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Unless you're living under a rock (do we distribute print there?), it's no secret that Florida's Republican lawmakers — who make up the supermajority of the state Legislature — have made LGBTQ+ folks a target, passing policies governing everything from education to bathroom use to healthcare access.
Since 2021, when Florida lawmakers passed a bill targeting trans athletes — later signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis — Republicans in the state have gained more power.
And this year, they've unveiled what Equality Florida has dubbed a "slate of hate bills," driven in no small part by DeSantis' stated priorities, including the "protection" of children from queerness, as he prepares to (likely) run for president in 2024.
Last year, there was "Don't Say Gay" (called "Parental Rights in Education" by the governor), "Stop WOKE," and the "Parents' Bill of Rights," a law that's emboldened a wave of book banning and the removal of books from K-12 classrooms at the behest of conservative activists with groups like Moms for Liberty.
This year, there's more. A lot more.
Here at Orlando Weekly (and our sister paper Creative Loafing Tampa Bay) we believe knowledge is power. This sh*t — Florida politics, that is — is difficult to navigate and understand sometimes.
So we want to help make it easier. We're going to include the state lawmakers who've filed the bills, broad strokes of what the bills would do, and what people are saying about it.
Ready? Let's dive in.
SB 1320/HB 1223: Expanding 'Don't Say Gay'
What it would do: This bill would expand Florida's existing "Don't Say Gay" law by banning classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation from pre-K through eighth grade. Currently, it's banned up to third grade. Plus, discussion in grades eight and up would be restricted to that which is "age appropriate" and "developmentally appropriate" — terms that are super vague and not clearly defined by legislators. The bill would also regulate pronoun usage. Piggybacking off last year's nickname, this new bill has been dubbed "Don't Say They" by opponents.
What folks are saying: "This legislation is about a fake moral panic, cooked up by Governor DeSantis to demonize LGBTQ people for his own political career," said Equality Florida Public Policy Director Jon Harris Maurer. "Free states don't ban books or people."
SB 254/HB 1421: Banning trans care
What it would do: Lots to unpack, but TL;DR, the biggest thing is that this legislation would ban gender-affirming treatment (e.g. puberty blockers) for trans and nonbinary youth and cut off public insurance coverage for it (if you're lucky to have any at all) — meaning adults would be impacted, too. The bill would also allow the state to take "emergency" custody of a child whose parents allow them access to that treatment. That could include children in custody of a trans-affirming parent out of state, which some are likening to "state-sponsored kidnapping." Gender-affirming care, which can be medical, or social — like simply using someone's preferred pronouns — is evidence-based treatment for gender dysphoria, and it's endorsed by every major medical association, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.
What folks are saying about it: "What you're doing is taking away a life-saving potential opportunity for me and my family. A decision that should be made between me and my healthcare professionals and my therapist that works with my child," Judy Schmidt, parent of a young transgender child, said during a committee meeting for SB 254.
SB 1438: Legislating drag
What it would do: Under the guise of "protecting" children from drag performances (um, OK), the bill threatens to "fine, suspend, or revoke" the license of any public establishment that admits children to an "adult live performance." The definition for that term is described in painstaking detail, and uses the words "shameful" and "morbid interest." Legislating drag is a move that's being taken up by conservatives across the country. Tennessee was the first state to approve similar legislation in February.
What folks are saying about it: "In his desperation to build a presidential campaign on the backs of LGBTQ people, DeSantis has already taken aim at small businesses that host drag performances," Equality Florida spokesperson Brandon Wolf told Axios. "It should come as no surprise that he may cajole the Legislature into carrying out his punishment of those small businesses, and the stripping away of parents' rights to choose what entertainment their families enjoy."
HB 1011: Bans Pride flags from public buildings
What it would do: Essentially what the title says. Would ban and require the removal of LGBTQ+ Pride flags from public buildings, including schools. Oddly enough, the bill also wouldn't allow for local government flags to be flown (in Tampa's case, maybe that's a blessing in disguise).
What folks are saying about it: "It's onerous, ridiculous and would take away a community's right to display flags that reflect those communities," said Jim Gilleran, who owns a gay bar in Key West.
SB 1674: Anti-trans bathroom bill
What it would do: Republican Sen. Erin Grall isn't satisfied with just fighting against abortion rights. Nah, she's also filed an anti-trans bathroom bill, titled the "Safety in Private Spaces Act," that'd ban people from "willfully entering" gender-specific bathrooms and changing rooms designated for "the opposite sex." How that would be enforced is anyone's guess. The bill does contain some exemptions: It would, for instance, exclude chaperones for young kids, custodial workers just doing their damn jobs (provided no one's in the restroom/changing room), as well as cops and emergency medical workers who are also entering for work-related reasons.
What folks are saying: "More anti-trans bigotry funded by Florida tax dollars," Thomas Kennedy, a DNC member and activist, said.
HB 1069: Mucking up sex ed
What it would do: It would regulate sex education in schools by only approving it for sixth graders and up, and would force an abstinence-only focus as the "expected standard" for teens. It would also allow any person in your school district to object to any classroom book, school library book, or book on a reading list that shows or describes any sexual conduct, even if it is not pornographic — provided it's not for a health course. Plus, if you like the gender binary, this one's for you: It would redefine sex to "the binary division of individuals based upon reproductive function" in public schools.
What folks are saying about it: The ACLU describes it as "state dictated sex ed" (we love that Big Government here in Florida) and "expanded book banning." The Florida Coalition for Trans Liberation has dubbed it the "Trans and Queer Denier in Sex Education Bill."
HB 999: Eliminating queerness from colleges and universities
What it would do: First things first, it's not just an anti-LGBTQ+ bill. It would essentially overhaul state colleges and universities, creating a hellscape for faculty and staff. But it would also gut diversity programs, as well as ban majors and minors in subjects like gender studies, critical race theory and other interdisciplinary academic fields that touch on race and gender. Critics are calling it unconstitutional, and frankly, we can't imagine how it wouldn't be. Welcome to the Free State of Florida, y'all.
What folks are saying about it: "Blocking access to knowledge and ideas to control how people think isn't freedom — it's fascist indoctrination happening now in Ron DeSantis' Florida in plain sight," tweeted former State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orlando.
SB 952: Targeting employer coverage of trans healthcare
What it would do: This bill, dubbed the "Reverse Woke Act" by its own bill sponsor, would require Florida employers that cover the cost of transgender healthcare services to also cover the cost of any "detransition" treatment, should that ever become necessary. This would apply even for workers who are no longer employed by that same boss.
What folks are saying about it: "If successful, the bill could result in tens of thousands of transgender adults losing coverage for gender-affirming care because companies may consider it too risky to provide such coverage," wrote activist and independent reporter Erin Reed.
When LGBTQ+ rights are under attack ...
You know that chant, right? (Stand up, fight back!)
We know this is depressing stuff (OK, the flag thing is kind of funny — sorry-not-sorry, hideous Tampa flag), but just because there are folks who have proposed this legislation in Florida doesn't mean there aren't also people in Florida fighting back. Groups like the Florida Coalition for Transgender Liberation and Equality Florida have issued a number of calls to action.
1) Contact legislators
Advocates have been urging folks to call or email legislators (not just your own, but those who are sitting on these committees that vote on the bills) to tell them to vote "No" on these proposals.
You can find Florida House reps (and their contact info) via myfloridahouse.gov and Florida senators via flsenate.gov.
Often, these calls to action come with templates: a framework for what you might say to legislators. But sharing a personal story can also be powerful.
2) Raise awareness in general
Talk to your family about these bills (if it's safe for you to do so). Your friends. Co-workers. Neighbors. Post on social media, make a TikTok that goes viral.
And tell all of them (followers, friends, family) to contact their legislators, too.
3) Organize in your community
In addition to the electoral stuff, there are also groups that are organizing on a grass-roots level, from the ground up, to build a safe and welcoming community for LGBTQ+ folks, and to help care for folks' basic needs moving forward.
There are groups in Orlando and Tampa Bay and that offer spaces for peer support, for instance, and/or organize mutual aid. We've got those resources listed below.
Resources + Support
Legislative attacks on the basic human rights and dignities of queer folks isn't easy to read, write (quite frankly), or live through. If this has taken a toll on your mental health, you're not alone. Here are some resources that can help you learn more about what's going on and/or where you can find support:
Peer Support Space (Orlando): peersupportspace.org
Trans Lifeline: translifeline.org
Equality Florida: eqfl.org
Florida Coalition for Trans Liberation: fc4tl.org
PFLAG: pflag.org
The Center Orlando: thecenterorlando.org
Q Latinx (Orlando): qlatinx.org
Del Ambiente (Orlando): A community of LGBTQ+ Puerto Ricans @DelAmbiente on Facebook
Fed Up Collective: For trans+, intersex and gender diverse people with eating disorders: fedupcollective.org
For LGBTQ youth:
The Trevor Project: thetrevorproject.org
Zebra Coalition (Orlando): zebrayouth.org
Project Caerus: projectcaerus.org | 2023-03-29T18:57:57+00:00 | orlandoweekly.com | https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/all-the-anti-lgbtq-laws-being-proposed-in-florida-and-how-you-can-fight-back-33857786 |
BILLINGS — Twin sisters Breanna and Kylee Old Elk of Hardin have signed to play basketball at Williston (North Dakota) State, Tetons coach Bill Triplett announced on Thursday.
During their careers, the Old Elk sisters were part of two third-place teams at the Class A state tournament, a second-place finish and a shared state championship with Billings Central in 2020.
"We are extremely happy that Kylee and Breanna will be joining us this fall,” Triplett was quoted as saying in a Williston State press release. "They will give us great depth at the guard spots and they also are both tenacious defenders, which we really like. They will fit right into our style of play".
Williston State is a member of the Mon-Dak Athletic Conference. | 2022-05-06T04:53:51+00:00 | billingsgazette.com | https://billingsgazette.com/406mtsports/college/community/williston-state-signs-hardins-old-elk-twins-for-womens-basketball/article_bfcd82ba-cce8-11ec-be0c-375690bc21f4.html |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The son of an Afghan refugee suspected in the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in New Mexico will remain in custody pending trial on a charge that he allegedly provided a false address on a form when purchasing a gun last year.
Shaheen Syed, 21, appeared in U.S. district court in Albuquerque on Monday, with the judge granting a motion by federal prosecutors to keep him behind bars pending the ongoing investigation.
In their motion, prosecutors pointed to cellphone records that they say show Syed possibly helped his father track Naeem Hussain, a 25-year-old man from Pakistan who was fatally shot on Aug. 5 in the parking lot of a refugee resettlement agency in southeast Albuquerque.
“The evidence that agents have been able to gather thus far in this rapidly unfolding investigation is obviously alarming with respect to the defendant’s short and frequent communications with his father both before and after the murder of Naeem Hussain,” the motion stated.
Albuquerque police have charged Muhammad Syed, 51, with murder in the deaths of Aftab Hussein and Muhammad Afzaal Hussain. Hussein, 41, was slain on the night of July 26 after parking his car in the usual spot near his home. Afzaal Hussain, a 27-year-old urban planner who had worked on the campaign of a New Mexico congresswoman, was gunned down on the night of Aug. 1 while taking his evening walk.
The elder Syed is the primary suspect — but hasn’t been charged — in the death of Naeem Hussain and the slaying of Muhammad Zahir Ahmadi, a 62-year-old Afghan immigrant who was fatally shot in the head last November behind the market he owned in the city.
Court documents filed in federal court provided more details about Naeem Hussain’s killing, saying it appeared he had been followed to Lutheran Family Services, the resettlement agency, following funeral services for two of the other shooting victims. Shots were fired at his SUV around 4 p.m., striking him in the head and the arm.
Prosecutors claim that Shaheen Syed spoke with his father when his phone was somewhere in the general area of the Islamic Center of New Mexico and soon after his father’s phone pinged in an area that included Lutheran Family Services.
After Hussain was fatally shot, Shaheen Syed’s phone moved to an area closer to the crime scene, according to the motion. Ten minutes after the shooting, the motion states the men shared a second call as their phones remained in the “general area of the murder.”
Syed’s attorney argued that prosecutors gave no indication of the size of the area that his phone was in relative to the shooting.
The Syed family home is a few minutes drive from both the Islamic Center and Lutheran Family Services.
John Anderson, Shaheen Syed’s attorney, did not return messages seeking comment but said in court filings that the allegations against his client were “thin and speculative.”
“The United States’ motion boils down to an effort to detain defendant for a crime with which he has not even been charged,” Anderson argued, referring to the slayings of the Muslim men.
Anderson also included a photo of a Florida driver’s license issued to Shaheen Syed in 2021, contradicting prosecutors’ claims that he misrepresented himself as a Florida resident while making a purchase at an Albuquerque gun store.
Prosecutors also presented prior police reports of Shaheen Syed allegedly beating his father and sister and an unrelated incident in which he and his brother were allegedly involved in a shooting outside a Walmart.
Court documents state that two guns purchased by Syed and his father at an Albuquerque gun store in July had been partially painted white. The guns were seized during a search of the family’s home; and testing determined bullet casings found at the July 25 and Aug. 1 shootings matched the rifle that belonged to Muhammad Syed.
Casings found at one of the crime scenes also matched a handgun found in the elder Syed’s vehicle when he was taken into custody, according to a criminal complaint.
Muhammad Syed is scheduled to appear before a state district judge Wednesday as prosecutors seek to have him detained without bond pending trial on the two counts of murder. | 2022-08-16T17:32:26+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/ap-us-news/son-of-suspect-in-muslim-slayings-to-remain-in-custody/ |
Updated October 3, 2022 at 12:50 PM ET
TAVRIISKE, Ukraine — Andrii Boiarskyi stands outside a mini-mart on the side of the main road out of town. He leans against his car and scrolls through his phone. It's full of videos and photos that he took of explosions in his hometown of Orikhiv, just a few miles down the road.
Orikhiv is right on the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. It's still in Ukrainian control, but the areas just beyond it are under Russian occupation.
"It's like this every day," he says, as a video of a missile strike on an apartment building plays.
Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed four regions of Ukraine last week, including the region of Zaporizhzhia, after holding referendums that were largely considered a sham by the international community. And while both Ukraine and its Western allies refuse to recognize the annexation, it does have real implications for people in the areas. Putin has said the residents of the four regions are now considered Russian citizens, and that any attempt by Ukraine to take back the land will be seen as an attack on Russian soil itself.
Boiarskyi's sister lives on the other side of the front line, far south, under Russian control. He says it's already hard to be in contact with her — cellphone signals are jammed and the internet is down. He worries that the annexation will make it even harder.
He says she did manage to text him the other day, telling him that Russian soldiers came to her apartment with guns during the referendum, intimidating her into voting yes. She then watched them walk to her neighbor's and kick down the door after the family didn't answer.
As he talks, another car stops on the side of the road. Five people pile out, opening the hatchback and setting up a picnic of sorts: bread and tins of meat, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Hennadii Kachan, 48, says they're a group of neighbors coming from Orikhiv. They had to pull over to calm down and stop shaking after driving through all the shelling, he says, pointing down the road as booms echo in the distance.
Kachan says they all fled Orikhiv months ago, but they go back when they can to check on their homes and bring supplies in for people. His mother still lives there: He says she wouldn't leave, but it's a hard life.
"There's no water, no electricity, no gas. Nothing," he says. It has been cut off with the fighting.
He thinks with the so-called annexation — which he calls fake — life there is about to get even harder. He's heard the roads into town will close.
"This might be the last time we can go back," Kachan says.
About a hundred miles west, across the Dnipro River, is the town of Zelenodolsk, near the edge of the Kherson region, which was also recently illegally annexed last week.
Zelenodolsk is also still in Ukrainian hands, but the fighting is close here, too.
At a makeshift humanitarian aid center in town, 66-year-old Mykola Vasyliovych hops off his bike and lights up a cigarette before heading in to pick up some food. His wife and daughter are in Poland, but he has stayed here the whole time.
Vasyliovych says he has paid no attention to the referendums, or any of Putin's claims that his neighbors to the south are now Russian.
"The more evil Russia brings, the more united Ukraine becomes. I'm a hundred percent sure our troops will win it all back soon," he says. He puts out his cigarette and walks inside.
At a bakery down the street, Liubov Samohvalova is drinking coffee and eating cake with a friend. She says her son and his family recently managed to leave Kherson — the first major city to fall to the Russians, still firmly under occupation. They were worried about forced conscription to fight for the Russians under Putin's annexation.
"He told me the city is dying," she says, meaning literally, but also in spirit. "Completely dying."
There is a lot of hope in Zelenodolsk that Ukraine will soon take back Kherson. The Ukrainian army has been making slow but steady gains in the region, liberating a swath of land directly south of the town and pushing the front line further away.
There is evidence of those gains here, in a small storage lot down a dirt path on the edge of town. Earlier in the war, people fled Kherson on bikes and crossed into Zelenodolsk, often leaving their bikes behind to grab a ride west. Nikolai Stadnick, 45, began collecting as many bikes as he could and putting them in storage. He has hundreds, stacked row after row.
Stadnick says recently, people have started to come back through town to go back to the liberated villages on the edge of Kherson.
"When they come back, they're so happy to see their bike," he says, a big smile on his face.
Stadnick calls the referendums — and the ensuing annexation — the "final breath of a dying Russian army."
"Kherson will be liberated soon. I know it," he says.
And when it is, he says he'll make sure everyone's bike is waiting for them here, to take them home.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-10-05T09:28:43+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/2022-10-01/on-the-edge-of-russias-illegal-annexation-ukrainians-grapple-with-uncertainty |
Vote for the Montgomery-area girls high school athlete of the week for the beginning of February
It's time to vote for the Montgomery area girls high school athlete of the week. This week's poll covers January 30 to February 5.
You can learn about this week's candidates and submit your votes below. DO NOT SEND VOTES BY EMAIL. Only votes submitted via the poll below will be counted.
To submit high school scores, statistics, records, leaders and other items, email jshames@gannett.com or sports@montgomeryadvertiser.com.
Voting closes Thursday at noon.
LOCAL STANDOUTS:Top performers in Montgomery-area high school sports for the beginning of February
HS BASKETBALL:Alabama AHSAA basketball playoffs: Area tournament brackets for Montgomery girls, boys
Alison Bowen, track and field, Brewbaker Tech: Placed 2nd in the shot put at the AHSAA Class 4A-5A Indoor State Championships in Birmingham on Feb. 4, with a throw of 35 feet, 8.25 inches. Helped the Rams place fourth as an overall team.
Isabella Johnson, track and field, Montgomery Academy: At the 1A-3A Indoor State Championships in Birmingham on Feb. 3, won the shot put with a throw of 34 feet. Helped the Eagles finish eighth overall.
Brinkley Long, basketball, Fort Dale Academy: Scored 17 points, dished 4 assists and grabbed 2 rebounds in a 64-34 win over Bessemer Academy on Feb. 2. Scored 14 points to go with 6 rebounds and 3 assists in a 55-23 win over Morgan Academy on Jan. 30.
Grace Seale, basketball, Hooper Academy: Scored 17 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in a 50-43 win at Abbeville Christian in the AISA Class AA playoffs on Feb. 2.
Emma Kate Smith, basketball, Trinity Presbyterian: Scored 20 points and became Trinity's all-time leading scorer, with 2,176 career points, in a 56-16 win over Montevallo on Jan. 30.
Holly Smith, basketball, Holtville: Scored 30 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and added 4 steals and 2 assists in a 60-27 win over Maplesville on Feb. 3. Had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals in a 70-59 win over Isabella on Feb. 2. Went for 11 points, 12 rebounds and 4 steals in a 51-41 win at Thorsby on Jan. 31 and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 56-54 win at Stanhope Elmore on Jan. 30.
Katelyn Sutton, basketball, Alabama Christian: Put up 24 points, 7 assists, 6 steals and 5 rebounds in a 69-15 win at Notasulga on Feb. 2. Had 13 points, 4 assists and 2 steals in a 72-29 win over Ellwood Christian on Jan. 31.
Kyla Watts, basketball, Robert E. Lee: Scored 24 points in a 60-50 win over Stanhope Elmore on Feb. 2. Had 16 points and 5 rebounds in a 40-35 win over Jeff Davis on Jan. 31. | 2023-02-06T18:00:29+00:00 | montgomeryadvertiser.com | https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/02/06/vote-for-the-montgomery-area-girls-high-school-athlete-of-the-week-february-first-week/69872345007/ |
Oct. 4, 1922: It would be an everlasting pity if you didn't hear that late Burro Alley success, "I'm Goin' to Get Well," as rendered by the Kiwanis Quartet and Chorus. "Old Louie Lowitzki — His Fire Will Be Next Week" ought to get you up off a bed of sickness to go to the Kiwanis-Edith Baker-Mary Fraiser Fauth concert at the New Museum auditorium at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, October Five, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Two Anno Domini.
Oct. 4, 1947: District Attorney Marcelino Gutierrez said today he would go before Gov. T.J. Mabry Monday to ask for requisition papers for Ross Herrera and Manuel Lujan in custody in Los Angeles.
With one other Ranchitos youth, Jose Telesfor Martinez, they are charged with raping a Midwestern university student on Sept. 19 near Velarde.
Oct. 4, 1972: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. District Court Judge H. Vearle Payne has scheduled a hearing Oct. 14 on a suit filed by two Santa Clara Pueblo women who allege the pueblo has discriminated against them on the basis of their sex.
Specifically, plaintiffs Julia Martinez and Audrey Martinez allege pueblo officials are operating an "illegally discriminatory public housing program."
Oct. 4, 1997: After 26 years of mystery and misinformation, a relic of New Mexico's sometimes-twisted political history has returned to Santa Fe.
The "missing piano" — which former Gov. David Cargo was accused of stealing from the governor's mansion when he left office in 1971 — is back under a state government roof.
The beautiful 19th century instrument, soon to become part of the Museum of New Mexico's collection, is on display in the reception area of the governor's office in the state Capitol. | 2022-10-04T03:52:28+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/past_100_years/the-past-100-years-oct-4-2022/article_7cb1f266-42d3-11ed-a2a0-df4ef60875ba.html |
NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- J.F. Lehman & Company ("JFLCO"), a leading middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors, is pleased to announce several recent promotions and new hires.
Promotions included Michael J. Greenspan to Principal, Tyler W. Creamer and Alfred E. Johansen to Vice President and Bridget A. Harding to Senior Associate. "This talented group of professionals has made many meaningful contributions to our growing organization in recent years," said Louis N. Mintz, Partner. "Their promotions are well-deserved and we're confident Michael, Tyler, Alfred and Bridget will continue to grow in their new and expanded roles."
The firm also announced the additions of Erik P. Toth (Managing Director), Kellan M. Strain and Rikke L. Gillespie (Vice Presidents) to its Portfolio Operations team and several new members of the Investment Team including Aidan A. Thomas, Peter G. Kohler and Cianan E. Moore (Associates) and Bailee D. Glass (Analyst). Natalie Ramos also joined the firm's Finance & Administration Team.
"Our organization's success is directly related to building cohesive teams and empowering them to be successful," said Stephen L. Brooks, Partner. "Collectively, these new hires reflect the firm's demonstrated ability to attract high caliber talent from leading organizations and foster a culture of shared success."
Recent Promotions
Michael J. Greenspan, Principal, Portfolio Operations. Prior to joining the firm in 2019 as a Vice President, Mr. Greenspan was a Manager in Alvarez & Marsal's Private Equity Services Group and a Senior Associate at HBR Consulting. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a B.A. in economics.
Tyler W. Creamer, Vice President. Prior to joining the firm in 2018 as an Associate, Mr. Creamer began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in Deutsche Bank Securities' Leveraged Finance Group. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. in economics.
Alfred E. Johansen, Vice President. Prior to joining the firm in 2018 as an Associate, Mr. Johansen began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in UBS' Industrials Group. He graduated magna cum laude from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, where he earned a B.S. in management with concentrations in finance and information systems and a minor in history.
Bridget A. Harding, Senior Associate. Prior to joining the firm in 2020 as an Associate, Ms. Harding began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst in Goldman Sachs' Global Industrials Group. She graduated summa cum laude from Lehigh University, where she earned a B.S. in accounting and finance.
Recent Team Additions
Erik P. Toth, Managing Director, Portfolio Operations. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Toth founded Larx Advisors, an advisory firm focused on providing finance, accounting, marketing and operations expertise to private equity firms, family offices and mid-market companies. In addition to holding various portfolio company management roles, including serving as the divisional CFO for a reporting segment of DynCorp International, Mr. Toth served as Director of Corporate Finance at FTI Consulting and as a mechanical systems engineer for the NASA space shuttle program. He earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering and an M.B.A. from Texas A&M University.
Kellan M. Strain, Vice President, Portfolio Operations. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Strain was a Director in Alvarez & Marsal's Private Equity Services Group. Mr. Strain started his career in manufacturing operations management at General Electric. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from Auburn University, and an M.S. in supply chain management from Pennsylvania State University.
Rikke L. Gillespie, Vice President, Portfolio Operations. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Gillespie was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Larx Advisors. She previously served as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Hostess Brands. Ms. Gillespie started her career as a Director in the Corporate Finance Group at FTI Consulting. She earned a B.S. in accounting from Utah State University and an M.B.A. from Texas A&M University.
Aidan A. Thomas, Associate. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Thomas began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Moelis & Company. He graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University, where he earned a B.S. in finance.
Peter G. Kohler, Associate. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kohler was an Investment Banking Analyst in Houlihan Lokey's Aerospace, Defense & Government Group. Mr. Kohler began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at KippsDeSanto & Co. He graduated from the University of Virginia, where he earned a B.A. in economics.
Cianan E. Moore, Associate. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Moore was an Investment Banking Analyst in J.P. Morgan's Financial Sponsors Group. He graduated magna cum laude from Miami University, where he earned a B.S. in finance.
Bailee D. Glass, Analyst. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Glass began her career as an Alternative Investments Research Analyst in BlackRock's hedge fund solutions group. She graduated from the University of Chicago, where she earned a B.A. in economics.
Natalie Ramos, Administration. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ramos held various administrative and managerial positions, most recently as a Senior Executive Assistant & Office Manager at Wolters Kluwer. She earned a B.A. in business administration and management from Briarcliffe College, and a Culinary Arts Diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education.
About J.F. Lehman & Company, Inc.
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ATHENS -- Four University of Georgia programs will receive federal support as part of the $1.7 trillion funding package signed into law in late December. These funds will support scientific research, engineering projects and outreach programs that benefit citizens living in Georgia and throughout the nation.
“I want to express my deep gratitude for the advocacy of our Georgia delegation in procuring these funds,” UGA President Jere W. Morehead said. “Sens. (Jon) Ossoff and (Raphael) Warnock and Reps. Buddy Carter, David Scott and Lucy McBath are all helping Georgia’s flagship university address the important priorities of our nation, state and local communities. We are grateful for their strong support.”
UGA will receive $5 million as part of a project titled Expanding Engineering with Nature Installation Capacity, which was submitted by Carter (R-Savannah). The funding will help researchers develop and deploy new methods to protect Department of Defense facilities from extreme weather events and changing climate conditions.
The funding will build upon the Army Corps of Engineers Network for Engineering with Nature, or N-EWN, and it will allow the program to expand its reach to support a larger number of installations and communities.
Fort Valley State University and UGA will receive $4 million for a program titled Enhancing Georgia’s Poultry Science Workforce through Education, Innovation, and Collaboration, which was submitted by Scott (D-Atlanta), Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Warnock (D-Ga.).
This funding will support Georgia’s expansive poultry industry through new scholarships and the acquisition of advanced scientific equipment, which will be used to train the next generation of poultry scientists working in this multibillion-dollar industry.
UGA’s Connected Resilient Communities program will receive $3 million from a project submitted by McBath (D-Marietta). Facilitated by the Archway Partnership, a UGA Public Service and Outreach unit, the Connected Resilient Communities initiative enables communities to leverage university resources to create sustainable change that enhances the perception of Georgia communities and increases economic opportunity and well-being.
The funding will help Georgia communities develop resources like resilient infrastructure, work force planning, downtown revitalization, cybersecurity analysis, and more.
A $100,000 project supporting UGA’s Small Business Development Center also was submitted by Ossoff. These funds will support training programs for rural communities on how to improve e-commerce and digital marketing capabilities for small businesses.
After being sworn in Sunday evening as Dougherty County's first Commission Chairman, Lorenzo Heard presided over his first meeting on Monday. A large crowd turned out for the occasion. Commissioners Victor Edwards, Russell Gray and Anthony Jones were sworn in to new four-year terms during th… Click for more.PHOTOS: Dougherty County Commission starts the year with new chairman | 2023-01-09T22:31:21+00:00 | albanyherald.com | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/uga-programs-receive-more-than-12-million-in-federal-funding/article_363ecf94-905c-11ed-83d3-63a54ba98c40.html |
University of Arizona professor shot, killed by former student, authorities say
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD/Gray News) - Authorities say a University of Arizona professor was shot and killed on campus Wednesday by a former student.
KOLD reports the incident began around 2 p.m. when someone inside the Harshbarger Building, which houses the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, called authorities and requested police to escort a former student, who was previously barred, out of the building.
According to the University of Arizona Police Department, officers were notified of the shooting while already responding to the building.
Authorities identified the suspected shooter as 46-year-old Murad Can Dervish. He reportedly left the campus in a van, prompting a statewide alert for Dervish.
Arizona authorities did not immediately release the shooting victim’s name but did confirm he was a professor in the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences.
The professor was pronounced dead at an area hospital, police said.
Arizona State Troopers were able to track down Dervish during a traffic stop and take him into custody about 120 miles from Tucson.
The university canceled all in-person classes on Wednesday after the shooting. Select workers and all students were asked to leave campus.
The University of Arizona Police Department said the shooting remains under investigation.
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2 children dead, 6 kids hospitalized after bus crashes into Quebec day care
Published: Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:35 AM PST|Updated: moments ago
LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — Two children are dead, six kids are hospitalized after a city bus crashes into day care north of Montreal, Quebec police say.
Authorities said the driver has been arrested and charged with homicide and dangerous driving, the CBC reported.
The incident took place at the Garderie éducative Sainte-Rose, CTV said, where a parent at the scene accused the driver of crashing into the day care intentionally.
