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BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Maryland political aide wanted on corruption charges died Monday after he was wounded while being confronted by law enforcement agents, his wife's lawyer said, following a manhunt that was launched when the man failed to appear for trial.
Roy McGrath, once a top aide to a former Maryland governor, died Monday night, according to attorney William Brennan.
“She’s absolutely distraught,” Brennan said by phone of his client, Lauran Bruner.
FBI Supervisory Special Agent Shayne Buchwald in Maryland said in an email earlier that McGrath had been wounded during a shooting involving a law enforcement agent around 6:30 p.m. in a commercial area on the southwestern outskirts of Knoxville, Tennessee. Buchwald said McGrath was taken to a hospital.
Further details, including who shot McGrath and under what circumstances, were not immediately released. The shooting was under investigation.
“The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously,” said Buchwald, who declined to confirm that McGrath had died.
McGrath, 53, served as chief of staff to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. He was declared a wanted fugitive after his disappearance, and the FBI has said he was considered an international flight risk.
An attorney for McGrath, Joseph Murtha, confirmed Monday night that his client was hospitalized in Tennessee but said he couldn't comment further on his condition or what happened.
After McGrath failed to appear at Baltimore’s federal courthouse on March 13, Murtha said he believed McGrath, who had moved to Naples, Florida, was planning to fly to Maryland the night before. Instead of beginning jury selection, a judge issued an arrest warrant and dismissed prospective jurors.
McGrath was indicted in 2021 on accusations he fraudulently secured a $233,648 severance payment, equal to one year of salary as the head of Maryland Environmental Service, by falsely telling the agency's board the governor had approved it. He is also accused of fraud and embezzlement connected to roughly $170,000 in expenses. McGrath has pleaded not guilty.
McGrath resigned just 11 weeks into the job as Hogan's chief of staff in 2020 after the payments became public.
If convicted of the federal charges, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years for each of four counts of wire fraud, plus a maximum of 10 years for each of two counts of embezzling funds from an organization receiving more than $10,000 in federal benefits.
___ Brumfield reported from Silver Spring, Maryland. | 2023-04-04T03:26:42+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/lawyer-ex-maryland-political-aide-dead-after-manhunt/J6K332BRHBELBPC4SI2Z2EPAZ4/ |
WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The Lycoming SPCA has been overwhelmed with surrendered animals for several months, and it seems to keep growing.
Alyssa Correll, the Executive Director of the Lycoming SPCA, said many people adopted during the pandemic and now more and more people are giving up their pets.
She said a lot of factors play into it, people get sick or elderly, some go back to work and no longer have the time to commit to a pet, and others can’t keep up with the financial burden, especially with the rising costs of inflation.
They have 51 spots for dogs but have over 60 in their care, many animals are being fostered by staff.
There’s a waiting list for both dogs and cats, anywhere from 3 months to 6 months long.
They’re not associated with the National ASPCA and don’t receive any federal or state funding.
They also don’t euthanize any animals, but that makes it hard to handle.
Their location, like many, is short-staffed and has struggled to keep up with the growing demand of surrendered animals.
They urge people to not adopt or purchase animals that they’re not committed to caring for. | 2022-06-28T20:32:15+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/lycoming-county-spca-overwhelmed-with-surrendered-animals/ |
MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins and right-hander Johnny Cueto have agreed on a deal that guarantees him $8.5 million for 2023, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
That includes a $2.5 million buyout if the Marlins do not exercise a club option for 2024, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract won’t be signed until a physical is completed.
If the option is picked up, the total contract would be $16.5 million, the person said. The New York Post first reported the agreement between Cueto and the Marlins.
The move, for now, would appear to create even more of a logjam in the Marlins’ rotation. NL Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara leads that group, with Pablo Lopez, Trevor Rogers, Edward Cabrera, Braxton Garrett and Jesús Luzardo all coming off a year when they made at least 14 starts.
Cueto, who turns 37 in February, was 8-10 with a 3.35 ERA for the Chicago White Sox in 2022. He logged 158 1/3 innings, his most since throwing 219 2/3 innings for San Francisco in 2016, the second of his two All-Star years.
Cueto also was an All-Star for Cincinnati in 2014, when he won a career-best 20 games.
In 15 seasons, he has gone 143-107 with a 3.44 ERA, having pitched for the Reds, San Francisco Giants, White Sox and Kansas City Royals. He went 1-0 in the World Series with the Royals in 2015, helping them beat the New York Mets in five games.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Counter (www.thecounter.com), the full-service, build-your-own burger concept known for its fresh ingredients, endless combinations, and remarkable service, is thrilled to introduce the launch of one of the most irresistible menu item pairings: the Casablanca Burger and the craveable Harissa Fries. Available now through May 1.
A bold spin to the classic cheeseburger and fries, what makes these two offerings so unique is The Counter's new Harissa Aioli sauce. Harissa is a spicy and aromatic chile paste that is widely used in North African and Middle Eastern cooking.
Those who are feeling adventurous and are wanting to try a new kind of good and tasty, can now come to their closest The Counter location and enjoy these mouth-watering offerings, available for a limited time:
The Casablanca Burger consists of all-natural juicy angus beef with provolone cheese, tomato slices, harissa aioli, mixed greens, and grilled red onions. This delicious burger is served on a brioche bun with a side of harissa ketchup.
The Harissa Fries features crispy shoestring fries tossed in a zesty harissa aioli and topped with tangy feta cheese and scallions, served with a side of harissa ketchup.
"In the past, we've found great success with many of our limited-time offerings, and we are confident that the new Casablanca Burger will not disappoint said Justin Hale, National Marketing Manager at Kahala Brands™, parent company of The Counter. "As a brand, it's important for us to think outside the box when it comes to our menu items while also delivering the flavors and textures that our guests love. This new Moroccan-inspired burger has a unique taste and zing that our guests will not want to miss".
About The Counter
Founded in 2003, The Counter®'s mission was to challenge the traditional burger joint. The Counter® provides a fresh, unconventional approach to creating the ultimate burger, offering over a million possible burger combinations with a choice from 9 proteins, 12 distinct cheeses, 31 signature toppings, 20 unique sauces and 11 types of buns or fresh greens. The Counter® offers a full-service, casual dining experience in an inviting space with industrial décor and upbeat music. The Counter was acquired by Scottsdale, Arizona-based Kahala Brands one of the fastest growing franchising companies in the world with a portfolio of nearly 29 fast-casual and quick-service restaurant brands with approximately 3000 locations in 35 countries. For more information about The Counter®, visit www.TheCounter.com.
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Need a cup of coffee? Circle K giving away free java at stores Wednesday
Circle K is giving away free coffee Wednesday in an effort to change negative perceptions about convenience-store's java. Customers are entitled to one free cup of any size on Jan. 25 at stores in Arizona and around the nation.
The company said it recently installed self-serve barista-quality coffee machines in its more than 7,000 stores across the U.S., filling them with 100% sustainably sourced premium beans. It claims that recent taste tests resulted in a "resounding vote of confidence from guests who unanimously loved the Circle K coffee."
“We imagine after trying our coffee, you will love it as much as we do," said David Hall, vice president of global food service at Circle K, in a prepared statement.
Circle K is owned by Canada-based Couche-Tard, which operates nearly 14,300 of the convenience stores globally. | 2023-01-25T19:34:20+00:00 | azcentral.com | https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2023/01/25/how-to-get-a-free-cup-of-coffee-at-circle-k-on-wednesday/69840472007/ |
Jonah Heim Player Prop Bets: Rangers vs. Astros - July 2
Published: Jul. 2, 2023 at 12:24 AM CDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
Jonah Heim -- with a slugging percentage of .625 in his past 10 games, including three home runs -- will be in action for the Texas Rangers versus the Houston Astros, with Shawn Dubin on the mound, on July 2 at 2:35 PM ET.
In his previous game, he racked up two extra-base hits (3-for-4 with two doubles) against the Astros.
Jonah Heim Game Info & Props vs. the Astros
- Game Day: Sunday, July 2, 2023
- Game Time: 2:35 PM ET
- Stadium: Globe Life Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Astros Starter: Shawn Dubin
- TV Channel: BSSW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -149)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +450)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +190)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135)
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Jonah Heim At The Plate
- Heim is batting .288 with 20 doubles, 12 home runs and 20 walks.
- Among the qualified batters in baseball, his batting average ranks 21st, his on-base percentage ranks 58th, and he is 30th in the league in slugging.
- Heim has reached base via a hit in 53 games this year (of 72 played), and had multiple hits in 22 of those games.
- Looking at the 72 games he has played this season, he's went deep in 12 of them (16.7%), and in 4.1% of his trips to the dish.
- Heim has driven home a run in 32 games this year (44.4%), including more than one RBI in 18.1% of his games and producing three or more of his team's runs on eight occasions..
- In 31 of 72 games this year, he has scored, and nine of those games included multiple runs.
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Astros Pitching Rankings
- The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff ranks eighth in the league.
- The Astros have a 3.57 team ERA that ranks first among all league pitching staffs.
- Astros pitchers combine to rank 13th in baseball in home runs surrendered (90 total, 1.1 per game).
- Dubin will make his first start of the season for the Astros.
- The 27-year-old righty has two appearances in relief this season.
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-02T06:08:26+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/sports/betting/2023/07/02/jonah-heim-mlb-player-prop-bets/ |
Mila Kunis jokingly admitted to lying to her kids in an effort to alleviate their busy social calendars while appearing on a recent episode The Kelly Clarkson Show.
"This thing of like, if you invite one kid to a birthday, you have to invite the classroom?" Kunis told Kelly Clarkson on the host's talk show. "That's gotta go."
She and Clarkson then commiserated about feeling overwhelmed in relation to their children's schedules. "Everybody thinks I'm busy but my kids are so busy," Clarkson said. "There's always a party."
Kunis elaborated on the point, saying, "Because you get invited to 22 kids' birthday parties."
"How do you fit it all in?" Clarkson asked rhetorically. For both women, the answer involved a bit of deception.
"I totally lie to my children," Clarkson said. "I'm like, 'Oh, Disneyland is closed today.'"
Kunis laughed in response and told the fellow mom, "We just tell our kids we have plans when we don't. We all lie to our kids, OK?"
She added that she and husband Ashton Kutcher also use football as an excuse as well. When Clarkson said that she doesn't watch enough sports to invoke that reasoning, Kunis responded through another laugh, "Neither do I, hence the lies."
Kunis shares two children with Kutcher, 8-year-old Wyatt and 6-year-old Dimitri. Clarkson's two children, River and Remy, are the same ages.
RELATED CONTENT: | 2022-10-11T04:44:45+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/mila-kunis-and-kelly-clarkson-bond-over-lying-to-their-kids-to-get-out-of-playdates/603-ea880961-d737-4e6c-91e2-b5bff121bc38 |
Updated October 15, 2022 at 7:20 AM ET
In photographer Carell Augustus' new book Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments, he takes some of cinema's most memorable images — think Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain or Janet Leigh's fateful shower in Psycho — and casts them with black actors and actresses, placing them in spaces that have been longed denied to them.
Augustus saw the project as a chance to address an omission that persisted well into the 1980s, when he grew up watching mainstream hits like Back to the Future and Say Anything.
"We were left out of these stories," he said. "And oftentimes, when we saw ourselves in these stories, we were, you know, getting arrested or in a prison scene or in a gang scene. And I just wanted to do whatever I could to sort of change up the narrative, visually and artistically."
Augustus shot his first photograph for the book back in 2010, before Black Lives Matter and #OscarsSoWhite. He knew people might view his project as a reaction to those movements.
"At some points, I found myself in tandem with these movements, and I just embraced it," he said.
Surprisingly, you won't find too many A-listers in these pages. No Denzel or Halle Berry, not that Augustus didn't go for them.
"When I first started this book, my fantasy was to get all the Black A-listers in Hollywood, right? And then I realized if I did that, I would have probably 11 people," he said.
He expanded his net, finding performers who may not be household names but have built a healthy portfolio of credits. Instead of Gene Kelly hanging from that street lamp, it's Dulé Hill (The West Wing, Psych). Janet Leigh gets replaced by veteran actress Simbi Khali (3rd Rock from the Sun).
One of Augustus' favorites was Amber Stevens West taking on Audrey Hepburn's iconic role in Breakfast at Tiffany's. She graces the book's cover in that sultry black satin gown. A supporting player in entertainments like 22 Jump Street and New Girl, West said a centerstage movie role like Hepburn's eluded her when she first started her career.
"It's very much the story of a lot of Black people in Hollywood, where they're typecast as, like, the friend and they're kind of filling a role as, like, the diversity piece in the project," she said.
In some cases, Augustus even flips genders. The first photograph he shot and also the first in the book sees Aisha Hinds ( True Blood, Shots Fired) as Gen. George S. Patton, saluting an unseen audience in front of a giant American flag. Here Hinds substitutes George C. Scott's withering gaze and granite stance for a knowing smile and curvy bend at the hips. She brings some swagger and a little sexiness to the role. Hinds said this was no accident.
"I think the superpower of a Black woman is to occupy the space and the fullness of who she is. And, you know, we don't have to deny our sex appeal in order to also operate in strength," she said.
Hinds' Patton pairs well with arguably her best role to date as the great abolitionist Harriet Tubman in WGN's Underground. Hinds says both interpretations can remind people that Black women have always been leaders in the fight for this country.
"We're constantly at war with so many things, and we're constantly sort of taking the battle scars and the battle wounds, you know, and people are constantly looking to Black women to lead armies of change," she said.
Unlike movements like #OscarsSoWhite, Augustus doesn't see his book as a force for change, but he hopes that it subverts people's expectations. And by placing these actors in images central to Hollywood's idea of itself, it implies that these images belong to Black people, too.
"What I want from this book is for people to finally see and realize that we should be considered a standard, too."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-10-16T00:50:10+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/npr-books/npr-books/2022-10-13/this-photography-book-puts-black-actors-in-hollywoods-most-iconic-movie-moments |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Ian Kennedy has been designated for assignment by the Texas Rangers after a tough start to his 17th season in the big leagues.
Texas recalled left-hander John King from Triple-A Round Rock, clearing roster room with Kennedy's departure before Thursday's opener of a four-game series at Oakland.
The 38-year-old Kennedy was 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA, surrendering eight earned runs and 10 total over 10 innings and 11 appearances. He made the team for opening day as a non-roster invitee for the second time, also doing so in 2021.
Manager Bruce Bochy said he spoke with Kennedy by phone on the way to the ballpark after the pitcher heard from Rangers general manager Chris Young.
“I just told him how much I appreciated being with him, working with him, getting to know him," Bochy said. “Great teammate. It was more the fit, what we needed here, innings, flexibility, those type of things. But he was a pro, let me tell you, he was good with these guys, great teammate, so we'll see what happens here.”
If Kennedy isn't claimed on waivers or traded over the next seven days he could go to the minor leagues or be released.
King pitched for the Rangers in each of the past three seasons, including making the opening-day roster in 2022 among his three big league stints last year. He was 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA and a save over nine relief outings at Triple-A.
The Rangers lead the AL West and their 22-14 start is the club's best over the first 36 games since 2013.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-12T01:33:53+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/rangers-designate-veteran-pitcher-ian-kennedy-for-18095216.php |
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — De’vion Harmon scored 25 points and Kevin Obanor added 19 as Texas Tech defeated its second ranked opponent in three days, upending No. 6 Texas 74-67 on Monday night.
Fardaws Aimaq had a season-high 12 points for the Red Raiders, who led by 13 in the second half before fending off the Longhorns down the stretch.
Texas Tech (14-12, 3-10 Big 12) also topped No. 12 Kansas State on Saturday.
Texas (20-6, 9-4) tied the game at 64 on a 3-pointer by Dylan Disu, but Tech responded by scoring the next six points as Obanor had two dunks and Aimaq converted a tip-in. Harmon added a driving basket with 35.1 seconds remaining, and the Red Raiders held on.
Marcus Carr led the Longhorns with 23 points, and Disu scored 11.
Texas Tech scored on seven consecutive possessions spanning halftime, taking a 51-38 lead. Texas used a 12-4 spurt to get within 59-54, and a 3 by Tyrese Hunter trimmed it to 64-61 before Disu’s tying shot.
Harmon had 21 points in the first half and scored his team’s final seven as the Red Raiders took a 44-35 lead at the break. Both teams connected on more than 45% of their shots. Tech went 7 of 12 from 3-point range, and Texas countered by shooting 6 for 11 from beyond the arc.
After the Longhorns pulled to 37-35 on Carr’s 3-pointer with 1:40 remaining in the half, Harmon answered with a short jumper in the lane, two free throws and a 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded.
BIG PICTURE
Texas Tech has won 10 of the past 12 meetings and holds a 37-29 edge in Lubbock.
UP NEXT
Texas hosts Oklahoma on Saturday.
Texas Tech visits West Virginia on Saturday.
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AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25 | 2023-02-14T22:00:03+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/ap-harmon-obanor-lead-texas-tech-to-74-67-win-over-no-6-texas/ |
WATKINSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Two Republican frontrunners are hoping to clinch primary majorities as candidates make their final pitches to Georgia voters on Saturday ahead of Tuesday’s election.
Gov. Brian Kemp and former football star Herschel Walker hope to win GOP majorities and clinch nominations for governor and U.S. senator on Tuesday without runoffs, with polls showing both men backed by more than 50% of voters. Kemp met voters at a rally in Watkinsville, near his home in Athens, with Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts showing up to support him.
Walker spoke to Republicans in Columbus, having moved into a more public campaign phase in recent days despite continued questions about his past.
Walker has been accused of threatening his ex-wife’s life, exaggerating his business record and lying about graduating from the University of Georgia. An Associated Press story Saturday found that Walker was actually a paid spokesman for a for-profit veterans program that Walker has described as a way he helps veterans.
Walker’s speech focused on his life story and general attacks on Democratic policies.
“It is time that we get back to where we started,” Walker said, arguing that Democrats have strayed from American values. “And we have a long ways to go. When we go together, we go as one, we’re going as one and the way it starts is May 24. Go on to the poll. Vote.”
Other candidates are making final pitches as well. Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, Kemp’s top rival for the Republican nomination, met with Republicans in Union County, in far north Georgia. Walker’s rivals, including state Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and Navy veteran and former banker Latham Saddler, were meeting with supporters in suburban Atlanta.
Black, who has attacked Walker most sharply, argues that Walker isn’t qualified and that his personal history makes him unelectable.
“Herschel Walker hides out from tough questions, refuses to debate, and has built his campaign on an inflated resume,” Black said this week.
Many Democrats are attending a party function Saturday night in Gwinnett County, where Democratic congressional incumbents Lucy McBath and Carolyn Bourdeaux are squaring off in Tuesday’s primary.
For Kemp, an outright win would be vindication after months of attacks from former President Donald Trump. Perdue was personally courted by Trump to enter the race as retribution for Kemp not going along with Trump’s effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election. Perdue embraced Trump’s election lies, opening two debates between the candidates with the claim that the 2020 balloting was “rigged and stolen.”
Ricketts appeared after Jim Pillen, whom Ricketts endorsed to succeed him as governor of Nebraska, beat the Trump-endorsed Charles Herbster in a Republican primary in Nebraska on May 10.
Ricketts said after his speech that he thought both those races prove that “candidates matter, that people in the state will pick the best candidate.”
Ricketts is the 2022 co-chair of the Republican Governors Association, which has spent millions to support Kemp against Perdue. Other RGA figures who have been at odds with Trump have also come to Georgia to campaign for Kemp in recent days, including Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey. Former Trump Vice President Mike Pence will help Kemp close his campaign in a Monday rally in suburban Atlanta.
Despite the rift, Ricketts downplayed the differences with Trump, saying party splits are “not unusual” in contested primaries.
“I support many of President Trump’s policies, and I know Brian Kemp does,” Ricketts said. “And in this case, we just happen to be on opposite sides of who we’re picking in these races.”
Neither Kemp nor Ricketts mentioned Perdue in their speeches Saturday. Kemp’s stump speech, as it has been in recent days, was focused on the threat of Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is unopposed in her party’s primary on Tuesday. The state Democratic Party on Friday released an ad criticizing Kemp for his early decision to lift many COVID-19 restrictions on businesses in Georgia, as well as his successful push for a law removing the requirement for a permit to carry a concealed handgun. “Every time Kemp gambles for votes, Georgians lose,” the Democratic ad claimed.
Kemp on Saturday portrayed those actions as 2018 campaign promises he has kept as he rallied his supporters just outside his hometown of Athens. The crowd was sprinkled with longtime Kemp supporters and Republican officials.
“There may be people out there and even people here that don’t agree with all of that,” Kemp said of his actions. “But you can’t say I didn’t do what I said I was going to do.”
If Kemp wins, he faces the task of bringing together the party, knowing that every vote may be needed to defeat a well-financed Abrams and energized Democrats in the fall. Some Trump-backing Republicans continue to say they won’t vote for Kemp, but the incumbent expresses confidence that the specter of Abrams will motivate them.
“I think Stacey Abrams is a great unifier,” Kemp told reporters. “People have differences of opinion on who they want their nominee to be. But I can guarantee you, Republicans in Georgia know I’ll be a lot better governor than Stacey Abrams.”
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Follow Jeff Amy on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jeffamy. | 2022-05-22T15:16:58+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/kemp-and-walker-look-to-victory-in-georgia-as-primaries-near/ |
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that his administration would move to forgive thousands of dollars in student debt from Americans saddled with the costs of education.
The move would wipe clean up to $10,000 in debt from borrowers making less than $125,000 per year. But for Pell Grant recipients, the White House plans to remove up to $20,000 in debt.
What is a Pell Grant?
A Pell Grant is a federal scholarship offered to students applying to college under exceptional financial hardship.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, they are mostly awarded to undergrad students who haven't earned a bachelor's degree yet.
Unlike a traditional loan, most Pell Grant recipients don't have to pay the money back. The exception to this is students who have dropped out of classes or entirely out of college after their federal aid for that semester has been given.
Under the Biden administration's new plan, any Pell Grant recipient who currently makes less than $125,000 (the same salary cap as non-Pell Grant borrowers) will get up to $20,000 of their student loans forgiven.
Who is a Pell Grant recipient?
Applying for a Pell Grant requires students to fill out the FAFSA — Free Application for Federal Student Aid — paperwork. For many high school students, this is done around the same time they apply to colleges.
Eligibility is based on a few things, including the cost of attendance for your school, your status as a full or part-time student and your "expected family contribution."
That expected family contribution is simply the amount of money the federal government expects a student's family to be able to provide for their education, outside of grants and loans.
How much does a Pell Grant pay for?
Grants vary based on the needs of students. The maximum award for the 2022-2023 school year is $6,895, meaning that a student can receive up to $3447.50 per semester. It's also possible to receive an additional $3447.50 if a student is taking summer or winter classes outside of the regular semester.
Because tuition at many universities cost significantly more per semester than Pell Grants can provide, students who take them often need to take out loans. With the Biden administration's announcement, those people will have up to $20,000 of that loan debt wiped away by the federal government.
How do you know if you had a Pell Grant?
For those who can't remember whether they received a Pell Grant while taking out student loans, one option could be to log onto your FAFSA account.
The White House has yet to announce if there will be another simplified way for borrowers to check this info, but the Biden administration said more info on claiming relief will be released in the coming weeks. | 2022-08-24T17:26:09+00:00 | 11alive.com | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/pell-grant-biden-student-loan-debt-cancellation-plan-who-qualifies/507-b86b6dbc-e949-4b5e-8022-73dbcef97374 |
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with a single healthcare-focused U.S. institutional investor and certain executives of the Company for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 1,289,980 shares of its common stock (which includes 130,769 pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its common stock being sold to the U.S. institutional investor) at a purchase price per share of $3.25 (or $3.2499 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share offering price for the common stock less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant) for the U.S. institutional investor and $3.80 per share for the Company's executives, pursuant to a registered direct offering. The Company has also agreed to issue to each investor, in a concurrent private placement, series A unregistered warrants (the "Series A Warrants") to purchase up to 1,289,980 shares of the Company's common stock and series B unregistered warrants (the "Series B Warrants") to purchase up to 1,289,980 shares of the Company's common stock. The Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants being sold to the U.S. institutional investor will each have an exercise price of $3.25 per share, will each be exercisable on the six-month anniversary of the issuance date and will expire five years from the date of initial exercisability and one year from the date of initial exercisability, respectively. The Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants being sold to the executives of the Company will each have an exercise price of $3.55 per share, will be exercisable on the six-month anniversary of the issuance date and will expire five years from the date of initial exercisability and one year from the date of initial exercisability, respectively.
The closing of the registered direct offering and the concurrent private placement is expected to occur on or about July 27, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $4.225 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.
A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as lead placement agent and Maxim Group LLC is acting as co-placement agent for the offering and the concurrent private placement.
The offering of the common stock and pre-funded warrants is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-265956) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). A prospectus supplement describing the terms of the proposed offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement may be obtained, when available, from A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, 590 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at (212) 624-2060, or by email at prospectus@allianceg.com, or from Maxim Group LLC, 300 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Syndicate Department, or via email at syndicate@maximgrp.com or telephone at (212) 895-3745.
The Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants described above are being issued in a concurrent private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the common stock underlying such warrants, have not been registered under the Act, or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, such warrants and underlying common stock may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and such applicable state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Acurx Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new antibiotics for difficult to treat infections. The Company's approach is to develop antibiotic candidates that target the DNA polymerase IIIC enzyme and its R&D pipeline includes antibiotic product candidates that target Gram-positive bacteria, including Clostridioides difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP).
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "estimate," "intend," "may," "will," or the negative of those terms, and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including, among other things, the completion of the offering, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the offering, the intended use of proceeds from the offering and the uncertain impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on our business, including with respect to our clinical trials.
These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks associated with the Company's development work, including any delays or changes to the timing, cost and success of our product development activities and clinical trials, and other uncertainties affecting the Company described in the "Risk Factors" section and in other sections included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. Given those uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. All subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements or outlook or guidance after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law.
Investor Contact:
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
David P. Luci, President & CEO
Tel: 917-533-1469
Email: davidluci@acurxpharma.com
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Participants currently enrolled in MARINA and MARINA-OLE™ trials may continue to be treated with AOC 1001
Avidity received Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance for FSHD and DMD studies from FDA; programs now advancing into the clinic
Company to host investor webcast today at 8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. PT
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNA), a biopharmaceutical company committed to delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics called Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a partial clinical hold on new participant enrollment in the Phase 1/2 MARINA™ clinical trial of AOC 1001 in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). Close to 40 participants are currently enrolled in the MARINA and MARINA open label extension (MARINA-OLE™) trials.
All participants, whether they are on AOC 1001 or placebo, may continue in their current dosing cohort although no additional participants may be enrolled until the partial clinical hold is resolved. All participants in MARINA may roll over into the MARINA-OLE where they will receive AOC 1001 as planned. DM1 is an underrecognized, progressive and often fatal neuromuscular disease with no approved treatment options.
The partial clinical hold is in response to a serious adverse event reported in a single participant in the 4mg/kg cohort of the MARINA study. Avidity is working closely with the FDA and the trial investigator to assess the cause of this event. The company is taking all necessary steps to resolve the partial clinical hold on new participant enrollment as quickly as possible.
"The safety of participants enrolled in our clinical studies is our first priority. We are doing a thorough analysis and will work diligently with the FDA and the trial investigator to follow the progress of this participant and to resume new participant enrollment as soon as we can," said Sarah Boyce, president and chief executive officer at Avidity. "We share the sense of urgency with the DM1 community for effective therapies and we remain confident that AOC 1001 has the potential to address important unmet needs of people living with DM1. We want to thank each participant in the study, their families and the investigators for their continued contributions."
"We continue to look forward to the preliminary assessment of the MARINA study in Q4 and, with our two recent IND clearances, we are now advancing AOC 1020 for FSHD and AOC 1044 for DMD into the clinic this year as planned," added Ms. Boyce.
Avidity remains on track to conduct a preliminary assessment of safety, tolerability and key biomarkers in approximately half of the study participants in the MARINA trial in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Avidity received IND clearance from the FDA to proceed with the clinical trial of AOC 1020 for the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and AOC 1044 for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) with mutations amenable to exon 44 skipping. These programs are now advancing into the clinic.
Today's Webcast Information
Avidity's management team will host a webcast and conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. PT today, September 27, 2022. The live call can be accessed by dialing 866-652-5200 (US) and 412-317-6060 (International) and requesting Avidity Biosciences. A live webcast will also be available on the "Events and Presentations" page in the "Investors" section of Avidity's website. A replay of the webcast will be archived on Avidity's website following the event.
About Avidity
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Avidity's proprietary AOCs are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to target the root cause of diseases previously untreatable with RNA therapeutics. Avidity now has three programs in clinical development. The company's lead product candidate, AOC 1001, is designed to treat people with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). AOC 1001 is currently in Phase 1/2 development with the ongoing MARINA™ trial and MARINA-OLE™ in adults with DM1. The next programs in the company's advancing and expanding pipeline are AOC 1044, the lead of three programs for the treatment of DMD, and AOC 1020, designed to treat people living with FSHD. The FDA has cleared Avidity to proceed into the clinic with both AOC 1020 and AOC 1044. Avidity is also broadening the reach of AOCs beyond muscle tissues through both internal discovery efforts and key partnerships as the company continues to deliver on the RNA revolution. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our science, pipeline and people, please visit www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
Avidity cautions readers that statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the company's current beliefs and expectations. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: expectations for Avidity's interactions with the FDA, the ongoing investigation into the underlying cause of the serious adverse event for the affected patient, and the anticipated impact of, and Avidity's ability to resolve, the partial clinical hold and resume enrollment in and complete the MARINA study, and to conduct and present data from the preliminary assessment of the MARINA study and the timing thereof; the progression of clinical programs for AOC 1001, AOC 1044 and AOC 1020 and timing thereof; and the potential of AOC 1001 to treat DM1. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by Avidity that any of these plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this press release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in the business, including, without limitation: Avidity may not be able to resolve the partial clinical hold and the analysis related to the underlying cause of the serious adverse event may result in delays in the MARINA study or an inability to compete the study; unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate efficacy of its product candidates that may delay or limit their development, regulatory approval and/or commercialization, or may result in clinical holds, recalls or product liability claims; Avidity is early in its development efforts; Avidity's approach to the discovery and development of product candidates based on its AOC platform is unproven, and the company does not know whether it will be able to develop any products of commercial value; potential delays in the commencement, enrollment and completion of preclinical studies or clinical trials; the success of its preclinical studies and clinical trials for the company's product candidates; the results of preclinical studies and early clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results; Avidity's dependence on third parties in connection with preclinical and clinical testing and product manufacturing; regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries, including acceptance of INDs and similar foreign regulatory filings and the proposed design of future clinical trials; disruption to its operations from the COVID-19 pandemic or the war in Ukraine; and other risks described in prior press releases and in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Avidity cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, which is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Investor Contact:
Kathleen Gallagher
(858) 401-7900 x550
investors@aviditybio.com
Media Contact:
Navjot Rai
(858) 401-7900 x550
media@aviditybio.com
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Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks to perform together at US Bank Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will perform together in Minnesota for the first time this fall.
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will perform together at U.S. Bank Stadium on Nov. 10, 2023. (FOX 9)
They're scheduled to perform at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Nov. 10. This marks the first time the two musical icons have teamed up to perform on the same stage in Minnesota. The Minneapolis show is part of a tour that includes a few stops at other football stadiums in the United States.
"It's going to be an unforgettable night in Minneapolis," Live Nation's Minneapolis concerts president Josh Lacey said. He was joined by Minnesota Viking hall-of-famer John Randle and the Vikings cheerleaders at a press conference Friday to announce the "artists for one of the year's biggest concerts" of the year.
Tickets for the concert go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 13. on LiveNation.com. Citi card members will have early access to a presale at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 9. Verizon customers will have access to presale tickets starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. Ticket prices haven't been revealed.
