of flowers at the front gate of Graceland, where one of two planes is named for Lisa Marie.
“Those are for Lisa,” she said.
She said Lisa Marie Presley was one of the last connections to her famous father.
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“Everyone is shocked over this. Why? Why did this have to happen?” Sainato said, wiping tears from her eyes as she stood in front of the stone wall that borders the home-turned museum. “She deserved a long, happy life.” | 2023-01-13T17:55:26+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/At-Elvis-Graceland-fans-visit-to-mourn-Lisa-17716033.php |
VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) (OTCQX: LMGDF) (the "Company" or "Lumina") announces that it has granted incentive stock options under the Company's stock option plan to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company to purchase up to an aggregate of 9,255,000 common shares of the Company. The options are exercisable at a price of $0.405 per share and will expire on November 18, 2027. 9,130,000 of the options will vest in three equal parts over the first two years after grant and 125,000 options (the "First Globe Options") will vest in four equal parts over the first two years after grant.
Additionally, the Company has renewed its agreement with First Globe Capital International Inc. ("First Globe") that was announced on December 30, 2016, for an additional 12 months. First Globe is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, and is owned by Anish Sunderji. First Globe provides institutional fundraising and advisory services to its clients. The Company has compensated First Globe for its services by granting the First Globe Options described above. In addition, the Company has also agreed to reimburse First Globe for its reasonable incidental expenses incurred in providing the investor relation services to the Company. First Globe does not otherwise have any relationship with or hold any securities of the Company, except for previously granted stock options.
Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base metals exploration and development company focused on the Cangrejos Gold-Copper Project located in El Oro Province, southwest Ecuador. Cangrejos is being advanced to a Pre-Feasibility Study and is the largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador. Lumina has an experienced management team with a successful track record of advancing and monetizing exploration projects.
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after signs of enduring upward pressure on American prices added to expectations of higher interest rates for longer.
Shanghai and Seoul advanced while Tokyo and Hong Kong declined. Oil prices gained.
Wall Street declined Wednesday after a survey showed prices paid by U.S. manufacturers rose in February for the first time in five months despite rate increases to cool economic activity and surging inflation.
That prompted traders to raise expectations of how high the Federal Reserve might hike rates and push back when cuts might start.
“Inflation expectations are climbing again,” said Brian Levitt of Invesco in a report. “The Fed pause may not be coming now until the middle of the year, at the earliest.”
Elsewhere, inflation in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, held steady at 8.7% over a year earlier in February.
There are “very few to no signs of any disinflationary process outside of energy and commodity prices” despite rate hikes by the European Central Bank, said Carsten Brzeski of ING in a report.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2% to 3,318.25 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo lost less than 0.1% to 27,506.79. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong gave up 0.4% to 20,536.53.
The Kospi in Seoul rose 0.9% to 2,435.43 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 shed less than 0.1% to 7,248.70.
India’s Sensex opened down 0.6% at 59,034.74. New Zealand, Bangkok and Jakarta gained while Singapore retreated.
On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 lost 0.5% to 3,951.39. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up less than 0.1% to 32,661.84. The Nasdaq fell 0.7% to 11,379.48.
An industry group, the Institute for Supply Management, reported an index of prices paid by manufacturers rose 51.3 from January’s 44.5 on a 100-point scale on which numbers above 50 show an increase.
Some traders hoped the Fed might ease off rate increases as activity cooled and possibly start to cut rates by the end of this year. But those hopes have been dampened by signs inflation is sticking at high levels and warnings by Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other officials that rates will stay elevated for an extended period until price pressures are extinguished.
The Fed has raised its benchmark lending rate to 4.5% to 4.75% from close to zero at the start of 2022 in an effort to cool inflation to 2%.
After the latest inflation reading, traders expect the Fed to raise its key rate to at least 5.25% by June. Some expect 5.5%, the highest level in 22 years.
The Fed’s latest increase was 0.25 percentage points, half the more aggressive level of previous increases, but one Fed board member has publicly suggested going back to 0.5-point hikes.
Some retailers have already offered discouraging forecasts due to inflation and other pressure on consumer spending.
Lowe’s fell 5.6% for one of the largest losses in the S&P 500 after it reported weaker revenue for the latest quarter than expected.
Vaccine company Novavax tumbled 25.9% after it warned there’s “substantial doubt” about its ability to stay in business over the next year. It reported a net loss of $657.9 million for the last year.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury, or the difference between the market price and the payout at maturity, rose to 3.99% from from 3.93% late Tuesday. It is near its highest level in three months after exceeding 4% earlier in the day.
The two-year yield, which moves more on expectations for the Fed, widened to 4.89% from 4.82%.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude edged up 8 cents to $77.77 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 64 cents on Wednesday to $77.69. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, gained 12 cents to $84.43 per barrel in London. It gained 86 cents the previous session to $84.31 a barrel.
The dollar rose to 136.42 yen from Wednesday’s 136.17 yen. The euro declined to $1.0648 from $1.0658. | 2023-03-02T07:21:35+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2577749/asian-stocks-mixed-after-wall-st-falls-on-inflation-fears.html |
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia extradited the alleged head of the feared Gulf Clan, who had been the country’s most wanted drug lord before his capture, to the United States Wednesday where he faces indictments in three federal courts.
Colombian President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga David is “comparable only to Pablo Escobar,” referring to the late former head of the Medellin drug cartel.
“He is not only the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world, but he is murderer of social leaders, abuser of boys, girls and adolescents, a murderer of policemen,” Duque said accompanied by Colombia’s military leaders whom he congratulated for guarding Úsuga David and capturing him in October 2021.
The former rural warlord, better known by his alias Otoniel, had stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right. He was transferred Wednesday in handcuffs and wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest from a prison in Bogotá to a heavily guarded military transport air field.
He’s long been a fixture on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s most-wanted list. He was first indicted in 2009, in Manhattan federal court, on narcotics charges and for allegedly providing assistance to a far-right paramilitary group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government. Later indictments in Brooklyn and Miami federal courts accused him of importing into the U.S. at least 73 metric tons of cocaine between 2003 and 2014 through countries including Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Honduras.
Úsuga David’s also cycled through the ranks of several guerrilla groups, most recently claiming to lead the Gaitanist Self Defense Forces of Colombia, after a mid-20th century Colombian leftist firebrand.
The Colombian government began the capo’s extradition after the State Council lifted a provisional suspension of an order by Duque endorsing the move. The high court dismissed a petition from a group of Úsuga David’s victims who argued that his extradition would violate their rights to justice and reparation. They wanted him to first face the more than 128 proceedings against him in Colombia. .
Duque said that from the United States, Úsuga would continue collaborating with the Colombian authorities in the investigations against him and once he completes his sentences for drug trafficking, he will return to “Colombia to pay for the crimes he committed.”
The Gulf Clan’s army of assassins terrorized much of northern Colombia to gain control of major cocaine smuggling routes through thick jungles north to Central America and onto the U.S.
As he defied authorities for years, his legend as a bandit grew alongside the horror stories told by Colombian authorities of the many underage women he and his cohorts allegedly abused sexually. | 2022-05-05T22:19:09+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/colombia-extradites-feared-head-of-gulf-clan-to-us/ |
You may think losing weight improves health, but as one study indicates, dropping pounds isn't always a sign of positive health outcomes.
According to a new study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association, weight loss among older adults was associated with an increase in mortality risk. Researchers from Australia, Germany and the U.S. were involved in the study.
The study included participants over age 65 in Australia and age 70 in the U.S.
Researchers noted that the study was limited by the inability to differentiate between intended and unintended weight loss. The authors noted, however, that doctors should be aware of an association between weight loss and the onset of fatal diseases.
Researchers were asking, “Is change in body size associated with increased mortality risk among healthy older adults?”
According to the researchers, among men, a 5% to 10% loss of body weight was associated with a 33% increase in mortality. A more than 10% loss of body weight was associated with a 289% increase in mortality, the study said.
The results were less pronounced among women.
A loss of 5% to 10% of body weight was associated with a 26% increase in mortality among women. An over 10% loss was associated with a 114% increase in mortality, the authors wrote.
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“This study suggests that weight loss was associated with an increase in mortality, particularly among men, highlighting the need to monitor and investigate weight loss in older adults,” the study’s authors wrote.
The National Institute on Agingoffers tips on its website for seniors to eat a healthy, balanced diet. It recommends consuming a variety of foods from all food groups to reduce the risk of developing diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. It recommends eating low levels of sodium, saturated fats and added sugar while consuming lots of lean protein. | 2023-04-11T18:18:01+00:00 | ktvh.com | https://www.ktvh.com/news/national/study-weight-loss-a-sign-of-increased-mortality-risk-among-seniors |
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Officials at a Swedish zoo managed to get three chimpanzees who had broken out of their enclosure back into a secure space, but four others were shot dead.
The Furuvik zoo said in a statement Saturday that the surviving animals are now being looked after and one who is injured is receiving veterinary care.
The apes had escaped on Wednesday, with some of them making their way out of the monkey house where they lived. Officials were forced to shoot them because of the danger to the public. Two were shot in the zoo grounds and one was confirmed dead inside the monkey house. When keepers were finally able to get inside on Saturday, they found the body of a fourth chimp.
“What has happened is a great tragedy and a huge failure of us,” the zoo said in a statement on Facebook.
“We all feel a huge sadness about what has happened and mourn our beloved chimps Linda, Torsten, Santino and Manda. … We are very keen to get to the bottom of how this could have happened and the investigation may show where we have (failed) or if we could have acted differently.”
The zoo identified the surviving chimps as Selma, Maria-Magdalena and Tjobbe, and said Selma’s injuries were being treated.
The Furuvik zoo is located near Gavle, 165 kilometers (100 miles) north of Stockholm. It is part of an amusement park. According to the park’s website, it is also the only primate research station in the Nordic countries.
It is not the first time in recent months that animals have escaped from Swedish zoos. In October, a venomous king cobra escaped from its terrarium at a zoo in Sweden but returned by itself after a week.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-12-18T10:48:07+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/12/18/3-escaped-chimpanzees-recaptured-in-sweden-4-shot-dead/ |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose will be offered to nursing home residents and people age 50 and over in Denmark later this year, the prime minister said Wednesday.
The reason for the move is a rise in cases of the BA.5 coronavirus variant in Europe, and Denmark’s government says it wants to move swiftly to avoid potential restrictions or a lockdown.
“The infection has been on the rise for the past three weeks,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. “That is why we are acting now.”
She added that the swift move was aimed at taking care of older people and the vulnerable and to avoid the congestion of hospitals, shutdowns and restrictions and to keep the economy going.
Last week, the BA.5 variant accounted for 59% of the positive cases while the previous week it represented 32% of the cases, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said. As of Wednesday, 1,958 cases were reported in Denmark and 249 people were hospitalized.
“These are staggering numbers, but they are low numbers compared to what we have tried before,” said Heunicke, adding that while the variant is more contagious, it doesn’t cause more serious illness.
The shot will first be given to those living in nursing homes starting Sept. 15 and then those over 50 from Oct. 1. Vulnerable people also can get a vaccine by contacting their general practitioner, said the head of the Danish Health Authority, Søren Brostrøm. Nursing home staff will also be offered a fourth shot.
Frederiksen said it is the Danish health authorities’ assessment that 2.5 million people would be offered revaccination during the fall.
She added that with the knowledge Denmark has now, “we do not see an autumn and a winter with major restrictions and closures.”
“All we do now is to avoid the shutdowns,” Heunicke said.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/covid-19-pandemic | 2022-06-22T15:11:03+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/health/ap-health/denmark-to-offers-fourth-covid-19-shot-to-some/ |
Mark your calendars for the Columbia Basin Exteriors BBQ, Blues and Whiskey Festival, coming up in June.
The promoter says the event will include live blues music, a hot wing challenge, a cornhole tournament, BBQ vendors, outdoor adventure vendors and a pig roast.
The festival is Friday, June 2, from 4-10 p.m. and Saturday, June 3 from 11am-10pm at the Deschutes County Expo Center in Redmond.
Tickets are now on sale at this link. Tickets for individual activities, including the Blazing Hot Wing Challenge, will be released soon.
RELATED: How did promoter pick Redmond for FairWell Festival | 2023-03-24T03:28:55+00:00 | centraloregondaily.com | https://centraloregondaily.com/bbq-blues-whiskey-festival-redmond-june/ |
The second of two men who escaped a Philadelphia jail last week has been captured, police say
By Danny Freeman
(CNN) — The second of the two men who escaped from a Philadelphia jail last week was captured Wednesday, and at least three people have now been charged with their escape, according to authorities.
Ameen Hurst, 18, was taken into custody without incident in southwest Philadelphia, the city’s police commissioner, Danielle Outlaw, said in a tweet. He was stopped by US marshals Wednesday morning after getting into a vehicle with his mother and brother, and marshals arrested his brother, according to authorities. The brother’s charges have not been made public yet.
“I’m very relieved and grateful that this incident has reached resolution,” said Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney in brief remarks.
Hurst was being held on charges related to four homicides dating back to Christmas 2020.
Hurst and Nasir Grant, 24, escaped the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Facility through a hole in a recreation yard fence that had been “deliberately cut” on May 7, according to the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. The men had been missing for nearly a full day before the facility’s staff noticed.
The US Marshals and the Philadelphia Police Department described the men as “armed and dangerous” and launched a manhunt for their whereabouts.
Grant, who had been in custody on narcotics and gun violations, was captured last week by the US Marshals Service in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Three people, including another inmate, have now been charged in connection with the escape.
Michael Abrams, 21, was arrested by federal authorities in a hotel in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, on Monday afternoon and faces charges of escape, criminal use of communications facility, criminal conspiracy and hindering apprehension, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office said.
Police said Abrams “assisted Hurst in leaving the area” but did not provide more details.
His bail was set at $1 million and he has a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 24, the office said. CNN has attempted to reach an attorney representing Abrams.
Last week, Philadelphia police arrested and charged Xianni Stalling and Jose Flores-Huerta for their alleged roles in helping Grant and Hurst escape custody.
Stalling was arrested after “ordering transportation that moved them away from the prison,” Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said Wednesday. She was charged with criminal conspiracy, escape, hindering apprehension and criminal use of a communication facility, according to court records. A public defender for Stalling declined to comment.
Flores-Huerta, an inmate at the correctional center awaiting trial on murder and other charges, “acted as a lookout and he moved (the escapees) and helped them elude guards and leave the building,” Vanore said. He is accused of escape and criminal conspiracy, police said. An attorney for Flores-Huerta did not respond to a request for comment.
The Philadelphia Police Department’s Office of Professional Compliance said in a statement it is “actively investigating” the escape, including reviewing security tapes and staffing assignments around the time of the jailbreak. Investigators are also examining phone calls made by Grant and Hurst prior to their escape from the 1,210-capacity, 56-bed facility.
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Highly accomplished public and private sector industry leaders join fast-growing supply chain resilience company to propel next-stage innovation, growth, and partnerships
ARLINGTON, Va., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Interos, creator of the world's leading AI-powered supply chain resilience platform, today appointed three visionary industry leaders to its senior executive and advisory board leadership teams. The appointments of Kiersten E. Todt (Board of Advisors), Adeel Najmi (Chief Product and Technology Officer) and Jason Parikh (Chief Financial Officer) further accelerate momentum at one of Inc. magazine's Fastest Growing companies in the U.S.
Today's announcement comes in the wake of a spate of new public and private sector agreements for Interos, including transformational agreements with several Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. Navy, among others.
The appointments of deeply knowledgable technology practitioners and thought leaders underscore Interos' mission to fortify fragile global supply chains by delivering end-to-end Resilience By Design TM solutions and dual use technology. Its industry-first platform maps and monitors sub-tier supply chain relationships at scale to pre-empt or minimize systemic risk and stop disruption.
The announcements include:
Kiersten E. Todt, Board of Advisors
A highly respected cybersecurity and homeland security expert, Todt most recently served as Chief of Staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA), where she was responsible for strategic planning, resource allocation, and development of long-range objectives to support the agency's goals of securing the nation's cyber and physical infrastructure and driving down risk. Her involvement in the development of NIST's Cybersecurity Framework and as Executive Director of President Obama's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity highlight her commitment to advancing cybersecurity practices and shoring up digital supply chains. Following her work on the Commission, she co-founded, with Commission leadership, the Cyber Readiness Institute, specifically focused on cyber tools for small businesses to improve the security of global supply chains.
Adeel Najmi, Chief Product and Technology Officer
Najmi is a trusted supply chain industry authority with over 30 years' experience in senior product, technology, and consulting leadership roles spanning startups and numerous Fortune 500 companies. A holder of 12 patents in supply chain applications, Adeel brings deep experience leveraging advanced data sciences, ML, and AI to deliver breakthrough solutions in supply chain planning, consumer insights, revenue growth, sourcing, and procurement. His proven record includes driving digital transformations at Fortune 500 customers and overseeing 14 product launches. As Chief Product Officer at Interos, Najmi will lead product strategy and AI-first solutions that simplify enterprise business processes, drive growth, and enhance resilience. His appointment strengthens an already talented leadership bench within Interos' product and engineering group, which is focused on helping companies achieve a more granular and actionable view of risk deep into their sub-tier supply chains using AI and ML.
Jason Parikh, Chief Financial Officer
Parikh is an accomplished financial leader and market strategist with over three decades of experience in finance, strategy, operations, and management. He brings extensive SaaS expertise having worked in multiple VC-backed companies spanning cybersecurity, analytics, fintech, sales intelligence, ecommerce, and other sectors. He has held CFO and senior-level finance leadership positions at five publicly traded companies and over ten venture capital-backed firms. Parikh has a deep background leading fast-growing organizations to optimize and scale their processes and operations, and has been directly involved in equity offerings, debt financings, successful IPOs, and multiple M&A transactions. He has raised capital for both public and private companies. Together with the Interos executive team, Parikh will continue the company's focus on sustainable value creation and growth for customers, partners, and other critical stakeholders.
"With the addition of Kiersten, Adeel and Jason, we're building the strongest leadership team in this industry, with deep sector knowledge and insights that will be translated into our product and company vision. We're excited to accelerate innovation and impact while giving our customers the tools to enhance their brands, strengthen their reputation, and grow their profitability," said Interos Founder and CEO Jennifer Bisceglie.
Interos Board of Advisors Chair David Warrick cited the new leaders' proven experience addressing critical risk management and resilience challenges.
"All three leaders bring a track record of success in tackling complex and challenging global opportunities, and importing external perspectives," he said. "These are defining executives who not only understand and believe in where we are going, but have the experience and capabilities to advance that journey."
About Interos
Interos is the AI-first operational resilience company – creating the most trusted and transparent supply chains in the world. Our pioneering scoring and relationship discovery technologies enable customers to automate risk assessment, detection, and response. As the world's first, and only, automated supplier resilience platform, we map and monitor physical and digital supply chains at scale to protect organizations from regulatory violations, unethical labor, cyber-attacks, bankruptcy, catastrophe, and other systemic vulnerabilities. Interos serves a variety of commercial, government, and public sector customers around the world, from within the members of the Five Eyes nations as well as a host of Global Fortune 500 companies.
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(Motor Authority) — Following the recent success of “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” on Netflix, it seems rival streaming services want to attract some of that F1 audience.
A documentary about seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and an F1 movie featuring Brad Pitt are already locked in for AppleTV+, and Variety last week reported that actor Keanu Reeves is working on a four-part F1 documentary series for Disney+.
The Reeves series will reportedly focus on Ross Brawn’s purchase of the Honda F1 team at the start of 2009 and subsequent turnaround that season which saw the team, rebranded as Brawn GP, take home both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles. The Drivers’ title was awarded to Jenson Button.
Brawn sold the team to Mercedes-Benz at the end of 2009 and stayed with the squad until 2013, after which he took a break from F1. He returned in 2017 to take up his current role, this time as a manager on the sport’s administrative side.
Reeves has been spotted at various F1 races in recent years, and according to Variety, he’s already been conducting interviews for the series. Names mentioned include former Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo, former F1 driver Rubens Barrichello (who also drove for Brawn GP), and both Button and Brawn.
The series is expected to run in 2023.
Reeves is known for his love of speed, though he’s more widely known for his love of motorcycles rather than cars, having even founded high-end motorcycle brand Arch Motorcycle with Gard Hollinger in 2011. That hasn’t stopped him from being associated with the car world, for instance, his visit to Ferrari’s headquarters in 2015. | 2022-07-30T19:10:12+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/automotive/keanu-reeves-may-be-working-on-f1-docuseries-for-disney/ |
Hurricanes vs. Islanders Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - NHL Playoffs First Round Game 1
The New York Islanders go on the road to square off with the Carolina Hurricanes in the first game of the NHL Playoffs First Round on Monday, April 17, beginning at 7:00 PM ET on . Bookmakers favor the Hurricanes in this matchup, listing them -170 odds on the moneyline against the Islanders (+145).
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Hurricanes vs. Islanders Predictions for Monday
Our model for this contest calls for a final score of Hurricanes 4, Islanders 2.
- Moneyline Pick: Hurricanes (-170)
- Computer Predicted Total: 5.8
- Computer Predicted Spread: Hurricanes (-1.5)
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Hurricanes Splits and Trends
- The Hurricanes (52-21-9 overall) have a 13-9-22 record in games that have gone to overtime.
- In the 33 games Carolina has played that were decided by one goal, it has a 21-6-6 record (good for 48 points).
- The six times this season the Hurricanes finished a game with only one goal, they went 2-3-1 (five points).
- Carolina has scored two goals in 14 games this season (4-7-3 record, 11 points).
- The Hurricanes have scored three or more goals in 56 games (46-5-5, 97 points).
- In the 22 games when Carolina has scored a single power-play goal, it picked up 38 points after finishing 19-3-0.
- In the 65 games when it outshot its opponent, Carolina is 43-18-4 (90 points).
- The Hurricanes have been outshot by opponents in 13 games, going 7-3-3 to register 17 points.
Islanders Splits and Trends
- The Islanders have a record of 42-31-9 this season and are 6-9-15 in overtime games.
- New York has earned 32 points (14-7-4) in its 25 games that finished with a one-goal margin.
- In 14 games this season when the Islanders ended a game with only one goal, they earned a total of four points (1-11-2).
- New York has 14 points (6-9-2) when scoring a pair of goals this season.
- The Islanders have earned 74 points in their 45 games with three or more goals scored.
- This season, New York has scored a single power-play goal in 26 games and registered 32 points with a record of 14-8-4.
- When it outshoots its opponent this season, New York has posted a record of 24-12-4 (52 points).
- The Islanders have been outshot by opponents in 42 games, going 18-19-5 to register 41 points.
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- When: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
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- Where: PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- The warm sun in the Bahamas brought out plenty of mud on the rain-soaked fairways and created some wild shots for just about everyone but Viktor Hovland. He made 10 birdies Saturday to build a three-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge.