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Man breaks record for eating at the most Michelin star restaurants in one day Published January 2, 2023 at 5:16 AM MST Facebook Twitter Flipboard LinkedIn Email Listen • 0:29 Eric Finkelstein set a set a world record by eating at 18 Michelin-starred restaurants in just 24 hours. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-01-02T12:51:34+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2023-01-02/man-breaks-record-for-eating-at-the-most-michelin-star-restaurants-in-one-day |
Florida Blue Foundation awards grants to support nine nonprofit organizations across Florida in enhancement of health equity through their practices, polices and services
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Blue President and CEO Pat Geraghty helped kick off the Florida Blue Florida Classic weekend by sharing that the Florida Blue Foundation awarded nearly $3.5 million in grants to nine nonprofits across the state to enhance health equity by strengthening diversity and inclusion within their organizations.
"People's racial, sexual, gender, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds and other factors impact the quality of health care they have access to and their health outcomes. Our mission of helping people and communities achieve better health requires us to understand the impact of those social determinants and to work across the health ecosystem to support all Floridians. We believe it is a foundational step in the long journey to achieving health equity," said Geraghty.
The three- to four-year grants will provide the nonprofits with the ability to incorporate, operationalize, and execute ongoing health equity, diversity, and inclusion programs. The programs will be designed to better equip the organizations to understand and meet the unique needs of the diverse populations and communities they serve.
"All of us at Florida Blue are proud to have our Foundation support nonprofit organizations in their quest to eliminate health disparities and help Floridians reach their optimal health regardless of their social position or other social circumstances," noted Geraghty.
During the Florida Classic Kickoff Luncheon presented by Florida Blue on Friday, Geraghty recognized Orlando's Health Care Center for the Homeless as one of the grant recipients. Led by Dr. Bakari Burns, a Florida A&M alumnus, the grant will be used to educate and guide the organization's leadership, staff, board, and volunteers to assess their organizational culture and behaviors and evolve them to provide a more inclusive environment while developing an atmosphere of cultural humility for their work providing care to Orlando's homeless community.
In addition to the Health Care Center for the Homeless, the recipients of the health equity, diversity and inclusion grants include:
- Hope CommUnity Center, Apopka
- The Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville
- United Way Emerald Coast, Fort Walton Beach
- YMCA of Florida's First Coast, Jacksonville
- Foster Care Review, Miami
- Legal Services of Greater Miami
- Advocate Program, Miami
- Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay
Geraghty also conducted a roundtable discussion on health equity with several business, community, and civic leaders on Friday morning. The conversation centered on opportunities for collaboration and overcoming obstacles to achieving health equity.
The Florida Blue Florida Classic is a college football rivalry game between two of the state's historic HBCUs – Bethune-Cookman University and Florida A&M University. This year marks the 76th overall meeting between the schools. Revenue from the Florida Blue Florida Classic game and its ancillary events are invested in scholarships and other academic opportunities at both participating universities.
The Florida Blue Foundation enables healthy communities by making grants, building coalitions and embracing solutions that create a meaningful impact in its communities. More than 8 million Floridians have received services as a result of its community investments since its founding in 2001. The Florida Blue Foundation's programs are focused on advancing mental well-being, improving health equity, impacting food security and addressing systemic racism and resulting health disparities. Florida Blue Foundation is a trade name of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation, Inc., an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information, please visit www.FloridaBlueFoundation.com.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland man who beat aggravated murder charges by arguing at his trial this month that he shot his longtime friend in self-defense was sentenced to nine years in prison on weapons and probation violation charges.
Kyle Woods, who was on probation for a 2015 conviction on weapons and drug charges and previously served nine years for a violent home invasion, will serve another nine years behind bars after Judge Deena Calabrese imposed the sentence on Monday.
Jurors last week rejected aggravated murder charge that would have put the 36-year-old Woods away for life, but found him guilty of having a weapon with a felony record, defacing the serial number of a gun and carrying a concealed weapon.
Calabrese also found that Woods violated his probation tied to his earlier conviction. She sentenced him to three years in prison for carrying a concealed weapon without a license, three years on the weapons charges and three years for violating his probation, and ordered each sentence to run consecutively.
Woods was first arrested in September 2016, the day after he shot 42-year-old Kevin McQueen at the Lakeview Terrace housing complex on Division Avenue near Ohio City.
An argument broke out between Woods and McQueen, and Woods fired a single shot into the left side of McQueen's chest, underneath of his armpit.
A 43-year-old woman and two men loaded McQueen into a minivan and drove toward the hospital. Cleveland police pulled them over, then dressed McQueen's wound and called for an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, where he died.
Woods called McQueen's mother, who was his own godmother, the morning after the shooting and apologized, his lawyer, Michael Cheselka, said.
Woods then turned himself in to police. He brought with him the handgun he used in the shooting, Cheselka said.
He then spent 13 months in jail awaiting trial.
Woods took the stand and said that McQueen had pulled out a gun and began threatening him during the argument, and Woods said he fired at McQueen in fear of his life.
Investigators later found drugs, including PCP, in McQueen's system.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Preparations are underway for the summer season at the city's three pools.
Tropicanoe Cove, Castaway Bay, and Vinton Pool are set to open on Memorial Day weekend.
In order for that to happen, aquatics staff are busy at work during the month of May getting each location ready.
The staff at all three pools started pre-season work last week, although the aquatics maintenance staff has been working on getting the pools ready as early as February.
Director of Operations for Lafayette Parks and Recreation Jon Miner says this is a pretty busy time of year as they get ready for the Memorial Day rush.
"You know, May is our busiest month in terms of, you know, just maintenance," Miner says. "And getting facilities ready to go. We're getting ready for the big push from memorial day on through Labor Day here in Columbian Park."
Miner adds that the weather is looking promising for opening day, so if you're looking for Memorial Day weekend plans, all three locations will be ready to go. | 2023-05-19T12:52:08+00:00 | wlfi.com | https://www.wlfi.com/news/preparations-underway-for-local-pools-opening-weekend/article_95287630-f638-11ed-a04a-038504774883.html |
IRVINE, Calif., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- If you have unpaid tax debt, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can and will initiate collection efforts against you. There are several different types of collection actions that the government may take. For instance, the IRS may take money from future tax refunds, levy against your paycheck or your bank accounts, file federal tax liens against your home & large ticket assets, seize assets, and institute passport restrictions against certain taxpayers.
In May 2023, the IRS announced that it will resume its collection activities. Previously, these activities were paused as part of an emergency reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is estimated that during May 2023, the IRS will send out millions of balance-due notices.
If you owe money to the IRS, get help from our Dual-Licensed Tax Attorneys & CPAs by calling the Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing at (800) 681-1295.
IRS Announces that Collection Activities Will Resume in May 2023
The IRS utilizes collection actions to recoup unpaid debt from taxpayers. In 2020, these actions were temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 emergency declaration.
However, in May 2023, the IRS will begin mailing balance-due notices to taxpayers again. Millions of these notices may be sent out starting this month. Furthermore, those who owe money should be prepared to receive phone calls from IRS agents regarding their outstanding balances. Thankfully, our Dual-Licensed Tax Lawyers & CPAs are prepared to help overdue taxpayers resolve their issues and avoid facing unfair penalties.
What Collection Actions Can the IRS Commence Against You?
When you owe money to the IRS, they will send you a tax bill outlining the balance you owe, plus any penalties and interest being assessed against you. This bill will provide options for payment and identify a due date. If you fail to pay the bill by the established deadline, the IRS will send you a series of notices and a final bill demanding the payment owed.
If you ignore the final bill demanding payment, then aggressive IRS collection efforts may commence. The following are all types of actions the IRS can initiate against overdue taxpayers:
Taking Your Future Refunds
If you owe money to the IRS, they may elect to take money from your future tax refunds. Your later tax refunds may be applied to overdue taxes, interest, and any penalties you may face.
Filing a Federal Tax Lien
The IRS may also attempt to collect overdue tax debt by filing a federal tax lien against you. When the government files a tax lien, they are essentially making a legal claim against your property. The lien protects their interest in your property, including personal property, financial assets, and real estate. If you sell one of these liened assets the IRS collects against the proceeds up to the full amount of the sale.
Issuing a Levy
Another way the IRS may collect unpaid taxes is by issuing a levy. If the government issues a levy, then they can seize your property. For example, the government may seize your house or other property, then use the profits from its sale to satisfy your debt. They typically sell at below fair market prices as well.
The IRS can issue a levy to actually take your property from you. This differs from a lien, which only secures the government's interest in your property.
Imposing Passport Restrictions
Finally, if the IRS classifies your unpaid tax debt as seriously delinquent, the government may issue passport restrictions against you. They may revoke your current passport, deny you a new passport, or refuse a passport renewal.
How Long Does the IRS Have to Initiate Collection Activities Against You?
If you have unpaid tax debt, then the IRS cannot chase you forever. Generally, the government will have 10 years from the assessment date to collect unpaid taxes. After this 10-year period, the IRS can no longer attempt to collect an overdue balance. Still, there are certain things to remember regarding this rule.
First, you should note that the 10-year deadline for collecting unpaid taxes begins when the taxes were assessed. Accordingly, the applicable assessment date will be April 15th of the year the unpaid taxes were initially due, or the return at issue was filed, whichever occurred later. By filing your return earlier, you cannot reduce the time frame for initiating collection activities.
Furthermore, there are some instances where the 10-year time limit may be extended or tolled, such as cases where the overdue taxpayer left the country, filed an Offer in Compromise, or filed for bankruptcy. Also, if the time limit for commencing a collection action is close to expiring, then the IRS may file a lawsuit against you in U.S. District Court requesting an additional 20 years to collect. Still, these lawsuits are rare, and the government usually does not want to spend the resources to sue you in federal court unless you owe millions of dollars. In general, the larger the dollar amounts in issue the more likely the IRS is to file for the additional time.
How to Avoid IRS Collection
The IRS typically wants to work with delinquent taxpayers before actions such as levies and liens. You must maintain communication with the government throughout the process of finding a resolution in your case.
If you believe that an IRS bill is inaccurate, you may call the phone number listed on the bill or talk to a local IRS office. Alternatively, you authorize our legal team to communicate with the government on your behalf. Our Dual-Licensed Tax Lawyers & CPAs can help resolve any issues regarding an improper tax bill.
If your bill is accurate, but you cannot pay the entire balance immediately, you may still be able to avoid collection. For instance, you can establish an installment agreement. An installment agreement is a sort of payment plan that permits you to resolve your debt over time.
Finally, there are other methods for avoiding collection actions, such as pausing collection and attempting to reach an Offer in Compromise. An Offer in Compromise allows you to settle your tax debt for less than the balance owed.
Be very careful about following overly aggressive advice on avoiding a collection action or you might commit income tax evasion, which is a felony. Income tax evasion can be committed in the assessment process or the collection process by hiding assets or sources of income from IRS collection assets.
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The National Hurricane Center said it is monitoring a band of thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea for possible tropical development.
On Thursday, the NHC said the system has a 70% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Saturday and a 90% of becoming one by early next week.
The NHC said the storm is moving into an area more conducive for development. The system is off the coast of Venezuela. It is expected to most to the northwest.
There are forecast models showing the storm entering the Gulf of Mexico next week. The models show a potential hurricane could hit the US Gulf Coast.
The National Hurricane Center, however, generally only issues forecasts up to five days out. Forecasts beyond five days, the National Hurricane Center, can be unreliable.
Acting NHC Director Jamie Rhome said on Thursday that forecasting potential impacts were too early.
“Until a system forms, until a low-level system forms, we won’t be able to say much about with certainty with impacts to the United States,” Rhode said. | 2022-09-22T16:12:10+00:00 | ktvh.com | https://www.ktvh.com/news/national/nhc-monitoring-storm-that-could-threaten-us-next-week |
Officer fatally shoots hit-and-run suspect while being dragged by truck, investigators say
BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - A investigation into a deadly officer-involved shooting is underway in Georgia after a law enforcement officer fatally shot a hit-and-run suspect who allegedly dragged him about one-tenth of a mile down the highway.
A witness says she saw a truck hit another truck and then drive off around 7 p.m. Thursday at a Marathon gas station off Highway 280 in Bryan County, Georgia. That’s when a state Motor Carrier Compliance Officer got involved, WTOC reports.
“That truck, the one that they just took away was slowed down to turn, and the other truck just hit him. The cop was right here about to get out,” the witness said.
According to the witness, the officer followed the truck as it left the crash scene.
“He was getting out, and then he got back in when he witnessed that hit-and-run. The truck took off. The cop took off after him,” she said.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, who has taken over the investigation, the driver of the truck has been identified as 29-year-old Walter Kye Herman of Ellabell.
The GBI says Herman stopped the truck after a short pursuit. They say the officer approached Herman’s door and spoke with him before attempting to place handcuffs on him. That’s when they say Herman sped off while the officer was still reaching inside the truck.
The GBI says the officer was dragged about one-tenth of a mile. The truck then hit a road sign and began to travel off the roadway down a steep embankment, according to the GBI. They say that is when the officer fired his weapon, causing both he and Herman to fall from the car, which eventually came to a stop.
The GBI says Herman died at the scene.
The officer was taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries. The Bryan County Sheriff’s Office says the officer sustained a broken leg, and there is no indication they were run over.
The GBI says their investigation remains active and ongoing. Once the investigation is complete, the case will be given to the Atlantic Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.
This is the 36th officer-involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2023.
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Attorneys John Kappel, Jacob Jeffries, Christopher Lambert receive Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch honors
DALLAS, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Law Firm Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson (ONDA) is honored to announce that 15 attorneys have been selected to the Best Lawyers in America 2023 edition. The legal guide is one of the oldest and most-respected peer review catalogs in the nation.
The 2023 guide includes partners Richard Orsinger, Keith Nelson, Scott Downing, Jeff Anderson and Brad M. LaMorgese for representation of clients in Family Law, with Mr. Anderson earning additional honors for his work in Family Law Arbitration and Mr. LaMorgese for his Appellate practice.
Firm partners William M. Reppeto III, Amber Liddell Alwais, Paula A. Bennett, David Housel, Paul Hewett, Holly Baird and R. Porter Corrigan earned Best Lawyers recognition for their representation of clients in Family Law, with Ms. Bennett also selected for her Family Law Mediation practice.
Partner John Kappel and attorneys Jacob Jeffries and Christopher Lambert received recognition in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for their knowledge and expertise in Family Law matters. Attorneys with five to nine years in practice who exemplify outstanding professional excellence receive this designation.
The selection of Best Lawyers honorees is conducted using an intensive process based on peer nominations and feedback from attorneys in the same practice areas and geographic regions. Find the complete list of the 2023 Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch honorees here: https://www.bestlawyers.com.
Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson has served families for almost 30 years. With offices in Dallas, Frisco, Fort Worth and San Antonio, ONDA is one of Texas' largest Family Law firms. Each partner is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, as well as a member of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists.
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Research Hub Brings Together Leading Institutions to Build Sensors to Study Inflammation, a Major Driver of Disease
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the launch of a new biomedical research hub in Chicago, Illinois that will bring together leading scientific and technology institutions with the goal of solving grand scientific challenges on a 10- to 15-year time horizon. The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago will catalyze collaboration between the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop new technologies for studying and measuring human biology that will use embedded sensors and probes to collect biological signals from human tissues with unprecedented resolution.
Building on the successes of the first Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in San Francisco (CZ Biohub San Francisco), this new location is the first to expand the CZ Biohub Network, a groundbreaking collaborative model for scientific research that brings together leading research institutions in different regions. Together, members of the CZ Biohub Network will partner to develop science and technologies that help understand how cells and tissues function and increase our understanding of human health and disease.
"We are excited to scale this successful model of collaborative science into a larger network by welcoming the new Biohub in Chicago," said CZI Co-Founder and Co-CEO Priscilla Chan. "This institute will embark on science to embed miniaturized sensors into tissues that will allow us to understand how healthy and diseased tissues function in unprecedented detail. This might feel like science fiction today, but we think it's realistic to achieve huge progress in the next 10 years. I look forward to the advances in science and technology that this new Biohub will spur in studying how tissues function to understand what goes wrong in disease and how to fix it."
CZ Biohub Chicago will focus on engineering technologies to make precise, molecular-level measurements of biological processes within human tissues, with an ultimate goal of understanding and treating the inflammatory states that underlie many diseases. The Biohub will use this new measurement platform to learn how immune cells can malfunction and cause disease.
"The Chicago Biohub will create technologies that will transform our understanding of tissue-scale biology, revealing important information about the processes that take place in living tissues that could lead to new therapies," said CZI Co-Founder and Co-CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "This immense scientific challenge requires bringing together researchers and technologists in new ways to accomplish great science that isn't done in conventional environments. The powerful collaborative model of the San Francisco Biohub has shown us that cross-disciplinary science leads to breakthroughs, and this integrated research model is a key part of how we'll move towards curing, preventing, or managing all disease by the end of the century."
CZ Biohub Chicago will be led by Professor Shana O. Kelley of Northwestern University and will initially focus on using a unique, engineering-driven approach to study human biology. By embedding thousands of sensors and sampling probes in tissues, scientists will be able to monitor molecular and cellular signals with unprecedented resolution, and reveal how disruptions in these processes lead to inflammation and disease.
Inflammation and overactive immune cells play a key role in many diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's disease, and are also implicated in organ failure, and severe infectious diseases like COVID-19. But inducing inflammation in a controlled way can also be used to combat disease: in cancer immunotherapy, the immune system is unleashed and directed toward tumors. The CZ Biohub Chicago's first explorations of inflammatory processes will involve human skin tissue, as many skin diseases are driven by inflammation.
"We're thrilled to be part of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network, which will galvanize multidisciplinary research and drive more progress than any one of these institutions could have achieved on its own," said CZ Biohub Chicago President Shana O. Kelley. "The scientific challenge we're exploring—to develop new tools to better measure tissues and gain insights into inflammation—can only be solved by interdisciplinary collaboration, has large engineering challenges to surmount, and is wildly, but not impossibly, ambitious."
Through advances in genomics, molecular biology, and most recently, single-cell biology, scientists have made great strides in understanding the structure and function of individual cells. But our organs are made up of specialized tissues that contain billions of cells—our heart muscle alone is estimated to comprise more than two billion cells—so gaining insights about how tissues work as a whole, in both health and disease, is an enormous challenge.
To begin to crack this problem, the engineered platforms that will be developed at the CZ Biohub Chicago will combine several state-of-the-art technologies to make the first holistic and direct measurements of inflammation in human tissue. These tools will allow researchers to monitor the activity of immune cells within tissues in real time, with the goal of finding ways to steer the immune system away from the "tipping points" that lead to inflammatory disorders. With a more comprehensive understanding of this biology, new approaches to treating a range of diseases will be made possible, with the ultimate aim of making inflammation-driven diseases more treatable and preventable.
The CZ Biohub Chicago will work with CZI teams, including the science technology team, which aspires to advance biomedical research and develop technologies to understand, observe, measure, and analyze any biological process within the human body — across spatial scales and in real time.
Over the next decade, CZ Science is focused on understanding the mysteries of the cell and how cells interact within systems, which could lead to groundbreaking discoveries that will help cure, prevent or manage all disease by the end of this century. To achieve this mission, CZI builds open source software tools to accelerate science and generate more accurate and biologically important sources of data, funds scientific research worldwide to advance the frontiers of knowledge, and supports research that can't be done in conventional environments.
"The CZ Biohub Chicago has ambitious plans to develop technologies to instrument human tissues, thus enabling scientists to understand interactions between cells and to discover the design rules of how tissues develop and are maintained," said CZI Head of Science Steve Quake. "This is a deeply inspiring goal that will involve a decade-long pursuit of new knowledge, and requires discovery and technological development along the way. We're confident this new research hub will accomplish its scientific aims, and help translate basic science into groundbreaking treatments and therapies."
The inaugural Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in San Francisco was founded in 2016 in partnership with Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; and University of California, San Francisco. Its cell atlas project led the development of the first whole organism cell atlases in humans, mice, flies and lemurs, and also led to creation of maps of the internal cell architecture of cells. Its infectious disease project helped accelerate California's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bay Area and statewide, and develops technologies to identify emerging disease outbreaks around the world.
"The growing Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network speaks to the success of the CZ Biohub San Francisco, where leading academic institutions in the Bay Area pursue the toughest, riskiest scientific challenges in cell biology and infectious disease, and build technology to advance these areas," said CZ Biohub San Francisco President Joe DeRisi. "More Biohubs in the Network mean more opportunities for collaboration, and we're excited to share what we've learned to set this new Biohub up for success. The Chicago Biohub will focus on developing technologies to measure proteins and metabolites in tissues, which complements the San Francisco Biohub's expertise in measuring DNA and RNA in cells."
About the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 to help solve some of society's toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone. For more information, please visit chanzuckerberg.com.
About the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network is a group of nonprofit research institutes that bring together physicians, scientists, and engineers with the goal of pursuing grand scientific challenges on a 10- to 15-year time horizon. These institutes partner with Chan Zuckerberg Science in its goal to understand the mysteries of the cell and how cells interact within systems. This collaboration will bring us closer to our mission to cure, prevent, or manage all disease by the end of the century. To learn more, visit www.czbiohub.org.
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‘Arthur’ set to make a return as a podcast
(Gray News) – Everyone’s favorite aardvark from a long-running kids’ animated series will soon be making a return, this time in a podcast.
In a Thursday press release, PBS KIDS said “Arthur” will make his comeback in “The Arthur Podcast.”
The first season of the podcast is set to contain eight episodes. The episodes will premiere every week on Thursday, starting Oct. 20.
Showrunners said the podcast would lean on content from the original show, based on the bestselling books by Marc Brown. The podcast is set to retell iconic episodes from the TV series in a new audio format.
The company said podcast listeners would hear from their favorite characters, including Buster, D.W., Binky, and Arthur Read himself, as they navigate school, friendships and other challenges.
Sara DeWitt, senior vice president and general manager at PBS KIDS, said the company is thrilled to build on its mission of “meeting kids where they are” by expanding podcast offerings with “The Arthur Podcast.”
“We hope that parents who grew up with ‘Arthur’ can now join their kids in listening to new stories from the characters they love, having fun and learning together,” she said.
“The Arthur Podcast” will be available for free on the PBS KIDS video app, the Arthur YouTube channel, pbskids.org, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and other platforms that host podcasts.
PBS KIDS said a digital short titled “Arthur Makes a Podcast” has been released ahead of the premiere of the Podcast’s first season. The short can be viewed on the PBS KIDS YouTube channel.
For older fans who may want to experience the TV show again or with younger generations, PBS KIDS said all Arthur content is available for free on PBS KIDS.
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ORLANDO, Florida – Brightline, the private passenger railroad that started service in South Florida in 2018, is expected to expand to Orlando in the coming months.
The train currently connects travelers in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach along Florida’s southeast coast. A 170-mile addition from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport is nearly complete, said Ben Porritt, senior vice president of corporate affairs for Brightline.
Earlier this month, the railroad was testing trains from Orlando to Cocoa, about 40 miles east, at 130 mph.
“We are more than 90% complete on our extension to Orlando which is set to open this summer,” said Porritt. “We’re targeting the end of the second quarter but there are a number of factors that will determine a specific start date including a rigorous certification process to test the system.”
The Orlando station is under construction inside the airport’s new C terminal, which opened last year.
Eventually, the railroad hopes to have additional stations at the Orlando Convention Center and the theme parks, according to Porritt. The railroad is also planning an expansion to Tampa in the future.
Once operational, passengers will be able to travel from Orlando to Miami in about three hours, or approximately 30 minutes faster than driving without traffic, according to the Palm Beach Post. Top speed is expected to be 125 mph.
Ticket prices have not been announced.
Currently, the train offers 18 round-trips daily between Miami and West Palm Beach, a distance of about 70 miles. Fares run $27 and up, one way. The company uses new Siemens trains on the line, with four coaches holding 248 passengers.
In 2022, the rail line served 1.3 million people.
Brightline, the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad in the U.S., is owned by Florida East Coast Industries, a Florida real estate developer with historic ties to Henry Flagler, the former Standard Oil executive who developed much of Florida.
In 2018, Brightline acquired XpressWest, a private company that was developing a rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California. The route, now dubbed Brightline West, will include 218 miles of track, some of it built within the right-of-way along Interstate 15. Construction is expected to start later this year.
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FILE - A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020. Boeing plans to make staffing cuts in the aerospace company's finance and human resources support services departments in 2023, with a loss of around 2,000 jobs, the company said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
FILE - A motorcyclist cruises past the Renton, Wash., Boeing plant where 737's are built on Oct. 28, 2020. Boeing plans to make staffing cuts in the aerospace company's finance and human resources support services departments in 2023, with a loss of around 2,000 jobs, the company said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
FILE - A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020. Boeing plans to make staffing cuts in the aerospace company's finance and human resources support services departments in 2023, with a loss of around 2,000 jobs, the company said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
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FILE - A motorcyclist cruises past the Renton, Wash., Boeing plant where 737's are built on Oct. 28, 2020. Boeing plans to make staffing cuts in the aerospace company's finance and human resources support services departments in 2023, with a loss of around 2,000 jobs, the company said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing plans to make staffing cuts in the aerospace company's finance and human resources departments in 2023, with a loss of around 2,000 jobs, the company said.
“We expect about 2,000 reductions primarily in Finance and HR through a combination of attrition and layoffs," Boeing said in a statement Monday. "While no one has been notified of job loss, we will continue to share information transparently to allow people to plan.”
The company, which recently relocated its headquarters to Arlington, Virginia, said it expects to “significantly grow” the overall workforce during the year. “We grew Boeing’s workforce by 15,000 last year and plan to hire another 10,000 employees this year with a focus on engineering and manufacturing,” the statement said.
Boeing's total workforce was 156,000 employees as of Dec. 31, 2022, the company said.
The Seattle Times reported Boeing, which has been one of the largest private employers in Washington state, plans to outsource about a third of the eliminated positions to Tata Consulting Services in Bengaluru, India.
Mike Friedman, a senior director of communications, told the Times the other positions will be eliminated as the company makes reductions in finance and human resources support services.
“Over time, some of our corporate functions have grown quite large. And with that growth tends to come bureaucracy or disparate systems that are inefficient,” Friedman said. “So we’re streamlining.”
The Times reported about 1,500 of the company's approximately 5,800 finance positions will be cut, with up to 400 more job cuts in human resources, which is about 15% of the department's total staff.
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44-year old used false documents twice to withdraw cash at M&T bank
Published: Mar. 24, 2023 at 8:16 AM EDT|Updated: 21 minutes ago
SOUTH WINDSOR, CT (WFSB) - Daniel Cobb, 44, from Beacon, NY was arrested on Thursday Mar. 23 for two active arrest warrants.
He first tried to withdraw $4,200 from the victim’s account on October 4.
The incident occurred at an M&T Bank located on 250 Buckland Road on Thursday Mar. 23.
Cobb used a fake license and credit card to obtain the cash.
However, he fled the scene before being identified and did not collect the money.
The next day he went to the M&T bank on 869 Sullivan Avenue.
Cobb obtained $400 in cash with falsified documents from a second victim.
He left the scene prior to police arrival but was positively identified.
Cobb was processed and arraigned at Manchester Superior Court on Thursday.
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Live coverage: Wisconsin vs. Iowa men's college basketball game updates
Jeff Potrykus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Wisconsin Badgers' men's basketball team (7-2) looks for a 2-0 start in Big Ten play when it faces the Iowa Hawkeyes (7-2) Sunday evening.
Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Follow below for in-game updates.
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U.S.-Based Korean Fried Chicken Brand Experiences 24.7% AUV Growth; Earns Accolades for its Influence on the Industry
DALLAS, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As Korean pop culture further makes its mark on the United States, Bonchon has been a part of the movement spreading the joy of its hand-battered, double-fried Korean fried chicken.
Bonchon's year-over-year sales increase of 12 percent is outperforming the industry average and leading the fast casual and casual dining segments per Black Box Intelligence™ data. Since the time VIG Partners invested in the company at the end of 2018, its AUV has increased by 24.7% to $1.57 million, and this growth has continued through the early part of the year.
"Heading into 2022, we had a focused strategy of building sales and trimming costs where possible, to minimize the impact of high commodity and transportation costs. We also continue to remain dedicated to the quality of our food, giving people a taste of Korean culture as well as providing a strong franchise opportunity to our partners," said Flynn Dekker, CEO of Bonchon. "Our 20th anniversary is on the horizon this fall and we have much to celebrate with our fans and can't wait to do it in true Bonchon style."
The brand is also experiencing location growth in both the United States and internationally. Throughout the United States, it has opened a combination of its new fast casual and full-service model locations in California, Colorado, Minnesota, Texas and Virginia with plans to grow by 20 percent before the end of the year. Since the start of 2022, it also opened new international restaurants in Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam with its first location coming to France later this year.
With a strategic expansion plan in place, its US development pipeline includes signed agreements for more than 120 future restaurants — entering into brand new markets such as Delaware, where a location opened in July, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ohio and Alabama. Further showing the influence the brand and its leadership has on the restaurant industry, Bonchon has earned more than nine awards in the past twelve months. A few of the most notable are Nation's Restaurant News Top 500 Restaurants where the brand moved up to #181, Fast Casual Movers & Shakers with a nearly 40 spot jump on the list and Entrepreneur magazine Top 200 Global Franchise.
Bonchon is a global restaurant brand known for distinctive Korean double-fried chicken, Asian fusion cuisine, and Korean specialties. Born in Busan, South Korea in 2002, the concept was established in the United States in 2006. Bonchon sets out to have its fans "Crunch Out Loud" by sharing the joy of hand-battered, double-fried, crazy crispy Korean fried chicken with the world. It currently has more than 386 restaurants across eight countries including Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar, Australia, Vietnam and the United States.
The brand has earned several accolades – it was recognized by Business Insider as "the gold standard for fried chicken" as well as included on Nation's Restaurant News 2022 "Top 500 Restaurants", Fast Casual Magazine's 2022 "Top 100 Movers & Shakers" and Entrepreneur's 2022 "Franchise 500", "Fastest Growing Franchises", "Top Food Franchise" and "Top Global Franchise" lists.
For more information about Bonchon, visit bonchon.com. To learn more about franchise opportunities, visit franchising.bonchon.com.
Black Box Intelligence™ is the leading performance benchmarking provider for the restaurant industry connecting the dots on people, profits and performance. Their unparalleled data set reveals insight into financial, workforce, guest and consumer trends from over 300 brands and 72,000 restaurant units. Black Box Intelligence is also the producer of The Best Practices Conference held annually in Dallas, Texas.
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Volvo has provided the first glimpse at a new electric crossover due in 2023.