This is the second major concert announcement for the U.S. Bank Stadium in the past few months. The other was Taylor Swift. | 2023-01-06T17:44:13+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/billy-joel-stevie-nicks-to-play-us-bank-stadium |
Train derailment, hydrochloric acid leak prompt evacuations in Louisiana
PAULINA, La. (AP) — The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana community, officials said.
No injuries were reported in the derailment in the community of Paulina in St. James Parish, about 50 miles west of New Orleans. St. James officials said about 200 homes were evacuated. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the derailment.
Eric Deroche, St. James homeland security director, said a tank car was leaking hydrochloric acid that would have to be neutralized and removed before the evacuation order could be lifted. Inhaling fumes from the corrosive chemical can damage the lungs.
State police spokesman Christian Reed said the damaged rail car was carrying 20,000 gallons (75,700 liters) of the chemical. While officials weren’t sure exactly how much spilled out, St. James Parish President Pete Dufresne told reporters it was likely that all of it had leaked.
Deroche told The Advocate officials expanded the initial evacuation area from 150 homes to 200 homes after the hydrochloric acid vapor spread out as winds calmed down in the area. Officials said residents were being put up in hotels and that they could go to a seniors’ center in nearby Lutcher for a hotel assignment.
Reed said the cleanup would take an “extended period of time,” and asked that residents be patient as the process unfolds.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-03T10:59:25+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2022/11/03/train-derailment-hydrochloric-acid-leak-prompt-evacuations-louisiana/ |
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will now be the highest-paid player in NFL history after reportedly agreeing to a 5-year contract extension worth $255 million.
The deal would pay Hurts $51 million per year, the highest annual contract value in the NFL to date, surpassing the $50.2 million per year that Aaron Rodgers is under contract for. Patrick Mahomes holds the largest overall contract in the NFL, from when he signed a 10-year, $450 million extension in 2020 that pays an annual value of $45 million per year.
Hurts, 24, was a second-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft after high-profile college years at Alabama and Oklahoma.
He started four games as a rookie in Philadelphia before becoming the full-time starter in 2021, helping lead the Eagles to the playoffs.
Still, heading into year three ahead of last season, Hurts faced a lot of doubt that he could carry the Eagles, who had an impressive offseason acquiring talent on both sides of the ball, further.
Hurts silenced the critics by leading the Eagles to an NFL-best 14-3 regular season record, going 14-1 in games he started. He threw for over 3,700 yards and 22 touchdowns, adding 13 rushing touchdowns.
Hurts led the Eagles to the Super Bowl, where they fell in a thriller to the Kansas City Chiefs 38-35.
For more on the Jalen Hurts deal, be sure to check out the daily Locked On Eagles podcast, free and available on all platforms. | 2023-04-17T16:36:41+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/sports/nfl/jalen-hurts-eagles-agree-to-record-breaking-nfl-contract-extension-philadelphia-nfl-news-howie-roseman-patrick-mahomes-aaron-rodgers/535-70e2b3d3-98f3-4f5b-9869-188ad7884261 |
- Emerging infectious diseases where no protective vaccines are currently available
- SuVax™ targets Sudan ebolavirus, origin of a current disease outbreak in Uganda
PRINCETON, N.J. , Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need, announced today that the Company has been invited by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Division of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Medical Countermeasures to submit a full contract proposal for the development of single-vial, adjuvanted, heat stable subunit vaccines to prevent filovirus infection. This submission supports a potential multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to develop SuVax™ and MarVax™ vaccine candidates as medical countermeasures (MCM) for use in the event of a Sudan ebolavirus or Marburg marburgvirus outbreak.
Soligenix was invited to submit this proposal following a review of its white paper entitled, "SuVax™: A Safe and Thermostable Single-Vial Adjuvanted Subunit Vaccine with Rapid Onset Immunity to Sudan ebolavirus", which proposed development of SuVax™ through Phase 1 clinical studies in a $25 million program of work over 5 years. BARDA also requested that additional options be built into the full proposal including addressing a separate potential Marburg marburgvirus vaccine candidate, MarVax™, which has the potential to increase the value of the program. BARDA's mission is to develop and procure needed MCMs, including vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and non-pharmaceutical countermeasures, against a broad array of public health threats, whether natural or intentional in origin.
In a non-human primate model of Sudan viral disease, SuVax™ demonstrated 100% protection four weeks after vaccination with a 3-dose series of SuVax™. Similar potency has been demonstrated for MarVax™. The development of these vaccines is part of an ongoing long-term collaboration with Soligenix's academic partner, the University of Hawaiʽi at Mānoa. This work was partially supported by a $1.5 million Small Business Innovation Grant (#1R44AI157593-01) awarded to Soligenix and a grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa (R01-AI132323) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
"We are excited about the favorable review of our white paper by BARDA and by their invitation to submit a full contract proposal," stated Christopher J. Schaber, PhD, President & Chief Executive Officer of Soligenix. "Although a contract award is not guaranteed, we believe that we are well-positioned to receive BARDA development support for this indication allowing us to further demonstrate the growing body of compelling scientific evidence supporting our heat stable filovirus vaccine platform, including vaccine candidates directed towards Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg marburgvirus. This is particularly relevant given the outbreak of Sudan viral disease in Uganda for which there is no current protective vaccine available. We look forward to continued productive interactions with BARDA, NIAID and FDA as we move these programs forward."
The submission of a contract proposal is non-binding and does not guarantee the award of a BARDA contract. The contract award will require a favorable technical and scientific review by BARDA followed by negotiation of fair and reasonable contract terms.
About Filovirus Infection
Ebola Virus Disease is caused by one of six species of Ebolavirus, four of which are known to cause disease in humans, including its best-known member, Zaire ebolavirus (Ebola virus), with Sudan ebolavirus (Sudan virus) being the second-most common cause of human infection in this family. All species of ebolavirus belong to the Filoviridae family, a family that further contains the equally human pathogenic Marburg marburgvirus (Marburg virus). Filoviruses are believed to be harbored in various animal species in Africa, particularly bats, although the specific reservoir host for many of these viruses is still unknown. There have been several known Ebola and Marburg Virus Disease outbreaks since 1967, with the largest outbreak starting in 2014 in Western Africa, and involved over 26,000 confirmed/probable/suspected cases with an estimated death toll of over 11,000 people according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These numbers also include some cases of virus introduction and limited spread in Europe and the United States. Morbidity after viral infection is also significant, with surviving patients reporting symptoms including fatigue, memory problems, shortness of breath, sleep problems and joint pain for years after infection. Most recently, an outbreak of Sudan virus in Uganda has been declared, with containment activities underway.
Transmission of filoviruses requires direct contact with bodily fluids from an infected person or contact with infected animals. The mortality rates following filovirus infections are extremely high, and in the absence of wide availability of effective therapeutics, are affected by the quality of supportive care available with a focus on early initiation of treatment. Resolution of the disease largely depends on the patient's own immune system. There are limited treatment options for Ebola Virus Disease and no available treatments for Sudan Virus or Marburg Virus Disease, although steady progress has also been made in development of immunotherapeutics for filoviruses beyond Ebola virus. There are approved vaccines for Ebola virus, requiring stringent ultra-low cold-chain storage, but no efficacious vaccines are yet available for Marburg virus or Sudan virus.
Filoviruses are one of the virus families identified as having the ability to cause pandemics. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic the US government is accelerating its investment in pandemic preparedness, including having "the ability to rapidly make vaccines effective against any virus family". Specific initiatives have been spear-headed by the White House and Biden-Harris administration, as evidenced by the "American Pandemic Preparedness: Transforming Our Capabilities" white paper released in September 2021.
About John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
The John A. Burns School Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is one of the leading medical institutions and one of the most ethnically diverse institutions in the United States. For more than a decade, JABSOM has ranked in the top 10% of allopathic medical schools for graduate retention with one of our UH-sponsored residency programs. Hawaiʻi's cultural diversity and geographical setting affords JABSOM a unique research environment to excel in research directed at eliminating diseases that disproportionately affect people in Hawaii and the Pacific region. JABSOM faculty bring more than $40 million in extramural funds into the state, annually. In addition, JABSOM was the first U.S. medical school to create a clinical department dedicated to the health and well-being of an indigenous population, Native Hawaiians.
About Soligenix, Inc.
Soligenix is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need. Our Specialized BioTherapeutics business segment is developing and moving toward potential commercialization of HyBryte™ (SGX301 or synthetic hypericin) as a novel photodynamic therapy utilizing safe visible light for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). With a successful Phase 3 study completed, regulatory approval is being sought and commercialization activities for this product candidate are being advanced initially in the U.S. Development programs in this business segment also include expansion of synthetic hypericin (SGX302) into psoriasis, our first-in-class innate defense regulator (IDR) technology, dusquetide (SGX942) for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including oral mucositis in head and neck cancer, and proprietary formulations of oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate (BDP) for the prevention/treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders characterized by severe inflammation including pediatric Crohn's disease (SGX203).
Our Public Health Solutions business segment includes active development programs for RiVax®, our ricin toxin vaccine candidate, and SGX943, our therapeutic candidate for antibiotic resistant and emerging infectious disease, and our vaccine programs targeting filoviruses (such as Marburg and Ebola) and CiVax™, our vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2). The development of our vaccine programs incorporates the use of our proprietary heat stabilization platform technology, known as ThermoVax®. To date, this business segment has been supported with government grant and contract funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
For further information regarding Soligenix, Inc., please visit the Company's website at https://www.soligenix.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter at @Soligenix_Inc.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that reflect Soligenix, Inc.'s current expectations about its future results, performance, prospects and opportunities, including but not limited to, potential market sizes, patient populations and clinical trial enrollment. Statements that are not historical facts, such as "anticipates," "estimates," "believes," "hopes," "intends," "plans," "expects," "goal," "may," "suggest," "will," "potential," or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results in future periods to differ materially from what is expressed in, or implied by, these statements, such as experienced with the COVID-19 outbreak. Soligenix cannot assure you that it will be able to successfully develop, achieve regulatory approval for or commercialize products based on its technologies, particularly in light of the significant uncertainty inherent in developing therapeutics and vaccines against bioterror threats, conducting preclinical and clinical trials of therapeutics and vaccines, obtaining regulatory approvals and manufacturing therapeutics and vaccines, that product development and commercialization efforts will not be reduced or discontinued due to difficulties or delays in clinical trials or due to lack of progress or positive results from research and development efforts, that it will be able to successfully obtain any further funding to support product development and commercialization efforts, including grants and awards, maintain its existing grants which are subject to performance requirements, enter into any biodefense procurement contracts with the U.S. Government or other countries, that it will be able to compete with larger and better financed competitors in the biotechnology industry, that changes in health care practice, third party reimbursement limitations and Federal and/or state health care reform initiatives will not negatively affect its business, or that the U.S. Congress may not pass any legislation that would provide additional funding for the Project BioShield program. In addition, there can be no assurance as to the timing or success of any of its clinical/preclinical trials. Despite the statistically significant result achieved in the HyBryte™ (SGX301) Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, there can be no assurance that a marketing authorization from the FDA or EMA will be successful. Notwithstanding the result in the HyBryte™ (SGX301) Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and the Phase 1/2 proof-of-concept clinical trial of SGX302 for the treatment of psoriasis, there can be no assurance as to the timing or success of the clinical trials of SGX302 for the treatment of psoriasis. Further, there can be no assurance that RiVax® will qualify for a biodefense Priority Review Voucher (PRV) or that the prior sales of PRVs will be indicative of any potential sales price for a PRV for RiVax®. Also, no assurance can be provided that the Company will receive or continue to receive non-dilutive government funding from grants and contracts that have been or may be awarded or for which the Company will apply in the future. These and other risk factors are described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, Soligenix's reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K. Unless required by law, Soligenix assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events.
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The 30th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew’s assault on South Florida is days away, and for the uninitiated and those who may have forgotten, here is what the Category 5 storm did to southern Miami-Dade County and elsewhere.
After striking on Aug. 24, 1992, Andrew killed 65 people, destroyed 63,000 homes, left 175,000 homeless, and in the immediate aftermath, left a million people without power. Three cities and towns in particular — Homestead, Florida City and Naranja Lakes — were completely or nearly reduced to ruins.
When 100 Air Force reservists returned home from temporary duty in Italy, their C-141 Starlifter landed at the U.S. Coast Guard station at Opa Locka Airport in northern Miami-Dade, not at their headquarters at Homestead Air Force Base, which bore the earmarks of a military attack.
“Welcome back,” Col. Russell Clem told the returnees. “Unfortunately, I have to say, welcome back to the greatest natural disaster to hit the United States.”
By many accounts, the recovery effort that followed was chaotic and nearly devoid of leadership. But once the extent of the disaster became apparent, a region that was already battered by a recession, a savings-and-loan crisis, elevated joblessness, and the bankruptcies of leading employers gradually found its way back.
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If Andrew did the region any favors, it exposed flaws in local building codes, shoddy construction on a large scale, the pitfalls of relying on an economy focused on tourism and real estate, and deficits in storm preparation and recovery.
How resilient is South Florida now?
Interviews this week with businessmen, economists, forecasters and other experts show substantial improvements over the last three decades. Many agree that another storm of Andrew’s magnitude is likely to be mitigated by preventive measures taken over the years, though South Florida’s growing status as a preferred place for out-of-staters to relocate has raised uncertainties about the extent of damages another massive storm could cause.
New building codes
The communities of South Miami-Dade never had a chance in the face of a storm packing wind speeds of 175 mph and higher in certain areas.
Mobile home parks were reduced to shards of wood and metal. Planes, hangars and housing at the air base suffered heavy damage. Some housing developments stood fast better than others, their fates tied to building code adherence, construction quality and their proximity to the severest winds.
Broward and Palm Beach counties got their share of high winds, downed trees and structural damage, but the impact was greatest the farther south one drove.
The storm destroyed or damaged more than half of Miami-Dade’s housing units, according to a 1996 University of Florida research report. More than 353,000 people evacuated their homes, according to the university’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research.
Two Miami-Dade grand juries investigated deficiencies in both the codes and their enforcement, and strongly urged improvements. Today those improvements are a factor that many in the construction and weather forecasting businesses view as the region’s main line of defense against future big storms.
Bryan Norcross, FOX weather contributor and hurricane specialist, was working for WTVJ-Ch. 6 in Miami when Andrew struck. He was on the air for 23 consecutive hours, sitting down in his anchor chair at 9 a.m. Sunday; he didn’t leave until 8 a.m. Monday.
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Norcross is credited with comforting thousands of South Floridians during the worst of the storm because they heard his voice on the radio. They heard him on the radio only because he made preparations to have a radio feed in case the TV transmission didn’t work.
“A sequence of things that happened allowed my voice to be the voice they heard in the dark of night when all hell was breaking loose,” he said.
His main Andrew takeaway: better building codes.
“The building codes used in Dade and Broward county are the best hurricane building codes in the world. It’s a direct result of Hurricane Andrew,” he said.
Miami construction law attorney George Breur of the Mark Migdal and Hayden firm says the post-Andrew codes are responsible for reduced damages across Florida during subsequent storms in the 2000s.
“Andrew was basically what gave birth to the Florida building code,” he said. “There was obviously inconsistent enforcement of the codes. Every three years it’s been updated and improved.”
In Miami. he said, 25 new condo towers are under construction and all of them will contain high-impact glass materials.
“In Miami-Dade County a residential high-rise has to have a wind grade of over 185 mph,” Breur said. “That’s not to say we’re not going to have some damage. But the key takeaway is that losses will be reduced. You’re not going to have a building blown completely away and there should be less insurance claims.”
But construction these days is more costly.
Ron Magill, Zoo Miami’s goodwill ambassador and communications director, recalled the zoo’s aviary was destroyed, causing the loss of countless birds.
“What has changed is that the building codes became so much more stringent following the hurricane,” Magill said. “An aviary that originally cost us $3 million to build, to rebuild [it] to meet the codes properly took us 10 years at a cost of $13 million.”
Management hopes the strengthened codes will help prevent animal escapes and reduce the chances for injuries.
Peter Dyga, president and CEO at Associated Builders & Contractors, Florida East Coast chapter, warns the code improvements are no guarantee against widespread damages even though he lauds the upgrades.
“For sure I think the changes that were put in place contributed to progress through the years to the point where we have one of, if not the strongest building codes in the world.”
As a result, the level of destruction “should not should be as great” if the region was hit by another storm of Andrew’s strength.
But he warned the better code doesn’t make the region risk-free.
“We will probably be hit by the same things again,” he said. “We are taking a calculated risk by having people living in a zone that’s exposed like the southeastern portion of Florida.”
A diversified economy: a stronger defense?
South Florida’s economy is in better shape now than 30 years ago to withstand the financial impact of severe storms, economists say.
J. Antonio Villamil is the founder and principal adviser at Washington Economics Group, a consultancy in Coral Gables, and a former undersecretary of commerce In the 1990s during the administration of President George H.W. Bush.
“We’re a different economy altogether,” he said. “We have much more international business and high technology startups. We don’t rely as much as we did before on cyclical construction and tourism as in the past. Given the size of the population and entrepreneurial nature of the startups, it’s quite different than during Andrew.”
Immediately after the storm, a recovery movement spearheaded by private businesses called “We Will Rebuild” helped jump-start the process and set a tone for more cooperation between the public and private sectors..
“It helps to create a better business environment when you have the public sector and business community working toward a common goal,” Villamil said. “That happened. There was a lot of leadership in the area.”
“We Will Rebuild was a major factor in driving investment in the area,” he added. “The business environment improved dramatically.”
Many businesses selling must-have items did well after the storm.
Keith Koenig, CEO of the City Furniture chain, which is based in Tamarac, said the storm wiped out his company’s location in Cutler Bay. At the time, the business was known as Waterbed City.
“We were pretty devastated by that,” he said. “The insurance company covered that. Our business really boomed because people needed to replace furniture where their homes and apartments were wiped out.”
“It was a disaster, and also an opportunity,” said Koenig, who also serves as a board member of the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s branch in Miami. “We dealt with the hurricane and our business actually boomed for about nine months. It was an artificial temporary boom and then got back to a more normal level of business.”
He, too, counts the strengthened building codes as being “at the top of the list in my mind” as being a major change for the good driven by Andrew.
“Builders were really concerned this would drive up costs,” he said. “But it didn’t slow down demand. Now, any home not built to that level of that resilience is not as valuable.”
Northward ho — instant growth for Broward
The storm dramatically forced shifts in the population. driving nearly 40,000 people out of Miami-Dade permanently, according to the UF report, with many moving to the Broward County cities of Miramar and Pembroke Pines. Both are now among the region’s fastest-growing cities.
“People got their insurance money and the entire population shifted from Dade County to West Broward County almost overnight,” said attorney Keith Poliakoff, managing partner of the Government Law Group in Fort Lauderdale. “I always thought that was amazing.”
Previously, the West Broward area was “nothing but land and cattle,” he added.
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Bob Swindell, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, recalled that a significant amount of residential development already had been underway when the storm hit, effectively providing housing opportunities for Hispanic and Caribbean-area residents who resided in south Miami-Dade and needed to find new places to live.
“Fortunately, there was enough product coming online in Broward,” he said. “We had the first Caribbean-American majority city commission in Broward County and in the country. It changed our politics and the culture and the makeup of our county.”
Villamil said the population movement created “a truly integrated economy,” especially between Miami-Dade and Broward.
“We truly have a megalopolis between Dade and Broward, including Palm Beach County,” he said. “This is likely to accelerate with Brightline and Tri-Rail and the ability to commute between counties.”
Better preparations emerge
For FPL, there were numerous lessons learned about how to respond to such a disaster. It had no idea in 1992 how to beef up the workforce before the storm, how to house those workers, how to feed them, where to stage the work trucks, where to stage the food.
The utility has more than 100 staging sites now, said Manny Miranda, executive vice president for power delivery.
He recalled that after Andrew struck, he received an initial damage report from a co-worker.
“He said, ‘Manny, every single pole is down,’” Miranda recalled. “I said, ‘Maybe it’s where you’re standing.’ He said, ‘No, everything is devastated.’”
Miranda would soon learn that description was accurate. The utility replaced 20,000 poles for 1.4 million customers.
The utility’s storm recovery process is very different now, he said.
“We already have pre-determined where material goes, where the tents go, where trucks park, how to fuel trucks. We can house people, we have mobile trailers for sleeping, mobile trailers for cooking,” he said.
The company also learned to have its workers toil alongside city cleanup crews. One thing that happened during Andrew was that municipal crews bulldozed entire areas to get them cleared, destroying electrical equipment in the process.
Miranda said about 45% of FPL’s electrical lines are underground.
“One of the things we know is our main transmission lines, our main circuit lines, what we call main feeder lines, they hold up pretty well during a hurricane,” Miranda said. “The issue for us during Hurricane Irma was overhead lines in people’s backyards.”
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Miranda said access and restoration is complicated by trees, swimming pools and sheds. The utility is looking to put all neighborhood lines underground and harden them all to withstand 145 mph winds.
Zoo Miami in South Miami-Dade learned it needs a post-storm plan, including having generators for air conditioning animal housing.
“I think the zoo is much-better prepared in dealing with the aftermath than we were initially,” Magill said. “The sense of having a pre-determined evacuation for animals post-storm, having generators now built and located throughout the park, having our stations properly managed and maintained so we can deal with excess water. I think that experience is going to be invaluable should another storm of that magnitude come through.”
Swindell believes the state now has a better storm preparedness culture.
“People were moving to Florida and a lot of new folks had never been in a hurricane before,” he said. “You’d have a hurricane party at a local bar and go out and buy stuff you would never buy.”
“That mindset really got shaken up. I think people take it much more seriously. We’re building much better.”
The next ‘Big One’
Economists still warn that another storm of Andrew’s magnitude could well create much more damage than in 1992 mainly because of the sheer rise in the region’s population, which is now 6.1 million, up from the 4.1 million people who lived here three decades ago.
The increased density caused by a development boom has created higher real estate values that could easily be deflated by another natural disaster, they warn.
“Where we might be underestimating is the actual cost,” said Sofia Johan, an economist at Florida Atlantic University. “The population has doubled in the last 20 years and the population’s wealth has possibly doubled, if not quadrupled.”
“Whatever damage happens is going to be even more expensive,” Johan added, noting that insurance companies are dropping customers and raising rates.
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Florida’s insurance market has spent most of the last two years on life support, battered by financial woes, the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently reported. Heavy losses caused widespread fears — just before the official start of hurricane season on June 1 — that a large number of companies would not be able to meet the state’s minimum financial-strength requirements to protect all of the state’s property owners.
“I get dropped by my insurance companies on a regular basis for whatever reason,” Johan said. “I am thinking about all of those people who cannot afford the 60% to 70% increases in insurance. What would happen to them?”
Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy reminds people that sea level rise is a major concern.
“If a storm hits at King Tide we could be worse off as a region,” he said. “We’re certainly taking steps to raise the seawalls and public shorelines to reduce the likelihood of flooding in a perfect-storm situation. Conditions led by sea level rise make the challenge all the more harder. The bar is set higher by nature itself.”
Staff writer David Lyons can be reached at dvlyons@SunSentinel.com. Staff writer Chris Perkins can be reached at chperkins@sunsentinel.com.
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Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize to undergo Tommy John surgery
Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize will undergo Tommy John surgery, manager A.J. Hinch said Friday afternoon, to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow.
He will miss the rest of the 2022 season.
Dr. Keith Meister, the team physician for the Texas Rangers, determined Mize needed elbow surgery. The procedure will occur "pretty soon," Hinch said, but the exact date is unclear. The recovery process usually takes 12-18 months.
"He still doesn't have a torn ligament," Hinch said. "Dr. Meister has diagnosed him with a stretched ligament that's lost its elasticity and functionality inside his elbow. Any of the exams we've had, it's shown an intact ligament, which is true. But the symptoms continue to recur."
Mize, the 2018 No. 1 overall pick, hasn't pitched for the Tigers since April 14. The 25-year-old landed on the injured list April 15 with a right elbow sprain.
At first, the Tigers believed Mize avoided a significant injury.
"When they told us the ligament was intact, that gave us great confidence that there wasn't going to be a big problem," Hinch said. "The fact that it is intact but yet he still needs surgery is part of the medical side that I have no idea about. But it's the reality."
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Mize initiated two throwing programs in hopes of a non-surgical recovery and healthy return to the Tigers. Both times, though, he was shut down because of soreness.
The Tigers halted his throwing program for the first time after a May 12 start with Triple-A Toledo, in which Mize allowed three runs and couldn't complete the first inning. His throwing program was stopped again recently due to a setback when he attempted to play catch from 90 feet on flat ground.
"I don't think any of this is an exact science," Hinch said. "You don't want to race to the surgery table, despite how successful it's been. The time lost is sometimes needed for recovery but sometimes needed for diagnosis."
Mize has pitched 39 games for the Tigers in parts of three seasons, making his MLB debut in August 2020. He led the team with 30 starts and 150⅓ innings pitched last season, boasting a 3.71 ERA.
This season, Mize posted a 5.40 ERA with two walks and four strikeouts across 10 innings in two starts.
Hinch spoke to Mize on the phone Thursday night.
"Resolution for this is the No. 1 key," Hinch said. "He knows the problem. He knows the answer. He knows what the road ahead is. ... I know he's going to be a diligent patient. I know he's going to do everything that's asked of him to rehab this and get back to being the pitcher that we know he's going to be moving forward."
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Major League Soccer renews with Fox for four years, ends run with ESPN
Fox will keep on broadcasting Major League Soccer games in the U.S. as part of a four-year agreement, ending the run of ESPN and ABC, which had carried matches since the league launched in 1996.
MLS also announced linear television agreements on Tuesday with TSN and RDS in Canada and TelevisaUnivision.
MLS chose only one television partner in the U.S. due to its 10-year partnership with Apple that begins next season.
The rights deal with Apple, announced in July, allows fans to watch every game without local blackouts or restrictions.
MLS deputy commissioner Gary Stevenson noted the media deals, beginning with Apple, were built with a streaming-first mentality. The league has found 83% of its fans watch sports on streaming devices or recorded TV during an average week, up from 52% for all TV viewers.
“The original idea was to create what is primarily a streaming package and also add to that great linear agreements with partners that we know well. We’re very happy with what we’re going to be able to offer. We think it’s going to be a great fan experience,” Stevenson said.
Fox, TSN and RDS also have rights to the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Fox Sports will carry at least 34 regular-season, eight playoff matches and the MLS championship. At least 15 regular-season games will air on Fox, with the remainder on FS1. All Fox and FS1 matches will air in Spanish on Fox Deportes
The agreement also includes 16 Leagues Cup matches on FS1 through the round of 16. Beginning next season, the Leagues Cup will be a summer competition between MLS teams and Liga MX clubs. TelevisaUnivision will air 21 Leagues Cup matches, including the final.
Stevenson said it also made more sense to go with one linear partner in the U.S. due to the league’s desire to have a more streamlined schedule. Most matches next season will be played on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. local time and some on Wednesdays.
“Fox was the perfect partner. They had the perfect schedule to complement what we were doing with Apple,” Stevenson said. “We are personal and professional fans with ESPN and Disney and admire what they have done for this league. We’re still in conversations with ESPN about ways that we can work together going forward.”
ESPN said in a statement it was unable to reach a new agreement with MLS. ESPN also is losing rights to home games of the U.S. Soccer Federation, which starts an eight-year contract in January with Turner Sports. ESPN has rights to Germany’s Bundesliga, Spain’s La Liga, England’s second tier League Championship and the Dutch Eredivisie.
“We are very happy with the outstanding lineup of soccer properties on our platforms, and we will continue to provide news and information coverage of the league through our industry-leading linear, digital, and social media platforms,” ESPN said.
TSN and RDS will average two matches per week across the season’s 34 rounds, including one per round involving a Canadian team. It also includes eight playoff matches, the MLS championship and some Leagues Cup matches.
Apple will be the exclusive English and French-language carrier of the Leagues Cup quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. It will also be the sole worldwide carrier for the All-Star game.
The linear broadcasters will use a feed from MLS as the league takes over production for the first time. It is similar to the way European soccer leagues do business.
The linear deals complete the framework of MLS’ rights deals after the Apple announcement in July. MLS Season Pass will be available in over 100 countries exclusively through the Apple TV app beginning next year.
MLS Season Pass will launch on Feb. 1, while the 2023 season begins on Feb. 25 with a full slate of games., including defending champion Los Angeles FC facing the LA Galaxy at the Rose Bowl. LAFC beat Philadelphia on penalty kicks for its first MLS title.
MLS intends to announce the rest of its schedule this month. | 2022-12-14T00:36:49+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/soccer/2022/12/13/major-league-soccer-renews-with-fox-for-four-years-ends-run-with-espn/69726162007/ |
BOSTON (AP) — Vaughn Grissom was rounding third when it sank in.
He had just cleared the Green Monster for his first big league hit, and he gave himself an emphatic clap before finishing his home run trot.
“That was like a ‘We made it’ moment, I guess,” the Braves’ top prospect said after homering in his major league debut to help Atlanta beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 on Wednesday night. “Like a ‘We did it’ type of feeling.”
Grissom homered onto Lansdowne Street and then singled and scored another run, and Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer to help Atlanta complete a two-game sweep. Kyle Wright earned his league-leading 14th win for the defending World Series champions, who arrived in Boston after losing four of five to the first-place Mets and are now seven games back in the NL East.
“We had a rough weekend,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “Which is fine; it’s going to happen. I did not think this was going to be bump free.”
Called up earlier in the day from Double-A, the 21-year-old Grissom went hitless in his first two at-bats but hit the first pitch he saw in the seventh inning completely out of Fenway Park. He tossed his bat aside before taking off around the bases, clapped his hands as he rounded third and arrived home to be congratulated by Michael Harris II, who had singled ahead of him.
A healthy number of Braves fans in the crowd of 35,406 gave Grissom a big cheer. Grissom singled his next time up, stole second and scored. When he gave a postgame interview on the field, fans behind the dugout chanted his name.
“I just took a second to myself (before the game) to just really look at everything, and just do my best to just take a picture in my head,” said Grissom, who went back on the field with his family after the game. “You really don’t know until you actually do it. I mean, you try to prepare yourself and all that, but it’s nothing like how you think it’s going to be.”
Wright (14-5) allowed one run on one hit and one walk in six innings, striking out five for the 10th win in 12 decisions.
Red Sox trade deadline pickup Tommy Pham homered for the third straight game, hitting a three-run shot in the seventh to turn a 5-1 deficit into a one-run game. But the Braves scored two more in the eighth, on Eddie Rosario’s double and Ozuna’s sacrifice fly.
Nick Pivetta (8-9) pitched six innings, allowing three runs — Ozuna’s homer — on five hits and two walks while striking out five. The last-place Red Sox lost their fourth straight game, and their sixth of seven.
WELCOME TO THE BIGS
Grissom was batting .324 with 14 homers, 67 RBIs and 27 stolen bases at Single- and Double-A this season. His mother, father, stepfather, sister, aunt and girlfriend made the trip from Florida to see him play second base and bat ninth in his debut.
Grissom hit into a fielder’s choice in the third inning, struck out in the fifth and came up again with one on and one out in the seventh, when he homered to make it 5-1.
Grissom added a single in the ninth; the Braves made sure to call for this ball as a keepsake (though the home run ball was eventually retrieved). He later scored on Dansby Swanson’s single to make it 8-4.
“He was like a kid out on the playground, pretty much just having a ball. I think they said it’s genuine. I think that guy really likes to play baseball,” Snitker said. “It’s a novel idea: Have fun playing baseball.”
Harris, who was called up in May, is also a 21-year-old prospect who moved up to the eight spot in the order. He entered Wednesday’s game hitting .288 with 10 homers, 34 RBIs and 12 stolen bases while shoring up the defense in center field.
BACK HOME AGAIN
The Braves spent their first eight decades in Boston, until owner Lou Perini became convinced he couldn’t compete with the AL Red Sox and moved his NL franchise to Milwaukee. They did not play in Boston again until interleague play in 1997.