Hovland ran off six birdies on the back nine at Albany and finished with a bogey from a mud-shot on the 18th for an 8-under 64, putting him in position to join tournament host Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners of this tournament.
"I hit a lot of just good quality iron shots to give myself 7 to 12 feet. It wasn't like I hit one just incredible shot and stuff it or make it like I did the other days, but it was just kind of consistently giving myself looks," Hovland said.
He was at 13-under 203, and he made it look easy. It wasn't that way for the rest of the 20-man field, even with some of the best scoring of the week.
Scottie Scheffler, who can go to No. 1 in the world with a win, dropped only one shot and had an eagle on the par-5 15th for a 66 that put him in the final group with Hovland. It was a good day on his card. It was tough on the emotions seeing so much mud on his ball that he had no idea where it was going.
"Who's good at those? You pretty much have no idea what the golf ball's going to do," Scheffler said. "It's not something that I would practice at home just because it's not something that I believe should happen on the golf course."
The Masters champion's best work was not so much his five birdies and his eagle, but rather not letting the mud balls get in his head.
Everyone had to deal with it, some worse than others. Justin Thomas figures the one guy who caught a break was PGA Tour official Rick Wild, who records all the scores at the end of the day. Good thing it's a small field.
"Only 20 people coming in and complaining versus 120. I think that's probably a little easier on him," Thomas said. "It's unfortunate. And you can get some really, really unlucky breaks and unfortunate situations. But like I said, everybody has to deal with it and the more you let it get to you, probably the worse off you are."
Thomas was bogey-free for a 66, tied for third with Cameron Young (68).
Young, the PGA Tour rookie of the year, handled his misfortune well. With a 31 on the front nine and his sixth birdie of the round on No. 10, he was leading by two and in the middle of the fairway on the par-5 11th.
He went to lay up with a 4-iron and saw the ball shoot straight out to the right and into the bush, leading to a penalty shot before playing the next one and making bogey. He had another bogey on a par 5 and had to settle for a 68, leaving him five shots behind.
"The one that really hurt me was on 11," Young said. "I feel like I made a pretty good swing and it was into the weeds. It just takes a mediocre shot there to give yourself a pretty good look at birdie. So that definitely, definitely hurt. Yeah, there were a few."
Kevin Kisner had a hole-in-one on the 12th hole with a 6-iron, the lone bright spot on a day when he shot 77.
"I was putting probably the worst of my career today so I decided just to make it from 189 yards," Kisner said. "But it was a lot easier on par 3s because you got to hit a clean golf ball."
Because a majority of the course was in reasonable shape, the PGA Tour decided to play the ball down. Officials were concerned about four or five fairways, but the mud made its presence felt from fairways that were deluged with rain on Wednesday.
Hovland ran off three straight birdies early on the front nine, all from 15 feet or longer, and then he really took off on the back nine. He twice two-putted for birdie. He hit 6-iron to 12 feet on the par-3 12th, hit 9-iron to 7 feet on the next hole and then got some separation with an 8-iron to 15 feet on the 16th and a 7-iron to 8 feet on the par-3 17th.
"He played so good I almost felt bad about my round," Xander Schauffele said after a 69 left him six back. "It was clean. It was so good I didn't even realize what he was doing until he got to the end."
Woods won the World Challenge in 2006 and 2007 when it was at Sherwood Country Club in California. He is not playing this week because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot that caused him to withdraw on Monday. | 2022-12-04T00:09:54+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/35174692/viktor-hovland-sinks-10-birdies-3-shots-hero-world-challenge |
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Evan Bouchard scored the tying goal with 5 seconds remaining in the third period and Leon Draisaitl got the winner 22 seconds into overtime as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Monday night.
Bouchard took a desperate shot from the slot late in regulation and beat Panthers goalie Spencer Knight stick side for his third of the season — all in the last two games — to tie it. Early in the extra period, Draisaitl took a pass from Connor McDavid and scored his 13th for the win. The 27-second gap marked the shortest time between a team scoring a regulation goal and an OT goal in NHL history.
“It was kind of a weird one from our group,” said McDavid, who had a goal and two assists. “I thought we were kind of lethargic. We’ve talked about hanging in there, about winning with your ‘B’ and ‘C’ game. … We kind of stole it late.”
Tyson Barrie also scored and Zach Hyman had three assists for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner stopped 25 shots.
Edmonton has rallied to win two straight, including a 4-3 win at the New York Rangers on Saturday in which the Oilers trailed 3-0 before scoring four times in the third period.
“You don’t want to find yourself in that situation too much, but when we are, we’ve got a lot of confidence that we can just continue to play our game, stick with it and come away with a point or two,” Draisaitl said. “We’ve put in two pretty solid games here.”
Matthew Tkachuk, Anton Lundell and Brandon Montour scored for the Panthers, who have lost five of their last six games. Knight finished with 36 saves.
Florida coach Paul Maurice called the McDavid-Draisaitl combination as a lethal one.
“They are two dynamic players, they are a lot to handle. They tied the game and then won the game for them,” he said. “Our goaltender was fantastic tonight. We found a way to get the lead back. That’s a tough one to lose, with them scoring with 5 seconds left.
“The fight was there, but we know we can do better.”
Tkachuk opened the scoring 3:49 into the game as he took a pass that deflected off the skate of Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse and put it past Skinner after taking a couple of whacks at the puck for his 10th of the season.
The Oilers appeared to tie the score seven minutes into the second period as Hyman put his own rebound past Knight in tight, but the goal was waved off after officials determined he had kicked the puck into the net following a quick review.
Hyman helped make up for it shortly after on the power play, sending a pass more than half the length of the ice to spring McDavid on a breakaway. He beat Knight with a backhand shot following a deke for his 17th of the season with 9:25 left in the middle period.
Edmonton took the lead 5:18 into the third as Brett Kulak’s shot took a lucky bounce off Hyman right to the stick of a pinching Barrie, who got his fourth.
Florida tied it 2-2 about 5 1/2 minutes later as Lundell deflected Sam Reinhart’s pass in, pushing his goal streak to three games.
The Panthers regained the lead with 4:44 remaining after a mad scramble in front on the power play saw the puck come back to Montour, who fired it into the top corner.
NOTES
The Oilers have allowed six goals in the first three minutes of a game this season, the most of any team in the NHL. … Undrafted forward James Hamblin made his NHL debut for the Oilers after being called up from Bakersfield of the AHL.
UP NEXT
Panthers: At Calgary on Tuesday night for the second of a five-game trip.
Oilers: At Chicago on Wednesday night to open a two-game trip.
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Hurricane Orlene is poised to strike Mexico Monday, bringing heavy rain and the potential for severe flooding to popular resort areas along the west coast.
The Category 2 storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 105 mph with higher gusts, after peaking as a Category 4 Sunday afternoon, and is moving north at 8 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles from the storm's core, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Orlene is forecast to move over Las Islas Marias in the overnight hours, remain at hurricane strength when it reaches the mainland Monday afternoon or evening just south of Mazatlán and then weaken rapidly, the hurricane center projected.
The outlying islands could see 6-10 inches of rain, with local amounts over a foot, leading to localized flooding and possible landslides, the hurricane center noted, adding dangerous storm surges can be expected, with wave heights of 6-12 feet.
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Cardinals lose veteran wide receiver A.J. Green to knee injury vs. Rams
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver A.J. Green did not return to Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams after suffering a late second quarter knee injury.
Green went up for a catch with the Cardinals in the two-minute offense and had Kyler Murray's pass go off his face mask incomplete. He fell to the ground and grabbed his knee, then slowly walked off the field with a trainer.
Green had two targets without a catch on Sunday and came off the field for some treatment in the first quarter, but went back in. Last Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, he caught the game-tying two-point conversion after regulation time had ended, after being unable to haul a couple of throws his way before that.
Green has been a necessary presence on offense with this experience and the fact that the Cardinals don't have suspended receiver DeAndre Hopkins the in the early part of the season. The Cardinals turned to Andy Isabella as his replacement in the second half Sunday.
The Cardinals also lost starting left guard Justin Pugh for a few plays in the first half with an elbow injury, but Pugh returned for the second half. He was briefly replaced by Max Garcia.
Get in touch with Jose Romero at Jose.Romero@gannett.com. Find him on Twitter at @RomeroJoseM. | 2022-09-25T23:36:19+00:00 | azcentral.com | https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2022/09/25/cardinals-lose-veteran-wide-receiver-a-j-green-knee-injury-vs-rams/8116514001/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play Japan and Saudia Arabia in its last two World Cup warmups.
The 15th-ranked Americans will play No. 23 Japan in an exhibition on Sept. 23 at a European site that's yet to be announced, the U.S. Soccer Federation said Tuesday. Four days later, the U.S. will face No. 49 Saudi Arabia in a friendly four days later in Murcia, Spain.
Back in the World Cup after missing 2018, the U.S. is in Group B of the tournament at Qatar. The Americans open against No. 18 Wales on Nov. 21, face No. 5 England in a Black Friday matchup and finish the first round against No. 21 Iran on Nov. 29.
Japan begins Group E play against Germany on Nov. 23, faces Costa Rica on Nov. 27 and Spain on Dec. 1.
Saudi Arabia starts Group C against Argentina on Nov. 22, plays Poland four days later and Mexico on Nov. 30.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A U-Haul driver who veered onto sidewalks and rammed into bicyclists and moped riders Monday in New York City, killing one person and injuring eight, claimed he started mowing down people after seeing an “invisible object” coming toward the truck, police said Tuesday.
Weng Sor, 62, was charged Tuesday with murder and attempted murder in the rampage, which spanned 48 minutes and a large swath of Brooklyn’s bustling Bay Ridge neighborhood. Police were able to pin the truck against a building after a miles-long chase. Authorities were still considering charges related to a police officer who was hurt.
Sor, whose family and court records portray as a troubled man with a history of violence and mental illness, told police that once he saw the invisible object he’d “had enough” and began plowing into people, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said during a Tuesday news conference. Once stopped, Essig said Sor told officers they should’ve shot him.
“We believe Mr. Sor was suffering from a mental health crisis,” Essig said, reiterating that there is no evidence of a connection to terrorism.
Sor remained in police custody Tuesday. He was expected to be arraigned in court on the charges late Tuesday or on Wednesday. Court records did not list a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.
The U-Haul struck three people on mopeds, three people on bicycles, one person on an e-bike and one person who was on foot, police said. The truck also rammed into a police car, injuring the officer inside. The victims ranged in age from 30 to 66.
A 44-year-old man riding a moped died from a head injury after he was hit by the truck roughly a half hour after it struck the first victim. Mayor Eric Adams said the man, whose name has not been made public, was a single father “raising those children on his own.”
Sor rented the U-Haul truck in West Palm Beach, Florida on Feb. 1, paying in advance for a 30-day rental. He remained there until Feb. 4, when he began driving north to Brooklyn, where his son and ex-wife live, Essig said.
On Feb. 5, Sor was pulled over in South Carolina and cited for reckless driving and marijuana possession. He arrived in Brooklyn the next day, surprising his son when he showed up at his door in the middle of the night.
Weng Sor’s son, Stephen Sor, 30, told The Associated Press that his father had a history of mental illness and, until recently, was living in Las Vegas. Records there show he was convicted and served time for multiple acts of violence, including stabbing his own brother.
“Very frequently he’ll choose to skip out on his medications and do something like this,” Stephen Sor said in an interview outside his Brooklyn home. “This isn’t the first time he’s been arrested. It’s not the first time he’s gone to jail.”
On Feb. 8, Essig said, police stopped Sor for speeding in the U-Haul on a Brooklyn highway where trucks and other commercial vehicles are not allowed. He was then spotted in New Jersey on Sunday, a day before the mayhem in Brooklyn, Essig said.
Sor’s criminal history includes arrests for driving while intoxicated and evading a police officer in 2002 and multiple instances of battery.
In 2015, Weng Sor stabbed his brother in Las Vegas and served about 17 months in a Nevada prison, according to court and prison records. In 2020, he stabbed someone in the arm and chest with a knife and was sentenced to 364 days in county jail, with about 10 months of time already served.
Before pleading guilty in that case, Sor underwent several months of evaluations at state psychiatric facilities until he was found competent to face charges, court records show. The records don’t list a possible diagnosis, but note that Sor was placed on medications.
In an earlier Nevada case, Sor was ordered to undergo counseling and perform community service after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery in 2005. The judge noted at the time that Sor was moving to New York and ordered him to submit to a mental health evaluation once there. | 2023-02-15T01:14:09+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-national-news/ap-brooklyn-dodger-mans-leap-saves-him-during-u-haul-rampage/ |
Through this strategic partnership, consumers in the UAE can use the Jingle Pay app to send money in near real-time to over 200 countries and territories around the world
MoneyGram has also completed a minority investment in Jingle Pay, providing the Company with a direct ownership position in the startup
DALLAS, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MoneyGram International, Inc., a global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, and Jingle Pay, a financial super-app based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), today announced a partnership to enable convenient and fast global money transfers through the Jingle Pay app. Consumers in the UAE can use the Jingle Pay app – powered by MoneyGram's global payment rails and near real-time capabilities – to send money to over 200 countries and territories around the world.
MoneyGram has also announced the completion of a minority investment in Jingle Pay, giving MoneyGram an approximate 12% equity stake in Jingle Pay. Alex Holmes, MoneyGram Chairman and CEO, has joined the Jingle Pay Board of Directors as Chairman to help guide Jingle Pay's strategic path forward.
"As consumer preference increasingly shifts online, investing in digital startups around the world is a critical component of our strategy," said Holmes. "We're excited to partner with Jingle Pay, as we believe in their strategic vision to improve the key elements of traditional banking through its suite of innovative digital offerings. As the startup continues to grow, MoneyGram's direct ownership in the company will strengthen our leading position in the Middle East and further accelerate our strategic goals to lead the evolution of digital payments."
As a global trade hub, the UAE hosts nearly 9 million expatriates, constituting approximately 89% of the population and making the country a powerhouse for outbound remittances.1 With a focus on financial inclusion, Jingle Pay is targeting expats in the region and providing consumers with access to an extensive list of accessible financial services, such as its multi-currency card and money transfer services.
"Jingle Pay is the super-app transforming the daily financial lives of consumers seeking accessible, instant and innovative money services," said Amir Fardghassemi, Founder and CEO of Jingle Pay. "Our partnership with MoneyGram extends our network of global remittance destinations and allows us to tap MoneyGram's remittance clearing expertise. It gives our users global coverage and cost-effective rates. At Jingle Pay, we are committed to reinventing how people store, spend and send money, while furthering financial inclusion and low-cost remittance corridors."
The Jingle Pay app is now live in the UAE.
About MoneyGram International, Inc.
MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), a global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, delivers innovative financial solutions to connect the world's communities. With a purpose-driven strategy to mobilize the movement of money, a strong culture of fintech innovation, and leading customer-centric capabilities, MoneyGram has grown to serve over 150 million people in the last five years. The Company leverages its modern, mobile, and API-driven platform and collaborates with the world's top brands to serve consumers through its direct-to-consumer digital channel, global retail network, and embedded finance business for enterprise customers. MoneyGram is also a leader in pioneering cross-border payment innovation and blockchain-enabled settlement. For more information, please visit ir.moneygram.com, follow @MoneyGram on social media, and explore the website and mobile app through moneygram.com.
About Jingle Pay
Jingle Pay is a UAE-born financial super-app, which empowers its users with a fast digital account, free of fees and zero-commitments, to reliably store, spend, and send money to 160+ countries, in 99+ currencies, at the best exchange rates globally. Jingle Pay's operations extend across the MENAP region with presence in the UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan and Egypt. For more information, visit jinglepay.com and follow us on @JinglePay on social media.
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As I countersteered while the bright orange Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro slid sideways in the snow, the question of why anyone should buy one of these archaic SUVs kept rolling around my mind.
The answer is most people shouldn’t buy the Toyota 4Runner, and yet the Japanese automaker sold 121,023 units in the U.S. in 2022.
After spending a frigid winter week full of snow, ice, and cold in the 2023 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro, I realized it’s essentially my Uncle Robert’s 1990 Nissan Pathfinder updated with safety equipment to pass muster as a “modern” SUV. It’s old, it hasn’t progressed, and the competition usually makes more sense, but it has an old school appeal. Here are the pros and cons, should you choose to go back in time.
Pro: 4Runner TRD Pro features traditional brick-like SUV design
In an era when many crossover SUVs have cookie-cutter looks and limited visibility due to tiny windows, the 4Runner still looks like the rough-and-tumble SUV it is. With a blunt front end, lots of tall glass around the greenhouse, no rake to the roofline, and squared-off proportions, the 4Runner carries the traits of a traditional body-on-frame SUV. It’s one of the few two-row body-on-frame SUVs left. Others include the Jeep Wrangler and Ford Bronco. The 4Runner splits the difference between them and the softer, more curved unibody Grand Cherokee.
Con: 4Runner TRD Pro has an archaic powertrain
The 4Runner’s powertrain is old and outgunned by the competition. While Broncos have 10-speed transmissions, and Grand Cherokees and Wranglers feature eight forward gears, the 4Runner’s 270-hp 4.0-liter V-6 makes do with just a 5-speed automatic transmission. It’s actually more like a 4-speed with an additional tall overdrive gear. It didn’t take long on a highway road trip for my wife to demand I turn off cruise control. To keep momentum at over 70 mph the transmission constantly dropped from fifth to fourth gear and then back again. It’s grating. This occurred regardless of whether I was driving alone or with the family and luggage.
Pro: 4Runner TRD Pro features true fold-flat second-row seat
Nearly every modern crossover SUV features a folding second-row seat, but many don’t fold entirely flat. The reason is because any bolstering on the seat backs makes them sit at an angle when they fold down onto the seat bottoms. Like my 2000 Grand Cherokee and uncle’s 1990 Pathfinder, the 4Runner’s seat bottoms fold forward and then the seat backs tumble down. This creates a completely flat load floor. One fault with this setup is it limits how far back the front seat can slide when the rear seats are folded down, in part because the seat bottoms are fixed in place. Gentle giants like Senior Editor Bengt Halvorson, who is 6-foot-6, may be inconvenienced. At 5-foot-10, it works for me.
Con: Poorly tuned ABS and ESC in 4Runner TRD Pro
Both the ABS and ESC are poorly tuned in the 4Runner for foul weather. The 4Runner will slide around a corner with far more angle than it probably should before the ESC will kick in and attempt to save your butt. That’s fun, but it’s not the safest tune for the average driver. The ABS also doesn’t react as quickly as in other vehicles I’ve driven in the snow, including my wife’s 2015 Grand Cherokee in the same weather on the same day. I adjusted my driving to be more careful on snow and ice. Will everyone?
Pro: 4Runner TRD Pro’s interior is from the ’90s
Feel modern cars are too complicated with too many features? The 4Runner might be for you. Aside from the 8.0-inch touchscreen, the 4Runner’s interior controls and ergonomics might as well be from the 1990s. The audio and climate functions are operated by oversized knobs and buttons. The analog gauge cluster is simple and uncluttered. The Bronco and Wrangler are similar, but they feature more modern infotainment systems. The Grand Cherokee has moved up market with a cleaner, more luxurious look while still retaining buttons and rocker switches.
Con: 4Runner TRD Pro has basic part-time four-wheel drive
The 4Runner TRD Pro, which is the most hardcore off-road oriented model in the lineup and the most expensive, costs $55,355. My tester’s options included extra-cost paint, running boards, a slide-out rear cargo tray, and a 50-state emissions package for $56,475. While that price includes four-wheel drive, it only works part time, and there’s no option for a full-time system. The system is engaged via a console-mounted stubby selector that also might be straight from the ’90s parts bin. In an odd twist, the only 4Runner model with full-time four-wheel drive is the less-expensive and chrome-laden Limited model. Every Bronco gets a full-time system, as does every Grand Cherokee equipped with four-wheel drive.
Bonus: 4Runner TRD Pro’s off-road tires offer little traction in snowy climates
The Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro comes rolling on Nitto Grappler All Terrain tires. Despite how they may look, their big knobby treads are terrible in the snow and ice. The “3 Peak” rating many tire manufacturers slap on their tires to indicate they are snow-ready (including these Grappler ATs) doesn’t mean they are winter tires. A week with these Nittos made me thankful that my wife’s Grand Cherokee rides on Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 winter tires. If you live in an area with harsh winters, invest in winter tires for your safety and the safety of others on the road. To boot, in the tire-rating system on Nitto’s own website, these Grappler AT tires rate a middling at best in every category except dry performance, in which they get a 4 out of 5.
The 4Runner is old and outdated. The Bronco, Wrangler, and Grand Cherokee run circles around it in most meaningful ways. All three are as capable, if not more so, off-road in the right configuration. All three have more modern powertrains and the Grand Cherokee is far more pleasant to drive.
Most people looking at a 4Runner should walk over to a Jeep or Ford showroom and plunk down money on a Wrangler, Grand Cherokee, or Bronco. But for the 121,023 people who didn’t in 2022, I sort of understand the decision.
The 4Runner speaks to me for the wrong reasons: It’s still quite capable and it’s from a lost time that can spur a tinge of nostalgia. Unc’s 1990 Nissan Pathfinder was rad. His was a blue-on-blue model with a manual transmission. Shame you can’t option any of that on a 4Runner.
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2023 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro
Base price: $55,355 including $1,335 destination
Price as tested: $56,475
Powertrain: 270-hp 4.0-liter V-6, 5-speed automatic transmission, part-time four-wheel drive
EPA fuel economy: 16/19/17 mpg
The hits: Great outward vision, looks the part, easy-to-use controls, true fold-flat second row
The misses: Ancient powertrain, poor ABS and ESC tuning, part-time four-wheel drive, all-terrain tires aren’t winter tires
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Family seeking $10M from school after son forced to play cotton-picking game
ARLINGTON, Va. (WJLA) - A family of an eighth-grade student in Virginia says their son is being bullied after he was forced to play a cotton-picking game in class earlier this year.
And now they have sent a notice of claim and demand to the school district, asking for $10 million.
Sidney Rousey’s family said they want to send a message loud and clear.
In February, Rousey, the lone Black student in his French class at Gunston Middle School, was reportedly pressured to play a game requiring him to pick cotton with his face.
The boy’s family said they have since sent a settlement notice to Arlington Public Schools because the school’s response has enabled other students to bully him, causing emotional distress.
“There have been some escalating bullying attacks on Sidney. He has suffered tremendously throughout this process,” said Justin Fairfax, the family’s attorney.
Sidney’s mother said her son has been going through a tough time.
“He has feelings. No one knows what he holds on to when he goes to sleep,” said Keisha Kirkland, Sidney’s mother.
According to the school district, it has removed the game from the middle school’s list of team-building activities. But the family claims his academic experience has also suffered.
“They [the school] have never apologized. They have isolated him and allowed him to be ostracized. They put him, for 51 minutes, in a separate area of the library by himself to learn French,” Fairfax said.
