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- The Senate is holding its first hearing Thursday on the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act.
- Last month, a group of bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced the SAFE Banking Act in the House and Senate.
- The legislation will free up banking services for the cannabis industry.
The Senate banking committee is holding its first-ever hearing Thursday on a bipartisan bill that would allow the cannabis industry to access traditional banking services, which marijuana businesses see as critical to their survival.
The meeting, titled Examining Cannabis Banking Challenges of Small Businesses and Workers, will hear testimony from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, including Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., who reintroduced the stand-alone bill last week. The committee will also hear from witnesses including the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition, Drug Policy Alliance and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
Thursday's hearing will determine next steps in getting the bill to the Senate floor for a vote, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other key lawmakers express support for it. It comes as the marijuana industry, which is facing a downturn even as more states approve legal markets, has pushed Congress to take action on the issue.
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"Without full access to the banking and payments system, legal cannabis businesses are forced to operate in the shadows," said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who is also chair of the committee.
Many business owners also rely on funds from friends and family in lieu of small business and bank loans because "they might go through all the cost and effort, only to be denied," Brown said.
Echoing Brown, committee ranking member Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said "Congress has a responsibility to ensure all legal industries have access to financial institutions and services."
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But he added lawmakers must eliminate the possibility of loopholes in money laundering laws before the act becomes law. Any loopholes could make it harder for law enforcement to catch drug and weapons traffickers, Scott said.
Senate action on the bill is welcome news to executives across the industry, including Craig Sweat, owner of Uncle Budd NYC, the company that first brought mobile dispensary trucks to New York City.
"I've been held up for so long that I have product that is sitting and getting old," said Sweat, who after years of operating his mobile dispensary company and then a delivery service, has entered into a lucrative manufacturing and licensing partnership with Omnium Canna to produce his products.
"I have no way of transferring funds, I can't pay staff, I'm just sitting on my hands," Sweat said, adding his latest business venture hasn't been able to launch as banks, fearful of federal prosecution, have been giving him the 'runaround.'"
The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act, also known as SAFE, hit a wall in Congress last year after lawmakers excluded it from a $1.7 trillion government funding bill. It was the seventh time the legislation, which has always had strong bipartisan support, failed to get through the Senate after passing in the House of Representatives.
Last month, the bill, which has been tweaked since last session, was reintroduced by Sens. Merkley and Daines, and Reps. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. The bill has strong bipartisan support with 38 additional co-sponsors in the Senate and eight more co-sponsors in the House.
Under federal law, banks and credit unions face federal prosecution and penalties if they provide services to legal cannabis businesses since it is still a Schedule I substance, along with heroin and LSD. Schedule I substances, according to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.
Without access to traditional banks, legal marijuana businesses can't access loans and capital, or even use basic bank accounts. As such, businesses are forced to operate in a cash-only model, which can result in robbery, money laundering and organized crime.
Cat Packer, chair of the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition, told senators small cannabis businesses and workers are forced to operate in a "gray market" dealing in cash-only transactions. The term "black market" has negative connotations for Black and brown business operators disproportionately affected by funding access.
"We don't want to equate black with illegal," Packer, who is Black, said. A Black man behind her nodded enthusiastically.
"I want to just emphasize this: the only way to eliminate the criminality of small businesses and workers is to completely remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Schedule," Packer added.
Key components of the bill protect banks that work with state-legal cannabis businesses. The legislation would shield them from being penalized by federal regulators, creating a safe harbor from criminal prosecution, liability and asset forfeiture for banks, their officers or employees.
The latest version of the plan also extends safe harbor to organizations that assist underserved communities, including the Community Development Financial Institutions and Minority Depository Institutions, smaller institutions tailoring to communities that have often lacked access to banking services.
This week, the American Bankers Association, which represents banks of all sizes from every state in the country, sent a letter thanking the committee for taking up the matter and urging senators to "markup and advance the legislation as soon as possible."
In a joint statement released after the hearing, Schumer and Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said they were "encouraged" to see the bill reintroduced after key improvements to the legislation. The lawmakers co-authored the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act together, which would remove marijuana from the federal list of controlled substances.
"We look forward to watching this legislation progress through the banking committee and working with bipartisan partners to include additional improvements, such as the Harnessing by Pursuing Expungement (HOPE) Act, which would support states that want to expunge cannabis record with grants," they said. | 2023-05-12T03:30:26+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/senate-holds-first-hearing-on-bill-to-help-marijuana-businesses-access-financing/3139350/ |
An Additional 800 High Quality Homes Expected in 2023
OREM, Utah, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Havenpark Communities, an operator and developer of manufactured home communities, is proud to announce that it added 870 high-quality, affordable homes across its community portfolio in 2022, with 800 additional homes promised in 2023.
By increasing the supply of manufactured housing across the country, Havenpark is helping to make homeownership a reality for first-time buyers, working families, and retirees, at prices they can afford.
The majority of the newly installed homes boast more than 1,200 square feet of interior space and include three bedrooms and two bathrooms. These homes come with a variety of high-quality finishes and feature modern redesigned living spaces at affordable prices, generally 50 percent less than a site-built home on a square-footage basis.
"Havenpark is proud to provide quality, financially attainable homes and is committed to being part of the solution to America's acute housing affordability challenge by continuing to bring new housing supply to the communities we serve," said Havenpark Communities CEO and Co-Founder Robbie Pratt. "Manufactured homes offer a real opportunity at homeownership, and, when properly maintained, their value has been shown to increase over time."
The 870 affordable housing units were made possible through Havenpark's collaboration and strong relationships with industry home builders. "Havenpark thanks our industry partners who helped bring these new units online despite persisting pandemic-related supply chain issues," said Ramie Rajabi, president of Havenpark Communities. "With their help, we continue making significant headway in increasing the supply of affordable housing stock across the U.S."
Havenpark Communities is an operator and developer of manufactured home communities and makes caring communities attainable for responsible residents across America. Since 2017, Havenpark has sourced and installed over 4,000 new factory-built homes, providing quality, affordable living to over 10,000 Americans across the country. Last year, Havenpark Communities added 870 new affordable homes across the country and has committed to adding another 800 in 2023. Havenpark believes in respectful and professional management, well-maintained communities, and attainable homeownership. Havenpark makes long-term investments in its communities, providing enduring value for current and future residents.
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A diversity report examining racial and gender hiring in Major League Soccer reported another boost in scores for the hiring of women, marking a second straight year of significant gains after four years of declines.
The overall and racial-hiring grades were similar to 2021, but the gender-hiring data stood out for the second straight year.
MLS earned a 69.9 score in that category for 2020, the league’s lowest gender score since 2007. But the league jumped to 74.7 points in 2021 (a C letter grade), then jumped another 6.8 percentage points to an 81.2 for this year’s report card to extend that positive trajectory another year.
“They had as big of a gain in a particular category as we’ve seen almost in any of the Racial and Gender Report Cards in their gender grade,” TIDES director and lead report Richard Lapchick said in an interview with The Associated Press, adding: “They’ve really moved into very positive territory this time.”
The league posted an A-minus for gender hiring at its league office in New York, with women filling 40.5% of all positions and women of color filling 19.1%.
At the team level, the league posted C grades and gains in women working as both vice presidents (28.7%) and in senior administration positions (28.2%) such as assistant general manager or chief legal counsel. The league earned a B grade for gender in professional administration positions, with women filling 37.1% for a gain of 6.5 percentage points.
TIDES also evaluated C-suite executive positions – such as chief financial or operating officers -- in a separate category that didn’t factor into the league’s overall score. MLS earned a B there, with women filling 34.6% of positions for a gain of 5.8 percentage points.
Among the racial-hiring categories, the league posted an A for head coaches with people of color filling 35.7% of those positions and an A-minus for assistant coaches (32.1%), though both scores dropped from last year. The league also received an A-plus in league-office positions (43.4%) and players (61.9%).
The league also received an A-plus for its diversity initiatives under Commissioner Don Garber.
“Most of the notes across the board were really positive,” Lapchick said.
In a statement to the AP, Sola Winley – MLS executive vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer – said those efforts represent “a core value and operating principle” for MLS.
“The progress that our league and clubs are making in racial and gender hiring is intentional and rooted in our aspiration to be a league of choice for a new North America,” Winley said. “Sustaining progress is only possible because we have committed leadership and ownership with unequivocal expectations to be among the best leagues in the world.
“As an enterprise our inclusion and impact efforts are focused on effective policy enhancements, a commitment to equitable representation, developing the best talent on and off the pitch, and collaborating with our partners to deepen and broaden the connection with our fans and diverse communities that we call home.”
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Washington (Nexstar) – The lame duck session of Congress — the period of time after an election and before the new Congress begins — is when not much typically gets done. However, Democrats are trying to get as much legislation passed as possible before they lose the majority in the House and control of Congress is divided.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a historic bill requiring the federal government and states to recognize same-sex marriages.
“Their marriages are and will in the future continue to be valid,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) said.
Democrats pushed for passage of the bill for fear the Supreme Court would overturn current same-sex marriage protections.
“In response to concerns over religious liberty, this already narrow bill has been significantly amended in the Senate to include robust religious liberty protections,” said Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH).
The bill, supported by 11 Senate Republicans, now heads back to the House for another vote before heading to the president’s desk.
Additionally, Congress will take up a bill that could force freight railroad unions to agree to a new labor contract and avoid a strike that could impact the delivery of coal, lumber and fuel this winter.
“Congress, I think, has to act to prevent it, it’s not an easy call but I think we have to do it,” President Biden said.
A majority of the unions support the contract that the Biden administration helped negotiate, but four oppose it.
Further, Congress is also looking at the passage of the Electoral Count Act, following the attack on the Capitol, to raise the threshold for objecting to election results and clarify the vice president’s role. The measure has bipartisan support, including from Republican leader Mitch McConnell, but Congress is running out of time.
Finally, Democrats also hope to approve a long-term government funding deal instead of the short-term funding measures the government has been operating under and they have to get it all done by the end of the year. | 2022-12-01T00:39:00+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/washington-dc/democrats-face-busy-lame-duck-session-ahead-of-split-party-control/ |
PARIS (AP) — Singer Rosalía stunned guests at Louis Vuitton’s digital age-themed menswear show in Paris on Thursday with a surprise reveal in shades and hooded jacket atop a vintage 1980s yellow sedan.
The boundary-breaking Spanish star delivered an electrifying vocal performance, delving in and out of a childhood movie set co-created by Michel Gondry, director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”
During her performance, the Grammy winner darted among awe-struck celebrities, including J-Balvin, Usher, Kit Harington, J-Hope, Tahar Rahim and Lucien Laviscount, who all gave the spectacle rousing applause.
Here are some highlights of Thursday’s fall-winter 2023-24 displays:
VUITTON GOES MILLENNIAL
The Louis Vuitton men’s studio took control of the house’s creative helm after the death of Virgil Abloh in 2021. Yet Thursday’s set — a vintage childhood home recreated inside the Louvre’s oldest courtyard was a theme continuing Abloh’s coming-of-age styles that defined his Vuitton tenure from 2018-2021.
This season, the youthful studio team and guest designer Colm Dillane channeled growing up “as members of the first generation raised on super-connectivity.” References to the digital age thus abounded in the creative and tailoring-heavy display — which was more successful when it kept it simple.
Patterns evoked encrypted computer coding, while handwritten school notes —which are deemed obsolete in today’s world — were upcycled to produce a surreal white suit and top hat look whose facade was constructed entirely of the note paper.
The collection at times felt reliant on gimmicks, such as pixelated apples on an otherwise beautiful round-shouldered wool coat.
The best looks were minimalist, such as a light gray suit jacket that sported one large childlike button and a fabulous tapered V-shape owing to masterful construction with interlocking layers of fabric.
ISSEY MIYAKE GOES COMPLEX, BRIGHT
A writhing dance troupe performed on the runway against a backdrop of optically striped lighting, which moved organically.