The site of the former Braves Field is now a stadium at Boston University, which marked the spot of the original home plate on its turf.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Braves: Kirby Yates got one out in the seventh in his return from Tommy John surgery. The former All-Star closer had not pitched in 724 days. … Grissom took over for Orlando Arcia, who was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring he sustained running the bases in Atlanta’s 10-inning victory Tuesday night. Regular second baseman Ozzie Albies is recovering from a broken foot.
Red Sox: INF-OF Kiké Hernández went 1 for 2 with a single in a rehab outing for Double-A Portland. … SS Xander Bogaerts hit a foul ball off his left leg. After showing signs of pain, he remained in the game.
UP NEXT
Braves: Have their second off-day in four days before playing three games in four days at Miami.
Red Sox: Play a one-game series against Baltimore, with RHP Josh Winckowski (5-5) facing Orioles RHP Austin Voth (2-1).
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-11T11:24:42+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/sports/prospect-grissom-homers-in-debut-braves-beat-red-sox-8-4/ |
Dairy farm in Ukraine’s Donbas region struggles to survive
By JUSTIN SPIKE
Associated Press
DMYTRIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — One of the last working dairy farms on Ukrainian-controlled territory in the eastern Donbas region is doing everything it can to stay afloat in a place where neither workers nor animals are safe from Russia’s devastating war.
Only around 200 head of cattle remain of the nearly 1,300 kept at the farm before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The 8,000-acre (3,200-hectare) farm, set amid rolling hills in embattled Donetsk province, is producing two tons of milk a day compared to 11 tons daily before the war, its managers say.
While a significant proportion of the KramAgroSvit farm’s revenues also once came from cultivating wheat, continuing that work comes with risks. As a farm employee harvested wheat with a grain combine on Sunday, the machine hit two land mines, resulting in a fire that burned more than 60% of the worker’s body.
The worker survived, but is in critical condition as doctors tend to an infection.
An inspection by an emergency services team found 19 additional mines in the field, said Ihor Kriuchenko, the farm’s senior livestock technician, adding that going out to harvest now is “very dangerous due to the shelling and mines.” Farmhands drive combines around visible artillery fragments to avoid them.
Such realities of war have created a cascading series of complications that coalesced to drive the farm’s business down dramatically. In the nearby city of Kramatorsk, the provisional capital of Donetsk province, Russia’s attacks and a lack of gas for heating and cooking have caused most residents to evacuate, creating less demand for dairy products and, consequently, falling profits.
Business also took a hit as Russian forces captured several other cities where the farm had distributed its milk and those markets disappeared behind the front line.
Such conditions — disrupted demand and supply chains along with danger from shelling and mines — have made the prospect of farming in eastern Ukraine fraught with risks that threaten the future of the KramAgroSvit farm, which has been in business since 2003.
“This farm was hit (by a rocket), and 38 cows were killed, plus some of our farming equipment and vehicles were destroyed. Investors decided it was too risky to keep so many cows here, so they were sold abroad,” Kriuchenko said.
The farm’s owner had all the pigs and rabbits once raised there slaughtered and sold amid the uncertainty, he said.
Anna Lavrenyuk, general director of Ukraine’s Association of Milk Producers, said at the end of June that Ukrainian dairy farms lost at least 50,000 head of cattle worth an estimated $136 million during the first three months of the war.
Approximately 800 industrial dairy farms lost assets that included animals, barns, farming equipment and animal feed, Lavrenyuk said, while milk yields in front-line and Russian-occupied territories dropped by more than half since the war began.
Ukrainian milk production was likely to fall to 2 million tons for the year, down by 750,000 tons since 2021, she said.
Only around a third of the KramAgroSvit farm’s previous staff of 63 employees remains, Kriuchenko said, and revenues have dropped six-fold since Russian forces launched their offensive to seize the Donbas, an industrial region made up of Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk province.
One such worker, Nataliia Onatska, lined up around 50 cows side by side on Wednesday and attached vacuum pumps to their udders in one of the farm’s long, musty milking hangars.
She’s spent her entire life on a farm and calls her job “the point of my life.”
“I wish everything was like it was before and everyone had kept their jobs,” Onatska said. “It’s scary to live now. I’m just living from day to day.”
The farm now feeds its wheat to the cows as grain prices have fallen and logistics costs have spiked, Kriuchenko said. The crop wasn’t profitable on the market because of a Russian naval blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports that a U.N.-brokered agreement is only now slowly remedying.
But of all the myriad challenges facing the farm, he said, the most difficult part has been saying goodbye to colleagues who had invested so much in its success. Amid the cutbacks, he said, he had to fire his wife.
“It was very hard and sad to let all our staff go. Our team was brought together from nothing, and there was great teamwork, everything was good,” he said. “It was a shock for me to say goodbye to them.”
As Halyna Borysenko, another worker in the dairy, finished milking the cows for the day, she said she pitied them for also having to live through the war.
“The animals are acting differently. They’re scared just like we are,” she said. “They just can’t say it out loud.”
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-08-12T12:35:09+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/08/11/dairy-farm-in-ukraines-donbas-region-struggles-to-survive/ |
HUMBOLDT, Kan. — A Southeast Kansas school district superintendent is speaking out against an online publication that names the worst school districts in all fifty states. The website’s pick for the state of Kansas is Humboldt Unified School District 258. Now, Superintendent, Dr. Amber Wheeler wants to set the record straight, and make right, what she claims the publication got wrong.
Government and state data gathered from Niche, an online source providing in-depth profiles on schools and colleges across America, gave the Humboldt Unified School District 258 in Southeast Kansas an overall grade of C+. Another website, which publishes government and state data on a wide variety of financial news topics, took the grade given to the school district by Niche, and added four measures, such as child poverty rate, teacher-to-student ratio, and per-pupil spending to come up with “the worst school district in every state.” To develop this list, data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics was used. The statistics range anywhere from 2019 to 2021.
As for The Sunflower State, Humboldt Unified School District 258 was named as “The Worst School District In Kansas.” The website, 247wallst provided the following data as their reason for choosing this school district as “the worst in Kansas.”
Dr. Amber Wheeler, Superintendent of Humboldt Unified School District 258, spoke out today about the numbers that were listed in this ranking of school districts with 500 students or more. Dr. Wheeler said the measure of success for any school district, especially Humboldt’s, isn’t measured simply by numbers.
“Federal government and state statistics can often be confusing and the story behind those numbers are very difficult to come by, especially online. To get the full picture of how a particular school district is doing, you really have to talk to students and staff, or even better, visit the district and see for yourself what programs and tools are in place. That’s how you find the true measure of success, and that’s the case here at Humboldt,” said Superintendent Wheeler.
According to Dr. Wheeler, the data listed above is both incomplete and out outdated. For example, Humboldt Unified School District 258 recently saw an enrollment increase of 80 students. While that may not sound like a big number, for a district like Humboldt which is a small town located in Allen County, Kansas with a total population of 2,162 (according to data from the 2020 U.S. Census), an increase of 80 students is big. Dr. Wheeler said the Humboldt School District has a unique opportunity for their students: The district has both a “brick-and-mortar” building, where the majority of students attend. But, they also offer an online learning program based on a coaching model that’s proven to be successful. Students of any age can go through the district’s online program to achieve their high school diploma.
“We have one of the largest, most successful virtual programs in the state. We have around 650 students that attend class here on campus, and then there’s 326 students who are enrolled through our virtual program. Combined, our graduation rate this past spring was 99.75%,” stated Dr. Wheeler. Humboldt’s graduation rate is much higher than the average graduation rate in Kansas, which is 88.16%.
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When it comes to the district’s student-to-teacher ratio, Humboldt is now at 14.6-to-1, thanks to an increase in teachers and support staff. “What you won’t find when looking at state and national data is the ‘why’ behind our student-to-teacher ratio. The reason it was higher in 2020 and 2021 is mostly due to COVID related issues, which affected nearly every school district in the country, and in more ways than one,” said Dr. Wheeler.
Despite the number listed in the chart above regarding annual per-pupil spending, the actual dollar amount is higher since the chart’s data doesn’t account for local funding. According to the Humboldt School District’s Financial Accountability Report, 2020-2021 per-pupil spending from combined federal, state and local funding sources is actually $9,912 — a difference of more than $700.
“The bottom line here is that the numbers just don’t tell the whole story. They never do. There’s more to student success than what statistical data can show. Being able to watch our kids succeed here at Humboldt because of our school programs, unique learning activities, and incredible teachers and staff who strive to make learning fun and interesting. We see kids become successful when success is something that some of our students have never known. That’s what we do on a daily basis. That’s what all schools do is help kids be successful. There’s a whole lot more to the story than numbers can show,” said Dr. Wheeler.
You can find more information on Humboldt Unified School District 258, including their programs and activities, HERE. | 2022-12-08T13:19:01+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/kansas-superintendent-refutes-worst-school-in-kansas-moniker/ |
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BURBANK, Calif. — The Walt Disney Company has tapped its former CEO Bob Iger to return to head the company for two years, firing his successor Bob Chapek in a move that stunned the entertainment industry.
Chapek is leaving after the company posted lower than expected earnings in the last quarter. Hollywood’s creative community had grumbled about Chapek’s cost-cutting measures and sometimes blunt approach to talent, while theme park regulars had been unhappy with price hikes.
So, it's back to Iger.
“The Board has concluded that as Disney embarks on an increasingly complex period of industry transformation, Bob Iger is uniquely situated to lead the company through this pivotal period," Susan Arnold, Disney's chairman, said in a statement.
Arnold thanked Chapek for leading the company through the pandemic, while enthusing over Iger's stature within the company, which he led for 15 years before his ouster in early 2020.
Iger has the “deep respect of Disney's senior leadership team," she said. She added that he was “greatly admired by Disney employees worldwide."
“The company's robust pipeline of content is a testament to his leadership and vision," the company's statement said.
Iger said in the statement that he was “thrilled” to return and “extremely optimistic” about Disney’s future.
“I am deeply honored to be asked to again lead this remarkable team, with a clear mission focused on creative excellence to inspire generations through unrivaled, bold storytelling,” said Iger, who is 71.
He replaced Michael Eisner as CEO in 2005 and the former TV weather man won over Wall Street and Hollywood with bold acquisitions and public displays of respect for the creative community and the company’s storied history.
During his 15 years at the helm, Disney absorbed Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel and Fox’s entertainment businesses, then launched its Disney+ streaming service.
After Chapek became CEO in 2020, Iger remained as chairman through 2021.
Chapek is stepping down in what has been a tough year for Disney. He faced blowback earlier this year for not using the company’s vast influence in Florida to help quash a Republican bill that would prevent teachers from instructing early grades on LGBTQ issues. The bill sparked a spat between Disney and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
He also was criticized for his handling of Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit last year over her pay for “Black Widow,” an unusually public conflict between the studio and a top Hollywood star. The 2021 Marvel film was released simultaneously in theaters and through Disney+ for a $30 rental.
There are reports of plans for major layoffs as the company maneuvers to improve its profitability.
Currently, Disney+ now is ad-free, but in December it will launch a new tiered service in December for U.S. subscribers. The basic Disney+ service that costs $7.99 per month will run ads. A subscriber who wants no ads will have to upgrade to a premium service that starts at $10.99 per month, a 38% increase over current prices.
Disney said it ended its fiscal year with more than 235 million subscribers to its streaming services. That was above analysts’ expectations of 231.5 million.
Disney’s share price is at about the level it was at when Iger stepped down as CEO in early 2020, closing at $91.80 pm Friday. That’s about half its peak of just over $200 a share in March 2021. | 2022-11-21T13:38:58+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/disney-announces-bob-iger-to-return-for-2-years/507-20e573e2-5932-4526-95d4-c3cec1e82d71 |
PHOENIX (AP) — The hardest task these days for the Boston Celtics might be staying humble.
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 25 points, Malcolm Brogdon added 16 off the bench and the rolling Celtics embarrassed the sloppy Phoenix Suns 125-98 on Wednesday night.
“You enjoy the moment, but you’ve got to understand why you did it,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “Then you’ve got to know that it’s a long year. This could happen to us. It might not, but we’re going to go through some type of obstacles throughout the year.”
For now, the Celtics are making it look easy.
Boston won for the eighth time in nine games, improving its NBA-best record to 21-5. The Suns — who came into the game with the best record in a crowded Western Conference race — lost for the third time in four games.
Tatum said that after a couple rough trips to Phoenix over the past couple years that ended in losses, there was a particular emphasis on this game.
“We remembered that,” Tatum said. “That was fresh on our minds. We wanted a different outcome.”
The expected showdown between two of the league’s top teams never materialized with the Celtics leading by 45 points. The Celtics took a 31-21 lead after one quarter over the cold-shooting Suns, who missed all eight of their 3-point attempts.
It only got worse for Phoenix.
“We didn’t compete the way we needed to compete tonight,” Suns center Deandre Ayton said.
Boston continued to build its lead in the second, taking a 69-42 lead into the break. Brown led the Celtics with 17 points in the first half, while Tatum had 14. Grant Williams and Brogdon both added 12.
“Phoenix is a great team and I thought the way we played showed the respect we had for them,” Mazzulla said.
The second half was essentially an afterthought. Tatum hit a free throw with 7:01 left in the third to push Boston’s advantage to 40.
Phoenix’s night was summed up in the third quarter when Mikal Bridges, Chris Paul and Devin Booker all tried to grab a loose ball, only to collectively bobble it away into the hands of Boston’s Marcus Smart, who scored an easy layup.
“It feels like that game should count as two losses, but the good thing is it is still only one,” Booker said.
Later, the three-time All-Star added: “You can’t blame scheme, you can’t blame rotation or anything on coach. We have to look at the mirror as a team and we have to fix it.”
The Suns welcomed back Paul, who missed the past 14 games with a sore right heel. That’s good news for the team’s long-term prognosis, but having the 12-time All-Star on the court didn’t help much on Wednesday.
Josh Okogie led the Suns with a career-high 28 points off the bench, while Booker added 17. Paul finished with four points, four rebounds and four assists in 24 minutes.
The Celtics have another big game ahead of them on Saturday, when they travel to face the Warriors. Boston lost to Golden State in six games in the Finals last season.
TIP-INS
Celtics: F Al Horford missed the game after entering the league’s health and safety protocol … Brogdon returned after missing one game because of a non-COVID illness. … Luke Kornet had 12 points on 6 of 6 shooting. Grant Williams also made all six of his shots and finished with 14 points.
Suns: F Torrey Craig (right groin) was back in the starting lineup after missing three games. … Hosted a sellout crowd for the 41st consecutive game. … Shot just 8 of 32 (25%) from 3-point range. … Okogie made 8 of 14 shots, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
UP NEXT
Celtics: At Golden State on Saturday night.
Suns: At New Orleans on Friday night.
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More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-12-08T18:12:08+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-tatum-brown-lead-celtics-to-easy-125-98-win-over-suns/ |
(NEXSTAR) — Considering an end-of-summer vacay? You may be scanning hotel discount sites for the best rate on a quick getaway but a new study by travel site InsureMyTrip shows you may get more bang for your buck on some versus others.
Using data from 1,000 hotels across 20 cities, InsureMyTrip compared rates of three major booking sites to see who offers the cheapest deals on average — in addition to how much and how often. The study also compared discount booking sites with the cost of booking with hotels directly.
Here’s the ranking from most expensive to least expensive, per the study:
4. Booking.com — Average price (for a double room for 2 people): $250.14. Booking.com had the cheapest rates about 7% of the time.
3. Booking directly with the hotel — Average price: $222.87. Using a hotel’s website was cheaper than the three other sites about 39% of the time. Direct booking is also about $6 more expensive than the top 2 discount sites.
2. Expedia — Average price: $217.28. Expedia offers potential savings of about $32.87 and was the most affordable option about 579 times (or 58%), according to InsureMyTrip.
1. Hotels.com — Average price: $217.01. The difference between Hotels.com and Expedia is pretty marginal, though Hotels.com had the cheaper rate about 69% of the time.
It’s important to note both Expedia and Hotels.com are owned by the same parent company, Expedia Group, and thus, had similar or identical average rates in many instances.
Booking.com representatives did not immediately respond to Nexstar, however, Booking.com Managing Director of Asia Pacific Laura Houldsworth told CNBC the company aims to be transparent with customers and that “our property partners are free to set their own prices on Booking.com.”
Additionally, Houldsworth said Booking.com honors its “promise to price match, [which] also means that if a customer should ever find a lower price on another website, Booking.com will refund the difference.”
It depends which city you’re going to
InsureMyTrip’s analysis found customers can expect specific savings depending upon which city they’re visiting and which site they’re using.
- Direct booking — Booking direct is the best option if you’re staying in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles.
- Expedia — Most affordable cities include Boston, Orlando, Chicago and Honolulu.
- Hotels.com — Most affordable cities include New York, Miami and Las Vegas.
Internationally, Expedia and Hotels.com split the difference for best city deals.
“Of the 20 cities analyzed, we found seven were the same price on Hotels.com and Expedia. This shows that either site can be used to find a great deal, especially traveling to capital cities around the globe,” the study concludes.
Meanwhile, a stay in Istanbul, Turkey, is cheapest if booked with the hotel directly. | 2022-09-02T15:24:33+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/health/studies-research-findings/which-hotel-discount-sites-have-lowest-rates-study/ |
MELBOURNE – A crowd of staunch fans braved wet winter weather in downtown Melbourne on Thursday to watch outdoors the star-studded finale of the Australian television soap “Neighbours,” which ran for 37 years.
Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce, Jason Donovan, Natalie Imbruglia and Holly Valance are among the celebrities who returned to fictional Ramsay Street to appear in the send-off of the Melbourne-based drama that helped launch their careers in acting and music.
Robbie, Imbruglia and Valance made remote video appearances.
Some of the better-known actors who have appeared in “Neighbours” since it began in 1985 — but who were not part of the 90-minute finale — include Oscar-winner Russell Crowe and the Hemsworth brothers, Chris, Luke and Liam.
The program was once a major hit in Australia and a bigger success in Britain, but has fallen victim to waning ratings.
Fan Riya Patel arrived two hours before the broadcast started at 7:30 p.m. local time on a brig screen in Melbourne’s Federation Square to secure a bean bag in the front row, despite passing showers and a bracing temperature of 9 degrees Celsius (48 degrees Fahrenheit).
More than 100 fans attended, many wrapped in blankets.
Patel began watching “Neighbours” after moving to Melbourne from India in 2018 and had since streamed episodes back to 2012. She said she would miss the nightly adventures of the Ramsay Street neighbors.
“Most definitely, I don’t know what I am going to do at 6:30 p.m. It’s just going to be an automatic thing to go in front of the TV,” Patel said.
The show announced its cancellation in March following the loss of its main British broadcast partner, Channel 5.
Channel 5 will broadcast the final episode in Britain on Friday. | 2022-07-28T15:39:39+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/entertainment/2022/07/28/australian-tv-soap-neighbours-screens-star-studded-finale/ |
MILWAUKEE — The president of Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration, Tony Kearney, embraces several flags that all bring him great pride.
"I'm a veteran. When I'm wearing the American flag, I'm very, very proud of that flag. Every time I salute it because I'm proud," said Kearney, who's also executive director of Northcott Neighborhood House, Inc.
Kearney celebrates the Pan-African flag, which he says represents people of African descent, no matter where they are in the world. And he also flies the Juneteenth flag, only just created in 1997.
"For us, we need our own flag," said Kearney. "I'm proud of the Juneteenth flag as well because it represents people of African descent here in America."
The Juneteenth flag is full of symbolism. The red white and blue are the same as the red white and blue of the U.S. national flag.
"We're African Americans. But we're Americans. We didn't choose a different color for the flag," said Kearney.
The middle star represents Texas, where the last slaves learned they were free in June of 1865. The nova, or new star, stands as a symbol of a new beginning. And the arc dividing the red and blue represents a new horizon and opportunities for African Americans.
"So, what can I say? The flag means a hell of a lot," said Kearney.
Locally, one company has embraced the chance to make more Juneteenth flags, especially since President Biden last year declared Juneteenth a federal holiday.
"I think that the elements together embody the continuous commitment to push and strive for liberty and justice for all," said Kristen Boyle, President and Owner of Flag Center in Wauwatosa.
Boyle said they make and sell several sizes, both hand-sewn and digitally printed.
"I think the entire country of America should really embrace it and celebrate that we're free," said Boyle. "It's empowering. It's meaningful to support other cultures, other communities. And flags allow me to do that."
Juneteenth Day celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the Civil War had ended, as well as the enslavement of black people.
Watch the 52nd annual Juneteenth parade LIVE on Monday, June 19 from 9-11 a.m. on TMJ4 and TMJ4.com.
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Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more. | 2023-05-30T23:01:49+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/celebrating-juneteenth-the-meaning-behind-the-juneteenth-flag |
BOSTON (WWLP) – Legislation was passed to prevent professional licenses to be revoked for individuals who default on their student loans, according to a news release on Monday from Senate President Karen Spilka’s office.
Currently, until the bill is signed by Governor Baker, Massachusetts is one of 14 states where licenses or professional certifications can be revoked, denied, or refused for renewal as a result of residents defaulting on their student loan debt. There is nearly $31 billion in federal student loan debt of approximately one million Massachusetts residents, with an average debt of $34,146 per borrower.
To check the license status of a professional in Massachusetts, visit Mass.gov.
“Student loan debt disproportionately affects young, low-income individuals who are making the kinds of investments in their future that we should be encouraging,” said Senate President Karen E. Spilka (D-Ashland). “Revoking professional licenses that they obtained with a student loan does nothing to solve the problem of loan defaults, and it actively makes the problem worse by preventing new professionals from having the means to pay off their loans. I want to thank Senator Eldridge for his attention and determination in seeing this common-sense bill over the finish line.”
“I am proud to announce that the Senate has passed the license revocation ban bill, known as an act prohibiting license revocation for student loan default. Nearly one million Massachusetts residents are struggling because of student loans. As the federal moratorium approaches its end, we must recognize Covid-19’s continuous impact on employment and borrowers’ financial situations,” said Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. “The bill will ensure that borrowers, who are heavily burdened by student loans, can still continue their career and work towards repayments of their educational loans. Thank you to Representative Higgins for her leadership on filing and fighting for this legislation. Congratulations to the hard-working advocates, and staff.”
The bill is awaiting Governor Baker’s approval after being passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives. | 2022-11-22T15:26:15+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/ma-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-protect-occupation-license-of-outstanding-student-loan-debt/ |
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Turkey voiced support Wednesday for a safe corridor in the Black Sea to allow Ukrainian grain exports, but Kyiv rejected the proposal, saying it was not credible. The European Union accused Moscow of “weaponizing” food supplies to gain an advantage in the war.
Russia also demanded Ukraine remove mines from the Black Sea, and both Moscow and Ankara said the West should ease sanctions on Moscow to allow the export of Russian grains amid an escalating world food crisis. While food exports are technically exempt from the sanctions, Russia claims that restrictions on its ships and banks make it impossible to deliver its grain to global markets.
Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but Russia’s invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow, endangering food supplies to many developing countries, especially in Africa. Many of those ports are now also heavily mined.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hosted his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Ankara on Wednesday for discussions focused on a United Nations proposal to free Odesa and Ukraine’s other Black Sea ports and allow 22 million tons of grain sitting in silos to be shipped out. Ukraine was not invited to the talks.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been working on a package for weeks that would allow Ukraine to export wheat and other commodities from Odesa and enable Russia to export grain and fertilizer to global markets.
He told reporters Wednesday the package is essential, especially for millions of people in developing countries facing the threat of an unprecedented wave of hunger.
Guterres said saying anything more in public about the talks would “jeopardize the chances of success.”
Russia and Turkey appear eager to dictate the terms and cement further control over the Black Sea. Turkey has maintained its close ties to both Ukraine and Russia. It has criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but hasn’t joined the international sanctions against Russia.
Russia has urged Ukraine to remove mines from the area near Odesa to allow safe grain exports, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged that Moscow wouldn’t use the corridors to launch an attack. Both Ukrainian and EU officials cast doubt on the pledge; it was Putin who also insisted earlier this year that he had no plans to invade Ukraine.
But Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia is ready to formalize the guarantee for Odesa. The Russian envoy promised that Moscow would not “abuse” its naval advantage if the mines were removed from Ukraine’s ports and would “take all necessary steps to ensure that the ships can leave there freely.”
Turkey says it would facilitate and protect the transport of the grain in the Black Sea. The Greek government has also offered the country’s powerful shipping fleet for the task, but Ankara has not made any mention about Athens being part of the possible deal. The Turkish government has recently ramped up rhetoric against neighbors including Greece and Cyprus over historical disputes.
Turkey has other vested interests in helping to secure a deal: Ankara needs Moscow’s approval to continue its presence in northern Syria, where it plans to launch a new cross-border offensive against Syrian Kurdish militia that Ankara views as a security threat.
“Turkey really needs Russia’s blessing in order to be able to carry on this operation,” said Merve Tahiroglu, Turkey program coordinator at Project on Middle East Democracy. “I think they’re really going to try to get that kind of a concession out of the Russian side.”
Turkey also depends heavily on Russian and Ukrainian wheat imports for its own food supplies and is eager to burnish its reputation in Africa, which has been severely affected by the food crisis, said Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti, a Milan-based research fellow at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies.
Ankara “has been investing quite a lot in its image in Africa as a benevolent country,” she said.
Russia, meanwhile, “is trying to portray itself as a country willing to compromise, to reach a deal,” Tafuro Ambrosetti added.
Lavrov’s meeting came as Turkey — a NATO member — has voiced strong opposition to Sweden and Finland’s recent bids to join the alliance. Moscow has also objected to the Nordic countries’ candidacy — which analyst say may play a role in discussions concerning Syria.
The head of Ukraine’s grain traders group scoffed at Turkey’s effort to negotiate a deal.
“Turkey doesn’t have enough power in the Black Sea to guarantee security of cargo and Ukrainian ports,” Ukrainian Grain Union chief Serhiy Ivashchenko said Wednesday. He said it would take three to four months to remove sea mines, and also alleged that it was Russia that mined the area.
At a joint news conference with Lavrov, Cavusoglu said Turkey considers the plan to be a “reasonable” and “feasible” one, although he acknowledged that it would require negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow.
The Turkish minister also backed easing Western sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
European Union officials emphatically pushed back Wednesday.
“Let’s be very clear,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. “Our sanctions do not touch basic food commodities. They do not affect the trading of grain or other food between Russia and third countries. And the port embargo specifically has full exemption on agricultural goods. So let’s stick to the truth. It’s Putin’s war of aggression that fuels the food crisis and nothing else.”
At the European Parliament on Wednesday, European Council President Charles Michel accused the Kremlin of “weaponizing food supplies and surrounding their actions with a web of lies, Soviet-style.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the creation of a safe sea corridor last week, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry also called for security guarantees, such as a supply of weapons to defend against maritime threats and the participation of NATO ships in the Black Sea.
Addressing the possibility of resumed peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow, Cavusoglu said Wednesday that Turkey was “much more optimistic,” and he reiterated Ankara’s offer to oversee a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Putin.
Lavrov said Russia was willing to hold further talks but accused Zelenskyy of “changing his position all the time” over conditions for a leaders’ summit.
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Wieting reported from Istanbul. Associated Press writers Andrew Wilks in Istanbul; Lorne Cook in Brussels, Frances D’Emilio in Rome, and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-06-09T03:58:38+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/ap-top-headlines/lavrov-in-turkey-to-discuss-plan-to-ship-ukrainian-grain/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Monday that it is ramping up efforts to help house people now sleeping on sidewalks and in tents and cars as a new federal report confirms what’s obvious to people in many cities: Homelessness is persisting despite increased local efforts.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said that in federally required tallies taken across the country earlier this year, about 582,000 people were counted as homeless — a number that misses some people and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do not have a place of their own.
The figure was nearly the same as it was in a survey conducted in early 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit the nation hard. It was up by about 2,000 people — an increase of less than 1%.
The administration aims to lower that by 25% by 2025.
“My plan offers a roadmap for not only getting people into housing but also ensuring that they have access to the support, services, and income that allow them to thrive,” Biden said in a statement.
The 2022 All In strategy roadmap made public Monday follows a 2010 effort called Opening Doors, which was the nation’s first comprehensive strategy seeking to prevent and end homelessness.
Ann Oliva, CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness and a former HUD executive who worked on the first roadmap, said the federal government can influence local action with financial incentives, streamlined processes and strong policies.
Homelessness among veterans, for example, has plummeted as a result of federal leadership, and the country has also made inroads among youth, she said.
“What they’re trying to do here is to show, as a federal government, we are going to work across agencies, we’re going to break down silos, we’re going to lead with equity, we are going to talk about upstream prevention and work on those issues,” Oliva said.
The federal plan highlights racial and other disparities that have led to inequity in homelessness. It seeks to expand the supply of affordable housing and improve on ways to prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place.
Potential steps include a campaign to encourage more landlords to accept government housing vouchers and encourage local governments to build more apartment complexes that are affordable for working families.
The administration also announced a program to have federal agencies work with local officials to reduce unsheltered homelessness in select cities that have not yet been named.
Homelessness has become a major political issue, especially in the nation’s biggest cities and on the West Coast.
The new survey finds that Los Angeles has overtaken New York as the city with the largest homeless population. In New York, where most people experiencing homelessness are in shelters, the total number declined to less than 62,000 this year from nearly 78,000 in 2020. Homelessness grew more slowly in Los Angeles, but still edged up to more than 65,000 from under 64,000 two years earlier.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took office this month and promptly declared a state of emergency. New York Mayor Eric Adams last month announced a plan to treat mentally ill people and remove them from the streets and subways, even against their will.
This year’s Point in Time survey reflected a balancing of opposing forces. The pandemic brought massive job losses, particularly for lower-income people, and higher rents. It also spurred an eviction moratorium and temporary federal aid, including tax credits for families that helped keep people housed.
The count found homelessness declined among veterans, families, children and young adults. Most were staying in shelters, though the number of those sleeping in places not intended for habitation rose. More people had been homeless for more than a year. Black people continued to be disproportionately likely to be homeless.
The new count was heavily anticipated because the 2021 survey was incomplete due to the pandemic. This year’s survey wasn’t a full return to normal, however. While the individual tallies normally take place in late January, many were pushed back to February or March because of the pandemic. The local reports compiled into the national data showed the numbers rose in some places and fell in others.
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Mulvihill reported from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. | 2022-12-19T18:42:19+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/politics/ap-us-homeless-numbers-stay-about-the-same-as-before-pandemic/ |
The 2024 Mazda CX-90 due for a reveal in January will offer a plug-in hybrid powertrain, Mazda said on Tuesday.
The CX-90 is a three-row SUV based on Mazda’s newly developed rear-wheel-drive platform with longitudinal engine mounting. The platform debuted in March with the Mazda CX-60 compact crossover sold overseas. Both vehicles are part of Mazda’s premium Large Product Group, which is also set to spawn a second U.S.-bound crossover dubbed the CX-70.
A teaser photo for the CX-90 released in November showed a badge with an “Inline6” script, indicating the vehicle will be offered with Mazda’s new turbocharged inline-6, which features mild-hybrid technology and comes in gasoline and diesel flavors.
The plug-in hybrid setup destined for the CX-90 is likely a 2.5-liter 4-cylinder and electric motor combination, though. The same setup is offered in the CX-60, where it delivers a combined 323 hp. Mazda said the CX-90’s plug-in hybrid powertrain, branded e-Skyactiv, has been tuned specifically for North America.
Mazda’s turbocharged inline-6 displaces 3.0 liters in gas form and 3.3 liters as a diesel. Mazda hasn’t said how much horsepower these engines will make. It’s likely the U.S. will only get the gas engine.
The CX-90 will become Mazda’s flagship model. It will be bigger than any previous Mazda, including the CX-9, which measures 199.4 inches in length. It isn’t clear whether the CX-90 will replace the CX-9 or serve as a premium alternative. Both SUVs may remain in the lineup, just as Mazda sells the newer CX-50 alongside the older CX-5.
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Pioneers include: Maura Healey, the first woman to be elected Mass. governor and the first openly gay woman to hold that office in the U.S. Wes Moore is the first Black governor of Maryland.