During Wednesday’s presentation of its new 2024 EX90 mid-size electric SUV, Volvo briefly showed a shadowy image of a much smaller offering with similar styling cues to the EX90. The image appears in the video below at the 105:40 mark, and depicts the new crossover sitting to the left of an EX90.
The mystery model is thought to be a subcompact electric crossover to slot in below the C40 Recharge and XC40 Recharge compact electric crossovers, possibly labeled EX30, a name Volvo has trademarked.
The head of Volvo’s Australian division, Stephen Connor, earlier this year told a local publication that Volvo’s next EVs would include a crossover and sedan to be launched in quick succession after the EX90. The crossover was described as being smaller than the XC40.
The crossover is expected to be based on the SEA modular EV platform from Volvo parent company Geely. The platform made its debut last year in the 001 hot hatch from fellow Geely brand Zeekr and features an 800-volt electrical system for high-speed charging.
Production will likely be handled in China to keep costs down. Geely has a state-of-the-art plant in the Chinese coastal city of Ningbo for production of SEA-based vehicles.
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A timeline of events leading to Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case
Jun 9, 2023, 5:22 PM
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The 49-page federal indictment of former President Donald Trump lays out a stunning timeline of events, detailing allegations that he not only mishandled sensitive material, but also took steps to hide records and impede investigators.
Here are some key of the key events leading to the 37 criminal charges against Trump, according to the indictment:
Jan. 20, 2021: As Trump leaves the White House, he directs the movement of dozens of storage boxes to Mar-a-Lago, prosecutors say. The boxes, packed by Trump and his White House staff, contain newspaper clippings, letters, photos and other mementos from his time in office, but also hundreds of classified documents that, as a former president, he wasn’t authorized to have.
Under the Presidential Records Act, presidential records are considered federal, not private property and must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration. Multiple federal laws govern the handling of classified and sensitive documents, including statutes making it a crime to remove such material and keep it at an unauthorized location.
After Jan. 20, 2021: Some boxes brought from the White House are stored on a stage in one of Mar-a-Lago’s gilded ballrooms. A photo in the indictment shows boxes stacked on a stage.
March 15, 2021: Boxes are moved from the ballroom to the business center at Mar-a-Lago.
April 2021: Some boxes are moved into a bathroom and shower. A photo included in the indictment shows them stacked next to a toilet, a vanity and a trash can.
May 2021: Trump directs employees to clean out a storage room in a highly accessible area on Mar-a-Lago’s ground floor so it can be used to store his boxes, the indictment says. Trump also directs that some boxes be brought to his Bedminster, New Jersey, summer residence.
On or about May 6, 2021: Realizing that some documents from Trump’s presidency may be missing, the National Archives asks that he turn over any presidential records he may have kept upon leaving the White House. The agency makes subsequent, repeated demands.
June 2021: The National Archives warns Trump through his representatives that it will refer the matter to the Justice Department if he does not comply.
June 24, 2021: Boxes are moved to the storage room. More than 80 boxes are kept there.
July 21, 2021: Trump allegedly shows a military “plan of attack” that he says is “highly confidential” to a writer interviewing him at his Bedminster property. Trump remarks, “as president I could have declassified it. … Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret,” according to the indictment, citing a recording of the interview.
August or September 2021: Trump allegedly shows a classified map relating to a foreign military operation to a representative of his political action committee at his Bedminster golf course, the indictment says. Trump tells the person that he shouldn’t be showing anyone the map and that the person shouldn’t get too close.
November 2021: Trump directs his executive assistant and “body man” Walt Nauta and another employee to start moving boxes from a storage room to his residence for him to review. Nauta is charged in the indictment as Trump’s co-conspirator.
Dec. 7, 2021: Nauta finds that several of Trump’s boxes have fallen, spilling papers onto the storage room floor, the indictment says. Among them is a document with a “SECRET” intelligence marking. According to the indictment, Nauta texts another Trump employee, “I opened the door and found this,” to which the other employee replies, “Oh no oh no.”
Late December 2021: The National Archives continues to demand that Trump turn over missing records from his presidency. In late December 2021, a Trump representative tells the agency that 12 boxes of records have been found and are ready to be retrieved.
January 17, 2022: Trump turns over 15 boxes to the National Archives. According to the indictment, Nauta and another Trump employee load them into Nauta’s car and take them to a commercial truck for delivery to the agency.
The boxes are found to contain 197 documents with classified markings, including 69 marked confidential, 98 secret and 30 top secret. Some documents have markings suggesting they include information from highly sensitive human sources or the collection of electronic “signals” authorized by a court under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Feb. 9, 2022: The National Archives refers the matter to the Justice Department after a preliminary review finds the boxes contain numerous classified documents. The special agent in charge of the agency’s Office of the Inspector General writes, “Of most significant concern was that highly classified records were unfoldered, intermixed with other records” and otherwise improperly identified.
Feb. 10, 2022: Trump’s Save America PAC releases a statement insisting the return of the documents had been “routine” and “no big deal.” Trump insists the “papers were given easily and without conflict and on a very friendly basis,” and adds, “It was a great honor to work with” the National Archives “to help formally preserve the Trump Legacy.”
Feb. 18, 2022: In a letter to a congressional oversight committee, the National Archives reveals the boxes contained classified information and confirms the Justice Department referral. Trump’s Save America PAC releases another statement insisting, “The National Archives did not ‘find’ anything,” but “were given, upon request, Presidential Records in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act.”
March 30, 2022: The FBI opens its investigation.
April 12, 2022: The National Archives informs Trump that, at the Justice Department’s request, it intends to provide the FBI with the 15 boxes he turned over on Jan. 17, 2022. Trump’s representative asks for an extension until April 29.
April 26, 2022: The grand jury investigation begins.
April 29, 2022: The Justice Department asks Trump’s lawyers for immediate access to the 15 boxes, citing national security interests and the need for “an assessment of the potential damage resulting from the apparent manner in which these materials were stored and transported.” Trump’s lawyers again ask for an extension, saying they need to review the material to “ascertain whether any specific document is subject to privilege.”
May 10, 2022: The National Archives informs Trump’s lawyers that it will provide the FBI access to the boxes as soon as May 12.
May 11, 2022: A grand jury issues a subpoena to Trump and his office requiring that they turn over all classified materials in their possession.
May 23, 2022: Trump’s lawyers advise him to comply with the subpoena, but Trump balks, telling them, “I don’t want anybody looking through my boxes.” Prosecutors, citing notes from one of the lawyers, say Trump wondered aloud about dodging the subpoena, asking his counsel, “Wouldn’t it be better if we just told them we don’t have anything here?” and ”isn’t it better if there are no documents?”
May 26, 2022: Nauta is interviewed by the FBI and, according to prosecutors, repeatedly lies about his knowledge of the movement of boxes at Mar-a-Lago. Nauta claims he wasn’t aware of boxes being brought to Trump’s residence for his review and says he didn’t know how boxes turned over to the National Archives got to Trump’s residence.
Nauta also lies when asked whether he knew where Trump’s boxes were stored before they went to his residence and whether they’d been in a secured or locked location, prosecutors say. His reply, according to the indictment: “I wish, I wish I could tell you. I don’t know. I don’t — I honestly just don’t know.”
June 2, 2022: One of Trump’s lawyers returns to Mar-a-Lago to search boxes in the storage room and finds 38 additional classified documents — five documents marked confidential, 16 marked secret and 17 marked top secret. After the search, prosecutors say, Trump asks: “Did you find anything? … Is it bad? Good?” and makes a plucking motion that the lawyer takes to mean that he should take out anything “really bad” before turning over the papers.
Prior to the search, prosecutors say, Trump had Nauta move 64 boxes from the storage room to his residence. Of those, 30 were moved back to the storage room, leaving 34 boxes in Trump’s residence and out of the lawyer’s sight.
June 3, 2022: FBI agents and a Justice Department lawyer visit Mar-a-Lago to collect the 38 classified documents from Trump’s lawyer. They are in a single accordion folder, double-wrapped in tape. While there, investigators are allowed to go to the storage room, but are “explicitly prohibited” from looking inside boxes, “giving no opportunity” for them “to confirm that no documents with classification markings remained,” according to a court filing.
Trump tells investigations he’s “an open book,” according to the indictment. Another Trump lawyer, acting as his custodian of records, provides investigators a sworn certification that prosecutors say falsely claimed they had conducted a “diligent search” of boxes moved from the White House and “any and all responsive documents” were turned over.
Earlier in the day, prosecutors say, some boxes were loaded onto a plane so Trump could take them to Bedminster for the summer.
June 8, 2022: The Justice Department sends Trump’s lawyer a letter asking that the storage room be secured, and that “all of the boxes that were moved from the White House to Mar-a-Lago (along with any other items in that room) be preserved in that room in their current condition until farther notice.”
July 2022: The grand jury is shown surveillance video of boxes being moved at Mar-a-Lago.
Aug. 5, 2022: The Justice Department applies for a warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, citing “probable cause” that additional presidential records and classified documents were being stored there. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart approves the application the same day.
Aug. 8 2022: The FBI searches searches Mar-a-Lago, seizing 102 classified documents — 75 in the storage room and 27 in Trump’s office, including three found in office desks.
The Justice Department says in a subsequent court filing that the results call “into serious question” earlier representations by Trump’s legal team that they had conducted a “diligent search” and that no classified documents remained.
Aug. 12, 2022: Reinhart makes public the warrant authorizing the Mar-a-Lago search. The document reveals that federal agents are investigating potential violations of three federal laws, including the Espionage Act.
Aug. 26, 2022: A highly redacted version of the affidavit laying out the FBI’s rationale for searching Mar-a-Lago is made public.
Aug. 30, 2022: After Trump’s lawyers request a special master to review the documents for possible executive privilege, the Justice Department responds with a filing that reveals new details about the investigation and a photo of seized documents with marking like “TOP SECRET//SCI” splayed out on a Mar-a-Lago carpet.
June 8, 2023: A grand jury in Miami indicts Trump and Nauta. Trump announces the indictment on his Truth Social platform, calling it “a DARK DAY for the United States of America.” In a video post, he says, “I’m innocent and we will prove that very, very soundly and hopefully very quickly.”
June 9, 2023: The indictment is made public. It shows that Trump is charged with 37 felony counts, including conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing a document or record and willful retention of national defense information. Nauta is charged with six counts, including conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who brought the case, makes a brief public statement at his office in Washington, saying: “Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States and they must be enforced. Violations of those laws put our country at risk.”
June 13, 2023: Trump is scheduled to make an initial court appearance at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Miami.
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More on Donald Trump-related investigations: https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump | 2023-06-10T02:58:39+00:00 | mynorthwest.com | https://mynorthwest.com/3898958/a-timeline-of-events-leading-to-donald-trumps-indictment-in-the-classified-documents-case/ |
SUNNY ISLES, Fla. – The life of an 11-year-old boy was honored at a ceremony Saturday after he was killed nearly two years ago by a reckless driver in Sunny Isles.
As people drive into town, they’ll see the newly named Anthony Reznik Boulevard on 136th street, a reminder to drivers that it’s not worth driving recklessly.
His mother, Inna Trakhtenberg, told Local 10 News that she wants people know her son’s story.
“I really want people to hear our story and to see how serious it can get,” she said.
Almost two years to the day, Reznik was on a marked crosswalk on Sunny Isles Boulevard when Samentha Toussaint ran a red light and killed him.
Toussaint was never charged for her actions, despite a lengthy history of traffic citations.
Prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to charge her under current Florida law.
“The driver that hit Anthony ran a red light that was red for 17 seconds,” said a man at the ceremony.
Reznik’s loss has created a major effort to improve pedestrian safety, even introducing legislation at the state level.
Trakhtenberg told Local 10 News that she feels “incredible” after seeing the progress that has been made after her son’s death.
Losing her son has not only inspired pedestrian awareness but he has also saved lives.
Tequilla Struggles told Local 10 News that her 5-year-old son needed a heart transplant and received the heart that was once in the chest of Anthony.
“She lost a son and her son saved mine,” said Struggles. “Waylen wouldn’t have made it if he didn’t get a new heart.”
Before being taken off life support, Reznik would save three other lives.
Waylen was one of the people who benefitted from Reznik’s life.
“Martha, she’s a woman who received the liver and the kidney and they both were so sick. They didn’t have too much time to actually wait for organs,” said Trakhtenberg.
Lives were lost and others were changed.
A new family has a new purpose, and the memory of Anthony Reznik will live on forever. | 2023-02-12T16:39:23+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/02/12/11-year-old-killed-by-reckless-driver-in-sunny-isles-gives-5-year-old-chance-at-life/ |
BEIJING (AP) — China’s factory output rebounded in May, adding to a recovery from the latest COVID-induced economic slump after controls that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers eased.
Industrial production rose 0.7% over a year earlier, recovering from April’s 2.9% contraction, government data showed. Consumer spending edged up compared with April but was lower than a year ago.
The data suggest a “lockdown recovery got underway across most parts of the economy,” said Sheana Yue of Capital Economics in a report.
China’s case numbers in its latest wave of infections are low, but the ruling Communist Party’s “zero-COVID” strategy that aims to isolate every person with the virus shut down most businesses in Shanghai starting in late March and suspended access or imposed other restrictions on other industrial cities. That fueled fears global manufacturing and trade might be disrupted.
Most factories, shops and other businesses in Shanghai, Beijing and other cities have been allowed to reopen but are expected to need weeks or months to return to normal activity.
Economists have cut forecasts of China’s growth this year to as low as 2%, well below the ruling Communist Party’s target of 5.5%. Some expect activity to shrink in the quarter ending in June before a gradual recovery begins.
Consumer spending, depressed by jitters over the economic outlook and possible job losses, rose 0.05% in May compared with the previous month but was off 6.7% from a year ago. Investment in factories, real estate and other fixed assets rose 0.7% compared with April.
Chinese leaders have promised tax rebates, free rent and other aid to help businesses recover.
“Following all this weak data, we should expect the government to respond with more fiscal stimulus,” said Iris Pang of ING in a report.
Export growth, reported last week, accelerated to 16.9% in May from the previous month’s 3.7%. Import growth rose to 4.1% from April’s 0.7%. | 2022-06-15T13:35:29+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/chinas-factory-activity-rebounds-as-anti-virus-curbs-ease/ |
‘Above and beyond’: Injured child carried home by concerned crossing guard
NEKOOSA, Wis. (Gray News) - Police in Wisconsin are recognizing a worker for helping keep school students safe in the community.
The Nekoosa Police Department said a school crossing guard recently went above and beyond by carrying an injured student home after school.
According to the department, a kindergarten student injured their ankle while walking home from Humke Elementary School. The injury was so bad that the student was unable to continue to walk.
Marilyn, a crossing guard, noticed that the girl did not come to the intersection, as usual, that afternoon. She said she became concerned and headed toward the school to see if the girl was still coming.
The crossing guard reportedly ended up finding the student on the sidewalk, unable to walk. So, she scooped the girl up and took her home to her parents, who were very grateful.
The police department said it is truly proud of Marilyn and the other dedicated crossing guards in the community for keeping children safe.
“Way to go Marilyn for going above and beyond,” the department shared.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-18T01:47:07+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/2023/02/18/above-beyond-injured-child-carried-home-by-concerned-crossing-guard/ |
BOISE, Idaho — Boise Mayor Lauren McLean announced that Nicole Schafer is now the interim Director of the Office of Police Accountability (OPA).
“Nicole has years of experience as a prosecutor,” said Mayor McLean. “She is well versed in appropriate police conduct and guidelines. In addition, she brings a steady and professional demeanor to her work. I am confident she will serve OPA and the community well.”
Schafer is an experienced attorney that has worked at the Idaho Attorney General's Office, Canyon County and currently works as the Criminal Prosecution Senior Manager for the Boise City Attorney’s office.
In her current position, she is actively involved in training law enforcement, trains and supervises the city's criminal attorneys and screens and charges cases that go to the office for review.
Schafer will keep her current position while she serves as interim OPA director until the position is filled permanently.
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See the latest news from around the Treasure Valley and the Gem State in our YouTube playlist: | 2023-01-11T01:47:50+00:00 | ktvb.com | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/local-boise-mayor-appoints-interim-opa-director/277-6eab7d55-e2a8-444f-a41f-76d3dbcf5dd1 |
Down payment vs. down the aisle: Where a wedding costs more than a home
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Down payment vs. down the aisle: Where a wedding costs more than a home
A beautiful setting for a wedding in a garden at sunset.
When planning for a milestone like a wedding or buying a home, many couples find that they have to choose between the two. Paying for a wedding can be a very big expense, but putting a down payment on a home is also a substantial financial commitment.
Nationally, the average down payment (13%) on the median home sales price was $39,973 in 2021, which is substantially higher than the average wedding cost of $27,063 in the same year. This means that, in most places, having a wedding takes far less cash than buying a home. But that isn’t the case everywhere.
SmartAsset crunched the numbers to identify and rank the cities where getting married is more expensive than buying a home in 2023. This study compared data from 150 of the largest metro areas in the U.S. across two metrics: the average wedding cost and a 13% down payment on the median-priced home. For more details on how we sourced and analyzed our data, read the Data and Methodology section below.
This is SmartAsset’s second study on where getting married is more expensive than buying a home. Check out the 2022 edition here.
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Key findings
A chart showing the 10 states where weddings are more expensive than a house down payment.
– In 23 cities, weddings are the more expensive option. In Peoria, Illinois, a wedding exceeds the cost of a 13% down payment by nearly 41%. But if you were to bump that down payment to the suggested 20%, no cities have average weddings that exceed the cost.
– California will cost you big time. California residents will have the hardest time making both a wedding and a home purchase happen. Metro areas in the Golden State take the top four spots when it comes to the average wedding expenses and the top eight for average home sale price.
Here’s a list of where a walk down the aisle will cost more than the average down payment for a home:
1. Peoria, IL
Peoria county is known for its Grandview Drive, which is two and a half miles of scenic road that Theodore Roosevelt once called “the world’s most beautiful drive.” And this view comes at a price. A wedding in the Peoria metro area costs almost 41% more than a 13% home down payment. And if couples opted to pay for both a wedding and a home in the same year, they would have to foot a bill of at least $41,254.
2. Syracuse, NY
The average price of a wedding in Syracuse is $31,304, which is 31.44% more than a 13% home down payment ($23,816). This metro area is home to rich architectural landmarks and historic buildings, which likely makes it a popular wedding destination. But with home prices among the lowest in our study, putting a 13% home down payment in Syracuse could be more affordable than a wedding.
3. Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
With a limited number of vendors and expensive venues in the area, weddings in Youngstown-Warren-Boardman (commonly referred to by locals as “the Valley”) are almost 25% higher than a 13% home down payment. While it ranks No. 3 on our list, weddings here are still on the less expensive side at $22,373, which lands at No. 26 out of the 150 cities we studied.
4. Cleveland-Elyria, OH
If you wander about 70 miles southeast of “the Valley” you’ll run into Cleveland-Elyria, where the gap between a wedding and a home down payment is only slightly less than its northern relative. Here, there’s a 24.62% difference between the average wedding ($30,919) and a 13% down payment on the average home ($24,811).
5. Rochester, NY
At $31,340, the average cost of a wedding in Rochester, New York, was higher in 2021 than the average wedding cost for the entire top 10, which was $27,919. Rochester weddings tend to be about 24.56% higher than a 13% down payment on the average home in the area, which typically costs $193,544.
6. York-Hanover, PA
York-Hanover residents have the highest home prices of our top 10 with an average home sale price of $224,374. This also means the 13% down payment is on the higher end at $29,169. Even with the bigger price tag, this home down payment was still 16.8% less expensive than the average wedding, which stood at $34,069 (the highest price in our top 10).
7. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA
Fans of the cult classic television show “The Office” will easily recognize the familiar Scranton name, but may be unaware that weddings are actually pricier than home down payments in the area. Making a 13% down payment on a median-priced home in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre area will set you back by $22,936. This is 16.76% cheaper than the average wedding at $26,780.
8. Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
Buffalo-Cheektowaga is the third metro area from New York to rank in our top 10. A wedding here will cost you on average $32,394. This places it at 15.95% higher than a 13% home down payment of $27,938. Buffalo-Cheektowaga is roughly $1,675 cheaper than York-Hanover in Pennsylvania, which is the most expensive average wedding in our top 10.
9. Toledo, OH
Toledo offers a great variety of wedding factors and is also home to a vibrant culinary scene, which can contribute to their average wedding cost of $22,975. The housing market in this metro area is also relatively inexpensive with an average home sales price of $155,663. But with a 13% home down payment sitting at $20,236, a Toledo wedding will cost 13.53% more.
10. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
In the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area, residents have the lowest average wedding cost in the top 10 ($22,908). This is still relatively high, however, considering that it’s 12.91% more than a 13% down payment for a home in the area.
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Data and methodology
A wooden sign reading “Welcome to our wedding.”
To find the places where average wedding costs are more than the typical down payment associated with a home mortgage, we analyzed data for 150 of the largest metro areas in the country. For each area, we considered three metrics:
– Average wedding cost. Data comes from theweddingreport.com and is for 2021.
– Median home sales price. Data comes from Zillow and is for October 2021 and October 2022.
– 13% down payment. The typical down payment for all buyers is 13%, according to the National Association of Realtors. We calculated this by taking 13% of the median home sales price in each metro area.
For each metro area, SmartAsset divided the down payment figure by the average cost of a wedding there. The analysis then ranked the metro areas based on how much more an average wedding costs compared to a 13% down payment on a median-priced home.
This story originally appeared on SmartAsset and has been independently reviewed to meet journalistic standards. | 2023-02-17T21:21:35+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/stacker-money/2023/02/17/down-payment-vs-down-the-aisle-where-a-wedding-costs-more-than-a-home/ |
Edcouch police: 4-year-old crash victim undergoes surgery
A crash in Edcouch sent three people to the hospital, their conditions are currently unknown.
Related story: Edcouch police investigating crash that killed one person
Edcouch police captain Andrew Perez said one of the victims was a 4-year-old boy who underwent surgery Wednesday morning.
The crash happened on Highway 107 and Mile 2 on Tuesday. Perez said an 87-year-old woman died, and a second woman is still hospitalized.
Perez said they were both traveling in the same vehicle, and the second vehicle was carrying a female and the little boy. | 2023-07-20T02:26:00+00:00 | krgv.com | https://www.krgv.com/news/edcouch-police-4-year-old-crash-victim-undergoes-surgery |
HOUSTON (KIAH) – Blue Bell Creameries announced Thursday that it’s dropping a new flavor in time for Valentine’s Day – and for the lesser-known “holiday” National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day on Feb. 4.
The new flavor, I ♥ Cereal, is meant to taste like a bowl of fruity cereal with milk. It has a vanilla ice cream base with confetti sprinkles and pieces of fruity cereal throughout.
The flavor is available in grocery stores in a pint-sized carton.
Blue Bell ice creams are found in the frozen aisles of grocery stores across 22 states, mainly in the South.
The company recently brought back another “highly requested” flavor, Tin Roof, for a limited time only. Tin Roof, which has a base of vanilla ice cream plus chocolate sauce and chocolate-coated peanuts, was still available in the half-gallon size as of early February, Blue Bell said.
The brand often releases new combinations timed with so-called “holidays.” Last summer, they released Oatmeal Cream Pie tubs to celebrate National Ice Cream Month.
There may be more new flavors in the near future. “We have even more delicious surprises to unveil this year,” Carl Breed, the company’s sales manager, teased in a press release. | 2023-02-02T15:20:23+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national-news/blue-bell-releases-new-ice-cream-flavor/ |
Father charged with first-degree murder in beating death of 2-year-old son, police say
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) – A father in Louisiana was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday following the death of his 2-year-old son.
Baton Rouge police said Anderson King, 25, told officers he beat his son Kyland King with a belt, an arrest warrant shows.
The investigation began when officers were called to Ochsner Hospital in Baton Rouge Sunday evening “in reference to a 2-year-old juvenile victim being severely beaten.”
When officers arrived, they learned that King brought his unresponsive son to the hospital where staff attempted life-saving measures but were unsuccessful. Kyland was pronounced dead at the hospital.
According to the arrest warrant, the arresting officer said Kyland had “numerous visible injuries” that were both “old and fresh” across his body.
Police said King initially told officers that Kyland fell down a flight of stairs a few days prior and had injured his eye and head. King said his son had “not acted the same” since the fall but admitted he had not sought medical attention for Kyland.
King told officers that Kyland became unresponsive Sunday evening, but instead of calling 911, he left Kyland and went to get the boy’s mother from work, the warrant states.
Since then, police said King admitted to officers that he beat his son with a belt.
The coroner has ruled Kyland’s death a homicide. Preliminary findings show the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.
Copyright 2022 WAFB via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-09T21:49:33+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/08/09/father-charged-with-first-degree-murder-beating-death-2-year-old-son-police-say/ |
Which Theragun massage gun is better?
For athletes and fitness enthusiasts, finding better ways to warm up muscles and help them recover is a major priority. Massage guns have become a trendy way to do so, with several brands offering multiple high-quality options.
Theragun is one of the biggest brands of massage guns currently available. The company offers several options, the best models being the Theragun Elite and the Theragun Pro. Due to how similar they are, choosing which massage gun is best for you is not easy, but they do have some notable differences.
Theragun Elite
The Theragun Elite is a massage gun built to help stimulate muscles before a workout and help them recover after a workout. The percussive therapy style works to get deeper into muscle tissue, and the multiple attachment heads can help focus the device on specific points in the body.
Theragun Elite pros
The Theragun Elite provides ample options and is comparable to the Theragun Pro in several ways. Boasting five different speed settings (the same number as the Pro), the Theragun Elite can serve as an excellent massage gun for both athletes and fitness enthusiasts. The device is also slightly smaller than the Theragun Pro, making it easier to travel with or store in a gym bag.
Additionally, the massage gun comes with a carrying case and is automatically connected to the Therabody App to help run personalized wellness routines and create customizable speed ranges.
Where the Theragun Elite stands superior to the Pro is its price point. Costing about $200 less than the Pro, the Theragun Elite is a far more affordable massage gun. This allows more prospective buyers and shoppers on a budget to choose the Elite over other options. In fact, the price difference is not huge. Hence, unless the user is a near-professional-level athlete, the Theragun Elite will be the best middle-ground option.
Theragun Elite cons
The biggest downside to the Theragun Elite is its battery life. While still boasting an impressive range of 120 minutes, the Elite comes up a full 30 minutes shorter than the Theragun Pro. Unfortunately, this will mean that users will need to charge the latter more often and eventually require a replacement battery.
Furthermore, the massage gun comes with only five different head attachments. Again, while this will help target the body’s contour and muscles better, the Theragun Pro comes with an additional attachment that provides even more specificity.
The Theragun Elite also has its head locked in one position, making certain body areas harder to reach, especially if the user is doing so alone.
Best Theragun Elite
While older options of the Theragun Elite exist, the only one available on Amazon is the 4th Generation Theragun Elite. This version comes with the latest technology from the company, as it boasts a QX65 motor built with QuietForce Technology to prevent the loud mechanical noises that many other massage guns have.
Theragun Pro
The Theragun Pro is the next step up in massage guns from Therabody’s line of products. With several additional features and a slightly bigger design, the device is often the massage gun of choice for professional sports teams and individual athletes.
Theragun Pro pros
While the Theragun Elite is the perfect middle-ground option, the Theragun Pro is slightly better in nearly every way. In particular, the Theragun Elite has six head attachments, unlike the Theragun Pro’s five attachments, to target specific muscle groups better. The sixth one is a larger and softer one built specifically to help with more sensitive areas, such as bones, and lightly massage out headaches.
The Pro also has a 150-minute battery life that helps users keep massaging for longer without recharging. Additionally, the Pro comes with a secondary battery of the same strength, allowing users to replace it when the first one dies. This also gives users time to recharge the extra battery while still using the Pro.
Moreover, the Pro has a rotating arm that makes the front head more maneuverable. This allows users to massage harder-to-reach places independently without straining or requiring help from another person.
The massage gun also connects to the Therabody app for additional features, including custom speed ranges and has an OLED display for battery life and power force levels.
Theragun Pro cons
The biggest downside to the Theragun Pro is its price point. At nearly $200 more than the Elite, the Theragun Pro may be out of the price range for some prospective buyers. Unfortunately, this may make the massage gun not worth the money for many people.
The massage gun is also larger than the Elite, making it harder to store and travel with. In addition, having more than half a pound of additional weight in your hand can make holding the device less comfortable.
Best Theragun Pro
Again, like the Elite, the only one sold on Amazon is the 4th Generation Theragun Pro. The massage gun uses percussive impacts instead of vibrations to reach deeper into the muscle tissue and help break down lactic acid.
Should you get a Theragun Elite or a Theragun Pro?
The Theragun Elite and the Theragun Pros have major advantages and disadvantages that can make a difference to a potential buyer.
The Theragun Elite is a great massage gun with a lighter and smaller frame that can work at almost the same level of effectiveness as the Pro. The Elite is also significantly less expensive, making it a far more accessible option for most buyers.
The Pro is one of the best massage guns currently on the market. It can accomplish the same feats that the Elite can but with a longer battery life, a rotating arm and an extra head attachment.
For more basic users, the Theragun Elite will do more than enough to be satisfactory while saving them hundreds of dollars.
However, while much more expensive, the Theragun Pro is easily the better product and will be worth every penny if used often. As a result, the Pro is the superior choice for athletes and consumers looking for a professional-grade massage gun.
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THS, East to renew gridiron rivalry
For the first time since 2010, the Tennessee High Vikings and Sullivan East Patriots will play a regular-season football game.
The two rivals separated by just a short drive on Weaver Pike will play Aug. 25 in Bluff City as THS released its 2023 schedule on Monday. The teams did scrimmage this past season at the Stone Castle.
Sullivan East has never beaten the Vikings on the field in the previous 42 meetings, even though a 35-14 triumph by the Vikings in 1998 was later ruled a forfeit when it was discovered Tennessee High used an ineligible player.