It was more than just spectacle and introduced a geometric theme this season — how simple shapes can be folded to create more complex ones — something that the Japanese house explored in several distinct sections usinb its signature techno-pleating techniques throughout.
The Homme Plisse Issey Miyake collection began with a beautiful, soft new coat silhouette — in flashes of eye-popping color — with ridge-like shoulder tucks and warped tubular sleeves. Lines in the groove of the pleating gave the impression of complexity, even if the silhouettes themselves seemed minimalist.
Elsewhere, the idea of simplicity spawning more than the sum of its parts was developed with flair in a style called the “edge coat.” The amorphous-pleated garment resembled a sort of dark jellyfish, designed using triangular shaped fabric that created a sublime three-dimensional shape.
RICK OWENS’ LUXOR
Rick Owens said this collection “is about reduced architectural shapes” — adding with typical aplomb that it was “with a whiff of sleazy, ’70s pseudo-mysticism.”
It was a rather good description of the creative, mad-hat show that saw the lauded U.S. designer travel to the ancient world, specifically to the former pharaonic stronghold in the modern Egyptian city of Luxor, for inspiration.
The first looked like a cross between a high pharaonic priest and a high-octane 1970s rock star with a black gothic cape caressing a provocatively bare torso.
But this was a show by Owens, a man who would never limit himself to one theme.
Cue the encyclopedic style contradictions.
A flash of Victorian-era dress saw prim, high-waisted silhouettes descend in a flare, while cuffs and chokers in bronze added a kink to the dark, 50-look collection. There were also the dramatic alien-like spike shoulders that are now an Owens staple.
The devil was in the detail, especially in the eco-conscious production methods with the collection’s black coming from bamboo charcoal used as dye, and green hues produced by using olive waste. | 2023-01-19T20:07:06+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-dance-geometry-merge-at-paris-menswear-week/ |
- All 2023 Hyundai Vehicles (except NEXO) Come Standard with Rear Occupant Alert ("ROA") Technology
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai has exceeded its voluntary commitment to implement rear seat reminder systems in most of its product line-up. To date, all 2023 Hyundai vehicles (excluding NEXO) produced for sale in the U.S. offer Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) technology as standard. Additionally, a more advanced ultra-sonic ROA technology is offered as optional on a number Hyundai vehicles and standard on the Santa Fe PHEV and Santa Fe HEV . ROA technology reminds the driver to check the backseat area to ensure a child or pet isn't accidentally left in the rear seat after parking. The system helps prevent pediatric heatstroke from kids being left inside a parked vehicle.
"Hyundai is committed to providing leading-edge safety technologies for our customers, passengers and for other road users," said Brian Latouf, global chief safety officer, Hyundai Motor Company. "With Hyundai's standard safety technology offerings, including - Rear Occupant Alert (ROA), Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) with Pedestrian Detection/Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Lane Keep Assist (LKA) /Lane Departure Warning (LDW), and Driver Attention Warning (DAW), Hyundai is helping our customers avoid crashes and minimize the likelihood of fatalities and injuries on the road. These safety accomplishments are another proof point of Hyundai's leadership in the automotive industry."
According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), heatstroke is one of the leading causes of non-crash-related fatalities among children. According to research data by the National Safety Council (NCS), 936 children have died from vehicular heatstroke since 1998 and 29 children in 2022. Vehicle heatstroke occurs when a child is left in a hot vehicle, allowing for the child's temperature to rise in a quick and deadly manner. To further prevent such tragedies, NHTSA requested voluntary industry commitments to make ROA standard on virtually all light-duty vehicles.
All 2023 model year Hyundai vehicles also include Automatic Emergency Braking Technology/Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist as standard, a goal Hyundai achieved two-years in advance of the government 2022 commitment.
Hyundai also reminds drivers and passengers to always wear safety belts, use appropriate child seats and focus on the drive.
Hyundai Motor America focuses on 'Progress for Humanity' and smart mobility solutions. Hyundai offers U.S. consumers a technology-rich lineup of cars, SUVs, and electrified vehicles. Our 820 dealers sold more than 738,000 vehicles in the U.S. in 2021, and nearly half were built at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. For more information, visit www.HyundaiNews.com.
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Woman held hostage uses Grubhub to alert police
NEW YORK (WABC) - A young woman, held hostage at a home in New York City, is now safe thanks to her smart thinking.
The Grubhub order for a breakfast sandwich and a burger at 5 a.m. Sunday was nothing unusual for the employees at the Chipper Truck Café.
What was strange was the note under the additional instructions section.
It was clearly hastily written, saying to call the cops, have them come with the food and not make it obvious.
“She was basically saying to bring the police with the delivery,” Alice Bermejo said.
Alice Bermejo, who owns the business with her husband, said he got a call from the worker who saw the order come up on the screen.
“They’d seen the note on the order, and they called my husband saying, ‘What should we do?’ And he was like, ‘Call the police,’” she said.
The order came from an address in the Bronx, where authorities say a 32-year-old man was holding a 24-year-old woman against her will and sexually assaulting her.
Authorities reported they had met in person, months after first meeting online, and it turned violent. He wouldn’t let her have her phone, except to order food.
At that hour, her best hope was to get a message to a restaurant three and a half miles away. And the Bermejo family is grateful to the employee who did call the police and explained the situation.
“Just knowing that like, we were there and that being open 24 hours allowed her to have a way to get help,” Bermejo’s daughter, Alicia Bermejo, said.
The suspect opened the door, according to court documents, later admitting he thought the young woman’s food had arrived, but instead, it was the police.
That man, identified as 32-year-old Kemoy Royal, is charged with rape and unlawful imprisonment, among other counts.
He’s also charged in the attempted sexual assault of another young woman days earlier, which allegedly took place at Royal’s home on June 14.
Somehow, that 26-year-old victim was able to get away, and she reported it the next day.
It’s unclear why police hadn’t arrested Royal for that first incident.
He is now behind bars, all thanks to that Grubhub order.
After the ordeal, the Bermejo family got a call from the victim’s friend.
“They called to thank us and just to be like, ‘Thank you so much for helping my friend and just, you know making sure that she was fine,’” Alicia Bermejo said.
The family said they give the victim credit for her quick thinking in a frightening situation.
“I can’t even imagine,” Alice Bermejo said. “I hope someday we get to meet her.”
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While it’s unclear whether claps of thunder will be heard on July 4, other booms are guaranteed. Pet owners know all too well that fireworks can frazzle furry friends, but experts say there are ways to avoid nervous breakdowns.
Terri Bright, a clinical behaviorist and the director of the behavior department at MSPCA-Angell Animal Medical Center, said animals hear much more acutely than humans. To people, Bright said, fireworks sound like celebrations; to pets, they sound “like war.”
Preparing for the noise
“We might anticipate some of the noises,” Bright said, “but our pets don’t know what day of the year it is. To them, it just sounds like danger.”
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This feeling of danger can trigger a pet’s fight-or-flight response, Bright said, which tells animals to escape their surroundings. Because of this, she said it’s essential to keep windows, doors, and other exits closed during times of stress. Bright also suggested that pet owners take their animals to use the bathroom before fireworks start.
During the show
Once the booms begin, Bright encourages pet owners to follow their animals’ lead. While some companions might want to be held, others will seek solace in closets and bathrooms. Bright suggested making a “hidey-hole” for those pets who want to be alone, using a white noise machine or fan to dull outside noises.
“My dog… is very comforted by my holding her and giving her big hugs,” Bright said. “It’s important for people to comfort their animals if their animals seek that out.”
Gearing up for the next time
Bright added that there are ways to prepare for the next firework season — and preparation begins on July 5. She urged pet owners to “build an alternative response” by encouraging animals to find a toy or treat when they hear a loud sound. This way, pets will begin to associate booms with a playful environment instead of a threatening one.
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Pet owners can also meet with veterinarians to discuss medication that helps alleviate noise-related stress, Bright said. Other aids include anxiety-reducing tools like the ThunderShirt, a pressure wrap that soothes anxious pets by providing “continuous gentle pressure akin to a hug,” according to the pet-care search engine Rover.com.
If the stress is unmanageable, Bright said it’s worth planning a short vacation somewhere fireworks aren’t allowed. She said some MSPCA dog trainers make annual trips to Acadia National Park — which prohibits fireworks — to avoid the noise.
Finally, Bright urged people to consider the effects of fireworks on wildlife as well as pets. Baby animals, nesting birds, and fledglings are all “terrified,” she said.
Vivi Smilgius can be reached at vivi.smilgius@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @viviraye. | 2023-07-03T21:57:00+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/03/metro/fido-vs-fireworks-how-keep-your-pet-calm-july-4/ |
WFO BUFFALO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, December 25, 2022
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In the early years of the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military relied heavily on an airbase in Uzbekistan that was known as K2. K2 is now known for another reason - toxic exposure. Veterans who served there have reported rare diseases or cancers, and many have died. Now they're demanding answers from the Pentagon, as NPR's Quil Lawrence reports.
QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: For 20 years now, Kim Brooks has been fighting a war she never signed up for.
KIM BROOKS: My husband, Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Brooks, was a 1989 West Point graduate.
LAWRENCE: They married the next year and had four children by the time 9/11 happened. Tim deployed to a base called Karshi-Khanabad - K2 - in Uzbekistan near the Afghan border. Troops there mentioned irritating dust and strange chemicals seeping up through the ground. Tim came home, and soon after, he started hearing rumors about uranium and other toxins. A year later, he had a seizure at a command ceremony as he was preparing to deploy to Iraq. At the hospital, the news wasn't good - brain cancer.
BROOKS: The doctor tells us that Tim has a stage 3 astrocytoma, and it's aggressive, and he has probably 11 months max to live. You know, we make it out to the parking lot, and Tim collapses on the ground in tears, sobbing. So he's 6-foot-5. He's on the ground, and he's sobbing.
LAWRENCE: Tim beat the prediction by a month. He died a year later, still on active duty with the Army. Of their four children, one went to West Point and later Iraq. Another is now a lawyer at the Yale Veterans Legal Services Clinic, which helped file a lawsuit this week.
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STEVE NELSON: I'm the director of government affairs and a board member for the Stronghold Freedom Foundation. I would like to thank Senator Blumenthal for your continued support and being here today. I would also like to thank the CVLC for hosting us today and helping us in our journey.
LAWRENCE: Steve Nelson, with the Stronghold Freedom Foundation, spoke at a press conference announcing the suit brought because the Pentagon has not answered a freedom of information request, a FOIA.
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NELSON: This FOIA litigation seeks to force the government to provide a list of the toxins it discovered and documented at K2. This information is being inexplicably and shamefully withheld.
LAWRENCE: The Pentagon referred NPR's query to the Department of Justice, which declined to comment on why this information isn't being released. Fifteen thousand vets served at K2. Hundreds of them say they're sick, but they can't even tell doctors what to treat them for until they know what was contaminating the base.
MARK JACKSON: When I was there, some dudes came off a C-17 wearing moon suits, carrying Geiger counters, and I was in running shorts and a T-shirt.
LAWRENCE: Mark Jackson served four combat tours. He spoke to me last week, and then he rushed himself to the emergency room when the sepsis in one of his elbows burst. He's got severe osteoporosis, anemia, and his thyroid failed and was removed.
JACKSON: I have had surgery four times in the past six months, and I consider myself lucky because it's not cancer.
LAWRENCE: Jackson's service was recognized with a Bronze Star medal pinned on by Lloyd Austin, then a general, now Secretary of Defense. Jackson now wants Secretary Austin to recognize him again and all of the other K2 veterans by releasing the information they need to survive.
Quil Lawrence, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-04-18T06:03:54+00:00 | wboi.org | https://www.wboi.org/2023-04-05/k2-veterans-demand-answers-from-the-pentagon-about-the-toxins-they-were-exposed-to |
Ultra-powerful 24-Volt saw provides a greener, cleaner way to supercharge your tree-trimming tasks
HOBOKEN, N.J., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From Snow Joe®, America's #1 Brand of Pressure Washers + Snow Blowers and the leader of the revolutionary 24-volt iON+ battery system, comes the 5-inch Cordless Handheld Chain Saw from SUN JOE. Ultra-compact and lightweight at just 5.5 pounds, this super-powerful saw quickly cuts through overgrown branches, and lifeless limbs up to 4.5 inches thick with plenty of power, and less effort than manual pruners. Best of all, it's totally eco-friendly – with no gas, cords, or fumes.