A spokesperson for the school district said they cannot currently comment on the matter.
“What is a situation that looks like this worth? A situation you can’t take back, that you can’t fix. You tell me. It’s not about the money. It’s about what’s right. It’s about what you [the school] didn’t do. It’s about accountability,” Kirkland said.
If the school district does not respond within 30 days, The boy’s family plans to officially file a lawsuit.
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What was there before Jarling’s Custard Cup on Kirby Avenue … the latest on Unit 4’s programs for high-achieving students … what’s next for a former auto repair shop on Neil Street … a blind corner along a busy Urbana highway … and where to get (almost) up-to-the-minute temperature readings for the twin cities. All that and more in today’s Mailbag.
What did Jarling’s building used to be?
“While waiting in line at Jarling’s Custard Cup on Kirby Avenue one day, I overheard two older gentlemen discussing ‘what was in this building before Jarling’s?’ One of them said it used to be a bakery and before that it was a fast food restaurant. With its unique architecture, I was wondering what it was originally designed for. And what other businesses have used it in the past?”
A News-Gazette article from May of 1983 said Doug and Christy Jarling had opened their new Custard Cup at 309 W. Kirby in Champaign — a spin-off of the original Danville store owned by Doug’s parents. As I looked at old C-U city directories, the first mention I found of any business at 309 W. Kirby was Jarling’s, in the 1984 volume.
Here’s where things get interesting, and maybe a little confusing. City directories from the 1960s, ’70s and early ’80s show several businesses were located at 311 W. Kirby over the years. When I searched for both 309 and 311 W. Kirby in Google Maps a few days ago, the 309 pin landed on the east half of the Jarling’s building and the 311 pin was over the west half. I’m reasonably sure 309 and 311 were/are the same building from the ’60s to the present.
It seems the old-timer the reader mentioned in his question remembered correctly. A Marty K’s Drive-In was at 311 W. Kirby from about 1964 through about 1970. (Another Marty K’s was at Wright and University.) And the Old World Bakery was located at 311 W. Kirby in 1982, as was Rent-a-Wash of Champaign. From what I could tell, the property was residential until the current structure was purpose-built for Marty K’s.
I found other listings for Hunt and Associates Real Estate (1974); American Home Care, Tom Reed, and Trilex Carpet Care Service (1980 and ’81); and RenAppli of Champaign (1984) at that address. I also seem to remember it being used as a Christmas tree lot when Jarling’s was closed for the winter season.
Other businesses may have come and gone on that large lot at 309-311 W. Kirby, without having been listed in the directories I found. Townies, please let me know if you can document other uses of that building back in the day — or if you have a photo of the current Jarling’s building, from when it was a Marty K’s.
County’s shortest Stop sign?
“Heading east on Old Church Road at the intersection with Race Street, there is a stop sign that must be the shortest in Champaign County. Short enough that I can’t believe it’s legal. Is it?”
Well … it was certainly “vertically challenged” in comparison to the other three signs at the 4-way stop. I checked with Champaign County highway engineer Jeff Blue, and he said that sign is under the purview of Philo Township and its highway commissioner, Brian Meharry.
“I talked to him on the phone, and he said the sign was hit a while back and it broke the post,” Blue said. “They just reused the post with intentions to replace it, but it hasn't happened yet. He said thanks for the reminder, and he would get it fixed in the very near future.” The stop sign has been replaced, and the new one is standing tall.
Current status of Unit 4 programs for high achievers
“I understand Champaign Unit 4 has gotten rid of all gifted programs in grade schools and is working on a plan to discontinue Advanced Placement classes in our high schools. If these things are true, what is the rationale behind them?”
The short answer: elementary gifted programs are on their way out, but the AP classes are here to stay.
Unit 4’s answer to this question’s been pending for a while now — since shortly before the April school board election. “We started phasing out the elementary self-contained gifted program in the fall of 2021,” said Stacey Moore, Unit 4’s chief communications officer, in an email last week. “The last cohort of students will be in 5th grade next year.
“Unit 4 is committed to keeping and expanding our Advanced Placement (AP) and dual-credit courses at the high school level. We currently offer 24 AP courses and 18 dual-credit courses (college and high school),” she said.
As for the rationale behind the decision affecting elementary students … Moore referred readers to the Gifted Programs page on the district’s website, which says only that “Champaign Unit 4 made the decision to phase out the gifted program starting in 2021. There will be no new students accepted into the program and no additional testing for entrance into the gifted program will take place. All students who are currently enrolled in the gifted program will be able to remain in the program through 5th grade.”
In a March 5, 2021 News-Gazette article, reporter Anthony Zilis cited a letter that then-superintendent Susan Zola had sent to parents, explaining why the district proposed eliminating gifted programs at the elementary level. In the letter, Zola identified declining enrollment numbers and the lack of diversity in those classes as the reasoning for the proposed shift.
“As we work to improve our accelerated learning programs, promote desegregation and increase access to rigor within our schools, we are proposing changes to our gifted education program,” she wrote. “Based on this and the work of the strategic plan, district administration will recommend the gradual phasing out of the self-contained elementary gifted programming” to the school board.
According to the district’s 2020 Illinois State Board of Education report card, 4.4 percent of its White students were identified as gifted, compared with 1.2 percent of Black students, 1.2 percent of Hispanic students and 12.3 percent of Asian students.
“Unit 4 remains committed to serving all students and meeting students’ learning needs by increasing access to our most rigorous learning opportunities, strengthening our use of differentiated instruction, and building long-lasting school and family relationships,” Zola wrote at the time. “We believe that these are vital steps in helping us provide a more inclusive and equitable educational experience.”
What’s next for DJ’s Automotive property
“It looks like the DJ’s Automotive Service on Neil Street has closed. The backhoe in their parking lot suggests the shop will be coming down soon. Any word on what will replace it?”
I called the phone number on the former auto shop’s awning, and an automated message said the number had been disconnected or was no longer in service.
Sohail Chaudhry, owner of the Sarus Galleria strip mall located south of DJ’s, said he’s purchased the former auto shop property at 2104 South Neil and plans to tear it down to build a parking lot. “This will provide extra parking for the strip mall customers and hopefully make it more attractive to quality tenants,” he said.
As of Wednesday afternoon, a demolition permit application for the building was still under review by the City of Champaign.
Accurate temperature readings for C-U
“Do you know of any app or website that displays actual, current C-U temperature readings 24/7/365? The Weather Channel and local radio stations seem to use the hourly temp reading from Willard Airport … which means it’s not always very accurate when they give it."
Around here, a lot of weather can happen in an hour’s time. We checked in with WCIA-TV chief meteorologist Kevin Lighty to see what he uses for the most up-to-date temperature data, and said he generally goes by the Illinois State Water Survey’s readings. They are available online at go.isws.illinois.edu/cuwx, and are updated every 5 to 10 minutes throughout the day. The Water Survey’s reporting station is located along Windsor Road, near First Street.
As the reader noted, temperatures and other readings at the UI’s Willard Airport are updated once per hour — usually at about 7 minutes before the top of the hour. And “they never match,” Lighty said. “I’ve often found the Willard site to always be a degree or two warmer than the Water Survey site.
“Also, it’s so confusing here because the Water Survey site has records dating back to late 1800s while Willard only has data back to the 1990s. The National Weather Service officially uses Willard, but it’s not a good representation for history because of the small data record. I wish the Water Survey could be the official reporting site since they have such a large historical data set.”
Piles of crunchy brush at Mount Hope
“Most cemeteries have caught up with their mowing since Memorial Day, but Mount Hope still has several HUGE piles of tree limbs and brush that need to be picked up. These are not recent trimmings; they’re brown and crispy and have clearly been there for a long time. What is the plan for getting rid of the brush piles? As dry as it’s been, they’re a fire hazard.”
Tom Battista, part of the Midwest Group of Illinois/Memorial Traditions ownership group that operates Mount Hope, said the company had ordered a chipper/grinder about 3 weeks prior to our conversation, and its delivery was delayed. It “finally arrived this week,” he said in a text on June 21. “All debris will be cleared by Friday.” They didn’t quite meet the Friday goal, but by Sunday evening it appeared all of the brush piles had been reduced to wood chips.
(Formerly) bad stretch of road north of Sidney
“The approximately ¼ mile of CR 2125E between Main Street and the new bridge just north of Sidney has to be the worst road in the county. Are there any plans to fix it?”
I texted the question to Sidney Township Highway Commissioner Jeff Roberts on Wednesday, and he called me right back with the good news: “They ground it off and poured the asphalt today.” So if you’ve been avoiding that stretch of road, there’s no longer a need to detour; the road has been resurfaced.
Newly planted trees beneath power lines
“In-between two parking lots at Champaign Central High School, adjacent to North New Street, are three newly planted trees within 6 feet of an overhead power line. These particular trees will be large at maturity. It would seem either the trees or the power lines should be moved….”
Ameren verified that the trees are under cable and power lines, and they have made Unit 4 officials aware of that. No word yet from the school district about how they plan to proceed.
Cattails blocking drivers’ view of busy Urbana highway
“Coming out of the ALDI driveway at the corner of Routes 130 and 150 in Urbana, drivers can’t see oncoming traffic due to tall cattails in the ditch. It’s a serious accident waiting to happen. Can you help us get the attention of someone who can cut them back?”
The adjacent photo shows the view from the left-turn lane a few days ago, and I can see why the reader is concerned. With a speed limit of 45 mph, highway traffic approaching from the left moves quickly.
That particular ditch is under IDOT's purview, according to IDOT engineer Kensil Garnett. “Per our IDOT mowing policy, maintenance mowing shall be completed between July 1st and August 14th. The area-in-question will be mowed during the upcoming time period.”
Streetlight timers in Champaign
“The streetlights in the Clark Park neighborhood were on around 6 p.m. last Thursday even though sunset was nearly 8:30 p.m. Was the streetlight infrastructure a victim of recent cyberattacks? Or is it just a setting error?”
These streetlights are “not on any sort of network that would be vulnerable to a cyberattack,” said Champaign Public Works’ Kris Koester. (Phew!) He said their early illumination probably was the result of a faulty photocell, the light sensor that triggers dusk-to-dawn lights.
This just in: Tree at Neil Street P.O. is … still dead
Sometimes, a Mailbag question is all it takes to make a public agency aware of a problem and take steps toward addressing it. Other times, progress comes much more sloooowly.
About 10 months ago, we ran a question about a large, dead pine tree at the Neil Street Post Office. A spokesperson told us at the time that “USPS is concerned about how such things impact the community. You will soon see the issue resolved to reflect pride in ownership.”
A reader asked us for an update, and we can report that the large tree is still there … still dead … and still an eyesore. However, regional spokesperson Tim Norman says the Postal Service is inching (millimeter-ing?) closer to having the tree cut down. “That office is moving forward with the removal of the tree after discussion with city planning and zoning. I do not have a date that the work will be done at this time.”
Is Smitty’s Car Wash still coming to South Neil?
“Has work stopped on the new car wash on South Neil? Sure seems that way.”
Patience, dear reader; they shall sell no shine before its time. Corporate reps with Smitty’s Car Wash had told us back in February that they were hoping for an October opening. The “coming soon” sign is still there on the fenced-in lot at 1703 S. Neil Street in Champaign. A sign on the Neil Street side directs construction traffic to the State Street entrance. And in recent weeks, a shipping container, port-a-potty and what appears to be a construction-office trailer have appeared on-site. All signs that point to progress. | 2023-06-30T19:57:52+00:00 | news-gazette.com | https://www.news-gazette.com/business/kathys-mailbag-june-30-2023/article_e82ba5c6-2feb-5ba0-9e12-37d175fd468f.html |
Concussion lingers for former NASCAR champion Kurt Busch
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch might have received a proper sendoff this weekend in Las Vegas, where his hometown track treated him cruelly over 21 tries until he broke through for a win in 2020.
Busch could have been feted with gifts as part of a season-long farewell tour. His parents who helped mold him into a ferocious stock car driver would have cheered him on. Little brother Kyle would take him on in one of the final brother vs. brother battles in the desert.
Yet, those scenarios are implausible now for the 44-year-old Busch, his career prematurely curtailed because of lingering effects from a concussion suffered in a wreck during qualifying last summer at Pocono Raceway.
Busch instead is now a de facto consultant for his old 23XI Racing team and Toyota. He counseled Travis Pastrana at the Daytona 500. He championed crew chief Billy Scott as the next Chad Knaus, and Busch has thrown his arms around anyone in the garage who needs advice. He’s chatted up sponsors and is doing the grunt work needed to make the gears turn on the team co-owned by Michael Jordan.
He just can’t race.
Busch is still walking out of a fog from the blunt impact his brain absorbed in the crash. He’s vowed to race in a competitive series again — even if a Cup Series ride is out of reach — but he has not yet been cleared by doctors.
“When you look at the therapist, and he’s looking back at you, there’s work to be done,” Busch said. “That’s really all I can give you.”
Busch is hopeful a new physical therapy program designed to strengthen balance and eye movement will aid in a full recovery. Until then, Busch keeps pushing in a journey without a true finish line in sight.
“Go-karting has been fine for me, the simulator has been fine,” Busch said. “It’s just when I had my head in the headrest and there’s that movement, that bothers me.”
NASCAR’s dramatic safety upgrades that included SAFER barriers and head-and-neck restraints in the wake of Dale Earnhardt’s death in the 2001 Daytona 500 lulled fans into thinking drivers were bullet proof inside their modernized cars. NASCAR has not suffered a racing death in its three national series since 2001 and most drivers — think Ryan Newman surviving a fiery crash at the 2020 Daytona 500 — escape even the scariest wrecks relatively unscathed.
Jeff Burton, an NBC Sports announcer and former driver, said Busch “was still as good as he’s ever been” when the 2017 Daytona 500 champion took his No. 45 Toyota out last July for what should have been a routine qualifying lap on the 2½-mile track in Pennsylvania. Busch, though, seemed to lose control as the Toyota slid up the track and the right rear slammed square into the wall.
The car whipped around and the nose violently tagged the wall, as well.
Looked bad, yes. But certainly not any worse to the naked eye than most wrecks. Busch apologized over the radio and then waved to the crowd to signal he was “OK” as he walked to the waiting ambulance — and hasn’t been inside a Cup car for a race since.
Busch told The Associated Press he was told the rear hit registered at a brain-rattling 30 G’s — consider, modern fighter pilots pull a G-force of about nine — and the front smacked the wall at 18 G’s, numbers that raised concerns about safety in the Next Gen cars.
Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman missed five races with a concussion late last season after his Chevrolet hit the wall at Texas Motor Speedway, and multiple other drivers complained about the violence of routine hits and wondered if they too had suffered a concussion.
The drivers suddenly didn’t seem so invincible.
“The wreck might not look like it wasn’t that violent. But primal fear is — I leaned forward knowing I was backing into the fence,” Busch said, as he pulled his hands to his head. “If you feel fear coming from behind, you lean away. So I exaggerated the hit by leaning forward and that 30 G’s backward was something I never felt before. I don’t remember the right front hit. That’s when things got serious in the infield care center.”
Busch, who won 34 races in 776 starts over 23 years, and the 2004 Cup championship, said his examination in the moments after the wreck turned scary when he couldn’t stand up straight. Busch also couldn’t answer questions from doctors about thee impact of the front collision.
Busch returned to his motorhome and took a call from his dad. Busch told his dad, Tom, a former racer who built and won in his own cars, he wasn’t cleared to race at Pocono and surrendered his ride to rookie Ty Gibbs. Tom Busch told his son “it was probably that right front hit.”
“I go, ‘Why are you asking me the same thing?’ I don’t remember the right front hit,” Busch said. Tom Busch ended the conversation and told Kurt to watch a replay.
“That’s when it settled in,” Busch said. “That’s a whole different view.”
Busch, who also got divorced last year, leaned on his parents in the aftermath; his mother, Gaye, accompanied him on his doctor visits. The update is always the same: Busch is not cleared to race.
“There’s huge progress,” Busch said. “But to race with the best of the best, I’m not 100% and I feel it.”
Busch’s absence from the Daytona 500 meant there are no active Cup drivers who raced against Earnhardt. There’s a youth movement in NASCAR — fellow 40-something driver and NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick is calling it quits at the end of the season — and Busch conceded 2023 would have been his last one anyway.
“I see him doing a lot of different things and looking at his schedule and talking with some of the folks around him, he is somewhere doing something every day,” Kyle Busch said. “He is fine off the track, as much as it can be inside a Busch’s head anyway.”
Busch has told 23XI co-owner Denny Hamlin he wanted to graduate into a coaching/adviser role once he retired.
Busch just wished the move could have come on his own terms. Busch served as one of the grand marshals at the Daytona 500 — he was selected as a driver who both won a Cup championship and the “Great American Race” — and tried to put a bright spin on his early retirement.
He soaked in the Florida sun and enjoyed the bustle of the fans, the camaraderie inside the garage and the thrill of another race day ahead — just like normal.
“Fans are here for the race and they’re all still rooting me on,” he said. “It’s like they want me to get back in the car and I feel that spirit.” ___ AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Writer Wil Haygood, author of multiple nonfiction books chronicling the lives of 20th-century Black Americans including “The Butler,” has won a prestigious book award.
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced Wednesday that Haygood — himself originally from Columbus, Ohio — will receive the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
“For three decades, Haygood has captured the sweep of American culture, focusing on the rarely or never-told stories of the Black experience with the analysis that this nation so desperately needs,” said Sharon Rab, founder and chair of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation.
Haywood's book “The Butler” is based on the life of Eugene Allen, who served eight presidents at the White House. It was adapted into a 2013 film starring Forest Whitaker.
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His other works include “Showdown,” about the nomination battle that Thurgood Marshall faced before becoming the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice, and “Colorization,” a century-long look at the lives of Black actors, writers and directors in Hollywood.
The literary prize was inspired by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, and celebrates the power of literature to foster peace, social justice and understanding.
Haygood will receive the award on Nov. 13 from Dayton native Clarence Page, a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist, journalist and Chicago Tribune editorial board member. | 2022-08-17T05:10:23+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/the-butler-author-wil-haygood-wins-prestigious-book-award/article_b5899bf7-061c-56e2-a8c5-175eab61b967.html |
Faraday Future on Wednesday announced the start of production of its FF91 electric SUV, although the company hasn’t actually shown any completed customer vehicles yet.
Photos from the start-of-production ceremony at Faraday’s Hanford, California, factory show only a body shell. The company said it will host a “launch event” for the FF91, which it plans to sell in both the U.S. and China, on April 26.
The FF91 was first shown in concept form in 2017, and shortly after Faraday announced plans for a new factory in North Las Vegas, Nevada, to build it. Production was later shifted to the California facility, a repurposed Pirelli tire factory, and Faraday revealed its first production FF91 body in 2018, with a “production intent” vehicle after that. Persistent financial issues have stalled progress, though. Faraday said just last year that it needed more funding to put the FF91 into production.
Faraday has stuck with similar specs throughout these plans. The company says the FF91 Futurist launch version will have 1,050 hp and a 0-60 mph acceleration time of 2.27 seconds, along with an EPA-rated 381-mile range. The company confirmed that EPA range last year, with a 142-kwh battery pack.
At the time of the FF91’s 2017 unveiling, Faraday discussed a price of almost $300,000 that, despite the company’s high-tech aesthetic, targets not Tesla or Lucid but Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Maybach, which is due to debut its first EV at the 2023 Shanghai auto show later in April. The Rolls-Royce Spectre EV is coming later this year. While the FF91 and the forthcoming Maybach are SUVs, the Spectre is a more traditional coupe.
Faraday said last year that a planned second model, the FF 81, is slated for high-volume production in South Korea at a former GM facility in 2024. That high-volume intention likely means a lower price point as well.
Additional models are part of a second phase of expansion which the company said will also involve “smart device sales,” with the goal to “create a mobility ecosystem with a rapid increase in eco revenues,” according to the release. This sounds similar to Faraday backer Jia Yueting’s Le Eco effort, which attempted to create a hardware and software ecosystem around its own electric cars and phones but failed. With Jia, nicknamed YT within the company, still influencing Faraday decision making, albeit no longer in the CEO role, that idea appears to have resurfaced.
In a third phase of expansion, the company said its goal is to “sustain the rapid growth of its smart device sales while achieving explosive growth in eco revenues, which include internet apps, software, and sharing.” It’s an ambitious plan for a company that hasn’t managed to deliver one customer car yet.
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- US EV charging locator will soon display cost, charge power | 2023-03-31T23:51:04+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/automotive/internet-brands/faraday-future-starts-making-ff91-ahead-of-april-26-launch/ |
WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
522 PM CDT Sun Jul 10 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Kinney,
northwestern Uvalde, southwestern Edwards and southwestern Real
Counties through 600 PM CDT...
At 522 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 17 miles southwest of Rocksprings to near
Montell. Movement was southwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Camp Wood, Montell, Barksdale, Alamo Village, Vance, Turkey Mountain
and Kickapoo Cavern State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2997 10024 2969 9983 2929 10027 2962 10070
2964 10070
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 058DEG 20KT 2982 10039 2957 10004
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Bandera County in south central Texas...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 525 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Medina,
moving southwest at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Medina and Tarpley.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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SANTA FE, N.M. — Criminal charges against Alec Baldwin for his role in the fatal "Rust" set shooting are set to be dropped, according to multiple media outlets and the actor's attorneys.
ABC, NBC, Variety and Deadline reported Thursday afternoon that prosecutors in New Mexico are expected to drop the two counts of involuntary manslaughter that Baldwin faced for his role in cinematographer Halyna Hutchin's death.
“We are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against Alec Baldwin and we encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident,” Baldwin's lawyer told Variety in a statement.
The 65-year-old actor was charged in January along with weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed have pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors didn’t immediately comment on the case. It wasn’t immediately clear whether charges could be refiled, nor whether the charge would also be dropped against Gutierrez-Reed.
Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys said that they “fully expect at the end of this process that Hannah will also be exonerated.”
“The truth about what happened will come out and the questions that we have long sought answers for will be answered,” the lawyers, Jason Bowles and Todd Bullion, said in a statement.
Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins during a rehearsal when the gun when off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
Baldwin has said the gun went off accidentally and that he did not pull the trigger. An FBI forensic report found the weapon could not have fired unless the trigger was pulled.
News of the dismissal came on the day that filming on the movie, relocated to Montana, was expected to restart. Baldwin will continue his involvement as an actor and coproducer, and Rust Move Productions attorney Melina Spadone said via a representative that filming will restart Thursday at the Yellowstone Film Ranch.
Souza, the director, has said he'll return to the “Rust” production to honor the legacy of Halyna Hutchins.
The production company finalized a settlement last month with New Mexico workplace safety regulars over “serious” violations, agreeing to a $100,000 fine to resolve a scathing safety review that detailed unheeded complaints and misfires on set before cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed in October 2021.