The rest of the docket for the Vikings includes home games against Greeneville (Aug. 18), Morristown West (Sept. 1), Abingdon (Sept. 22), Gate City (Sept. 29) and David Crockett (Oct. 6). THS hits the road to face East, Sevier County (Sept. 15), Cocke County (Oct. 13), West Ridge (Oct. 20) and Daniel Boone (Oct. 26). | 2022-12-13T01:29:05+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/sports/tennessee-high-sullivan-east-to-renew-football-rivalry/article_bbaab2e4-7a70-11ed-8e8a-4f3048561eb6.html |
Border chief disputes DHS has ‘operational control’ of the entire US southern border
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz on Wednesday said the US does not have “operational control” of the southern border, contradicting a stance previously taken by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Mayorkas has previously maintained in testimony before lawmakers that the department has operational control of the border, though he’s been more ambiguous in interviews, citing the statutory definition and saying he’s trying to “achieve it.” Mayorkas has often served as the focus of Republicans’ criticism of the Biden administration’s handling of border security.
“Does DHS have operational control of our entire border?” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, a Republican from Tennessee, asked Ortiz on Wednesday as part of a hearing on the situation along the US-Mexico border.
“No, sir,” Ortiz responded.
Green followed up with a clip from Mayorkas maintaining that his department has control.
“Do you think Secretary Mayorkas is lying there?” Green asked.
Ortiz declined to say whether Mayorkas was lying, saying: “About 10 years ago we used operational control as a measuring stick of our effectiveness along the southwest border. My new strategy is geared toward mission advantage.”
The exchange was part of Wednesday’s hearing on what Republicans described from the outset as Mayorkas’ “border crisis.” The hearing took place in south Texas.
In his opening remarks, Ortiz underscored the challenges facing his agents amid an influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border, telling lawmakers that in some areas, his agency faces “a crisis situation.”
“The migration flow represents challenges, and in some areas, a crisis situation,” Ortiz said.
The chief also recalled the September 2021 surge of Haitians in Del Rio, Texas, calling it “chaotic.”
“We had over 20,000 people show up in one place in a short period of time,” he said, adding that agents provided food and aid, and noting that he remains proud of horse patrol, which came under scrutiny.
“I accepted and continue to accept full responsibility for the actions taken,” he added.
In January, the administration rolled out a new process that allows migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti to apply to come to the US. That process had previously been for Venezuelans. Those who don’t apply can be turned back under the Covid-era border restriction, known as Title 42.
Since the process was implemented, encounters along the US-Mexico borders have dropped to the lowest monthly amount since February 2021 and remained lower last month.
Democrats on the House Homeland Security committee did not attend the panel’s Wednesday field hearing in Texas. “Unfortunately, it has become clear that Republicans planned to politicize this event from the start, breaking with the Committee’s proud history of bipartisanship,” ranking member Bennie Thompson said in a statement to CNN Tuesday. White House spokesperson Ian Sams also accused Republicans of “playing partisan games at the border” and suggested that they should “honestly explain to (Ortiz) why they want to slash the funding needed to combat fentanyl trafficking, stop unlawful border crossings, and conduct other important law enforcement efforts at the border.”
Republicans have seized on Mayorkas’ previous comments in testimony that the department maintains operational control of the border, though the secretary recently explained the challenges in doing so.
Mayorkas told CNN’s Chris Wallace last month that his goal is to “achieve operational control” of the border.
Pressed by Wallace on what it means for the border to be secure and if it means people aren’t illegally crossing the border, Mayorkas said: “Of course not. By that measure, the border has never been secure, right?”
Asked again by what measure the border is secure, Mayorkas said: “There is not a common definition of that. If one looks at the statutory definition, the literal interpretation of the statutory language, if one person successfully evades law enforcement at the border, then we have breached the security of the border.”
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WFPD sees increase in fentanyl overdose
15 people in Wichita Falls dead due to fentanyl overdose.
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - Fentanyl abuse overdoses and deaths are on the rise in Texoma. Police are warning the public after they’ve seen a massive increase in the number of deaths from Jan. to July 2022.
The Wichita Falls Police Department held a conference to address the issue following a recent case involving the seizure of 35 pounds of fentanyl in Lawton.
Wichita Falls chief of police, Manuel Borrego, said they have seen an increase in fentanyl-related deaths specifically among teenagers as young as 14 years old.
The WFPD is taking a stand in efforts to stop the rise in fentanyl-related deaths... That’s why moving forward, anyone distributing counterfeit fentanyl that causes an overdose will be charged with homicide whether or not the intent was a factor.
“You know with other drugs like meth and the various drugs we’ve dealt with in the past. Parents usually had some run time. They had signs that their kids were into drugs and they could intervene and get them help. You don’t have that run time with this. One pill can do it,” district attorney John Gillespie said.
Parents are being advised to have a serious discussion with their teenagers to educate them on what can happen if they take even the smallest amount of fentanyl.
So far this year there have been 15 deaths in Wichita falls related to a fentanyl overdose.
Copyright 2022 KAUZ. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-27T00:54:26+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2022/08/27/wfpd-sees-increase-fentanyl-overdose/ |
BLOOMINGTON — Preventative maintenance is oftentimes the best maintenance, especially when it comes to roadways.
Yes, lane reductions and traffic redirections can be a pain, especially when they fall in the path of your daily commute. But it's much easier, and cheaper, to take care of, say, a sinkhole before it becomes one.
That's exactly what was going on at the intersection of Washington and East streets in downtown Bloomington during the first week of March.
"One of the (sewer) pipes had crushed or collapsed and they had to replace a segment of it," said Kevin Kothe, director of Public Works for Bloomington.
If left untreated, he said, "the eroding under the road would have continued, and a hole would have come up to the surface."
The city contracted George Gildner Inc. and Seth's Saw Service LLC to look under the street after a noticeable dip formed in the southwest corner of the intersection and crosswalk downtown.
Kothe said most of the sewer pipes in the oldest parts of Bloomington are made of clay. "Clay is inert," he said. "There's no chemicals to deteriorate it, but it's brittle."
Sometimes other work can cause the earth beneath to settle or otherwise crack the pipes, or they can simply shift, he said.
"Whether it be groundwater or a leak somewhere," Kothe said, "that water can travel through the earth ... it's gradually eroding the earth away."
That erosion can create "a void" underneath the pipe so that "the road's not supported anymore, the pipe's not supported anymore," Kothe said.
"As soon as you get a leak somewhere ... you can get that erosion over time and you get these sinkholes that form over time."
So, crews patched up the pipe where it had broken, and then they sent a camera further upstream to check for more damage, Kothe said.
The crews found two other sections that were "compromised," as Kothe put it.
All told, work took eight days to complete. "The city added an upstream manhole on the public sewer main approximately 60 feet west for access purposes," Kothe said.
That is much preferable to driving straight into a hole in the Earth. | 2023-03-21T20:59:23+00:00 | pantagraph.com | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/road-crews-prevent-sinkhole-in-downtown-bloomington/article_abb14966-c75a-11ed-9ccc-cf60a17efeec.html |
A new Twitter account is tracking the state government jet used by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — and providing updates after the plane lands.
Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old who created the popular Twitter page tracking billionaire Elon Musk's private jet, recently debuted the new account following the Florida governor.
Sweeney told NPR that he doesn't have a specific goal in mind for @DeSantisJet other than to "share the information and make it available to everybody that might be interested."
He said he had been intending to create an account following Florida's government jet and eventually got around to it, given the buzz around the expected Republican presidential hopeful.
"It was on my list to do, and with all the things going on, I thought it would be good to bring transparency there to everybody and bring my abilities for everyone else to see where the jet is going," Sweeney said.
Neither the Florida governor's office nor a DeSantis political spokesperson replied to a request for comment.
Flew from Tallahassee to Tampa and back on 5-17 pic.twitter.com/Eg6K4e63Po
— Ron DeSantis's jet (Tracking) (@DeSantisJet) May 19, 2023
It's not uncommon for governors — especially those in large states — to take government-owned planes or helicopters on official business. But DeSantis has been criticized for how he's used taxpayer-funded aircraft in the past.
The nonprofit watchdog Integrity Florida said recently that the governor was traveling on a state plane to attend events that resembled campaign rallies, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The group's research director, Ben Wilcox, accused DeSantis of "really blurring the lines between what is considered campaign activity and his public duties of the office," a charge the governor's office denied.
The Twitter account notes that tracked flights "do not guarantee that DeSantis is onboard." Sweeney, an information technology major at the University of Central Florida, said he may also try to track any flights DeSantis takes on the private planes of his political donors.
In December, the account Sweeney created to track Musk's jet was was suspended after Musk bought Twitter and said the account posed a personal safety risk.
A version of the account is back up but provides tracking information on Musk's jet with a 24-hour delay. The page following DeSantis's jet is also delayed by one day.
Sweeney also posts flight tracking information for certain jets he follows on other social media platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-05-24T13:48:34+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2023-05-24/the-new-twitter-account-desantisjet-tracks-the-florida-governors-air-travel |
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States and the Philippines on Tuesday launch their largest combat exercises in decades that will involve live-fire drills, including a boat-sinking rocket assault in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait that will likely inflame China.
The annual drills by the longtime treaty allies called Balikatan — Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder — will run up to April 28 and involve more than 17,600 military personnel. It will be the latest display of American firepower in Asia, where Washington has repeatedly warned China over its increasingly aggressive actions in the disputed sea channel and against Taiwan.
The Biden administration has been strengthening an arc of alliances in the Indo-Pacific to better counter China, including in a possible confrontation over Taiwan.
That dovetails with efforts by the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to defend its territorial interests in the South China Sea by boosting joint military exercises with the U.S. and allowing rotating batches of American forces to stay in more Philippine military camps under a 2014 defense pact.
About 12,200 U.S military personnel, 5,400 Filipino forces and 111 Australian counterparts are taking part in the exercises, the largest in Balikatan’s three-decade history. America’s warships, fighter jets as well as its Patriot missiles, HIMARS rocket launchers and anti-tank Javelins, would be showcased, according to U.S. and Philippine military officials.
“We are not provoking anybody by simply exercising,” Col. Michael Logico, a Philippine spokesman for Balikatan, told reporters ahead of the start of the maneuvers.
“This is actually a form of deterrence,” Logico said. “Deterrence is when we are discouraging other parties from invading us.”
In a live-fire drill the allied forces would stage offshore for the first time, Logico said U.S. and Filipino forces would sink a 200-foot (61-meter) target vessel in Philippine territorial waters off the western province of Zambales this month in a coordinated airstrike and artillery bombardment.
“We will hit it with all the weapons systems that we have, both ground, navy and air,” Logico said.
That location facing the South China Sea and across the waters from the Taiwan Strait would likely alarm China, but Philippine military officials said the maneuver was aimed at bolstering the country’s coastal defense and was not aimed at any country.
Such field scenarios would “test the allies’ capabilities in combined arms live-fire, information and intelligence sharing, communications between maneuver units, logistics operations, amphibious operations,” the U.S. Embassy in Manila said.
Washington and Beijing have been on a collision course over the long-seething territorial disputes involving China, the Philippines and four other governments and Beijing’s goal of annexing Taiwan, by force if necessary.
China last week warned against the intensifying U.S. military deployment to the region. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a regular news briefing in Beijing that it “would only lead to more tensions and less peace and stability in the region.”
The Balikatan exercises were opening in the Philippines a day after China concluded three days of combat drills that simulated sealing off Taiwan, following Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week in California that infuriated Beijing.
On Monday, the U.S. 7th Fleet deployed guided-missile destroyer USS Milius within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef, a Manila-claimed coral outcrop which China seized in the mid-1990s and turned into one of seven missile-protected island bases in the South China Sea’s hotly contested Spratlys archipelago. The U.S. military has been undertaking such “freedom of navigation” operations for years to challenge China’s expansive territorial claims in the busy seaway.
“As long as some countries continue to claim and assert limits on rights that exceed their authority under international law, the United States will continue to defend the rights and freedoms of the sea guaranteed to all,” the 7th Fleet said. “No member of the international community should be intimidated or coerced into giving up their rights and freedoms.”
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Find more AP coverage of the Asia-Pacific region at https://apnews.com/hub/asia-pacific | 2023-04-11T01:28:43+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/world-news/us-philippines-hold-largest-war-drills-near-disputed-waters/ |
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has chugged ahead with another outsized interest rate increase, underlining its drive to subdue high inflation even as the European economy slows and the U.S. Federal Reserve eases its pace of hikes.
The bank raised its key benchmarks by half a percentage point Thursday and vowed a similar move in March. The Frankfurt-based policymakers are moving aggressively to get on top of price spikes that have slowed from record highs but are still hurting households in the 20 countries that use the euro currency.
The bank said it “will stay the course in raising interest rates significantly at a steady pace and in keeping them at levels that are sufficiently restrictive to ensure a timely return of inflation to its 2% medium-term target.”
The Bank of England also went big with a half-point hike Thursday, but the Fed pulled back a day earlier, slowing to a quarter-point hike.
While ECB President Christine Lagarde essentially announced the move in December and the bank noted Thursday that a March hike was in the offing, her remarks at a news conference will be scrutinized for clues about how much further policymakers intend to go this year in tightening credit for banks, consumers, businesses and governments.
The bank said in a statement that “keeping interest rates at restrictive levels will over time reduce inflation by dampening demand and will also guard against the risk of a persistent upward shift in inflation expectations.”
The ECB’s bigger moves compared to the Fed partly reflect a later start in raising rates in July, four months after the U.S. central bank made its first increase, and from lower levels. That means more ground to make up.
Raising rates makes it more expensive for consumers to borrow for purchases like homes and cars and for companies to fund expansions. That is designed to cool demand for goods that push up consumer prices, which increased 8.5% in the eurozone last month from a year earlier.
While still high, the annual rate has dropped three months in a row after reaching a record high of 10.6% in October.
Inflation is one of the key factors holding back economic growth, robbing consumers of spending power as higher food and energy prices consume their paychecks.
High energy prices tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine have driven up utility bills for households and businesses, which have passed on those extra costs to shoppers and diners. That’s been the major driver of European inflation, which is well above the ECB’s target of 2% considered best for the economy.
Workers across continental Europe and in the United Kingdom have been holding strikes and protests to demand that their pay keep pace with the soaring cost of living.
While interest rate hikes are the usual cure for inflation, they also mean people are facing sharply higher mortgage rates to buy homes and banks that are becoming more restrictive with loans.
And central bank action can hold back economic growth if they go too far. The eurozone’s economy already has stagnated — it grew only 0.1% in the last three months of 2022.
ECB officials say decisive action now will prevent inflation from becoming ingrained in wages, prices and people’s expectations and force more drastic action later. Bank officials say economic growth should recover more strongly later in the year, expecting a 0.5% increase in output – still less than 3.5% in 2022.
The ECB’s benchmark for lending now stands at 3%, and the rate on deposits left overnight by commercial banks is 2.5%. The key U.S. federal funds rate after Wednesday’s meeting is at 4.5% to 4.75%. | 2023-02-02T14:09:02+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-european-central-bank-set-to-outdo-fed-with-half-point-hike/ |
Last year, Denver made Juneteenth — the day celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States — an official holiday. But you wouldn't know it by looking at city parking meters.
Over a year later, Denver’s meter stickers still haven’t been updated to reflect the new holiday as one of those for which city parking is free. As a result, someone who looked at them in the days leading up to June 19 may accidentally pay to park in a garage or outdoor lot somewhere under the assumption that they don't have time to feed the meter or simply don't want to.
Then there's the possibility of people accidentally putting change into a meter, not realizing that Juneteenth is an official city holiday now.
"The meter won't stop someone from putting coins into it," notes Nancy Kuhn, marketing and communications manager for Denver's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.
Luckily, DOTI has some plans in place to make sure no one gets duped while enjoying the Juneteenth festivities.
“The actual parking meter screens on Juneteenth will indicate no payment required due to the holiday and won’t accept credit cards," Kuhn notes. "So the sticker in this case is secondary to these other measures."
As for people's change, she says, "the meter will not register/process the coins." But it will still eat them.
Last year, Juneteenth was on a Sunday, when parking is free anyway. This year, June 19 falls on a Monday.
The holiday marks the first news of the Emancipation Proclamation reaching enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 — two years after the proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. General Gordon Granger and Union troops spread the news in Galveston, Texas. The day was celebrated unofficially by people in the Black community for over a century before President Joe Biden made it a federal holiday in 2021.
Federal Reserve banks and the U.S. Postal Service won’t operate on the holiday, and most other banks and schools are expected to follow suit. Juneteenth was the first holiday added to the federal calendar since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.
Colorado followed suit in May 2022 — making Juneteenth the state's eleventh official holiday — after Governor Jared Polis signed a bill passed by the state legislature. Denver has a long history of celebrating Juneteenth in years past, particularly in the Five Points neighborhood.
Kuhn confirms that DOTI is looking into an update to the parking meter stickers to reflect the new holiday, since it also needs to update stickers describing Denver’s 100-foot parking rule, which city council members changed in May 2023.
“After time limit is reached you MUST move your vehicle at least 100’ from this space for 24 hours,” meters currently read.
Thanks to the rule change, cars in areas with meters must now move 700 feet to be considered re-parked. The city is using the opportunity to update both those stickers and the ones that list holidays on meters to include Juneteenth.
“We’re getting quotes now for new stickers and plan to install updated stickers this summer,” Kuhn says.
DOTI plans to reinforce the message that parking is free on Juneteenth on social media, and the city will also issue a holiday press release.
Enjoy the free parking and the celebration with one of the events on Westword’s list. | 2023-06-15T19:13:31+00:00 | westword.com | https://www.westword.com/news/denver-parking-free-on-juneteenth-but-city-meters-dont-say-so-17097038 |
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and deep earthquake shook Indonesia’s capital and other parts of the main island Java on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.
High-rises in Jakarta, the capital, swayed for several seconds and some ordered evacuations.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook at a depth of 123.7 kilometers (76.9 miles) centered 14 km (8.7 miles) northwest of Ciranjang-hilir in West Java province, the same province where a magnitude 5.6 earthquake on Nov. 21 in Cianjur city killed at least 334 people and injured nearly 600.
It was the deadliest in Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed about 4,340 people. It also struck at a shallower depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
Earthquakes occur frequently across the sprawling archipelago nation, but it is uncommon for them to be felt in Jakarta.
The country of more than 270 million people is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin known as the “Ring of Fire.”
In 2004, an extremely powerful Indian Ocean quake set off a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia’s Aceh province. | 2022-12-08T12:21:08+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/science/ap-science/ap-deep-5-8-magnitude-quake-shakes-indonesias-capital/ |
SAN ANTONIO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets are now on sale for the Tasting Texas Wine + Food Festival hosted by Culinaria and Visit San Antonio and flavored by the James Beard Foundation. October 27-30, San Antonio will host top culinary leaders from the U.S. and Mexico and showcase their talents at events ranging from tastings, intimate dinners, outdoor lunches, hands-on workshops, educational panels, and more. Festival attendees will be able to customize their gastronomic experience by choosing between all-inclusive festival packages or a-la-carte options starting from $100.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
- The Collective: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, noon – 6:00 p.m., Travis Park
- Southern Hospitality: Friday, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., Pearl
- Celebrate Agave: Saturday, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., Travis Park
- Lunches and Dinners: Thursday – Saturday
- Seminars and Workshops: Thursday – Saturday
TICKET PACKAGES
- Super VIP – $1,025
- The Weekender – $600
- Just the Collective – $300
To buy tickets and access the full schedule, chef and beverage lineup, hotel partners, travel hosts, and more, visit TastingTexas.com.
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Beloit area government meetings Clint Wolf Clint Wolf Author email Feb 20, 2023 Feb 20, 2023 Updated 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tuesday, Feb. 21- Beloit Landmarks Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 100 State St.- School District of Beloit Teaching, Learning, Equity and Pupil Services Committee, 5:30 p.m., Kolak Center, 1500 Fourth St.- School District of Beloit Human Resources Committee, 6:30 p.m., Kolak Center, 1500 Fourth St.- School District of Beloit Board of Education, 7 p.m., Kolak Center, 1500 Fourth St.- South Beloit School District Board of Education, 7 p.m., 850 Hayes Ave.- Rockton Village Budget and Finance Committee, 6 p.m., Village Hall, 110 E. Main St., Rockton, Ill.- Rockton Village Board, 7 p.m., Village Hall, 110 E. Main St., Rockton, Ill.- Roscoe Village Board, 6:30 p.m., Village Hall, 10631 Main St., Roscoe, Ill.Wednesday, Feb. 22- Beloit Community Development Authority, 4:30 p.m., City Hall, 100 State St.- Beloit Plan Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 100 State St.Thursday, Feb. 23- Rock County Planning and Development Committee, 8 a.m., second floor Rock County Courthouse East, 51 S. Main St., Janesville.- Rock County Board of Supervisors, 6 p.m., Courtroom H, fourth Floor, Rock County Courthouse, 51 S. Main St., Janesville. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Clint Wolf Author email Follow Clint Wolf Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Recommended for you Trending Now Rockford teen accused of shooting death Phone threat received at Beloit Memorial Hospital Pinnon Meats plans a third location in Beloit Beloit City Council approved two traffic changes to promote safety Monroe woman killed in two vehicle crash in Rock County Newsletters Sign up today!Get our newsletters delivered right to your inbox. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Screentime e-Edition Screentime
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Posted: Jan 23, 2023 / 01:38 PM CST Updated: Jan 23, 2023 / 01:38 PM CST SHARE WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury finds four Oath Keepers guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 case, weeks after conviction of group’s leader. | 2023-01-24T15:33:26+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/politics/ap-jury-finds-four-oath-keepers-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy-in-jan-6-case-weeks-after-conviction-of-groups-leader/ |
BONNER, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials captured two young female sibling grizzly bears, releasing one back into the wild and euthanizing the other due to an infection stemming from losing a front left paw.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said Friday it captured the 2-year-old females on May 29 after they remained close to homes in the Blackfoot Valley about 10 miles from the town of Bonner in western Montana.
The agency said the healthy sibling weighed about 130 pounds and the other about 90 pounds. The healthy grizzly was fitted with a radio collar and released into an undisclosed location.
It's not clear how the injured grizzly lost its paw, but a bicyclist found a grizzly bear paw on April 11 on a road where, last fall, a sow grizzly and three yearling cubs had been seen.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Bear Manager Jamie Jonkel told The Missoulian that the agency is waiting on DNA results to see if the captured bears were part of the family group that included a male sibling. The mother grizzly had been known to raid sheds and garages north of Missoula.
There have been no reports on the mother or male sibling this spring. | 2022-06-04T17:45:15+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Montana-officials-euthanize-grizzly-bear-release-17219707.php |
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government on Wednesday rejected as a “political lie” a report by The Wall Street Journal that Beijing tried to recruit informants in the Federal Reserve system to obtain U.S. economic data.
The report, citing an investigation by a Senate panel, adds to accusations of Chinese computer hacking and other efforts to steal U.S. commercial and government information.
The report “has no factual basis,” said a foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian.
The Journal said Chinese authorities tried to recruit employees of regional Fed banks by offering contracts. It said an employee who visited Shanghai in 2019 during U.S.-Chinese trade tension was threatened with prison to pressure the employee to disclose data including about tariffs.
“The report you mentioned is a political lie fabricated by a few Republican lawmakers who harbor ill intentions,” Zhao said in response to questions at a regular news briefing. He blamed “China-phobia and persecution mania.”
The Journal said the Senate panel’s report gave no indication whether sensitive information was lost in the decade-long effort that began in about 2013. It said internal Fed information could give insight into economic analysis, financial system oversight and interest rate policy. | 2022-07-27T22:30:34+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/international/ap-international/china-rejects-report-it-tried-to-obtain-federal-reserve-data/ |
MENLO PARK, Calif., April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI) today reported revenues and earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, net income was $122 million, or $1.14 per share, on revenues of $1.716 billion. Net income for the prior year's first quarter was $168 million, or $1.52 per share, on revenues of $1.815 billion.
"Our first-quarter results were largely in line with expectations," said M. Keith Waddell, president and chief executive officer at Robert Half. "Protiviti led the way with its 22nd consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth. Talent solutions performed well against a backdrop of client hiring caution and tight labor markets. We remain very optimistic about our ability to navigate the uncertain global macroeconomic environment and are well positioned to benefit as the macro landscape improves.
"Our employees across the globe made possible a number of company accolades in the first quarter. We are proud to have earned three prestigious awards from Fortune — the inaugural America's Most Innovative Companies, the 100 Best Companies to Work For and, for the 26th consecutive year, the Most Admired Companies. We were also recognized by Forbes as a Best Employer for Diversity just yesterday," Waddell concluded.
Robert Half management will conduct a conference call today at 5 p.m. EDT. The prepared remarks for this call are available now in the Investor Center of the Robert Half website (www.roberthalf.com/investor-center). Simply click on the Quarterly Conference Calls link. The dial-in number is 888-394-8218 (+1-323-994-2093 outside the United States and Canada). The confirmation code to access the call is 7679792.
A taped recording of this call will be available for replay beginning at approximately 8 p.m. EDT on April 26 and ending at 8 p.m. EDT on May 24. To access the replay, visit https://webcasts.com/RobertHalfQ12023. The conference call also will be archived in audio format on the Company's website at roberthalf.com.
Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm that connects people with meaningful work and provides companies with the talent and subject matter expertise they need to confidently compete and grow. Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti®, a global consulting firm that provides internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting solutions. Robert Half, including Protiviti, has been named to the Fortune® Most Admired Companies™ and Most Innovative Companies lists and is a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity.
Robert Half has operations in more than 400 locations worldwide.
Certain information contained in this press release and its attachments may be deemed forward-looking statements regarding events and financial trends that may affect the Company's future operating results or financial positions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees or promises that goals or targets will be met. These statements may be identified by words such as "estimate," "forecast," "target," "project," "plan," "intend," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," or variations or negatives thereof, or by similar or comparable words or phrases. In addition, historical, current, and forward-looking information about the Company's ESG and compliance programs, including targets or goals, may not be considered material for SEC reporting purposes and may be based on standards for measuring progress that are still developing, on internal controls, diligence, or processes that are evolving, and on assumptions that are subject to change in the future. Forward-looking statements are estimates only, based on management's current expectations, currently available information and current strategy, plans, or forecasts, and involve certain known and unknown risks and, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict and often beyond our control and are inherently uncertain. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: changes to or new interpretations of U.S. or international tax regulations; the global financial and economic situation; the duration and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate its spread; changes in levels of unemployment and other economic conditions in the United States or foreign countries where the Company does business, or in particular regions or industries; reduction in the supply of candidates for contract employment or the Company's ability to attract candidates; the entry of new competitors into the marketplace or expansion by existing competitors; the ability of the Company to maintain existing client relationships and attract new clients in the context of changing economic or competitive conditions; the impact of competitive pressures, including any change in the demand for the Company's services; the Company's ability to maintain its margins; the possibility of the Company incurring liability for its activities, including the activities of its contract employees, or for events impacting its contract employees on clients' premises; the possibility that adverse publicity could impact the Company's ability to attract and retain clients and candidates; the success of the Company in attracting, training, and retaining qualified management personnel and other staff employees; the Company's ability to comply with governmental regulations affecting personnel services businesses in particular or employer/employee relationships in general; whether there will be ongoing demand for Sarbanes-Oxley or other regulatory compliance services; the Company's reliance on short-term contracts for a significant percentage of its business; litigation relating to prior or current transactions or activities, including litigation that may be disclosed from time to time in the Company's SEC filings; the ability of the Company to manage its international operations and comply with foreign laws and regulations; the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; the possibility that the additional costs the Company will incur as a result of healthcare reform legislation may adversely affect the Company's profit margins or the demand for the Company's services; the possibility that the Company's computer and communications hardware and software systems could be damaged or their service interrupted; and the possibility that the Company may fail to maintain adequate financial and management controls, and as a result, suffer errors in its financial reporting.
Additionally, with respect to Protiviti, other risks and uncertainties include the fact that future success will depend on its ability to retain employees and attract clients; there can be no assurance that there will be ongoing demand for broad-based consulting, regulatory compliance, technology services, public sector or other high-demand advisory services; failure to produce projected revenues could adversely affect financial results; and there is the possibility of involvement in litigation relating to prior or current transactions or activities.
Because long-term contracts are not a significant part of the Company's business, future results cannot be reliably predicted by considering past trends or extrapolating past results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update information contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, and notwithstanding any historical practice of doing so.
A copy of this release is available at www.roberthalf.com/investor-center.
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
The financial results of Robert Half International Inc. (the "Company") are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") and the rules of the SEC. To help readers understand the Company's financial performance, the Company supplements its GAAP financial results with the following non-GAAP measures: adjusted gross margin; adjusted selling, general and administrative expense; combined segment income; and as adjusted revenue growth rates.
The following measures: adjusted gross margin and adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses include gains and losses on investments held to fund the Company's obligations under employee deferred compensation plans. The Company provides these measures because they are used by management to review its operational results.
Combined segment income is income before income taxes, adjusted for interest income and amortization of intangible assets. The Company provides combined segment income because it is how management evaluates performance.
As adjusted revenue growth rates represent year-over-year revenue growth rates after removing the impacts on reported revenues from the changes in the number of billing days and foreign currency exchange rates. The Company provides this data because it focuses on the Company's revenue growth rates attributable to operating activities and aids in evaluating revenue trends over time. The impacts from the changes in billing days and foreign currency exchange rates are calculated as follows:
- Billing days impact is calculated by dividing each comparative period's reported revenues by the number of billing days for that period to arrive at a per billing day amount. Same billing day growth rates are then calculated based on the per billing day amounts. Management calculates a global, weighted-average number of billing days for each reporting period based upon inputs from all countries and all functional specializations and segments.
- Foreign currency impact is calculated by retranslating current period international revenues, using foreign currency exchange rates from the prior year's comparable period.
The non-GAAP financial measures provided herein may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in the Company's industry, as other companies may calculate such financial results differently. The Company's non-GAAP financial measures are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to amounts presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company does not consider these non-GAAP financial measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is provided on the following pages.
The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted gross margin to reported gross margin for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses to reported selling, general and administrative expenses for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
COMBINED SEGMENT INCOME (UNAUDITED):
(in thousands)
The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP combined segment income to reported income before income taxes for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
The non-GAAP financial measures included in the table above adjust for the following items:
Billing Days. The "As Reported" revenue growth rates are based upon reported revenues. Management calculates the billing day impact by dividing each comparative period's reported revenues by the number of billing days for that period to arrive at a per billing day amount. Same billing day growth rates are then calculated based on the per billing day amounts. Management calculates a global, weighted-average number of billing days for each reporting period based upon input from all countries and all functional specializations and segments.