"This truly revolutionary handheld chain saw takes all the pain out of pruning," says Paul Riley, Jr., Chief Operating Officer at Snow Joe. "The secret is Triple-Action Pruning Power; the 230-watt brushless motor cuts quicker, cleaner and quieter than traditional motors, so consumers can easily maintain their trees' health, improve their yard's appearance, and avoid safety issues like falling limbs. Just a squeeze of the trigger, and they get a clean, precise cut every time."
The 5-inch Cordless Handheld Chain Saw is the latest in Sun Joe's exclusive 24-volt iON+ battery technology, which boasts no-fade power and performance from start to finish, so tools can run stronger, longer. The individual battery cells are continuously optimized for peak performance, with No Memory Effect during recharge, a rugged, shock-resistant design for longer life, and zero emissions for cleaner air. Plus, it's virtually maintenance-free, and the iON+ batteries are interchangeable, powering over 100+ tools across the Joe brands.
The 5" Cordless Handheld Chain Saw also includes a 0.7 fluid ounce oil bottle and built-in safety features like the riving knife to prevent kickback, a knuckle-guard handle, and a safety switch to avoid accidental starts.
So, for the cutting-edge in 24-volt tree-trimming tech, consumers can Go With Joe® – and power prune like a pro. The new 5-inch Cordless Handheld Chain Saw is available now for only $89.99 at snowjoe.com and local retailers across the US.
Snow Joe — and its complementary brands Sun Joe, Aqua Joe, and Auto Joe — planted its roots as a digitally native, direct-to-consumer company that designs, develops, and distributes high-quality, yet affordable, lawn and garden tools. Intuitively merging advanced eCommerce technology on the back-end with innovative tools on the front end, the "Joe" family of brands has disrupted the lawn and garden landscape by its ability to get its tools quickly into the hands of its customers when they need them most. Originally founded in 2004 with the mission to bring homeowners smart winter solutions, the company has grown to become not only the market share leader in electric and cordless snowblowers but also the leader in the electric pressure washer category. Over the years, Snow Joe has evolved into a robust, omnichannel, customer-centric business that now offers a wide range of problem-solving solutions to keep your home, yard, and garden looking beautiful throughout the year. Go With Joe® and Get Equipped® with the right tools to tackle any outdoor chore. For more information, visit: https://snowjoe.com/ or connect with Snow Joe on Facebook and Instagram. For media inquiries, please contact pr@snowjoe.com.
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Joint Partnership represents expanded market opportunities
BETHESDA, Md., March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cybersecure IPS and LockDown Inc. jointly announce that they have entered a strategic alliance to combine their unique offerings to address the rapidly increasing threat to critical infrastructures around the world. This partnership couples the CyberSecure IPS Manhole Protection System with Lockdown's suite of security devices to strengthen the Defense in Depth (DiD) critical infrastructure security portfolio. This combination presents a series of defensive mechanisms which are layered in order to protect valuable data and information. In the unlikely event one mechanism fails, another is triggered immediately to thwart an attack. This multi-layered approach with intentional redundancies increases the security of a system as a whole and addresses many different attack vectors.
"Our emphasis in developing time-tested software disciplines for the critical infrastructure/enterprise market is a natural fit for the products and services pioneered by LockDown. Our software already meets government-standards for the broad-based cyber-physical security sector. Working together with David and the LockDown team we can ensure current and new customers have access to the industry's leading capabilities, taking our customer focus to another level," states Scott Rye, CEO and Co-Founder of CyberSecure.
David Barton, VP of LockDown, continues, "Our company's founding and growth reflects a focus on solving customer problems at each turn. We see this strategic alliance as a springboard to expand our addressable customer market building upon our long history within underground infrastructure and government installations. CyberSecure's industry leading software solutions and Manhole Protection System will ensure that customers truly have confidence to meet the ever-growing requirements for best-of-breed security."
Scott concluded, "Aligning with LockDown as every area of critical infrastructure demands greater capabilities just makes good business sense. We together can now address Power systems, Chemical, Energy, Telecommunications and a host of critical infrastructure sectors in a way that brings complete one-stop solutions to the table for security officers and their Boards."
About CyberSecure IPS
A global leader in the cybersecurity space, CyberSecure IPS constantly innovates its suite of patented software and hardware solutions which integrate to bring the physical realm under constant surveillance and provide holistic protection. The most advanced national governments and biggest data centers worldwide look to CyberSecure IPS to protect their critical infrastructure. Learn more at cybersecureips.com.
About Lockdown Inc.
LockDown Inc. is the most trusted and installed provider of infrastructure security devices in the world. We have installed 100,000+ devices at more than 150 military bases and hundreds of other secure locations in 30+ countries. Since 1996, we have secured infrastructure at major universities, data centers, telecoms, municipalities, utilities, corporations and manufacturers. Our devices even secure the White House and the Pentagon. Learn more at https://lockdowninc.com
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HILL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) – A man is rescued after being trapped under a piece of construction equipment.
Hill County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch was notified of this incident at approximately 4:38 p.m. Sunday – which occurred in the 200 block of CR-1369, outside of Osceola. Deputies, multiple fire departments, and Careflite ground and air responded to this location.
The man was rescued and airlifted to Fort Worth for treatment. The Sheriff’s Office says the injury did not appear to be life-threatening – but due to the nature, and distance to a trauma center for this type injury, he was transported by aircraft. | 2023-01-02T14:41:21+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/man-pinned-under-construction-equipment-rescued/ |
GREAT FALLS — The Montana Veterans Memorial in Great Falls is undergoing renovations in an effort to keep the site updated. The renovations start with refurbishing two eternal flame pillars that haven’t been lit for years.
The memorial is important to all veterans, with names going as far back as the civil war.
Michael Winters, one of the people who spearheaded the creation of the memorial, says that the pillars represent the eternal flame and honor of veterans and those currently serving.
“The lights are so important, so very important," he said. "It's honoring everyone who signed the bottom line on a check to defend our nation.”
New solar-powered lights were drilled into the bowl on top of the pillar and will emit a soft glow, forever shining brightly once again.
The other restoration is the concrete replacement within the memorial itself. The project is set to take six weeks to complete and will last the memorial for years to come.
“The goal is to create a community safe place for remembrance," Winters said. "There's close to 8,000 tiles here. As we gain funds, we try to improve.”
He added, “All veterans are painted with the same brush. We're all brothers. We're all sisters. I think it's enormously important and it's important to all veterans.”
Since it opened in 2006, the Montana Veterans Memorial has placed more than 7,400 tiles honoring Montana veterans, both living and deceased. About 200 new tiles are added every year before Veterans Day and Memorial Day.
The Montana Veterans Memorial is at 1025 25th Street North in Great Falls. For more information, or if you would like to honor a veteran, click here to visit the website, or call 406-454-9070. | 2022-06-23T20:30:47+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-news/renovations-are-underway-at-the-montana-veterans-memorial |
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Sevier County businessman has been sentenced after an investigation found him guilty of not paying his taxes.
Wyatt Wrege Bunch was sentenced to six years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to five felony counts of tax evasion on July 18, 2022. He also paid criminal restitution, court costs and civil restitution to the Department of Revenue.
“Our state’s tax structure depends on voluntary taxpayer compliance to remit money they collect from customers,” Revenue Commissioner David Gerregano said. “Taxpayers who fail to remit collected taxes violate the public trust and the criminal laws of Tennessee. This guilty plea highlights our rigorous and impartial administration of the state’s tax laws.”
In January 2019, Bunch surrendered to the authorities after failing to remit collected sales tax to the state. He initially faced one count of theft over $250,000, 48 counts of failing to remit collected sales tax and one count of tax evasion before entering the plea agreement. | 2022-12-13T01:55:52+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/crime/sevier-county-businessman-sentenced-on-tax-evasion-charges/ |
Want to get paid to go to the beach? Here's how
Video above: Dermatologist gives tips for choosing right sunscreen
Here's your chance to earn some sand dollars.
Hotels.com is looking to hire a Retro Beach Motelier, who will visit several retro beach motels across the United States and enjoy oceanside views in 1950s style.
The itinerary is comprised of Hotels.com's 10 best retro beach motels across America, including The Pearl Hotel in San Diego, California, and Vagabond Hotel in Miami, Florida. The list is based on guest ratings, overall design, value and location, the company said in a news release.
The motelier will be equipped with old school accessories, including SPF zinc, striped umbrellas, vintage sunnies, cooler and even a solar-powered AM/FM radio to enjoy some tunes. The job will comprise of offline activities, such as documenting the trip "for future generations" using a classic polaroid camera.
The professional vacationer will be given a $10,000 stipend to cover travel expenses, and a $5,000 salary to spend on classic beachside snacks, like salt water taffy, frozen custard and snow cones.
"Travelers these days tend to search for all-inclusive hotels and resorts when planning their summer getaways, but our Retro Beach Motelier is out to prove that beach motels can be just as luxurious," said Melissa Dohmen of Hotels.com. "These timeless motels are not only budget-friendly but will transport beachgoers — literally and figuratively — back in time to truly disconnect and relax."
Those who don't want to travel solo can bring a guest to join in on the fun.
To apply for the position, complete an online application. You'll need to include your Instagram handle to show Hotels.com your photo snapping skills. | 2022-08-01T14:42:06+00:00 | kcci.com | https://www.kcci.com/article/get-paid-to-go-to-the-beach-2022/40769701 |
Wyoming Secretary of State candidate Chuck Gray speaks at a Republican candidates forum June 23, in Lions Park. Michael Smith/For the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Wyoming Secretary of State candidate Tara Nethercott speaks at a Republican candidates forum on June 23, in Lions Park. Michael Smith/For the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Wyoming Secretary of State candidate Chuck Gray speaks at a Republican candidates forum June 23, in Lions Park. Michael Smith/For the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
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Wyoming Secretary of State candidate Tara Nethercott speaks at a Republican candidates forum on June 23, in Lions Park. Michael Smith/For the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – One candidate to succeed Ed Buchanan as Wyoming’s next secretary of state has accused one of her rival office-seekers of not having sufficient qualifications.
A Friday afternoon news release from Sen. Tara Nethercott, R-Cheyenne, said Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper, is disqualified from being the secretary of state. Nethercott cited a recent complaint to the Federal Election Commission against Gray. Separately Friday, former President Donald Trump endorsed three GOP candidates for statewide office, including Gray.
In the FEC complaint, former Secretary of State Max Maxfield contended there were insufficient financial disclosures from Gray when Gray was previously seeking to become the next U.S. House member from Wyoming. In the complaint, Maxfield said there is an “implausibility of the disparity between the reported assets, reported income and the amount loaned to the campaign.”
An FEC spokeswoman said by email she “can’t confirm that we have received that complaint.” On Tuesday, the WTE had received a copy of the filing from Maxfield’s lawyer.
In her new written statement that was distributed by email, Nethercott pointed to “his short-lived run for U.S. Congress, in which Gray claimed he makes $11,000 a year and has no significant personal assets, including not owning a home. Yet campaign information also shows Gray loaned his campaign $300,000.”
Gray did not comment on the allegations filed at the FEC or on Nethercott’s comments.
In a brief phone interview Friday, Nethercott would not say exactly if she was directly asking Gray to exit the secretary of state’s race, noting that such decisions are up to voters. She said she had not spoken directly with Gray about this issue, and she had not filed a complaint with the Secretary of State’s Office. She suggested the FEC could be the appropriate venue to adjudicate this issue related to Gray’s qualifications.