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Pioneers include: Maura Healey, the first woman to be elected Mass. governor and the first openly gay woman to hold that office in the U.S. Wes Moore is the first Black governor of Maryland.
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INGREZZA® (valbenazine) First Quarter Net Product Sales of $303 Million
INGREZZA® (valbenazine) 2022 Net Product Sales Guidance Reiterated at $1.25 - $1.35 Billion
SAN DIEGO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 and reiterated financial guidance for 2022.
"INGREZZA's first quarter performance reflects the opportunity we have to help patients living with tardive dyskinesia (TD). We completed our salesforce expansion in April and we now have three dedicated teams across psychiatry, neurology, and long-term care who are focused on improving diagnosis and treatment rates for TD," said Kevin Gorman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Neurocrine Biosciences. "With a growing product in INGREZZA, several mid-to-late-stage clinical data read-outs this year and next, and a strong financial profile, Neurocrine Biosciences continues to establish our position as a leading neuroscience-focused company."
Financial Highlights
First Quarter INGREZZA Net Product Sales and Commercial Highlights:
- Net product sales were $303 million with total prescriptions (TRx) of approximately 57,600
- Net product sales and TRx grew 32% and 33%, respectively, vs. first quarter of 2021
- Improved levels of persistence and compliance for existing patients when compared to prior first quarters driven by strong commercial execution
- Record number of new patients
- In April 2022, salesforce expansion was completed establishing separate psychiatry, neurology, and long-term care teams
Financial Highlights:
- First quarter 2022 GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share of $14 million and $0.14, respectively, compared with $32 million and $0.33, respectively, for first quarter 2021
- First quarter 2022 non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share of $30 million and $0.30, respectively, compared with $49 million and $0.50, respectively, for first quarter 2021
- Differences in first quarter 2022 GAAP and non-GAAP financial results compared with first quarter 2021 driven by:
- At March 31, 2022, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.2 billion
A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial results can be found in Table 3 and Table 4 at the end of this earnings release.
Recent Events:
- In March 2022, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) received Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approval for DYSVAL® (valbenazine) for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia in Japan. Under the terms of the license agreement, the Company is entitled to receive a milestone payment of $20 million upon MTPC's first commercial sale of DYSVAL in Japan, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2022.
- In April 2022, Neurocrine Biosciences presented Phase 3 data for the KINECT-HD study evaluating valbenazine for chorea associated with Huntington disease. In the study, valbenazine met the primary endpoint of significant (p<0.0001) improvement in chorea severity versus placebo as measured by the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS®) Total Maximal Chorea (TMC) Score, with improvements beginning in week 2. Clinically meaningful results, demonstrated by greater response rates, were seen by clinicians (CGI-C) and patients (PGI-C) for valbenazine versus placebo. In addition, the safety profile was consistent with the known safety profile of valbenazine. The Company plans to submit a supplemental New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the second half of 2022.
Reiterated 2022 INGREZZA Sales and Operating Expense Guidance:
- INGREZZA sales guidance for fiscal 2022 reflects approximately 20% year-over-year growth, at the mid-point of the range, and is based on recent trends, an anticipated improving COVID-19 related environment throughout the year, and benefit from our recently completed salesforce expansion during the second half of 2022. If new COVID-19 related disruptions emerge, the Company's ability to meet these expectations could be negatively impacted.
- GAAP R&D guidance includes amounts for milestones that are probable of achievement or have been achieved and (ii) amounts for in-process research and development once significant collaboration and licensing arrangements have been completed. GAAP R&D Guidance includes approximately $7 million of milestone expense for the Xenon collaboration which was achieved in January 2022.
- Non-GAAP guidance adjusted to exclude estimated non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $60 million in R&D and $110 million in SG&A.
Based upon Federal NOL's and tax credits, the Company expects to begin making cash payments for Federal income tax beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Expected Future Milestones and Key Activities
Conference Call and Webcast Today at 8:00 AM Eastern Time
Neurocrine Biosciences will hold a live conference call and webcast today at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (5:00 a.m. Pacific Time). Participants can access the live conference call by dialing 800-895-3361 (US) or 785-424-1062 (International) using the conference ID: NBIX. The webcast can also be accessed on Neurocrine Biosciences' website under Investors at www.neurocrine.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the website approximately one hour after the conclusion of the event and will be archived for approximately one month.
About Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences is a neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as over a dozen mid-to-late-stage clinical programs in multiple therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the financial results and financial guidance that are provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP), this press release also contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP R&D expense, non-GAAP SG&A expense, and non-GAAP net income and net income per share. When preparing the non-GAAP financial results and guidance, the Company excludes certain GAAP items that management does not consider to be normal, including recurring cash operating expenses that might not meet the definition of unusual or non-recurring items. In particular, these non-GAAP financial measures exclude: non-cash stock-based compensation expense, non-cash interest expense related to convertible debt, changes in fair value of equity security investments and certain adjustments to income tax expense. These non-GAAP financial measures are provided as a complement to results provided in accordance with GAAP as management believes these non-GAAP financial measures help indicate underlying trends in the Company's business, are important in comparing current results with prior period results and provide additional information regarding the Company's financial position. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures to establish budgets and operational goals that are communicated internally and externally and to manage the Company's business and evaluate its performance. The Company provides guidance regarding combined R&D and SG&A expenses on both a GAAP and a non-GAAP basis. A reconciliation of these GAAP financial results to non-GAAP financial results is included in the attached financial information.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to: the benefits to be derived from our products and product candidates; the value our products and/or our product candidates may bring to patients; the continued success of INGREZZA; our financial and operating performance, including our future revenues, expenses, or profits; our collaborative partnerships; expected future clinical and regulatory milestones; expectations regarding our ability to adapt our business to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic globally, mitigate its impact on our business, including our ability to continue conducting our ongoing clinical trials and other development activities, to protect the safety and well-being of our employees, to continue to support uninterrupted supply of INGREZZA, and to otherwise advance our business objectives; and the timing of the initiation and/or completion of our clinical, regulatory, and other development activities and those of our collaboration partners. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are: our future financial and operating performance; risks associated with the commercialization of INGREZZA and ONGENTYS; the impact of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic globally on our business and the business operations of our customers, collaborators, vendors, and clinical trial sites including the impact on the ability of patients to have in-person visits with their health care provider; risks related to the development of our product candidates; risks associated with our dependence on third parties for development, manufacturing, and commercialization activities for our products and product candidates, and our ability to manage these third parties; risks that the FDA or other regulatory authorities may make adverse decisions regarding our products or product candidates; risks that clinical development activities may not be initiated or completed on time or at all, or may be delayed for regulatory, manufacturing, COVID-19 or other reasons, may not be successful or replicate previous clinical trial results, may fail to demonstrate that our product candidates are safe and effective, or may not be predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; risks that the potential benefits of the agreements with our collaboration partners may never be realized; risks that our products, and/or our product candidates may be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary or regulatory rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; risks associated with potential generic entrants for our products; and other risks described in our periodic reports filed with the SEC, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Neurocrine Biosciences disclaims any obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.
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Thirty-two seconds. That’s all it took for Maryland to force Holy Cross into its first turnover — a pattern that would repeat itself over and over inside the Xfinity Center on Friday.
Maryland teammates and roommates Faith Masonius and Shyanne Sellers smiled and gave beauty-queen waves to the crowd after the final buzzer.
The Patriot League tournament champion was put on its heels immediately as the Terps swarmed defensively and pressed full court. The Crusaders could barely advance the ball across midcourt, let alone hold onto the ball. The turnovers piled up as Maryland jumped in passing lanes and completely blitzed a Holy Cross team that seemed unprepared for its length or defensive pressure.
The Terps opened the game on a 14-0 run that included seven Holy Cross turnovers before it was able to score a single point. The score could have been much more lopsided as Maryland missed several layups and short jumpers. By the time the buzzer blew at the end of the first quarter, Maryland had a 23-4 lead and the four points were the second fewest the Terps have given up in a quarter this season. They allowed just two in the second quarter against Northwestern on Feb. 9.
Nearly everyone had their moments on the offensive end as five players scored in double figures for Maryland. Abby Meyers tallied 16 points to go with three steals and two blocks. Diamond Miller finished with 13 points and eight rebounds while Sellers had 13 points, eight assists, two steals and a block. Brinae Alexander posted a game-high 18 points off the bench and Masonius had 10 points and three steals.
The game was already decided in that first quarter, but Maryland settled in on offense and became even more efficient on that end of the floor. The Terps shot 52.2 percent from the field, even with Coach Brenda Frese emptying her bench with about seven minutes left in the game. Holy Cross finished with 24 turnovers as Maryland scored 37 points off them.
Simone Foreman led Holy Cross with 13 points and Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly chipped in 10 for the Crusaders. | 2023-03-17T21:15:47+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/03/17/maryland-beats-holy-cross-ncaa-tournament/ |
Tears started to fill Willson Contreras’ red-rimmed eyes.
For months the Chicago Cubs All-Star catcher had kept thoughts about his future at bay. Free agency, the trade deadline, all the uncertainties after 13 years with the only big-league organization he has known — those were things to worry about later.
He had maintained since spring training that he was focused on the present and taking things day-by-day, refusing to let his contract situation affect his performance or become a distraction in the clubhouse. Nothing seemed to faze Contreras until Monday night.
Loud cheers and a chant of “Willson!” down the left-field line greeted Contreras as he stepped into the batter’s box for his final at-bat in the eighth inning of the Cubs’ 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates. His night ended securing the strikeout for reliever Scott Effross’ first save. For a moment, as Contreras congratulated Effross near the mound and they went through the post-win handshake line, it felt like a typical win. “Go Cubs Go” blared for 37,342 fans celebrating the Cubs’ season-high fifth-straight victory.
But with a day game Tuesday before the team embarks on a seven-game trip that takes them through the Aug. 2 trade deadline, Monday night likely represented Contreras’ final start behind the plate at Wrigley Field as a Cub.
“It’s been a tough couple days for me,” Contreras said afterward. “I’m trying to appreciate everything Wrigley Field is, thinking about all the memories that I have here since 2016. … This is probably my last homestand with the fans this year. It’s tough for me.
“I knew it would get to me at some point. I wish this day never came. But it’s a business. I know that. I respect that.”
Contreras paused as he started to choke up.
“And I love my team,” he continued. “I love my teammates most and I don’t want to get too attached because you never know what’s going to happen next week or even this week in San Francisco. It’s been a tough, tough couple of days for me.”
Hours earlier, outfielder Ian Happ addressed his own unknowns and future with the organization, perhaps soon joining the notable roster departures within the last three years.
“It’s crazy to think you could wake up one day and not be here,” Happ said. “It’s part of the game. It’s part of what we sign up to do.”
The way Contreras let his emotions show through his play is part of what makes him great. Manager David Ross has witnessed Contreras’ evolution from his debut in 2016 through the bigger role he seized this year.
“He’s a special player. He’s a special man, and he’s done special things here,” Ross said. “And to watch him continue to get better, not just as a player but also as a teammate and as a leader, those qualities have come out.”
Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo memorably did not play in the Cubs’ final home game before the trade deadline last year. Rizzo was dealt by the time the team left for the airport that day. Bryant had his helmet on and was preparing to pinch hit when the game ended, one final loss at Wrigley.
Ross was amused Monday at the idea of a conspiracy to keep the duo out of the lineup a day before the deadline, instead noting it was “super organic” because one asked for the day off while the other had an off day.
Contreras’ anticipated final chapter at Wrigley with the Cubs should feature him in the lineup Tuesday as the designated hitter. Expect another emotional day for one of the franchise’s most decorated catchers.
() | 2022-07-26T14:12:06+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/26/i-wish-this-day-never-came-an-emotional-willson-contreras-tries-to-soak-in-his-likely-last-games-at-wrigley-field-with-the-chicago-cubs/ |
Infowars website staffer pleads guilty to storming Capitol
(AP) – A Texas man described as a video editor for the conspiracy theory-promoting Infowars website pleaded guilty on Monday to storming the U.S. Capitol, where he captured footage of the scene where a police officer fatally shot a California woman who joined the mob’s attack.
Samuel Christopher Montoya faces a maximum sentence of six months of imprisonment after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. U.S. District Judge John Bates is scheduled to sentence Montoya on Feb. 14, 2023.
Less than a week after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, the FBI received a tip from a relative of Motoya who claimed to have proof that he was inside the Capitol near the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt. A police officer shot and killed Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego, as she climbed through a broken door leading into the House Speaker’s lobby.
Identifying himself as “Sam with Infowars.com,” Montoya shot and narrated a 44-minute video that showed him going from the Capitol grounds into the building, the FBI said.
Montoya, 37, described himself as a “reporter” or “journalist” on the video, but he was wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat and made statements celebrating the mob’s attack.
“We take our house back! We take the people’s house back!” he said, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit.
Montoya was credited as a video editor at “Infowarsstore.com” when he appeared on an Infowars show hosted by Owen Shroyer two days after the riot, the affidavit says. The show broadcast the riot video taken by Motoya, who described to Shroyer what he saw and heard at the scene of Babbitt’s shooting.
The officer who shot Babbitt was cleared of wrongdoing by both federal prosecutors and Capitol police.
Montoya was arrested in Austin, Texas, in April 2021. Shroyer also was arrested on Capitol riot-related charges.
Shroyer has claimed he was acting as a journalist on Jan. 6 and has asked a judge to throw out his riot charges. Prosecutors countered that the First Amendment doesn’t protect Shroyer’s conduct at the Capitol that day.
Nearly a year ago, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack issued subpoenas for documents and testimony from Infowars founder Alex Jones. Jones promoted former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud and urged his viewers to join him in Washington, D.C., for the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6. Jones isn’t accused of entering the Capitol with the mob.
In October, a Connecticut jury ordered Jones and his company, Free Speech System, to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to compensate families of children and educators killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The families said Jones broadcast lies about the school shooting that subjected them to harassment and threats.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-07T23:04:47+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/2022/11/07/infowars-website-staffer-pleads-guilty-storming-capitol/ |
Flint Creek adding more adventures for visitors
STONE COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Visitors to Flint Creek in Stone County will soon have much more to see than campsites and a water park.
Flint Creek is hoping its latest improvements and additions will be a big hit.
“The main thing we’re trying to do now is establish a premier horse trail for South Mississippi,” said Hiram Boone, executive director of the Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Plans are already in the books for a 15-mile horse trail that runs through the park.
“We’re gonna build a horse stable,” Boone said. “It can hold 10 horses. You put them in the stable and it will have fans and everything to keep them cool.”
Along with the stable, the park will enclose and refurbish a nearby pavilion and add a helicopter pad nearby.
“If someone gets hurt, we can have a helicopter fly in and pick them up,” Boone said.
The horse trail is being funded with $400,000 from MDOT and $100,000 from the Pat Harrison Waterway District. Boone credits Department of Transportation Commissioner Tom King for getting this project off the ground.
“When you got good teamwork, and someone willing to devote the effort that Tom has done, really makes a difference,” Boone said.
To supplement those additions, cabins are being gutted and upgraded.
“Having a premier horse trail, along with that you need to have premier accommodations, and we have that here in Flint Creek,” said Stewart Smith, Fling Creek Water Park manager.
Smith started as a lifeguard at Flint Creek Water Park, and now he manages it. He’s seen firsthand the economic impact of having those cabins.
“I can remember the first three cabins we got, we purchased them from Keesler Air Force Base,” Smith said. “And now we have 46.”
At the heart of these major plans are the families who will visit the park.
“We’re a family-oriented facility, and we don’t want to ever lose sight of that,” Smith said. “From the horse trails to the cabins, we’re a great place for families to make memories.”
Flint Creek hopes to have the cabins finished by the spring and the horse trail complete by December.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump learned his attorney general had publicly rejected his election fraud claims, he heaved his lunch at the wall with such force the porcelain plate shattered and ketchup streamed down.
On the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, consumed by crowd size concerns, he directed staff to remove metal detectors he feared would inconvenience supporters who had amassed in Washington. Never mind that some were armed — they weren't there to hurt him, he said.
And later that day, irate at being driven back to the White House instead of the Capitol, Trump tried to wrestle control of the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle and uttered words to the effect of, “I am the f'ing president. Take me up to the Capitol now.”
Trump's volcanic temper has been the stuff of lore throughout his career in business, but during his presidency it has never been described with such evocative detail as in the testimony Tuesday of Cassidy Hutchinson, a junior White House staffer whose proximity to the then president and top aides that day gave her a remarkably close view.
Hutchinson offered previously unknown details about the extent of Trump's rage in his final weeks of office, his awareness that supporters had weapons with them and his ambivalence as rioters later laid siege to the Capitol.
The testimony came as the Justice Department expands its investigation into the insurrection and deepened, but did not resolve, questions about whether Trump himself could face criminal charges for his conduct. Though Attorney General Merrick Garland has given no hint about whether his department will bring a criminal case against Trump, some legal experts said Hutchinson's testimony could give prosecutors additional facts to pursue.
Potentially problematic for Trump could be his reaction on the morning of Jan. 6 to news that guns, knives and other weapons were being confiscated from security screenings as crowds of supporters gathered for a rally in front of the White House. Angry that not everyone could get in to see him, Trump, according to Hutchinson, said words to the effect of, “I don't care that they have weapons. They are not here to hurt me. Take the f'ing mags away and they can march to the Capitol." “Mags” is a reference to magnetometers.
“A congressional hearing is not a court of law, but if this isn’t powerful evidence that he wasn’t just aware of the possibility of violence on the 6th but that he actively wanted to encourage it, I’m not sure what is,” said Stephen Vladeck, a University of Texas law professor.
Whatever any outcome related to a criminal proceeding, the disclosures come as Trump is laying the groundwork for another presidential run in 2024.
Aides have been debating the merits of when he should announce his intentions, with some arguing he should do so as soon as this summer to maximize leverage and stave off a crowd of likely challengers and others maintaining he should follow tradition and wait until after November's midterm elections.
Looking to blunt negative publicity surrounding her testimony, Trump issued a statement on his social media platform denying that he had ever complained about the crowd size or had sought to “make room for people with guns to watch my speech.”
Trump is well-practiced at marginalizing his critics and accusers, but Hutchinson's well-calibrated testimony will test that power anew.
Tuesday's hearing, the sixth by the House committee investigating the insurrection, was accompanied by suspense even before it began. It was hastily announced on Monday, but the committee did not reveal the identity of the witness until Hutchinson entered the room.
Where prior hearings have involved clusters of witnesses who have recounted pressure campaigns on the Justice Department, or on local election officials, to overturn the election results, Tuesday's hearing involved a singular narrator with an easy-to-follow tale sprinkled with had-to-be-there color. Some anecdotes she witnessed herself. Others she heard from fellow staffers.
She recalled, for instance, being in the White House on the afternoon of Dec. 1, 2020 when she heard a sudden noise. Trump, it turned out, had just learned of an interview Attorney General William Barr had given to The Associated Press in which Barr said the Justice Department had not found widespread fraud that could alter the outcome of the election.
Inside the dining room was a shattered porcelain plate on the floor, apparently thrown in dismay by the president. Ketchup streamed down the wall. Hutchinson grabbed a towel to wipe it off.
She later heard about a separate episode on the afternoon of Jan. 6 when Trump tried to grab control of the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle so that it would take him to the Capitol and not to the White House. He was, he said, “the f'ing president.” Trump was directed to take his hand off the wheel.
In that instance and others, according to the testimony, the president's will did not always prevail and Hutchinson detailed aides' best efforts to rein in Trump's worst impulses. The morning of Jan. 6, for instance, White House counsel Pat Cipollone cautioned Hutchinson that if Trump did go to the Capitol to intervene in the certification of the election, “We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable.”
Whether the Justice Department thinks it has a case against the president, especially one that could further divide an already polarized nation, remains an open question. But there's also no doubt that the investigation is expanding far beyond the rioters themselves, with law enforcement officials last week serving a wave of subpoenas across the country to state elections officials.
“When you have witnesses who are in these conversations, who are in these rooms, who are actively participating in the high-level discussions of Jan. 6, it seems to me that one of two things has to be true: either they're lying or President Trump and a lot of people close to him are in serious jeopardy," Vladeck said.
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Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in New York contributed to this report. | 2022-06-28T23:46:15+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Trump-painted-in-testimony-as-volatile-angry-17272662.php |
FARMINGDALE, N.J. (AP) — FARMINGDALE, N.J. (AP) — Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. (CHMI) on Monday reported a loss of $18.9 million in its first quarter.
The Farmingdale, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 87 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 21 cents per share.
The residential real estate finance company posted revenue of $11.8 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $160,000.
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Friday’s brutal attack on the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) shocked Congress and the country, pulling the nation’s gaze away from the looming midterm elections — if only briefly — and placing it squarely on the plague of political violence that’s risen dramatically in recent years.
Paul Pelosi, a wealthy San Francisco investor, is a power broker in his own right. But a source briefed on the confrontation told The Hill the assailant who broke into Pelosi’s San Francisco home was shouting “Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?”
The suspect then struck Paul Pelosi with a hammer, according to San Francisco’s chief of police, sending the 82-year-old to the hospital, where the Speaker’s office says he’s expected to make a full recovery after successfully undergoing surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.
The vicious attack marked just the latest in a long string of violent episodes — some physical altercations, some distant threats — targeting members of Congress and other government figures, ranging from justices of the Supreme Court embroiled in controversial rulings, to local school board members caught up in the stormy culture wars.
The assault has also added new fuel to the simmering debate over the real-life consequences of violent political speech and raised fresh questions about the current levels of security for members of Congress and their families — two topics that have gained outsized attention since last year’s violent mob attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“It does highlight an extreme problem that we have in this country with the political violence that’s being threatened over and over again, at all levels, whether it’s school boards [or] members of Congress,” Charles Ramsey, former chief of police in Washington, D.C., said Friday in an interview with CNN.
“The number of threats have dramatically increased, and it seems like the climate is just continuing to get worse.”
The hard numbers support Ramsey’s concerns.
The U.S. Capitol Police Department opened roughly 1,820 cases involving concerning statements and threats against lawmakers between Jan. 1 and March 23 of this year. The department said it does not anticipate releasing additional numbers until early next year to allow for “an apples to apples comparison from year to year.”
But if this year follows the same trend as the last half decade, the annual number of cases involving threats and concerning statements targeting lawmakers will likely exceed that of 2021, when 9,625 inquiries were opened.
Last year’s numbers marked a roughly 144 percent increase from cases opened in 2017, a seismic jump that occurred during the Trump administration, when divisive political rhetoric became more common across the country.
The uptick has been accompanied by some changes. Over the summer, the office of the House sergeant-at-arms said it was creating a residential security program that would allocate up to $10,000 for security system equipment and installation costs at the personal residences of House lawmakers.
And on Friday, the Capitol Police began a review of security for top lawmakers following the attack on Paul Pelosi, sources told Punchbowl News.
But the violent incident in San Francisco will likely renew calls for greater security during such a polarizing moment in American politics.
“It really is a huge problem,” said Ramsey. “And I think part of that solution is going to be allowing federal funds to be used for private security, if needed or if wanted, by members.”
The violence has touched members of both parties over the years. Then-Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot during a district event in Tucson more than a decade ago, while Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the Republican whip, was similarly targeted by a lone gunman on a baseball field in Virginia in 2017. Both almost died.
More recently, in June, a man armed with a knife and gun was arrested for threatening the conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh near his home in Maryland. A month later, another gun-toting man was arrested and charged with making death threats outside the Seattle home of Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), a prominent liberal figure.
“The fear and hatred that is dividing us, pitting us against each other in this country, is a real and present danger to our democracy,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) told CNN Friday.
“And it isn’t Democrats that this is just targeted at, it’s targeted at Republicans, Democrats, far-right, far-left and local-level officials,” she continued. “School board members are wearing bulletproof vests to meetings. This is a real danger, and it’s got to stop.”
Speaker Pelosi is accustomed to being targeted for her politics. The long-time Democratic leader has, for decades, come under criticism from Republicans seeking to tie vulnerable swing-district Democrats to their liberal leader from San Francisco, particularly on controversial partisan issues like ObamaCare and climate change.
In recent years, however, the tenor of those attacks has taken a harsh turn, according to a new analysis by The New York Times, which examined millions of social media messages, campaign emails and other communications promoted by members of both parties.
The trend is especially pronounced among the 139 House Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election results, the closest allies of former President Trump, the Times found, who are more apt to characterize Democrats — particularly Pelosi — as “America-hating socialists,” in the words of one GOP lawmaker, who are hell-bent on destroying the country’s traditions.
That change in tone, the critics warn, has repercussions.
“This incident makes one thing clear: Violent political rhetoric has consequences, and unfortunately, this is not the first time we are seeing those consequences play out,” said Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), a member of the Intelligence Committee.
William Scott, San Francisco’s police chief, emphasized that the motive in Friday’s attack on Paul Pelosi “is still being determined.” But the suspect, 42-year-old David DePape, appears to have been active in the promotion of right-wing conspiracy theories across a range of hot-button topics, including COVID-19 vaccines, the 2020 election results and the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to CNN.
DePape was arrested on site and faces a series of felony charges, including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse, Scott said.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), one of two Republicans on the Jan. 6 investigative committee, suggested a link between the rise in heated political speech and the spike in political violence.
“I want to be clear: when you convince people that politicians are rigging elections, drink babies blood, etc, you will get violence,” Kinzinger tweeted. “This must be rejected. This is why the Jan 6th committee is so important.” | 2022-10-28T23:41:06+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/hill-politics/paul-pelosi-attack-highlights-era-of-heightened-political-violence/ |
Every major sporting event comes with excitement as well as the opportunity for scammers to take advantage of that enthusiasm. The NBA Finals are no exception.
The Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat are tied 1-1 in the best-of-seven series. Tickets to Game 3 in Miami range from $450 for the standing-only section to nearly $30,000 for courtside seats.
Anyone willing to dish out that amount of cash would want to make sure that they are getting what they pay for. However, people need to be on the lookout for websites that are not affiliated with the NBA or the teams.
Cybersecurity firm BrandShield has identified numerous websites that may look legitimate, but are not affiliated with the league or teams.
It's not just ticket websites people need to worry about while supporting their team in the NBA Finals. Other websites and social media posts offer unofficial team memorabilia. While consumers may think they are getting a deal on cheaper apparel, there are no guarantees that they will get what they ordered. If they do get the merchandise, it's likely counterfeit, cheating the team out of revenue.
"In many of these cases, you will see these social media pages or posts redirecting someone to a website or a listing on a marketplace," said Yoav Keren, CEO of BrandShield. Keren says that should be a red flag, especially if you are asked to send payment through an instant messaging service like WhatsApp.
There are other things consumers can do to make sure they are buying from a trusted seller. Keren said buyers should look at the website closely. If there are typos or grammatical errors, Keren said consumers should be suspicious. However, he notes that scammers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to make their websites look more legitimate.
Ads on social media can also be deceiving.
"In many of these cases, you might have fake ads that are promoted directly on you," Keren said.
He recommends going directly to the source. For example, go the Miami Heat or the Denver Nuggets' website to verify that they are offering the same deal in the ad.
"Because if it's real, it's going to be there," Keren said. "You don't have to go through the ad."
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After more than a year, an arrest in fatal shooting on a New York commuter train
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) — A man was arrested Thursday in a deadly shooting on a Long Island Rail Road train over a year ago, police said.
The 20-year-old suspect was arrested on a murder charge and is being held for arraignment Friday, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a release.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had a lawyer who can comment on the charge, and no phone number could immediately be found for his Yonkers home.
Yusef Staine, 20, was killed in the shooting on Feb. 16, 2022. It happened aboard a train parked at the Ronkonkoma station at 1:45 a.m.
Police said at the time that Staine and his assailant were apparently traveling together. No one else was injured.
It’s not immediately clear what led investigators to a suspect now. Law enforcement and transit officials plan a news conference on the case Friday.
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Stocks are closing at three-month highs on Wall Street as investors cheered a report showing inflation cooled more than expected in July.
The S&P 500 jumped 2.1% Wednesday on expectations that slower inflation will mean the Federal Reserve won’t hike interest rates as much as feared. Technology stocks, cryptocurrencies and other investments among the year’s biggest losers due to the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes led the way.
Treasury yields pulled back following the inflation data, as traders pared their bets for how much the Fed will raise interest rates at its meeting next month.
On Wednesday:
The S&P 500 rose 87.77 points, or 2.1%, to 4,210.24.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 535.10 points, or 1.6%, to 33,309.51.
The Nasdaq rose 360.88 points, or 2.9%, to 12,854.80.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 56.36 points, or 2.9%, to 1,969.25.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is up 65.05 points, or 1.6%.
The Dow is up 506.04 points, or 1.5%.
The Nasdaq is up 197.25 points, or 1.6%.
The Russell 2000 is up 47.42 points, or 2.5%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 555.94 points, or 11.7%.
The Dow is down 3,028.79 points, or 8.3%.
The Nasdaq is down 2,790.17 points, or 17.8%.
The Russell 2000 is down 276.06 points, or 12.3%. | 2022-08-10T21:42:55+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/business/article/How-major-US-stock-indexes-fared-Wednesday-17365231.php |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday warned that Ukraine must meet Moscow’s demand for “demilitarization” and “denazification,” as well as the removal of the military threat to Russia, otherwise “the Russian army (will) solve the issue.”
Sergey Lavrov also accused the West of fueling the war in Ukraine to weaken Russia, and said that it depends on Kyiv and Washington how long the conflict, which started on Feb. 24 when Russia invaded Ukraine, will last.
“As for the duration of the conflict, the ball is on the side of the (Kyiv) regime and Washington that stands behind its back,” Lavrov told the state Tass news agency. “They may stop senseless resistance at any moment.”
In an apparent reaction, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted that “Russia needs to face the reality.”
“Neither total mobilization, nor panicky search for ammo, nor secret contracts with Iran, nor Lavrov’s threats will help,” he said. “Ukraine will demilitarize the RF (Russian Federation) to the end, oust the invaders from all occupied territories. Wait for the finale silently…”
A day earlier, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told the Associated Press in an interview that his government wants a summit to end the war but that he doesn’t anticipate Russia taking part.
Kuleba said Ukraine wants a “peace” summit within two months with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres acting as mediator. But he also said that Russia must face a war crimes tribunal before before his country directly talks with Moscow.
Both statements illustrate how complex and difficult any attempts to end the war could be. Ukraine has said in the past that it wouldn’t negotiate with Russia before the full withdrawal of its troops, while Moscow insists its military gains and the 2014 annexation of the Crimea Peninsula cannot be ignored.
Meanwhile, fierce fighting continued on Tuesday in the Russia-claimed Donetsk and Luhansk regions that recently have been the scene of the most intense clashes.
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said that Russian forces are trying to encircle the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, but without success. Heavy battles are also underway around the city of Kreminna in the Luhansk region, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said.
In the partially occupied southern Kherson region, Russian forces shelled Ukrainian-held areas 40 times on Monday, wounding one person, Ukrainian authorities said. The city of Kherson itself — which Ukraine retook last month in a major win — was targeted 11 times, said regional administrator Yaroslav Yanushevich.
Since its initial advances at the start of the war 10 months ago, Russia has made few major gains, often pummeling Ukraine’s infrastructure instead and leaving millions without electricity, heating and hot water amid winter conditions.
Lavrov did not specify how the Russian army will achieve its goals of demilitarizing and de-nazifying Ukraine — which was Russia’s stated goal when the invasion started in February. The reference to “denazification” comes from Russia’s allegations that the Ukrainian government is heavily influenced by radical nationalist and neo-Nazi groups. The claim is derided by Ukraine and the West.
Lavrov warned further Western support for Ukraine could lead to direct confrontation.
“We keep warning our adversaries in the West about the dangers of their course to escalate the Ukrainian crisis,” he said, adding that “the risk that the situation could spin out of control remains high.”
“The strategic goal of the U.S. and its NATO allies is to win a victory over Russia on the battlefield to significantly weaken or even destroy our country,” he said.
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Poker pro from Atlanta wins WSOP Main Event, $12.1M prize
Updated July 17, 2023 - 7:04 pm
Daniel Weinman was in the crowd at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table 11 years ago, cheering on his friend and imagining himself making it that far one day.