The case against Baldwin had already been diminishing. A weapons charge that would have meant a much longer sentence had already been dismissed, and the first special prosecutor in the case resigned. | 2023-04-20T20:52:36+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/alec-baldwin-charges-rust-film-shooting-to-be-dropped/507-f49e442a-165b-40ed-afd1-efd275be9810 |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A new report offers a snapshot of the Indianapolis climate and how it affects the people who live here. The world health organization chose Indianapolis as one of six pilot cities for this project.
Morgan Mickelson is the director of the Office of Sustainability for the city.
Indianapolis is the 13th most air-polluted city in U.S. and 60% of it’s population is vulnerable to poor air quality.
Mickelson says those who are most vulnerable to poor air quality should not spend as much time outside.
Weather change can lead to a variety of climate hazards including:
- Flooding and increased precipitation
- Heat waves
- Urban heat island effect
- Calls for action
Mickelson says climate hazards are a huge issue. She says they have 59 action items and they’re seeking the communities’ help to complete those action items through financing, community engagement and partnership, and energy efficiency through benchmarking. | 2022-04-29T15:06:39+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/indianapolis-climate-report/ |
New York City has filed a lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia, joining a host of other cities beset by a social media fueled wave of car thefts due to a flaw that made some car models highly susceptible to theft.
Viral how-to videos on TikTok and other sites show how to start the cars using only USB cables and a screwdriver. The reason is that some models sold by Hyundai and Kia in the U.S. came without engine immobilizers, a standard feature on most cars since the 1990s that prevent the engine from starting unless the key is present.
The lawsuit, which was filed with the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York late Tuesday, alleges that Hyundai Motor America and Kia America Inc. failed to keep up with other automakers by not adopting immobilizer technology that ensured cars could not be started without their keys.
“Hyundai’s and Kia’s business decisions to reduce costs, and thereby boost profits, by foregoing common anti-theft technology have resulted in an epidemic of thefts,” the lawsuit states.
The city claims the vehicle thefts are straining the resources of its police department, as well as negatively impacting public safety and emergency services.
The New York City police department reports that about 287 Kias were stolen last year, compared with approximately 119 in 2021. Approximately 415 Hyundais were reported stolen in 2022, compared with 232 a year earlier. And the problem has continued, with an estimated 977 Hyundai and Kia vehicles reported stolen in the first four months of this year. There were only 148 such thefts in the same months last year.
New York, the nation’s biggest city by population, joins a growing list of cities going after the carmakers following a raft of thefts, including Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, San Diego and Seattle.
New York City, which is seeking a trial by jury, is requesting an order providing for abatement of the public nuisance Hyundai and Kia have created or contributed to, compensation for the economic losses suffered as a result of the nuisance and injunctive relief.
Hyundai says it’s committed to ensuring the quality and integrity of its products.
“A subset of Hyundai vehicles on the road in the U.S. today – primarily “base trim” or entry-level models – are not equipped with push-button ignitions and immobilizing anti-theft devices. It is important to clarify that an engine immobilizer is an anti-theft device and these vehicles are fully compliant with federal anti-theft requirements,” the automaker said in a written statement.
Hyundai made engine immobilizers standard on all of its vehicles made from November 2021 onward. The company also said that it’s speaking with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on the actions it is taking to assist its customers.
Kia did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.
Last month Hyundai and Kia reached a settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in vehicle thefts.
The settlement could be valued at $200 million and covers about 9 million 2011-2022 model year Hyundai and Kia vehicles in the U.S., the companies said at the time.
The settlement will provide cash compensation to customers who suffered theft-related losses or damage not covered by insurance — as well as reimbursement for insurance deductibles, increased insurance premiums and other losses, Kia and Hyundai said.
A software upgrade will also be provided to eligible owners. For customers with vehicles that cannot accommodate the software upgrade, the agreement will provide a reimbursement of up to $300 for anti-theft devices.
Kia and Hyundai have also given impacted customers tens of thousands of free steering wheel locks through local law enforcement and direct shipments, the companies said.
That proposed settlement is expected to be reviewed in court for preliminary approval in July. | 2023-06-07T14:31:59+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/new-york-city-goes-after-hyundai-kia-after-security-flaw-leads-to-wave-of-social-media-fueled-theft/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Semaglutide appears to be an effective tool in the fight against childhood obesity.
The Food and Drug Administration says semaglutide "mimics the GLP-1 hormone," which sends a signal to the brain that the person is full.
According to a study published in the medical journal Obesity, 44.9% of adolescents who received a weekly dose of semaglutide were no longer considered clinically obese.
"These improvements were seen across the obesity spectrum, regardless of participants' sex and age," the study says.
While 44.9% participants on the drug lost a significant amount of weight, only 12.1% taking a placebo saw similar results.
The study, which was conducted over a 68-week period, also required both groups — those on the medication and those given the placebo — to receive nutrition and physical activity counseling.
SEE MORE: FDA warns about compounded versions of popular weight loss drugs
The study's authors suggest that medical professionals should consider semaglutide treatment, especially for severely obese teens as they are less likely to respond to respond to just therapy focused on their lifestyles.
Childhood obesity is a major concern in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 14 million children are considered obese.
Obesity in children has been linked to Type 2 diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which are risk factors for heart disease.
In the U.S. semaglutide is approved for children 12 and older if they have a body mass index in the 95th percentile or higher for their age and sex.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-06-01T19:09:23+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/study-45-of-teens-on-semaglutide-no-longer-considered-obese |
PITTSBURGH, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a licensed cosmetologist and I thought there could be a simple accessory to ensure that thread and needles are in order and ready for use," said an inventor, from Sanford, Fla., "so I invented BETWEEN THE WEAVE. My design would increase efficiency and it would help to maintain the tools needed for applying a hair weave or extensions."
The patent-pending invention provides easy access to needles and thread during hairstyling services. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional storage methods. As a result, it saves time and effort and it facilitates the attachment of hair extensions to a client's hair. The invention features a practical and portable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for hairstylists and hair salons. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Orlando sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ORD-2907, 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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Philip, SD - Peggy A. Staben, age 86, of Philip, died September 26, 2022.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 29, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Philip.
Interment will be at the Masonic Cemetery in Philip.
Rush Funeral Home
Philip, SD - Peggy A. Staben, age 86, of Philip, died September 26, 2022.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 29, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Philip.
Interment will be at the Masonic Cemetery in Philip.
Rush Funeral Home
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ATLANTA (AP) — Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Copies of confidential voting software available for download. Ballot-counting machines inspected by people not supposed to have access.
The list of suspected security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations underway in at least three states — Colorado, Georgia and Michigan. The stakes appeared to rise this week when the existence of a federal probe came to light involving a prominent loyalist to former President Donald Trump who has been promoting voting machine conspiracy theories across the country.
While much remains unknown about the investigations, one of the most pressing questions is what it all could mean for security of voting machines with the midterm elections less than two months away.
Election security experts say the breaches by themselves have not necessarily increased threats to the November voting. Election officials already assume hostile foreign governments might have the sensitive data, and so they take precautions to protect their voting systems.
The more immediate concern is the possibility that rogue election workers, including those sympathetic to lies about the 2020 presidential election, might use their access to election equipment and the knowledge gained through the breaches to launch an attack from within. That could be intended to gain an advantage for their desired candidate or party, or to introduce system problems that would sow further distrust in the election results.
In some of the suspected security breaches, authorities are investigating whether local officials provided unauthorized access to people who copied software and hard drive data, and in several cases shared it publicly.
After the Georgia breach, a group of election security experts said the unauthorized copying and sharing of election data from rural Coffee County presented “serious threats” to the November election. They urged the state election board to replace the touchscreen devices used throughout the state and use only hand-marked paper ballots.
Harri Hursti, a leading expert in voting security, said he is concerned about another use of the breached data. Access to the voting equipment data or software can be used to develop a realistic looking video in which someone claims to have manipulated a voting system, he said.
Such a fake video posted online or to social media on or after Election Day could create chaos for an election office and cause voters to challenge the accuracy of the results.
“If you have those rogue images, now you can start manufacturing false, compelling evidence — false evidence of wrongdoing that never happened,” Hursti said. “You can start creating very compelling imaginary evidence.”
There has been no evidence that voting machines have been manipulated, either during the 2020 election or in this year’s primaries. But conspiracy theories widely promoted among some conservatives have led to calls for replacing the machines with hand-marked and hand-counted ballots and raised concerns that they could be targeted by people working inside election offices or at polling places.
The suspected breaches appear to be orchestrated or encouraged by people who falsely claim the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. In several of the cases, employees of local election offices or election boards gave access to voting systems to people who were not authorized to have it. The incidents emerged into public view after the voting system passwords for Mesa County, Colorado, were posted online, prompting a local investigationand a successful effort to replace the county clerk from overseeing elections.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who has organized or attended forums around the U.S. peddling conspiracy theories about voting machines, said this week that he had received a subpoena from a federal grand jury investigating the breach in Colorado and was ordered to hand over his cellphone to FBI agents who approached him at a fast-food restaurant in Minnesota.
“And they told me not to tell anybody,” Lindell said in a video afterward. “OK, I won’t. But I am.”
Lindell and others have been traveling the country over the past year, holding events where attendees are told that voting machines have been corrupted, that officials are “selected” rather than elected and that widespread fraud cost Trump the 2020 election.
In an interview with the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, Lindell said FBI agents questioned him about the Colorado breach and Dominion Voting Systems. The company provides voting equipment used in about 30 states and has had its machines targeted in the Colorado, Georgia and Michigan breaches.
When agents asked him why he flies between different states, Linden told them, “I’m going to attorney generals and politicians, and I’m trying to get them to get rid of these voting machines in our country.”
The Justice Department did not respond when asked for details about its investigation.
Dominion has sued Lindell and others, accusing them of defamation. In a statement this week, the company said it would not comment about ongoing investigations but said its systems are secure. It noted that no credible evidence has been provided to show that its machines “did anything other than count votes accurately and reliably in all states.”
The scope of the federal grand jury probe in Colorado isn’t known, but local authorities have charged Mesa County clerk Tina Peters in what they described as a “deceptive scheme which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, exceed permissible access to voting equipment and set in motion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people.”
Peters has pleaded not guilty and said she had the authority to investigate concerns that the voting equipment had been manipulated. She has appeared at numerous events with Lindell over the past year, including Lindell’s “cybersymposium” last August in which a digital copy of Mesa County’s election management system was distributed.
David Becker, a former U.S. Justice Department attorney who now leads the Center for Election Innovation & Research, notes the irony of those who raise alarms about voting equipment being involved in allegations of breaches of the same systems.
“The people who have been attacking the integrity of elections are destroying the actual integrity of elections,” he said.
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Associated Press writer Michael Balsamo contributed to this report.
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Follow the AP’s voting coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/voting | 2022-09-17T12:10:51+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-breaches-of-voting-machine-data-raise-worries-for-midterms/ |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized an American sea drone in the Persian Gulf and tried to tow it away, only releasing the unmanned vessel when a U.S. Navy warship and helicopter approached, officials said Tuesday.
It was the first time Iran targeted the Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet’s new drone task force.
While the interception ended without incident, tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran as negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers hang in the balance.
The Guard’s Shahid Baziar warship attached a line to the Saildrone Explorer in the center of the Persian Gulf in international waters late Monday night, said Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins, a 5th Fleet spokesman. The vessel then began towing the Saildrone Explorer, which carries cameras, radars and sensors for remotely monitoring the sea, Hawkins said.
The USS Thunderbolt, a Navy coastal patrol boat, as well as an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter, moved to shadow the Guard’s ship. The Navy called the Shahid Baziar by radio to identify the drone as American, Hawkins said.
“Our response was one that as such made clear that this was U.S. government property and was operating in international waters and that we had every intention to take action if necessary,” the commander told The Associated Press.
Hawkins said the incident ended peacefully after some four hours as the Iranians unhooked the tow line to the drone and left the area as the American forces were nearby. Videos released by the Navy showed the Iranian vessel towing the drone with the Thunderbolt in pursuit.
U.S. Army Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, who leads the military’s Central Command, praised the Thunderbolt’s crew for its response.
“This incident once again demonstrates Iran’s continued destabilizing, illegal and unprofessional activity in the Middle East,” he said in a statement.
Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, alleged without providing evidence early Wednesday that the drone posed a danger to international shipping. Tasnim acknowledged the Guard released the vessel but tried to described the American account as “a Hollywood narrative and contrary to the truth.”
Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment from the AP.
The 5th Fleet launched its unmanned Task Force 59 last year. The 5th Fleet’s area of responsibility includes the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil passes.
It also stretches as far as the Red Sea reaches near the Suez Canal, the waterway in Egypt linking the Mideast to the Mediterranean, and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen.
It also represents a region that has seen a series of at-sea attacks in recent years. Off Yemen, bomb-laden drone boats and mines set adrift by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have damaged vessels amid that country’s yearslong war. Near the United Arab Emirates and the Strait of Hormuz, oil tankers have been seized by Iranian forces. Others have been attacked in incidents the Navy blames on Iran.
Those attacks followed about a year after then-President Donald Trump’s 2018 decision to unilaterally withdraw from Iran’s nuclear deal, which saw sanctions on Tehran lifted in exchange for its drastically limiting its enrichment of uranium.
Iran now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels as officials openly suggest Tehran could build a nuclear bomb if it chose. Iran has maintained its program is peaceful, though Western nations and international inspectors say Tehran has a military nuclear program up until 2003. | 2022-08-31T14:37:40+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/navy-says-iran-seized-later-let-go-of-us-sea-drone/ |
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JimiIoT, a leading provider of Internet of Things (IoT) telematics devices and cloud services, will showcase its latest technologically advanced dashcam JC450 and telematics solutions at MWC 2022 in Las Vegas.
The JC450, an LTE dashcam system designed specifically for use in vehicles, is capable of recording 5 separate channels simultaneously, and integrates ADAS and DMS algorithms that actively assist drivers in increasing their awareness and safety on the road by providing real-time, actionable alerts.
"We look forward to seeing you again at MWC after 2 years," said Alex Dai, Product Director of JimiIoT: "With the rapid development of telematics equipment, customers' needs have gradually changed from the quality demands for hardware equipment to information processing providers, and we are confident that JimiIoT will play a key role in this area."
At the exhibition, Dai will be on hand to discuss the future of IoT telematics systems, and highlight JimiIoT's solutions for GPS asset tracking and video telematics.
Other JimiIoT products that will be showcased at this exhibition include:
- VL02 – A vehicle tracker that uses the Cat-M1/NB-IoT networks for fast data transmission and features multiple I/Os for function expansion.
- VL501 – A plug-and-track vehicle terminal that can be easily installed in virtually any vehicle and is ideal if your business is looking for convenience and ease of use.
All these products which will be presented by JimiIoT on MWC, has completed the specific certification requirements by multiple countries, including CE, FCC, PTCRB, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, TELEC certifications, and others.
As North America's most influential connectivity event, MWC Las Vegas brings the digital ecosystem together and showcases the latest trends in connectivity and mobile innovation. MWC Las Vegas 2022 will be held at Las Vegas Convention Center during September 28-30. JimiIoT will be located at booth [W1.820].
About JimiIoT
JimiIoT (Concox) is a major player in the IoT industry and is focused on IoT telematics and cloud services. The company provides reliable products and customized solutions to clients around the world in the areas of fleet management, asset tracking, personal care, device management, and shared mobility.
If you would like more information on our range of products and solutions, please visit the JimiIoT website, Facebook, LinkedIn, or directly contact the team via info@jimilab.com.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A former WVU five sport athlete is now a finalist to be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
Chuck Howley played football, track and field, gymnastics, wrestling, and he swam for the Mountaineers from 1954-1957.
Howley was the first, and will likely be the last, WVU athlete to compete in five sports.
After leaving WVU, the Chicago Bears selected Howley with the No. 11 overall pick in the 1958 NFL draft.
Then, in 1961, the brand new franchise the ‘Dallas Cowboys’ took him from the Bears.
Howley became the Cowboys’ regular outside linebacker for the next 12 years. He helped lead the Cowboys to Super Bowl V in 1971.
Dallas lost that game, 16-13, to the Baltimore Colts; but Howley still won the MVP award.
“He told me they thought they were kidding when they told him he won MVP,” said Chuck’s son, Scott. “He just couldn’t believe it. It was a pretty bittersweet moment because they lost the game, but he ended up getting MVP.
The camaraderie he had with his teammates really says it all,” Scott continued. “He was very close with all of his teammates, and they still keep in touch with each other to this day. It’s like we have this whole extended family.”
Scott went on to say that back then, in the NFL, they practiced on a field with a core gated tin fence around it. There wasn’t any daycare, so they’d bring the kids to practice every day, and everyone’s dads would watch each other’s kids. So his dad’s teammates truly became family.
And they’ve all been calling constantly once they heard that he was a finalist to be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
“It’s kind of been one of those up and down things where he’s made it on the list over the years but has never gotten this far before,” Scott said. “So we’re very excited about it.”
“He’s not in great health,” Scott continued. “He’s 86, and he’s in the final stages of dementia. So it registers, but I don’t know how deeply. This has been a lifetime dream of his, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I mean it was the one thing that’s always sort of been on his bucket list, and I do think a part of him still would remember it and remember the significance of that moment. But it is hard to tell with him these days.”
Scott went on to say, if it does happen, he hopes David Baker and the crew will come to tell his dad in person, so it’ll fully resonate with him and he can truly realize all he’s accomplished. | 2022-07-29T15:43:30+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/sports/wvu-legend-voted-as-finalist-for-nfl-hof/ |
Chas McCormick Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Angels - June 3
Published: Jun. 3, 2023 at 1:23 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
After going 3-for-4 in his last game, Chas McCormick and the Houston Astros take on the Los Angeles Angels (who will start Patrick Sandoval) at 4:10 PM ET on Saturday.
In his last appearance, he racked up three hits (going 3-for-4) against the Angels.
Chas McCormick Game Info & Props vs. the Angels
- Game Day: Saturday, June 3, 2023
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Angels Starter: Patrick Sandoval
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +195)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +130)
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Chas McCormick At The Plate
- McCormick is hitting .233 with six doubles, four home runs and nine walks.
- McCormick has picked up a hit in 14 of 26 games this season, with multiple hits six times.
- In 15.4% of his games this year, he has gone deep, and 4% of his trips to the plate.
- McCormick has picked up an RBI in 30.8% of his games this season, with two or more RBI in 15.4% of his games. He has also produced three or more runs in one contest.
- He has scored at least one run nine times this season (34.6%), including one multi-run game.
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Angels Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Angels has a collective 8.8 K/9, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Angels have a 4.31 team ERA that ranks 17th across all league pitching staffs.
- The Angels rank 13th in baseball in home runs given up (64 total, 1.1 per game).
- Sandoval (3-4) gets the starting nod for the Angels in his 11th start of the season. He's put together a 3.42 ERA in 55 1/3 innings pitched, with 36 strikeouts.
- In his most recent appearance on Sunday, the left-hander went six innings against the Miami Marlins, allowing two earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- In 10 games this season, the 26-year-old has a 3.42 ERA and 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .231 to his opponents.
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Highlights:
- Incannex have engaged Curia to scale up cGMP fill-finish manufacture of IHL-216A
- Engagement of Curia follows achievement of "proof-of-concept" formulation development
- A patent has been filed on the composition of IHL-216A
- The first cGMP batch of IHL-216A manufactured at Curia will be used in a phase 1 clinical trial
- Incannex is targeting a pre-IND meeting with FDA in Q3 2022 to discuss the most efficient clinical trial development plan to achieve commercialisation for IHL-216A.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Incannex Healthcare Limited (Nasdaq: IXHL) (ASX: IHL), ('Incannex' or the 'Company') a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing unique medicinal cannabinoid pharmaceutical products and psychedelic medicine therapies for unmet medical needs, is pleased to announce that it has engaged Curia Global, Inc. ('Curia') to further develop and manufacture GMP-grade IHL-216A, Incannex's proprietary inhaled drug product for the treatment of concussion and traumatic brain injury ('TBI').
Engagement of Curia represents substantial progress in the development of IHL-216A and follows the achievement of compelling results from extensive proof-of-concept studies that were initiated in June 2021 (announced on June 21, 2021). This foundational work established the optimal inhaled formulation of IHL-216A at an experimental scale. Curia is engaged to scale-up the fill-finish manufacture of IHL-216A in compliance with Current Good Manufacturing Practice ('cGMP').
Curia will also generate data on the quality and stability of IHL-216A to support future regulatory filings, including a US Food and Drug Administration ('FDA') pre-investigation new drug ('IND') package and subsequent IND application. The first cGMP batch manufactured at Curia will be used in a phase 1 clinical trial, which will commence once feedback on the proposed IHL-216A development plan is received from FDA in a pre-IND meeting that Incannex is aiming to set with FDA in Q3 2022.
Incannex Chief Scientific Officer Dr Mark Bleackley said; "Scaling up cGMP manufacture of IHL-216A is an exciting step in the development of our product and represents a critical milestone for delivering an inhaled drug, such as IHL-216A. Its manufacture will facilitate investigation of the product in the well-controlled clinical trials we are designing, with feedback from FDA, to assess the safety and therapeutic benefit in patients with traumatic brain injuries".
"IHL-216A has been observed to have a greater neuroprotective effect in a rodent model of sports concussion than CBD, and results indicate restoration of the spatial memory deficit post-concussion with IHL-216A administration. Given that there is no registered treatment for the secondary effects of concussion, or traumatic brain injury, we look forward to working with Curia during this exciting phase of development for IHL-216A".
"Curia is honoured to be partnering with Incannex as it addresses an area of unmet patient need," said Chris Conway, president, R&D, Curia. "We look forward to our scientific collaboration to help advance this potential treatment from idea to impact."
Curia, formerly AMRI, is a leading contract research, development and manufacturing organization providing products and services from R&D through commercial manufacturing to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical customers. Curia's 3,700 employees at 29 locations across the U.S., Europe and Asia help its customers advance from curiosity to cure. Learn more at CuriaGlobal.com.
IHL-216A is a combination drug that combines CBD with any volatile anaesthetic agent, including isoflurane. IHL-216A has been designed to be administered soon after head trauma to reduce secondary brain injuries that lead to neurological deficits.
CBD and isoflurane, as combined in IHL-216A, have previously been found by Incannex to act synergistically to reduce neuronal damage, neuroinflammation and behavioural deficits that are consequences of TBI. In experiments using a rodent controlled cortical impact model of TBI, IHL-216A outperformed CBD in reducing neuronal damage in post-mortem Nissl staining analysis of brain tissue by 53% for CA1 and 60% for CA2 in the hippocampal region of the brain. IHL-216A reduced the Iba1 neuroinflammation marker by 35% more than CBD alone and 123% more than isoflurane administered alone. IHL-216A also restored the spatial learning and memory deficit associated with TBI to a greater extent than either CBD or isoflurane alone in a rodent model of sports concussion (announced May 10, 2022).