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The term "As Adjusted" means that the impact of different billing days and constant currency fluctuations are removed from the revenue growth rate calculation. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP year-over-year revenue growth rates to the "As Reported" year-over-year revenue growth rates is included herein, on Pages 10-12.
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. (NYSE: FHS).
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According to a filed complaint, First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) the new rules, regulations and policies to be implemented by the Chinese government following the Two Sessions parliamentary meetings were far more severe than represented to investors and posed a material adverse threat to the Company and its business; (b) contemplated Chinese regulations and rules regarding private education were leading to a slowdown of government approval to open new educational facilities which would have a negative effect on FHS's enrollment and growth; and (c) as a result, representations made in connection with the Company's initial public offering regarding FHS's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a factual basis.
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Singer on Tuesday rolled out its latest restomod based on the 964-generation Porsche 911, a car the California company refers to as the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo.
As its name suggests, the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo combines two previous Singer restomods, the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study and the Turbo Study, into one car.
For readers not acquainted with Singer’s back catalog, the company has essentially created a lightweight wide-body Porsche 911 powered by a turbocharged engine. To ensure that it really stands out, the company has also added new bodywork inspired by the Porsche 934/5 race car that dominated the Trans Am Series in 1977.
“I was 12 when my father’s friend showed us his Super 8 film of the 1977 Watkins Glen 6 Hours,” Rob Dickinson, Singer’s chairman and founder, said in a statement. “As the familiar face of a Porsche 911 morphed into impossibly boxed hips, gaping intakes, and a giant double-planed rear wing, I can still remember the shock and the realization that this was the other life of the 911…the racing car. Since Singer began, I’ve wanted to return to that moment, collaborate with our clients, and celebrate that car, the 934/5.”
Singer said it developed the restomod at the request of customers but also to link its current involvement with the Hertz Team Jota’s entry of a Porsche 963 LMDh in the 2023 World Endurance Championship with Porsche’s turbocharged endurance race cars of the late 1970s. Singer designed the livery used on Hertz Team Jota’s 963.
Singer has presented two examples of the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo, one designed with a track focus (finished in Blood Orange) and the other a road focus (finished in Moet Blanc). The key differences between the two are in aerodynamics and suspension tuning.
Each features carbon-fiber body work that helps reduce weight while increasing stiffness, as well as new aerodynamic elements designed to add downforce while also improving cooling. Cooling is important as the engine in the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo is air-cooled, just like the stock engine of the donor 964 911.
Singer starts with the stock engine and turns it into a 3.8-liter flat-6 with twin turbochargers, four valves per cylinder, electric wastegates, an air-to-water intercooler, and a high-flow exhaust. The resulting engine is capable of revving to more than 9,000 rpm and delivering more than 700 hp, according to Singer.
Additional components of the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo include a 6-speed manual transmission, carbon-ceramic brake rotors, and forged magnesium centerlock wheels (19-inch front and 20-inch rear) wrapped in the choice of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 or Cup 2R tires.
Singer plans to present the cars at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. next month. They will also be present during 2023 Monterey Car Week in California in August.
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- 2024 Aston Martin Vantage spy shots and video | 2023-06-28T21:56:34+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/automotive/internet-brands/singer-channels-the-porsche-934-5-for-its-latest-custom-911/ |
New Hampshire man sentenced after pleading guilty to negligent homicide for using cellphone before striking bicyclist
New Hampshire man sentenced after pleading guilty to negligent homicide for using cellphone before striking bicyclist
AND WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET. A NEWPORT MAN WILL SPEND AT LEAST THREE YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE. THE SULLIVAN COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS ALVIN CHAPMAN WAS DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK BACK ON JANUARY WHEN HE HIT DANIEL THURSTON, WHO WAS RIDING HIS BIKE IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE ON JOHN STARK HIGHWAY. THURSTON DIED AT THE SCENE.
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New Hampshire man sentenced after pleading guilty to negligent homicide for using cellphone before striking bicyclist
A Newport man will spend at least three years in prison after pleading guilty to negligent homicide.According to the Sullivan County attorney's office, Albon Chapman was driving a pickup truck on Jan. 3 when he hit Daniel Thurston, who was riding his bike in the breakdown lane on John Stark Highway. Thurston died at the scene.An investigation revealed Chapman was using his cellphone at the time, officials said.
NEWPORT, N.H. —
A Newport man will spend at least three years in prison after pleading guilty to negligent homicide.
According to the Sullivan County attorney's office, Albon Chapman was driving a pickup truck on Jan. 3 when he hit Daniel Thurston, who was riding his bike in the breakdown lane on John Stark Highway.
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Thurston died at the scene.
An investigation revealed Chapman was using his cellphone at the time, officials said. | 2022-09-28T16:30:47+00:00 | wmur.com | https://www.wmur.com/article/newport-new-hampshire-crash-guilty-plea/41425173 |
According to REACH Market Research, dermatologists agree that Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia (FFA) is generally more difficult to treat, and less likely to have an optimal response to treatment than Alopecia Areata (AA).
NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the June 2022 approval of Eli Lilly's Olumiant (baricitinib), the AA market landscape has been dynamic with two more oral JAK inhibitors (e.g., Pfizer's ritlecitinib and SUN/Concert Pharmaceutical's deuruxolitinib) likely to be approved in the next year. In contrast, there is no FDA-approved treatment for FFA, a rare hair loss condition with a high clinical and psychosocial burden marked by frontal hairline recession and inflammation causing itching, pain, and burning.
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Currently, FFA patients are managed primarily with off-label:
- Corticosteroids
- JAK inhibitors
- Non-steroidal immunosuppressants
However, JAK inhibitor use is not widespread (<10% of patients) mostly due to insurance restrictions. Physicians are eager for treatment options indicated specifically for FFA able to achieve complete response defined as stopping hair loss and inflammatory progression of the disease. Currently, about half of all patients achieve this goal, as one interviewed dermatologist states: "The condition will eventually burn out spontaneously, so we are preventing follicular loss in patients who are going to otherwise lose a lot of their hair permanently."
Despite the high unmet need for effective treatments, the FFA pipeline is sparse, with few options under investigation including:
- LEO Pharma's topical pan-JAK delgocitinib
- Pfizer's TEC/JAK3 ritlecitinib through an investigator-initiated study
With no indication that Pfizer plans to apply for a label extension, there is opportunity for other pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments for FFA and own a significant share of the market.
Pooja Patel, Analyst at REACH: "With very few therapies in development for FFA, dermatologists will continue to rely upon off-label treatments. Although the first approved therapy will likely be a JAK inhibitor, dermatologists agree they would like to see more research into the pathophysiology of the disease to identify more druggable targets such as the IL-17/23 pathway, interferon gamma, and retinoic acid receptors."
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The lead investigator of Brazil’s sprawling match-fixing scandal said he has uncovered potential evidence of wrongdoing by players in other countries, and he hopes foreign authorities will use his team’s findings to start probes of their own.
Goias state District Attorney Fernando Cesconetto said in interviews with The Associated Press between Saturday and Monday that the case of Colorado Rapids midfielder Max Alves, who was reportedly named in the probe, could be prosecuted in the United States.
“There are some conversations regarding contacts of bettors from here with athletes abroad. And in its due moment that will be shared (with foreign authorities),” Cesconetto told. “(Alves’) own club preemptively suspended the athlete after news reports from here. Sharing our investigation so it can be investigated there is the natural path.”
O Globo reported last week that Alves, who is Brazilian, had been named in the probe. The Rapids of Major League Soccer confirmed in a statement that a player suspended in connection with the case is a member of their squad, but did not identify him. Alves has not commented publicly.
The investigation began in November, focusing on three matches, and has widened to 11 games, though some were in lower leagues. The matches spanned the second half of 2022 and the first three months of this year, the district attorney said.
Investigators said players were offered between $10,000 and $20,000 to perform specific actions, like receiving yellow cards and giving out penalty kicks. Alleged criminals would profit on betting sites.
Local media reported that suspected criminals mentioned having contacts in Greece and Lithuania, which Cesconetto did not confirm.
“There’s still a lot of material to be looked into,” he said. “We are more focused on what happened here in Brazil.”
Some of the cooperation with foreign authorities could also come via Brazil’s federal police. Justice Minister Flavio Dino said on Wednesday that he will launch a national investigation into match-fixing. The country’s congress is also expected to start its own probe this week.
The Brazilian soccer confederation (CBF) said in a statement it had asked the government to investigate so it can “centralize all the information about the cases under investigation.”
A series of videos aired by TV Globo on Sunday showed suspects celebrating when players allegedly involved in the scheme were booked or committed penalties in Serie A, Serie B or state championship matches.
Another video showed a man holding a pistol and suggesting he could shoot Santos defender Eduardo Bauermann because the player had allegedly failed to deliver.
The AP had access to the case against Bauermann and other players. Evidence with Goias investigators suggests Bauermann exchanged text messages offering to fix matches and suggested in November he could bring in two of his teammates to help the scheme. Bauermann’s attorneys have denied wrongdoing by their client.
Also on Monday, prosecutors of Brazil’s sports court recommended the preemptive suspension of eight players who were charged by Cesconetto last week.
One player named in media reports who has not been charged, 37-year-old right back Nino Paraiba, had his contract with top-flight team America terminated. Other Brazilian clubs made similar decisions last week.
“It is a minority of matches, a minority of athletes who are willing to do this,” the Goias state district attorney said. “These are people who tried to fool the betting companies as they searched for an easy profit. And they did it in organized and repeatable fashion.”
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AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-16T04:50:59+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/sports/ap-sports/brazils-soccer-match-fixing-scandal-has-international-reach-investigator-says/ |
A man wanted on several child molestation charges in Pennsylvania has been arrested in Laredo, according to court documents.
Diego Aparicio, 20, arrived at an international bridge in Laredo on May 8.
During an inspection, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered that Aparicio was wanted out of Berks County in Pennsylvania.
He had warrants out for his arrest for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child by sexual conduct and sexual assault of a child, authorities said.
Aparicio was taken to the Webb County Jail, where he awaits extradition. | 2023-05-12T18:30:59+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/laredo-cbp-officers-apprehend-man-sought-child-18096462.php |
Former President Trump's company set for criminal trial in off-books pay scheme
More than three years after Manhattan prosecutors started investigating Donald Trump — after going to the Supreme Court twice to gain access to his tax records — the only criminal trial to arise from their efforts is about to begin.
No, the former president isn't going on trial. His company is.
The Trump Organization, the holding company for Trump's buildings, golf courses and other assets, is accused of helping some top executives avoid income taxes on compensation they got in addition to their salaries, like rent-free apartments and luxury cars.
Trump signed some of the checks at the center of the case but he is not charged with anything and is not expected to testify or attend the trial, which starts Monday with jury selection.
If convicted, the Trump Organization could be fined more than $1 million — but that's not the only potential fallout.
Trump's ardent supporters aren't likely to abandon him, no matter the outcome, but a guilty verdict could hamper his company's ability to get loans and make deals. New York City, for one, could use the legal cloud as new justification for seeking to oust the company from running a city-owned golf course.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, has said that his office's investigation of Trump is "active and ongoing," and that no final decision has been made on whether he could face criminal charges in the future.
Trump, a Republican, has decried the probe as a "political witch hunt."
The Trump Organization has said it did nothing wrong and that it looks forward "to having our day in court."
Judge Juan Manuel Merchan expects the criminal tax fraud trial, heavy on financial records and expert testimony, to take at least four weeks once a jury is seated. Given Trump's fame as a businessman and polarizing politician, it could take a while to find jurors who feel they can judge the case impartially.
The star witness for the prosecution is expected to be Allen Weisselberg, one of Trump's most trusted senior executives.
Weisselberg pleaded guilty in August to taking in over $1.7 million worth of untaxed perks from the company, including school tuition for his grandchildren, a Manhattan apartment and Mercedes cars for him and his wife.
His testimony comes as part of a plea agreement that requires him to serve up to five months in New York City's Rikers Island jail complex, though he could be released after a little more than three with good behavior. The former Trump Organization chief financial officer must also pay nearly $2 million in taxes, penalties and interest and complete five years of probation.
Weisselberg, 75, has intimate knowledge of the Trump Organization's financial dealings from nearly five decades at the company, but he is not expected to implicate Trump or any members of the Trump family in his testimony.
In pleading guilty, Weisselberg pinned blame for the scheme on himself and other top Trump Organization executives, including senior vice president and controller, Jeffrey McConney.
McConney was granted limited immunity to testify last year before a grand jury and could also make an appearance on the witness stand at the trial. The company's director of security, Matthew Calamari Jr., the son of chief operating officer Matthew Calamari Sr., also received immunity for grand jury testimony.
When the Trump Organization and Weisselberg were indicted in 2021, prosecutors called the tax scheme "sweeping and audacious" and said it was "orchestrated by the most senior executives."
Besides Weisselberg, two other Trump Organization executives, who were not identified by name, also received substantial under-the-table compensation, including lodging and the payment of automobile leases, the indictment said.
"The purpose of the scheme was to compensate Weisselberg and other Trump Organization executives in a manner that was 'off the books,'" the indictment said.
The Trump Organization is the entity through which the former president manages his many ventures, including his real estate investments, his many marketing deals and his TV pursuits.
Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, have been in charge of day-to-day operations since he became president. Because the criminal trial involves charges against the corporate entity, not any individuals, the Trumps won't be held personally liable if a jury returns a guilty verdict.
The criminal case is one of two legal cases working their way through the New York courts that threaten to chip away at the gold-plated façade of Trump's empire.
Last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil lawsuit accusing Trump and the Trump Organization of misleading banks and others for years about the value of his assets. The civil suit seeks $250 million and a permanent ban on Trump doing business in the state.
A court hearing is scheduled in that matter for Oct. 31 as James seeks an independent monitor to oversee the Trump Organization's activities after she alleged the company was taking steps to dodge potential penalties, such as incorporating a new entity named Trump Organization II.
Those aren't the only legal challenges Trump faces as he weighs a potential comeback campaign for president.
Last week, Trump gave sworn deposition testimony in a lawsuit brought by magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says he raped her in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room.
Meanwhile, the FBI is continuing to investigate Trump's storage of sensitive government documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
A special grand jury in Georgia is investigating whether Trump and others attempted to influence state election officials.
On Friday, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena to Trump. | 2022-10-23T17:42:44+00:00 | 4029tv.com | https://www.4029tv.com/article/trumps-company-criminal-trial-off-books-pay-scheme/41745123 |
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Joey Hauser had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Pierre Brooks scored 14 points and Michigan State beat Northern Arizona 73-55 on Monday night in a season opener.
Hauser and Brooks each made a 3-pointer during a 10-0 run to put Michigan State ahead 18-4. The Spartans led by at least eight points the rest way, including 34-20 at the break. Brooks' fourth 3-pointer gave Michigan State its largest lead of the game at 59-38.
A. J. Hoggard added nine points with eight assists for Michigan State. Hauser and Brooks each made four 3-pointers as Michigan State went 9 of 27.
Jalen Cone led Northern Arizona with 20 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. Liam Lloyd added 11 points, but the Lumberjacks shot just 31.7% from the field.
Cone scored 12 of Northern Arizona's 20 first-half points as his teammates combined to shoot 3 for 18.
The Spartans play No. 2 Gonzaga on an aircraft carrier in San Diego on Friday. Then it's No. 4 Kentucky in Indianapolis and No. 16 Villanova at home. At the Phil Knight Invitational in Oregon, they will face No. 20 Alabama along with possibly No. 21 Oregon and top-ranked North Carolina.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Suggesting that New Jersey's recent concealed carry law infringes on the public's Second Amendment rights, a federal judge on Monday put a temporary hold on the legislation drafted after the U.S. Supreme Court expanded gun rights last year.
A legal challenge to the new law hinges in part on the argument that it effectively makes much of the state a “sensitive place” where carrying a firearm is barred. The plaintiffs argued the legislation barred carrying on private property as well.
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U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb seemed convinced of that argument.
“As Plaintiffs lament, the challenged provisions force a person permitted to carry a firearm in New Jersey to navigate a ‘veritable minefield,’” she wrote. “Their view is a legitimate one. The Court knows of no constitutional right that requires this much guesswork by individuals wanting to exercise such right.”
In her 60-page opinion, Bumb said the plaintiffs hold valid concealed carry permits and were being deprived of their Second Amendment rights, which “constitutes irreparable injury, and neither the State nor the public has an interest in enforcing unconstitutional laws.”
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Three members of Second Amendment rights groups who also have carry permits filed the suit soon after Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the legislation just before Christmas.
Murphy's office issued a statement Monday criticizing the temporary restraining order as lacking “serious justification."
The law stemmed directly from the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision that struck down a New York state law requiring people to show proper cause to get a carry license. The ruling affected states with similar laws, including New Jersey, where carry applicants had to show justifiable need to get a permit.
The overhauled New Jersey legislation instituted a number of changes. Among them are a requirement for permitted carriers to have liability insurance and for increased training for a permit. It also entailed a list of places where carrying a firearm would be prohibited, including schools, libraries, bars and sports arenas among other places. | 2023-01-09T22:26:25+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Judge-halts-New-Jersey-s-stricter-gun-carry-law-17705910.php |
Don Bosco Prep won three of the final four bouts to come back and narrowly defeat Rumson-Fair Haven 39-36, in Rumson.
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Braves vs. Phillies Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - June 20
Tuesday's contest between the Atlanta Braves (46-26) and the Philadelphia Phillies (38-34) at Citizens Bank Park should be a tight matchup, as our computer prediction projects a final score of 5-4, with the Braves taking home the win. First pitch is at 6:40 PM ET on June 20.
This contest's pitching matchup is set, as the Braves will send Spencer Strider (7-2) to the mound, while Ranger Suarez (1-2) will take the ball for the Phillies.
Braves vs. Phillies Game Info & Odds
- When: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 6:40 PM ET
- Where: Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- How to Watch on TV: TBS
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Braves vs. Phillies Score Prediction
Our pick for this game is Braves 5, Phillies 4.
Total Prediction for Braves vs. Phillies
- Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
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Braves Performance Insights
- The Braves have played as the favorite in 10 of their past 10 games and won eight of those contests.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Atlanta and its opponents have combined to hit the over seven times.
- The Braves have three wins against the spread in their last five chances.
- The Braves have won 40, or 64.5%, of the 62 games they've played as favorites this season.
- Atlanta has a record of 29-13 in games when oddsmakers favor them by at least -150 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Braves, based on the moneyline, is 60%.
- Atlanta is among the highest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking third with 395 total runs this season.
- The Braves have the sixth-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (3.79).
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Seattle police arrested two men in separate child kidnapping attempts a few hours apart on Tuesday, authorities said.
At 11 a.m., a man allegedly tried to force a 10-year-old girl he did not know into a car in the 6500 block of 45th Avenue Northeast in the View Ridge neighborhood, the Seattle Police Department said in a blotter item.
A witness intervened and the man fled, leaving the child behind, police said. Officers found his car in Fremont, arrested him and booked him into the King County Jail.
Police are still investigating the incident.
Shortly before 1 p.m., a 45-year-old man grabbed a 7-year-old boy who was walking with his grandmother on Second Avenue, lifting him off his feet, police said.
The boy’s grandmother held onto him as a passerby helped fend off the man. Police found the man, who appeared to be in crisis, several blocks away and booked him into the King County Jail. | 2022-08-31T06:14:37+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/two-men-arrested-in-separate-child-kidnap-attempts-in-seattle/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Wes Montgomery is often regarded as the greatest jazz guitarist of all time.
A new documentary set to premiere Feb. 26 explains why.
“Nobody’d ever done a film documentary on Wes Montgomery? You’ve got to be kidding! It almost became a crusade — somebody’s got to do this!” Kevin Finch of Jukeboxer Productions said.
Finch wrote, produced and directed the first film documentary on the legendary Hoosier called Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery.
The documentary pulls from hours of interviews with the Montgomery family, historians, and experts on the scene.
“He let the music do the talking…There was this thing — an amazing ear of his and this memory that he had to translate from here to here,” he said.
Montgomery wasn’t your typical musical genius — he got a late start to the craft.
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ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Brandyn Talbot scored 15 points as UT Arlington beat Northern Kentucky 60-56 on Tuesday.
Talbot shot 5 for 8 from beyond the arc for the Mavericks (3-3). Aaron Johnson-Cash scored 14 points and added five rebounds. Shemar Wilson shot 3 of 4 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line to finish with nine points.
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Xavier Rhodes and Marques Warrick each scored 18 points for the Norse (2-3). Sam Vinson had eight points and six rebounds.
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INCHEON, South Korea, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 5, 2023, the opening ceremony of the Overseas Korean Affairs Office was held in Incheon, South Korea.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol attended the ceremony and wished for the development of the Overseas Korean Affairs Office.
Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok said, "We welcome the relocation of the Overseas Korean Administration to Songdo, Incheon, which was a pledge of President Yoon, and we will do our best to build a global Korean community by closely connecting the overseas Korean community and establishing a foundation for mutual development."
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HONG KONG and BEIJING, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Madison Auction is excited to present 2022 Madison August Live Auction at 10 am (HKT), Saturday, August 20th in Hong Kong, the stunning 555 lots of which includes 407 lots of wines (includes 130 lots of Bordeaux, 211 lots of Burgundy, 33 lots of American cult wines, 16 lots of Champagne, etc.), 43 lots of whiskies, with a total estimate of HK$23,000,000 - HK$39,000,000.
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As the first Hong Kong based luxury lifestyle auction house, Madison Auction hosts auctions for the unique pool of high-net-worth clients from APAC and other regions. Madison Auction continues to accept consignments at 0% seller's commission throughout the year for upcoming sales.
In addition to Hong Kong, Madison Auction will also set up salerooms in Shanghai and Shenzhen, allowing more mainland bidders to simultaneously attend the auction via live streaming. And even more specifically, the Shanghai saleroom will be jointly hold by Madison Auction and FGA together, with various industry entrepreneurs, elites, enthusiasts, and KOLs to be invited to present an extraordinary auction experience.
407 Lots Wine (Lots 1 – 407)
Of these 407 lots of wines, about 30% are from Bordeaux, 50% from Burgundy, 10% from Napa Valley.
Steal a glance, you will see a beautiful Arnaud Ente collection that haven't appeared on market for a long time (Lot 207-211). Bizot has been one of the hottest items among Burgundy collectors, and there are quite a few lots from 2012-2015 vintages with perfect conditions (Lot 36, 37, 212-218).
Besides these splendid and bright young generations, this auction does not lack reputable classic wineries. There are couple sets of DRC assortments in original wooden cases (Lot 160 & 161), Contis from legendary vintages (Lot 177 & 191), and even a set in banded wooden case (Lot 355). Leroy is certainly the other top Burgundy; besides the most applauded Musigny (Lot 219 & 220), there is also one bottle of the rarest Corton-Charlemagne from 2008 (Lot 163), one of the greatest vintages for Burgundy whites.
Bordeaux lovers, there are many classic Châteaus in their best drinking windows, such as Vieux Château Certan 1989 (Lot 102). Several large formats, such as the 1985 Le Pin double magnum (Lot 84), will certainly add icing on the cake to your collections.
The 1999 Salon in original wooden case (Lot 145 & 146) or the Jacques Selosse disgorged in early years (Lot 376-379) may excite all Champagne collectors.
Napa fanatics, now Madison Auction presents to you the top producers in the 70s-90s, including the superb vintage 1994 (Lot 182, 370). Some other rare and collectible wines are 2007 Rayas Blanc (Lot 148), 1988 Soldera (Lot 71), Château d'Yquem 80s vintage assortment ((Lot 95), and SQN Mr.K (Lot 400).
43 Lots Spirit (Lots 408 – 450)
The highly acclaimed Sake Mujaku is extremely difficult to find on market, there are two lots of back-vintage (Lot 408 & 409) to all sake aficionados.
Also from Japan, highly-limited bottles from the most reputable distilleries such as Karuizawa, Hanyu, etc. If you are a Japanese whisky enthusiast, you may also appreciate「和馨」(Lot 442), Hibiki limited editions (Lot 447 & 448) such as Aritayaki (有田燒) and Kutani Yaki (九谷燒).
The full set of Edition No.1-No.6 (Lot 423), the Archival Series Folio 4 (Lot 422), and Diamond Jubilee 2012 Queen Elizabeth Anniversary (Lot 420) to complete the Macallan collection.
Recommendation
2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Assortment
Lot 160 | 10 Bottles, Banded OWC
Est. HK$ 320,000 - HK$ 600,000
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru (1)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche Grand Cru (2)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru (1)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru (2)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échézeaux Grand Cru (2)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru (2)
1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Assortment
Lot 161 | 12 Bottles, OWC
Est. HK$ 600,000 - HK$ 1,100,000
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru (1)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche Grand Cru (3)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru (2)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru (2)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échézeaux Grand Cru (2)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru (2)
DRC Assortments are always the hot but rare property in the auction, for those with the original wooden cases (OWC) are undoubtedly the Helen in the Trojan war! Vintage 1999 and 2011 are both collectible and drinkable for Burgundy, with only one beauty available each, it is time to move her heart.
1998 Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru
Lot 219 & 220 | 1 Bottle | RP 96 | 585 bottles produced
Est. HK$ 260,000 - HK$ 400,000
The vintage 1998 is beginning to reveal its distinctive aromas and style of Leroy, a top Musigny producer known for its low yields and high quality. Hunt the true gems now.
2008 Domaine Leroy Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Lot 163 | 1 Bottle | BH 93 | 1,510 bottles produced| Capsule: Perfectly waxed
Est. HK$ 65,000 - HK$ 100,000
Leroy Corten-Charlemagne shares its reputation with the same appellation of Coche-Dury. 2008 is a great vintage of Burgundy whites and well worth the price.
Domaine Arnaud Ente Mixed Lot (1)
Lot 210 | 4 Bottles+1 Magnum
Est. HK$ 30,000 - HK$ 55,000
2014 Domaine Arnaud Ente Meursault, Clos des Ambres (4)
2014 Domaine Arnaud Ente Volnay 1er Cru, Santenots-du-Milieu (1 Magnum)
A well-lauded Meursault producer in recent years. This mixed lot shall lead people on a fantastic journey to discover the charm of Arnaud Ente's Reds & Whites.
Suntory 「和馨」Blended Whisky
Lot 442 | 1 Bottle, Singe OC | Alc: 43%, Vol: 700ml
Est. HK$ 45,000 - HK$ 75,000
This blended whisky is aged in the old Mizunara casks from Yamazaki Distillery including a 1984 vintage, created by the 4th generation of Suntory's Chief Blender Shinji Fukuyoa. Only 539 bottles of this limited-edition masterpiece were released, and it is no longer available for sale.
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Feds will appeal mask ruling only if mandate still needed
The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not appeal a federal district judge's ruling that ended the nation's federal mask mandate on public transit unless the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the requirement is still necessary.
In a statement released a day after a Florida judge ended the sweeping mandate, which required face coverings on planes and trains and in transit hubs, Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said officials believe that the federal mask order was "a valid exercise of the authority Congress has given CDC to protect the public health." He said it was "an important authority the Department will continue to work to preserve."
Coley said the CDC had said it would continue to assess public health conditions, and if the agency determined a mandate was necessary for public health, the Justice Department would file an appeal.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below.
A pilot declared over the loudspeaker on a cross-country Delta Air Lines flight that passengers were no longer required to wear masks, eliciting cheers from the cabin and prompting some on board to immediately toss their face coverings onto their seats.
"Feel free to burn them at will," a train conductor told New Jersey commuters Tuesday. Other passengers were confused, startled and angered by the abrupt change, however, especially those who booked trips in the belief that their unvaccinated children would be traveling in a masked environment.
A federal judge's decision Monday to throw out a mask requirement on public transportation did away with the last major vestige of federal pandemic rules and led to a mishmash of new locally created rules that reflected the nation's ongoing division over how to battle the virus.
Major airlines and airports in places like Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City quickly switched to a mask-optional policy. New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Connecticut continued to require them on mass transit. But a host of other cities ditched their mandates, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continued to recommend masking on transportation.
Brooke Tansley, a television producer and former Broadway performer, boarded a flight with her 4-year-old and 8-month-old baby— neither old enough to be vaccinated — only to learn the mask mandate had ended mid-flight.
"Very very angry about this," she said in a tweet, noting that her baby was too young to wear a mask.
For many, though, the news was welcome. A video showed some passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight cheering and applauding as they took off their masks upon hearing the announcement they were now optional. One man could be seen happily twirling his mask on his finger.
On a Southwest Airlines flight Monday from Detroit to Nashville, the change to optional status was incorporated into the safety announcements, prompting murmurs and fist pumps from some passengers and no audible complaints.
At the Seattle airport, Deb McLane continued to wear a mask because of the crowds but said she was "thankful that it's not being forced on us anymore."
In Portland, Oregon, transit employees were immediately working on taking down "mask required" announcements and signs, but said it would likely take several days to remove everything.
The city joined Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Kansas City, Missouri, and two of Alaska's largest cities, Anchorage and Juneau, in making masking optional on mass transit.
"We know our riders have mixed feelings about the mandate ending," Portland's public transit agency, TriMet, posted on social media. "We ask everyone to be respectful of others as we all adjust to this change."
Some passengers at Chicago's Union Station said the rules were confusing. Both Amtrak and Metra, the regional commuter rail service, said masks still are required, but some passengers walking through the station didn't wear them.
"It's like this patchwork of different rules and enforcement of it," said Erik Abderhalden, who wore a mask as he waited for a Metra train to his home in suburban Naperville. "I mean, it's like Swiss cheese ... there's no uniformity and it seems pretty laissez faire."
The Chicago Transit Authority also said it still will require masks on city trains and buses, for now.
Subway rider Cooper Klinges was pleased that New York City's public transit system wasn't following the trend and planned to keep its mask requirement in place. As he waited at a train station in Brooklyn, New York, he said he canceled a flight earlier this year over concerns about the virus.
"I don't think we are out of the woods yet," said Klinges, a teacher, citing concerns about the BA.2 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus. "It is still around. We have to still stick it out."
The ride-sharing companies Lyft and Uber announced on their websites Tuesday that masks will now be optional while riding or driving.
The national mask rule for travelers was one of the last of the pandemic restrictions still in place. It sparked online flame throwing between those who felt they were crucial to protecting people and those who saw it as an unnecessary inconvenience or even government overkill.
Some flight attendants found themselves cursed and even attacked by passengers who refused to comply.
In a 59-page lawsuit ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority in issuing the original health order on which the TSA directive was based. She also said the order was fatally flawed because the CDC didn't follow proper rulemaking procedures.