When the dream became reality Monday, Weinman could only put his hands on his head in disbelief.
“It doesn’t feel real,” he said.
The professional poker player from Atlanta outlasted a record field to win the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship at Horseshoe Las Vegas. Weinman defeated Steven Jones during heads-up play to collect the $12.1 million first prize.
He is the first American to win the Main Event since John Cynn in 2018 and the last player standing from a record 10,043 entrants.
“There’s been three or four hands in this tournament I got unbelievably lucky,” Weinman said. “You just kind of feel like maybe it’s my time, whether that’s because I put in the time for close to 20 years now or something else. It feels so incredible.”
Weinman, 35, added to his poker resume with his second career WSOP bracelet, which are awarded for tournament victories. The graduate of Georgia Tech also pushed his career live tournament earnings over $15.8 million.
Weinman felt burned out after the first two weeks of the WSOP and returned to Atlanta to reset. He almost didn’t enter the Main Event but was encouraged by his girlfriend and poker pro Shaun Deeb to return to Las Vegas for the tournament.
On Day 8, Weinman won one of the most important pots of the tournament with 14 players remaining when he hit a two-outer with pocket jacks against two opponents.
That good fortune continued at the final table as Weinman eliminated professional poker player Adam Walton in third place during a pot worth almost 200 big blinds. Weinman had pocket aces and quickly called when Walton went all-in holding pocket eights.
Walton, a Henderson resident originally from Seattle, took home $4 million.
“When you get this close, you obviously want to finish the deal, but sometimes it doesn’t go your way,” Walton said. “Obviously I wish I would have played it a little bit different. Overall I am thrilled, but I wish I would have spiked an eight.”
Weinman entered heads-up play with a 3-to-1 chip advantage after winning the massive clash against Walton and needed 24 hands to finish off Jones, a real estate broker and recreational poker player from Scottsdale, Arizona.
On the final hand, Weinman and Jones each flopped a pair of jacks and the pot quickly ballooned from there. After the turn card, Weinman led out with a big bet and Jones thought for more than four minutes then went all-in for his remaining 146 million chips.
Weinman stood up, and after asking how many chips his opponent had left, he wasted little time putting in a stack of chips to make the call. When the cards were flipped over and Weinman saw he held the better kicker with king-jack against Jones’ jack-eight, Weinman clapped and raised his hands over his head in excitement.
The river card was a harmless ace, and Weinman’s friends and family drenched him with water and cocktails in celebration.
Jones earned $6.5 million.
“When the guy has almost a 4-to-1 chip advantage on me, that led to my decision of going with the jack there because I’ve got to make some pots at that point, try to make a comeback,” Jones said. “It was an incredible experience. I had an amazing time with it.”
Contact David Schoen at dschoen@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5203. Follow @DavidSchoenLVRJ on Twitter. | 2023-07-18T02:58:45+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/poker/poker-pro-from-atlanta-wins-wsop-main-event-12-1m-prize-2873389/ |
Fans Can Sign Up in a Social Sweepstakes for a Chance to Win An All-Expense Paid Trip to a King's Hawaiian Plant in Southern California
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global esports organization Gen.G announced today its latest unique partnership, a contest with King's Hawaiian® called "The King's Hawaiian Slider Sunday Cook-Off," which pits two gamers, Raynday and Jalon, head to head to see who creates the best recipe for Slider Sunday. Their masterpieces will be judged by cooking content streamer and chef Triciaisabirdy, who has been featured on Next Level Chef. This will be King's Hawaiian's first foray into the gaming and livestream space.
"We're always thinking of ways to merge gaming and other industries; this partnership gives fans something they can really sink their teeth into," said Martin Kim, CRO of Gen.G. "With so many exciting esports and gaming events worldwide, we thought there would be no better way to bring King's Hawaiian front of mind for viewing parties this year."
The competition begins on November 11 at a Southern California grocery store where the two competitors will race to find their ingredients. The winner of the grocery race will start the official cook-off challenge with an advantage they can use during the livestreamed finale at 2:00 p.m. on November 13 which fans can tune into at twitch.tv/GenGesports. The partnership will also feature a social sweepstakes that will give one lucky winner the grand prize of an all- expense paid trip to one of the King's Hawaiian plants in Southern California. Fans can enter at https://gleam.io/2JJ22/kings-hawaiian-slider-sunday-sweepstakes.
"As a company all about sharing the Aloha spirit with our 'ohana' through irresistible Hawaii inspired foods, we're excited to partner with GenG. on our first foray into Twitch because it's a place where creators share the things they love as they connect with their community," said Chad Donvito, President at King's Hawaiian. "We hope viewers enjoy 'The King's Hawaiian Slider Sunday Cook-Off' and learn some new recipes they can enjoy as they gather with friends and family for their very own Slider Sunday meals each week!"
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Lynx vs. Sky Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - May 19
The Minnesota Lynx will open their 2023 season with a matchup against the Chicago Sky on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET on The U.
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Lynx vs. Sky Game Info & Odds
- When: Friday, May 19, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- TV: The U
- Favorite: Lynx (-5.5)
- Over/Under: 163.5
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Lynx vs. Sky Score Prediction
Prediction: Sky 85 Lynx 81
Spread & Total Prediction for Lynx vs. Sky
- Pick ATS: Sky (+5.5)
- Pick OU: Over (163.5)
Lynx vs. Sky Spread & Total Insights
- Minnesota finished with a 5-2 record in games it was favored on the moneyline last season (winning 71.4% of those games).
- The Lynx never played a game last season with moneyline odds of -225 or shorter.
- Minnesota beat the spread 14 times in 22 games last year.
- Last season, 10 of Minnesota's 22 games went over the point total.
- The over/under in this matchup is 163.5 points, 2.9 fewer than the average total in last season's Lynx contests.
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Lynx Performance Insights
- Last year, the Lynx were sixth in the WNBA offensively (82.4 points scored per game) and eighth defensively (83.9 points allowed).
- On the boards, Minnesota was second-best in the league in rebounds (36.9 per game) last season. It was second-best in rebounds allowed (32.5 per game).
- Last year, the Lynx were ninth in the WNBA in turnovers committed (14.6 per game) and worst in turnovers forced (11.5).
- The Lynx were ninth in the WNBA in 3-pointers made (6.8 per game) and sixth in 3-point percentage (34.8%) last year.
- Defensively, the Lynx were second-worst in the WNBA in 3-pointers allowed per game at 8.9 last season. They were ninth in 3-point percentage allowed at 35%.
- Last year, Minnesota took 29.3% of its shots from beyond the arc, and 70.7% from inside it. In terms of made shots, 22.6% of Minnesota's buckets were 3-pointers, and 77.4% were 2-pointers.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Embracing without permission. Disparaging one parent in front of children struggling with divorce. Flaunting privilege. Being a bad listener or, worse, a terrible loser.
The world and all its interactional black holes would likely have Emily Post spewing her tea. The grande dame of all things manners died in 1960, but two of her descendants have overhauled her book of tips for the 21st century to mark the centennial of the first edition.
“I think mostly that it’s really easy to paint etiquette and manners as tools for elitism, tools for secrecy, tools for exclusion,” said Lizzie Post, Emily’s great-great-granddaughter and co-author of the latest “Emily Post’s Etiquette.”
“And when they are used that way, and they definitely can be, they are effectively useless. But when we’re using etiquette and manners as a tool for self-reflection and awareness of others, I think we’re really going to have a chance to make the world a nicer place,” she said.
As incivility has taken an even stronger hold on the culture, the newfangled book encourages patience and humility in talking over difficult subjects. That, it notes, requires “getting comfortable with the idea that your brilliant remark could go unsaid.” The book also pleads for grace in losing and a “good apology,” avoiding the word “if” to neutralize the effort, or “but” to dig your hole deeper.
Emily published her first version of the book under a different title in 1922 after making a name for herself as a novelist and travelogue writer. It’s been freshened through the decades, but the 20th edition out in October is a comprehensive update.
There’s plenty of advice on setting tables, dressing for different occasions, and basic courtesies on things like gifting, tipping and greetings. But Lizzie Post, and her cousin and co-author, Daniel Post Senning, have taken on issues far more crucial. They’ve done it in part by crowdsourcing, including ideas from callers to their Awesome Etiquette podcast.
And they did it in the middle of a pandemic and the #MeToo movement, both recognized in subjects like optional handshakes, or seeking permission to hug or kiss on the cheek.
“The hug is such an intimate gesture that, for some, an unwanted one can feel like a violation,” the new book notes in part. “When someone doesn’t ask, pushes for one, or even forces it, they’re communicating that because they think it’s okay, they get to press their body against someone else’s. Depending on how it’s done, it can cross over into sexual harassment or assault.”
Not exactly groundbreaking, unless written under the name of Emily Post.
Emily herself was born into East Coast privilege, growing up in Baltimore and New York City. Her father was a prominent architect for the rich, who designed the tony enclave of Tuxedo Park, New York, and her mother was the daughter of a coal baron.
Emily met her husband, Edward, at a Fifth Avenue ball. There was scandal involving his romantic dalliances with chorus girls and actresses, resulting in a divorce announced in 1906, according to a biographer and reports at the time. Her inner circle attempted to secure her privacy after that, and her descendants have some wise words for friends and family offering sympathy today in divorces and separations.
“Avoid trying to push or suggest the right decision for a friend,” the Posts write in the new book. “It’s especially important to be careful what you say around children whose parents are separated or divorcing. Cheering the news or making negative comments is unnecessary.”
The book takes on other losses often left unaddressed in Emily’s time, such as grieving a miscarriage.
“You absolutely want to avoid saying things such as, `Next time it’ll happen,'” or `This just wasn’t your time,'” the book counsels.
Through her travels, Emily learned more about the lives of those outside her social milieu. By 1922, she wrote in the first chapter of the book’s first edition, what was then called “Best Society” wasn’t a group born into great wealth or status but one comprised of “gentlefolk” who take care of each other.
“Best Society,” she wrote, “is not at all like a court with an especial queen or king, nor is it confined to any one place or group, but might be better described as an unlimited brotherhood which spreads over the entire surface of the globe, the members of which are invariably people of cultivation and worldly knowledge, who have not only perfect manners, but a perfect manner.”
Her descendants take on privilege this way: “Privilege can be and sound like many different things, but in conversation, it mostly comes across as a lack of awareness that you have benefited in a way others may not have.”
Modern-day manners on pronouns are also addressed in the new book, as a way to show “support, respect, and basic courtesy.”
“You might think someone’s pronouns are easy enough to tell just by looking at them, but the reality is this isn’t always the case,” the Posts write. “If you don’t know someone’s pronouns, and you need to know them in order to make an introduction, asking is the polite thing to do: `Joan, what pronouns do you use?’ Note that you don’t ask what pronouns Joan `prefers’ — an unfortunately common construction for this question.”
Emily was 87 when she died. Ironically, Lizzie Post said in an interview, “the older she got, the less she enjoyed participating in society. … She felt, I think, a lot of autonomy and a lot of power and a lot of agency in just being able to stay home and not have it be a big deal.”
Expanding her empire all the while with other books of etiquette.
As an only child, Emily was a “daddy’s girl,” Lizzie said, and losing her father in 1903 was a blow. Other tragedies followed. Her mother was killed in a car accident in 1909. One of her two sons, Bruce, grew up to be an architect like her father but died at 32 of appendicitis as the two worked together on a house in Martha’s Vineyard. That’s where she summered as she continued to write new books and churn out editions of her etiquette bible.
With her surviving son, Ned, she founded The Emily Post Institute in 1946, and the family still runs it today.
In print, Emily grew “more inclusive over the years,” said Lizzie. Emily’s etiquette became based more on education and merit than ideology and socioeconomic status, she said.
For that, Lizzie said, “I’m happy.” | 2022-11-02T15:16:40+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/emily-posts-etiquette-book-overhauled-for-the-21st-century/ |
Tuesday is Election Day. Although this year, voters aren’t choosing a president, they are electing some members of Congress, state and local officials. So it’s a big day for the United States’ democratic system.
Gretchen Macht, a professor of industrial engineering at the University of Rhode Island, talked to KidsPost about why that is. Industrial engineers work on systems and processes. Macht has learned a lot about how election processes work since 2016, when she was asked to help Rhode Island eliminate long voting lines.
“When we count the votes, that takes time because we want it to be right,” Macht said. She said kids could think about it like turning in homework. “When you rush through that homework, you get it done, but will it be right? Isn’t it better to go through it, to take your time?”
There has been a long tradition of releasing ballot tallies on election night, but those results are unofficial. “They are not double- and triple-checked,” Macht said. Part of the reason is that in the United States, there are many ways to vote and to count the votes.
States make the rules
When the Founding Fathers set up the election process, they didn’t include many details. They left the “Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections of Senators and Representatives” up to state lawmakers, according to the United States Constitution. As the nation has grown and technology has developed, the process has become more complicated.
“We have 50 different ways of doing things,” Macht said.
Each state figures out what it thinks will work for its residents, whether they live in big cities, small towns or remote areas.
Voting times may include casting votes days or weeks in advance and on Election Day. The places may be a mailbox, a drop box or assigned polling place in neighborhoods. And the “manner” could be using paper ballots marked by hand and then scanned; machines that put marks on paper (often from votes marked on a display screen); or machines that feed votes directly into a vote-counting computer system. The hand-marked ballot system is the most widely used.
After voters have finished casting ballots Tuesday, election officials and volunteers have a lot of work to do. Each voting location, or precinct, needs to secure the ballots then transfer them to the local elections office. After they do that, the city or county will often post those results on its website. But those results are not official, even if all the precincts have finished reporting.
Layers of review
What comes next is called canvassing. A group of people who may be election officials or members of each major political party canvasses, or reviews the ballots for possible problems. They make sure poll workers and voters have followed the rules.
“What if I voted by mail, and I forgot to sign my envelope? I guess my vote doesn’t count,” Macht said some voters might think.
But the system is designed to catch that error. Many states will allow voters to “cure,” or fix that kind of problem so their vote can be counted. But election officials need to contact those people and voters may need to appear in person.
Once the local canvass board is satisfied that all the ballots have been counted properly, local officials review one more time and then certify, or make those results official. Most states give counties or cities 1 to 3 weeks to complete this process. California, which has nearly 22 million registered voters, allows up to 30 days.
They send local results to the state elections office, which has its own review procedure. After that happens, officials certify the results for the entire state.
Sometimes this long process verifies those unofficial results from election night, but in very close elections a different candidate may end up the winner. There’s nothing wrong or suspicious about that. It’s just election officials and volunteers making sure their version of homework is as accurate as possible.
Macht admits the wait can be frustrating, and she encourages kids to ask questions.
“It’s exciting and you want to know the results,” she said. “Be patient. And if you don’t like the process, you can talk to election officials. They want to share that information with you.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and wounding a California Highway Patrol officer during a traffic stop in Los Angeles was charged Thursday with attempted murder of a peace officer, prosecutors said.
The case against Pejhmaun Iraj Khosroabadi, 33, includes an allegation of use of a firearm causing great bodily injury, an enhancement that could result in a sentence of 40 years to life in prison, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascón said in a statement.
Khosroabadi was scheduled for arraignment later Thursday at the county's Van Nuys courthouse. It was not immediately known if he had an attorney who could comment on the charges.
The officer, whose name has not been released, was shot multiple times Monday night after stopping a car in the Studio City area of LA. The CHP said the officer was hospitalized in critical but stable condition but was expected to survive.
The shooter fled the scene, triggering a manhunt. Khosroabadi was identified as a suspect and on Tuesday morning a Los Angeles police bloodhound followed a scent from his apparent apartment to a homeless camp where he was found in a tent. | 2022-06-16T20:50:14+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Man-charged-in-shooting-of-California-Highway-17246856.php |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators on Wednesday honored Chapel Hart, a country music trio that sang their way to the fifth place last year on “America's Got Talent.”
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The state House and Senate presented resolutions to Danica Hart and Devynn Hart, who are sisters, and their cousin Trea Swindle. The women are from Poplarville, Mississippi, about 75 miles (121 kilometers) northeast of New Orleans.
Speaking for the group, Danica Hart told the House that Chapel Hart tries to inspire young people.
“I just continue to encourage you guys to go out and take every bit of your Mississippi-ness with you,” she said.
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Chapel Hart grabbed national attention during Season 17 of “America's Got Talent" with the original song, “You Can Have Him Jolene” — a follow-up to the Dolly Parton classic. Danica Hart said on the show that the group had been trying to break into Nashville for a couple of years.
“It’s been kind of hard when, I think, country music doesn’t always look like us,” she said, referring to Black artists in a mostly white genre.
At the Mississippi Capitol on Wednesday, Republican Rep. Jansen Owen of Poplarville said: “I think it’s safe to say that from now on, country music will always look a lot like Chapel Hart.”
After appearing before the House and Senate, the trio was joined by a guitarist and performed in the Capitol rotunda, their voices echoing through the marble hallways. When they saw three young girls dancing, the singers called the children over for a conversation and photos. | 2023-01-04T23:33:59+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Mississippi-lawmakers-commend-country-trio-Chapel-17694972.php |
Judge: Meadows, former Trump aides must testify to Jan. 6 grand jury
(CNN) - Former President Donald Trump’s efforts to use executive privilege to avoid grand jury testimony have been halted.
A federal judge has ordered several of Trump’s former aides, including Mark Meadows, to testify before a grand jury as part of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to multiple CNN sources.
Trump’s legal team had challenged subpoenas issued by special counsel Jack Smith demanding testimony and documents from Meadows, the former president’s White House chief of staff, as well as several others by asserting executive privilege.
Some of the witnesses who have already appeared before the grand jury but refused to answer some questions related to their interactions with Trump will now likely have to return.
Trump’s legal team is expected to appeal the decision.
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SEOUL – South Korea staged large-scale military drills Thursday to simulate shooting down drones as a step to bolster its readiness against North Korean provocations, three days after the North flew drones into its territory for the first time in five years.
South Korean warplanes and helicopters failed to bring down any of the five North Korean drones spotted south of the border Monday before they flew back home or vanished from South Korean radars. One of them traveled as far as northern Seoul. That caused security jitters among many people in the South, for which the military offered a rare public apology Tuesday.
Thursday’s training involved land-based anti-air guns, drones playing the role of enemy drones, and a total of 20 fighter jets, attack helicopters and unmanned assets. While there was no actual live-fire, it was still the country’s first set of major anti-drone drills since 2017, according to military authorities.
The drills near Seoul set up diverse scenarios of border infiltrations by small enemy drones, under which the mobilized South Korean military assets practiced how they could detect, track and shoot them down, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
Also on Thursday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reiterated his push to build a stronger air defense and get tough on North Korean provocations. The North’s drone flights followed its record number of missile tests this year that some experts say is part of an effort to pressure the United States and its allies to make some concessions like sanctions relief.
“Whether they have nukes or whatever weapons of mass destruction they have, we must send a clear message to those who repeat provocations. We must not be frightened of (their nukes) and we must not hesitate,” Yoon said during a visit to a weapons development agency. “To obtain peace, we must prepare for a war that (we can win) overwhelmingly.”
Yoon said Tuesday his government will advance the planned establishment of a military drone unit and introduce high-tech stealth drones.
North Korea's state media hasn’t commented on South Korea's announcement of its reported drone flights. But some observers say North Korea likely sent those drones to test South Korean and U.S. readiness. They say North Korea also likely assessed that drones could be a cheap yet effective method to trigger security concerns and an internal divide in South Korea.
In response the North's drone flying, South Korea said it sent three of its surveillance drones across the border in a rare tit-for-tat measure. North Korea didn't make any reaction, according to South Korean defense officials.
This week, North Korea is under a key ruling party meeting to review past projects and determine policy objectives for 2023. During its third day Wednesday, leader Kim Jong Un expressed hopes that local Workers’ Party officials would report successes on their jobs and duties to live up to the party’s trust in them, state media reported Thursday, without elaborating what their tasks are.
In an earlier session, state media cited Kim as setting forth new goals to solidify his country’s military power, an indication that he would continue his run of weapons tests. | 2022-12-29T11:17:38+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2022/12/29/south-korea-stages-drills-simulating-downing-of-north-drones/ |
The World Equestrian Center hosts this grandest of indoor tag sales on Saturday-Sunday, April 29-30, starting at 10 a.m. both days.
The sale had great success with over 5,500 visitors last year. It's now set to return with a huge collection of unique and unusual items from collectibles and books to baby items, art, toys, vintage clothing and so much more.
For expert thrifters, an Early Bird ticket is available — for just $10, you can enter the sale 30 minutes before the hoi polloi shoppers. General admission in advance is $4, or $5 at the door. Children under 12 can enter free, and free parking is available.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — At least eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats capsized in shallow but treacherous surf amid heavy fog, authorities said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest maritime human smuggling operations ever off of U.S. shores.
A Spanish-speaking woman on one of the panga-style boats called 911 Saturday night to report the other vessel overturned in waves at Black’s Beach, authorities said. She said there were 15 people on the capsized vessel and eight on hers.
Coast Guard and San Diego Fire-Rescue crews pulled bodies of eight adults from the water, but fog hampered the search for additional victims. Recovery efforts resumed Sunday but no additional bodies were found.
Survivors may have escaped on land, including the woman who called 911. Authorities did not know her whereabouts.
San Diego Lifeguard Chief James Gartland said rescuers found the two boats overturned in shallow waters when they arrived. Surf was modest, with swells around 3 feet (1 meter), but skies were foggy and black.
“That area is very hazardous, even in the daytime,” Gartland said at a news conference. “It has a series of sandbars and in-shore rip currents, so you can think that you can land in some sand or get to waist-high, knee-high water and think that you’re able to be safe to exit the water, but there’s long, in-shore holes. If you step into those holes, those rip currents will pull you along the shore and back out to sea.”
Black’s Beach is about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of downtown San Diego in a secluded area not far from the popular La Jolla Shores. Its reputation for some of the best breaks in Southern California draws many surfers.
Hundreds of maritime smuggling operations occur every year off California’s coast and sometimes turn fatal. In May 2021, a packed boat carrying migrants capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others.
Smuggling off the California coast has ebbed and flowed over the years but has long been a risky alternative for migrants to avoid heavily guarded land borders. Pangas enter from Mexico in the dead of night, sometimes charting hundreds of miles north. Recreational boats try to mix in unnoticed with fishing and pleasure vessels during the day.
South of the U.S. border, there are many secluded, private beaches with gated entrances between high-rises with magnificent ocean views, some only partially built because funds dried up during construction. Popotla, a fishing hamlet where narrow streets are lined with vendors selling a wide variety of local catch, is favored among smugglers for its large, sandy beach and relatively gentle waves.
At least some of Saturday’s victims were Mexican, according to the consulate in San Diego, but how many was unknown. Illegal crossings have soared under President Joe Biden, with many migrants turning themselves in to Border Patrol agents and being released in the United States to pursue their cases in immigration court.
A pandemic rule scheduled to end May 11 denies migrants a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19 but enforcement has fallen disproportionately on Mexicans, Hondurans, Guatemalans and El Salvadorans because those have been the only nationalities that Mexico agreed to take back.
As a result, people of those four countries have been more likely to try to elude capture, knowing they are likely to be expelled under the public health rule, known as Title 42 authority. Mexico recently began taking back Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans under Title 42.
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Associated Press writer Christopher Weber contributed from Los Angeles. | 2023-03-13T08:03:31+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/authorities-8-dead-7-missing-off-san-diego-coast/ |
There is urgent news all over the world, but this week I've also thought of a child who lived 8,000 years ago.
The small teeth of the child, who may have been as old as 10, or as young as three, have been excavated from what seems to be a burial site in eastern Finland. A microscopic analysis of the site was recently published in the journal of the Public Library of Science.
Researchers discovered the grave when a forest trail was cleared, revealing a swath of red ochre — a clay known to be used in burials. The soil in Finland is acidic, so only traces remain at the site today. Two quartz arrowheads were found along with the small teeth. There were also fragments of feathers. Scientists surmise that the child's body may have been laid to rest on a bed of down, or perhaps wrapped in a feathered cloak.
Small hairs were found at the feet of the child, from a wolf — or a dog.
Kristiina Mannermaa of the University of Helsinki's Department of Cultures said dogs have been found alongside remains in other ancient burial sites.
"This all gives us a very valuable insight about burial habits in the Stone Age," she said in a statement, "indicating how people had prepared the child for the journey after death."
Those words pierce through the academic prose of the statement: "...prepared the child for the journey after death."
8,000 years ago, life for all had to be about bare survival. The perpetual ache of hunger; the rivalry for food with humans and other animals; the killing risk of cold, floods, and sickness.
We often look at other times or people, even now, and think we don't see ourselves. We feel nothing in common. We wonder: how could people do that, think, or feel that way?
But we can look at the story of the child laid in the ground, so long ago, to see that people who had to struggle just to survive each day still made time and room in their hearts to care for that child. They laid down the child and wrapped them in softness. They placed a dog or a wolf alongside to guard them on a journey somewhere beyond.
It may be impossible to know where the people who buried that child thought they were going, whatever was their view of life and afterlife. But it seems like they wanted the child to feel warm. They wanted them not to be lonely. They wanted that child to know they were loved.
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Which ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ content is best?
With “House of the Dragon” roaring onto TV screens one episode at a time rather than being bingeable from start to finish, you’re probably looking to find a way to soothe impatience as you wait. What better way to do that than to take in more content from Westeros, the world of the show? There’s no shortage of options. You can watch old “Game of Thrones” episodes, learn more about Westeros’ history or even take the time to fill out an adult coloring book.
‘House of the Dragon’ vs. ‘Game of Thrones’
‘House of the Dragon’
“House of the Dragon” is a prequel to “Game of Thrones,” taking place hundreds of years before the characters in “Game of Thrones” were born. It’s loosely based on “Fire and Blood,” a history of the Targaryen empire written by “A Song of Ice and Fire” author George R.R. Martin, published in 2018.
‘Game of Thrones’
The cultural juggernaut “Game of Thrones” is based on the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series and originally aired on HBO from April 17, 2011, to May 19, 2019. Martin has released five novels in the series: “A Game of Thrones” published in 1996, “A Clash of Kings” in 1998, “A Storm of Swords” in 2000, “A Feast for Crows” in 2005 and “A Dance with Dragons” in 2011. Two books remain unfinished: “The Winds of Winter” and “A Dream of Spring.”
The best ‘Game of Thrones’ content to buy
If you can’t wait for another second to see what happens next in “House of the Dragon” then grab a copy of the book it’s based on. It even includes a full family tree so you can track the Targaryens throughout history. Sold by Amazon
“The Rise of the Dragon: An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty, Volume One”
This illustrated version of the first part of “Fire and Blood” contains over 180 new illustrations of the Targaryens and their dragons. It releases two days after the conclusion of “House of the Dragon” to help you wait for season two. Sold by Amazon
“The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones”
If you’re already a big fan of “Game of Thrones” and love learning about Targaryen history, you’ll devour this illustrated text focusing on the history of Westeros as a whole. It also includes full family trees of Houses Stark, Lannister and Targaryen. Sold by Amazon
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
This novel is a collection of the first three Dunk and Egg novellas — “The Hedge Knight,” “The Sworn Sword” and “The Mystery Knight” — that take place between “House of the Dragon” and “Game of Thrones.” There are excellent if you prefer history told as tales rather than as textbooks. Sold by Amazon
If you’re loving “House of the Dragon” but haven’t yet seen the series that started it all, it doesn’t hurt to give the first season a try. It comes in standard DVD, Blu-ray and 4K formats. Sold by Amazon
“Game of Thrones”: The Complete Series
Whether you’ve seen it or not, the complete collection of “Game of Thrones” is the most economical way to watch it all. It contains over 80 hours of content — not counting a second of bonus material — and comes in standard DVD, Blu-ray and 4K formats. Sold by Amazon
“Game of Thrones”: The Complete Series Collector’s Edition — Blu-ray
The collector’s edition packages each season and a disc of bonus content inside special slipcovers that combine inside the series’ case to make a gorgeous shadowbox-like image ready-made for prominent display. Sold by Amazon
This is the book that started it all, released back in 1996. Compare the differences between this, the source, and the HBO adaptation to appreciate both on a new level. Sold by Amazon
“A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition”
This illustrated version of the debut “A Song of Ice and Fire” novel contains full-age artwork and black-and-white illustrations in every chapter. It’s a perfect gift for the “Game of Thrones” fan in your life. Sold by Amazon
“A Song of Ice and Fire” Paperback Box Set
This collects all five of the currently released “A Song of Ice and Fire” books which cover the events of “Game of Thrones” seasons one through six. Between all five novels, there are a staggering 4,272 pages. Sold by Amazon
“A Song of Ice and Fire” Leather-Bound Box Set
These beautifully bound versions of the five currently released “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels are excellent additions to any fantasy lover’s bookshelf and make for an excellent and surprisingly affordable gift. Sold by Amazon
“A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One”
Experience the beginning of “Game of Thrones” in a new medium. It includes a preface by George R.R. Martin and a step-by-step walk-through of the creative process of this graphic novel. Sold by Amazon
“The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel”
The first prequel novella featuring Dunk and Egg is reborn as a graphic novel. It includes 15 pages of supplemental material such as variant covers and sketches not found anywhere else. Sold by Amazon
“The Sworn Sword: The Graphic Novel”
The second prequel novella featuring Dunk and Egg gets its own graphic novel treatment, but this one has over 25 supplemental pages of bonus material to feast your eyes on. Sold by Amazon
“A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook”
This cookbook has over 100 recipes split between six regions of Westeros, all of which are accompanied by full-color photographs so you can get your presentation just right. It also contains a guide to entertaining and dining in the style of the world so your next dinner party can be stepped up a notch. Sold by Amazon
“The Official ‘A Game of Thrones’ Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring Book”
Coloring books aren’t just for kids. This 96-page coloring book has 45 intricate illustrations not found in any other illustrated “Game of Thrones” book, perfect for the artist in the family. It comes spiral-bound or in paperback. Sold by Amazon
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DALLAS, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pascal Desroches, chief financial officer, AT&T* Inc. (NYSE:T), spoke today at the Citi Media & Entertainment Conference where he provided an update to shareholders.
- The company continues to focus its efforts on driving solid growth in 5G and fiber services, driven by continued high demand for connectivity. While the company does not expect wireless industry growth levels to mirror those experienced in 2021 or the first half of 2022, Desroches indicated that demand remains healthy. The company continues to see solid demand levels via its consistent go-to-market approach despite opting not to be as promotional as peers during the recent holiday selling season.
- Looking ahead to 2023, Desroches said he expects the company to maintain its focus on growing customer relationships in a disciplined manner, proactively reducing costs and remaining deliberate in its capital allocation. He said that 2022 and 2023 are expected to be peak years for capital investment as the company continues to invest in 5G and fiber. AT&T remains focused on achieving its 2.5x net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA target and expects to use cash after dividends to reduce debt until that time.
- AT&T plans to provide detailed 2023 guidance when it announces earnings later this month. Desroches indicated he expects 2023 free cash flow growth to be supported by wireless revenue growth from a bigger postpaid phone base with increasing ARPUs; growth in fiber subscribers, ARPUs and revenues; and the benefits of ongoing cost transformation initiatives, which are expected to increasingly support the company's profitability. Expected offsets to these trends include expected higher cash taxes and lower cash distributions from DIRECTV.
- Desroches reiterated AT&T's commitment to its target of 30 million-plus fiber locations, including business locations, by the end of 2025. The company ended the third quarter of 2022 with the ability to serve 18.5 million consumer locations and approximately 3 million business customer locations with fiber. The company's recently announced Gigapower joint venture gives it an opportunity to expand fiber coverage by an initial 1.5 million incremental locations and provides additional flexibility to further expand its out-of-network footprint over time.