“l’ll let him decide what he wants to do with that,” Nethercott told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, regarding whether Gray should drop out. “I’m just asking Chuck Gray to explain where the money came from,” referring to the $300,000 loan to his previous campaign for Congress, Nethercott said. “The money doesn’t add up.”
Maxfield endorsed Nethercott in her bid to become secretary of state. This endorsement was in a letter to the editor of the WTE, which was published this week.
In a phone interview Friday, Maxfield noted he had endorsed Nethercott well before he filed his concerns with the FEC about Gray. He said Nethercott was not aware of his FEC complaint before he made it. And the former secretary of state said he was not sure himself if Gray should drop out, though there are significant questions about his lack of transparency.
“Someone who can’t explain where $300,000 came for doesn’t deserve to be secretary of state,” Maxfield said. “I certainly don’t think he is qualified after that kind of discrepancy in his filing.”
Maxfield said he generally agreed with Nethercott that the lack of information in Gray’s past-campaign disclosures was disqualifying for Gray to become secretary of state.
Responding to the complaint at the FEC, in a statement given to the Casper Star-Tribune, Gray said earlier this week that “this frivolous filing is just liberal insiders who are trying to get Tara Nethercott elected working with the dishonest media at the Star-Tribune to distract from Nethercott’s record.”
The Republican primary is Aug. 16.
Jonathan Make is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s assistant managing editor and editor of the Wyoming Business Report. He can be reached at jmake@wyomingnews.com or 307-633-3129. Follow him on Twitter @makejdm. | 2022-08-08T22:13:29+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/banking_and_finance/sen-nethercott-says-rep-gray-disqualified-in-secy-of-state-race-over-fec-issues/article_1b5181d2-1761-11ed-8ec3-23e71ec4de70.html |
All 32 NFL teams changed their Twitter avatars to show support for Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin as he remains at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in the intensive care unit following an accident on Monday during a game between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals.
WCPO in Cincinnati, Ohio reported that Hamlin was sedated and in critical condition.
Fans left flowers outside of the hospital in a show of support for the Bills safety after he was injured during Monday Night Football as he tried to tackle Tee Higgins during the first quarter of the game. He stood up moments later and then immediately fell back to the ground.
He was given CPR on the field before being taken away in an ambulance.
It’s more than football. ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/I8v696z0o8
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 3, 2023
The NFL announced that the game would not resume this week, and no decision on a date for it to be reschedule was immediately released. | 2023-01-04T01:16:45+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/all-32-nfl-teams-update-twitter-avatars-to-support-damar-hamlin |
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Sobering news today for many World Cup soccer fans - like, literally sobering. The sport's international governing body, FIFA, announced there will be no beer sold at the tournament's eight stadiums in the host country Qatar. The announcement, two days before the World Cup starts, disappointed fans who are used to mixing their cheering with drinking. NPR's Tom Goldman reports from Doha.
TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Budweiser paid $75 million to sell its beer at this World Cup, including in stadiums, hence the company's tweet, since deleted, when the news hit about the stadium beer ban. Well, the tweet read, this is awkward. For 32-year-old Ben Dawson from Manchester, England, it's more than awkward.
BEN DAWSON: A bit gutted.
GOLDMAN: A bit gutted.
DAWSON: Yeah.
GOLDMAN: Cheering and beering (ph) is a way of soccer life for so many fans. It always adds to the atmosphere, Dawson said as he and his dad, Martin, stood along Doha's waterfront promenade called the Corniche. But their first World Cup in person also is the first in a Muslim-majority country, where alcohol sales are tightly regulated. Qatar agreed to allow alcohol when it won the World Cup bid in 2010, but FIFA and Qatar officials have had ongoing discussions which kept inching closer to the ban. In September, there was an agreement to allow beer sales in the stadiums, but not at concession stands. Within the last week, the policy got more restrictive, moving sales to less visible spots, and then Friday's news. Raul Ambirz, a 32-year-old accountant from Morelia, Mexico, was walking the Corniche with two friends. All three wore the traditional green, red and white colors of the Mexican national team. Ambirz said, yes, he always has a beer at games but understands the World Cup ban.
RAUL AMBIRZ: Well, I mean, it's part of the culture from this country, right? And at the end of the day, we need to respect that part. So that's what we are going to do. We're here.
GOLDMAN: Thirty-four-year-old Juan Carlos Flores, a project engineer from Veracruz, says no beer will be weird. But...
JUAN CARLOS FLORES: Let me tell you that sometimes you are so drunk that you don't really pay attention on those very important moments. And sometimes it doesn't count for a lot. So now I think we are going to pay more attention to the match and, you know, enjoy it in a different way. We are still enjoying the football.
GOLDMAN: A silver lining, perhaps, for beer lovers. This could be the World Cup of the sharp, attentive fan - doesn't sound so bad to Martin Dawson if that sharpness spills onto the pitch as well. He's dubious, though. England hasn't won in its last six matches. But if his beloved Three Lions break through and win a first title since 1966, Dawson is ready to exult Qatar style.
MARTIN DAWSON: Celebrate with a big orange juice (laughter).
GOLDMAN: Tom Goldman, NPR News, Doha.
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Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, and St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale ranked as Best Hospitals in Washington state
TACOMA, Wash. and SEATTLE, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three Virginia Mason Franciscan Health hospitals – Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle (#2), St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma (#5), and St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale (#12) – were recognized again among the Best Hospitals in Washington state according to U.S. News & World Report.
"I am very proud of our Virginia Mason Franciscan Health team members on this tremendous accomplishment," said Ketul J. Patel, CEO of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. "This recognition is a testament to our unwavering commitment to deliver world-class care to our patients and communities."
Each year, U.S. News & World Report publishes a list of top-performing hospitals within the nation, state, and region. For the 2022-2023 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. This year, 103 hospitals in Washington state were evaluated and only 14 hospitals were recognized -- three of which were Virginia Mason Franciscan Health facilities.
"The hospitals named among the best have extensive medical expertise and a history of delivering good outcomes," said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. "When patients and their medical professionals are considering their options for care, the rankings are designed to help them identify hospitals that are superior in the kind of care they may need."
The following is a list of the three hospitals and their respective awards:
- Ranked number 2 in Washington
- High performing in 6 specialties in 16 procedures and conditions
- Ranked number 5 in Washington, up from 8th in 2021
- High performing in 11 procedures and conditions
- Ranked number 12 in Washington, up from 13th in 2021
- High performing in 7 procedures and conditions
U.S. News evaluated each hospital's performance using a variety of measures such as survival rates, complication rates, patient experience and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals methodology factors in data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations and medical specialists.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is a world-class health system serving the Pacific Northwest, offering access to some of the country's most prestigious experts and hospitals that are internationally recognized for superior quality. Our expansive system builds upon the strength of more than 300 sites of care, including 11 top-tier hospitals, 18,000 team members, and 5,400 employed physicians, advance practice providers (APPs) and community providers to improve the health of our communities. Together we deliver easily accessible, instantly responsive and digitally connected patient-centric care.
By bringing together the brightest health care minds through Benaroya Research Institute, a global leader in autoimmune disease and immune system research, we deliver the most advanced therapies and technologies for our patients. We are also proud to be the home of Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS. We are committed to addressing health care disparities by caring for the most vulnerable in our communities, including the poor and underserved, providing more than $300 million in community benefit – free, subsidized, and reduced cost health care and programs. Learn more at www.vmfh.org.
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(NEXSTAR) – Ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.1 billion, the third-largest jackpot ever in the game’s history. If you want to test your luck at starting the year as a billionaire, you may need to hurry up and buy your ticket.
While Mega Millions drawings are held at 11 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Fridays, depending on where you live, you may have to have your ticket hours beforehand.
For many states, ticket sales are stopped 15 minutes before the drawing time. Those states are Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (unless you’re buying online), Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.
In other states, you need to have your ticket one hour before the drawing. That includes Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Lotteries in these states suspend ticket sales on drawing nights at 8:59 CT/9:59 ET: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Three states – Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont – stop ticket sales at 9:50 p.m. ET.
Here’s when Mega Millions ticket sales end on drawing nights in other states:
- Arizona: 7:59 p.m. local time from November to March.
- Colorado: 7:30 p.m. local time
- Delaware: 9:45 p.m. local time
- Idaho: 1 hour and five minutes before the drawing
- Indiana: 10:44 p.m. local time
- New Hampshire: 9:48 p.m. local time online, 9:50 p.m. in stores
- North Dakota: 8:58 p.m. CT
The next Mega Millions drawing is at 11 p.m. ET Tuesday. | 2023-01-11T00:43:45+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/how-late-can-you-buy-a-mega-millions-ticket-for-the-1-1b-jackpot/ |
Zotos Professional unveils a new campaign for its Age Beautiful brand, as it celebrates its 14th year on the market.
DARIEN, Conn., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zotos Professional unveils a new campaign for its Age Beautiful brand as it celebrates its 14th year on the market. The Age Beautifully campaign celebrates the unique stories and beauty of women at every age and aims to inspire everyone to celebrate their individuality. Every woman has a story behind her age - a life lived that is worth celebrating. Age Beautiful recognizes the vibrant and diverse expressions of women today and seeks to empower them in embracing their natural beauty. Through the Age Beautifully campaign, the brand brings together three women who share their personal journeys of aging and showcases how a simple transformation of their hair can further reveal their vibrance within.
"We believe that age should never be a limitation to feeling beautiful and confident," said Michelle Ryan, Vice President of Marketing, Zotos Professional. "With the Age Beautifully campaign, we want to challenge society's perceptions of aging and redefine the notion of beauty. Each individual's journey is unique and should be celebrated at every stage of life."
At the heart of the Age Beautifully campaign is Age Beautiful professional anti-aging hair color, specifically designed to fight the five signs of aging hair: Thinning, Wiry Gray, Turning Gray, Dryness, Dullness. The innovative product replenishes hair with the essential components that are lost with aging. Hair is softer, shinier, and more manageable with vibrant, dimensional color.
"I understand the demands of a fast-paced lifestyle as my clients are often on the go," said Christopher Naselli, Celebrity Hairstylist. "I love to recommend AGEbeautiful Hair Color, with biotin, for that full and healthy hair look and easy root touch ups at home, so my clients can feel confident and ready for any opportunity."
The campaign's purpose is to encourage everyone to embrace their truest selves, all while enjoying the transformative power of a hair color that reflects their inner beauty. Age Beautiful passionately believes that aging is just another word for living and that every woman deserves to age beautifully.
For more information about the Age Beautifully campaign and Age Beautiful, please visit https://www.agebeautiful.com.
About Henkel in North America
Henkel's portfolio of well-known brands in North America includes Schwarzkopf® hair care, Dial® soaps, Persil®, Purex®, and all® laundry detergents, Snuggle® fabric softeners as well as Loctite®, Technomelt® and Bonderite® adhesives. With sales close to 6.5 billion US dollars (6 billion euros) in 2022, North America accounts for 27 percent of the company's global sales. Henkel employs over 8,000 people across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. For more information, please visit www.henkel-northamerica.com, and on Twitter @Henkel_NA.
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‘God had bigger plans for me’: Teen pitcher recovering after being struck in the head by batted ball
OZARK, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A 16-year-old in Missouri is recovering after he suffered a severe injury to his head from a batted ball.
On July 10 at U.S. Ballpark in Ozark, Kellar Davis was pitching a game for the Midwest Mavericks summer league team when he was struck in the right temple by a batted ball.
“It knocked me down, but I got back up, and I thought I had the ball,” Davis told KY3. “So I reached into my glove and didn’t feel it there. Then, my vision went black. I was still conscious, but that was when I started to get scared, and I heard people coming out there.”
The people who came out to help included Davis’ parents, Jason and Tracy Davis, as well as spectators with medical backgrounds who provided aid until the ambulance arrived.
Kellar Davis was taken to the hospital and slowly regained his sight. His parents were told by hospital officials he’d be under concussion protocol for the next 24 hours.
Then they were given more bad news.
“A neurosurgeon walked in and told us it was getting bad quick,” Jason Davis said. “They were prepping the OR, and they needed to go now.”