The Justice Department declined to comment when asked if it would seek an emergency stay to block the judge's order.
While airline and mass transit passengers around the country were ditching masks, the White House made clear that those traveling with President Joe Biden to New Hampshire on Tuesday would be required to keep face coverings on "in line with CDC guidance." A Biden administration official also said there were no changes expected to the pre-departure testing requirement for international passengers bound to the U.S.
Asked Tuesday if people should still wear masks on planes, Biden replied: "That's up to them."
The CDC had recently extended the mask mandate, which was set to expire Monday, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S. But the court ruling puts that decision on hold.
After a winter surge fueled by the omicron variant that led to record hospitalizations, the U.S. has seen a significant drop in virus spread in recent months that led most states and cities to drop mask mandates.
But several Northeast cities have seen a rise in hospitalizations in recent weeks, leading Philadelphia to bring back its mask mandate.
The federal mask requirement for travelers was the target of months of lobbying from the airlines, which sought to kill it. The carriers argued that effective air filters on modern planes make transmission of the virus during a flight highly unlikely. Republicans in Congress also fought to kill the mandate.
"We are relieved to see the U.S. mask mandate lift to facilitate global travel as COVID-19 transitions to a more manageable respiratory virus — with better treatments, vaccines and other scientific measures to prevent serious illness," Delta announced in a news release.
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Hollingsworth reported from Mission, Kansas, and Crawford from Chicago. Associated Press writers David Koenig in Dallas, Michael Balsamo and Will Weissert in Washington and Karen Matthews in New York contributed to this report. | 2022-04-20T00:28:13+00:00 | krgv.com | https://www.krgv.com/news/feds-will-appeal-mask-ruling-only-if-mandate-still-needed |
Fort Wayne teen in life-threatening condition after hit-and-run
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WISH) — A teen is in life-threatening condition after a hit-and-run in Fort Wayne Sunday, police say.
At 1:36 p.m. Sunday, officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a vehicle accident at the intersection of Saint Joe Center Road and North Arlington Parkway. Dispatchers advised officers that a grey Dodge Charger struck a motorcycle. The 911 caller advised the driver of the motorcycle was in the roadway not moving.
When officers arrived on scene, they found a male teenager lying in the street unresponsive. Medical services arrived shortly after and transported the teen to a local hospital for treatment. The teen suffered life-threatening injuries and is currently being treated at the time of this article.
According to investigators, the Dodge Charger and the motorcycle were the only vehicles involved in the collision. The Charger was traveling east bound on Saint Joe Center Road attempting to go through the intersection at Arlington Parkway. The motorcycle was traveling north on Arlington Parkway and attempted to make a right turn onto Saint Joe Center Road when it turned in front of the Charger. The Charger struck the rear of the motorcycle. A male adult was driving the Charger.
It is unknown at this time who may have had the right-of-way.
Officers attempted to make contact with the driver at his home and calling his cell phone, but no contact was made. Officers are still attempting to locate the driver. It is unknown if the driver of the Charger had any injuries. | 2023-07-03T04:57:06+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/fort-wayne-teen-in-life-threatening-condition-after-hit-and-run/ |
MADRID (AP) — Spain may be facing political gridlock and possibly a new election, but a national ballot produced one result that will be welcomed across the capitals of Europe: a far-right party aiming to get its hands on the levers of power was thwarted.
Spain’s Vox party, with its ultranationalist bent, lost support among voters in Sunday’s election, dashing its hopes to be a kingmaker and enter a governing coalition that would have given the far right its first share of power in Spain since Francisco Franco’s 20th century dictatorship.
The mainstream conservative Popular Party won the election, but performed well below polling data that had forecast it could oust Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez if it formed a government with Vox as a junior partner.
Even though Sánchez’s Socialists finished second, they and their allied parties celebrated the outcome as a victory since their combined forces gained slightly more seats than the Popular Party and Vox. The bloc that would likely support Sánchez totaled 172 seats, while parties on the right had 170.
“This is a major victory for the left,” Dr. Jason Xidias, a lecturer in Political Science at New York University’s Madrid campus, said Monday.
Political horse-trading in coming weeks, when smaller regional parties could offer their support for a government in return for concessions, will be “very complicated,” Xidias said.
The closer-than-expected outcome placed a question mark over Spain’s future leadership. But the Popular Party insisted it could not be denied its shot at forming a government.
“Nobody would understand it now if (other parties) all came together to prevent the party that won the elections from becoming the government,” the PP’s deputy secretary Miguel Tellado told public broadcaster RTVE on Monday.
Sánchez put together Spain’s first ever coalition government, which took power in Jan. 2020. Sánchez has been Spain’s prime minister since 2018.
Socialist voter Delphine Fernández said she hopes Sánchez can stay in power. She is crossing her fingers that she and the 37 million Spaniards called to vote don’t have to do it all over again like in 2019, when Sánchez had to score back-to-back election victories before he was able to forge a coalition government.
“It was always going to be difficult. Now we are (practically) tied, but let’s see if we can still govern,” said Fernández, a lawyer. “I don’t want to vote again in a few weeks. It’s now or never.”
But the chances of Sánchez picking up the support of the 176 lawmakers needed to have an absolute majority in the Madrid-based Lower House of Parliament are not great.
The divided results have made the Catalan separatist party Junts (Together) key to Sánchez forming a government. But if Junts asked for a referendum on independence for northeast Catalonia, that would likely be far too costly a price for Sánchez to pay.
“We won’t make Pedro Sánchez PM in exchange for nothing,” Míriam Nogueras of Junts said.
With all votes counted, the Popular Party collected 136 seats of the 350 up for grabs. Even with the 33 seats that the far-right Vox got and the one seat going to an allied party, the PP was still seven seats short of a majority.
The Socialists gathered 122 seats, two more than they previously held. Sánchez could likely call on the 31 seats of its junior coalition partner Sumar (Joining Forces) and several smaller parties to at least total more than the sum of the right-wing parties, but also would fall four short of a majority unless Junts joined them.
“Spain and all the citizens who have voted have made themselves clear. The backward-looking bloc that wanted to undo all that we have done has failed,” Sánchez told a jubilant crowd gathered at Socialists’ headquarters in Madrid.
After his party took a beating in regional and local elections in May, Sánchez could have waited until December to face a national vote. Instead, he stunned his rivals by moving up the vote in hopes of gaining a bigger boost from his supporters.
Sánchez can add this election night to yet another comeback in his career that has been built around beating the odds. The 51-year-old had to mount a mutiny among rank-and-file Socialists to return to heading his party before he won Spain’s only no-confidence vote to oust his Popular Party predecessor in 2018.
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo seemed even more unlikely to put together a majority.
Feijóo focused the PP’s campaign on what he called the lack of trustworthiness of Sánchez. The Socialists and other leftist parties, meanwhile, drummed on the fear of having Vox in power as a junior partner in a PP-led coalition.
A PP-Vox government would have meant another EU member moved firmly to the right, a trend seen recently in Sweden, Finland and Italy. Countries such as Germany and France are concerned about what such a shift would portend for EU immigration and climate policies.
Vox, however, lost 19 seats from four years earlier. The election took place during Spain’s six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, and a strong Vox showing would have sent shockwaves through EU politics.
Feijóo sought to distance the PP from Vox during the campaign. But Sánchez, in moving up the election, made the campaign coincide with the PP and Vox striking deals to govern together in town halls and regional governments following the May ballots.
Vox campaigned on rolling back gender violence laws. And both the PP and Vox agreed on wanting to repeal a new transgender rights law and a democratic memory law that seeks to help families wanting to unearth the thousands of victims of Franco’s regime still missing in mass graves.
“PP has been a victim of its expectations, and the Socialists have been able to capitalize on the fear of the arrival of Vox. Bringing forward the elections has turned out to be the right decision for Pedro Sánchez,” said Manuel Mostaza, director of Public Policy at the Spanish consulting firm Atrevia.
Spain’s new Parliament will meet in a month. King Felipe VI then appoints one of the party leaders to submit him or herself to a parliamentary vote to form a new government. Lawmakers have a maximum period of three months to reach an agreement. Otherwise, new elections would be triggered.
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Wilson reported from Barcelona. AP journalists Aritz Parra, Renata Brito, David Brunat, Iain Sullivan, María Gestoso, Alicia Léon and José María García contributed to this report. | 2023-07-25T06:29:10+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-specter-of-right-wing-entering-spanish-government-fades-after-inconclusive-national-election/ |
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — There was no mourning tent for 23-year-old Palestinian Zuhair al-Ghaleeth. There were no banners with his portrait, no chants celebrating his martyrdom.
Instead, a bulldozer dropped his bullet-riddled body into an unmarked grave, witnesses said.
The day after six masked Palestinian gunmen shot and killed al-Ghaleeth over his suspected collaboration with Israel, his family and friends refused to pick up his body at the morgue, the public prosecution said. He was buried in a field cluttered with discarded animal bones and soda cans outside the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
It was a grim end to a short life. The April 8 killing in the Old City of Nablus — the first slaying of a suspected Israeli intelligence collaborator in the West Bank in nearly two decades — riveted the Palestinian public and cast a spotlight on the plight of collaborators, preyed on by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The case has laid bare the weakness of the Palestinian Authority and the strains that a recent surge in violence with Israel is beginning to exert within Palestinian communities.
“It feels like we’re in war times,” said 56-year-old Mohammed, who heard shouting that night, followed by gunshots. He ventured out of the Ottoman-era bathhouse where he works to find his neighbor, al-Ghaleeth, motionless on the ground, his eyes rolled up and mouth agape. A crowd of Palestinians swelled around his bloodied body. “Collaborator!” they yelled. “Spy!”
The scene had an eerie familiarity, Mohammed said, as if the horrors of the First and Second Intifadas, or Palestinian uprisings, were being replayed: Paranoia turning Palestinians against each other. Rumors ruining lives. Vigilante violence spiraling out of control. Like all witnesses interviewed about the incident, Mohammed declined to give his last name for fear of reprisals.
The angry gathering around al-Ghaleeth's body quickly turned into a protest of the Palestinian Authority, which administers most Palestinian cities and towns in the West Bank. The cries against al-Ghaleeth's perceived betrayal took on new meaning as the crowds directed their anger toward the deeply unpopular self-rule government, which ordinary Palestinians accuse of collaboration with Israel for coordinating with Israeli security forces.
“It was chaos,” acknowledged Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official. Palestinian security forces fired tear gas. Medics rushed al-Ghaleeth to a Nablus hospital, where they tried to resuscitate him but could not get a pulse. A medical report seen by The Associated Press said al-Ghaleeth died of gunshot wounds in his lower extremities at 10:15 p.m.
The next morning, as word spread that al-Ghaleeth had been building a house in the nearby village of Rujeib, Palestinians swarmed the construction site, poured gasoline over the unfinished walls and set them on fire.
The public prosecution is still investigating al-Ghaleeth’s killing and has yet to announce arrests.
But an independent armed group known as the Lion’s Den, which has risen to prominence in the past year, seemed to take responsibility.
In the Old City of Nablus, where al-Ghaleeth lived and died, the Lion's Den has brought together militants from the secular nationalist Fatah party and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. The young men — disillusioned with the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process and with the undemocratic Palestinian Authority — have made the Old City a sort of private fiefdom.
After news of al-Ghaleeth’s death broke, the Lion’s Den declared that “the traitor was liquidated."
“A traitor sells his homeland and his value as a human being for money,” commander Oday Azizi wrote on Facebook.
Lion’s Den member Tyseer Alfee said the killing was a warning. "We want all to see the fate of those who collaborate with the Israeli occupation,” he wrote in a text message when asked why al-Ghaleeth was shot publicly in the bustling marketplace, his body left for residents to find.
A grainy video purporting to show al-Ghaleeth confess to his collaboration was posted on social media and quickly garnered many views. In the four-minute clip, al-Ghaleeth — looking tired and swallowing hard several times — tells how Israeli agents used footage of him having sex with another man as blackmail.
He said an Israeli recruiter ordered him to gather intelligence on Lion's Den leaders to help the military target them. After each mission, he said, the Israeli agent gave him 500 shekels (about $137) and a carton of Marlboro cigarettes.
Two members of the Lion's Den, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said that after months of suspicion, they began following al-Ghaleeth around. They caught him surveilling another militant and detained him. They described a six-hour videotaped interrogation, with just a clip leaked to social media to protect sensitive information about the group. "He confessed to everything after 30 minutes, maybe in hopes we wouldn’t kill him,” one said.
The public prosecution said it filed the online video as additional evidence in the case.
But the confession raised as many questions as it answered, evoking the fraught judicial processes of grisly executions in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip — both those considered legal and those with little or no due process.
Since its 2007 takeover of the enclave, the Hamas militant group has publicly killed 33 suspected collaborators and other convicted criminals, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. During war times, Hamas gunmen have seized at least 29 alleged collaborators from detention centers and killed them in the streets, without any pretense of a trial. Their bodies were dragged through Gaza City by motorbikes and left for crowds to gawk at or stomp on.
In the occupied West Bank, killings of alleged collaborators have occurred only in periods of intense unrest. Over 900 suspected collaborators were killed in the chaos of the First Intifada that began in 1987. More than 100 were killed in the second uprising, from 2000-05, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
“These killings are a symptom of increased violence,” said Nathan Thrall, an analyst and author of a book on Israel and the Palestinians. Without due process, he said, “there are people who will use these accusations opportunistically to eliminate rivals and settle scores.”
Now Israelis and Palestinians are in the midst of one of the region’s bloodiest phases, outside a full-blown war, in two decades. As of Tuesday, 105 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire this year, according to an AP tally, about half of them affiliated with militant groups. Palestinian attacks against Israelis have killed 20 people in that time.
In recent months, the Israeli army has killed most key commanders and founders of the Lion's Den, it says. In an apparently rare targeted killing last fall, a bomb on a motorbike exploded as militant Tamer al-Kilani walked by. Purported security video provided by the Lion's Den shows an unidentified man parking the motorbike and exiting the frame before the blast killed al-Kilani. During raids, Israeli special forces often adopt disguises, such as of local worshippers or laborers, to quietly slip into the Old City — most recently last Thursday.
As the deaths rose, mistrust grew in the Old City. “We are all terrified because of how many have died,” said Ahmad, a 23-year-old hotel waiter in Nablus. “There are drones and cameras. There must be spies. Everyone suspects everyone.”
On Instagram, al-Ghaleeth looks like any other 20-something Palestinian. His page is full of mirror selfies in track suits, beauty shots of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and fan photos of Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, with captions praising Lion's Den “martyrs” sprinkled in.
Rumors abound about how he first aroused suspicion. Some say he always covered his face with a keffiyeh scarf in the Old City, as though trying to hide. Others talk of his apparently sudden wealth that allowed him to build a large house on a hilltop even though he once swept streets for cash. A few neighbors allege he resembled the shadowy figure in security footage of al-Kilani’s killing.
“We all knew he was an agent,” said Nael, a 52-year-old cafe owner in the Old City, whose nephew, a leader in the Lion's Den, was killed last year. “It was the way he walked and talked. We have a sense for these things.”
Despite Israel's sophisticated technology for surveilling militants, former intelligence officials say Palestinians themselves remain a crucial tool in preventing militant attacks, allowing Israel to conduct intelligence operations at safe remove.
“People think we only target terrorists, but the person down the street is very interesting as well. You can blackmail all kinds of people even if they’re not involved,” said one former Israeli intelligence agent, among nearly four dozen operatives who refused to report for reserve duty in 2014 to protest his unit’s tactics. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. “There is no military control without this kind of intelligence."
He said relationships between recruiters and collaborators often become twisted into something else. “The gifting of a pack of cigarettes is very symbolic," he said. "This person has to be under the impression that you care for him, that you're just a friend who's helping out.”
Collaboration has featured in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since before the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation. Palestinians have been blackmailed into service — threatened with having behavior exposed that's forbidden, or “haram,” in their conservative Islamic communities, such as alcohol use, gambling or homosexuality. Others are recruited when seeking permits to get medical treatment in Israel.
"If they're gay? Absolutely,” said retired Col. Miri Eisin, a former senior intelligence officer, referring to how the Israeli military, with great leverage over Palestinians' lives, tries to recruit them. “Family problems. Money problems. None of it makes you feel lovely in the morning, but it’s very effective.”
The Shin Bet, Israel's main agency responsible for collecting intelligence in the West Bank and Gaza since Israel's capture of those territories in 1967, declined to comment on its tactics or on al-Ghaleeth's case. The Israeli military also had no comment.
Al-Ghaleeth’s family declined to be interviewed, instead sharing a statement saying that Zuhair “has nothing to do with them."
"The history of the family is honorable in serving Palestine," it added.
Neighbors said the family had barely scraped by, collecting garbage in the Old City.
The Palestinian Authority, which is responsible for prosecuting suspected Israeli collaborators, said it considered al-Ghaleeth’s death symptomatic of a larger failing.
“This is a dangerous sign,” the public prosecution said. “It affects the safety of citizens.”
The Palestinian leadership accuses Israel of undermining its security forces by raiding cities and villages under its control. Israel contends it has been forced to act because of the authority's ineffectiveness in dismantling militant infrastructure.
“Our situation is very weak, and that empowers extremism,” said Daghlas, the Nablus official, describing growing Palestinian militancy he fears could render the authority irrelevant. “We are not Gaza, where such killings happen all the time. But Israeli escalations push us in that direction.”
Whether the authority will hold the gunmen accountable is unclear. Palestinian security forces are wary of acting against militants, especially after their arrest of a popular Hamas financier in Nablus last fall sparked a day of riots. Detaining gunmen with family ties to Fatah could exacerbate internal tensions.
Nael, the Old City cafe owner, was blunt when asked why al-Ghaleeth was killed rather than handed over to Palestinian security forces. “How can a collaborator investigate a collaborator?” he said.
In a pasture outside Nablus — between a horse farm and an Israeli military checkpoint — teenagers working the field steer clear of a certain patch of rocks.
“If the spy was guilty, he deserves what happened,” said 16-year-old Laith, looking toward the unmarked grave. “Only God knows the truth."
Associated Press writer Fares Akram in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, contributed to this report. | 2023-05-11T09:00:26+00:00 | hjnews.com | https://www.hjnews.com/world/killing-of-alleged-collaborator-exposes-palestinian-tensions/article_f500f218-c065-5f2d-bcc0-4e04e08c4202.html |
Jamestown Community College’s Fall 2023 Nursing program application is now open.
Students interested in applying must do so by February 1.
JCC’s Nursing degree can be completed on the college’s campuses in Jamestown and Olean.
Coursework and hands-on training prepare students to take the National Council of State Boards for Licensure Examination to become registered nurses.
The Nursing program was recently ranked among the best associate degree offerings in New York state in 2022 per the Nursing Schools Almanac annual rankings. It came in at No. 23 of 69 programs evaluated, up two spots from No. 25 in the 2021 rankings.
For more information, visit sunyjcc.edu/programs/nursing-aas/apply to view a recorded informational session on how to apply and program eligibility requirements. The webpage also provides directions on how to register and take the remote proctored TEAS exam.
Application decision letters will be sent by mail after February 1. | 2023-01-03T12:31:15+00:00 | wrfalp.com | https://www.wrfalp.com/jcc-fall-2023-nursing-program-application-now-open/ |
NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Digital Turbine, Inc. ("Digital Turbine" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APPS). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Digital Turbine and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 17, 2022, Digital Turbine issued a press release "announc[ing] . . . that it will restate its financial statements for the interim periods ended June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2021, following a review of the presentation of revenue net of license fees and revenue share for the Company's recently acquired businesses." Digital Turbine specified that "[t]he revenue for certain product lines of the recently acquired businesses, which are separate reportable segments, will now be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis, as had been previously reported. The changes have the offsetting effect of decreasing both revenue and license fees and revenue share in a like amount, while simultaneously increasing reported gross profit margin and Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA margin, in the interim financial statements for each relevant period. There is no change to the previously reported GAAP income from operations, GAAP net income/loss, Non-GAAP gross profit, Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and Non-GAAP free cash flow results. Restated interim consolidated financial statements for each of the affected quarters will be filed as amendments to the respective Company's Form 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before May 31, 2022."
On this news, Digital Turbine's stock price fell $1.93 per share, or 7.09%, to close at $25.28 per share on May 18, 2022.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Rob Refsnyder had the go-ahead RBI single in a four-run eighth inning and James Paxton tied his season high with nine strikeouts, giving the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night.
Kiké Hernández drove in two runs and Masataka Yoshida had three hits for the Red Sox, who put their first six batters on base in the eighth against relievers Enyel De Los Santos (2-1) and Nick Sandlin.
Paxton (2-1) allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings, matching his longest outing since Sept. 3, 2019, with the Yankees. The left-hander gave up both Guardians runs in the first, then scattered three hits over the next six frames.
Kenley Jansen worked a perfect ninth for his 13th save in 16 opportunities. Boston snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 10-16 since May 7.
Cleveland carried a 2-1 lead into the eighth before De Los Santos loaded the bases and walked Hernández to plate Justin Turner with the tying run. Refsnyder and Pablo Reyes followed with RBI singles and Alex Verdugo added a sacrifice fly to make it 5-2.
The Guardians pulled within 5-4 in the bottom of the inning with a pair of runs off Chris Martin. Amed Rosario singled in Josh Naylor and Will Brennan doubled for his third hit, scoring Tyler Freeman, before Myles Straw struck out to end the eighth.
Naylor singled, doubled and scored twice, and Josh Bell had two hits in his return from the paternity list. Defending AL Central champion Cleveland has lost 27 of its last 45 games after beginning the season 9-6.
Yoshida went 3 for 5 with a run. The 29-year-old leads AL rookies with 66 hits and ranks third with a .320 batting average.
Cleveland went up 2-0 in the first when Naylor and Bell smacked back-to-back doubles to right. Steven Kwan scored on the first and Naylor came home on the second.
Hernández singled in Yoshida in the sixth, cutting Boston’s deficit to 2-1 and chasing Guardians starter Shane Bieber. The right-hander tossed 5 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and matching his season-low with two strikeouts.
Cleveland pitching coach Carl Willis was not with the team for personal reasons. Assistant Joe Torres filled in.
LOOKING AHEAD
Red Sox LHP Chris Murphy, one of the top prospects in the organization, was recalled from Triple-A Worcester and could start Thursday. Murphy went 1-3 with a 7.71 ERA in 10 games, nine of them starts, with 42 strikeouts and 25 walks over 39 2/3 innings.
“There have been a lot of downs, some ups this season,” the 25-year-old said. “I’m ready to go and work wherever they need me.”
Manager Alex Cora said Murphy is available out of the bullpen, but will be a candidate to fill the vacant spot in the rotation if he isn’t used in the first two games in Cleveland.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Red Sox: CF Adam Duvall (left wrist fracture), who is batting .188 through five games of a rehab assignment with Worcester, is set to be activated Friday. Cora said Duvall will “most likely” join the team in New York for its series against the Yankees.
Guardians: SS Amed Rosario (left knee soreness) was not in the lineup for the third straight game, but manager Terry Francona said he will likely start Wednesday. Rosario had been hitless in 15 consecutive at-bats prior to his RBI single in the eighth.
UP NEXT
Red Sox RHP Kutter Crawford (1-2, 3.48 ERA), who has made eight of his 11 appearances in relief, takes on Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (1-1, 3.20 ERA). Crawford started and pitched three innings Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader against Tampa Bay.
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday declined to say whether he would back Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) if she runs for reelection, though he praised her as an “excellent” senator.
“Look, Sen. Sinema is an excellent Congress member and Senate member, and she’s done a lot of good things here, but it’s much too early to make a decision,” Schumer told reporters when asked whether he would endorse Sinema over a Democratic challenger.
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Monday formally announced his intention to run for the Democratic Senate nomination in Arizona, setting up a potential three-way race.
Sinema announced last month that she would leave the Democratic Party and register as an Independent. She hasn’t yet said whether she will run for a second term.
Other Senate Democrats on Monday dodged questions about whether they would back Sinema over the Democratic nominee in next year’s race, saying it was too early to endorse a candidate before Sinema announces her future plans.
Both Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Gary Peters (Mich.) declined this week to commit to backing Sinema.
McConnell on Tuesday appeared to revel over the dilemma faced by Democratic colleagues over whether to back Sinema or Gallego or another candidate in next year’s race.
“Sen. Sinema has been an important part in the United States Senate, the most important thing she did was to save the institution itself by protecting the filibuster,” he said. “She’s also been a significant part of the bipartisan agreements have been reached in the Senate,” referring to infrastructure and gun-violence bills passed in the 117th Congress.
“As to whether or not she chooses to run again is really her decision and I think it is big dilemma for the Senate Democratic majority to decide whether to support her or to support somebody running on the Democratic ticket,” he observed.
Updated 3:38 p.m. | 2023-01-24T21:10:30+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/hill-politics/schumer-declines-to-endorse-sinema-2024-reelection/ |
Zaya Care is leveraging Zocdoc's seamless scheduling experience to create access to comprehensive pregnancy and postpartum care specialists — including, for the first time on Zocdoc, lactation consultants
NEW YORK, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zocdoc, the leading healthcare marketplace that makes it easy for people to find and book in-person or virtual care across +200 specialties and +12k insurance plans, today announced its partnership with Zaya Care, a company on a mission to establish a new standard for maternal care by building the nation's largest network of pregnancy and postpartum care that takes insurance. This partnership will create unprecedented access to insurance-covered pregnancy and postpartum care services – an in-demand, and often hard-to-find, area of healthcare – including the first-ever lactation consultants on Zocdoc.
Now, new parents can find and instantly book in-person and video visit appointments online with participating Zaya Care maternity providers, including pregnancy acupuncturists, maternal mental health therapists, dietitians, pelvic floor therapists and lactation consultants, via Zocdoc.com or the free Zocdoc app. These maternity care specialists take insurance across Aetna, Centivo, Emblem Health, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Oscar, Oxford Freedom, and United Healthcare insurance plans.
"In a time when as many as 40% of women do not receive the postpartum care they need, often due to cost and access issues, Zaya Care is committed to meet the rising demand for comprehensive maternal care," said Leoni Runge, Zaya Care founder and CEO. "Through our partnership with Zocdoc, we will be better able to grow our presence, and advance our progress toward helping more pregnant and postpartum patients access the care they need, and achieve positive health outcomes."
"We're proud to partner with Zaya Care, and to add the first-ever lactation consultant booking option to Zocdoc," said Oliver Kharraz, M.D., Zocdoc founder and CEO. "Our work with Zaya Care is representative of Zocdoc's continued momentum in growing the number of providers on our marketplace, and will further our ability to help pregnant and postpartum patients find and book care with quality providers."
Zaya Care is just one of the many innovative healthcare entities available on Zocdoc. Outstanding hospitals, health systems, large provider groups, and independent practitioners across the country leverage Zocdoc as an effective digital marketing channel to help reach new patients, improve access to in-person or virtual care for new and existing patients, and provide an exceptional experience from start to finish.
For more information, contact press@zocdoc.com. If you are a healthcare provider who wants to reach new patients and offer seamless access to care — in-person or virtually — you can learn more at zocdoc.com/join. If you are a maternity care provider who wants to join Zaya Care, and be part of its partnership with Zocdoc, you can learn more at https://zayacare.com/for-practitioners/#form.
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Three federally recognized tribes have devoted decades to restoring the condition of their ancestral lands in southeastern Washington state to what they were before those lands became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
But the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe have been left out of negotiations on a major decision affecting the future cleanup of millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored in underground tanks on the Hanford site near Richland.
In May, federal and state agencies reached an agreement that hasn’t been released publicly but will likely involve milestone and deadline changes in the cleanup, according to a spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Ecology, a regulator for the site. As they privately draft their proposed changes, the tribes are bracing for a decision that could threaten their fundamental vision for the site.
“As original stewards of that area, we’ve always been taught to leave it better than you found it,” said Laurene Contreras, program administrator for the Yakama Nation’s Environmental Restoration/Waste Management program, which is responsible for the tribe’s Hanford work. “And so that’s what we’re asking for.”
From World War II through the Cold War, Hanford produced more than two-thirds of the United States’ plutonium for nuclear weapons, including the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. Production ceased in 1989, and the site’s mission shifted to cleaning up the chemical and radioactive waste left behind.
For these tribes, which have served as vital watchdogs in the cleanup process, the area’s history dates back long before Hanford, to pre-colonization. It was a place where some fished, hunted, gathered and lived. It’s home to culturally significant sites. And in 1855 treaties with the U.S. government in which the tribes ceded millions of acres of land, they were assured continued access.
The U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology have held confidential negotiations since 2020 on revising plans for the approximately 56 million gallons of radioactive waste stored in 177 underground tanks at Hanford. The discerning eyes of the tribal experts have been kept out, though EPA and Ecology have said there will eventually be opportunities for the tribes to meet with them about this.
The revisions are expected to affect an agreement among the three agencies that outlines the Hanford cleanup. Mason Murphy, program manager for the Confederated Tribes’ Energy and Environmental Sciences program, points out that the tribes also weren’t consulted in that original 1989 agreement.
“It’s an old scabbed-over wound,” Murphy said.
Currently, the agencies plan to convert high-level radioactive waste into glass form that would be sent to a deep geological repository, said Ecology Department spokesperson Ryan Miller. Low-level waste would be converted and disposed of permanently in stainless steel containers at the Hanford site.
But there isn’t a deep geologic repository in the U.S. to dispose of the high-level waste, he said. And turning that waste into a glass form is reliant on a plant that hasn’t been completed and “faces ongoing technical challenges,” according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report published last month.
Changes to plans to turn the high-level waste into a glass form could have wide-ranging consequences, said Dan Serres, conservation director for the environmental group Columbia Riverkeeper.
“There’s nothing that I’m aware of that demonstrates that another path is going to protect the Columbia River, or groundwater, or the interests of tribes (that) have a right to be using as much of this area as possible,” he said.
The tribes do have small teams of experts dedicated to the cleanup, and they’ve had an impact.
Through testimony to lawmakers in the 1980s, the Yakama Nation was instrumental in keeping the 580-square-mile (1,500-square-kilometer) site from becoming a deep repository where high-level nuclear waste from across the U.S. would be stored indefinitely.
More recently, tribal experts determined the U.S. Department of Energy’s work to remove the radionuclide strontium from groundwater at Hanford would push it into the nearby Columbia River. Their findings prompted the federal agency to reconsider its plans, said Rose Ferri, project tracking resource analyst for Yakama Nation.