An International Patent Application entitled "Compositions and methods for the treatment or prevention of traumatic brain injury" has been filed as part of the IHL-216A development program. This patent application has entered the national phase in multiple jurisdictions. A second patent on the specific composition of the formulation used in IHL-216A has also been filed.
Sixty-nine (69) million people are estimated to incur a TBI annually(1). There are currently no registered pharmaceutical agents approved for the treatment of TBI. Current treatment strategies for TBI range from rest in minor TBI and concussion to surgical interventions to deal with hematomas in severe TBI(2).
- Dewan MC, Rattani A, Gupta S, Baticulon RE, Hung Y-C, Punchak M, Agrawal A, Adeleye AO, Shrime MG, Rubiano AM. 2018. Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury. J Neurosurg 130:1080–1097.
- Galgano M, Toshkezi G, Qiu X, Russell T, Chin L, Zhao L-R. 2017. Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Treatment Strategies and Future Endeavors. Cell Transplant 26:1118–1130.
This announcement has been approved for release to ASX by the Incannex board of directors.
Incannex is a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company that is developing unique medicinal cannabis pharmaceutical products and psychedelic medicine therapies for the treatment of anxiety disorders, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), traumatic brain injury (TBI)/concussion, lung inflammation (ARDS, COPD, asthma, bronchitis), rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. U.S. FDA approval and registration, subject to ongoing clinical success, is being pursued for each drug and therapy under development. Each indication represents major global markets and currently have no, or limited, existing registered pharmacotherapy (drug) treatments available to the public.
Incannex has a strong patent filing strategy in place as it develops its products and therapies in conjunction with its medical and scientific advisory board and partners. Incannex is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) with stock code "IHL" and also has American Depository Shares listed on NASDAQ under code "IXHL".
Website: www.incannex.com.au
Investors: investors@incannex.com.au
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date they were first issued and were based on current expectations and estimates, as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent Incannex's views as of the date of this press release. Incannex anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause its views to change. Incannex undertakes no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as of a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Incannex's views as of any date after the date of this press release.
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Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
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SOURCE Incannex Healthcare Limited | 2022-08-02T13:08:03+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2022/08/02/incannex-engages-curia-scale-up-manufacture-cgmp-ihl-216a/ |
PLYMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Striking truckers used tractor-trailers to block the exits at New England’s largest wholesale food distributor Monday and prevented some employees from leaving, resulting in as many as 20 arrests, police said.
More than 400 Teamster union members arrived at the Sysco facility in Plympton, Massachusetts, in the early morning and stopped about 100 employees from leaving, Police Chief Matthew Ahl said in a statement.
Police spent two hours negotiating with picketers.
“After the attempted negotiation to move union members out of the roadway to create a safe passable environment, unfortunately we had to respond by removing members of the crowd who were inciting a hostile picket line,” the chief said.
Sixteen to 20 people were arrested on charges including disorderly conduct and assault and battery, he said. After the arrests, traffic started to flow safely.
About 300 Sysco drivers represented by the Teamsters Local 653 started their strike Oct. 1 seeking better pay and benefits. Voicemails seeking comment were left with union representatives.
Houston-based Sysco, which has distribution facilities across the country, supplies food to schools, hospitals, nursing homes and restaurants.
A Sysco spokesperson said in a statement Monday that the company remains committed to reaching a “competitive labor agreement” with Local 653.
“While we are disappointed in the Teamsters leadership’s ongoing decision to have our employees out on strike without letting them vote, we respect their right to do so under the law,” the company said. “What we can’t respect is violence, disorderly conduct, intimidation, or threats, on or off the strike line, targeting our employees, vendors, customers, or the public.”
The Sysco warehouse in Plympton, south of Boston, is still operating with third-party drivers. The facility stocks about 13,000 products, according to the company’s website.
Sysco employees at a company facility near Syracuse, New York, had also been on strike, but the sides reached an agreement last week. | 2022-10-17T22:22:49+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/business/ap-business/ap-up-to-20-arrested-after-striking-truckers-block-plant-exits/ |
Idaho AG calls on the Biden Administration for full Medicare coverage for Alzheimer’s patients
Other states that signed on for the call include Oregon, Utah, Texas, North Dakota and 21 others.
BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador is calling on the Biden Administration to provide Medicare coverage for Alzheimer’s treatment.
Labrador, along with 25 other attorney generals from around the nation, sent a letter that calls on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide full and unrestricted Medicare coverage for FDA approved Alzheimer’s treatment.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will only cover certain treatments, and only when it’s administered through clinical trials or other studies, according to the letter sent in April.
The letter states: “This decision creates a barrier to care for older Americans, especially individuals living in rural and underserved areas that are unlikely to be served by institutions administering clinical trials.”
Other states that signed on for the call include Oregon, Utah, Texas, North Dakota and 21 others.
Copyright 2023 KMVT. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-09T19:59:38+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/2023/05/09/idaho-ag-calls-biden-administration-full-medicare-coverage-alzheimers-patients/ |
Ancient Mayan city discovered in southern Mexico
(CNN) – Explorers in Mexico discovered an ancient Mayan city in the country’s southeastern jungle.
Researchers with the Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico said the site was called Ocomtún which translates to “Stone Column” in Yucatec Mayan. The site got its name due to the number of cylindrical rock posts scattered throughout the ancient settlement.
The expedition’s archaeologist explained that the monument covers more than 123 acres in the Balamkú ecological reserve.
The expert said it was an important center during the classical period, which was from 250 to 1000 A.D., but suffered alterations during the Terminal Classic period, which took place from 800 to 1000 A.D.
The finding was made within the framework of the project “Expanding the archaeological panorama of the Mayan Central Lowlands.” The initiative aims to expand the knowledge of a vast area unknown to archaeology.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-26T19:20:09+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2023/06/26/ancient-mayan-city-discovered-southern-mexico/ |
It was 2016 all over again Wednesday night as former President Donald Trump took part in a raucous town hall filled with incendiary claims and jabs at the network.
Trump fielded questions from CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Republican voters in Manchester, N.H., for more than an hour about his false claims surrounding the 2020 election, his myriad of legal troubles, abortion, the war in Ukraine, immigration and the economy. It was Trump’s first appearance on the network since 2016.
While Trump’s advisers explained that the former president was returning to the network he routinely lambasts as “fake news” to reach a wider audience, the former president largely offered up the same type of pugilistic politics that defined his 2016 campaign and his four years in the White House.
“That was a rigged election,” Trump said just minutes into the town hall of his 2020 election loss.
Asked if he had any regrets about his conduct around Jan. 6, 2021, when pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol to halt the certification of President Biden’s victory, Trump defended those who came to Washington, D.C.
“I’ve never spoken to a crowd as large as this,” Trump said. “That was because they thought the election was rigged. And they were there proud. They were there with love in their heart. That was an unbelievable and it was a beautiful day.”
At one point, he removed notes from his jacket pocket and read out loud tweets he sent that day where he held back on calling the crowd off.
Collins routinely interjected to note that the election was not rigged, that Trump’s own former officials testified as much, and that numerous lawsuits alleging fraud were dismissed by the courts.
When Collins pressed Trump on whether he would accept the 2024 election outcome, he couched his answer to say he would only do so if he felt the results were “honest.”
Trump, who fact-checkers found told thousands of lies throughout his presidency, repeatedly offered up inaccurate or misleading talking points. In one instance, he claimed that residents of the Chinatown neighborhood in Washington, D.C., did not speak English as part of an allegation that Biden stored boxes there after his vice presidency because he had nefarious ties to Beijing.
Collins sought to chime in throughout the night to pushback on some of Trump’s false claims and press him when he danced around questions but he frequently spoke over her.
Trump repeatedly declined to say whether he would sign a federal abortion ban if reelected, instead calling the end of Roe v. Wade a “great victory” and saying he would find “a solution that’s going to work.”
Collins at one point asked Trump twice whether he wanted Ukraine to win its war against Russia after Moscow launched an invasion in February 2022, and the former president demurred.
“I don’t think in terms of winning and losing. I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all of these people,” Trump said.
Asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal, Trump said the issue “should be discussed later.”
Over the course of the town hall, Trump grew irritated with Collins’ repeated interjections seeking answers and clarifying facts.
As Collins pushed Trump on why he held onto classified materials after leaving the White House when he knew the federal government was seeking them, Trump finally snapped.
“You’re a nasty person, I’ll tell you,” Trump said to cheers from those in attendance.
The crowd in Manchester was made up of Republican voters and was largely favorable for Trump. Attendees cheered the former president throughout the night, including when he pulled from his jacket pocket a printout of tweets he sent on Jan. 6 urging his supporters to stand down.
The audience also laughed as Trump mockingly recounted writer E. Jean Carroll’s allegation that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. A nine-person jury this week found Trump liable of sexual abuse and defamation in the case.
“I have no idea who the hell she is. She’s a whack job,” Trump said.
Asked if he thought the jury’s findings would keep women from voting from him, Trump said he did not believe it would.
Trump’s reception from the crowd underscored his team’s belief that he is the prohibitive favorite to win the Republican nomination in 2024, and polls have consistently shown him with a sizable lead over would-be challengers like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
His campaign took a victory lap after the town hall, declaring Trump “is the only one who can stop the forces from destroying our country—anyone else will be ripped to shreds.”
But his attacks on Collins and the woman who accused him of rape, as well as his unwillingness to rule out a federal abortion ban and his repeated falsehoods about the 2020 election were reflective of why President Biden and Democrats believe they can defeat Trump once again in 2024.
“It’s simple, folks. Do you want four more years of that?” Biden posted on his personal Twitter account at the conclusion of the town hall. “If you don’t, pitch in to our campaign.”
Even some Republicans argued the town hall was proof it was time for the party to move on from Trump.
Erin Perrine, a spokesperson for the pro-DeSantis group Never Back Down, said the event showed “Trump is stuck in the past.”
“After 76 years, Trump still doesn’t know where he stands on important conservative issues like supporting life and the 2nd amendment,” Perrine said in a statement. “How does that Make America Great Again?” | 2023-05-11T03:15:39+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/hill-politics/trump-returns-to-cnn-for-town-hall-filled-with-false-claims/ |
Bicyclist to be remembered at Centennial Subaru cycling event
June 30, 2023 - 8:00 am
Las Vegas Centennial Subaru is hosting a “Think. Ride. Remember” cycling event Saturday starting at 7 a.m. for “3 Feet for Pete,” a Southern Nevada memorial event in honor of Pete Makowski, who was killed in 2013 when he was struck by a gravel truck while on a training ride.
Cyclists will leave Centennial Subaru’s parking lot at 6350 Centennial Center Blvd., in the northwest Las Vegas Valley, and head north on the 215 Beltway bike path toward West Charleston Boulevard. After ascending a few hills, riders will turn around at Charleston Boulevard and head back to the retailer. A Pangaea New World Fusion Food Truck will be at Centennial Subaru to provide nutritious food to all the riders, as they are inspired to keep on pedaling by music from a local DJ.
Makowski’s teammates from the Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air cycling team created “3 Feet for Pete” in remembrance of their friend and to support cycling safety.
“Centennial Subaru supports any and all efforts to increase road safety in Southern Nevada,” General Manager Ryon Walters said. “Subaru is known for the design and safety features built into its vehicles, so this partnership is in alignment with the goals of anyone who advocates for road safety.”
“Centennial Subaru has numerous employees who are already engaged in competitive and recreational cycling, so the opportunity to partner with Ride to Remember on quarterly events was ideal,” Walters added. “Given the location of our retail store and customer demographics, we hope the community will join us for future events like this ride that are not only educational but also fun while promoting a healthy lifestyle.”
According to Nevada’s Division of Motor Vehicles, motorists passing a bicycle must move into an adjacent lane to the left, if possible. This is according to Nevada’s 3-Feet/Move Over Passing Law (NRS 484B.270). If unable to do so, the motorists must pass within a minimum of 3 feet of space between the vehicle and the bicycle.
Motorists may be charged with reckless driving if they are at fault in any collision with a bicyclist or a pedestrian. Penalties include a driver’s license suspension. The goal is to achieve zero collisions, ending cyclist traffic fatalities. | 2023-06-30T16:10:16+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/autos/dealer-news/bicyclist-to-be-remembered-at-centennial-subaru-cycling-event-2801968/ |
Kellen Curry, an Afghanistan war veteran and former vice president at J.P. Morgan, announced a primary challenge against Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Monday, becoming the first Republican to take on the embattled congressman who has faced calls to resign.
In a statement on his campaign website, Curry said he is running to “restore honesty and integrity” to the congressional representation in New York’s third congressional district, directly pointing to Santos.
“From day 1 George Santos has completely violated our trust. As a result, our equities are not carried on Capitol Hill, our interest are not advocated for in the Congress and our phone calls continue to go unanswered,” Curry said.
“It’s time for change, it’s time for new leadership and it’s time for a fresh face that we can actually believe in. And that’s why I’m running for Congress,” he added.
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. (Annabelle Gordon)
Santos has not yet said if he plans to run for reelection in 2024.
The congressman did, however, file a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission last month, an indication that he may vie for a second term. It does not, however, guarantee that he will follow through with the bid.
The New York Republican has come under significant scrutiny since winning his election to Congress amid revelations that he embellished parts of his resume and questions about his finances.
A number of entities are said to be looking into Santos, including the House Ethics Committee, which launched an investigation into the congressman early last month. A handful of lawmakers — including Republicans — have called on him to resign.
Santos, however, has remained adamant that he will not step down early. The Hill reached out to Santos for comment on Curry’s announcement.
A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Curry was on active duty for eight years, during which he delivered cybersecurity technology to the military, according to his campaign website.
He served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and currently serves in the Air Force Reserves.
Curry most recently worked in J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Banking Division in New York City. He received a master of business administration from The George Washington University.
His campaign cited both his military experience and background in finance.
“Kellen believes his extensive experience working in national security and in our national economy will serve him well in his bid for Congress,” a statement on Curry’s campaign website reads.
Curry’s website says his campaign “will be focusing on core issues including national defense in the face of raising global threats, economic insecurity due to persistently high inflation, increasing affordability on Long Island and raising the accountability bar in D.C. through ethics reforms.”
“He will also be working to achieve what he calls ‘the gold standard of constituency services’ which has been absent but is critical to improving the lives of NY-3 residents,” the website adds. | 2023-04-03T23:49:38+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/afghanistan-war-veteran-announces-primary-challenge-against-santos/ |
Police find 3 dead and 3 other people struck by van in UK city of Nottingham
LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the English city of Nottingham on Tuesday after three people were found dead in the street and three others were hit and injured by a van in related early-morning incidents, police said.
“This is an horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people,” said Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Kate Meynell.
Two people were found dead in one street just after 4 a.m. and a third on a different street. The three wounded by the van were at a different location and were being treated in a hospital. There was no immediate word on their conditions.
Witness Lynn Haggitt was on her way to work when a white van pulled up beside her at 5:30 a.m. She saw the driver look in his mirror and spot a police car approaching slowly from behind without its lights on. The driver then accelerated and struck a man and woman at a street corner.
“He went straight into them, he didn’t even bother to turn,” Haggitt told reporters. “The woman went on the curb, the man went up in the air, there was such a bang, I wish I never saw it, it’s really shaken me up.”
The driver then sped through the city center, with police on his tail, she added.
She said the wounded man appeared to have a head injury but was helped to his feet. The woman was sitting on the curb and appeared to be OK.
Police gave no immediate indication of a possible motive. The investigation was being led by local police, not counterterrorism officers.
“We believe these three incidents are all linked and we have a man in custody,” Meynell said. “This investigation is at its early stages and a team of detectives is working to establish exactly what has happened.”
Kane Brady, a student at the University of Nottingham, said he awoke to shouts of “armed police” and noises as loud as gunshots outside.
He said he saw officers holding stun guns and a man being dragged out of the van and pinned on the ground.
“I saw him getting arrested, him trying to resist,” he told GB News. “When they opened the van, I saw a large knife being pulled out and then straight away that’s when police closed off both roads.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it a shocking incident and asked that police be given time to investigate the crime.
“My thoughts are with those injured, and the family and loved ones of those who have lost their lives,” Sunak said.
Images on social media showed police, some with rifles, standing near cordons at several locations in the city center.
The city’s tram network said it had suspended all services.
Nottingham is a city of about 350,000 some 110 miles (175 kilometers) north of London.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-13T11:53:55+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/06/13/3-found-dead-3-injured-related-violence-english-city-nottingham-police-say/ |
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said Monday.
Powerful winter fronts have dumped heavy snow in northern regions since last week, stranding hundreds of vehicles on highways, delaying delivery services and causing 11 deaths by Saturday. More snowfall over the Christmas weekend brought the number of dead to 17 and injured to 93 by Monday morning, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Many of them had fallen while removing snow from the roofs or were buried underneath thick piles of snow sliding off rooftops.
Municipal offices in the snow-hit regions urged residents to use caution during snow removal activity and not to work alone.
The disaster management agency said a woman in her 70s was found dead buried underneath a thick pile of rooftop snow that suddenly fell on her in Yamagata prefecture's Nagai City, about 300 kilometers (180 miles) north of Tokyo, where snow piled up higher than 80 centimeters (2.6 feet) Saturday.
In Niigata, known for rice growing, some makers of mochi, or sticky rice cakes that are staple for New Year's celebration meals, said there have been delivery delays and their mochi may not reach their customers in time.
Many parts of northeastern Japan reported three times their average snowfall for the season.
Heavy snow knocked down an electric power transmission tower in Japan’s northernmost main island, leaving about 20,000 homes without power on Christmas morning, though electricity was restored in most areas later that day, according to the economy and industry ministry.
Dozens of trains and flights were also suspended in northern Japan through Sunday, but services have since mostly resumed, according to the transportation ministry.
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BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) releases its new report "Flying Unicorns, Hidden Dragons", which tracks down twenty of the school's most influential alumni who are founders, co-founders or CEOs of Chinese unicorn companies valued at USD $1 billion or more. Spanning the sectors of e-commerce, technology, retail, healthcare, logistics, and private equity, the report includes twenty articles, one on each alumnus, and examines how they carved out success in their unicorn companies.
The report traces the journey of notable alumni such as Jack Ma from an English teacher to the founder of Alibaba, Fu Chengyu's rise from oilfield labourer to chairman of the world's largest oil refiner, Sinopec, and Li Dongsheng taking China's manufacturing global with TCL.
These articles not only include alumni who lead well-known companies worldwide such as Alibaba and Pinduoduo, but also those at up-and-coming unicorns such as China's most successful aesthetic medicine platform, SoYoung, the intracity deliverer service provider, FlashEx, and China's largest podcast platform, Ximalaya FM.
This report is a reflection of CKGSB's mission to create a new generation of economic disruptors with a renewed and enhanced emphasis on global responsibility, social purpose and long-term perspective. In fact, many of the alumni featured in the report represent leading enterprises in sustainable sectors, such as energy storage, medical devices, and fitness.
Since 2015, CKGSB has been working with prominent companies in China, such as Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Baidu, JD.com, Microsoft (China), SenseTime, Tencent, and leading venture capitals, to set up an ecosystem that focuses on developing unicorn and soon-to-be-unicorn companies. Since 2016, the school has extended this initiative to Europe and now to the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, in partnership with leading institutions like IMD, Berkeley Engineering, UNESCO and the Dubai Executive Council. CKGSB's ecosystem for unicorns has developed more than 1,000 founders and co-founders of companies with Series A to more mature start-up companies, including 38 unicorn companies listed on CB Insights (2017-2022).
Read the full report for free here: https://english.ckgsb.edu.cn/report/flying-unicorns-hidden-dragons-20-ckgsb-alumni-leading-chinas-most-influential-companies/
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Russell Westbrook NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Clippers vs. Suns - April 25
The Los Angeles Clippers, Russell Westbrook included, match up versus the Phoenix Suns at 10:00 PM ET on Tuesday in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
If you'd like to place a bet on Westbrook's props, we dive into his available ones, providing some stats and trends, below.
Russell Westbrook Prop Bets vs. the Suns
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Russell Westbrook Insights vs. the Suns
- Westbrook's opponents, the Suns, have a neutral offensive tempo, averaging 101.4 possessions per game, while his Clippers average 101.0 per game, which ranks 22nd among NBA teams.
- The Suns concede 111.6 points per game, sixth-ranked in the league.
- On the glass, the Suns are ranked 11th in the NBA, giving up 42.9 rebounds per game.
- Looking at assists, the Suns have conceded 23.4 per game, third in the NBA.
- Looking at 3-pointers, the Suns are ranked third in the league, allowing 11.4 makes per game.
Russell Westbrook vs. the Suns
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Authorities: Dog found carrying human arm, head still missing
Published: Nov. 7, 2022 at 11:17 AM MST|Updated: 50 minutes ago
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) – Police were called to respond to a scene in Mississippi on Saturday after receiving reports of a dog carrying a person’s severed arm.
Decapitated human remains were found in a south Jackson neighborhood, but not all parts of the person were found, according to the Hinds County Coroner.
Authorities are still searching for the victim’s missing head.
Officers with the Jackson Police Department found a charred arm on the road and more of the body later in a wooded area behind a nearby abandoned home.
WLBT reports it’s unclear if the body was found the same day or the following day, or if the parts were removed prior to the victim’s death.
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Millions of families took advantage of the expanded federal child tax credit during the COVID pandemic.
They received monthly payments, which were an advance on a credit taken when people filed their tax returns, from July through December 2021. Legislative efforts to keep the payments going failed, but New Jersey passed its own credit, giving eligible families up to $500 per dependent child age 5 or under.
Here’s what you need to know.
When does it start?
The child tax credit can be claimed on your 2022 state tax return, the Treasury Department said.
The original bill, signed during the summer, contained an error that would have started the credit a year later.
“Making New Jersey more affordable for our families has been one of my highest priorities since day one,” Gov. Phil Murphy said when he signed the amended bill. “Tax relief is critically important and this amendment will put money into the pockets of families as early as next year.”
Will I get monthly payments?
No.
You won’t receive advance payments on the credit, but instead, you will get it when you file your 2022 tax return.
Who is eligible?
The credit isn’t as generous as the federal one and it covers fewer children.
Based on their income levels, eligible families will get up to $500 per dependent child age 5 or under. Those who earn $30,000 a year or less will get the full credit, which will phase out the more you earn. Those earning more than $80,000 a year will not be eligible.
To get the credit, you must be a New Jersey resident for either all or part of the 2022 tax year with a valid Social Security number or Individual Tax Identification Number.
Families must be able to claim the child as a deduction for federal income tax purposes, and the child must be age 5 or younger by the end of the tax year.
You also must file your tax return as a single, married or civil union filing jointly, head of household or qualifying widower. Those who file as “married filing separately” do not qualify.
How much will it cost the state?
$18 million.
How much will I get?
Full-time residents of the state with earnings of $30,000 or less will get $500 per qualifying child.
If you have earnings over $30,000 but not more than $40,000, you will get $400 per child.