Tracy Davis said the doctors told them their son had bleeding between his skull and the lining of his brain.
“They did a craniectomy where they take a piece of skull out, drain the blood and cauterize the bleeding,” Kellar Davis said. “Then they put (the piece) back on with four little metal plates in there.”
Kellar Davis’s mom said the next 24 hours were rough for him.
“He was sick all night,” she said.
While she waited during a CT scan performed by doctors, Tracy Davis said she started reading a Bible her son had brought from home.
She said she read a few passages he had highlighted, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” After reading, Tracy Davis said her son’s CT scan came back “perfect,” and he improved and started walking that evening.
“It was a God thing,” she said.
Jason Davis said all of the specialists that came in the room said his son’s recovery was “amazing.”
Doctors said they expected Kellar Davis to be in intensive care for 72 hours and in the hospital for at least another week, but he was released within those 72 hours. He said he attributes his quick recovery to his faith and a commitment he made two weeks before his injury.
“I got called into the ministry, and I knew he was going to do something in my life pretty crazy to give me a good testimony for people,” Kellar Davis said. “But I never expected it to be something like this. My great-grandpa told me that Satan took a shot at me, but God had bigger plans for me.”
There was also a tremendous outreach of support from the Licking, Missouri, community and beyond.
“It’s been very overwhelming and humbling,” Tracy Davis said. “We’ve heard from people we know, people we don’t know, even people from other countries.”
While he was able to watch one game since the accident, Kellar Davis said he is determined to return to the field soon. He also said he has had no lingering effects.
“The only thing I had to get was a shaved head for it, so that’s pretty good,” he said.
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- Alfa Romeo celebrates 100 years of the iconic Quadrifoglio by introducing the new Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio 100th Anniversary models
- Limited edition with only 100 exclusive units per model, globally
- Exclusive content for the Quadrifoglio 100th Anniversary includes:
- On April 15, 1923, the legendary Quadrifoglio made its debut on Ugo Sivocci's "Corsa" version of the RL, which won the XIV edition of the Targa Florio
Alfa Romeo announced today the introduction of the new Giulia and Stelvio Quadifogolio 100th Anniversary models, celebrating 100 years passed since the indelible symbol of Alfa Romeo, the Quadrifoglio, made its racing debut.
Limited to just 100 units each globally for the Giulia and Stelvio (200 total), the anniversary models are the result of 100 years of technical excellence, on and off the racetrack. The limited-edition models include celebratory badges, unique design features and exclusive gold finishes to mark the 100th anniversary.
Exclusive content
Burnished 5-hole 19-inch sports alloy wheels for the Giulia, 21-inch for the Stelvio, house exclusive gold brake calipers. The same hue distinguishes the emblem celebrating 100 years of the Quadrifoglio, positioned on the mudguard of both cars. A carbon-fiber grille and mirror caps start a theme that continues through the interior with an innovative 3D finish in real carbon fiber that covers the instrument panel, central tunnel and door panels. A combination of black leather and Alcantara is enhanced by exclusive gold stitching on the dashboard and an embroidered "100" next to the new gold Quadrifoglio logo. The steering wheel is upholstered in leather and Alcantara with black stitching and carbon-fiber inserts.
Ordering for the 2024 Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio Quadifogolio 100th Anniversary models will open in spring 2023 with availability in the third quarter.
The origins of a legend
A symbol of Italian noble sportiness, the legendary Quadrifoglio has always been synonymous with the brand's highest-performing creations. This not only holds true for its racing models, but for its most powerful and exclusive road vehicles as well. Reinterpreted for modern day, Centro Stile Alfa Romeo has projected the historical Quadrifoglio logo into the brand's future while preserving its solidity and elegance.
The Quadrifoglio has been part of Alfa Romeo's racing and industrial history since the very beginning. It began in 1923 with one of the oldest automobile races in the world, the Targa Florio, the prestigious event that at the beginning of the 20th century transformed Sicily once a year into a famous European "salon." Intense and incredibly challenging, the race was one of the most important milestones of its time for drivers and could thrust car models and brands into the market. Ugo Sivocci, an accomplished driver in his time, brought home the win with luck on his side, which would make the choice of the Quadrifoglio (a four-leaf clover) more meaningful. With this victory, Alfa Romeo was catapulted onto the Mount Olympus of car manufacturers, inexorably linking the symbol of the Quadrifoglio to the brand's legendary vehicles and setting the stage for an extensive series of achievements by unforgettable drivers. From the first Grand Prix championship in 1925, and moving on to the Mille Miglia, the Targa Florio and 24-hour Le Mans, the brand dominated the international racing scene. However, the lucky symbol soon began to stand out on exclusive road vehicles as well. The glazed Quadrifoglio badge would make its first appearance on a road vehicle with the Giulia Sprint GT Veloce and launch a tradition that continues today. These are the brand's most powerful versions and are designed for car enthusiasts who have a passion for driving.
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Born in 1910 in Milan, Italy, Alfa Romeo has designed and crafted some of the most stylish and sporty cars in automotive history. That tradition lives on today as Alfa Romeo continues to take a unique and innovative approach to automobiles. The Alfa Romeo Stelvio sets a benchmark in performance, style and technology in an SUV. The award-winning Alfa Romeo Giulia delivers race-inspired performance, advanced technologies and an exhilarating driving experience to the premium midsize sedan segment. In early 2023, Alfa Romeo will offer its first compact SUV with the all-new Tonale. The globally available Tonale is part of a radical evolution taking place at Alfa Romeo, which looks ahead to a new era of electrification and connectivity. Alfa Romeo is part of the portfolio of brands offered by leading global automaker and mobility provider Stellantis. For more information regarding Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), please visit www.stellantis.com.
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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Two people were taken to the hospital after an ATV crashed into a police cruiser in Dayton, Ohio, early Friday morning.
According to the Dayton Police Department, an officer was out driving when he saw a four-wheeler carrying two people driving without lights. DPD said the officer made a U-turn, but the four-wheeler drove into the eastbound lanes and struck another police cruiser.
The driver and passenger were taken to Miami Valley Hospital in stable condition. No officers were injured in the crash.
The driver of the four-wheeler was handed multiple citations for the crash, including an operating a vehicle under the influence (OVI) citation. | 2023-07-15T01:44:54+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/video-man-drives-atv-into-ohio-police-cruiser/ |
NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in CareDx, Inc. ("CareDx" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CDNA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of CareDx investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased CareDx common stock between February 24, 2021, and May 5, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
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CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed 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 Company's RemoTraC service for remote, home-based, blood-drawing; (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.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in CareDx during the relevant time frame, you have until July 22, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wasn’t progressives’ first choice for the White House in 2020. And he wasn’t their second or third, either.
But defying expectations, liberal Democrats have emerged as the president’s most loyal allies in Congress during his first two years in office, helping to pass a massive COVID-19 relief package, a historic investment in American infrastructure and billions of dollars to combat climate change.
Their alliance was as fruitful as it was unlikely. And it could soon be put to the test.
Democrats are bracing for losses in Tuesday’s elections that could cost them their majorities in the House and Senate, an outcome certain to fuel questions about the party’s direction as Biden considers another run for the White House. Republicans, bullish on their chances of winning back power, are preparing an onslaught of investigations into Biden’s administration and are certain to try and unravel his legislative achievements.
The dynamic between Biden and the liberal flank of his party is one that lawmakers insist will end up uniting Democrats behind Biden, even as some openly say they don’t want him to run for reelection and others complain the president is too prone to compromise.
“The White House is going to need allies to defend the president against the bogus investigations that Republicans may try to launch,” California Rep. Ro Khanna, a former co-chair of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, said in an interview. “The White House is going to need Dems to be defending the White House’s economic record.”
The movement of progressives into the Biden camp came against long odds.
They are separated by generations and ideologies, with the 79-year-old Biden — a creature of the consensus-driven Senate who has reminisced fondly about how he was able to work even with segregationists — hailing from a party establishment often scornful of younger lawmakers of color who want bold stands on climate change, racial justice and other issues.
But once Biden emerged triumphant from the Democratic primaries and the general election in 2020, he sought party unity, forming a joint task force with the Sanders campaign to craft an agenda.
The result was a Biden wish list that looked much like the left’s: sweeping COVID-19 aid, tax credits for families, free community college, universal child care, public works spending, policies to address climate change.
The White House also took care to nurture relationships with the Democrats who could have been their noisiest critics.
In the past year, either Biden or senior White House aides met with members of the progressive caucus at least a half-dozen times, most notably when the president called directly into a gathering of the group just before the infrastructure vote last November. Biden has appeared alongside House progressives on at least seven trips to their districts in September and October.
The caucus gets plenty of attention from elsewhere in the administration, with at least 10 Cabinet members or agency heads meeting with the progressives in the past year, according to a White House official.
Its legislative affairs office assigned Alicia Molt-West, a former aide to Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., to be its primary liaison to the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and she checks in almost every day. The leader of that caucus, Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, has had a direct line to the senior-most levels of the White House, notably chief of staff Ron Klain, and that empowered her and expanded her influence among other lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
“She’s been a great partner of mine and worked really closely with me,” Biden said of Jayapal at an April event in Auburn, Washington.
“One of the things that the president has said to me — and that I really feel — is that we’ve had his back,” Jayapal, told The Associated Press. “We were the loudest and the best champions of the president’s agenda and we really worked hard to make the case to the country for that agenda.”
Despite some glaring exceptions, much of the progressives’ wish list become law, a testament to the willingness of Democratic lawmakers to accept what was politically possible.
“Two years ago, few would have expected that we’d be able to pass the biggest climate bill in history, issue direct checks for millions of Americans, pass the first major gun safety bill in a generation and cancel up to $20,000 of student debt,” said Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the caucus leadership.
Those efforts weren’t without pain.
Much to their chagrin, progressives had to relent on their initial insistence that a bipartisan infrastructure bill move in tandem with a separate package on social spending that would represent the party’s most ambitious priorities. Then came the spectacular collapse of Biden’s negotiations with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., just before Christmas, triggering the precise scenario progressives had long feared.
Tensions seemed to be flaring again last week, when a letter from the caucus signed by 30 lawmakers and urging Biden to engage in direct diplomatic talks with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine generated intense blowback.
As talk swirled that liberal support for arming Ukraine was now in doubt, several of the Democrats on the letter disavowed it, saying it had been signed months ago at a different time in the war. The caucus ultimately retracted the letter, all while insisting that there was no daylight between the group’s position and Biden’s.
Even afterward, senior White House officials were trying to tamp down anger within the party.
Klain, Biden’s top aide, told at least one frustrated House Democrat who wanted to say something publicly about the letter that Democrats needed to direct their energy toward Republicans before the election rather than at each other, according to two officials who were not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations and spoke on condition of anonymity.
But rifts with the left have been the exception, not the rule, during Biden’s term. Progressives, nearly certain to be reelected from deep-blue districts, are making plans for how they can use their platform in the next Congress to again push the party in a progressive direction.
“If Democrats lose some power this election, the White House and the entire party will benefit from very clear distinctions on popular issues like Social Security, and progressives are the ones who innately are more equipped to be full-throated in making the case for these popular economic priorities,” said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and a former adviser to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who ran for president in 2020.
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KING COUNTY, Wash. — King County voters have approved a levy that will create a network of five crisis care centers with an increase in property taxes.
County canvassing boards will certify and transmit election results on May 5. KING 5 called the race Friday. Approval of the levy received 57% of the vote.
“King County voters agree - we must build a stronger behavioral health system to meet the urgent and growing need for care," said Executive Dow Constantine. “With this strong approval, we will chart a path forward to provide the help people need and deserve."
The Crisis Care Centers Levy will cost King County property owners 14.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. Based on the median home value in King County, $694,000, the tax would come to $121 per year.
The levy aims to increase the number of residential treatment beds.
According to King County Executive Dow Constantine, the additional funding would pay for centers built in the north, south, east, and west parts of the county. That would include one center exclusively for youth.