“It is important for someone to be that other level of review; to be like, ‘Does this really make sense? Are you really understanding the science here or was there a mistake made?’” said McClure Tosch, a natural resource injury assessment lead for the Yakama Nation.
Last week, experts from the tribe traveled to a Nike Missile site, which had been used to protect Hanford from enemy aircraft, to examine completed cleanup work and determine future restoration options.
The Nez Perce Tribe has four experts within its Environmental Restoration and Waste Management program, which handles much of its Hanford work. Program director Jack Bell said the team’s hydrogeologist determined that Energy Department contractors underestimated to what extent a radioactive contaminant could travel into groundwater. The tribe sent letters to the agencies, and the model was updated.
“That model will be used over and over again,” Bell said.
The state Ecology Department said it plans to consult with the tribes once the draft agreement is more finalized. But when that will happen and in what form is still unclear. An energy department spokesperson said in a statement that while the tribes are not included in the negotiations, in other instances the department “consults with Tribal Nations when its action affects, or has the potential to affect, tribal rights or resources.” A regional EPA spokesperson said in a statement when the negotiations are completed, there will be opportunity for “tribal consultation and input ahead of public comment.”
Tosch said every chance he gets, he brings up the Yakama Nation not being included in the negotiations.
“If there are permit decisions made, where there is a lot more on-site closure of waste, rather than what we assumed would have been all high-level waste that would have been treated and taken off site … that’s more land that will forever be a waste disposal facility,” he said. “That is very much against the direction and vision for tribal council.” | 2023-06-22T18:29:17+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/a-nuclear-site-is-on-tribes-ancestral-lands-their-voices-are-being-left-out-on-key-cleanup-talks/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president on Thursday made his third visit in two days to areas that have felt the brunt of Russia’s war, with a trip to the southern Kherson region that was retaken from the Kremlin’s forces, and as a senior Kyiv commander hinted that a brewing Ukrainian counteroffensive could come “very soon.”
Ukraine took back control of the Kherson region’s capital, also called Kherson, at the end of last year, pushing out the Russian occupiers who had captured the city in the weeks following the start of Moscow full-scale invasion more than a year ago. The Dnieper River now marks the front line in the region, which is still partially occupied.
While in Kherson on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with local security officials and inspected infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes, his office said.
On Wednesday, Zelenskyy visited Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city in northeastern Ukraine. Kyiv’s troops recaptured Kharkiv from the Russians last September as part of the same monthslong counteroffensive that won back Kherson.
Also Wednesday, Zelenskyy met with troops in the eastern Donetsk region, stopping by a hospital to see wounded soldiers and giving state awards to the defenders of Bakhmut, a wrecked city that is now a symbol of Ukraine’s dogged resistance against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions.
Zelenskyy’s 48 hours of visits far from Kyiv — and close to the front line — came as improving weather sets the stage for possible new offensives by both sides. The biting winter weather, followed by mud as the ground thawed out, have prevented major changes on the battlefield, and the war has largely been deadlocked in recent months.
Ukraine is now starting to receive modern weapons, including tanks, from its Western allies, who are also training Ukrainian troops to use them.
Russian forces have been digging in where they hold territory in the four provinces that Moscow illegally annexed in September — Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia. Putin has made it clear he wants to have control there.
Ukraine’s ground forces commander said Thursday that Russian forces are “exhausting themselves” in their grinding push to take Bakhmut, giving Kyiv a window of opportunity for a counterstrike.
Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said in a Telegram post that the Russian assault on Bakhmut was causing Russian forces to “lose considerable strength.”
“Very soon, we will take advantage of this opportunity, as we once did near Kyiv, Kharkiv, Balakliia and Kupiansk,” Syrskyi added, referencing Ukraine’s counteroffensive last year that pushed Russia back from the country’s capital and large swathes of the northeast.
Russia has kept up its long-range attacks using artillery, missiles and drones, meanwhile.
The death toll from a Russian drone attack Wednesday on a high school and dormitories south of Kyiv rose to nine, Ukrainian emergency services reported.
Russia on Wednesday also struck a nine-story apartment building in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia where at least one person was killed.
In other developments:
— European Union leaders endorsed a plan to send Ukraine 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition within the next 12 months. The EU said at a summit Thursday they would also deliver missiles if Kyiv requests them.
— Ukraine’s General Staff retracted a claim that units of the Russian army had left Nova Kakhovka, a strategically important city in the occupied part of the Kherson region on the eastern side of the Dnieper. It said the claim was made erroneously “as a result of incorrect use of available data.” The city, which had a prewar population of around 45,000 people, possesses strategic value: A dam there is one of only two road crossings of the lower stretches of the Dnieper
— The first four of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets that Slovakia decided to give Ukraine have been handed over to the Ukrainian air force. The Slovak Defense Ministry said Thursday that the remaining MiG-29s will be handed over to the Ukrainian side in the coming weeks. — Finland said Thursday that it would deliver additional defense material, including three Leopard 2 armored mine-clearing vehicles, to Ukraine in a military aid package worth 161 million euros ($175 million). Finland has so far delivered six Leopard vehicles to Ukraine, officials say. The new aid package, the 14th such package from Helsinki so far, also contains heavy weapons and munitions. — Bulgaria’s president said Thursday that despite expanding the national defense industry’s capacity, the Balkan country — a member of NATO and the EU — won’t export weapons to Ukraine. Bulgaria has been in the grip of a political crisis and is heading in April toward its fifth general elections in the last two years.
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GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southfield Capital, a premier lower middle market private equity firm, announced today that Alba Wheels Up ("Alba"), a full-service logistics company based in Valley Stream, New York, has acquired KSI Corp. ("KSI", or the "Company"), a provider of customs brokerage services on the west coast.
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, KSI provides customs brokerage services with expertise in the biotech and semiconductor end markets and is one of the largest independent customs brokers in the Bay Area.
"The acquisition of KSI strategically complements our success in a number of other verticals where Alba is a nationally-recognized category leader," said Alba Wheels Up CEO Damien Stile. "For over seventy years, Alba's mission has steadfastly remained that our company's success is built on the success of our customers. Carl Bellante, KSI's CEO, and Dennis Siu, KSI's CFO, share that same philosophy."
Mr. Bellante and Mr. Siu believe that KSI's customers will benefit from Alba's shared values, including client and employee longevity, thought leadership and similarities in their approaches to trade sensitive sectors that require long-term relationships to build the technical and commercial knowledge required for success.
"Dennis and I have known Damien and senior members of the Alba team for more than twenty years. As we evaluated opportunities, Alba presented the best package for our employees and the strongest home for our customers," shared Carl Bellante.
KSI's headquarters in San Francisco will become Alba's fifth office and the second on the west coast. KSI's San Francisco, CA office expands Alba's office footprint: Los Angeles, CA; Houston, TX; Jersey City, NJ; and the corporate headquarters in Valley Stream, NY.
Southfield Partner Heb James commented, "We are excited to welcome the KSI team to the Alba family and believe it will be a great combination of logistics expertise. Alba is an industry leader in several verticals, including apparel, home furnishings and medical devices. The expansion into semiconductors and biotech will be end markets where Alba can leverage their capabilities to grow its market share and provide additional services."
Deerpath Capital Management provided debt financing. Finn Dixon & Herling LLP provided legal counsel to Alba and Southfield Capital.
Alba Wheels Up is a fully integrated logistics provider offering customs brokerage, logistics, trade intelligence and industry-leading supply chain solutions to middle market and larger companies. Alba is headquartered in Valley Stream, NY with branch offices in Jersey City, NJ, Houston, TX, Los Angeles, CA and now San Francisco, CA.
For more information, please visit www.albawheelsup.com.
Southfield Capital is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, lower middle market companies in the outsourced business services sector. The firm targets companies with $4 - 15 million in EBITDA and partners with management to scale the business through a combination of organic and acquisition growth strategies.
For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com.
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73 points to honor ‘73.
On a night the Knicks celebrated their last championship on its 50th anniversary, the current squad put on an offensive clinic in the first half of a 128-106 beatdown Saturday of the Pelicans.
Their 73 points at the break was four short of a franchise record, setting the stage for the halftime ceremony honoring that 1973 squad.
Of course, it’s a different game than 50 years ago with the introduction and emphasis on the three-point shot. The Knicks took full advantage Saturday with 19 treys — tying a season-high — including a combined nine from Julius Randle and RJ Barrett.
Red Holzman would be proud.
“That’s pretty cool,” Randle said of the dominating first half. “Especially at home we want to get off to good starts. We did that today and sustained it.”
The surging Knicks (35-27) won their fifth straight and moved a half-game below the Nets for fifth in the East. They got solid output from Randle (28 points, seven rebounds, five assists), Barrett (25 points, seven assists) and Mitchell Robinson (11 points, 13 rebounds).
The highlight was in the fourth quarter off a steal from Immanuel Quickley, who threw it off the backboard for Randle’s soaring dunk.
New York’s early onslaught included 16 first-quarter points from Randle, who picked up where he left off from his career-high 46 points the night prior in Washington D.C.
The Knicks led by 23 in the second quarter and never looked back. Garbage time was so long that Derrick Rose, at the urging of the chanting crowd, checked in for the first time since 2022.
He provided some entertainment and drama for the final two minutes but couldn’t give the fans a bucket after missing his four attempts.
“D-Rose, that’s a legend,” Randle said. “That’s a legend and he’s not playing. Obviously, he’s still got some juice and he can still play. But that’s not his role on this team. I would argue that he’s having just as much if not more of an impact vocally as a leader for us. He’s constantly talking to me, giving me advice. His impact is huge. I love to see him out on the floor.”
The Pelicans were playing without Zion Williamson, who has been out since Jan. 2 with a hamstring injury. Despite Williamson’s prodigious talent, the injuries and inactivity have been the unfortunate story of his career as a frequent member of the DNP list.
The Pelicans (30-31) have struggled without their All-Star and entered Saturday as losers of 13 of their last 17 games. They were lazy defensively and Brandon Ingram was overmatched by Randle.
Maybe it won’t be another 50 years until the next Knicks championship.
“Everybody kinda had a great game, so that was really good,” Barrett said.
STYLING AND PROFILING
The loudest ovation during the 1973 celebration went to Clyde Frazier.
As it should be.
Then the Knicks legend stepped to the mic and gave a rousing speech about beating Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain.
It was the highlight of a ceremony that included appearances from most of the living members of the championship squad, including Earl Monroe and Bill Bradley. Willis Reed couldn’t travel and provided a message over the Jumbotron. The notable absence was Phil Jackson, who, according to a source, was invited.
Jackson left the franchise on a sour note after a disappointing run as team president from 2014 to 2017. He was announced Saturday in absence to a mix of boos and cheers.
Curiously and unnecessarily, the Knicks used a large chunk of the ceremony to honor more recent players, most of whom work for the organization, like John Starks, Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston.
BROOKLYN’S FINEST
Jose Alvarado had one heckuva week.
After winning MVP of the Rising Stars Challenge, the Pelicans point guard came home to NYC to have his jersey retired at Christ the King in Brooklyn, the first male player to ever have his number in the rafters for the famed basketball program.
“That jersey retirement is legendary,” Alvarado told the Daily News. “Nobody can wear that number anymore. It’s crazy because that number is special in that school and for me to get the last dance with it is pretty amazing.”
Christ the King was also home to Lamar Odom, Jayson Williams, Speedy Claxton and Khalid Reeves. Its female alumni are even more impressive with Sue Bird, Chamique Holdsclaw and Tina Charles.
Alvarado is an underdog story in the NBA as an undrafted player on a two-way contract who grinded his way to a consistent role. His breakout game was last season for the Pelicans at MSG.
“I went out there and I said, ‘I’m at the Garden and I’m going to play in front of my people,’” Alvarado said.
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Analysis warns of food insecurity for 5.4 million Kenyans
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An international initiative reports that more than 5.4 million people in Kenya will likely experience acute food insecurity beginning in March as East Africa faces the worst drought in decades. The analysis published on Tuesday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification predicted an increase in the 4.4 million Kenyans currently facing high levels of food insecurity in a country with a population of about 47.5 million. The current figure represents a 43% increase compared to the same period last year. Kenyan President William Ruto last week led a national prayer day for rain and promised to institute policies that would ensure the country’s people have enough to eat. | 2023-02-21T17:42:44+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/2023/02/21/analysis-warns-of-food-insecurity-for-5-4-million-kenyans/ |
The Arbor Day celebration is an annual tradition where students and student organizations plant trees and other foliage to help build community and beautify campus. This year, the tradtion will take place on April 28.
There has not been an official event schedule released for this year's Arbor Day; however, past events have included live music, free food and T-shirts with student ID and lawn games by the Student Union Building.
The tradition began in 1938 when the University President of the time, Bradford Knapp, dedicated one full day honoring Arbor Day activities every spring semester, according to Texas Tech's Arbor Day history and traditions website. That same year, classes were let out at noon for the celebration and 20,000 trees were planted around campus.
O.B. Howell was the director of the first ever Arbor Day event and was a horticulture professor at Tech. According to the Texas Tech's Arbor Day history and traditions website, Howell said the reason he helped direct the first Arbor Day was to establish campus as the beauty spot of West Texas.
The tradition lasted for 10 years until the university hired a landscape architect, Elo Urbanovsky. The event resumed in 1996 under Chancellor John Montford.
Last year, there were 26,000 plants and flowers planted at last year's Arbor Day event according to Tech's Arbor Day website. This year, the planting will be spread mostly around the Student Union Building and memorial circle.
Students attend the celebration for a multitude of different reasons, whether that be the act of beautifying the campus or going for the community aspect of it.
“It can actually be really fun to go out there and be able to plant some flower beds for about half of the day,” freshman animal science student Olivia Hicks said. “Plus, you can always meet more people who have at least one common interest as yourself.”
While some students enjoy participating in the festivities, there is a portion of students that disagree with the event itself.
“I just think that there could be better efforts for our campus leaders to be focused on,” junior finance major Peter Thompson said. “The funding going into this could be put into something that benefits our learning more, in my opinion.”
There are also students who have not participated in this event but still say that it is a good way to help beautify the campus.
“I really do not have an opinion on our Arbor day event because I do not attend,” third year grad student Steven Castillo said. “I do like how campus always looks after the celebration and it does make me feel good that Tech is helping organize something like this.” | 2023-03-22T01:30:32+00:00 | dailytoreador.com | https://www.dailytoreador.com/news/annual-tech-arbor-day-traditions-planted-in-1938/article_a3c5f59c-c824-11ed-941a-db62c3176c43.html |
An automated 100G on-premise port will allow productions flexible connectivity
CULVER CITY, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PacketFabric, the leading provider of private, on-demand connectivity, today announced that Orbital Virtual Studios will be joining the Network-as-a-Service by housing a Point of Presence (PoP) at their stage facility. This aligns with PacketFabric's strategic move to empower stages with production-grade connectivity and multi-cloud access.
As the entertainment industry sees the proliferation of stages containing LED walls, many are seeking more robust Internet capabilities to meet the demands of virtual production's condensed timelines and large data volumes. Productions shooting at Orbital can now securely and affordably send full resolution, original or "camera raw" footage to all locations on the fabric, including AWS, Azure, and GCP, directly from the Stage. PacketFabric's platform includes full redundancy, real-time bandwidth control, exceptional SLAs, full monitoring, usage-based billing, and instant control through the API-driven platform.
Orbital aims to equip content creators with best practices and state-of-the-art services. "Our clients deserve the best tech, with the highest speed, private connections, and secure access for their stakeholders around the world," said the stage's co-founder, A.J. Wedding. "Our goal from the start has been to break through the present limitations of virtual production, including the barriers that come with legacy networks. PacketFabric has proven to be THE partner to help us do just that."
The business model allows Orbital to resell redundant, scalable 100G PacketFabric connectivity directly to its production and studio clients. As Michael Glickman, Chief of Business Development for PacketFabric said, "The magic sparked between Orbital and PacketFabric's capabilities will transform the way content creators work, cutting the time and cost of execution. Orbital is leading this charge, and we look forward to shared success."
Saving Productions Time and Money
"PacketFabric's first priority is to honor the mission-critical nature and breakneck operational tempo of a production. As a partner who understands the power of disruptive networking, Orbital deserves nothing less," said Dave Ward, CEO of PacketFabric.
Once the network is implemented, studios seeking private access to files for Visual Effects can be immediately provided with their requested camera raw footage. Other workflows involving high-priority review or distribution will also see faster turnaround times due to the high bandwidth service.
Anna Claiborne, CTO of PacketFabric, stated, "the enterprise space has profited from economically viable, automated networking for years. I'm thrilled to see my friends in entertainment taking advantage of what real network agility has to offer. Fortune favors the bold."
Orbital Virtual Studios (https://orbitalvs.com), which provides high-quality virtual production services via two stages at its downtown Los Angeles headquarters, has built a pipeline for capturing in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) at final pixel quality. Founded in 2021 by A.J. Wedding and Christopher Cope, Orbital Studios' VFX credits include the episodic series, Snowfall on FX, Justified: City Primeval for Sony Pictures Television and History's Greatest Heists for History Channel. The studio employs the precision tracking of OptiTrack technology and Planar LED screens on its virtual production stages while leveraging powerful media servers and real-time game engines. For more information, visit Orbitalvs.com.
Founded in 2015, PacketFabric connectivity is designed from the ground up for elasticity, scale, performance, programmability, and security without compromise, enabling stages to deliver optimal digital business outcomes. PacketFabric's Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform leverages a massively scalable private optical network, the latest in packet switching technology, and end-to-end automation. PacketFabric delivers on-demand, private, and secure connectivity services between hundreds of premier colocation facilities and cloud providers across the globe. IT, network, and DevOps teams can deploy cloud-scale connectivity in minutes via an advanced Application Program Interface (API) and web portal. PacketFabric was recognized as the "2021 CRN Emerging Vendor, 2020 Fierce Telecom Innovation Award for Cloud Services," a Futuriom 40 Top Private Company, and a "2020 Cool Vendor in Enhanced Internet Services and Cloud Connectivity" by Gartner. PacketFabric investors include NantWorks and Digital Alpha Advisors. For more information, visit packetfabric.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no violence. Many candidates who denied the legitimacy of previous elections lost and quietly conceded. And few listened when former President Donald Trump tried to stoke baseless allegations of electoral fraud.
For a moment, at least, there’s a sense of normalcy in the U.S. The extremism that has consumed political discourse for much of the last two years has been replaced by something resembling traditional democratic order.
The post-election narrative was instead focused on each party’s electoral fate: Republicans were disappointed that sweeping victories didn’t materialize, while relieved Democrats braced for the possibility of a slim House GOP majority. At least for now, the serious threats that loomed over democracy heading into Election Day — domestic extremist violence, voter intimidation and Republican refusal to respect election outcomes — did not materialize in any pervasive way.
“It was a good day, I think, for democracy,” President Joe Biden said, even as he acknowledged his party might lose one chamber of Congress.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, said midterm voters were concerned about Biden’s leadership but that they had a more urgent message: “Fix policy later, fix crazy now,” he told CNN.
Yet the “crazy” that consumed Sununu’s party this fall still looms.
Even as many GOP leaders blame Trump for elevating weak and extreme candidates who struggled, the former president sought to undermine the midterm results from his low-profile social media platform. Trump posted no fewer than 20 messages since Tuesday afternoon raising the false prospect of electoral fraud in the 2022 election, increasingly focusing on Nevada and Arizona as vote counting there continued into the weekend.
His expected announcement on Tuesday of a third presidential campaign could give Trump another high-profile platform to advance lies about the election.
Of the high-profile candidates on the 2022 ballot, only Arizona’s Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, has been aggressive in promoting Trump’s unfounded concerns about the extended vote-counting process, which is typical in some states. Lake is locked in a tight race against Democrat Katie Hobbs that hasn’t been called.
In Pennsylvania, the Trump-backed candidate for governor, Doug Mastriano, was soundly defeated. Mastriano’s senior legal adviser, Jenna Ellis, a former Trump aide, stated unequivocally there was no sign of serious voting irregularity.
“There isn’t this kind of concern like we had in 2020,” Ellis said on her podcast. “We can’t just say, ‘Oh, my gosh, everything was stolen.’ I mean, that’s ridiculous for this election.”
And in Michigan, Trump-backed Republican Tudor Dixon, a leading 2020 election denier, quickly conceded to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after The Associated Press called the race.
A leading progressive, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has raised concerns about far-right threats to democracy since before his own 2020 presidential bid, suggested that the GOP has begun to act more rationally.
“I think that a number of Republicans now understand that Trump’s desire to undermine American democracy is not only wrong, but it is bad politics,” Sanders told the AP. “For all of those people who want to maintain the lies that Trump actually won in 2020, Tuesday was a bad day for them and a good day for the rest of the American people.”
Indeed, across the country, so-called election deniers lost some of the nation’s most important races.
Just one of 14 self-described “America First” secretary of state candidates, Indiana’s Diego Morales, won his race. The group of would-be chief election officials, which included candidates in swing states Arizona, Michigan and Nevada, was defined by Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Candidates who embraced such beliefs also lost races for governor in the Midwestern battlegrounds of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin and in the Northeastern battleground of Pennsylvania.
Republicans who denied the legitimacy of the last election did prevail in Senate contests in North Carolina and Ohio. In Georgia, Republican Brian Kemp won reelection outright after fighting Trump’s conspiracy theories, but Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who has promoted lies about the last election, proceeded to a runoff election in December.
Before Election Day, NAACP President Derrick Johnson said he was “extremely concerned” that Black people would be disenfranchised by voter intimidation or other voter suppression tactics — especially as hundreds of pro-Trump activists signed up to serve as GOP election watchers across the country.
U.S. intelligence agencies issued a bulletin less than two weeks before the election warning of a heightened threat of domestic violent extremism that might target elected officials, election workers or voting places.
But days after polls closed, Johnson said the voting process largely went well. He noted, however, that it’s impossible to know whether the threat of intimidation or violence may have had a “chilling effect” on voter participation.
“It was frustrating that we have to operate in our democracy from a fear posture,” Johnson said. “We should be making it easier to vote.”
Meanwhile, world leaders noted the relatively smooth election in discussions with Biden during a weekend summit in southeast Asia. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the outcome established “a strong position for him on the international stage.”
“I would say one theme that emerged over the course of the two days was the theme about the strength of American democracy and what this election said about American democracy,” Sullivan told reporters aboard Air Force One. “So, the president feels very good about — obviously, about the results.”
On Election Day, Trump tried and failed to sow disorder in multiple states — especially in regions with large minority populations.
Trump posted a message on social media Tuesday afternoon falsely claiming that voters were being refused the right to vote in Detroit. “Protest, Protest, Protest!” the former president wrote.
The message inspired no protests or even visible tension outside the Detroit convention center where votes were being counted. Four years earlier, scores of Trump supporters screamed and beat on the glass during the tabulation process.
At Milwaukee’s central count facility, several election observers heckled election commission members as roughly 250 workers tabulated the city’s absentee ballots Tuesday evening. Republican Commissioner Doug Haag, who stood witness as the flash drives with vote totals were sealed in envelopes, was among those who scolded the hecklers. They quieted down after receiving a final warning and were allowed to stay for the remainder of the process.
In Arizona’s pivotal Maricopa County, there were calls early on from far-right groups, including some known to attract Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other extremists, for protests in front of the building where the ballots were being counted to demand a hand count of the vote. Police responded with a heavy presence on Election Day, bringing in mounted officers and helicopters. But not even a handful of protesters showed up. Four years earlier, a large group of armed protesters gathered outside the same tabulation center.
And in Nevada, local officials were prepared for disorder, but bad weather more than voter intimidation marked Election Day.
In populous Clark County, a Democratic stronghold, one man walked into a polling place and raised his voice at poll workers, saying the machines were rigged, according to the Clark County School District Police Department. Poll workers told him to quiet down before he walked outside, where he tried to pull down the “vote here” sign.
In the Reno, Nevada, area, where voters braved snow and ice on Election Day, Washoe County interim registrar Jamie Rodriguez said there was only one case of voter intimidation. Two men threatened poll workers and were “aggressive” toward voters, before a poll manager escorted them out. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office said it was investigating.
“It was a lot of comments about them not being patriots, not doing the right thing,” Rodriguez said. | 2022-11-14T12:48:47+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/democratic-order-returns-across-the-us-will-it-last/ |
NEW YORK GIANTS (4-13)
IMPORTANT ADDITIONS: Drafted edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux and OT Evan Neal with the fifth and seventh overall picks in the draft. In free agency, signed OLs Mark Glowinski, Jon Feliciano, Matt Gono, Jamil Douglas and Max Garcia; QB Tyrod Taylor, TE Ricky Seals-Jones, WRs Richie James and Robert Foster, DT Justin Ellis, RB Matt Breida, LB Jihad Ward, P Jamie Gillan.
IMPORTANT LOSSES: CB James Bradberry, S Logan Ryan, TE Kyle Rudolph, TE Kaden Smith, RB Devontae Booker and P Riley Dixon, TE Evan Engram, S Jabrill Peppers, DL Austin Johnson, G Will Hernandez, LB Lorenzo Carter and DB Keion Cross.
CAMP NEEDS: Daboll has to find a way to get the offense in gear. It means finding five linemen who can work together, give Jones time to throw and open holes for Barkley. New defensive coordinator Wink Martindale has promised an aggressive, unpredictable unit. There are health issues on both sides. WR Sterling Shepard (Achilles), Martinez (knee) and Gates (leg) are iffy heading into camp, as well as the talented Toney, who missed too much time with a assortment of injuries.
KEY CAMP COMPETITIONS: The O-line, tight end, the cornerback opposite Adoree Jackson. Maybe the quarterback job should be watched. Jones, who has yet to live up to being the No. 6 overall pick in 2019, is the starter at quarterback heading into camp. Veteran Tyrod Taylor may push him. The line seems to have bookend tackles in Andrew Thomas and Neal. Feliciano was signed to play center and Glowinski played well at right guard in Indianapolis. Lemieux, second-round draft pick Joshua Ezeudu, Max Garcia, who had 11 starts with the Cardinals last season, will compete at LG. Second-year pro Aaron Robinson will get a chance to replace Bradberry with Rodarius Williams and rookie Cor’Dale Flott in the wings. Daniel Bellinger and Seals-Jones are top picks to replace Engram at tight end.
EXPECTATIONS: Teams with new coaches and general managers usually get a first-year bump with players being a little more motivated. That said, the only new coach to get the team to the postseason since the Giants won the Super Bowl in February 2012 was Ben McAdoo in ‘16. Judge came close in ’20, his first year and the pandemic season. New York has talent on defense with Leonard Williams, Ojulari and Thibodeaux. The key is the offense. If the line works, Golladay returns to form, Toney and rookie Wan’Dale Robinson bring a speed element at the wide out spots and Jones and Barkley bounce back, There’s an outside chance. The odds certainly are against them.
SUPER BOWL ODDS: +8000.
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Ballerina-turned-football player plans to take her skills to college
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A high school senior in Wisconsin who took her athletic abilities from the stage to the field is hoping to continue her passion in college.
McKynzee Schepp is a ballerina-turned-football player who just wrapped up her senior year at Marshall High School in Madison. She finished with 37 field goals and earned First-Team All-Conference Honors.
“I just loved it, like I enjoyed it,” she told WMTV. “I’ve been playing since eighth grade.”
Through her high school career, Schepp said she faced diversity and even transferred from Sun Prairie High School to Marshall.
“I got bullied a lot, and I just didn’t feel comfortable,” she said.
Schepp played through all of the struggles, continually falling back on her love of the game to push her forward. Her aim is now to play in college.
Her mother, Kris Ganske, said Schepp has had a lot of ups and downs on her journey.
“Her passion and drive are just incredible,” she said.
Both Ganske and McKynzee’s father, Jacob Shepp, said McKynzee Schepp’s work ethic helped her rise above the hardship, noting the hours she spent at places like Sun Prairie Athletic Club honing her craft.
“Super proud of what she’s done, sort of going against the odds, and already, my understanding is that Marshall, one of the coaches, has a daughter that is sort of following in her footsteps,” Schepp said.
McKynzee Schepp said she hopes to not only continue playing but to inspire other girls to tackle football too.
“I like inspiring younger generations; it makes me happy that girls look up to me,” she said.
McKynzee Schepp said she is considering several schools for college and plans to tour in the spring.
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Texas Public Radio’s Paul Flahive talks with Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes about why incarcerated men in Texas are participating in a hunger strike.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Father James Martin has taken his message of prayer and inclusivity everywhere, from "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" to the halls of the Vatican. In May, he wrote to Pope Francis with a few questions.
"I just wanted to give him a time to briefly talk to LGBTQ Catholics," Martin said.
Francis has extended apologies to the abused and a welcome to the historically rejected. According to the Vatican News, he recently met with transgender people near Rome, Italy.
So Martin’s questions aren’t so random.
"I asked him, 'What would you most like them to know about the church?'" Martin said. "He said, 'Read Acts of the Apostles,' which was really interesting because there's a church that's kind of mixing it up. Then also, 'What would you say to an LGBTQ Catholic who felt rejected by the church?' And he said very interestingly to remember that it's not the church that rejects you, the church loves you, but it might be individual people in the church."
It isn’t the first time Francis has corresponded directly with Martin on LGBTQ relations or the first time he has spoken up about their place within the Catholic church.
In 2016, Francis agreed the church should apologize to not only gay people but other marginalized groups, like the poor. He’s also called for parents to accept their LGBTQ children.
Francis’ gestures are one thing; changing church doctrine, which teaches that the act of homosexuality is sinful, is another.
"What would have happened really, in a sense, is for theologians working together, along with church officials, to come to some newer understanding of how they can accommodate for older church teaching on these issues, to show that the church evolves rather than dramatically changing," said Michele Dillon, professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire. "Because the church is not going to say, 'Oh, we were wrong.' It's very rare."
"If he were to do that, which I don't think Pope Francis will, but if he were to do that, he would not want to do it without support from the Curia and the College of Cardinals," said Cristina Traina, professor of Catholic theology at Fordham University. "He would not want to do it without tracing a pathway theologically."
Instead, Francis has gone another direction: one met with both criticism and praise, uplifting LGBTQ Catholics while simultaneously reiterating church doctrine.
NEWSY'S AMBER STRONG: Is he sort of riding the line between saying that this is doctrine and doctrines not going to change? But, we also still need to love and affirm people as well.