A $300 credit will go to those earning more than $40,000 but not more than $50,000, $200 will go to those earning more than $50,000 but not over $60,000, and $100 will go to those with earnings over $60,000 but not more than $80,000.
What if I’m a part-year resident?
If you lived in New Jersey for only part of the tax year, your credit will be pro-rated based on the number of months you were a New Jersey resident.
One month constitutes 15 days or more, the Treasury Department said.
What if I don’t have to file a tax return?
To get the credit, you will have to file a return even if your income is below the filing requirement.
What if I don’t owe any tax?
The credit reduces any tax owed. If you don’t owe anything, you would get the value of the credit as a tax refund.
How can I get the credit?
When the 2022 tax filing season begins in early 2023, you will need to complete and file Form NJ-1040.
You can file your return electronically for free using the New Jersey Online Income Tax Filing system.
If you need help, you can get free help at sites throughout the state.
What documentation do I need?
You do not need to include any supporting documents with your NJ-1040, the Treasury Department said. But after your return is reviewed, you may be asked for supporting documentation, the agency said.
Does this replace the Child and Dependent Care Credit?
No.
This credit is a separate credit from the Child and Dependent Care Credit.
If you are eligible for both credits, you can claim both of them on your tax return, the Treasury Department said.
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No verdict yet in trial of XXXTentacion’s accused killers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations in the trial of three men accused of murdering rising rap star XXXTentacion will be entering a fourth day. The 12-member Florida panel deliberated for about five hours Friday without reaching a verdict. They have deliberated about 10 hours since getting the case late Wednesday. Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome are charged with first-degree murder and face mandatory life sentences if convicted. Prosecutors say they ambushed the singer outside a suburban Fort Lauderdale motorcycle dealership in June 2018, shooting him while robbing him of $50,000. A fourth alleged co-conspirator testified against them. The men’s attorney say the man was lying. | 2023-03-10T23:16:26+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/03/10/no-verdict-yet-in-trial-of-xxxtentacions-accused-killers-2/ |
Ohio woman arrested after randomly shooting man at intersection
SPRINGDALE, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - A woman was arrested the day after she shot a man waiting at a stoplight in an unprovoked attack, Springdale police announced Thursday.
Ashley Copeland, 35, is facing multiple felony charges, including felonious assault in connection with the shooting.
While in her SUV, Copeland allegedly shot at another vehicle near the intersection of Chesterdale and East Kemper roads, police said on Wednesday.
The shooting was random, with no interaction between the suspect and victim happening prior to the shooting, police explained.
“We were on the way to Walmart, and there was a stop sign, and we were waiting there,” recalled the victim, Alex Mendez. “We were just talking in the car. Then a woman pulled out of nowhere.”
The victim stopped southbound on Chesterdale just north of Kemper in the left turning lane around 10:45 a.m. when the woman, later identified as Copeland, pulled up along the right side of his vehicle, according to Officer Keenan Riordan with the Springdale Police Department.
Officer Riordan says the woman fired one shot through the passenger window of her SUV, hitting the man in the arm. The man was taken to UC West Chester to be treated and is expected to make a full recovery.
Copeland drove off after the shooting.
Early Thursday, a Springdale officer was on patrol when she spotted a woman and an SUV matching the description from Wednesday’s shooting.
The officer pulled the vehicle over, called for backup, and once she approached the vehicle, she saw a gun sitting on Copeland’s lap, police said.
Copeland surrendered willfully and was then taken to the police department to be interviewed.
She confessed to the unprovoked shooting in Springdale and admitted to another shooting that happened Monday in Sharonville, according to police.
The shooting in Sharonville was random, just like the one in Springdale, police explained.
Copeland shot at a vehicle in Sharonville but no one was hit by the gunfire, police said.
She will be charged in connection with Monday’s shooting in Sharonville, per Springdale police.
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Several Southwest Airlines flights in and out of Denver International Airport have been canceled or delayed Friday despite the airline stating they have returned to normal operations.
But there are significantly fewer delays and cancellations than in previous days, and several other airlines have canceled or delayed small numbers of flights Friday. In total, as of 11:05 a.m., 14 flights in or out of Denver were canceled — most of those incoming — and 113 had been delayed, according to FlightAware.
Six Southwest flights were canceled Friday and 33 flights have been delayed.
On its website Friday, Southwest stated it was operating its normal schedule and anticipated “minimal disruptions” for the weekend. No Southwest flights have been canceled for Saturday or Sunday, as of Friday morning.
Customers affected by the operational meltdown can find additional assistance on Southwest’s website, and those specifically needing assistance reuniting with baggage can find information at southwest.com/baginfo.
At other airlines, United canceled five flights in or out of Denver Friday; two Alaska Airlines flights were canceled; and one SkyWest-operated regional flight was canceled.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the first meeting in weeks between Russia and Ukraine took “a critical step” forward Wednesday to ensuring the export of desperately needed grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to help ease the global food crisis.
Turkey’s defense minister said agreements would be signed when negotiators meet again in Istanbul next week.
The U.N. chief cautioned that “more technical work will now be needed” to reach an agreement, “but the momentum is clear … I’m encouraged. I’m optimistic, but it’s not yet fully done.”
With the war in Ukraine in its fifth month and much of the world seeing food prices soar and millions in developing countries facing hunger and possible starvation, getting grain and fertilizer shipments moving again from two of the world’s major exporters is crucial.
Guterres proposed a package deal in early June to unblock shipments of Ukrainian wheat and other food crops from the Black Sea and lift restrictions on Russia’s exports of grain and fertilizer. He kept tight-lipped about progress — until Wednesday.
The U.N. chief spoke in New York, hours after military officials from Russia, Ukraine and Turkey met with U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths in Istanbul to discuss stumbling blocks to a deal, mainly on how to ship about 22 million tons of grain stuck in Ukraine because of the war.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said the sides reached agreement concerning the “joint control” of vessels as they leave and arrive at Black Sea ports to pick up grain, and the safety of the transfer routes. A coordination center would be established in Istanbul and would include U.N., Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian officials, he said.
NATO-member Turkey has retained close ties to both Moscow and Ukraine and has worked with both countries and the U.N. to reach an agreement. It has offered to provide safe Black Sea corridors.
Akar said the talks were held in a constructive atmosphere. “We see that the parties are willing to solve this problem,” he said, forecasting agreements next week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s delegation at the talks had informed him that they were making progress.
He said he was grateful to the United Nations and Turkey for their efforts to restore Ukraine’s agricultural exports. “If they succeed in removing the Russian threat to shipping in the Black Sea, it will reduce the severity of the global food crisis,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
Russia said it had presented a package of proposals for a “practical and quick solution” to unblock the export of Ukrainian grain but did not elaborate.
Guterres said there was “very substantive progress and I would say broad agreement” Wednesday on how to ensure the safe export of Ukrainian food products through the Black Sea. Now, he said, there is “a ray of hope to ease human suffering and alleviate hunger around the world” and bring “much needed stability to the global food system.”
He cited “substantive agreement on many aspects” related to the control of shipping, coordination of the operation and de-mining of the Black Sea.
He said the U.N., Russia, Ukraine and Turkey will work together to ensure that an agreement is implemented effectively.
Experts have cautioned that an agreement will not have an immediate impact. It will take time to ensure there are no mines in the Black Sea shipping channel, and then to get cargo ships to Odesa, Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port. Inspections will have to be done and arrangements made for shipping out the 22 million tons of grain that Ukraine's president says are now in silos.
U.N., Turkish and other officials are scrambling for a solution that would empty the silos in time for upcoming harvest in Ukraine. Some grain is now being transported through Europe by rail, road and river, but the amount is small compared with the Black Sea routes.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says the war in Ukraine is endangering food supplies for many developing nations and could worsen hunger for up to 181 million people.
Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but Russia’s invasion and war has disrupted production and halted shipments across the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.
Before the talks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told The Associated Press that grain exports from his country’s ports would not resume without security guarantees to ship owners, cargo owners, and to keep Ukraine as an independent nation.
Any agreement needs to ensure that Russia “will respect these corridors, they will not sneak into the harbor and attack ports or that they will not attack ports from the air with their missiles,” he said.
Russian and Ukrainian officials have traded accusations over the stuck grain shipments.
Moscow claims Ukraine’s heavily mined ports are causing the delay. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged that Moscow wouldn’t use the corridors to launch an attack, if the sea mines were removed.
But Ukrainian officials have blamed a Russian naval blockade for holding up the exports and causing the global food crisis. They are skeptical of Putin’s pledge not to take advantage of cleared Black Sea corridors to mount attacks on Ukrainian ports, noting that he insisted repeatedly this year that he had no plans to invade Ukraine.
Ahead of the talks, Pyotr Ilyichev, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for ties with international organizations, said Russia’s military had repeatedly declared its willingness to allow safe shipping corridors in the Black Sea.
Seventy vessels from 16 countries have remained stuck in Ukrainian ports, Ilyichev said, alleging that Ukrainian authorities had barred them from departing.
“Our conditions are clear: We need to have a way to control and check the ships to prevent any attempts to smuggle weapons in, and Kyiv must refrain from any provocations,” Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted Ilyichev as saying.
Western sanctions on Russia do not ban exports of food or fertilizer. But Moscow argues that Western sanctions on its banking and shipping industries make it impossible for Russia to export those goods and are scaring off foreign shipping companies.
“We still need a lot of goodwill and commitments by all parties,” Guterres said. “In the end, the aim of all parties is not just an agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine but an agreement for the world.”
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Fraser reported from Ankara and Lederer reported at the United Nations.
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Twins vs. Red Sox Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - June 22
Thursday's game features the Minnesota Twins (37-38) and the Boston Red Sox (39-36) facing off at Target Field in what is expected to be a close matchup, with a projected 5-3 victory for the Twins according to our computer prediction. Game time is at 1:10 PM ET on June 22.
The probable starters are Joe Ryan (7-4) for the Twins and Justin Garza (0-1) for the Red Sox.
Twins vs. Red Sox Game Info & Odds
- When: Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 1:10 PM ET
- Where: Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- How to Watch on TV: MLB Network
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Twins vs. Red Sox Score Prediction
Our pick for this game is Twins 5, Red Sox 4.
Total Prediction for Twins vs. Red Sox
- Total Prediction: Under 9 runs
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Twins Performance Insights
- In nine games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Twins have a record of 4-5.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Minnesota and its opponents have failed to hit the over twice.
- Bookmakers have not set a spread for any of the Twins' last 10 games.
- The Twins have been favorites in 46 games this season and won 28 (60.9%) of those contests.
- Minnesota has a record of 14-10 in games when sportsbooks favor them by at least -150 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 60% chance to win.
- Minnesota has scored the 18th-most runs in the majors this season with 322 (4.3 per game).
- The Twins have the fourth-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (3.74).
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Isaac Paredes Player Prop Bets: Rays vs. Tigers - April 1
Published: Apr. 1, 2023 at 10:24 AM EDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
Isaac Paredes -- 1-for-4 in his last game -- will be in action for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Detroit Tigers, with Spencer Turnbull on the hill, on April 1 at 4:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game, he went 1-for-4 against the Tigers.
Isaac Paredes Game Info & Props vs. the Tigers
- Game Day: Saturday, April 1, 2023
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Tropicana Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on fuboTV!
- Tigers Starter: Spencer Turnbull
- TV Channel: BSSUN
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -154)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +625)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +155)
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Isaac Paredes At The Plate (2022)
- Paredes hit .205 with 16 doubles, 20 home runs and 44 walks.
- Paredes picked up a hit in 43.4% of his games last season (49 of 113), with more than one hit in 17 of those contests (15.0%).
- He hit a home run in 14.2% of his games last season (113 in all), leaving the ballpark in 5.2% of his chances at the plate.
- Paredes picked up an RBI in 27 of 113 games last season (23.9%), with more than one RBI in 11 of those contests (9.7%).
- He scored in 38 of 113 games last year (33.6%), including scoring more than once in 6.2% of his games (seven times).
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Isaac Paredes Home/Away Batting Splits (2022)
Tigers Pitching Rankings (2022)
- The Tigers pitching staff was 25th in MLB last season with a collective 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Tigers had the 21st-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.06).
- The Tigers surrendered the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (167 total, one per game).
- Turnbull makes his first start of the season for the Tigers.
- The 30-year-old righty makes his season debut and pitches for the first time in more than a year.
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AMDA College of the Performing Arts Sends Six Recent Graduates to The Town Hall in New York City for the First Broadway Rising Stars Event in Three Years.
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AMDA graduates Lily Arriaga, Jared Goodwin, Hannah Faith Marshall, Isaiah Mayhew, Erika Nicole Mesa, and Henry O'Connell will be participating in this national showcase of the Top Musical Theatre students on Monday, July 18, 2022 at The Town Hall in New York City.
Broadway Rising Stars is a prestigious national showcase that introduces New York audiences to the next generation of emerging talent from the most acclaimed performing arts institutions in higher education. AMDA students study under renowned faculty in a creative, inspiring, and inclusive environment. Their experience within AMDA's premier performing arts training has given the six selected students the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in a venue where past AMDA participants landed top billing in various Broadway shows including: Hamilton, The Color Purple, The Book of Mormon, Wicked, and Les Misérables.
AMDA College of the Performing Arts has campuses in the two entertainment capitals of the world: New York City and Hollywood. Founded in 1964, AMDA has been training emerging performing artists in musical theatre, acting, and dance for nearly 60 years and AMDA's training has been adopted as the gold standard of performing arts education by colleges and universities throughout the country, and indeed throughout the world. Notable AMDA graduates include Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid's Tale, Orange is the New Black), Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey, Judging Amy), Jason Derulo (Multi-platinum recording artist), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family, Tony Award Winner for Broadway's Take Me Out), Ray Fisher (Justice League, Women of the Movement), Caissie Levy (Broadway's Frozen, Caroline, or Change, Wicked), Rizwan Manji (Schitt's Creek, The Magicians, Peacemaker), J. Elaine Marcos (Broadway's A Chorus Line, Annie, The Wedding Singer), Anthony Ramos (Broadway's Hamilton, A Star Is Born, In the Heights film adaptation), and Kyle Scatliffe (Broadway's Hamilton, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Color Purple).
For more information about AMDA Graduates, visit the AMDA website: https://www.amda.edu/alumni-videos
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Freenome presented modeling findings at ASCO that demonstrate favorable outcomes in a Medicare-aged cohort
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Freenome, a privately held biotech company, presented findings at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting that demonstrate the clinical utility of detecting not just colorectal cancer (CRC), but also precancerous adenomas in a Medicare-aged cohort for tests that screen for CRC and multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests that include CRC.
Overall, the research found that detecting adenomas improves clinical outcomes and results in more favorable outcomes than detecting primarily cancer alone.
The study findings are noteworthy because the prevalence of adenomas and asymptomatic CRC increases with age,[1] and only 29% of those ages 65 and older are up to date on CRC screening.[2]
Using Freenome's validated model, CRC-MAPS, researchers simulated perfect adherence to an annual, blood-based CRC screening test among previously unscreened individuals free of diagnosed CRC and between ages 65 and 75. Four scenarios were modeled, examining differences in the impact of tests that detect primarily cancer, versus tests that have increased adenoma sensitivity:
- Cancer Interception (base-case)
- Cancer Interception (near-perfect)
- Cancer Prevention (with FIT-like adenoma sensitivity) + Interception
- Cancer Prevention (with improved adenoma sensitivity) + Interception
The results demonstrated that strategies using a test with increased adenoma sensitivity resulted in outcomes 2.5-12.9x more favorable than those that did not.
"The research underscores the considerable clinical utility of adenoma detection for any test, multi-cancer or otherwise, that screens for CRC," said Girish Putcha, M.D., PhD., lead author of the study and senior vice president, Freenome. "That, combined with making screening convenient and accessible for everyone through a blood test, will help save more lives."
Freenome is developing a CRC screening test using a multiomics platform, which combines both tumor and non-tumor signals with machine learning to detect CRC and advanced adenomas using a standard blood draw.
Freenome recently announced the completion of enrollment for PREEMPT CRC, the company's large, prospective registrational study to validate its blood test for CRC screening among average-risk adults. Earlier this year, Freenome launched its first prospective clinical study for the early detection of multiple cancers using the same multiomics platform, with additional studies expected in the coming months.
Freenome is a biotechnology company with a comprehensive multiomics platform for the detection of cancer using a routine blood draw. The company combines its deep expertise in molecular biology with advanced computational biology and machine learning to detect disease-associated patterns among billions of circulating cell-free biomarkers. Freenome is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
[1] Zauber A, et al., AHRQ Publication No. 14-05203-EF02. 2015
[2] Siegel RL, et al. 2020. CA-A Cancer J Clin. doi: 10.3322/caac.21601
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HOUSTON (KIAH) — The adoptive parents of a young boy who was found dead in a washing machine in July are facing capital murder charges.
Troy Khoeler, 7, was reported missing in late July by Tiffany Thomas. Troy was initially a foster child who Tiffany and Jermaine Thomas later adopted.
Authorities searched for Troy for several hours until finding his body in the top-load washing machine in the garage of a home in Spring, Texas, just outside of Houston.
After speaking with Tiffany and Jermaine, authorities determined Troy was home alone for roughly six hours the day he was reported missing. Jermaine told authorities he couldn’t find Troy when he returned home from work that day, but Troy was ultimately not reported missing for nearly five hours. But when Troy was initially reported missing, authorities were told it had been roughly two to three hours since he was last seen, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Jermaine and Tiffany Thomas were arrested this week after an autopsy lead forensics to rule the boy’s death a homicide, the Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.
According to the medical examiner, Troy was beaten, suffocated, and possibly drowned. He suffered “new and previous injuries” as well, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
Jermaine Thomas was charged with capital murder, while Tiffany Thomas faces injury to a child by omission. Jermaine’s bail was set at $2 million, while Tiffany had a $150,000 bail set.
Texts obtained by investigators allegedly showed Tiffany had texted Jermaine to explain that she threatened to put Troy “in the stove and turn it on” until the 7-year-old admitted to eating some snacks. Additional texts from Jermaine revealed he was upset about the boy eating snacks. He wrote “I’m going to end up kill(ing) him,” according to another Houston outlet.
Texas Child Protective Services told local news outlets that they had investigated the boy being physically abused twice within the last year. | 2022-11-16T23:58:27+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/charges-filed-against-adoptive-parents-of-7-year-old-texas-boy-found-dead-in-washing-machine/ |
White House says GOP plans would add $3 trillion to national debt
President Joe Biden plans to go on the offensive against Republicans, saying in effect that their policies would add $3 trillion to the national debt.
"If you add up all the proposals that my Republican friends in Congress have offered so far, they would add another $3 trillion to the debt over 10 years," Biden plans to say, according to excerpts of the speech. "You’ll see that my budget will invest in America, lower costs and protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, while cutting the deficit by $2 trillion over 10 years."
Ahead of Biden's remarks to union workers Wednesday in Lanham, Maryland, the White House also issued a fact sheet that questions the GOP's sincerity on deficit reduction.
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The White House is charging the GOP with hypocrisy for favoring tax policies that could push the accumulated $31.4 trillion national debt higher. Yet Biden, too, wants to preserve some of the same tax cuts as Republicans so long as the approach is "fiscally responsible."
The speech is the latest evolution in a political and economic debate that will play out over several months. Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy need to reach a deal mid-summer on raising the government's legal borrowing authority or else the government could lack the funds to pay its bills and default.
McCarthy, R-Calif., says they should agree on a path toward balancing the budget, posting on Twitter last Friday: "No more blank checks for runaway government spending."
The president detailed a recent exchange with the GOP speaker in a speech Tuesday in Washington to county government officials. He told them that McCarthy "made it real clear to me what he wants to do. He says he’s not going to raise any taxes at all on anybody. He just wants to cut programs."
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The president said that Republican lawmakers should present their budget plan to the public, just as the White House intends to do on March 9.
"I believe we could be fiscally responsible without risking — threatening to send our country into chaos," Biden said Tuesday of debt limit talks.
But the actual path of the national debt could hinge on the upcoming expiration of individual tax cuts that President Donald Trump signed into law in 2017. Extending those tax cuts would in theory raise the national debt, as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office based its projections on them lapsing after 2025. The CBO will release an updated budget outlook on Wednesday.
RELATED: Speaker McCarthy reacts after meeting with President Biden on debt ceiling
The White House fact sheet said Republicans would increase the debt by $2.7 trillion by prolonging those tax cuts, in addition to cutting a corporate minimum tax established by Biden and other policies that would add to the debt.
The White House noted that the extension of the Trump-era tax overhaul would give a $175,000 tax cut to families with incomes over $4 million. The size of that tax cut is roughly double the median U.S. household income.
But the same White House fact sheet adds that Biden would like to preserve some of the same tax cuts as Republicans, just not those that benefit the wealthy. Biden pledged during the 2020 campaign to not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000, so letting the tax cuts expire could be viewed as a tax hike on the middle class.
The Tax Policy Center, a think tank, estimated when the law was passed that 53% of taxpayers would see their IRS bills increase in 2027 after the cuts expire. About 70% of those solidly in the middle class — the middle 40% to 60% of all taxpayers — would owe more.
The fact sheet previewing the speech said the president is committed to a "fiscally responsible approach to continuing current tax policies" for people earning less than $400,000. It's not entirely clear what that could mean for the national debt, despite Biden's plans on Wednesday to repeat his promise in last week's State of the Union address to cut deficits by $2 trillion.
That leaves Republicans and Democrats theoretically in agreement on keeping taxes low for most people, while leaders in both parties have pledged no cuts to Social Security or Medicare.
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said that lawmakers should consider everything if the goal is deficit reduction.
"If we truly want to address our fiscal situation — as we should — policymakers should put all their cards on the table, abandon their demagoguing, and come together for the good of the American people," she said in a statement. | 2023-02-16T14:10:54+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/white-house-gop-deficits-3-trillion |
Agency Remains Committed to Protecting Youth by Enforcing Against Illegal Products
SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter for marketing illegal flavored nicotine gummies – the first warning letter for this type of product. These types of gummies are of particular public concern because of their resemblance to kid-friendly food or candy products and the potential to cause severe nicotine toxicity or even death among young children.
The manufacturer, VPR Brands LP (doing business as, "Krave Nic"), markets gummies that have 1 milligram (mg) of nicotine each and are available in three flavors – Blueraz, Cherry Bomb and Pineapple. The packaging claims that the products contain tobacco-free nicotine. This firm has not submitted a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the FDA, and does not have a marketing authorization order to manufacture, sell or distribute these products in the U.S.
"Nicotine gummies are a public health crisis just waiting to happen among our nation's youth, particularly as we head into a new school year," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "We want parents to be aware of these products and the potential for health consequences for children of all ages – including toxicity to young children and appeal of these addictive products to our youth. The FDA will not stand by as illegal products infiltrate the marketplace."