There is currently one crisis center in King County, but patients have to be brought either by the police or transferred from a hospital.
The $1.25 billion proposal would be paid out over nine years, between 2024-2032.
The King County Council previously voted unanimously, 9-0, to put the levy up for a public vote.
“Our communities are in crisis, and we have few options for mental health and addiction recovery services,” said King County Councilmember and sponsor Girmay Zahilay. “The Crisis Care Centers levy will give us a chance to build out our region’s recovery infrastructure so we can give our neighbors more places to go for care and healing.”
According to the county, residential beds are dwindling, and the behavioral health department estimates that those in a crisis currently would have to wait, on average, 44 days until they can get help. | 2023-04-29T18:29:17+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/elections/election-king-county-voters-approve-crisis-care-centers-levy/281-edd7d16d-0b38-4de8-858a-3c4dd8720701 |
ABERDEEN – More than two months ago, engineering firm Neel-Schaffer began evaluating drainage systems for several problematic, flood-prone areas throughout the city. During June 6’s board of aldermen meeting, approval was granted to move forward with a drainage project to address areas including South Hickory, James, Madison and Short streets and Walters Drive.
The cost estimate for the project is $380,000, which will be paid through the city’s sewer rehabilitation fund.
“We don’t want to do a Band-Aid fix. We want this to be an upgraded high level fix so we don’t have to address it again for at least a generation,” said Mayor Charles Scott.
Additionally, he said Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District recently received the last easement clearances to do work on the city’s main drainage ditch.
“They’ll be here in the next few months to do the ditch work that needs to get done to make sure our water is able to flow more easily. With that, it will equal somewhere around $1 million in work that’s not going to have to come out of our pocket because all the counties get together for this organization to clean ditches. One of the things we have to do is when that water is flowing better, that means it’s coming at a faster speed so we need to make sure our infrastructure is prepared to handle the additional water,” he said.
Ward 3 Alderman Edward Haynes voiced concerns for North Columbus Street, saying residents there have had issues for years.
“We are hitting all the areas we can at the current time. All the areas we have been working on, we put on a list. Everyone will get help based on us sitting around this table and putting a plan together and actually executing the plan we have in front of us,” Scott said.
Property cleanup
During her input, Ward 2 Alderwoman Lady B. Garth noted several items public works cannot pick up, which includes tires, appliances and paint. She stressed the need for more enforcement for people throwing out such items.
“I think the more stuff an individual sees another individual throwing out and nothing is being done that they’ll continue to do that,” she said. “We’re going to have to put some meat into this. I don’t know if we’re going to have to have the attorney draft an ordinance or just go on and put it in policy that if the city picks it up, we give them a bill for $150.”
Scott said a code enforcer handles such incidences in most cities.
“It was voted down when I tried to get that person,” he said.
Garth suggested passing the responsibility to city inspector Roy Haynes, but it was later decided to bring him in for a meeting with the board to discuss it.
“For years, we picked up stuff in this city we weren’t supposed to. I was always under the impression that tires, batteries and paint were pretty much, ‘Don’t do it.’ However, this goes back to what you’re paying on your bill, and somebody’s got to take charge and somebody’s got to enforce it. We’ve got all these rules on the books, and nobody’s enforcing it,” said Ward 5 Alderman Shea Cain.
In other business
Following a power outage June 5 that impacted the majority of the city, Cain said he received several telephone calls regarding concerns about the after hours number to report utility outages.
“The telephone number, 369-2881, I’ve had about 50 calls from people who can’t ever get anybody,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of people who can’t get a hold of anybody.”
City comptroller Karen Crump said the problem with the telephone number was supposed to have been worked out.
“I’ve called that number three times, and it always goes to a recording. I left a recording, put my coffee cup down and walked out and they were there to fix it. It took 15 minutes one time. The next time was 20 minutes. I’ve told [electric department manager] Mr. [LaMarcus] Thompson how much we appreciate them,” said citizen Brick Young.
In a separate matter, a representative from Affluent Marketing & Consulting Group said the company is vetting potential parties interested in the Parkway Hotel and also seeking grants for improvements at High Street Community Center and Newberger Park. Garth said there are mold issues at the community center.
He also said Scott shared issues with a memorandum of understanding regarding a transportation pod company, Transit X LLC, the group previously proposed to city officials.
“When I started vetting, I also sent it to be vetted by our chamber of commerce too. I’ve got some responses on that and I’ll get a copy to you so you can see their responses,” Scott said.
An equipment auction recently netted roughly $134,000 for the city, and Garth suggested purchasing a couple of new trucks for public works. No action was taken.
Board members approved to set June 20 as a meeting date with Three Rivers Planning and Development District regarding redistricting. Another date was originally presented, but it was suggested for the following day, depending on scheduling for Three Rivers.
During his input, Haynes said Toni Price turned down an appointment last month to serve on the city’s election commission. He said the board needs to pursue a third person to serve as an election commissioner.
Ward 4 Alderwoman Carolyn Odom recognized Cain for recently volunteering to clean up Odd Fellows East.
Ward 1 Alderman Nicholas Holliday said during his input plans are underway for a cleanup day in his ward.
Aldermen also approved a two-day in-house customer service training for 12 city employees.
During her input, Aberdeen Visitors Bureau Director Tina Robbins promoted an upcoming event June 22 at Paradise Alley, which will feature yard games, food trucks and live music.
“We’ve completed the additions we had planned, the string lights are up, we’ve got the street mural and will have a wonderful celebration night and a fun night of community,” she said.
Additionally, an American Rescue Plan Act-funded Facebook ad campaign is underway promoting Blue Bluff and the waterway.
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LUBBOCK, Texas—The 33rd annual 4th on Broadway will be held on Tuesday, July 4th. This event is a full day of events for you to enjoy as a spectator or better yet; get involved. Parade and vendor applications are open on the Broadway Festivals website at broadwayfestivals.com until June 16. Volunteers are still needed; sign up for an hour or all day. The celebration will include the parade, music, food, vendors, eating contest, fishing tournament and of course the fireworks show. If you would like to participate in activities or volunteer, find out more be reaching out: 806-749-2929. | 2023-06-13T00:39:01+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/trends-and-friends/the-deadline-is-this-week-for-4th-on-broadway-parade-and-vendor-applications/ |
Manfred says `prudent’ A’s are exploring Las Vegas ballpark
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks the Oakland Athletics made a good decision to explore a possible new ballpark in Las Vegas, expressing frustration their stadium situation remains unsolved in an industry just shy of $11 billion in revenue this year.
The A’s have played at the Coliseum since 1968 and their lease expires after the 2024 season. After proposing and withdrawing plans for ballparks in Fremont and San Jose, the team announced in November 2018 it had found a waterfront location for a new ballpark at Howard Terminal, close to the Jack London Square neighborhood.
Major League Baseball instructed the team in May 2021 to explore relocation options if no ballpark agreement could be reached. Team president Dave Kaval has said the club was working on plans along “parallel paths” in Oakland and Las Vegas.
“The pace in Oakland has not been rapid, number one,” Manfred said Monday after announcing Game 3 of the World Series between Houston and Philadelphia had been postponed by rain. “We’re in a stadium situation that’s really not tenable. I mean, we need to do something to alter the situation. So I’m concerned about the lack of pace.
“Given the fact that they have not made a deal in Oakland — and I’ve been talking to this since the day I started, that’s eight years ago, I think it’s prudent that they are exploring another alternative because something needs to happen in Oakland.”
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission voted 23-2 in June to reclassify a 56-acre terminal at the Port of Oakland as a mixed-use area where a new ballpark could be built. The vote is the first in a series of legal hurdles the team would have to overcome before it gets permission to break ground for the project.
Oakland’s City Council approved preliminary terms for the project last yea r, but Kaval said the financial terms didn’t work for the team.
Manfred said any timetable for a possible relocation decision would be “partially dependent on decisions that Oakland — the team — may make.”
Oakland traded veterans and cut payroll to $48.8 million this season, more than $11 million less than any other big league team as of Aug. 31. The A’s finished 60-102, 29th among the 30 teams and ahead of only Washington at 55-107. The A’s finished with a big league-low 787,902 in home attendance, an average of 9,849 per game.
Manfred said MLB revenue this year will be just shy of $11 billion, up from $10 billion before the pandemic.
The 30 teams combined to draw 64.6 million fans, up from 45.3 million in the pandemic-restricted 2021 season and down from 68.5 million in 2019. The 26,843 average was down 5.3% from the 2019 average of 28,339.
Manfred said the expansion of the playoffs from 10 teams to 12 was key.
“We’ve had a phenomenal year,” he said. “In September we saw the benefits of the new playoff format. We had, in particular, weekend draws that we hadn’t seen since 2014. That’s what it was about: more interest in September baseball. I think that the three-game wild-card round performed really well on a weekend against football.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-01T14:59:40+00:00 | fox5vegas.com | https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/11/01/manfred-says-prudent-are-exploring-las-vegas-ballpark/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A suspected officer with Russia’s Federal Security Service was among seven people charged by U.S. prosecutors Tuesday with smuggling sensitive electronic components to help Russia’s military effort.
Prosecutors claimed the seven worked with two Moscow-based companies controlled by Russian intelligence services to acquire electronic components in the U.S. that have civilian uses, but can also be used to help make nuclear and hypersonic weapons and in quantum computing.
The exporting of the technology involved is heavily regulated and occurred in violation of U.S. sanctions, according to a 16-count indictment unsealed Monday in Brooklyn.
Five Russian nationals were charged, including Vadim Konoshchenok, a suspected officer with Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB. He was arrested in Estonia last week and will undergo extradition proceedings to the United States, U.S. authorities said.
“The Department of Justice and our international partners will not tolerate criminal schemes to bolster the Russian military’s war efforts,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement announcing the charges.
About 375 pounds of ammunition originating from the United States was found by Estonian authorities in a warehouse used by Konoshchenok, according to federal prosecutors.
The four other Russian nationals remain at large.
Also arrested and charged were Alexey Brayman, a lawful U.S. resident living in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and Vadim Yermolenko, a U.S. citizen living in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
Brayman’s attorney David Lazarus said in an email that his client has not been convicted of anything and is entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Yermolenko’s attorney said via email she had no comment.
Attorney information was not immediately available for the other defendants.
U.S. officials said the arrests had disrupted the procurement network allegedly used by Russian intelligence services, which they said had been operating as far back as 2017.
U.S. scrutiny of efforts to evade sanctions on Russia intensified after the invasion of Ukraine last winter. | 2022-12-14T11:46:18+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-suspected-russian-fsb-officer-charged-in-u-s-sanctions-case/ |
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas — The New Mexico Ice Wolves got a second-period power-play goal from Dillan Bentley and made it hold up for a 1-0 victory over the Lone Star Brahmas in a decisive Game 5 playoff game Sunday at NYTEX Sports Centre. The Ice Wolves trailed the series 2-0 but rallied with three consecutive wins.
Ice Wolves goalie Beni Halasz made 29 saves in the win. William Howard and Joe Prouty assisted on Bentley’s goal.
New Mexico now joins the other three division champions to play at the Robertson Cup Championship in Blaine, Minnesota beginning Friday through May 24. Games can be seen on hockeytv.com, a pay website.
The NAHL is a developmental league for athletes seeking professional or high-level collegiate playing opportunities. | 2022-05-16T03:12:47+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2499571/ice-wolves-advance-to-nahls-final-four-playoff-in-minnesota.html |
EMResource and JX Connector streamline data integration to provide hospital capacity and healthcare resource situational awareness, creating a common operating picture for public health, healthcare, and emergency management.
ATLANTA, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juvare, the leader in crisis and emergency management technology, today announced the successful automation of hospital bed capacity data from EMResource to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), directed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to support the shift in federal data collection responsibilities for data relating to COVID-19.
Throughout the pandemic, the national response to COVID-19 has leveraged data from EMResource to enable flexible data collection from hospitals and improved visibility at the state and federal levels. Data from EMResource is estimated to have been the single largest source of hospital data.