FATHER JAMES MARTIN: I think that's a good question, and I think he is kind of trying to straddle that line. But I think one thing to remember is that what seems very bland and tepid in the United States — overseas is a big deal. In the U.S., we might say, 'Oh, big deal. Of course, you should welcome your kids.' If you're in Eastern Europe or sub-Saharan Africa or Latin America or India, that's a big deal. So, we have to remember that he's speaking to the whole church."
According to Pew Research, 76% of U.S. Catholics say society should be accepting of homosexuality. That’s below the rate of Catholic support in countries like Spain and the Netherlands but far higher than places like Lebanon and Nigeria.
Some theologians argue that Francis’ support could have a trickle-down impact on individual Catholics and parishes.
"These things can do a lot to encourage Catholics to embrace LGBTQ people with love and compassion and mercy and not to see them as the Antichrist, the anathema, the enemy of salvation," Traina said.
In 2021, a group of Catholic leaders, including a cardinal and archbishop, signed a statement calling for widespread support of at-risk LGBTQ youth. According to an NCR analysis of recent listening sessions among U.S. Catholics, there was a growing call for LGBTQ inclusion and more opportunities for women.
"To me, there’s no such thing as an empty gesture because, yes, many times people want to see more clear-cut evidence of change and of their acceptance within the church, but sometimes it’s in small steps," Dillon said.
In 2021, Martin, a Vatican appointee under Francis, launched Outreach: a website that provides resources to LGBTQ Catholics and leaders. It's an effort Pope Francis has encouraged.
"He hasn't changed any church teaching," Martin said. "I'm not advocating for any church teaching, but he's advocated a more pastoral response, listening to them, welcoming them, treating them with respect.
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LONDON (AP) — When European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Britain last week, some joked on social media: Can you please bring us some tomatoes?
People in the U.K. have had to ration salad staples like tomatoes and cucumbers for the past two weeks amid a shortage of fresh vegetables. Shelves of fresh produce in many stores have been bare, and most major supermarkets have imposed limits on how many salad bags or bell peppers customers are allowed to buy.
Officials blame the problem on recent bad weather in Spain and North Africa, saying the shortages could persist for up to a month. But many people were quick to point out that other European countries don’t seem to be suffering the same challenges, leading some to wonder if it was a consequence of Britain’s divorce from the EU.
Britain’s government has rejected the suggestion that Brexit is to blame. But shoppers aren’t happy, and Environment Secretary Therese Coffey’s suggestion that consumers should “cherish” British produce and eat more turnips instead of imported food drew widespread mockery.
Experts say Brexit likely played a part in the food shortage, though a more complex set of factors — including climate change, the U.K.’s overreliance on imports during the winter, soaring energy costs and the competitive pricing strategies at British supermarkets — are more salient explanations.
A look at some of the factors contributing to what one European broadcaster has called Britain’s “vegetable fiasco”:
COLD WEATHER, HIGH ENERGY BILLS
Unusually cold temperatures in Spain and heavy rain and flooding in Morocco — two of the biggest tomato suppliers to the U.K. — have led to poor yields and are cited as the primary cause of the shortage.
In Spain, farmers blame recent freezing temperatures following record heat and dry conditions last year.
In the southern province of Almeria, which grows 40% of Spain’s fresh vegetable exports, the production levels of tomatoes, cucumbers and eggplants fell by over 20% during the first three weeks of February compared with the same period in 2022, according to FEPEX, an organization representing Spanish fruit and vegetable exporters. The group said the situation is improving.
Heat and drought in Europe last year also are affecting vegetable harvests in other countries, including Germany.
Separately, the Netherlands, another major tomato producer, has seen a drop in output because skyrocketing energy bills tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine meant many growers couldn’t justify the cost of turning on the LED lights in their greenhouses this winter.
Vegetable growers in the U.K. have reported that they, too, were forced to leave their greenhouses empty.
Richard Diplock, managing director at the Green House Growers based in southern England, said his energy costs are some six times higher compared with previous winters.
“We made the decision that we couldn’t afford to heat the greenhouses in December and January, and we’ve held back planting until February. Lots of tomato growers are in a similar position,” he said.
BLAMING BREXIT
The shortages in Britain — and contrasting pictures of full vegetable shelves in supermarkets in mainland Europe — led to a degree of Brexit schadenfreude in some EU news outlets.
Experts say extra bureaucracy and costs associated with Brexit have played a part, though they stress it’s not a main factor.
“One hypothesis for fewer exports to the U.K. is that if supply is constrained, why would you go to extra paperwork (to export to Britain)?” said Michael Winter, a professor of agricultural change at the University of Exeter. “If transaction costs are greater for exporting to one country compared to another, that’s going to dictate where you go.”
“Brexit has exaggerated the problem, without a doubt,” Winter added. “But I don’t want to overplay that. It’s more to do with climate change and lack of investment in our industry.”
SUPERMARKET PRICING
Farmers say another factor is how Britain’s biggest supermarkets have sought to stay competitive by keeping prices as low as possible even as food costs have spiked, a major driver of inflation that’s at the highest levels in decades.
In some EU countries, like Germany, there are no empty shelves, but the prices for fresh vegetables have shot up massively. British supermarkets are reluctant to pay more or charge customers so much, Diplock said.
“Being in the U.K., you know every week the price of a cucumber is 75p ($0.90) no matter what time of year it is,” Diplock said. “North African and Spanish producers will see a better return for supplying European supermarkets.”
“WHERE’S THE INVESTMENT?”
Even if energy costs hadn’t risen so much, British growers would not come close to making up for the shortfalls in imported produce, Diplock said.
During the winter, domestic U.K. production only accounts for 5% or less of tomatoes and cucumbers sold in British supermarkets.
The National Farmers’ Union has warned for months that overreliance on imported fresh produce leaves the U.K. vulnerable to unpredictable weather events and other external factors like the war in Ukraine.
Farmers also have complained about the lack of government investment in the sector and funding to help them cope with painfully high energy bills.
The government has spent billions to help consumers and businesses as European natural gas prices soared to record highs on Russia’s curtailed supplies.
“The bigger question is why have we, in this country, neglected horticulture,” Winter said. “This is a bit of a wake-up call.”
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AP writers Joseph Wilson in Madrid and Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report. | 2023-03-02T20:02:14+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/business/ap-uk-is-grappling-with-vegetable-shortages-how-did-it-happen/ |
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Pit opened this year and became a popular spot to grab a bite. The small operation quickly grew in size as more locals caught word of it, but City Code Enforcement says it grew a little too quickly.
Amber Donahue is the co-founder of The Pit, a food truck park in East Tucson. She says this space was originally a gas station, but more recently was an empty, unused lot.
“We’re told often that this corner was the worst corner in Tucson for the longest time because it just had been neglected,” Donahue said.
Donahue and her team took months to transform it into a community gathering space. Now it’s home to six family-owned food trucks, with 31 different trucks rotating in throughout the month.
“Once we opened, it became so popular so quickly that it didn’t even fit what we thought it was going to be,” Donahue said.
Donahue says the grand opening brought in 2,000 people, and momentum continues to grow. To accommodate the large crowds, The Pit added lights, seating, and signs. But the City says that’s not allowed under their current “No change of use” permit.
“In this case, it was the site changes that triggered attention of code enforcement,” said Nicholas Ross with Tucson's Planning & Development Services,
The city wants to change the zoning permit to one that allows site changes. Ross says there’s a clear path forward.
“There may need to be a few tweaks on the site to comply with some of those setbacks or buffers I mentioned earlier, but there’s nothing I'm seeing right now that would prevent them from operating at this location,” Ross said.
This new permit would require a development plan. Donahue says she’d have to hire an architect, engineer, and an attorney to put it together, which would be costly.
“We have no desire to develop this property into anything, the property is so degraded and old that it really would take millions of dollars," Donahue said.
The owners are meeting with code enforcement next week. Donahue says she’s requesting a special exception permit.
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288 new customers, 5 product expansions and launches, and 3 geographic expansions fueled a record-breaking first half of the year for the supply chain visibility company
CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- project44, the connective tissue for the global supply chain, today announced strong financial results for their first half of fiscal year 2022, which began January 1, 2022, and ended July 31, 2022, driven by multiple product launches and updates, geographic expansions, and the appointment of several industry veterans to the company's executive leadership team.
"Global supply chains remain vulnerable to rising inflation, labor shortages and the continued imposing and lifting of regional Covid lockdowns that are further exacerbating inventory shortages and port congestions," said Jett McCandless, founder and CEO, project44. "Through all of this, project44 has seen continued demand for our technology and ability to execute a more predictable, resilient, and sustainable supply chain in any mode and in any part of the world. We will continue to invest heavily in product and engineering so we can continue building on our H1 success through the rest of the year."
Record $124.1M in booked ARR, 115% YoY Growth
Following a $202 million Series F funding round led by Thoma Bravo, TPG and Goldman Sachs Asset Management in January 2022 – one of the largest investments in supply chain visibility that valued the company at $2.4 billion – project44 reported a record-breaking H1 financial performance. The company ended the second quarter with $124.1M in ARR bookings for H1 2022, and a 115% YoY growth versus Q2 2021. project44 signed 288 new customers worldwide, including Energizer, Anheuser-Busch InBev Europe and Foot Locker.
"project44 is a critical partner in our ability to navigate even the most complex ocean and truckload tracking requirements," said Jamie Bragg, chief supply chain officer and executive vice president at Tailored Brands. "From the beginning of our partnership, project44's breadth and depth of insights have helped us more accurately forecast inventory, manage shipment fluctuations, and avoid potential disruptions to our supply chain. We congratulate them on a successful first half of the year."
New Rail, Yard and Ocean Solutions for End-to-End Visibility and Sustainability
project44 extended its lead as the world's most comprehensive multimodal supply chain visibility platform with the introduction of several new products and product expansions in H1 2022. The company acquired Potsdam-based Synfioo – the leading rail visibility company in Europe – to achieve 99% network coverage across the continent, extend visibility for barge, and enhance cold-chain visibility so customers can improve ETAs, reduce costs, maximize on-time deliveries and maneuver around supply chain bottlenecks.
The company launched Convert, a last mile product that leverages machine learning models across 11 billion shipment events to offer highly accurate estimated delivery dates on e-commerce checkout pages prior to a consumer deciding to make a purchase.
Yard Solutions was also released in the first half of the year as a comprehensive set of dock, yard and asset management capabilities – from slot bookings and yard forecasting to real-time reporting – all designed to improve efficiency and automate yard operations from a single platform.
project44 launched Port Intel, the industry's first and now two-time award-wining port intelligence solution with real-time data on congestion and container flow at all global ports. With Port Intel, shippers, logistics service providers and freight forwarders can manage and mitigate the impacts of today's ocean turmoil and chaotic supply chains.
The company released several updates to the DriveView mobile application to allow carriers access to 70+ data points about more than 200,000 docks in North America. Customers can now eliminate guesswork when visiting a new dock and plan ahead by viewing hours of operation, checking for yard hazards, and more right at their fingertips, helping to reduce dwell times for drivers and detention fees for shippers at facilities across the country.
Combined, these updates make project44's network the most comprehensive in the industry. The company is now tracking 155,000 ocean containers a day across 85 carriers, shipments across more than 170 airlines, and more than 4.5 million unique shipments daily over-the-road across 190,000 carriers - representing a 105% growth in OTR YoY.
Expansion in Japan, Australia and France
project44 expanded into the Japanese market with the opening of a new office in Tokyo, setting the stage for continued growth in the region and better monitoring of supply chain movements across the country. The company hired Yuji Kuwahara as general manager and vice president of sales, Kaoru Matsuda as director of solutions engineering and Kazumi Mihashi as director of marketing to drive growth.
project44 also formally announced its expansion into Australia and New Zealand with a new office in Melbourne led by Archival Garcia, vice president and general manager for Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia at project44. There, the team will focus on responding to the unique supply chain challenges and intricacies facing customers in Australia and New Zealand.
Most recently, project44 moved its Paris office to a new location to better serve customers, attract talent and expand supply chain visibility across France and the European region. Alexandre Jennaoui, SVP of EMEA, and Emmanuel Condroyer, country manager for France, will continue to lead the company's operations in France.
"Around the world, supply chains are marked by increased complexities, capacity constraints and demands for more automation and real-time insights," said Guillermo Muñoz, assistant manager of logistics for Agrosuper. "Meeting those challenges requires a visibility platform that is global in its reach. project44 has proven itself to be a trusted source of global supply chain insights for Agrosuper, and it's exciting to see their continued geographic expansion across markets."
Former Salesforce Executive, CIO of the United States named Chief Operating Officer
Vivek Kundra joined the company as Chief Operating Officer to drive overall operational execution and help scale the company through rapid growth. Kundra joined project44 with more than 20 years of experience building teams and scaling organizations, having served as COO at Sprinklr, executive vice president of salesforce and the first Chief Information Officer of the United States, appointed by President Obama.
Industry Recognition and Awards
project44 was named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms (RTTVP) for the second year in a row. Gartner evaluated 11 vendors in 2022, and project44 was positioned highest for its "ability to execute" and as a leader for "completeness of vision."
The company has the most overall reviews of any RTTVP vendor on Gartner® Peer Insights™, 78% of which are 5-star reviews. Ninety-four percent of customers are also willing to recommend project44, as of August 2022.
project44 was also named the highest-rated vendor in both market presence and customer satisfaction in the G2 Summer 2022 Grid Report and Momentum Grid for Supply Chain Visibility Software. The company ranked highest in customer satisfaction for the fifth consecutive season, with 93% of users likely to recommend project44.
The company also made SupplyChainBrain's list of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners for 2022 — joining a select group of companies whose customers recognize them for providing outstanding solutions and services to the industry.
Lastly, project44 earned two product awards for its Port Intel solution. First, the platform was named a Top Supply Chain Project in 2022 by Supply & Demand Chain Executive for delivering bottom-line value to enterprises across a range of supply chain functions. Second, the platform was named Best Innovation Solution at SIL Barcelona 2022, the leading logistics summit for Southern Europe. A panel of journalists recognized Port Intel's real-time capabilities in helping supply chain professionals proactively plan and respond to changing customer needs.
To learn more about project44's products, teams and capabilities visit https://www.project44.com/.
About project44
project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work. As the supply chain connective tissue, project44 operates the world's most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion unique shipments annually for over 1,200 of the leading brands, including top companies in manufacturing, automotive, retail, life sciences, food & beverage, and oil, chemical & gas. Using project44, shippers and carriers across the globe drive greater predictability, resiliency, and sustainability.
The undisputed leader in the market, project44 was named the Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, #1 in FreightWaves FreightTech 2022, a five-time Leader in customer satisfaction on G2's Supply Chain Visibility Grid, one of SupplyChainBrain's 100 Great Supply Chain Partners of 2022, and the Customer's Choice in Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer report. project44 is headquartered in Chicago with a diverse team spanning 23 global offices. Learn more at project44.com.
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- Atento agrees to term sheet with certain major financial stakeholders for at least $30 million of new financing in the near term and pathway to restructuring support agreement
- Term sheet provides for additional $79 million upon implementation of a comprehensive restructuring for Atento to execute its transformation plan and drive growth
NEW YORK, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Atento S.A. (NYSE: ATTO, "Atento" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest customer relationship management and business process outsourcing (CRM / BPO) service providers and an industry leader in Latin America, reports on progress in the previously announced negotiations with certain key stakeholders for a transaction involving a recapitalization and deleveraging of Atento's balance sheet.
Atento and certain members of an ad hoc group of holders of Atento's senior secured notes have agreed a term sheet for a new interim financing of at least $30 million and a comprehensive restructuring of its balance sheet that will significantly delever the group. The term sheet includes $79 million of additional capital in connection with the comprehensive restructuring. The parties further intend for the Company's leverage to be significantly reduced at the culmination of this process.
The new financing represents sufficient capital through to implementation of a holistic restructuring, and certain of the parties have agreed on a path to enter into a restructuring support agreement and definitive documentation on the financing within two weeks of execution of the term sheet. The Company looks forward to working with its financial stakeholders in the weeks ahead and is confident in achieving requisite support for the financial restructuring. New financing is subject to conditions including customer due diligence, and the grant of security interests.
This term sheet builds on Atento's prior announcement that the Company has been negotiating a comprehensive restructuring of funded and financial debt on its balance sheet to position Atento to execute on its long-term strategic plan and to continue its focus on its leading service to clients. Atento will be better positioned after such a restructuring to serve its +400 blue chip clients across sixteen countries and support global operations for the more than 135,000 global Atento employees.
"This term sheet is a milestone for our business and represents our partners' belief in the underlying strength of Atento's competitive value proposition," said Dimitrius Oliveira, Chief Executive Officer of Atento. "As we continue to enhance the capabilities of our business operations, we also remain focused on continuing to deliver great customer experiences through the combination of innovation, advanced technologies and the human touch. We are immensely grateful to our employees, customers, vendors and key stakeholders who continue to stand by us throughout this process. With this new infusion of capital we look forward to accelerating our transformation and further strengthening our business for the long term."
Atento is represented in these discussions by Houlihan Lokey and FTI Consulting as financial advisors and Sidley Austin and Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg, as lead legal advisors. The ad hoc group of investors is represented by Rothschild & Co. as financial advisor and Hogan Lovells as lead legal advisor.
About Atento
Atento is the largest provider of customer relationship management and business process outsourcing ("CRM BPO") services in Latin America and one of the leading providers worldwide. Atento is also one of the leading providers of nearshoring CRM BPO services for companies operating in the United States. Since 1999, the Company has developed its business model in 16 countries, employing approximately 135,000 people. Atento has more than 400 clients, offering a wide range of CRM BPO services through multiple channels. Atento's clients are mostly leading multinational companies in telecommunications, banking and financial services, healthcare, retail and public administration sectors. Atento shares trade under the symbol ATTO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In 2019, Atento was named one of the 25 best multinational companies in the world and one of the best multinationals to work for in Latin America by Great Place to Work®. In addition, in 2021, Everest named Atento as a "star performer". Gartner has named the Company two consecutive years a leader in its Magic Quadrant since 2021. For more information visit www.atento.com
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This report contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "intends," "continue" or similar terminology. These statements reflect only Atento's current expectations and are not guarantees of future events. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to; obtaining required consents from third-parties and satisfying other conditions precedent for any additional financing that might be outside Atento's control; actions by Atento's lenders and other financing sources, including any creditor actions that could impact Atento's operations; Atento's future cash requirements; competition in Atento's highly competitive industries; increases in the cost of voice and data services or significant interruptions in these services; Atento's ability to keep pace with its clients' needs for rapid technological change and systems availability; the continued deployment and adoption of emerging technologies; the loss, financial difficulties or bankruptcy of any key clients; the effects of global economic trends on the businesses of Atento's clients; the non-exclusive nature of Atento's client contracts and the absence of revenue commitments; security and privacy breaches of the systems Atento uses to protect personal data; the cost of pending and future litigation; the cost of defending Atento against intellectual property infringement claims; extensive regulation affecting many of Atento's businesses; Atento's ability to protect its proprietary information or technology; service interruptions to Atento's data and operation centers; Atento's ability to retain key personnel and attract a sufficient number of qualified employees; increases in labor costs and turnover rates; the political, economic and other conditions in the countries where Atento operates; changes in foreign exchange rates; Atento's ability to complete future acquisitions and integrate or achieve the objectives of its recent and future acquisitions; future impairments of our substantial goodwill, intangible assets, or other long-lived assets; and Atento's ability to recover consumer receivables on behalf of its clients. Atento is also subject to other risk factors described in documents filed by the company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which the statements were made. Atento undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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(WGHP) — Say so long to Red, Yellow and all the other M&M’S spokescandies. Mars, the company behind the candy-coated chocolates, said it is shelving its M&M mascots – at least for now – after receiving backlash over recent design changes.
On Thursday, Mars said the company would be redesigning the M&M’S characters as part of the brand’s commitment “to creating a world where everyone feels they belong.”
For example, the green M&M traded her go-go boots for a pair of sneakers, and the brown M&M changed her motto to “Not bossy. Just the boss.” They also introduced the new purple M&M, who is also female.
Mars also announced a limited release of “all-female” packages.
The changes drew backlash and sparked debate online as well as from FOX News political commentator Tucker Carlson.
“The green M&M got her boots back, but apparently is now a lesbian, maybe? And there’s also a plus-sized, obese purple M&M, so we’re gonna cover that, of course,” he said on FOX News. “Because that’s what we do.”
On Monday, Mars said it had decided to temporarily ditch the candy mascots and hand over the reins to a new (real-life) spokesperson: Maya Rudolph.
America, let’s talk. In the last year, we’ve made some changes to our beloved spokescandies. We weren’t sure if anyone would even notice. And we definitely didn’t think it would break the internet. But now we get it — even a candy’s shoes can polarizing. Which was the last thing M&M’S wanted since we’re all about bringing people together.
Therefore, we have decided to take an indefinite pause from the spokescandies. In their place, we are proud to introduce a spokesperson America can agree on: the beloved Maya Rudolph. We are confident Ms. Rudolph will champion the power of fun to create a world where everyone feels they belong.
Rudolph will appear in a Super Bowl ad for M&M’S, reports TODAY. | 2023-01-23T18:25:48+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/mms-to-shelve-mascots-because-even-a-candys-shoes-can-be-polarizing/ |
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s energy and climate minister said Thursday that the Group of Seven wealthy nations can lead the way on ending the use of coal, a heavily polluting fossil fuel that’s responsible for a large chunk of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Senior officials from the G-7 countries are holding a three-day meeting in Berlin during which they will seek to agree on common targets for the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy that scientists say is urgently needed to curb climate change.
“The G-7 (…) can perhaps take on a certain pioneering role to push forward ending the use of coal for electricity and in decarbonizing the transport system,” German Energy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck said.
Habeck said the issue could be carried forward to the G-7 leaders summit in Elmau, Germany, next month and then to the meeting of the Group of 20 leading and emerging economies later this year. Getting G-20 countries to sign on to the ambitious targets set by some of the most advanced economies will be key, as countries such as China, India and Indonesia remain heavily reliant on coal.
Habeck said it would be wrong to view the efforts countries are making to tackle the current energy crisis, stoked by Russia’s war in Ukraine, as countering efforts to end fossil fuel use.
“What we are seeing at the moment is an acceleration of the ecological transformation,” he said.
Environmental groups have warned that countries such as Germany risk undermining their green goals by scrambling to secure new sources of natural gas — including from the United States — to make up for the shortfall in supplies from Russia.
The meeting in Berlin will also seek to reach agreements on boosting financial aid for poor countries to cope with climate change, additional funds for biodiversity, protecting oceans and reducing plastic pollution.
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After Uvalde, holiday weekend sees shootings nationwide
CHICAGO (AP) — Even as the nation reeled over the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, multiple mass shootings happened elsewhere over the Memorial Day weekend in areas both rural and urban. Still, single-death incidents accounted for most gun fatalities.
Gunfire erupted in the predawn hours of Sunday at a festival in the town of Taft, Oklahoma, sending hundreds of revelers scattering and customers inside the nearby Boots Café diving for cover. Eight people ages 9 to 56 were shot, and one of them died.
Six children ages 13 to 15 were wounded Saturday night in a touristy quarter of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two groups got into an altercation, and two people in one of them pulled guns and started shooting.
And at a club and liquor store in Benton Harbor in southwestern Michigan, a 19-year-old man was killed and six other people were wounded after gunfire rang out among a crowd around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Police found multiple shell casings of various calibers.
Those and others met a common definition of a mass shooting, in which four or more people are shot. Such occurrences have become so regular, news of them is likely to fade fast.
There were at least two incidents in Chicago between late Friday and Monday that qualified as mass shootings, including one near a closed elementary school on the West Side in which the wounded included a 16-year-old girl.
Single-fatality shootings also rocked families and communities: On the South Side, the body of a young man slain at an outdoor birthday party lay on the sidewalk early Sunday, covered by a white sheet. His mother stood nearby, crying.
Overall, Chicago recorded 32 gunfire incidents over the weekend in which 47 people were shot and nine died.
In the wake of the Uvalde shooting, by an 18-year-old who legally purchased an AR-style rifle, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican opponents of tougher gun laws quickly pointed at Chicago as an example of how such measures don’t work, saying, “more people are shot every weekend (there) than there are in schools in Texas.”
High rates of gun violence in Chicago have made a series of Democratic governments there, including that of current Mayor Lori Lightfoot, vulnerable to criticism, sometimes from within their own party.
But the assertions by Abbott and others are misleading and oversimplify the situation in the country’s third-largest city. Many guns used in the killing of Chicagoans were initially bought in other states with less stringent gun laws, like Indiana and Mississippi. Chicago officials also note that the city records fewer murders per capita than many other smaller U.S. cities.
Police chiefs there and in other cities cancelled days off to boost the numbers of officers over the holiday, hoping it would act as a deterrent. Independent conflict mediators also hit the streets, using social media to identify simmering conflicts with the potential to explode into real-world violence.
In Detroit, Police Chief James White promised to strictly enforce a curfew aimed at youths and teens after three people were wounded during a shooting earlier this month in Greektown, a popular downtown restaurant and entertainment district.
Such strategies may have worked in individual cases, but statistics from several cities didn’t indicate violence was kept at or below levels from previous years. Chicago’s Memorial Day weekend death toll was three times last year’s.
It’s long been a rule of thumb in northern cities that hot weather means more violence. Temperatures in Detroit and Chicago were in the 80s — unseasonably warm — during the three-day weekend, bringing more people outside and increasing the chances of clashes, often between rival gangs. Alcohol at holiday parties can fuel personal beefs, some of which first fester online.
“The seasons may not have much of an impact on shootings in Los Angeles, where the weather is always good,” said Rodney Phillips, a violence prevention worker and former gang member in Chicago. But in his city, Memorial Day weekend typically marks “the start of the killing season,” he said.
Residents like Yvonne Fields, of Detroit, say they are especially cautious when Memorial Day rolls around. She, her children and grandchildren spent time closer to home this weekend.
“The holidays are not like they used to be,” Fields said. “The gangs have taken over. They do drive-by shootings. Everyone is living in fear.”
Police in big cities often say most homicides have some tie-in to gangs, though others point to poverty and the desperation that comes with it as underlying causes.
An organizational shift over the past three decades, from top-down gangs led by identifiable leaders who could assert control to more fragmented, loosely structured groups, has also contributed to the violence.
“These gang factions are getting younger and younger, bolder and more impulsive,” Phillips said. “It’s alarming. It’s often children shooting children these days.
Malik Shabazz, who helps lead neighborhood safety and anti-crime patrols in Detroit, said the Detroit New Black Panther Nation/New Marcus Garvey Movement he founded looks for spikes in crime during the holidays when people gather in groups and have more free time away from work.
“What I see is both the perps and the victims of (shootings and violent crime) are becoming younger and younger, and the crime is becoming more heinous,” said Shabazz, 59. “And people bring their guns and people have beef, ‘now I can shoot you and I can stab you over an issue of respect, not talk it out or ignore it and walk it off.’”
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Williams reported from Detroit.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-31T21:50:01+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/05/31/after-uvalde-holiday-weekend-sees-shootings-nationwide/ |
Gerald Williams takes plea deal in road rage shooting of David Castro after Houston Astros game
HOUSTON - The man charged in the death of the teen who was shot after leaving a Houston Astros game has accepted a plea deal.
The trial for Gerald Williams was set to start in a few days, but officials confirm he took a plea deal on Tuesday that will result in a 30-year sentence.
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Williams was accused in the death of 17-year-old David Castro on the night of July 6, 2021.
"It's been 18 months and two weeks. This is the first time I felt a little bit of peace," David’s father, Paul Castro, said on Tuesday.
According to police, after the Castro family left the Astros game, Williams opened fire into their pickup truck near McCarty Street and the East Freeway, shooting the teenage passenger. David was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
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On Tuesday, Paul thanked the district attorney's office, police, Crime Stoppers, and the City of Houston for their help with the case.
David Castro (center) with his father (Photo courtesy of Paul Castro)
"Over 100 tips came in when this case happened. It was unusual for a person who is a road rage shooter to wind up in prison. And that only happened because the City of Houston came together. They heard David's story, the horror of it, and they wanted to do something to make the city a little better," Paul said.
On July 30, 2021, police announced Williams had been charged with murder in the suspected road rage incident.
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He turned himself in a few days later on Aug. 2 after an exclusive interview with FOX 26 in which he claimed he was nowhere near the scene of the shooting.
"I cooperated with them and the minute I stopped cooperating with them they want to charge me," Williams said in August 2021. "I have multiple witnesses, multiple people saying where I was and I couldn’t be at two places at two times."
However, police said cell phone records put him where the shooting happened.
"I want to state for everybody that the family is fully behind the plea agreement that happened today. We're thankful that it happened. Be able to avoid having to come up and relive the whole thing all over again," Paul said, adding that they didn't want their other son to potentially take the witness stand.
"And there's a price tag in that that we measured in years and we decided this was a good agreement," Paul said. "And so we're very thankful that all parties were able to come to agreement and make the city a little bit safer tonight by having Mr. Williams behind bars."
"The family of David Castro received a measure of justice from the criminal justice system," Prosecutor David Mitcham said. "It pales by comparison to the tragedy this family has endured at the hands of Mr. Willams and this thoughtless tragic incident."
"Mr. Williams will be going to the penitentiary for a period of 30 years," he continued. "The family will try to get on with their lives, but the tragedy is horrible."
Paul was able to address Williams in court on Tuesday.
"So when I first heard that such a thing was possible, I've been fantasizing about different ways to do it," Paul said after the court hearing. "You know, they show on the news when people lose it and yell and scream, and I had that, I wanted to do that. I want to do a lot of things. But I realized that none of that's going to bring my son back. And so what it felt like was just this deep, deep, immeasurable sense of pain and sadness at knowing that no matter what I said, I don't know if it landed with him, I don't know how he is as a person, but I know that I needed him to know that that night he caused terror in my two sons and one of them didn't make it. I need to tell him. I hope he dreams that every night for the next however many years he lives because every night I go to bed with that image in my head."
Paul asks that when road rage boils up drivers think of people like his son or others who have been killed and that they think about the mother, father, or child who is actually in the car.
"And what I hope is the city comes together and realizes when something like that happens, and you hear something, you say something, and you report these people and get them off our streets, because if they've done it once, they'll do it again. And our community deserves better," Paul said. | 2023-01-18T20:54:55+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/houston-shooting-gerald-williams-murder-teen-david-castro-plea-deal |
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