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NEW YORK, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of CareDx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNA) between February 24, 2021 and May 5, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 22, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants had engaged in a variety of improper and illegal schemes to inflate testing services revenue and demand, including pushing a surveillance protocol through inaccurate marketing materials, offering extravagant inducements or kickbacks to physicians and other providers, and improperly bundling expensive testing services with other blood tests as part of the RemoTraC service; (2) these practices, and others, subjected CareDx to an undisclosed risk of regulatory scrutiny; (3) these practices rendered the Company's testing services revenue reported throughout the Class Period artificially inflated; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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10 wounded in S.C. mass shooting, mayor says
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) - Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said 10 people were wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Charleston late Monday night.
WCSC reported Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds said an officer responded to noise complaint about a loud party at a vacant lot.
“Immediately the officer took gunfire,” Reynolds said. “Two shots went into his cruiser, and let me tell you something: as we stand here right now, we’re lucky we don’t have a dead cop or dead citizens or dead community members.”
Charleston Police Sgt. Elisabeth Wolfsen said “multiple people” were struck by gunfire in the area of America and South Streets around 11:40 p.m. Monday. They were being treated at area hospitals, she said.
Reynolds said four people remained in the hospital for treatment of their injuries as of Tuesday afternoon.
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office says two women have been arrested so far.
Tahira McGee of North Charleston is charged with second-degree assault and battery and resisting arrest; and Ayesha Saleemah McGee of North Charleston is charged with third-degree assault and battery, Charleston County Sheriff’s spokesman Andrew Knapp said.
An incident report states deputies responded at approximately 11:43 p.m. to assist the Charleston Police Department after receiving word a Charleston Police officer had been wounded.
Several fights broke out and two deputies were assaulted during the incident, the report states. One deputy was struck in the face and treated for facial injuries, while another was knocked to the ground by a member of the crowd and suffered cuts to the head and arm, Knapp said.
The report states Ayesha McGee cursed and verbally berated deputies who were attempting to secure the scene, then attempted to “body slam” the deputy to the ground. Deputies say she was restrained by other officers almost immediately, but the deputy suffered cuts to his head, hand and elbow.
Another report states Tahira McGee struck a deputy across the face and was then wrestled to the ground and placed in handcuffs. The report states McGee struck her head on the ground during the takedown and had swelling above her right eye and small lacerations. She was medically cleared by staff at an area hospital. The report states the deputy suffered a scratched cornea and facial cuts from the strike.
A responding Charleston Police officer suffered minor injuries but was in the process of being treated and released from the hospital, Wolfsen said.
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The Cubs have been on a roll in August, since break originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
More often than not this month, the Cubs have gotten good performances from their starting pitching.
The way they’ve played in August, then, should be no surprise.
The Cubs beat the Cardinals 7-1 Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, improving to 13-10 this month.
“This is what this group does. They bring it every day,” manager David Ross said. “Again, nice starting pitching that sets everything up. Get the lead. I don't know, just a lot of confidence in that.”
Wednesday’s effort was led by Luke Farrell, whom the Cubs signed as a minor-league free agent in May and was making his first big-league appearance since last October.
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Farrell, who’s been waived or released five times in his career, including by the Cubs in 2018, allowed six hits and a run in 4 1/3 innings.
After some early small ball, a Zach McKinstry home run in the seventh inning opened things up.
“I thought Luke set the tone coming right at them,” Ross said. “No walks tonight. Really, really impressive.
“That makes the manager really happy. I like those nights.”
Farrell’s performance came a day after prospect Javier Assad made his MLB debut and threw four-plus shutout innings.
The 31-year-old’s outing Wednesday improved the Cubs rotation’s ERA to 3.23 this month, and that’s even after Adrian Sampson struggled Tuesday night.
“My goal was to give us a chance to win, and we ended up winning,” Farrell said. “So, did the job.”
Wednesday's win clinched the Cubs' most wins in a calendar month this season, and their most in a single month in over a year (19-8 in May 2021).
They need to go 3-4 over the next week to clinch their first winning month since then.
Not only that, they've gone 19-13 since the All-Star break and have an opportunity to win their sixth straight series on Thursday despite two losses of the opposite variety (1-0 Monday; 13-3 in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader).
“These guys turn the page pretty fast," Ross said. "Been doing a nice job just coming in and competing every single at-bat, every single pitch.” | 2022-08-25T05:25:19+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cubs-luke-farrell-beat-cardinals-to-continue-winning-august/2923241/ |
Police investigating how Michigan voting machine wound up for sale online
By Donie O’Sullivan, Curt Devine and Kimberly Berryman, CNN
Authorities in Michigan are investigating how a missing voting machine from the state wound up for sale on eBay last month for $1,200.
The machine was purchased by a cybersecurity expert in Connecticut who alerted Michigan authorities and is now waiting for law enforcement to pick up the device. CNN determined the machine was dropped off at a Goodwill store in Northern Michigan, before being sold last month on eBay by a man in Ohio.
In an interview with CNN, the Ohio man said he purchased the machine online at Goodwill for $7.99 before auctioning it on eBay for $1,200.
Election machines are part of the United States’ critical infrastructure and are supposed to be kept under lock and key. It’s an issue that has become increasingly important in recent years as people have sought to gain unauthorized access to election systems in a futile attempt to prove the false notion that the 2020 election was stolen.
News of the sold machine comes as authorities in Michigan, Colorado and Georgia are probing apparent efforts to gain unauthorized access to voting machines or obtain data from them following the 2020 election.
Michigan’s Democratic attorney general has called for a special prosecutor to investigate her Republican challenger, Matthew DePerno, after finding evidence that allegedly links him to a plot to tamper with voting machines used in the 2020 election. DePerno has denied the allegations.
A bargain at the Goodwill
Ean Hutchison, a 35-year-old Uber driver in Miamisburg, Ohio, has an eye for technology and a stellar record as a seller on eBay. He trawls the web looking for deals on computer parts, like motherboards and graphic cards, and then re-sells them for a profit on eBay, often to similarly technically inclined people who are building or upgrading their own computers.
“I have a knack for finding hidden gems really cheap and turning a quick profit,” Hutchison said, and often finds those gems in online thrift stores and Goodwill.
It was on a recent trawl of a Goodwill website in Michigan that Hutchison said he came across one of those gems.
“AVALUE TECHNOLOGY Touch Panel SID-15V-Z37-B1R,” was all the ad read. The pictures accompanying the ad showed a large monitor, possibly a touch screen, with what looked like a slot for a keycard or credit card. A hand-written sticker on the base of the monitor read “Colfax.” Goodwill was selling it for $7.99.
To the uninitiated, it would be hard to know what this product was. A monitor that maybe could plug into a computer, perhaps. But why the slot for a card?
Hutchison knew what he was looking at.
It was a piece of election hardware that, he reasoned given where it was listed, had been used in Michigan’s elections.
“I wasn’t even aware that they were supposed to be sold, let alone donated to Goodwill,” Hutchison told CNN.
“Own a piece of history!”
The machine — a ballot-marking device — arrived in the mail and Hutchison later posted it on eBay. He set the eBay auction bidding to start at $250 but gave potential buyers the option of skipping the auction if they paid $1,200 upfront.
“Own a piece of history!” Hutchison’s eBay listing read. “This voting machine was one of thousands used in the 2020 United States presidential election and included in one of the many lawsuits against Dominion that were thrown out.”
Dominion Voting Systems was the subject of baseless claims after the 2020 election that its voting machines were hacked as part of a plot to throw the election in favor of President Joe Biden. Dominion is currently engaged in a billion-dollar defamation suit against a handful of defendants, including Fox News, who amplified baseless claims its machines were hacked in the 2020 election.
Seven hundred miles away, in his apartment in Connecticut, Harri Hursti saw the ad.
Hursti is regarded as one of the foremost election machine security experts and organizes an event every August in Las Vegas where hackers are given access to voting machines in a bid to identify and remedy potential vulnerabilities. As a result, Hursti has become essentially a voting machine collector — but the machines he can normally buy are old and retired.
This ad was unusual, Hursti said, because it claimed to sell a device that he thought still might be in use in Michigan.
Hursti bought the machine outright for $1,200. After it was delivered to his home last week, he contacted the Michigan secretary of state’s office which oversees elections in the state. He says he was instructed not to open the box the machine came in, to preserve it for law enforcement who may need to wipe it for fingerprints.
A few days later, an official from the secretary of state’s office emailed Hursti. “Thank you again for bringing this to our attention,” the email read. “We have determined this device originated in one of our jurisdictions. The jurisdiction has now reported the device to law enforcement as stolen.”
It’s unclear how the voting machine ultimately ended up at Goodwill. It was delivered to Goodwill Northern Michigan’s e-commerce division from a Goodwill location in Cadillac, Michigan, a Goodwill spokesperson told CNN. Goodwill said in a statement that its team members process thousands of donations a week in Northern Michigan and that they are cooperating with authorities on the investigation of the device.
The clerk for Wexford County, which covers Cadillac and includes a town called Colfax, like the label on the machine in question, told CNN Thursday she was searching for answers.
“I am just as concerned, if not more so,” said Clerk Alaina Nyman when asked about security concerns expressed by state officials.
The clerk of Colfax Township, Becky Stoddard, declined to comment on the device specifically, citing an ongoing police investigation, though she said she keeps elections equipment locked up and added that she does not believe conspiracy theories about Dominion voting machines.
“I’ve never had any trouble with anything,” said Stoddard, who said she has served as clerk for 22 years.
Security and conspiracy theories
In some states, voting machines might only be in use a couple of days a year, or every other year. But their secure storage is crucial to ensuring integrity in America’s elections. This can be a challenge given the decentralized nature of voting systems in this country.
In Michigan, for instance, there are more than 1,500 different voting jurisdictions across 83 counties, each with its own clerk who is responsible for the security of its voting machines, according to the secretary of state’s office.
Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state, told CNN in an interview in Detroit on Thursday that voters should rest assured that the state’s elections are secure.
She said her team contacted law enforcement as soon as they learned about the machine on eBay, and she also pointed out that there are multiple checks of machines both before and after Election Day to ensure accurate results.
That’s a point that was echoed by Hursti, who tries to find vulnerabilities in election systems for a living.
He told CNN that while the appearance of a Michigan voting machine on eBay raises concerns about how machines are stored, the real threat is what election conspiracy theorists could do.
Over the past two years, people trying to prove the false claim the 2020 election was stolen have sought or gained unauthorized access to election systems.
Michigan State Police have been investigating a series of voting machine breaches that occurred last year in multiple counties in the state.
“What you really have is individuals who don’t seem to understand the technicalities of the elections process or election security trying to gain access to machines to keep the misinformation alive,” Benson said.
As for the machine that showed up at the Goodwill, how it got there is a mystery police are trying to solve — as of Thursday evening, Hursti still had this piece of critical infrastructure in his home, waiting for someone to pick it up.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The felony drug charges facing Sparks' ex-fire chief involve steroids and none carry potential gang enhancement penalties, the state attorney general's office said this week.
The criminal complaint the Nevada Attorney General's office filed Dec. 9 in Sparks Justice Court accuses Mark Lawson of four felony counts — including a conspiracy charge and possession with intent to sell a controlled substance.
The court initially entered the filing with an inaccurate subsection of the state criminal code relating to gang involvement, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office said. The court file information was corrected on Monday.
"The related drug charges are actually for steroids and there is no gang enhancement to any of the charges," Alcinia Whiters, deputy communications director, said in an email late Monday to The Associated Press.
A conspiracy count dates to October 2020, with the most recent references to illegal possession of the steroids in August 2021, court records show.
Court records list a co-defendant, Lance Forrester of Washoe County. No lawyer is listed for Lawson or Forrester so it's not clear if either has one or will be appointed a public defender at a Jan. 31 arraignment scheduled in justice court before Judge Chris Wilson.
Lawson had been on the job for about a week before resigning last week. A Sparks spokesperson said the city would have no further comment about the former fire chief.
The Gazette Journal first reported Monday that the alleged drug crimes involved steroids and no drug enhancement.
The Sparks City Council approved Lawson’s hiring Nov. 28 to the $200,000-per-year job. But on Dec. 5, Sparks City Manager Neil Krutz said he informed fire department staff that serious criminal charges were about to be filed against the new chief.
“I met with Chief Lawson and asked for his resignation and he granted it,” Krutz told the newspaper earlier. “He’s no longer employed by the city of Sparks.” | 2022-12-14T18:41:44+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Ex-Sparks-fire-chief-drug-charges-involve-17654015.php |
Former NC high school staff member faces felony sex crime charges involving student
By Kimberly King & Kari Barrows
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BREVARD, North Carolina (WLOS) — A former high school staff member in Western North Carolina is facing felony sex charges involving a student.
Harell Mitchell III, 25, of Rosman, has been charged with felony second-degree forcible rape and felony indecent liberties with a student at Brevard High School, according to court documents obtained by News 13. Mitchell worked as an assistant football coach and teacher’s assistant at Brevard High School, officials confirm.
Mitchell’s initial court appearance was scheduled for Jan. 17, 2023. A staff member in the criminal clerk’s office confirmed his next court date is scheduled for April 20.
Jen Heatherly, spokeswoman for Transylvania County Schools, confirmed by email that Mitchell is no longer employed by the district and confirmed the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office has an open investigation.
Heatherly stated Mitchell was hired by the district four months ago on Aug. 26, 2022 and that he was a teacher’s assistant for grades 9-12. Court records state Mitchell committed the alleged crimes Nov. 28, 2022, but provided few additional details. Capt. Chase Owen with the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office confirms with News 13 the alleged crimes did not happen on school grounds, and that they allegedly involved one student victim. No further details on the location will be released, according to the sheriff’s office.
“At the time of this offense, the defendant was a teacher at Brevard High School, and the victim was a student at this same school,” court records state.
The sheriff’s office says it was notified of the alleged incident on Jan. 10, 2023 after a school resource officer received a tip. Shortly after it was reported, the sheriff’s office says Mitchell fled from the state. He had been living at a nearby campground in Rosman at the time.
He was taken into custody a few days later on Jan. 13 by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force in southern Georgia. Officials say Mitchell was taken to the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 14 and received a $300,000 bond. He has since posted bond and been released.
The sheriff’s office says more charges could be pending as the investigation continues and that no other information will be released due to the ‘sensitive nature’ of the investigation.
A staff member in the criminal clerk’s office confirmed Mitchell’s defense attorney is Mack McKeller based in Brevard. McKeller spoke with News 13 by phone on Tuesday, saying, “It’s all allegations. We intend to vigorously contest these allegations.”
Transylvania County Schools’ full statement can be read below:
“Transylvania County Schools was notified last week of allegations against a former staff member regarding inappropriate conduct with a student. The staff member is no longer employed by Transylvania County Schools, and the Transylvania County Sheriffs’ Office is in the process of conducting an investigation.
The district has high professional expectations for our staff and expects all employees to act appropriately and respectfully toward our students and their families. All allegations of wrongdoing are taken seriously, and we appreciate the support and assistance from local law enforcement to handle these situations. As always, the safety and security of our students are the highest priority.
Per personnel confidentiality laws and due to it being part of an ongoing investigation by the Sheriff’s Department, we have no additional comments at this time”.
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The men's NCAA basketball championship game is set: The San Diego State University Aztecs are up against the University of Connecticut Huskies for the national title.
The Huskies may be favored to win it all, but the big game caps a March Madness marked by upsets and unpredictability.
The opposing teams will meet in Houston at the NRG Stadium on Monday night, tipping off at 9:20 p.m. ET on CBS (streaming online and on TV).
UConn is the team to beat. But San Diego State's defense is on fire
Offensively, the odds are with the Huskies. UConn has averaged 78.6 points per game over San Diego's 71.5.
Yet San Diego State has a slight defensive edge over UConn, allowing about 63 points per game, more than a point under than the Huskies. And their win-loss record this season (32-6) outpaces UConn's (30-8), thanks to a solid defense. The Aztecs have flexed their scoring muscle too; take Lamont Butler's buzzer-beater in the Final Four upset against Florida Atlantic University.
Still, UConn is the higher-ranked team for a reason. The No. 4 seed had a rough patch earlier in their season — with a stretch of six losses in eight games — putting the Huskies at the middle of the pack in mid-season. Coach Dan Hurley, who admittedly lost his newfound zen over his row with referees, also attributed the drought to weak defense.
"We left that behind," Hurley told The Associated Press. "In November, December, February, March, we've been as good as anybody."
While its "Blue Blood" status remains up for debate, UConn is going for its fifth national title since its first victory in 1999, having won more championships than any other team during that span. In all four previous title game appearances, they have yet to forsake a win. A win on Monday would be coach Hurley's first title with the team.
Overall, UConn is a 7.5 point favorite over San Diego State to win, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
But look to San Diego State for the underdog story. It's the school's first national championship game. Before this year, they'd never made it to the Elite Eight.
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(The Hill) – Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), who staffed the Jan. 6 Committee until April, said on Friday that the White House switchboard connected with the phone of a rioter at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection.
“You get a real ‘a-ha’ moment when you see that the White House switchboard had connected to a rioter’s phone while it’s happening,” said Riggleman, former senior technical adviser for the committee, according to a clip from CBS’s upcoming episode of “60 Minutes.”
When asked by host Bill Whitaker to confirm that someone in the White House was calling an insurrectionist during the riot, Riggleman said: “On January 6th, absolutely.”
Riggleman, author of upcoming book “The Breach,” said that the call raised a red flag from his perspective as a former military intelligence officer working in counterterrorism.
“I only know one end of that call. I don’t know the White House end, which I believe is more important,” he said.
“But the thing is, the American people need to know that there are link connections that need to be explored more.”
Whitaker inquired whether there is a “simple, innocent explanation” for the call, to which Riggleman responded: “Was it an accidental call?”
“When the White House just happened to call numbers, that somebody misdialed a rioter that day, on January 6th? Probably not,” he continued.
Riggleman was ousted from his congressional seat in 2020 after outrage from members of his party that he officiated a same-sex wedding.
The former representative elaborated on his role as an adviser to the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, where he led a digital investigation.
“We were able to do things, I think, in a way that had never been done before with millions of lines of data. And to actually create a graph that shows how these groups actually intermingled,” Riggleman told “60 Minutes.”
Communications have been highly scrutinized following the Capitol riot, including text messages from the phones of top Trump administration officials.
In August, a watchdog group reported that the Department of Defense failed to retain texts from a number of its top officials on Jan. 6. In addition, numerous officials from the Department of Homeland Security also had their messages erased during the transition, including former acting Secretary Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli.
The full episode of “60 Minutes” is set to air Sunday. | 2022-09-24T20:32:01+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/riggleman-white-house-switchboard-connected-to-rioters-phone-on-day-of-jan-6/ |
What Jimmy G's potential return means for 49ers' IR situation originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo might not be heading to injured reserve, after all.
The 49ers already have brought back six players off the injured reserve list this season. Teams are allowed to activate a maximum eight players from IR during the course of the season.
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San Francisco is keeping the door open for the possible returns of running back Elijah Mitchell and defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw, both of whom are on injured reserve with knee conditions. Coach Kyle Shanahan said as recently as Sunday that quarterback Trey Lance is not a possibility to return from injured reserve this season.
Garoppolo will not require surgery on his fractured left foot, ESPN reported on Tuesday. The timeline for Garoppolo’s return was placed at seven-to-eight weeks.
Seven weeks from when Garoppolo suffered the injury Sunday would be the Divisional Round of the playoffs. The NFC and AFC championship games are eight weeks away, on Jan. 29. And the Super Bowl is 10 weeks away.
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The 49ers would have to advance into the playoffs in order for Mitchell to return to action and make a contribution. He sustained an MCL sprain in his left knee on Nov. 27 that is expected to sideline him six-to-eight weeks.
The team has been a lot more vague about Kinlaw’s return. Kinlaw has not played since Week 3, though Shanahan said last week he believes Kinlaw is “close” to a return.
The 49ers are not in a crunch for roster spots.
The team signed backup quarterback Josh Johnson off the Denver Broncos’ practice squad on Sunday. He took the 53-man roster spot that opened with Mitchell going on injured reserve.
The league’s increase to 16 players on practice squads gives teams a lot of options for practice purposes, too.
RELATED: Mayfield claimed by rival Rams amid 49ers QB speculation
If Mitchell returns to action, he will account for two of the team’s eight return-to-play spots.
The 49ers already have activated Mitchell, free safety Jimmie Ward, linebacker Curtis Robinson, offensive lineman Colton McKivitz, defensive lineman Jordan Willis and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair off IR this season. | 2022-12-07T17:43:44+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/what-jimmy-garoppolos-potential-return-means-for-49ers-tricky-ir-situation/3015063/ |
Pittsburgh Steelers legend Franco Harris, known for ‘Immaculate Reception,’ dead at age 72
By Homero De La Fuente, CNN
Pittsburgh Steelers great Franco Harris, who was arguably best known for one of the most iconic plays in NFL history — dubbed the “Immaculate Reception” — has died at the age of 72, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday.
Harris died overnight, the Hall of Fame said, citing his family. The cause of his death hasn’t been announced.
“We have lost an incredible football player, an incredible ambassador to the Hall and, most importantly, we have lost one of the finest gentlemen anyone will ever meet,” said Hall of Fame President Jim Porter.
“Franco not only impacted the game of football, but he also affected the lives of many, many people in profoundly positive ways.
“The Hall of Fame and historians everywhere will tell Franco’s football story forever. His life story can never be told fully, however, without including his greatness off the field.”
‘A gold jacket career’
Harris died days before the 50th anniversary of the “Immaculate Reception,” a game-winning touchdown catch which led the Steelers to victory over the then Oakland Raiders 13-7 for Pittsburgh’s first-ever playoff game in the 1972 AFC Divisional Round.
“That play really represents our teams of the ’70s,” Harris recalled after the reception was voted the greatest play in NFL history in 2020 during the league’s 100th anniversary season.
The Steelers had planned to retire Harris’ number 32 jersey during halftime of their game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday.
“The career that it spawned in Franco, a gold jacket career,” Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday.
“What it did for them that season in terms of the trajectory of the season. What it’s done for this franchise. There’s many things that make it the play that it is. The most significant play in the history of the game.”
Drafted out of Penn State as the 13th pick in the 1972 NFL Draft, Harris quickly became a star for the team, winning the NFL’s Rookie of the Year after becoming only the fourth rookie in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards.
In his career, Harris was a four-time Super Bowl champion, winning MVP honors in Super Bowl IX after rushing for 158 yards in the game against the Minnesota Vikings to help the Steelers capture their first-ever league title.
Running back Harris retired after 13 seasons — 12 with the Steelers and one with the Seattle Seahawks.
The nine-time Pro Bowler rushed for at least 1,000 yards in eight seasons, amassing 12,120 rushing yards and 91 touchdowns in his career.
He was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Dems change some tax provisions as they ready economic bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pared part of their proposed minimum tax on huge corporations and made other changes in their giant economic bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday, as they drove toward delivering a campaign-season victory to President Joe Biden on his domestic agenda.
In an unusual peek at closed-door bargaining, Schumer, D-N.Y., said Democrats dropped a proposed tax boost on hedge fund executives after pivotal centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., said she would otherwise vote “no.” Schumer said that in its place, the measure now has a new tax — which others said will be 1% — on the shares companies buy back of their own stock, netting the government far more revenue.
“Sen. Sinema said she would not vote for the bill” or even vote to let debate begin unless private equity tax was removed from the legislation, Schumer told reporters. “So we had no choice.”
He spoke a day after he and Sinema announced compromise revisions to the environment, health care and tax package. With final numbers still to be calculated, the overall measure raises over $700 billion in revenue — including more robust IRS tax collections — using most of it for energy, climate and health initiatives and reducing federal deficits by $300 billion.
The accord puts Democrats on the verge of a more modest yet striking resurrection of many of Biden domestic aspirations that appeal strongly to party voters. Those include taxing big business, restraining prescription drug prices, slowing climate change, helping families afford private insurance and trimming federal deficits.
In another change, Schumer said a proposed 15% minimum tax on mammoth corporations had been trimmed and would now raise $258 billion over the coming decade, down from $313 billion. That provision, which has been the legislation’s biggest revenue raiser, will now let those companies depreciate their equipment costs more quickly, lowering the government’s tax take and helping manufacturers who buy expensive machinery. The new tax is expected to apply to around 150 companies with income exceeding $1 billion.
Democrats plan for the Senate to begin considering the bill Saturday, and the House will return next Friday for votes. The measure is sure to face unanimous Republican opposition in the 50-50 Senate, where the backing of Sinema and all other Democrats will be needed for passage, along with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote.
“This bill is a game changer for working families and our economy,” Biden said at the White House.
Republicans say the measure will worsen inflation — a premier concern of voters — discourage companies from hiring workers and raise already high energy costs with its taxes.
“The pain at the pump is going to get worse, and it’s not just on the cost of energy to drive your car,” said Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the Senate’s No. 3 GOP leader. “It’s also the energy to heat your home, energy that powers our country, energy for electricity.”
Nonpartisan analysts have said the legislation will have a modest impact on inflation and the economy.
“We’re feeling pretty good,” Schumer said about the legislation. “It’s what the country so desperately needs. And it’s what Democrats will deliver on in the coming days.”
The measure will also include $4 billion sought by Western senators to help their states cope with ruinous drought conditions, according to Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo. The group had sought $5 billion.
Still other changes are possible. The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, is expected to soon say whether some provisions violate the chamber’s budget procedures and should be erased. Democrats are using special rules that would let them overcome GOP opposition and pass the package without needing the 60 votes most bills require.
Potentially vulnerable provisions include language requiring pharmaceutical makers to pay penalties if they raise prices above inflation for drugs that patients get from private insurers.
The bill faces a long weekend, including a “vote-a-rama” of unlimited, non-stop votes on amendments, which will mostly come from Republicans. Most are destined to lose, though the GOP hopes some will box Democrats into votes that would create campaign-ad fodder.
Taxing executives of private equity firms, such as hedge funds, has long been a goal of progressives. Under current law, those executives can pay significantly less than the top 37% individual tax rate on their income, which is called “carried interest.”
That measure was also a favorite of conservative Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., a long-time holdout against larger versions of Biden’s domestic plans who helped write the compromise legislation with Schumer.
But progressives also support taxing publicly traded companies that buy back their own stocks, a move that critics say artificially drives up stock prices and diverts money from investing. The buyback tax will net $74 billion over 10 years, much more than the $13 billion the “carried interest” plan would have raised.
In a breakthrough Thursday night, Sinema said she’d agreed to changes in the legislation and was ready to “move forward” on the bill. In his own statement, Schumer said he believed the agreement “will receive the support of the entire” Democratic membership of the chamber.
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- NetEase is receiving this recognition from Bloomberg for a second time.
- Recipients were selected based on their progress across five pillars: leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, anti-sexual harassment policies, and external brand.
HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999, "NetEase" or the "Company"), one of China's leading internet and online game services providers, today announced that it has been named as a member of the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). This reference index measures gender equality across five pillars, including leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, anti-sexual harassment policies, and external brand.
NetEase is one of the five companies from the Chinese mainland to earn this distinction, marking the second time it has received the recognition since 2020.
The 2023 Gender-Equality Index comprises 484 global companies with a combined market capitalization of US$16 trillion. Headquartered across more than 45 countries and regions, member companies represent a variety of sectors, including financial, technology, and utilities, which continue to have the highest company representation in the index from 2022.
"We are honored to be recognized again by the Bloomberg GEI for our commitment to gender equality, and to be included in the company of some of the most respected and highly diversified companies around the world," said William Ding, founder and CEO of NetEase. "We remain committed to continuing the work of advancing equality, diversity and inclusion and building a company where people are treated with the respect and dignity they deserve. An inclusive workplace fuels creativity, innovation and development and this honor motivates us to push forward."
Currently, a significant portion of NetEase's management positions are held by women. Females comprise 40% of NetEase's board of directors, higher than the 30% threshold advocated globally in the ESG community. In addition, with over 30,000 global employees, 37% of NetEase employees are female.
"Congratulations to the companies that are included in the 2023 GEI," said Peter T. Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg and Founding Chairman of the U.S. 30% Club. "We continue to see an increase in both interest and membership globally, reflecting a shared goal of transparency in gender-related metrics." For more information on Bloomberg's sustainable finance solutions, including the GEI, please visit: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/sustainable-finance/.
About NetEase, Inc.
As a leading internet technology company based in China, NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999, "NetEase") provides premium online services centered around content creation. With extensive offerings across its expanding gaming ecosystem, the Company develops and operates some of China's most popular and longest running mobile and PC games. Powered by industry-leading in-house R&D capabilities in China and globally, NetEase creates superior gaming experiences, inspires players, and passionately delivers value for its thriving community worldwide. By infusing play with culture and education with technology, NetEase transforms gaming into a meaningful vehicle to build a more entertaining and enlightened world.
Beyond games, NetEase service offerings include its majority-controlled subsidiaries Youdao (NYSE: DAO), China's leading technology-focused intelligent learning company, and Cloud Music (HKEX: 9899), China's leading online music content community, as well as Yanxuan, NetEase's private label consumer lifestyle brand.
NetEase's ESG initiatives are among the best in the global media and entertainment industry, earning it a distinction as one of the S&P Global Industry Movers and an "A" rating from MSCI. For more information, please visit: http://ir.netease.com/.
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Rory Sabbatini putts well in round one of the Sanderson Farms Championship
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September 29, 2022
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September 29, 2022
In his first round at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Rory Sabbatini hit 5 of 14 fairways and 7 of 18 greens in regulation, and had a great day on the green leaving no misses on putts within 10 feet.
On the par-5 11th, Rory Sabbatini's approach shot set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved Rory Sabbatini to 1 under for the round.
On the par-4 12th, Sabbatini's 131 yard approach to 12 feet set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved Sabbatini to 2 under for the round.
On the 584-yard par-5 14th hole, Sabbatini reached the green in 3 and sunk a 16-foot putt for birdie. This moved Sabbatini to 3 under for the round.
On the 330-yard par-4 15th hole, Sabbatini reached the green in 2 and sunk a 13-foot putt for birdie. This moved Sabbatini to 4 under for the round.
On the 436-yard par-4 17th hole, Sabbatini reached the green in 2 and sunk a 18-foot putt for birdie. This moved Sabbatini to 3 under for the round.
On the 181-yard par-3 fourth, Sabbatini's tee shot went 162 yards to the fringe and his chip went 17 yards to the green where he rolled a two-putt for bogey. This moved him to 2 under for the round.
On the 214-yard par-3 seventh, Sabbatini's tee shot went 226 yards to the fringe and his chip went 19 yards to the green where he rolled a two-putt for bogey. This moved him to 1 under for the round.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The athletic directors who lead the schools that play Division I college football at the highest level want the sport to continue be governed by the NCAA — if that governance can be streamlined.
LEAD1, an association of Football Bowl Subdivision ADs, convened 105 of its 131 members Wednesday for a meeting that focused mostly on how best to govern major college football.
There has been some momentum in the past year to seriously explore breaking FBS away from the NCAA and creating another structure to run the biggest revenue generator in college sports.
For now, though, the preference is for reform within the current structure.
“At the end of the day, it was very clear that the status quo is not acceptable,” said LEAD1 President and CEO Tom McMillen, the former Maryland basketball star and congressman. “And that there was a strong, very strong, preference for a model in the NCAA that is extremely streamlined and much less bureaucratic.”
McMillen added: “And if that can’t be accomplished, move it to the outside.”
McMillen did not detail what a more efficient governing model for major college football would entail.
He said LEAD1 planned to gather ideas cultivated at Wednesday’s meeting and share them with NCAA officials in a letter.
“We’re a facilitator. We’re not the decision-maker,” McMillen said. “We recommend. That’s really the extent of what we can do.”
The NCAA is in the midst of what college sports leaders hope will be an overhaul of the way Division I is structured and governed.
The Division I Transformation Committee was formed last year and has been meeting regularly for months. It is led by Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey and Ohio athletic director Julie Cromer, who is also a member of LEAD1.
“Certainly the debate today has been helpful,” Cromer said. “I think we’ll use this feedback in our transformation committee work.”
The Transformation Committee has already handed down proposals related to transfer rules and how NCAA enforcement operates as part of phase one of its work. A set of those proposals were approved last month.
Phase two is in progress, with membership requirements for schools, student-athlete benefits, access to championship events and revenue distribution at the core of the discussions.