"Our ability to quickly help hospitals and public health stakeholders to maintain regional and state-wide situational awareness and respond to changing regulatory needs without adding additional burden to healthcare providers is unique," said Robert "Bob" Watson, Juvare CEO. "States and healthcare coalitions rely on EMResource to maintain a common operating picture of healthcare resource capacity and availability, even in the absence of federal guidelines or mandates."
"For over two decades, state and local public health departments and regional coalitions have used EMResource to ensure situational awareness of hospital resource capacity and availability," said Sam Klietz, Chief Client Officer at Juvare. "Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 1,750 hospitals from thirteen states and the District of Columbia, as well as hundreds of long-term care facilities, have used EMResource daily to submit hospital capacity, supply, and resource data to meet HHS data requirements and make strategic decisions in the nation's COVID-19 response."
Juvare made several important updates to the EMResource platform throughout the pandemic, modernizing its user interface, supporting statewide API access for unprecedented data automation from hospitals, and launching the JX Connector integration platform to rapidly connect disparate data streams in support of digital modernization efforts across the public sector.
"Juvare's JX Connector, an integration-as-a-service platform, was used to accelerate implementation of the EMResource-NHSN integration," said Bryan Kaplan, Juvare Chief Information & Technology Officer. "This is just the beginning. As the need to connect various data streams increases, JX Connector is uniquely poised to assist public health stakeholders in responding to various threats and incidents."
Juvare congratulates our clients on their successful transition to NHSN-based reporting. To learn more about EMResource, visit www.juvare.com/emresource
Juvare is a worldwide leader in crisis and emergency management software. Juvare solutions empower government agencies, corporations, healthcare facilities, academic institutions, and volunteer organizations to leverage real-time data to manage incidents faster and more efficiently, protecting people, property, and brands. For more information, visit www.juvare.com.
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The Most Expensive, Beautiful Private Home in Houston History Has a Frickin’ Moat
So, yeah, if you're reading this there's a very good chance this home is out of your price range. Hell, it's out of the price range of 99.9% of us, maybe more. But that doesn't mean we can't peep in on how the other .00001% are living there in Houston, TX, right?
This house is like an English manor in the middle of one of the largest U.S. cities. It's gorgeous. In fact you will have to be meticulously screened and pre-approved before you will be able to be shown the property.
THE LODGE IN HUNTERS CREEK is a RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE, an ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE in HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE
Houston, Texas and it can be yours for $60,000,000.
“As an architect doing work for over 35 years across the United States and in several other countries around the world, I will tell you that the Romanov in Houston, Texas is one of the most extraordinary houses anyone may ever see” -- Ken Newberry.
It's being called the most expensive private compound in Houston and it's officially hit the market for first time this spring. The 22,000+ SQFT- Rare, Richardsonian Romanesque Design is situated beautifully on a nine acre MOATED compound.
It's truly a custom home. In fact, builder Jeff Thomsen, “For some of the more formal rooms, we cast our own trim of bronze buttons for controlling the lights. There are carvings in both wood, stone and metal that were the result of hundreds of hours of work.”
Let's take a look shall we? Into the most expensive private compound in Texas. | 2022-06-23T21:40:58+00:00 | knue.com | https://knue.com/most-expensive-private-home-in-houston-tx/ |
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (AP) — FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (AP) — Acushnet Holdings Corp. (GOLF) on Wednesday reported a loss of $58,000 in its fourth quarter.
The Fairhaven, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis.
The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 5 cents per share.
The golf products maker posted revenue of $447.4 million in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $421.5 million.
For the year, the company reported profit of $199.3 million, or $2.75 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.27 billion.
Acushnet expects full-year revenue in the range of $2.33 billion to $2.38 billion.
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Brad Chastain, U.S. Money Reserve's Director of Education, and a former Manager of Retirement Education at Vanguard, has a warning regarding portfolio diversification. While many people diversify their portfolios with a mixture of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or even annuities, they may overestimate how diversified their portfolios are. In the video below, Chastain explains why and tells what portfolio owners can do.
Watch the latest video to learn more.
During his career, Chastain found that many financial advisors only focus on the assets they specialize in, such as stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. This can lead them to have blind spots for other assets, like precious metals, leaving portfolios under-diversified.
Financial experts frequently recommend diversification because each asset type has risks and benefits and performs differently. Different assets in different classes can help balance out each asset class's respective risks.
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Founded in 2001, U.S. Money Reserve has grown into one of the world's largest private distributors of U.S. and foreign government–issued gold, silver, platinum, and palladium legal-tender products, as well as precious metals IRAs. Hundreds of thousands of clients across the country rely on U.S. Money Reserve to diversify their assets with physical precious metals.
U.S. Money Reserve's uniquely trained team includes coin research and numismatic professionals equipped with the expert market knowledge to find products that offer the highest profit potential for precious metals buyers at every level. U.S. Money Reserve goes above the industry standard to provide superior customer service, with the goal of establishing a long-term relationship with each and every one of its customers. U.S. Money Reserve is based in Austin, Texas.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Co-Diagnostics, Inc. ("Co-Dx" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CODX) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Co-Dx investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased the publicly traded securities of Co-Dx during the period of May 12, 2022 through the close of the market on August 11, 2022 (4:00 p.m. ET). Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
CODX investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) demand for the Company's Logix Smart™ COVID-19 test had plummeted throughout the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and (ii) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the demand for its Logix Smart™ COVID-19 test lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Co-Dx during the relevant time frame, you have until October 17, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- October 3, 2022 - Atlantic Avenue Acquisition Corp (the "Company") (NYSE: ASAQ.U, ASAQ, ASAQ WS), announced today that it has canceled its special meeting of stockholders that was previously scheduled for 10:00 AM Eastern time on October 4, 2022, and that, due to its inability to complete an initial business combination within the time period required by its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company intends to dissolve and liquidate, effective as of the close of business on October 6, 2022, and will redeem all of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock that were included in the units issued in its initial public offering (the "Public Shares"), at a per-share redemption price of approximately $10.03.
As of the close of business on October 6, 2022, the Public Shares will be deemed cancelled and will represent only the right to receive the redemption amount.
In order to provide for the disbursement of funds from the trust account, the Company has instructed the trustee of the trust account to take all necessary actions to liquidate the securities held in the trust account. The proceeds of the trust account will be held in a non-interest bearing account while awaiting disbursement to the holders of the Public Shares. Record holders will receive their pro rata portion of the proceeds of the trust account by delivering their Public Shares to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company's transfer agent. Beneficial owners of Public Shares held in "street name," however, will not need to take any action in order to receive the redemption amount. The redemption of the Public Shares is expected to be completed within ten business days after October 6, 2022.
The Company's sponsor has agreed to waive its redemption rights with respect to its outstanding Class B common stock issued prior to the Company's initial public offering. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company's warrants, which will expire worthless.
The Company expects that the New York Stock Exchange will file a Form 25 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to delist the Company's securities. The Company thereafter expects to file a Form 15 with the Commission to terminate the registration of its securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company's registration statement and prospectus for the offering filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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SOURCE Atlantic Avenue Acquisition Corp | 2022-10-04T01:34:38+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2022/10/04/atlantic-avenue-acquisition-corp-announces-cancellation-special-meeting-stockholders-liquidation/ |
The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, has agreed to appear before a Senate committee next week, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Alan Shaw will appear before the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee during a March 9 hearing.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for Shaw to appear for a hearing during floor remarks on Monday.
"The American people should hear from Norfolk Southern CEO precisely why they thought it was a good idea to spend years lobbying to loosen regulations designed to prevent accidents like this," Schumer said. "And I especially want to hear why Norfolk Southern, after seeing a record $3.3 billion in profits last year, prioritized billions in stock buybacks instead of putting that money towards safety and towards their workers."
The hearing has not yet been formally noticed by the committee, but other witnesses are expected.
The freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed on Feb. 3 near East Palestine, sending toxic chemicals into the air, soil and creeks in the area. The derailment has caused concerns for residents as well as increased scrutiny of railway regulations and calls for reform.
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Key suspect in murder-for-hire case pleads not guilty
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Los Angeles biotech investor pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a transcontinental murder-for-hire conspiracy that led to the 2018 abduction and killing of a Vermont man.
Serhat Gumrukcu, a 39-year-old Turkish citizen, appeared in U.S. District Court in Burlington, where he entered the plea to a charge of interstate murder for hire during a brief hearing before Judge Geoffrey Crawford. If convicted, he could go to prison for life.
Gregory Davis, 49, was abducted from his home in Danville on the night of Jan. 6, 2018, by a man wearing a jacket with a U.S. Marshals Service insignia and carrying a rifle and handcuffs. Davis’ body was found the next day in a snowbank on the side of the road about 15 miles (24 kilometers) away, in the town of Barnet.
Davis’ wife, Melissa Davis, declined to comment after the hearing. Gumrukcu’s husband, William Anderson Wittekind, of Los Angeles, also declined to comment.
Investigators identified the alleged kidnapper — Jerry Banks, of Fort Collins, Colorado — to a cellphone that was used to make a 911 call made about 15 minutes before the kidnapping in which the caller claimed to have killed his wife at a nonexistent address. Investigators traced the phone that Banks used to make the call to a Walmart in Pennsylvania where Banks bought it while on his way to Vermont.
Initially, Banks was only charged with kidnapping Davis, and even though prosecutors alleged that he killed Davis, he wasn’t charged with the killing. But on Tuesday, prosecutors announced the charges against him had been amended and that he is facing the same murder-for-hire charge as Gumrukcu and Berk Eratay, who worked for Gumrukcu. Banks’ attorney did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Investigators subsequently linked Banks to Aron Lee Ethridge, of Las Vegas, who hired him; to Eratay and then to Gumrukcu.
Banks previously pleaded not guilty to the initial charge, but he hasn’t entered a plea to the murder charge announced Tuesday. Eratay has pleaded not guilty. Ethridge pleaded guilty over the summer, and attorneys are going to recommend a sentence of 27 years in prison.
Prosecutors allege that Gumrukcu, 39, was involved in an oil deal with Gregory Davis. After Gumrukcu missed payments, Davis threatened to report him to law enforcement.
In 2017, Gumrukcu was putting together a different deal through which he obtained a significant ownership stake in Enochian Biosciences, of Los Angeles. Prosecutors have said that any complaints by Davis to law enforcement could have ended the Enochian deal.
After Gumrukcu’s arrest, Enochian issued a statement saying there was no link between the company and the crime with which Gumrukcu is charged.
Last week, during a separate hearing in Rutland in the Eratay case, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Van de Graaf told Crawford that if the three defendants go to trial, officials expect to try them together.
Eratay and Banks also face sentences of life in prison if convicted.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-05T03:07:15+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/10/05/key-suspect-murder-for-hire-case-pleads-not-guilty/ |
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Follow along for real-time, on-the-ground updates on the 2022 U.S. midterm elections from The Associated Press. Live updates — all times Eastern — are produced by Ashraf Khalil, Annie Ma, Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian, Mallika Sen and AP journalists around the country.
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THEY SAID IT
“This campaign has always been about fighting for everyone who’s ever been knocked down that ever got back up.”
— John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s newest senator-elect
The AP called the race for Fetterman, a Democrat who was in a tight contest with television personality Mehmet Oz, early Wednesday morning. In a victory speech before the race call, Fetterman nodded to his stroke earlier this year: “Health care is a fundamental right and it saved my life.”
Fetterman’s victory flips the Senate seat for Democrats as he replaces retiring Republican Pat Toomey.
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“It’s why you brew coffee,” John King grumbled after yet another spin through rural Georgia counties on CNN’s “magic wall” trying to decipher that Senate race.
It was an election night that even TV news couldn’t impose a storyline upon, AP media writer David Bauder reports. Tight races across the country confirmed the nation’s divide and kept reporters across formats wary of drawing conclusions about the political future.
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SNAPSHOT
Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has won a second four-year term, defeating Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in a campaign that focused on their opposing views on abortion.