The manufacturer states that each gummy contains 1 milligram of nicotine with 12 gummies (12 mg) per tin. Research indicates that ingesting 1 to 4 milligrams of nicotine could be severely toxic to a child under 6 years of age depending on the child's body weight. However, nicotine toxicity among youth of any age may lead to nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, increased blood pressure and heart rate, seizures, respiratory failure, coma and even death. Nicotine is also highly addictive and exposure during adolescence can harm the developing brain.
In a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers found that flavored non-tobacco oral nicotine products, including gummies and lozenges, were among the most commonly used tobacco product among youth in southern California – second only to e-cigarettes. Use was particularly high among certain racial or ethnic, sexual or gender minority groups, and those with a history of nicotine use. These flavored non-tobacco oral nicotine products present an increased risk to youth due to their resemblance to kid-friendly food or candy products, such as gummies or gum, the availability in youth-appealing flavors, and the ability for teenagers to conceal use from adults.
The warning letter issued today requests a written response from the manufacturer describing how the firm intends to address any violations and bring their products into compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Failure to promptly correct violations can result in further action such as civil money penalties, seizure, and/or injunction. Additionally, the firm must not sell or distribute violative products. The firm must submit a PMTA and receive marketing authorization from FDA before selling or distributing the product in the U.S.
In response to the increase of non-tobacco nicotine in tobacco products, including in some of the e-cigarette brands that are most popular with youth, Congress passed a federal law that went into effect on April 14, 2022, clarifying the FDA's authority to regulate tobacco products containing nicotine from any source. This law gives the FDA authority over products made with non-tobacco nicotine, including synthetic nicotine, and imposes requirements under the FD&C Act for manufacturers, importers, retailers and distributors of non-tobacco nicotine products. To date, no non-tobacco nicotine product has received a marketing granted order.
"We remain unwavering in our use of compliance and enforcement resources to curb all unlawful marketing of tobacco products, especially those that youth could easily confuse with something that they consume regularly – like candy," said Brian King, Ph.D., M.P.H., director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products. "Today's action should be a wake-up call for manufacturers of these illegal products that the FDA is actively working to identify violations and to swiftly seek corrective actions."
Efforts such as these support the FDA's commitment to using a science-based approach to protect youth from initiating tobacco use. In addition to the FDA's regulatory oversight, the agency recognizes the critical need for targeted youth tobacco prevention efforts designed to protect America's kids, including mass media campaigns such as "The Real Cost." The FDA also collaborates with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the National Youth Tobacco Survey, the only nationally representative survey of middle and high school students that focuses exclusively on tobacco product use.
Additional Resources:
- Perspective: Update on FDA Review and Enforcement of Non-Tobacco Nicotine Products
- FDA Continues to Implement Law, Regulate Non-Tobacco Nicotine Products, Warns Retailers and Manufacturers Against Illegal Sales
- Requirements for Products Made with Non-Tobacco Nicotine Take Effect April 14
Media Contact: FDA Office of Media Affairs, 301-796-4540
Consumer Inquiries: Email or 888-INFO-FDA (888-463-0332)
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EquityMultiple, a New York-based wealthtech and real estate investing startup, today announced a series of exciting growth milestones:
- EquityMultiple was recognized as one of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the country for 2021 by Inc. magazine, the second consecutive year the company received this honor.
- EquityMultiple's revenue grew 286% from 2018 to 2021 on an annual basis.
- EquityMultiple's distributions to investors grew at over 100% year-over-year in 2021, and the firm is pacing to roughly double distributions to investors again in 2022.
"Building investor wealth is our fundamental reason for existing," said CEO and Co-Founder Charles Clinton. "We are very excited to continue on our trajectory of roughly doubling our distributions to investors every year."
The firm also announced compelling realized returns over its recent operating history, even as capital markets and the stock market have endured periods of volatility:
- For all investments originated and exited since the start of the pandemic (March 2020 through June 2022) EquityMultiple's aggregate net return to investors was a 30% IRR
- For all investments exited in 2022, the net return to investors from EquityMultiple's realized investments is a 27.5% net IRR*.
These positive results come amid volatility in public markets; the S&P 500 lost nearly 20% of its value in the first half of 2022. Remarked Clinton, "private-market real estate brings both critical diversification and risk-adjusted return potential that's historically less correlated with publicly traded assets. We're proud to bring greater access to these types of CRE assets, which were generally unavailable to self-directed individual investors even just a few years ago. The results speak for themselves."
EquityMultiple has more than doubled its full-time workforce since the beginning of 2021, with key hires made in Asset Management, Investor Relations, and Originations. At the same time, the wealth generation products offered by the firm have grown and diversified. Since August of '21, EquityMultiple has offered short-term notes — an alternative to savings product — to supplement the firm's diverse array of professionally managed commercial real estate investments. These short-term note products target attractive current yield and short terms to give investors a new means of managing cash. To date, EquityMultiple's note products have generated over $80M in investment interest.
EquityMultiple is a commercial real estate investment and technology firm whose mission is to build investor wealth through streamlined access to diverse real estate investment products. To date, EquityMultiple's investors have participated in over $4 billion in commercial real estate transactions through its online investing platform. The firm pairs innovative technology with real estate experience and industry-leading investor services to offer an unparalleled investing experience.
For more information, please visit https://www.equitymultiple.com/.
*For all investments realized between 1/1/22 and 7/7/22. All investments entail risk and past performance does not guarantee future results. For a full view of EquityMultiple's track record, visit equitymultiple.com/track-record.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Interlock Equity ("Interlock"), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, and Investor Group Services ("IGS" or the "Company"), a Boston-based consulting firm serving the private equity industry, are pleased to announce a strategic growth investment that will accelerate IGS's expansion of their consulting team, service offerings, and geographic presence.
For over twenty years, IGS has served private equity sponsors, corporate development groups and management teams with market intelligence, commercial due diligence and strategic advisory services. Founded in 1998, IGS has grown to more than 80 consultants and research professionals that serve over 400 private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. Investors and management teams rely on IGS's market insights and strategic advice to inform critical investment decisions and growth initiatives.
"The team at Interlock has deep expertise and a fantastic track record of successfully scaling top-notch professional services firms. They are the perfect partner for IGS as we prepare for our next chapter of growth," said Mindy Berman, co-founder and Senior Managing Director of IGS. "The investment from Interlock will support and accelerate our growth strategy of adding new services and expanding geographically to deepen relationships with clients and create more opportunities for our incredibly talented team," added Rob Lordi, co-founder and Senior Managing Director of IGS.
"We are thrilled to partner with the talented people at IGS and to help them execute their strategic vision," said Rob Zielinski, Managing Director at Interlock. "IGS has developed a tremendous foundation on which we plan to build with additional services, new geographies, and strategic acquisitions. We'll do that while reinforcing their people-first culture which has successfully attracted the industry's top talent."
Mike Orend, Managing Director at Interlock, added, "Market intelligence and commercial due diligence increasingly play central and crucial roles in the investment process of private equity firms, which is a massive and growing industry. IGS's deep relationships within that industry are emblematic of the superior quality and value provided through its unique model of difficult-to-ascertain intelligence gathering."
IGS's founders and leadership team retained significant ownership as part of the transaction and will continue to lead the business.
Investor Group Services (IGS) is a world-class provider of commercial due diligence and strategic advisory services to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, corporate development groups, and senior management teams. These groups rely on IGS's strategic insights, research prowess and analysis to guide critical investment and strategic decisions.
For more information visit, www.igsboston.com.
Interlock Equity is a private equity firm focused on partnering with leadership teams of knowledge-based businesses. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Interlock invests in North America-based companies in the lower middle market. The firm is focused exclusively on partnering with founders of people-based businesses providing mission-critical B2B and healthcare services.
For more information visit, www.interlockequity.com.
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Record downtown gaming win lifts October to $1B+ again for state
State gaming win powered past $1 billion for the 20th straight month and Clark County also surpassed that level despite Strip revenue being flat in October, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Tuesday.
Downtown Las Vegas casinos had a record win of $90.5 million, beating the previous high of $86.4 million set in March.
The state’s 437 non-restricted licensees won $1.3 billion from gamblers, a 4.8 percent increase from October 2021.
Clark County’s 215 locations won $1.1 billion, a 4.5 percent increase over last year, while the Strip’s 58 licensees won $705.8 million, a 0.5 percent increase over the previous year.
Of the 19 submarkets monitored by the Control Board, only one — North Lake Tahoe — showed a decline from October 2021 levels.
Gaming win is important to the state because it takes a percentage in gaming taxes. Percentage fee collections through Monday totaled $76.4 million for October, a 6.4 percent increase from last year. For the four months of the 2022 fiscal year since July, the state has collected $406.1 million for the general fund, a 0.6 percent decline from last year.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Contact Richard N. Velotta at rvelotta@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3893. Follow @RickVelotta on Twitter. | 2022-11-29T16:40:17+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/record-downtown-gaming-win-lifts-october-to-1b-again-for-state-2684483/ |
Cal Baptist Lancers (15-13, 7-8 WAC) at Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (18-10, 10-5 WAC)
The ‘Jacks are 11-3 in home games. SFA ranks fifth in the WAC with 34.4 points per game in the paint led by Sadaidriene Hall averaging 10.0.
The Lancers are 7-8 in conference matchups. Cal Baptist is sixth in the WAC with 24.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Hunter Goodrick averaging 4.9.
The matchup Sunday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Hall is averaging 13 points and 6.9 rebounds for the ‘Jacks. Latrell Jossell is averaging 12.0 points over the last 10 games for SFA.
Taran Armstrong is averaging 11.4 points and 4.9 assists for the Lancers. Riley Battin is averaging 9.9 points over the last 10 games for Cal Baptist.
LAST 10 GAMES: ‘Jacks: 5-5, averaging 74.9 points, 32.4 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 8.5 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.9 points per game.
Lancers: 5-5, averaging 74.6 points, 33.5 rebounds, 15.9 assists, 4.5 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2023-02-26T09:10:19+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/cajuste-and-sfa-host-cal-baptist/2023/02/26/092b0aa6-b5b2-11ed-94a0-512954d75716_story.html |
‘I’m going to do something’: Man leads group rescue of moose stuck in frozen lake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - An Anchorage man says he was walking his dogs Tuesday night when he heard a commotion in a nearby lake.
“I heard splashing while I was on the phone and I said, ‘That’s a moose; he’s drowning. I have to go,’” Anchorage resident Wil Graves said.
Graves said a moose had fallen through ice on the lake and ended up getting stuck. The animal created a large hole where the ice broke as it was trying to get out.
According to Graves, a pharmacist, he called authorities regarding the situation and was connected to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Cory Stantorf, an assistant area biologist for Fish and Game in Anchorage, said the department always advises the public to avoid encounters with wildlife, even if it means abandoning a helpless animal.
“We understand there’s a lot of emotion, but we really recommend that people reach out to Alaska troopers or the closest Fish and Game office to assist,” Stantorf said.
In this case, Graves said the department said it couldn’t do anything to help and was told he needed to let nature take its course.
According to Graves, he found this upsetting as he believed the animal was going to die.
“Give me a ticket if you want, but I’m at least going to give it a shot to help the animal out,” Graves said he told officials.
Graves said other people in the area also wanted to do something but just didn’t know what to do.
“You can’t just watch something, or somebody suffer,” he said.
Graves said he got a team together and a rope to help rescue the animal.
“All of us started pulling at the same time, and we got a little bit [of the animal] out at a time,” Graves said.
As soon as the moose was out of the lake, Graves said it seemed to be suffering from hypothermia.
The pharmacist said he ran home to get a tarp and blanket, but upon his return, the moose seemed to be doing better.
Graves said by the time biologists got out to the lake, the moose was up and walking.
“We appreciate that people care about our wildlife in our town, we just don’t want them taking unnecessary risks where they might get hurt,” Stantorf said.
Graves said there were multiple good Samaritans that helped with the rescue, including an older woman who left her coat on top of the moose.
“I’m not going to walk away or just watch it drown,” Graves said. “I’m going to do something to help the animal.”
Copyright 2023 KTUU via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-20T01:24:24+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2023/01/20/im-going-do-something-man-leads-group-rescue-moose-stuck-frozen-lake/ |
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student during class will sue the school district, the teacher’s attorney announced Wednesday.
The boy show Zwerner, 25, on Jan. 6 as she taught class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, a city of about 185,000 people roughly 70 miles (113 kilometers) southeast of Richmond.
Police Chief Steve Drew has repeatedly characterized the shooting as “intentional,” saying the boy aimed at Zwerner and fired one round, striking her in the hand and chest. Zwerner was hospitalized for nearly two weeks but is now recovering at home, a hospital spokesperson said.
Superintendent George Parker III has said that at least one administrator was told on the day of the shooting that the boy might have had a weapon, but no weapon was found when his backpack was searched.
Police have said school officials did not tell them about that tip before the shooting, which happened hours later.
The boy’s mother legally purchased the gun used in the shooting, police said. The boy’s family said in a statement last week that the gun was “secured.” The family’s attorney, James Ellenson, told The Associated Press that his understanding was that the gun was in the woman’s closet on a shelf well over 6 feet (1.8 meters) high and had a trigger lock that required a key.
The family also said in its statement that the boy has an “acute disability” and was under a care plan “that included his mother or father attending school with him and accompanying him to class every day.” The week of the shooting was the first when a parent was not in class with him, the family said.
The Newport News School Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday evening to vote on a separation agreement and severance package for Parker, according to a posted agenda. The board is also scheduled to vote on a new interim superintendent. | 2023-01-25T16:41:34+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/virginia-teacher-shot-by-student-to-sue-school-district/2023/01/25/ce847a5c-9ccc-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html |
Drunk woman arrested after driving golf cart on Florida highway, troopers say
TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A woman with an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in a bag was arrested for driving a golf cart on Florida’s busiest interstate while drunk, according to an arrest report.
The 58-year-old woman was arrested Saturday night on the shoulder of Interstate 95. She is now facing misdemeanor charges of disorderly intoxication in a public place and resisting an officer without violence.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, a semi-truck driver spotted the woman driving in the golf cart in the center lane of Interstate 95 in Brevard County, which is the heart of Florida’s Space Coast. The truck driver “advised she observed the driver of the golf cart passing out while driving,” the report said.
The truck driver used her semi to steer the golf cart to the shoulder of the interstate, troopers said.
Once on the shoulder, the truck driver grabbed the keys to the golf cart as the woman tried to drive away. Once troopers arrived at the scene, the woman started arguing with them and insisted she needed her bag. Inside the bag, troopers found an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire Whiskey, authorities said.
Interstate 95, which stretches up and down the East Coast, is Florida’s busiest interstate highway, according to the Federal Highway Administration.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-04T01:10:46+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2022/08/04/drunk-woman-arrested-after-driving-golf-cart-florida-highway-troopers-say/ |
As atmospheric river exits, another awaits to hit California
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Wet, miserable weather continued across huge swaths of California on Sunday as an atmospheric river that caused major flooding flowed eastward and makes way for another onslaught of rain and snow — accompanied by strong gusts — that could yet again pummel the beleaguered region as soon as Monday night.
The National Weather Service said the next torrent could exacerbate the severe flooding that overwhelmed the area in the past few days, including a levee failure that prompted widespread evacuations Saturday in farming communities near the state’s Central Coast.
The next weather system is not expected to bring as much rain, but weather officials nevertheless cautioned that “considerable flooding” could occur in lower elevations from additional rain and snowmelt that could swell creeks and streams.
“Definitely prepare for some more flooding impacts. The ground is very saturated. We’re already seeing some impacts from some light amounts even today,” National Weather Service forecaster Eleanor Dhuyvetter said Sunday.
The rain and snow is expected to extend from Central California to Oregon, as well as northern Nevada.
Of particular concern are the strong winds that are expected to accompany the approaching weather system. NWS is predicting wind gusts of up to 50 mph (81 kph) in some places — which could potentially snap tree branches and damage power lines.
Fortunately, the new storm is a fast-moving one which means it won’t have time to dump as much rain.
As much as a foot of rain fell in the Big Sur area of the state over a two-day period, according to weather data.
Authorities suggest that residents have a plan in case further evacuations orders are issued.
Across Monterey County, more than 8,500 people were evacuated Saturday, including roughly 1,700 residents — many of them Latino farmworkers — from the unincorporated community of Pajaro.
The atmospheric river, known as a “Pineapple Express” because it brought warm subtropical moisture across the Pacific from near Hawaii, was melting lower parts of the huge snowpack built in California’s mountains.
Because of the massive flooding over the early weekend, more than 50 people had to be rescued by first responders and the California National Guard. One video showed a member of the Guard helping a driver out of a car trapped by water up to their waists.
The extent of property damages was still uncertain but Luis Alejo, the chair of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, sought help from the state and federal governments.
“The need will be great! Will take months for our residents to repair homes!” he wrote in a tweet Saturday.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared emergencies in 34 counties in recent weeks, and the Biden administration approved a presidential disaster declaration for some on Friday morning, a move that will bring more federal assistance. President Joe Biden spoke with Newsom on Saturday to pledge the federal government’s support in California’s response to the emergency, the White House said.
Weather-related power outages affected more than 17,000 customers in Monterey County late Saturday, according to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
The governor’s office said it was continuing to monitor the situation in Pajaro.
The Pajaro River separates the counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey in the area that flooded Saturday. Floodwaters that got into the region’s wells might be contaminated with chemicals, officials said, and residents were told not to drink or cook with tap water.
Officials had been working along the levee in the hopes of shoring it up when it was breached around midnight Friday into Saturday. Crews began working to fix the levee around daybreak Saturday as residents slept in evacuation centers.
This week’s storm marked the state’s 10th atmospheric river of the winter, storms that have brought enormous amounts of rain and snow to the state and helped lessen the drought conditions that had dragged on for three years. State reservoirs that had dipped to strikingly low levels are now well above the average for this time of year, prompting state officials to release water from dams to assist with flood control and make room for even more rain.
In San Francisco, an 85-foot (25.91 meter) eucalyptus tree fell onto the Trocadero Clubhouse early Saturday morning. The 1892 clubhouse, a San Francisco historical landmark, was left severely damaged, with part of the roof crushed and the inside flooded.
Funnel clouds were spotted in the Jamestown area — the heart of California’s Gold Rush — on Saturday afternoon and the weather service issued a tornado warning — later canceled — for the Sierra Nevada foothills as severe thunderstorms, hail and high winds blanketed the region.
Another set of tornado warnings were briefly issued in Fresno County, nearly 100 miles (161 kilometers) south of Gold Country. Flash flooding warnings were in effect late Saturday in Tuolumne County, with roads submerged around Sonora and neighboring communities.
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Dazio reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press reporter Bobby Caina Calvan contributed from New York.
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street indexes finished little changed as investors awaited earnings results from major global companies.
Shares rose in Tokyo and Seoul, but fell in Sydney. Markets were closed in Hong Kong and Shanghai for Lunar New Year holidays.
Australia reported higher than expected inflation figures, setting off expectations for another interest rate hike. Consumer inflation rose 8.4% in December, higher than the forecast of 7.6%. It anchored expectations for another 25 basis-point raise from the Reserve Bank of Australia in February, said Yeap Jun Rong, market analyst at IG .
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.6% in morning trading to 27,457.80. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.1% to 7,480.20, while South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.4% to 2,427.63.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% to 4,016.95, its second loss in three trading days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% to 33,733.96 and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3% to 11,334.27. Small company stocks also lost ground, with the Russell 2000 shedding 0.3% to finish at 1,885.61.
Stocks have been volatile as investors try to get a better sense of how inflation is affecting the economy, the potential for a recession and whether the Federal Reserve can ease up on its aggressive interest rate increases.
The latest batch of earnings show that companies continue to struggle with the effects of inflation on consumers and supply chains.
Post-it notes and industrial coatings maker 3M fell 6.2% for the biggest drop among S&P 500 stocks after reporting weak fourth-quarter earnings and announcing job cuts. It is the latest company to announce layoffs as consumers get squeezed by inflation and worries grow about a bigger pullback in spending and a possible recession.
Union Pacific fell 3.3% after reporting disappointing earnings and revenue.
Microsoft rose 4% in afterhours trading after the software and technology giant reported earnings that topped Wall Street’s forecasts. It closed down 0.2% in regular trading.
Trading in more than a dozen companies was temporarily halted on the New York Stock Exchange after an apparent technical issue caused wide swings in their stock prices right as the market opened. Shares in Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, AT&T and other companies moved sharply at the open, triggering the halt in trading. The prices corrected after trading resumed. The NYSE said it was investigating the “reported issues” after all systems were restored.
Markets have been swinging between hope and caution as investors watch to see if the Fed will adjust its inflation-fighting strategy. The central bank has already pulled its key overnight rate up to a range of 4.25% to 4.5% from virtually zero early last year.
The Fed will announce its next rate increase on Feb. 1 and traders expect a quarter-point raise, which would mark a softening of the central bank’s pace.
“Where the market and the Fed are having a fairly violent disagreement right now is how long are they going to leave rates at around 5%?” said Scott Ladner, chief investment officer at Horizon Investments.
Long-term bond yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, fell to 3.46% from 3.52% late Monday.
Wall Street will get a few economic updates this week that could provide more insight into inflation’s impact.
The government will release gross domestic product data for the fourth-quarter on Thursday. Economists expect growth of less than 1%, down from 1.9% in the third quarter, and a contraction during the first half of 2022. Investors will get more updates on personal spending and income on Friday.
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude gained 35 cents to $80.48 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It settled 1.8% lower overnight. Brent crude, the international pricing standard, rose 50 cents to $86.63 a barrel.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar edged up to 130.44 Japanese yen from 130.17 yen. The euro cost $1.0902, inching up from $1.0889.
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AP Business Writers Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga contributed to this report.
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Lula arrived in Washington a month after supporters of defeated former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed key institutions of the federal state in the capital Brasília in a failed bid to oust the leftist leader and his new administration. In the weeks since, Brazilian officials have stressed that Biden’s swift and strong backing of both Lula and Brazil’s democratic institutions, as well as the solidarity of many other countries elsewhere, proved crucial during a fraught moment for Brazil’s still-young democracy.
Lula’s visit also comes a week after Bolsonaro, who has yet to formally accept his defeat in last year’s election and is in the middle of an extended sojourn in Florida, spoke at an event hosted at a hotel owned by former president Donald Trump. “Brazil was doing very well,” Bolsonaro lamented before a sympathetic crowd. “I cannot understand the reasons why [the election] decided to go to the left.”
Bolsonaro supporters in the audience chanted “fraud” repeatedly. Before Brazil’s elections, the far-right president had spent months casting the integrity of his own nation’s voting systems into doubt, even though his claims were not substantiated by meaningful evidence. According to the Associated Press’s account of the Miami event, Charlie Kirk — head of Turning Point USA, the far-right group that gave Bolsonaro the platform — smirked as the shouts of “fraud” subsided. “All I can say is, that sounds very familiar,” said Kirk, who spent months pushing misinformation about Trump’s electoral defeat.