“I think there exists some frustration with the lack of responsibility and the ability to be nimble and specific to our needs in football, within the current decision-making structure,” Cromer said of the FBS ADs.
As the NCAA’s role in governance is deemphasized, and more power is handed down to conferences and schools, it seemed a perfect time for a re-assessment of how major college football operates to many athletic directors.
The NCAA has limited involvement over FBS compared to the rest of Division I sports. The conferences run the College Football Playoff and share the hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue it generates with no NCAA involvement.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has suggested the College Football Playoff could become the governing body for major college football.
“Nothing about its current constitution would support that,” Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbick told The Associated Press last month. “So you can change it to play that role. But it’s not set up to do it now.”
One of the concerns about moving away from the NCAA would be the need to create a new, similar organization.
McMillen said the NCAA spends about $65 million per year on administrative and insurance costs.
“That does not include any kind of extraordinary costs or legal,” McMillen said. ”As you know, the NCAA is the legal shield. They take a lot of the front load.”
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, an independent group of former and current college administrators that advocates for an emphasis on education in college sports, proposed in 2020 separating FBS from the rest of NCAA sports.
Sankey has said he is adamantly against the Knight Commission’s proposal, in large part because he doesn’t like the idea of compartmentalizing one sport within an athletic department.
Sankey attended the LEAD1 meeting to give the ADs an update on the Transformation Committee’s work.
He said he also shared with the ADs his skepticism for the effectiveness of an FBS breakaway from the NCAA. He said he understands the desire for change.
“And given the distinctions around football, there are those who view that as a relevant point of change,” Sankey said. “But then the why, the outcomes, those have to be much further developed.”
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Kansas police officers, suspects injured in shooting during undercover fentanyl bust
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV/Gray News) - An investigation is underway after three Kansas City, Kansas, police officers and three suspects were shot Wednesday afternoon.
The three officers from the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department (KCKPD) who were shot all have serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department (KCPD) is handling the investigation. The KCKPD asked them to do so. It is customary for an outside agency to investigate officer-involved shootings. The information below comes from both agencies, however.
On Wednesday, officers were following up on an investigation from a few days ago that involved fentanyl dealers. They were undercover and were trying to purchase fentanyl pills as part of that follow-up.
Tactical officers were in the area when they tried to stop a vehicle, which had the suspects from their investigation inside. Once the vehicle stopped and they tried conducting an arrest, gunfire erupted from the suspects’ vehicle.
The KCKPD officers exchanged gunfire with the suspects.
According to the KCPD, three adult male suspects were injured. They also have non-life-threatening injuries.
Once the KCPD’s investigation is complete, detectives will submit the case file to the Wyandotte County, Kansas, District Attorney’s Office.
The entrance to the University of Kansas Hospital was blocked by police following the shooting. Multiple KCKPD vehicles could be seen coming and going, but normal operations at the hospital continued and visitors were being accommodated.
“It’s difficult to say at this point,” associate chief medical officer Dr. Sean Kumer answered when asked about how long he anticipated the officers to remain hospitalized. “There are various injuries. Some are less serious than others and there’s the medical teams that are certainly still assessing and it’s very early. Can’t tell at this point. Some of the folks are still going to be undergoing some diagnostic testing.”
The doctor also said the officers are stable and able to converse with the medical team treating them.
“The law enforcement community and the first responder community come together in a situation like this. This is really hard on the police officers. It’s hard on their families. It’s hard on the medical staff here treating the folks that have been injured. So, it’s an emotional time. I am very familiar with the folks at the agency involved. They’re going to get support from lots of places, but it’s super hard for everybody involved, for the officers that are injured, and for the people that care about them,” Chief Brad Deichler, of the University of Kansas Health System, said.
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VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The Valencia County Sheriff’s Office and FBI representatives announced there is a suspect in the Tara Calico case Tuesday. Officials say they believe there is sufficient evidence to submit to the District Attorney’s office for review of potential charges in the case.
EverythingLubbock.com‘s affiliate, KRQE News 13, asked if there were multiple suspects, however, officials could not comment on that. According to VCSO, the identities and specifics of the suspects are sealed by the court and will remain sealed until court ordered otherwise. No other information was released at the news conference. The 19-year-old went missing in Valencia County in 1988.
Officials say Tara Calico left her Rio Communities home to go on a bike ride on Sept. 20, 1988. She was last seen riding along Highway 47 south of Belen. Witnesses also reported seeing an older model truck following closely behind Calico as she rode along Highway 47.
The day that Calico disappeared she was wearing a white, First National Bank of Belen t-shirt, white shorts with green stripes, white socks, and white and turquoise Avia tennis shoes. She was also wearing a gold butterfly ring with a diamond insert, a gold amethyst ring, and gold hoop earrings.
The case has gained national attention over the years and was highlighted by People Magazine in 2018. One of Calico’s classmates and filmmaker Melinda Esquibel also started a podcast called Vanished: The Tara Calico Investigation.
During Tuesday’s news conference, law enforcement officials say they cannot reveal all information that has been learned in the investigation; to preserve the integrity of the case. | 2023-06-13T22:43:07+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/officials-say-they-have-a-suspect-in-tara-calico-case/ |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomreach, the world's #1 Commerce Experience Cloud, today announced the launch of real-time segments for Bloomreach Discovery. The new feature uses first-party data to understand every customer as they search — including anonymous visitors. Customers are grouped into segments based on real-time behavior, then matched to products that merchandisers have optimized for relevance and revenue growth. As a result, an increased amount of site traffic is connected with the right products, creating better experiences for more customers and unlocking new opportunities for revenue generation.
"If you consider how impactful one-to-one personalization can be, just imagine what that looks like when amplified at scale," said Jordan Roper, General Manager and Head of Product, Bloomreach Discovery. "By personalizing for both broad and granular customer segments, you're connecting even more of your site traffic with relevant products — and you're keeping those products relevant even as customer behavior shifts in real-time. This feature is going to unlock countless new opportunities for merchandisers to optimize product grids, enhancing the customer experience and driving fast revenue growth all at once."
Real-time segments are powered by Bloomreach's Customer Data Engine, enabling businesses to inject the search experience with real-time, first-party customer data. Traditional e-commerce search engines personalize using cookie-based data, which is limited, or the data of visitors who have logged in, which typically accounts for a small portion of site traffic. Bloomreach Discovery ingests both existing customer data profiles and real-time behavior such as product views, category views, and search queries — creating a more complete view of even first-time visitors. This enables the most in-depth customer understanding available in any e-commerce search solution on the market.
With a deep understanding of who the customer is, merchandisers are empowered to find new ways to enhance their e-commerce experience to drive greater revenue per visitor (RPV). As they see which product categories different customer segments interact with, they can optimize product grids or shape merchandising strategies accordingly.
During beta testing, real-time segments drove increases in RPV of more than 8%. On mobile devices, RPV grew more than 25%. To learn more about the ways Bloomreach Discovery is driving fast return on investment for businesses around the world, visit the company's website.
About Bloomreach
Bloomreach is the world's #1 Commerce Experience Cloud, empowering brands to deliver customer journeys so personalized, they feel like magic. It offers a suite of products that drive true personalization and digital commerce growth, including: Discovery, offering AI-driven search and merchandising; Content, offering a headless CMS; and Engagement, offering a leading CDP and marketing automation solutions. Together, these solutions combine the power of unified customer and product data with the speed and scale of AI-optimization, enabling revenue-driving digital commerce experiences that convert on any channel and every journey. Bloomreach serves over 850 global brands including Albertsons, Bosch, Puma, FC Bayern München, and Marks & Spencer. For more information, visit Bloomreach.com.
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Honshin Fine Art Galleries at Tlaquepaque
The Gallery of The Ascending Spirit & The Gallery of Wholeness Harmony And Radiance
Deep in the heart of Tlaquepaque Arts And Shopping Village are two galleries that have become known as galleries of connectivity and peace, a place to discover the healing power of art.
Honshin Fine Art Galleries invite visitors to experience a sense of peace and discover the beauty and healing energy of original art. Representing eight Arizona artists. Featuring the meditational art of Nicholas Kirsten Honshin.
As a symbolist painter with a strong connection to nature and a solid foundation in painting techniques Honshins' work reflects his life long studies of Zen meditation as well as other cross-cultural mystical traditions. Honshin believes that nature inspires all art. The Artists created our symbols and our symbol's created our science.
Honshins art and poetry are a reflection of his early experiences in nature and the continual study of eastern spiritual practices along with the philosophies of Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism, and ancient Mesoamerican cultures.
Using his experience in and love of nature he generates the energy in the paintings, poetry, sculpture and jewelry to communicates through light and color the consciousness of all things and the beauty of the universe, creating a moment of peace to enrich the lives of others.
Each of Honshins' paintings is completed with a poem that introduces insights and inspiration brought forth by the work. Honshin believes that the healing power of art is the luminous language of the soul and that art heals through the dynamic energy of co-creation. It is that which connects us to the oneness and to the unity. The artist captures in their art the harmonic color frequencies and symbols that feed the soul.
Honshin has received international acclaim for his paintings and poetry, which he sees as a mirror reflecting the beauty and healing connectedness of all cultures.
In 2001 Nicholas Kirsten Honshin was chosen by Thích Nhất Hạnh's publishing company to collaborate in a series of calendars, datebooks, journals and note cards with Honshins meditational art and the poetry and teachings of the renowned Buddhist teacher. For the past twenty-one years these products have inspired and guided people worldwide to practice the principles of compassion, love, kindness, and the joy of living in the present moment.. "It has been an privilege to unite my art with the poetry and mindfulness of Thích Nhất Hạnh for the past 21 Years. " In addition, Honshin is the artist and poet for the internationally acclaimed Zen Cat series of calendars from 2009 to present. The 2023 series of calendars has been released.
Art is a doorway into our own inner being where we discover the relationship of one thing to another, where we come to the wholeness of what we are and how we are connected to the rest of creation. ~ Honshin
Honshin Fine Art Trust Your Heart! You Have Never Seen Anything Like This Before!
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LAS VEGAS, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) today announced several initiatives―including new drivetrain offerings for electrified vehicles―that strengthen the company's growing commitment to the North American construction and off-highway markets.
Among these initiatives, Dana is:
- Debuting the Spicer Electrified™ eSP502 e-Transmission for the North American construction market. This flexible platform is designed to support the electrification of mid-sized wheel loaders, rough terrain cranes, and other off-highway vehicles, with availability now expanded to empty container handlers and reach stackers in the material-handling market.
- Introducing a new modular Spicer® drivetrain solution for telehandlers with 12k lifting capacities that enables original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to seamlessly transition from conventional vehicle designs to next-generation zero-emissions powertrains.
- Increasing process capabilities and equipment capacity at its Lafayette, Ind., USA, facility, which manufactures Spicer Torque-Hub™ track drives to meet the rising demand of compact track loaders (CTLs) and other small- to mid-sized construction vehicles in North America.
Dana is promoting these developments, along with a wide range of other drive and motion solutions for traditional and electric-driven construction vehicles, this week in booth S-84815 in the South Hall at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas.
"In conjunction with our customers, Dana is always pursuing opportunities to eliminate waste and maximize customer satisfaction," said Jeroen Decleer, senior vice president, Off-Highway Drive and Motion Systems for Dana Incorporated. "By strategically expanding our product and process capabilities in North America, Dana is well-positioned to partner with our customers in the region to address changing market demands and considerations."
North American Debut of Next-generation e-Transmission
Leveraging Dana's field-proven powershift technology, the eSP502 e-Transmission offers a dual-motor, two-speed design that is built on a flexible platform to enable optimized performance at maximum efficiency in a compact package. The modular approach to the transmission design allows for a single motor solution, as well as an optional power take-off, depending on the specific vehicle requirements.
Delivering high efficiency in a compact package that performs like a conventional powershift transmission, the dual-motor version supports continuous power outputs up to 326 horsepower (240 kW), while the single-motor configuration is engineered for 187 horsepower (140 kW) of continuous output.
The eSP502 is equipped with next-generation control software and functional safety readiness, enabling easy installation and smooth integration, and it features a patented clutch design that minimizes clutch drag to maximize efficiency.
It is equipped with field-proven Dana TM4™ high-voltage motors of up to 800 volts to improve efficiency, reduce total package size, and provide redundancy as needed.
The eSP502 e-Transmission's compact and modular design allows it to be adapted for use in 4x2 or 4x4 vehicle applications with a range of ratio options to support a variety of vehicle types.
Versatile, Future-ready Driveline for Telehandlers
Developed for telehandlers lifting up to 12,000 pounds (5,400 kg), Dana's new driveline comes equipped with a compact Spicer 312 dropbox for high-power hydrostatic motors. This new hydrostatic dropbox functions as a continuously variable transmission without torque interruption, delivering enhanced performance with precise maneuvering at low speeds, reduced fuel consumption, and an integrated spring applied hydraulic release parking brake.
The system includes the field-proven Spicer® 222 front and rear heavy-duty axles, which each feature a limited-slip differential and provide the customer with maintenance-free brakes. The complete driveline system is optimized for efficiency as well as noise, vibration, and harshness.
To support the industry's transition to zero-emission vehicles, Dana optimized the axles and driveline system to improve efficiency for a variety of architectures, allowing customers to retain the same driveline solution while choosing between implementing a hydrostatic dropbox or an electrically driven design.
Growing Production Capabilities for North American OEMs
To engage the rapidly increasing interest in CTLs and other tracked equipment in North America, Dana is nearly tripling its annual production of Spicer Torque-Hub track drives within the current footprint of its manufacturing and assembly hub in Lafayette.
Spicer Torque-Hub drives for CTLs offer output torque ratings from 5,000 to 17,000 Nm, delivering increased productivity with maximized motor displacements in a compact package.
Scheduled to start operation in the second quarter of 2023, the expansion includes installing automated assembly processes managed by a full manufacturing execution system, extending already robust lean manufacturing initiatives, and incorporating next-generation quality controls.
In addition to expanding its drive production capacity, Dana has also recently repositioned the final assembly of its line of heavy axles for mining and other extreme-duty applications to its Lafayette facility. The realignment helps Dana better address the supply-chain requirements and onshoring of North American OEMs.
These initiatives enhance Dana's reputation in North America as a leader in gear engineering, manufacturing, and production. At CONEXPO, Dana will spotlight its ability to deliver precision-made Fairfield™ gears and gear drives for industrial and mobile applications. The company's machining and state-of-the-art heat-treatment capabilities enable the production of custom-made Fairfield gears up to 6-1/2 feet (2 meters) in diameter and shafts up to 10 feet (3 meters) in length.
Dana also supports the production of custom-made Fairfield drives produced to industry certifications, ranging from build-to-print services up to end-to-end support encompassing design, manufacturing, metallurgical engineering, and testing.
"Our Lafayette facility serves a dual purpose as a world-class manufacturing facility and as a technical and customer experience center," Decleer commented. "Optimally located for many of our U.S.-based customers, our Spicer Torque-Hub center of excellence features numerous upgrades that will help us further increase customer satisfaction and create value."
Technologies Showcased at CONEXPO
Dana's exhibit at CONEXPO also includes a wide selection of updated drive and motion technologies for traditional and electrified construction machinery, including mini excavators, mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs), and crawler cranes. The display will also highlight the updated Brevini EvoMax™ helical and bevel-helical gearbox used for numerous applications in the production of cement, from limestone quarrying to the distribution of packed cement powder.
The company's advanced solutions for OEMs will be featured by numerous exhibitors throughout the show, such as high-efficiency Dana TM4 SUMO™ motors supplied to Tadano Group, a Japanese manufacturer of mobile cranes and MEWPs located in the Festival Lot, booth F-9707.
Dana's complete lineup of drive and motion technologies for the construction industry can be viewed by visiting http://www.dana.com/off-highway.
About Dana Incorporated
Dana is a leader in the design and manufacture of highly efficient propulsion and energy-management solutions that power vehicles and machines in all mobility markets across the globe. The company is shaping sustainable progress through its conventional and clean-energy solutions that support nearly every vehicle manufacturer with drive and motion systems; electrodynamic technologies, including software and controls; and thermal, sealing, and digital solutions.
Based in Maumee, Ohio, USA, the company reported sales of $10.2 billion in 2022 with 42,000 people in 31 countries across six continents. Dana, with a history dating to 1904, was named one of "America's Most Responsible Companies 2023" by Newsweek magazine for its emphasis on sustainability and social responsibility. The company is driven by a high-performance culture that focuses on valuing others, inspiring innovation, growing responsibly, and winning together, earning it global recognition as a top employer. Learn more at dana.com.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The CEO of Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has quit after a summer that descended into chaos and flight cancellations amid staff shortages in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ve done my very best, but we’re not there yet. I do hope it gets better soon,” CEO Dick Benschop said in a statement released by the airport Thursday, after he told the board of his decision on Wednesday night.
He said he was stepping down “to give Schiphol the space to make a new start. I do not want attention on me to become an obstacle for Schiphol.”
The busy aviation hub on the outskirts of Amsterdam has been hit by huge queues and piles of unclaimed baggage over the summer vacation months as air travel roared back after the pandemic.
The surge in demand for air travel came after airlines and airports had slashed jobs during the aviation slump during the pandemic.
Jaap de Winter, chairman of the Schiphol board, said he and board members “respect and understand Dick’s decision” and will be looking for a successor.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge agreed to a request by prosecutors to keep it secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s executive associates had turned against him so that the cryptocurrency entrepreneur would agree not to fight extradition from the Bahamas to the United States, according to transcripts of plea deals made public Friday.
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams said during plea proceedings Monday in Manhattan that transcripts of the pleas could remain sealed until Bankman-Fried reached New York.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the guilty pleas and cooperation deals by Carolyn Ellison, 28, and Gary Wang, 29, while Bankman-Fried flew to a Westchester County airport late Wednesday in the custody of FBI agents.
Bankman-Fried, 30, appeared in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, when he was released on $250 million bail after an electronic monitoring bracelet was attached to him and he agreed to live with his parents in Palo Alto, California, while awaiting trial.
Ellison, the former chief executive of Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm, Alameda Research, and Wang, a founder of FTX, the crypto exchange, agreed to testify against Bankman-Fried in connection with their pleas.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon told Abrams during Ellison’s plea Monday afternoon that prosecutors had expected Bankman-Fried to consent to extradition on Monday before there were “some hiccups in the Bahamian courtroom.”
“We’re still expecting extradition soon, but given that he has not yet entered his consent, we think it could potentially thwart our law enforcement objectives to extradite him if Ms. Ellison’s cooperation were disclosed at this time,” Sassoon told Abrams.
The judge got assurance from Ellison’s defense lawyer that there was no objection to the request before granting it.
“Exposure of cooperation could hinder law enforcement officials’ ability to continue the ongoing investigation and, in addition, may affect Mr. Bankman-Fried’s decision to waive extradition in this case,” Abrams said.
Criminal charges lodged against Bankman-Fried were revealed on Dec. 13, when prosecutors said the entrepreneur began defrauding customers and investors after FTX’s 2019 founding by illegally diverting money to cover expenses, debts and risky trades at Alameda, which was created in 2017.
At a news conference, Williams called the crimes that enabled Bankman-Fried to make lavish real estate purchases and large political donations “one of the biggest frauds in American history.”
At her plea, Ellison said since FTX and Alameda collapsed in November, she has “worked hard to assist with the recovery of assets for the benefit of customers and to cooperate with the government’s investigation.”
“I am truly sorry for what I did. I knew that it was wrong. And I want to apologize for my actions to the affected customers of FTX, lenders to Alameda and investors in FTX,” she said.
Ellison said she was aware from 2019 through 2022 that Alameda was given access to a borrowing facility at FTX.com that allowed Alameda to maintain negative balances in various currencies.
She said the practical effects of the arrangement was that Alameda had access to an unlimited line of credit without being required to post collateral and without owing interest on negative balances or being subject to margin calls or liquidation protocols.
Ellison said she knew that if Alameda’s FTX accounts had significant negative balances in any currency, it meant that Alameda was borrowing funds that FTX’s customers had deposited into the exchange.
“While I was co-CEO and then CEO, I understood that Alameda had made numerous large illiquid venture investments and had lent money to Mr. Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives,” she said.
Ellison said she understood that Alameda had financed the investments with short-term and open-term loans worth several billion dollars from external lenders in the cryptocurrency industry.
She said that when many of those loans were recalled by lenders in June, she agreed with others to borrow several billion dollars from FTX to repay them.
“I understood that FTX would need to use customer funds to finance its loans to Alameda,” she said. “I also understood that many FTX customers invested in crypto derivatives and that most FTX customers did not expect that FTX would lend out their digital asset holdings and … deposits to Alameda in this fashion.”
From July to October, Ellison said, she agreed with Bankman-Fried and others to provide misleading financial statements to Alameda’s lenders, including quarterly balance sheets that concealed the extent of Alameda’s borrowing and the billions of dollars in loans that Alameda had made to FTX executives and related parties.
She said she knew that FTX had not disclosed to its investors that Alameda could borrow unlimited amounts from FTX, putting their assets at risk.
“I agreed with Mr. Bankman-Fried and others not to publicly disclose the true nature of the relationship between Alameda and FTX, including Alameda’s credit arrangement,” Ellison said.
During his plea earlier Monday, Wang said that between 2019 and 2022 while working at FTX, he was “directed to and agreed to make certain changes to the platform’s code” to give Alameda special privileges.
“I did so knowing that others were representing to investors and customers that Alameda had no such special privileges and people were likely investing in and using FTX based in part on those misrepresentations,” he said. “I knew what I was doing was wrong.” | 2022-12-23T19:16:14+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/judge-kept-ftx-execs-plea-deals-secret-to-get-founder-to-us/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said Wednesday he isn’t ready to oust Daniel Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders and wants to discuss the possibility with other NFL owners.
Irsay said two months ago there was merit to removing Snyder amid several scandals and investigations into workplace misconduct with the Washington franchise.
Additionally, a House Committee on Oversight and Reform report released last week was sharply critical of the team and the league’s handling of its issues.
“I’m not ready to vote him out,” Irsay said after attending the league’s December meetings in the Dallas. “I need to hear more of my partners talk. It’s been something where you want to get more information about everything is the key.”
Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years, and the league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday he hasn’t given attorney Mary Jo White a timeline for issuing her report.
Goodell defended himself and the league against allegations in the report that the NFL had misled the public over investigations of the Washington franchise and wasn’t holding people accountable.
“My name’s been on this from Day 1,” Goodell said. “There were comments about secret agreements. They’re not secret agreements. They’re legal documents that we explained.”
Daniel and Tanya Snyder revealed last month they are exploring a sale, but didn’t indicate if any potential deal would be for all or part of the team. Irsay said there hasn’t been any update from the league on the Snyders’ intent in any sale.
“I think that’s something that’s certainly a better solution if it came to that,” Irsay said.
The Commanders shot back at Irsay’s comments in October, saying they were inappropriate and that he would see no reason for them to sell the team once he saw all the evidence.
Irsay said there’s been no discussion of when the other 31 owners might meet alone to discuss the status of the Snyders. He said such a meeting without others present was his preferred forum.
“I said from the beginning, I was only interested in finding out more because there’s a lot of concern and there’s merit to look that possibility,” Irsay said. “But I said give it consideration or look at it. I never said vote him out. It’s something that’s a big deal. We’ll see what the new year brings.”
On the field, the NFL is considering ejections for roughing-the-passer penalties and hits on defenseless players, although league executive Troy Vincent expressed caution on how such rulings would be enforced.
Vincent, a former player, said ejections were part of a discussion about including roughing-the-passer calls and some other hits among reviewable plays.
Vincent brought up a roughing call against Miami’s Jaelan Phillips on Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert on Sunday night, saying officials erred in that decision.
Vincent also noted that roughing calls on the QB are down to 76 through 14 weeks from 121 at that point a year ago.
“The officials, I must say, have been pretty consistent with and very accurate when making that call,” said Vincent, the league’s vice president of football operations. “But they’re human.”
Any changes wouldn’t happen until the offseason, Vincent said, adding that any changes would have to be weighed against the length of games and other factors.
“It’s a personal foul and there’s a ton of fouls in that category,” Vincent said. “Where does it end? Again, the most impactful play in football is pass interference. Now we start including the personal foul. But that’s why we’ll discuss it. I’ll be looking forward to this discussion.”
Asked how realistic it would be for the NFL to adopt a rule similar to the targeting call in college, Vincent seemed skeptical. He said he was speaking more as a former player than as someone considering a rule change on the competition committee.
Vincent said the replay center should continue assisting in calls that have already been made, rather than deciding those calls.
The NFL made pass interference reviewable for only one season in 2019 before reversing that decision.
“I think chasing perfection is a dangerous place to go for the National Football League and, frankly, for officiating,” Vincent said. “And that’s what happens with the cameras, replay. You begin chasing perfection, which is not a good place for the game.”
Also Wednesday:
— The league said the Colts will have to open the hiring process for a coach after firing Frank Reich and replacing him with Jeff Saturday as interim coach even though the former Indianapolis center had no previous NFL coaching experience.
Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney, whose father, Dan Rooney, was namesake of the “Rooney Rule” promoting diversity in hiring for head coaches, said the league couldn’t control decisions on interim coaches, but would require the Colts to follow those requirements after the season.
Irsay said he looked forward to the coaching search.
— Owners unanimously approved Buffalo’s 30-year lease for its $1.4 billion stadium, which is scheduled to be built across the street from the current facility in time for the 2026 season. The Bills are in the midst of finalizing other parts of the agreement with state and county governments, which are committed to spending $850 million on the project.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Veterans Day, Pilot Company is continuing its long-standing tradition of giving back to military service members and their families by offering a free meal* at more than 750 participating Pilot, Flying J and One9 Fuel Network travel centers across the country. Veteran-founded Pilot Company is also bringing back its record-setting roundup campaign with the Call of Duty Endowment to help more of our nation's heroes transition to successful civilian careers after military service.
Over the last four years, Pilot Company's partnership with the Endowment has helped place more than 6,000 veterans into meaningful careers after the military. Guests can join the cause to help veterans find high-quality careers by rounding up their in-store purchase to the nearest whole dollar at any of the company's owned and operated Pilot, Flying J or One9 Fuel Network travel centers from October 31 - November 13, 2022.** Pilot Company will donate 100% of the roundup proceeds** directly to the Call of Duty Endowment and will match the donations raised up to $100,000.
"Service members and their families give their all for our country and have incredible talents to offer in the civilian workforce upon leaving the military," said Shameek Konar, CEO of Pilot Company. "The Call of Duty Endowment has helped more than 100,000 veterans and their family members find career opportunities that leverage their skills, and we are honored to join them in this endeavor. We are proud to employ veterans across our organization and to further our mission to Fuel Life's Journeys by giving back and saying, 'Thank you' to everyone who's served."
From November 11 - 13, 2022, service members and their families verified through ID.me in the myRewards Plus app will receive a free meal credit, valued up to $12. ** The Veterans Day offer can be redeemed through the myRewards Plus app at participating Pilot, Flying J and One9 Fuel Network travel centers on a wide variety of food and beverage options, including hot and cold deli items, name-brand snacks, fountain drinks, Pilot coffee, and meals at participating on-site restaurants. This year, the $12 Veterans Day meal credit will be a rolling balance, allowing guests to use any remaining balance the next time they stop over Veterans Day weekend during the offer period.
Pilot Company partners with ID.me, an easy-to-use instant verification solution, to make it simple and efficient for service members to quickly verify their eligibility in the myRewards Plus app. After verification, Pilot Company offers exclusive deals throughout the year and a year-round 10% discount on food and beverages* when using myRewards Plus at checkout. For more information on Pilot Company's military discount, visit pilotflyingj.com/rewards.
To learn more about Pilot Company and its giving-back initiatives, visit pilotcompany.com/about. To easily find nearby Pilot, Flying J and One9 Fuel Network travel centers and for more great deals, download the myRewards Plus app.* More information on the Call of Duty Endowment is available at callofdutyendowment.org.
*Must use myRewards Plus app to redeem. Data rates may apply. Certain food exclusions apply. Other terms and conditions apply. (see pilotflyingj.com/rewards)
**Certain purchases (including, without limitation, fuel and fuel additives and purchases made on fleet cards or direct bill programs) are not eligible for round-up contributions.
Pilot Travel Centers LLC ("Pilot Company") keeps North America's drivers moving as one of the leading suppliers of fuel and the largest operator of travel centers. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Pilot Company has grown its network to more than 800 retail and fueling locations and supplies more than 14 billion gallons of fuel per year to the market. Pilot Company has fourth largest tanker fleet with more than 1,600 trucks that supply DEF, bio and renewable fuels, and provides hauling and disposal services to the oil field sector. Pilot Company serves 1.3 million guests daily and provides over 70,000 fleet customers with fuel, credit, factoring, services and rewards solutions. Its Pilot and Flying J travel center network includes over 750 locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces with more than 790 restaurants, 75,000 truck parking spaces, 5,300 deluxe showers, 6,200 diesel lanes and offers truck maintenance and tire service with Southern Tire Mart at Pilot Flying J. The One9 Fuel Network connects a variety of fueling locations to provide smaller fleets and independent professional drivers with everyday value, convenience, credit and perks. More information on locations and rewards are available in the myRewards PlusTM app.
Pilot Company is currently ranked No. 7 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies. For additional information about Pilot Company, its 30,000 team members and commitment to giving back, visit www.pilotcompany.com.
The Call of Duty Endowment is a non-profit organization co-founded by Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. The Endowment seeks to help veterans find high-quality careers by supporting groups that prepare them for the job market and by raising awareness of the extraordinary value veterans bring to the workplace. For more information about the Call of Duty Endowment, please visit www.callofdutyendowment.org.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX has approved the company’s choice of a law firm representing it in the bankruptcy, despite concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
Judge John Dorsey on Friday granted a motion by FTX for the Sullivan & Cromwell law firm to serve as debtor’s counsel.
The ruling came after a Sullivan & Cromwell partner filed additional disclosures this week about the firm’s work for FTX entities and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried before the November bankruptcy filings. Those disclosures were made in response to concerns raised by the U.S. Trustee, which serves as a government watchdog in Chapter 11 reorganizations.
According to declarations filed by attorney Andrew Dietderich, the firm was paid millions of dollars for work on behalf of FTX starting in July 2021. That does not include bankruptcy-related retainers totaling $12 million. Of that amount, $3 million was paid to Sullivan & Cromwell for previous work.
Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to charges that he illegally diverted massive amounts of customer money from FTX to Alameda Research, his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm.
Dietderich said in a hearing last week that Bankman-Fried instructed FTX co-founder and chief technology officer Gary Wang to create a secret “back door” that allowed Alameda to borrow from customers on the FTX exchange without their permission.
Wang and Carolyn Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, have pleaded guilty to charges including wire fraud, securities fraud and commodities fraud and are cooperating with federal prosecutors.
Meanwhile, Dorsey signed an order Friday authorizing FTX to redact the names of all customers, and the addresses and e-mail addresses of non-individual customers, from court filings for at least the next 90 days.
FTX also is authorized to permanently keep secret the addresses and email addresses of individual creditors and equity holders. Dorsey also allowed FTX to maintain a veil of secrecy for at least the next 90 days over the names of individual creditors or equity holders who are citizens of the United Kingdom or European Union nations and covered under a consumer protection program known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.
Lawyers for FTX have argued that its customer list is both a valuable asset and confidential commercial information. They contend that secrecy is needed to protect FTX accounts from potential theft and to ensure that potential competitors do not "poach" FTX customers. | 2023-01-20T23:07:21+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/judge-approves-ftx-choice-of-law-firm-as-bankruptcy-counsel/57BEFNJVKNFM5DXN2RAO42SU6Q/ |
– BKopy allows creators, collectors, and marketplaces to legally enforce NFT copyright with on-chain contracts –
– Solution addresses concerns of NFT creators by ensuring legal accountability for creator royalties –
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BKopy.io, the new, NFT-focused smart contract service, announced today its first commercial use in the Sotheby's Metaverse sale of "Infocalypse" on Feb. 27, an NFT project marking the 30th anniversary of the publication of "Snow Crash," made in collaboration between "metaverse" coiner and #1 New York Times bestselling sci-fi novelist Neal Stephenson, artist Tony Sheeder and software developer Sterling Crispin.
BKopy is an ownership protocol that guarantees an NFT owner's legal rights to use and display copyrighted work by embedding legally-binding, on-chain digital signatures into an NFT transaction. This innovation bridges the gap between blockchain, intellectual property, and contract law.
"It's an honor to be reestablishing trust in NFTs as a token of fine art ownership, beginning with futurist Neal Stephenson," said Josh Kramer, founder and CEO, BKopy. "With BKopy, creators, collectors, and marketplaces can now be assured that their NFTs are protected by legally-binding, on-chain contracts."
"The NFT boom has tantalized artists and buyers alike. But there's room for improvement as the current system leaves artists vulnerable to exploitation by players who ignore the terms of 'contracts,'" said Neal Stephenson. "BKopy provides artists and collectors with the same protections they take for granted in the world of physical art, and I'm excited to be an early adopter."
Through the web and BKopy's APIs, developers and creators can incorporate legal agreements into their own NFT smart contracts, benefitting all involved parties by:
- Enabling creators to publish NFT smart contracts with defined usage rights and legally-binding royalty obligations, regardless of where the NFTs are subsequently sold;
- Providing collectors with legal guarantees regarding the critical aspects contributing to the value of collected artwork: provenance, rarity, and authenticity, in addition to continued access to the underlying artwork and right of display;
- Providing marketplaces with an improved "token of ownership," leading to increased customer trust and decreased reputational risks.
For more information, visit www.BKopy.io.
About BKopy
Bridging the gap between blockchain and contract law, BKopy is an ownership protocol solution that enables the embedding of permanent, templatized legal documents with digital signatures into on-chain NFT transactions.
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss pledged Wednesday to ride out the turmoil unleashed by her tax-cutting economic agenda, saying the “disruption” will pay off in a wealthier, more efficient Britain.
Truss closed a tumultuous Conservative conference in the central English city of Birmingham with a speech intended to revive the spirits of delegates. She told them: “I am ready to make the hard choices” and branded her many critics — including opposition parties, trade unions, environmental protesters and parts of the media — an “anti-growth coalition.”
Many Tories are in a glum mood after a four-day gathering that saw policy U-turns from the government, dire opinion polls and open rebellion from lawmakers who fear the party is doomed to lose the next national election under Truss, who took office just a month ago after winning a party leadership vote.
Truss vowed to stick with her plan to reshape Britain’s economy through tax cuts and deregulation in a bid to end years of sluggish growth. She said cutting taxes was “the right thing to do, morally and economically.”
Truss acknowledged that “these are stormy days” for a country still mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II and rocked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“In these tough times, we need to step up. I am determined to get Britain moving, to get us through the tempest and put us on a stronger footing as a nation,” she said, as she vowed to “stand by our Ukrainian friends, however long it takes.”
Seeking an upbeat tone, Truss took the stage to the strains of the 1990s hit “Moving on Up.” The founder of the band behind the song, M People, said he was “livid.” Mike Pickering said he hoped Truss looked at the lyrics of the song — “Move right out of here, baby, go on pack your bags.”
The speech was briefly disrupted by two Greenpeace activists who unfurled a banner reading “Who voted for this?” — and were escorted out of the hall to boos from the audience. Truss shrugged it off.
“Whenever there is change, there is disruption,” she said. “Not everyone will be in favor. But everyone will benefit from the result — a growing economy and a better future. That is what we have a clear plan to deliver.”
The pound, which has been on a roller-coaster journey since Truss unveiled her economic proposals last month, fell about 1% to $1.136 after the speech.
The currency had hit a record low of $1.03 soon after Truss announced a stimulus package that includes 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) in tax cuts to be paid for by government borrowing on Sept. 23. The Bank of England was forced to intervene to prop up the bond market and stop a wider economic crisis.
Under political and financial pressure, the government on Monday scrapped the most unpopular part of its budget package: a tax cut on earnings above 150,000 pounds ($167,000) a year. That will save about 2 billion pounds, a small share of the government’s 45 billion-pound tax-cutting plan. Most economists say deep public spending cuts will be needed to pay for the rest.
The government says it will publish a fully costed fiscal plan, alongside an independent economic forecast, on Nov. 23.
Truss defended the chaotic rollout of her economic measures, saying that in extraordinary times, “it would have been wrong not to have proceeded rapidly with our energy and tax plan.”
Truss argues that her policies will bring economic growth, higher wages and eventually more tax revenue for the government to spend. Critics say the plans do little to help millions of people who are struggling right now with a cost-of-living crisis fueled by soaring energy prices.
Truss insists she is committed to supporting the most vulnerable, pointing to a cap on energy prices that took effect Oct. 1. But she has refused to promise that benefits and state pensions will increase in line with inflation, which has been the practice for years.
That has alarmed some Conservative lawmakers, who say it amounts to penalizing the poor while giving tax cuts to the better-off. Several said during the conference that they would not vote for the measure.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, from the Labour Party, said cutting benefits would provoke “a national uprising.”
Truss said “the status quo is not an option” and she would “stay the course.”
But uniting her party will be a tough task. As delegates met for panel discussions and wine receptions this week inside a cavernous conference hall, the government descended into factional fighting. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, a Truss ally, accused Conservative lawmakers who disagreed with the leader of staging “a coup.”
Amid the Tory turmoil, the opposition Labour Party has taken a commanding lead in opinion polls. A national election does not have to be held until 2024, but many Conservatives fear the party is running out of time to close the gap.
Polling expert John Curtice said “all of the ingredients for electoral defeat are in place” for the Conservatives.
Some delegates left the conference early because of the glum mood, and to avoid a nationwide train strike on Wednesday. Many of those who stayed to listen and applaud Truss said they were impressed.
“I really felt her conviction,” said Mo Pantall, a businesswoman from Cambridge in eastern England — though she noted there had been some in the hall “who weren’t clapping.”
“They weren’t with Liz,” Pantall said. “But 90, 95% of us are. We know that unity at this time is what will make us succeed.” | 2022-10-05T21:43:39+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/ap-uks-truss-tries-to-shake-off-dismal-start-with-party-speech/ |
Ride Seized As Part of Investigation Into Antioch Festival Injuries to Young Boy
July 20, 2023 5:28AM CDT
(Antioch, IL) The ride said to be responsible for throwing and injuring a 10-year-old boy in Antioch, has been seized as part of the investigation into the incident. Antioch Police say they served a search warrant on the Moby Dick ride, which is owned and operated by a company in south suburban Lockport. Once the warrant was served, the ride was transported back to Lake County. The 10-year-old victim suffered multiple injuries during the Sunday incident that took place at the Taste of Antioch. Officials say while no criminal charges have been filed, an investigation is considered open and ongoing.
Tim Vander Tuuk, WLIP News (7-20-23) | 2023-07-20T16:03:38+00:00 | wlip.com | https://www.wlip.com/ride-seized-as-part-of-investigation-into-antioch-festival-injuries-to-young-boy/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — No one would mistake them for best of friends.
But U.S. President Joe Biden, the son of blue-collar Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who rose from tea seller’s son to premier, have developed a relationship based on mutual respect of their scrappy backgrounds and a pragmatism about the shared challenges their two countries face.
Biden is hosting Modi for a state visit this week as he looks to tighten his relationship with the leader of a nation of 1.4 billion that the U.S. administration sees as a pivotal force in Asia for decades to come. The pomp-filled visit will mark the two leaders’ 10th in-person or virtual engagement since Biden became president in 2021. They’re expected to meet again in September in India at the Group of 20 summit.
The U.S.-India relationship is complicated. There are deep differences over Russia’s war in Ukraine and India’s human rights record.
But the frequent engagement between the leaders is seen by both sides as a reflection that, whatever their personal dynamics, Biden and Modi see the U.S.-India relationship as a defining one in the face of an increasingly assertive China and monumental challenges posed by climate change, artificial intelligence, supply chain resilience and other issues.
“They get along well personally, but even more important, I think both realize it is in the interest of the U.S. and India to advance the relationship,” said Arun K. Singh, a former Indian ambassador to the U.S. “For both Biden and Modi, there is a convergence of interests and you can see both leaders are invested personally in moving ties ahead.”
Biden and Modi haven’t developed the sort of tight bond that President Barack Obama had with Modi’s predecessor, Manmohan Singh.
Singh was the first leader Obama honored with a state visit during his presidency. In his post-presidency memoir, “A Promised Land,” Obama heaped praise on the former Indian premier as “wise, thoughtful, and scrupulously honest” and credited him as the “chief architect of India’s economic transformation.”
Nor will Biden and Modi be co-headlining raucous stadium rallies like Modi and President Donald Trump did together in Houston and Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Trump likened Modi to Elvis Presley for his star appeal at a joint rally in Houston in September 2019 that drew about 50,000 people to NRG Stadium. The two leaders more than doubled that crowd about five months later with a massive rally at a cricket stadium. In Ahmedabad, Modi praised Trump as a “unique friend of India,” and Trump called Modi “an exceptional leader.”
Even without big rallies, though, the Biden White House says there is still plenty of evidence that the U.S.-India relationship is growing.
Trade between the U.S. and India in 2022 climbed to a record $191 billion. Through the Quad, an international partnership of the U.S., Australia, India and Japan, the countries launched a plan in 2021 to donate 1.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Indo-Pacific.
Earlier this year, the two countries launched the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, which sets the path for collaboration on semiconductor production, developing artificial intelligence, and a loosening of export control rules that could allow U.S. defense contractors to transfer critical technology. U.S.-based General Electric is now awaiting approval from the administration to produce jet engines in India.
“I think with Biden you don’t have these explosive warmth moments,” said Richard Rossow, chair of U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “But the tenor and pace of engagement has escalated quite a bit.”
The two leaders — Biden, a center-left Democrat, and Modi, a Hindu nationalist leading the conservative Bharatiya Janata Party — aren’t exactly cut from the same political cloth. Still, the leaders have connected over each other’s relatively humble beginnings, according to a senior Biden administration official.
The prime minister was the third of six children born to Damodardas Modi, who ran a small tea shop at the local railway station in the tiny town of Vadnagar, in the western state of Gujarat. The family struggled to make ends meet, which meant Modi had to help his father run the shop. Biden, who has been in elected office more than half his life, often speaks of his father’s own struggles to maintain a foothold in the middle class as shaping his own worldview.
Both leaders seem to appreciate each other’s “scrappiness,” said the official, who was not authorized to comment and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Biden-Modi relationship isn’t without tension. Biden last year publicly called India’s response to the war in Ukraine “shaky.” India abstained from voting on U.N. resolutions condemning Russia and refused to join the global coalition against Russia. Since the start of the war, the Modi government has also dramatically increased its purchase of Russian oil.
Human rights groups and press freedom advocates are also pressing Biden to publicly raise concerns with Modi about democratic backsliding in his country. Modi has faced criticism over legislation amending the country’s citizenship law that fast-tracks naturalization for some migrants but excludes Muslims, a rise in violence against Muslims and other religious minorities by Hindu nationalists, and the recent conviction of India’s top opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, for mocking Modi’s surname.
Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan suggested the president would raise his concerns with Modi.
“Anytime we see challenges with respect to press freedom, religious freedom, infringements on the democratic space, we make our views known,” Sullivan said. “We do so publicly. We do so privately. We do so in a way where we don’t seek to lecture or assert that we don’t have challenges ourselves. … And that will be the nature of the conversations that take place here over the course of the next couple of days.”
In the leadup to the trip, Biden administration officials have sought to focus on the countries’ “shared values” and India’s critical role in finding solutions to some of the biggest problems facing the world.
“If you want to make a dent in the energy transition, it’s not even remotely possible to do that without India,” Amos Hochstein, a senior White House adviser, told U.S. and Indian business leaders at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce gathering ahead of Modi’s visit. Hochstein added, “I think what brings Prime Minister Modi and President Biden together is great ambition.”
Biden and Modi have had their lighter moments.
When Modi came to Washington in September 2021, he brought with him documents about people with the last name “Biden” in India.
“Are we related?” Biden asked. Modi without missing a beat responded jokingly, “Yes.”
At the Group of Seven summit in Japan last month, Modi greeted Biden by wrapping him in a tight hug that grabbed headlines around India.
Nirupama Rao, a former Indian ambassador to the United States and China, says Modi has an “aptitude and a talent” for the softer skills of politics. It’s something that the Indian premier and Biden share, she said.
“This state visit, I think, affords an opportunity and provides the backdrop perhaps for Mr. Modi to develop a very good understanding with President Biden and vice versa for Mr. Biden,” Rao said.
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Pathi reported from New Delhi. AP journalist Tracy Brown in Washington contributed to this report. | 2023-06-21T20:54:07+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-international/biden-modi-relationship-built-around-mutual-admiration-of-scrappy-pasts-pragmatic-needs/ |
Eau Claire County
Found guilty
STAVES, Billy J., 35, Eau Claire, operating after revocation Aug. 8, two counts of retail theft Aug. 8 and June 17, and neglecting a child and possession of methamphetamine Aug. 16, three years of probation, $2,732 fine, 30 days jail, ordered to complete treatment court, maintain absolute sobriety, and have no contact with known drug dealers or users.
CLEVELAND, Crystal J., 48, 2214 Jingle Court, resisting an officer March 1, $443 fine.
STEUDING, David J., 47, 1804½ Rudolph Road, methamphetamine delivery June 1, 2020, and possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver July 20, 2020, 10 years of probation, $1,316 fine, ordered not to drink alcohol, enter taverns or have contact with known drug dealers or users.
GRAY, Sadie R., 31, Eau Claire, bail jumping Oct. 8 and possession of narcotic drugs Dec. 24, 30 months of probation, $1,036 fine, ordered to maintain absolute sobriety and not drink alcohol, enter taverns or have contact with known drug dealers or users.
MOUA, Tanner K., 24, 2883 116th St., Chippewa Falls, possession of marijuana with intent to deliver Dec. 4, and fraud against a financial institution Jan. 31, 2020, three years of probation, $1,036 fine, ordered to maintain absolute sobriety and not have contact with known drug dealers or users.
VORASS, Ashley L., 34, Eau Claire, battery to a nurse June 20, 2021, two years of probation, $518 fine.
SHUTES, Edward D., 36, 710 Second Ave., possession of illegally obtained prescription April 15 and identity theft May 4, two years of probation, $650 fine.
ERICKSON, Jesse L., 38, 2019 Fourth St., operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent June 11, two years of probation, $528 fine, ordered to maintain absolute sobriety and not enter taverns or have contact with known drug dealers or users.
FERGUSON, Keon I., 21, E9871 410th Ave., uttering a forgery March 30, 18 months of probation, $295 fine.
COODY, Chauncey E., 46, Beaumont, Texas, fraud against a financial institution Oct. 16, 2009, 18 months prison, three years of extended supervision, $470 fine.
PETERSON, Jacob M., 33, Bruce, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct June 23, two years of probation, $562 fine.
STOCKWELL, Kimberly J., 51, 1304 Summit St., bail jumping, possession of narcotic drugs, possession of methamphetamine and theft June 7, three years of probation, $2,050 fine, ordered to complete treatment court and not drink alcohol, enter taverns or have contact with known drug dealers or users.
BELL, Andrew C., 27, Wausau, disorderly conduct Sept. 11, 2021, $443 fine.
HOCH, Christopher J., 32, 4900 Olson Drive, disorderly conduct Sept. 10, one year of probation, $553 fine.
SCHMITT, Mark J., 67, 1417½ Summit St., bail jumping May 26 and disorderly conduct March 26, 18 months of probation, $1,086 fine.
CONRAD, Norman G., 83, Fall Creek, fourth-offense drunken driving Aug. 2, 2021, three years of probation, $1,007 fine, six months jail, license revoked three years, ignition interlock three years.
Probation revocation
HICKS, Justin L., 47, 2612 Hallie Lane, bail jumping and forgery Sept. 6, 2013, $567 fine, 151 days jail.
Chippewa County
Found guilty
CLEVELAND, Dillan D., 23, 1042 Pinecone Lane, Chippewa Falls, possession of marijuana May 1, $847 fine. Record to be expunged upon payment of fine.
WHITE, Michael A., 39, 301 E. Linden St., Chippewa Falls, disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing an officer Aug. 9, two years of probation, $636 fine, ordered not to drink alcohol or enter taverns.
RICKEY, Nicholas M., 21, 1213 Wissota Green Parkway, Chippewa Falls, second-offense operating with a prohibited blood alcohol content Nov. 5, 2021, $1,415 fine, 10 days jail, license revoked one year, ignition interlock one year.
BOLLOM, William L., 32, Cadott, resisting or obstructing an officer and carrying a concealed knife Sept. 2, $886 fine, 12 days jail. | 2022-11-01T15:50:17+00:00 | leadertelegram.com | https://www.leadertelegram.com/news/local-briefs/court-report-11-1-22/article_1034b5f4-bdd5-59fe-ae09-8f1de0510efe.html |
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WEDNESDAY UPDATE:
Urbana Park District said it will cancel or postpone all outdoor evening activities, effective at 5 p.m. today, due to poor air quality. That includes Crystal Lake Park Family Aquatic Center as well as T-ball activities.
Also, Neighborhood Nights has been postponed to Thursday.
The Champaign Urbana Public Health Districts said Champaign County’s Air Quality Index (AQI) is at 231, "meaning all individuals should take precautions and the risk of health effects is increased for everyone.
Champaign County residents are advised to:
— Avoid strenuous outdoor activities.
— Keep outdoor activities short.
— Consider moving physical activities indoors or rescheduling them.
People with heart or lung disease, older adults, teenagers, and children are more susceptible to adverse health effects and should avoid outdoor physical activity."
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CHAMPAIGN — If you’re smelling smoke outside today, it probably isn’t someone having an early July Fourth cookout — and you should head indoors, Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford said.
While not as bad as the northern parts of the state, the air in East Central Illinois is still considered unhealthy today as smoke from Canadian wildfires blows south.
“Folks take things like heat warnings seriously. We don’t see air-quality warnings as often, but they’re serious, too,” Ford said.
Air quality has been dropping today as smoke from wildfires in Canada continues to pour in from the north. Here are air quality and visibility (in miles) observations from 10 AM. Air quality is not expected to improve much until tomorrow afternoon. #ilwx pic.twitter.com/JGZwQEPfdp
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) June 27, 2023
This doesn’t just apply to “sensitive” groups whose health conditions could worsen the effects of breathing in the smoke.
On Tuesday, and likely through today(Wednesday), air quality is bad enough that everyone needs to limit time outdoors as much as possible, Ford said.
As the week closes out, storms should move the smoke farther east.
Ford said N95 masks or better can help reduce pollutants entering your airway, but staying inside is still the safest choice.
Ford said the area could be in for repeats of this problem throughout the summer.
“It’s rare to have that extent of wildfire this early,” Ford said.
If wildfires burn on in Canada in coming months, smoke could continue to blow south, but it depends on weather patterns.
AirNow, a partnership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Park Service, NASA, Centers for Disease Control, and tribal, state, and local air-quality agencies maintains interactive air-quality maps at airnow.gov. | 2023-06-28T16:41:26+00:00 | news-gazette.com | https://www.news-gazette.com/news/weather/update-urbana-park-district-cancels-evening-outdoor-activities/article_b183ae9c-6b5a-535d-8d22-ecec1df1471a.html |
The DealMaker Meter - Summer 2022, The Resiliency of Dealmaking, Spotlights Strategic Change from Growth to Profitability and Due Diligence
CHICAGO and NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite global inflation, the war in Ukraine, and the threat of a recession and increased regulations, a new survey from Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE: DFIN), a leading risk and compliance company, predicts strong M&A activity for the next six months. Comprised of a panel of key industry experts, including investment bankers, private equity professionals and attorneys, The DealMaker Meter - Summer 2022, The Resiliency of Dealmaking* report, is designed to help executives understand the drivers of the global economy and make strategic decisions about potential mergers and acquisitions.
According to the report, 73 percent of those surveyed said the record-breaking trends of 2020 and 2021 are likely to continue in 2022. The report also suggests a change in strategy, with 88 percent of respondents indicating that they are prioritizing profitability over growth. Based on that approach, 58 percent believe this will spur larger deals from established organizations; a slightly smaller number (56 percent) expect a shift toward smaller, strategic deals.
Other important insights, include:
- Go privates predicted to rise: Seventy-six percent of respondents believe that in 2022, going private will be the best strategic alternative for more companies—and sponsors will have the upper hand in making these deals
- Geopolitical Impact: Russia's invasion of Ukraine has directly impacted many operations, from supply chains to raw material production, leaving its mark on dealmaking. Thirty-nine percent of respondents say the war has directly impacted their ability to get deals done, while another 31 percent feel an indirect impact
- Politics play into the deal: While 37 percent of respondents noted regulatory and legislative environments can play a factor in getting a deal done, 67 percent said that the upcoming mid-term elections should have no impact on deal making
- Benefits of Remote: While two-thirds of dealmakers believe Wall Street will eventually fully return to the office, many continue to enjoy the benefits of a remote environment, such as no suits or dress shoes, working in socks (28 percent) and protected Saturdays (55 percent)
"The global upheaval we've experienced over the past year because of COVID, the war in the Ukraine, and other socioeconomical and geopolitical factors has led corporate leaders to reexamine and update their M&A strategy," said Craig Clay, president of global capital markets at DFIN. "Our report confirms that dealmakers are resilient, and despite these challenges, hopeful about the future. Companies that leverage the insights in our report will be well-equipped to make faster, better decisions in a very competitive marketplace."
DFIN has deep expertise in M&A, providing relevant advisory services and software solutions — including ActiveDisclosure and Venue® Virtual Data Room**— that help guide dealmakers as they go through the M&A process, allowing for the sharing of sensitive documents in a safe and secure environment.
*Published semiannually by DFIN, the nation's leading compliance company, the DealMaker Meter report provides answers to questions about everything from activities in sectors/industries to geographies and impacts. A blue-ribbon panel made up of top global DFIN dealmakers/partners (advisors, corporate clients, lawyers, and bankers) provide this free global market outlook.
**Venue® by DFIN Virtual Data Room (VDR) is an industry-leading platform designed to facilitate due diligence and eliminate risks that can compromise deals. It is continually optimized for security, productivity, and usability, and leverages AI technology and machine learning to accelerate deal closing.
The complete The DealMaker Meter - Summer 2022, The Resiliency of Dealmaking report is available for download on the DFIN website at https://info.dfinsolutions.com/Q2-22-DMM-Thank-You
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia.
Due to his age, the 71-year-old said he was prescribed the Paxlovid antiviral medication.
“I tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time this morning,” Lee said on Facebook, where he posted a photo of a positive antigen rapid test. “I am generally feeling ok, but my doctors have advised me to self-isolate until I am asymptomatic.”
Lee was on an official visit to South Africa from May 14 to 16, and Kenya from May 17 to 19. He also attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Indonesia from May 10 to 11.
Lee said his last COVID-19 vaccine booster was in November. He urged Singaporeans to keep their vaccinations up to date to reduce the risk of severe illness.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung was reported by local media as saying recently in Parliament that fewer seniors were keeping up with their COVID-19 shots. He warned this could weaken the population’s resistance against COVID-19 over time and make the nation vulnerable to the virus again.
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Find more of AP’s Asia-Pacific coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/asia-pacific | 2023-05-22T18:36:19+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-health/ap-singapores-prime-minister-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ |
A Peru candy shop that makes and sells iconic fudge and other chocolate treats once beloved by Cole Porter has relocated its storefront to Kokomo.
So Good Candies is now operating at 3700 S. Lafountain St. in the Terrace Plaza strip mall. The shop makes and sells the well-known fudge and Gold Brick candy bar popularized by Arnold’s Candies and made famous by Porter — a Peru native who is one of America’s most celebrated Broadway composers.
Rick Ploss, co-owner of So Good Candies, said the candy shop had outgrown its former location at 25 W. 3rd St. in downtown Peru and wanted to reach a larger customer base. Ploss believes the store can do that in Kokomo.
“Nothing was wrong with the facility we had,” Ploss said. “It was a great spot, great location, but we just ran out of room.”
In addition to a larger kitchen, the new storefront has a handful of tables, allowing for customers to eat their recently bought candy or slushies in-store, something that was not possible at the business’ old location.
What hasn’t changed is the sweets offered.
So Good Candies still sells the same handmade chocolates and treats it did when Ploss purchased the original recipes from the last owner of Arnold Candies, including handmade fudge, chocolate bark, creams and Gold Brick candy bars. The shop also sells other nationally known candy, such as Cow Tails and Albanese gummy bears. Pies and other baked goods from Tastefully Indiana are also being sold.
So Good Candies is a revival of the Peru candy shop Arnold’s Candies, which first opened in Peru circa 1900. Arnold’s pecan fudge named “So Good Fudge” was so loved by Porter that he stockpiled it at his homes in New York, Los Angeles and Paris, where he always served it as dessert during his high-class dinner parties. Arnold’s Candies loved Porter’s patronage so much they ended up naming their fudge after him.
Arnold’s went out of business in the mid-2000s. It wasn’t until 2016 when Ploss and his sister bought the business and the original recipes. So Good Candies is now owned by Ploss, his wife Sandy and Greg and Shelley (Ploss) Ostapa.
Ploss told the Tribune he bought the business because he kept hearing from Peru residents that they missed the chocolate. That nostalgia for Arnold’s Candies and So Good Candies’ commitment to the same 100-year-old recipes made the business thrive in Peru.
Now operating in a new city largely unfamiliar with the famous chocolate, the challenge will be selling chocolate to a city that doesn’t have those same nostalgic memories.
“We’re just hoping we can do well here in Kokomo,” Ploss said. “We think great of the people of Kokomo.”
So Good Candies hasn’t entirely left Peru. The shop still sells its chocolate at 58 East, a boutique store located at 58 E. Main St., Peru. | 2023-03-15T14:38:21+00:00 | kokomotribune.com | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/business/so-good-candies-relocates-storefront-to-kokomo/article_8e229f66-c28d-11ed-b083-17bc8c2ee8dd.html |
Orange County buying vape detectors following $5.4M Juul settlement
ORLANDO, Fla. - A multi-state settlement with Juul is going to pay out millions to states.
In September, Juul settled a lawsuit with 37 states and Puerto Rico over how they advertised e-cigs to teenagers and mislabeled the nicotine content in its products. Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) just learned that $5.4 million of that settlement will be going to it.
"There were points where I couldn’t breathe without it. I couldn’t breathe properly. Like I hyperventilated a lot," said Jaylon Robinson.
Robinson, 14, was once addicted to vapes. He says he was introduced to it over a year ago in school, but today he is proud to say he’s kicked the habit.
"It feels good," said Robinson. "I feel like when I get older, and I have kids I want to be able to see that."
Orange County Public Schools says they would like to use the money from their payout to purchase vape detectors to protect students. They also want to provide counseling to students who are caught vaping.
"Once that addiction hits, a lot of things become worth the risk, so I think the counseling will be one of the best things that they could provide," said Courtney Robinson.
According to Triton Sensors, vape detectors are now in hundreds of school districts across the country including here in Florida. Triton began creating smoke detector-like sensors three years ago to help combat what they call a vaping epidemic.
"It’s kind of like a glorified smoke detector but instead of detecting smoke, they detect vape. Instead of sounding like an alarm throughout the whole school it sends a simple text message, email, or push notification to a nearby teacher," said Sales Manager for Triton Sensors Garrison Parthemore.
OCPS tell FOX 35 News it’ll be quite some time before parents start seeing these devices in schools. They still have to receive the money and jump through a few hopes before purchasing the devices. | 2023-03-09T01:24:00+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/ocps-to-get-5-4m-from-juul-settlement |
DALLAS, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Aesthetics, a division of Crown Laboratories and the global leader in microneedling technology, is proud to share that SkinPen Precision was named "Best in Industry – Nonsurgical Innovation" in the Aesthetic Awards. Presented by The Aesthetic Guide, the Aesthetic Awards shine a spotlight on product manufacturers and practice management companies that are shaping the future of aesthetic medicine.
SkinPen is the first FDA-cleared microneedling device on the market, with over two million treatments performed worldwide. It is the device of choice for aesthetic practices, as it stimulates the body's natural wound healing process which triggers the immune system to remodel the scar tissue. In SkinPen's clinical trials, 90% of patients reported an improvement in the appearance of their acne scars at the end of six months and would recommend this procedure to friends and family.
"We're thrilled to receive this honor from the esteemed group of professionals at The Aesthetic Guide," says Michael McKenna, General Manager & Executive Vice President of Crown Aesthetics. "We strive to offer best-in-class medical technologies like SkinPen Precision, the first FDA-cleared microneedling device on the market, and to have those efforts recognized by our peers and colleagues is a testament to Crown Aesthetics' dedication to efficacy and safety."
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Logan Webb pitched five-hit ball over seven scoreless innings to win for the first time in a month, and the San Francisco Giants stretched their winning streak to five with a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Webb (6-2) struck out a season-high nine and walked three. He had been 0-1 in five starts since a May 13 win at St. Louis.
“That’s what we expect,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “That’s where he put the bar, and now we expect him to meet it.”
Camilo Doval pitched the ninth for his ninth save in 11 chances. After a nine-pitch walk to Carlos Santana leading off, Doval retired Kyle Isbel on a lineout, then struck out Ryan O’Hearn and Nicky Lopez, topping 100 mph with seven of 22 pitches.
The Giants have not allowed more than two runs in any game during their winning streak.
“This something I know I talked a lot about last year,” Webb said. “We feed off of that.”
Kansas City has lost the first two games of the three-game series and 12 of 16 overall. At 20-41, the Royals have the worst record in the major leagues.
Kris Bubic (0-4) remained winless in eight starts this season, though he lowered his ERA from 9.13 to 8.36.
“You feed off your confidence, especially early on,” Bubic said. “Once you get into a good rhythm early on, then you just try to keep that as consistent as you can.”
Bubic gave up three runs, five hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
“Some of the best stuff we've seen from him, the whole mix,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “One of the best fastballs we've seen from him all year, not just velocity-wise but location. Curveball was sharp, getting the swing and miss.”
San Francisco took a 3-0 lead in the sixth. Luis González doubled and scored on Wilmer Flores' single. Darin Ruf added an RBI single and Tommy La Stella hit the first of two sacrifice flies.
Webb didn't allow a runner to reach scoring position until the seventh. With two on and two outs, Michael A. Taylor singled to right and González made a one-hop throw to catcher Austin Wynn, who tagged out a sliding MJ Melendez. González’s 97.4 mph throw was the Giants’ second-fastest for an outfield assist since Statcast started tracking in 2015, trailing only Austin Slater’s at 99.6 mph on July 24, 2018.
“We’ve been working hard on my fundamentals and getting good reads,” Gonzalez said of his work with .outfield coach Antoan Richardson.
Kansas City closed to 3-2 in the eighth against Tyler Rogers on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Witt Jr. — playing on his 22nd birthday — and Salvador Perez's RBI single.
La Stella hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom half against Scott Barlow.
TRAINERâ€S ROOM
Royals: LHP Gabe Speier and RHP Matt Peacock (both COVID-19) are scheduled to begin injury rehabilitation assignments with Double-A Northwest Arkansas. Speier, whose uncle is former Giants shortstop Chris Speier, hasn't pitched since May 28. Peacock has been sidelined since May 29.
Giants: 1B Brandon Belt (right knee) was activated from the 10-day IL and was expected to rejoin the lineup Wednesday. Belt pinch hit in the eighth inning and was grazed by the first pitch he saw from Scott Barlow. INF Donovan Walton was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento. ... RHP Alex Cobb (neck) threw the equivalent of three innings of batting practice to minor leaguers. Cobb last pitched for the Giants on May 29, when he allowed two runs and four hits over six innings in a no-decision at Cincinnati.
UP NEXT
RHP Jonathan Heasley (1-3, 3.62) starts Wednesday for Kansas City, and LHP Sam Long (0-1, 1.96) appeared to be San Francisco's most likely candidate to start.
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