The enduring connection between Trump and Bolsonaro, both stewing in grievance out of office, will loom over Biden’s sit-down with Lula. Bolsonaro’s movement seemed to take many of its cues from Trumpism — Bolsonaro himself was one of the last major world leaders to congratulate Biden on his election victory, while his son appeared to back the U.S. rioters who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. That extremist revolt saw its Brazilian redux this year on Jan. 8. For good reason, Biden and Lula are expected to jointly decry the influence and threat posed by violent far-right politics in both of their countries.
“The Trump and Bolsonaro bromance brought the two countries closer together during those years, but they are both gone now and replaced by these two leaders who also have a lot in common,” Brian Winter, veteran Brazil analyst and editor of Americas Quarterly, told me. “These are two aging statesmen who managed to defeat a threat from the authoritarian right at the ballot box and survive insurrections at their capitals.”
For all the division in Washington, Lula presides over an arguably more delicate situation. Bolsonaro is a longtime admirer of the era of Brazi’s right-wing military dictatorship; after suffering defeat at the ballot box, some of his supporters clamored for weeks for the armed forces to somehow overturn the results of the election. Brazilian civic institutions held the line and that outcome did not come to pass. Analysts reckon that the Biden administration’s emphatic support for Lula played a role in restraining elements of the military that may have contemplated some kind of intervention.
“There is a profoundly asymmetric nature to this — what happens in Brazil is not of much consequence to the United States, but the Biden administration was crucial in checking the Brazilian armed forces,” Oliver Stuenkel, professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, told me, pointing to signals U.S. military officials sent to their Brazilian counterparts that existing security cooperation and ties would be jeopardized if the military chose to undermine Brazilian democracy.
Lula’s trip to the White House, Stuenkel said, is about “coup-proofing” Brazil and “strengthening his hand over the armed forces.” Given the American shadow over recent chaotic events in Brazil, some argue it’s only right that Biden double-down on his embrace of Lula’s defense of democracy.
“The U.S. shares responsibility for the attack on democracy in Brasília last month,” wrote Bloomberg Opinion columnist Eduardo Porter. “Americans offered blueprints on how to undermine elections, guides to storming seats of power. That alone justifies deploying American leverage to ensure nothing like this ever happens again.”
Given how early it is in Lula’s term, it’s likely the visit to the White House will be high on symbolism and light on substance. Still, there’s a prospect of a new sort of presidential bromance to emerge. “I think this is an opportunity for the leaders to establish or reestablish a personal rapport between them,” said Filipe Nasser, senior adviser to the Brazilian foreign minister, at a recent Washington think tank panel.
Other big issues are on the agenda, chiefly discussions about climate action, with Brazilian officials hoping to come away with concrete U.S. commitments to boost efforts to curtail deforestation in the Amazon and reverse some of the damage wrought during Bolsonaro’s time in office. Last week, Lula’s administration secured a new $217 million pledge from Germany.
Lula’s meeting with German counterparts also offered a preview of what may be the chief source of friction between him and Biden. The inveterate leftist, who served two terms as president in the first decade of the century, balked at the transatlantic position on Ukraine, rejected the notion of sending military aid to indirectly support Ukrainian efforts to repel Russia’s invasion and insisted not enough was being done by the West to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
Such rhetoric is not surprising, nor much of a departure from Bolsonaro’s own diffident position on Ukraine. Brazil has long-standing ties with Russia and sees itself as a major player among the world’s “nonaligned” nations. In the Latin American context, “what Lula is saying is completely middle of the road, typical global south talk,” Stuenkel said.
And it may resurface in the White House, with Lula having previously said he would be willing to mediate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war along with countries like China and India. Such a proposal is met with disdain by U.S. officials; ill will continues to linger between U.S. and Brazilian diplomats over Lula’s thwarted gambit in 2010 to find a resolution to the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program.
“If Lula pushes too hard on [Ukraine at the White House], it’s not going to go well,” Winter said. He added that the meeting with Biden may ultimately mark a return to an older hemispheric status quo: “We are going back to normal and normal is two big continent-sized democracies who have shared interests but also a history of not seeing eye-to-eye.” | 2023-02-10T06:03:38+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/10/biden-lula-ideological-brazil-allies-trump-bolsonaro-relationship/ |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — A tractor-trailer overturned on an Interstate 74 North ramp that connects to Interstate 40 West in Winston-Salem, according to the Winston-Salem Police Department.
The crash occurred at Exit 55 for I-40. Only one lane on the ramp is currently open and it will remain that way for an extended period of time.
Investigators say that the tractor-trailer ran off the roadway and overturned in the sharp curve of the I-40 on-ramp.
The crash and lane closure is causing traffic congestion on I-74 Northbound in the area approaching Exit 55. Traffic maps show around a mile of heavy congestion in the area.
Police are encouraging drivers to consider detours if they must travel through the area.
There is no word as to what caused the crash or the status of anyone involved. | 2023-06-28T19:14:22+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/tractor-trailer-overturns-on-i-74-north-ramp-onto-i-40-west-in-winston-salem-police-say/ |
CEDARHURST, N.Y, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of F45 Training Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: FXLV), if they purchased or acquired the Company's shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). Shareholders have until February 6, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nyse-fxlv/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
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Specialty Media Business Unit from the Stagwell Marketing Cloud is Incubating New Connected Marketing Mediums and Inventory for Brands
NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced a Specialty Media business unit to create net new brand and performance inventory. The unit—part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud—will build media formats that offer brands novel ways to reach, engage, and monetize key consumer segments across sports, travel, retail, news and dining.
New AR and QR-powered offerings announced across sports, travel, and dining.
"Stagwell is bringing new experiences to consumers whether they are at the stadium, in a restaurant or getting on an airplane. Along with these experiences come a wealth of creative marketing opportunities," said Mark Penn, chairman and CEO, Stagwell. "Stagwell is at the forefront of these transformative technical innovations and new forms of richly targeted marketing."
Shared Augmented Reality (AR) Platform for Stadiums: ARound, a first-of-its-kind fan engagement platform, is a new stadium-level augmented reality platform, already in use by the Minnesota Twins MLB team at Target Field and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium. ARound uses 3D spatial computing to map large-scale venues and localize content to individual users, enabling attendees to see the same real-time 3D effects and participate in the same shared experiences. This is a new, connected marketing medium, enabling brands to reach fans at scale with stadium-wide AR games, contests, effects, and a remote experience amplifying the energy and excitement of gamedays.
QR Code-Powered Advertising Platform for Restaurants and Bars: Stagwell Marketing Cloud is developing an advanced digital out-of-home platform that directly integrates into digital menu and point-of-sale systems to serve contextual ads native to the customer's experience. The platform provides brands with rich customer profiles and a new channel to place relevant, dynamic messages that complement the user's current experience; for example, a promotional offer for a specialty cocktail designed to warm consumers during winter, a recommended wine to pair with the dinner meal, or an aperitif to complement dessert, generating rich first-party data in the process.
Media Marketplace for Travel: Stagwell's Ink, the world's leading travel media company, has launched "The Travel Marketplace," a one-stop shop for brands to get unparalleled access to 5 million passengers a day. The new platform offers access to an unmatched portfolio of channels including airport TV screens, WiFi sponsorship, multi-channel digital and physical platforms, inflight entertainment, branded travel documents, targeted social media, and more. With exposure to international and domestic brands including United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, JetBlue and others, 2,500+ screens across 90 North American airports via Stagwell's ReachTV, and exclusive first-party passenger data to drive smart targeting, brands can now easily engage across diversified performance mediums that reach travelers at every stage of their journey.
Today's commitment is part of a larger focus at Stagwell on transforming media solutions through impactful technology to be announced throughout CES. Further announcements will come from business agency GALE and global omnichannel media shop Assembly.
Stagwell is the challenger holding company built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
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BEIJING, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WeTrade Group Inc. ("WeTrade" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: WETG), a global diversified "software as a service" ("SaaS") technology service provider committed to providing technical support and digital transformation tools for enterprises across different industries, today announced that upon the market opening on June 9, 2023, the Company's Common Stock will begin trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") on a one-for-one hundred and eighty-five (1-for-185) post-split (the "Reverse Stock Split") basis under the current symbol "WETG".
The Reverse Stock Split is intended to more expediently enable to Company to regain compliance to achieve a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for continued listing on Nasdaq, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the "Minimum Bid Requirement").
As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every one-for-one hundred and eighty-five (185) shares of the Company's Common Stock then issued and outstanding will automatically, and without any action of the Company or any holder thereof, be combined, converted, and changed into one (1) validly issued and non-assessable share of Common Stock. No fractional shares will be issued to any shareholder, and in lieu of issuing any such fractional shares, the fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Stock Split will be rounded up to the nearest whole share of Common Stock.
Except for de minimus adjustments that resulted from the treatment of fractional shares, the Reverse Stock Split did will not have any dilutive effect on our shareholders, since each shareholder holds the same percentage of our Common Stock outstanding immediately following the Reverse Stock Split as such shareholder held immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split.
About WeTrade Group Inc.
WeTrade Group Inc. is a global diversified "software as a service" ("SaaS") technology service provider which is committed to providing technical support and digital transformation tools for enterprises across different industries. The four business segments of WeTrade Group are YCloud, WTPay,Y-Health and YG.
YCloud is a micro-business cloud intelligent system launched by WeTrade, serving global micro-business industry. YCloud strengthens users' marketing relationship and CPS commission profit management through leading technology and big data analysis. It also helps increase the payment scenarios to increase customers' revenue by multi-channel data statistics, AI fission and management as well as improved supply chain system.
Independently developed by the Company, WTPay supports multiple methods of online payment and eight mainstream digital wallets in over 100 countries to help customers quickly realize global collection and payment business.
Y-Health is the sector focusing on public health business, which engages in developing global business for biological health and medical enterprises. Currently, Y-Health mainly focuses on detection and prevention of epidemic, daily healthcare, traditional Chinese medicines, and others.
YG is the new energy business segment which mainly provides tools and technical support for the digital new energy industry in the Middle East and Central Asia.
For more information, please visit https://ir.wetg.group.
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Gabby Douglas, the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around gymnastics title, is taking aim at the 2024 Games in Paris.
Douglas announced on her Instagram page Thursday that she is making a comeback attempt, a dozen years after her triumph in London in 2012 and eight years after her last competition, the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
“I wanted to find the joy again for the sport that I absolutely love doing,” Douglas posted. “I know I have a huge task ahead of me and I am beyond grateful and excited to get back out on the floor.”
The now 27-year-old Douglas also posted video of herself practicing uneven bars, her signature event.
Douglas is the second Olympic champion in recent weeks to say they are pointing toward Paris.
Simone Biles, who won the all-around gold in Rio and was teammates with Douglas on the five-woman U.S. squad that cruised to the team gold in Brazil, is returning to competition at the U.S. Classic in Chicago in early August.
Douglas has yet to outline a timeline for when she might be ready to join what will be a very crowded field to make what could be a loaded American team under the rings next summer. Douglas could petition USA Gymnastics for a spot at the U.S. Classic. She had not done that as of Thursday afternoon but still has ample time to do so. There is no petition deadline for the event, set for Saturday, Aug. 5 at NOW Arena in the Chicago suburbs.
Douglas became one of the faces of the 2012 Olympics after her brilliant performance in the all-around final helped her become the third straight American woman to claim the biggest title in her sport. She became a crossover star in the aftermath, winning AP Female Athlete of the Year in 2012, writing her autobiography and having her life story turned into a TV movie.
She took a couple of years off after London but returned to competition in 2015, eventually finishing second to Biles in the all-around at the 2015 world championships and making a second Olympic team, helping the U.S. claim gold for a second straight Games.
Douglas never formally announced her retirement after Rio de Janeiro, instead dabbling in reality TV and becoming a motivational speaker, among other things.
Her return comes at a time when America’s top female gymnasts are competing into their 20s and sometimes beyond. Biles is 26. Chellsie Memmel, the 2005 world all-around champion and 2008 Olympic silver medalist, was in her early 30s when she made an unexpected comeback in 2021. Memmel is now the technical lead for the U.S. Gymnastics women’s elite program.
Douglas, who is currently training out of World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in the Dallas, Texas area, will have considerable work ahead of her. The relaxation of name, image and likeness rules have allowed several members of the 2020 Olympic team — including all-around champion Suni Lee, floor exercise champion Jade Carey and world and Olympic medalist Jordan Chiles — to extend their elite careers.
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BALL GROUND, Ga. (AP) — BALL GROUND, Ga. (AP) — Chart Industries Inc. (GTLS) on Friday reported a loss of $15 million in its first quarter.
The Ball Ground, Georgia-based company said it had a loss of 52 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to account for discontinued operations, were $1.41 per share.
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The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 36 cents per share.
The equipment maker for the energy sector posted revenue of $537.9 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $491.4 million.
Chart Industries expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.50 to $6.70 per share, with revenue in the range of $3.66 billion to $3.8 billion.
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DOT to probe Southwest cancellations that stranded flyers
(AP) - The U.S. Department of Transportation said it will look into flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines that have left travelers stranded at airports across the country amid an intense winter storm that has killed dozens of people.
Many airlines were forced to cancel flights due to the weather, but Southwest was the most affected. About 4,000 domestic U.S. flights were cancelled Monday, according to the tracking website FlightAware, and 2,900 of those were Southwest’s. Nearly 2,500 more flights had already been canceled as of 5 a.m. Tuesday and problems are likely to continue at least into Wednesday.
Southwest spokesman Jay McVay said at a press conference in Houston that cancellations snowballed as storm systems moved across the country, leaving flight crews and planes out of place.
“So we’ve been chasing our tails, trying to catch up and get back to normal safely, which is our number one priority as quickly as we could,” he said. “And that’s exactly how we ended up where we are today.”
Passengers stood in long lines trying to rebook their flights. The Department of Transportation said on Twitter that it was “concerned by Southwest’s unacceptable rate of cancellations and delays & reports of lack of prompt customer service.” The tweet said the department would look into whether Southwest could have done anything about the cancellations and whether the airline was complying with its customer service plan.
Southwest CEO Bob Jordan told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that the airline would operate just over a third of its usual schedule to allow crews to get back to where they needed to be.
“We had a tough day today. In all likelihood we’ll have another tough day tomorrow as we work our way out of this,” he said Monday evening. “This is the largest scale event that I’ve ever seen.”
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Virtual Power Plant Market Report Recently Released by Analyst Firm Wood Mackenzie Also Highlights CPower's Leadership in the Midwest
BALTIMORE, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CPower Energy ("CPower"), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced its recognition as the national leader in overall flexible capacity under management in Wood Mackenzie's most recent Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Market report with 6.3 GW of capacity at more than 17,000 sites across the U.S. CPower forms VPPs by aggregating customer-owned DERs to provide essential grid services such as capacity, economic and ancillary services. Unlike some companies that just operate VPPs, CPower is one of just six companies highlighted in the report that supports the full implementation of VPPs by serving as a market interface for its customers in addition to operating VPPs using its own platform to manage and dispatch DERs, without the DER Owner or Operator needing to invest in capabilities to integrate into wholesale markets or develop contracts with utilities.
CPower is also recognized in the report for its leadership in midwestern states where energy markets are managed by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). The Midwest lags behind other regions in VPP implementation due in large part to regulatory barriers, but benefits significantly from the opportunities that are available for DERs to help ensure reliability as the region faces energy capacity shortfalls. CPower is one of just two companies currently using DERs to provide grid services in MISO, and is actively working to expand the utilization of DERs in the region by helping regulators and utilities in MISO understand how to best incorporate DERs into existing regulatory frameworks.
"Wood Mackenzie's Virtual Power Plant Market report has confirmed CPower's position as the national leader in flexible capacity under management. We are especially proud to be recognized for our leadership in MISO, a region that is in particular need of the flexible capacity and other grid services that a Customer-Powered Grid can provide," said John Horton, President and CEO, CPower. "As the proliferation of grid-interactive technologies grows, so does the potential for CPower to enable the grid to utilize DERs to address a growing range of grid needs more efficiently."
"CPower stands out as a leader in the VPP space both in terms of capacity under management and its ability to support the full VPP value chain from enrollment to dispatch," said Ben Hertz-Shargel, Global Head of Grid Edge, Wood Mackenzie. "The company's presence in emerging markets such as MISO is also indicative of the ways in which CPower is pushing the ball forward in terms of DER utilization."
Wood Mackenzie's VPP Market report is based on a database of more than 500 VPP projects in the U.S. and Canada. The report states, "Virtual power plants (VPPs) are a recent market construct for which there is much discussion but little data," and stands out as one of the most comprehensive reports to date on the current state of VPPs. The full report is available for purchase via Wood Mackenzie.
About CPower Energy
CPower Energy is the national leader of grid balancing and reliability solutions, creating a Customer-Powered Grid™ that will enable a flexible, clean and dependable energy future. With 6.3 GW of capacity at more than 17,000 sites across the U.S., we unlock the full value of distributed energy resources to strengthen the grid when and where it's needed most. CPower is based in Baltimore, Maryland and is owned by LS Power, a development, investment, and operating company focused on the power and energy infrastructure sector. For more information, visit: www.cpowerenergymanagement.com.
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A Texas man who threatened U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter after he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced on Wednesday to more than three years in prison.
Garret Miller was wearing a shirt that read ““I Was There, Washington D.C., January 6, 2021” with a picture on President Donald Trump on it when law enforcement officers showed up at his Dallas-area home to arrest him two weeks after the riot. Miller has already served more than two years behind bars since his arrest and with credit for good behavior, he’s expected to serve another eight months, according to his lawyer, F. Clinton Broden.
Miller, a 36-year-old from Richardson, was among the many rioters who thoroughly documented their actions that day in a flurry of social media posts. After Miller posted a selfie showing himself inside the Capitol, a friend wrote, “bro you got in?! Nice!” Miller replied, “just wanted to incriminate myself a little lol,” according to court papers.
On Jan. 6, he helped lead the charge as rioters removed barriers and swarmed the east front of the Capitol, prosecutors said. He was twice briefly detained by police but released and told to leave as overwhelmed officers struggled to beat back the mob, prosecutors said.
Instead of leaving, Miller went inside the Capitol, where authorities say he was aggressive toward police and ignored their commands as they tried to force him to exit. He grabbed at one officer’s baton and put his hand on another as he resisted being pushed out of the Rotunda, according to prosecutors.
The night of Jan. 6, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted the word “Impeach,” and Miller responded to her on Twitter with: “Assassinate AOC.” The next day, he bragged to a friend in a message that the rioters “terrified congress,” prosecutors say.
Shortly after the 2020 election, he also sent a threatening message to the Instagram account of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, writing “we are coming for you,” according to prosecutors. U.S. Capitol Police referred the threat to the FBI, who at that point were already investigating Miller for his Jan. 6 actions, prosecutors say. He was not charged with threatening Schumer.
Days after the riot, Miller was sharing photos of the officer he believed fatally shot Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol, prosecutors say. In a Facebook message on January 10, Miller said he and others were going to get a hold of the officer and “hug his neck with a nice rope,” according to court papers.
Miller’s attorney had asked the judge to impose time served, while prosecutors had sought four years in prison.
Miller’s attorney said in court documents that despite his client’s tweet about Ocasio-Cortez and messages about the officer, “there is no indication that he made any effort whatsoever to actually harm anybody.”
“It should be always be remembered that, although Garret is fully responsible for his individual actions that day, his actions and the actions of many others were a product of rhetoric from a cult leader that has yet to be brought to justice,” Broden said in an email Wednesday. “Garret Miller was not the name on the flag carried by those who invaded our Capitol on this dark day in our nation’s history. “
In a letter to the judge, Miller called his social media posts “disgusting and a complete embarrassment” and apologized to Ocasio-Cortez, Schumer, the officer who shot Babbitt and the other officers Miller interacted with on Jan. 6.
“I feel a deep remorse for not being helpful to police that day and aiding in destruction and pain. It was unnecessary, barbaric, and disrespectful. I was proud, arrogant, and acted in anger. I needed to be humbled” he wrote.
Miller pleaded guilty in December to charges including interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder, assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and threatening Ocasio-Cortez.
Miller was charged separately this month in Texas federal court with one count of possession of an unregistered firearm, according to court documents. When he was arrested on the Jan. 6 charges, authorities found an AR-style rifle at his home that had been configured to fire like a machine gun.
He’s among nearly 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot and more than 500 who have pleaded guilty. About 400 rioters have been sentenced, with over half getting terms of imprisonment ranging from seven days to 10 years.
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Richer reported from Boston. Associated Press reporter Lindsay Whitehurst contributed from Washington.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the Capitol riot at https://apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege | 2023-02-23T01:07:22+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-jan-6-rioter-who-threated-ocasio-cortez-online-gets-3-years/ |
PITTSBURGH (AP) — St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols hit his 696th home run Saturday night, tying Alex Rodriguez for fourth place on the career list.
The 42-year-old Pujols connected in the sixth inning of the Cardinals’ game at Pittsburgh.
Pujols trails Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) on the all-time homer chart.
The 42-year-old Pujols has 22 games left in his 22nd and final season in the big leagues.
With St. Louis down 3-1, Pujols homered on a first-pitch slider from JT Brubaker. He sent a two-run shot 418 feet into the left-field bleachers at PNC Park, launched with an exit velocity of 111.2 mph.
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PARIS (AP) —
France’s parliament on Thursday approved a multi-billion-euro boost to military spending through the rest of this decade, spurred by Russia’s war in Ukraine and fast-growing global threats.
President Emmanuel Macron pushed for the bigger budget, which would spend 413 billion euros ($450 billion), the most significant spending hike in half a century. The money would modernize France’s nuclear arsenal, augment intelligence spending and develop more remote-controlled weapons.
He has argued the boost was needed to ensure “our freedom, our security, our prosperity, our place in the world.” The defense minister has compared it to France’s push in the 1960s to develop nuclear weapons, making the country one of the world’s bigger military powers.
The new military plan includes doubling the number of military reservists and reinforcing cyberdefense, as well as increasing weapons production capacity both to help Ukraine and to keep the French military adequately supplied.
The new budget for the 2024-2030 period is more than a third higher than the last military spending plan of 295 billion euros for 2019-2025.
The bill won final approval by the divided National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday by a vote of 244-37, and it was approved by the conservative-led Senate on Thursday by 313 votes to 17.
Macron’s centrist alliance doesn’t have a majority in either house of parliament, but military officers have long lamented shrinking armed forces spending, while conservative and far-right parties tend to support investment in defense.
Macron is scheduled to speak to defense officials later Thursday, on the eve of Bastille Day celebrations that include an elaborate Paris parade showcasing troops, warplanes and military equipment. | 2023-07-13T14:32:48+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-international/ap-frances-parliament-approves-big-boost-in-military-spending-spurred-by-ukraine-war/ |
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