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While Mayor Muriel Bowser easily coasted to a third term, one of the more interesting items on the Washington, D.C., ballot this year was a proposal to completely revamp the way servers and bartenders in Washington’s many restaurants are paid, AP’s Ashraf Khalil reports.
Initiative 82, which passed easily with almost 75% of the vote, will eliminate the so-called tipped wages system in which restaurant owners pay certain staff members well below the $16.10 minimum hourly wage.
The referendum is particularly notable since literally the same idea was approved by voters four years ago, only to be immediately overturned by the D.C. Council and Bowser amid murky circumstances.
Currently, restaurant managers pay some staffers salaries as low as $5.35 per hour. If the employees’ tips for the night don’t raise that income up to the minimum, the employers make up the difference. That two-tiered system will now be phased out and employers will be required to pay every staffer at least the $16.10 minimum by 2027.
The dynamic was more complex than merely labor vs. management and the debate divided the staffs of restaurants and bars. Many waiters and bartenders opposed it since they currently earn well above the minimum on tips and feared those tips would shrink if an owners imposed an extra service charge in response to their increased costs.
The D.C. Council members seem unlikely to overturn the measure again. They drew accusations of backroom influence from the restaurant industry the first time around. And the idea has apparently become much more popular in the past four years, gaining 20 percentage points over its 2018 margin of victory.
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THEY SAID IT
“I have felt a weight on my shoulders to make sure that every little girl and all the women of the state who’ve had to bang up against glass ceilings everywhere they turn, to know that a woman could be elected in her own right and successfully govern a state as rough and tumble as New York.”
— Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York’s first elected female governor, standing under a literal glass ceiling
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THEY SAID IT
“Even though our fight for the governor’s mansion may have come up short, I’m pretty tall.”
— Stacey Abrams, conceding the Georgia governor’s race to incumbent Brian Kemp
After the Democrat lost her gubernatorial campaign in 2018, she refashioned herself as an advocate for voting rights and garnered the admiration of Democrats nationwide.
But it wasn’t enough to help her win a rematch with Kemp, a Republican, which the AP called early Wednesday. Abrams had delivered her concession speech before the call.
It was a difficult blow to Abrams, who had been viewed as a potential force within the party at a time when Georgia has been increasingly contested as a battleground state.
And it showed Kemp’s ability to salvage a political career that was in danger after he angered former President Donald Trump by refusing to go along with his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
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STATUS UPDATE
Democrat Josh Shapiro has been elected as governor of Pennsylvania, defeating hard-right Republican candidate Doug Mastriano after a highly anticipated battle in a key battleground state.
Shapiro, a two-term state attorney general, will replace the term-limited Democrat Tom Wolf.
Mastriano, a member of the state Senate, courted controversy as a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump’s discredited claims that he was cheated out of victory in the 2020 elections.
A perennial swing state, Pennsylvania’s races have drawn national attention. In addition to the governor’s race, Wolf’s former lieutenant governor John Fetterman is facing off against television celebrity Mehmet Oz in an still-uncalled race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate.
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Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois, who faced a barrage of negative advertising in the final days of the campaign but also received some last minute support from President Joe Biden, has hung on to his seat.
The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with the GOP House leadership, last week announced a $1.8 million ad buy against Casten, who represents a district that Biden won easily in 2020. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy also made a stop on Friday in the district to hold a fundraiser for Casten’s Republican opponent, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau.
Biden made his own fundraising stop for Casten and fellow suburban Chicago Democrat Rep. Lauren Underwood on Friday.
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Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, 89, who would turn 95 four months before his next term expires, will be among the oldest sitting senators in the chamber’s history, reports AP’s Thomas Beaumont. Republican Strom Thurmond of South Carolina retired at age 100 in 2003.
Grassley will be the Senate’s oldest Republican and second oldest member behind California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is three months older than the Iowa lawmaker.
His Democratic opponent Michael Franken did not make Grassley’s age a specific issue in the campaign, though his ads featured photographs of Grassley, who first won elected in office in Iowa in 1958, going back to the early days of his career.
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Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire won a second term in office in a race that Republican strategists had targeted as ripe for flipping, AP’s Holly Ramer reports from Concord.
New Hampshire has a mixed political history, with both Republicans and Democrats capturing the governor’s office in recent years. Currently, Democrats control both Senate seats and all four seats in the House of Representatives, and New Hampshire has gone Democratic in the last five presidential elections. But the state legislature and the governor’s office are in Republican hands.
Hassan defeated Donald Bolduc, a retired Army general who has espoused conspiracy theories about vaccines and embraced the discredited belief that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
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PARTY POLITICS
The menus of campaign parties can tell a story on their own. Here’s a brief roundup of refreshments and nourishments on offer:
— In Utah, supporters of U.S. Sen. Mike Lee are drinking non-alcoholic ginger beers under fluorescent lights, AP’s Sam Metz reports from Salt Lake City. Lee served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which teaches abstinence from alcohol.
— At U.S. Sen. John Kennedy’s election watch party, his featured cocktail was named the “Old Fashioned Weed Killer,” an ode to his catchphrase “I’ll never stop fighting … I’d rather drink weed killer,” AP’s Sara Cline reports from Baton Rouge. Kennedy has also said he would rather drink the chemical than be a political insider or support the federal health care overhaul. The cocktail was a standard Old Fashioned, with no special ingredient.
— John Fetterman’s campaign party in Pittsburgh had crudités on offer to guests, AP’s Ted Shaffrey reports. That’s an apparent reference to a much-mocked effort by his rival for Pennsylvania’s Senate seat, Mehmet Oz, to spotlight inflation by shopping for raw vegetables cut up and served as an hors d’oeuvre.
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VOTECAST
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump might not be on this year’s midterm ballots, but they loom large over the 2022 election for congressional, state and local races.
About 7 in 10 Republican voters said they were voting to defy Biden, according to AP VoteCast, while two-thirds of Democrats said their votes were meant to show opposition to Trump.
Biden faces criticism about his leadership, even among Democrats. Nearly a third of voters who backed Democratic congressional candidates said that Biden is not a strong leader. One in five Democrats says he lacks the mental capability to serve effectively as president.
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THEY SAID IT
“For those who have felt unseen, this victory is for you. For those who have felt marginalized, this victory is for you. For those who have felt left out, left behind, and undervalued, this victory is for you.”
— Andrea Campbell, Massachusetts’ attorney general-elect
Voters in Massachusetts for the first time have elected a Black woman to serve as attorney general, and she has a compelling backstory.
When she was just a child, Campbell’s father was sent to prison for eight years. Her mother died in a car accident on the way to visit him, forcing Campbell and her brothers to live with relatives and in foster care. Much later, her twin brother died in police custody, and her older brother faced charges in a string of alleged rapes.
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In a hotly contested race, Democratic Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican challenger Yesli Vega. Spanberger held onto the seat, which she flipped in 2018 as part of a wave of Democrats that retook the House.
The race was one of the most expensive in the country, with over $20 million in independent expenditures, AP’s Sarah Rankin reported.
Democrats were able to hold Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s seat in the northern Virginia, but they lost a seat in another Virginia swing district after Elaine Luria conceded the race to Republican Jen Kiggans.
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Republican J.D. Vance has beaten Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in the campaign for an Ohio Senate seat, AP’s Julie Carr Smyth reports from columbus.
The seat is currently held by Rob Portman, a Republican who is retiring.
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Republican Greg Abbott secured a third term as Texas governor Tuesday night, defeating Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after a tight campaign in which the two candidates focused on starkly different issues.
O’Rourke, who rose to prominence in 2018 in a failed effort to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz, centered his campaign on abortion rights and gun control. He attacked Abbott for opposing stricter gun laws after 19 schoolchildren were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and for signing a law that outlawed all abortions, including for rape victims.
Nevertheless, O’Rourke always faced an uphill battle in a state where no Democrat has won statewide office in nearly 30 years.
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11 p.m.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are having a rare moment of agreement on Election Day: They’re urging voters to stay in line.
Biden took to Twitter late in the evening to urge voters who are facing long lines to wait it out to cast their ballots. “If you’re in line to vote, remember to stay in line!” Biden tweeted.
The Democrats tweet came hours after Trump took his social media startup Truth Social to urge “The Great People of Arizona” to not leave the line “until you VOTE.”
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DID YOU KNOW?
The 2022 elections are on track to cost $16.7 billion at the state and federal level, making them the most expensive midterms ever, according to the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.
For perspective: The contests will nearly double the cost of the 2010 midterm elections, more than double the 2014 midterms and are on pace to roughly equal the 2022 gross domestic product of Mongolia, AP’s Brian Slodysko reports.
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THEY SAID IT
“I know Vermonters believe that politics can be different. That’s why we won.”
— Becca Balint, the Democrat who was elected as Vermont’s first female and openly gay member of Congress.
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DID YOU KNOW?
A quick historical reminder: More often than not, the president’s party typically faces significant losses in midterm elections.
Since 1934, only Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934, Bill Clinton in 1998, and George W. Bush in 2002 saw their parties gain seats in the midterms.
Some recent presidents saw big losses in their first midterm races. Republicans under Donald Trump lost 40 House seats but gained two Senate seats in 2018; Democrats under Barack Obama lost 63 House seats and six Senate seats in 2010, and Democrats under Clinton lost 52 House seats and eight Senate seats in 1994.
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THEY SAID IT
“I like it, I love it, I want some more of it.”
In South Carolina, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster let country music star Tim McGraw do the talking, chanting along with the election party while referring to “that famous philosopher’s” 1995 chart-topping hit, AP’s James Pollard reports.
McMaster earlier turned to another country singer as his muse: “Let’s give ’em something to talk about,” said McMaster, the third oldest governor in the United States, quoting Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning 1991 single.
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10 p.m.
President Joe Biden has made several “congratulatory” calls to fellow Democrats on Tuesday evening, according to the White House.
The White House said Biden has already reached out to Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, Vermont Senator-elect Peter Welch, Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
The Associated Press has not declared Spanberger, a two-term incumbent, the winner in Virginia’s 7th district race.
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Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s victory party briefly turned emotional as his wife, Maria, joined him on stage in a headscarf to give an update on her battle with cancer, AP’s Kimberlee Kruesi reports from Nashville.
The two held back tears as they thanked their supporters and God for giving them the strength to make it through the campaign.
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STATUS UPDATE
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the freshman Republican who gained notoriety in her first term for incendiary rhetoric that edged into racism, antisemitism and conspiracy theories, has been reelected, AP’s Russ Bynum reports from Savannah.
Just weeks after taking office last year, members of the Democratic-controlled House voted to strip Greene of her committee assignments following uproar over her past comments and apparent support of violence against Democrats.
Democrats were particularly livid about a Facebook ad on Greene’s campaign page. The image featured a photo of Greene holding a gun along images of Democratic U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. The ad included the caption: “Squad’s worst nightmare.”
Greene was expected to easily win reelection and has made clear that should Republicans win control of House she expects to hold a prominent role in the caucus.
“I’m going to be a strong legislator and I’ll be a very involved member of Congress,” she predicted. “I know how to work inside, and I know how to work outside. And I’m looking forward to doing that.”
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THEY SAID IT
“Two more years!”
That was the cheer of some supporters at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ victory party on Tuesday night.
It was a nod toward the possibility that the Republican seeks the presidency in 2024.
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STATUS UPDATE
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine won reelection to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenge Nan Whaley.
DeWine and Whaley briefly found common ground in pledging to work together on a bipartisan effort for gun reform in 2019, after a gunman killed nine people in Dayton, where Whaley was the mayor.
But Whaley has said that DeWine did not make good on his promise, criticizing his signing of a bill to arm school employees and saying he failed to pass stronger gun laws, AP’s Andrew Welsh-Huggins reports.
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If South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster serves his full second term, which he won Tuesday night, he will be the longest-serving executive in state history with a 10-year tenure, AP’s Jeffrey Collins reports from Columbia. McMaster finished the final two years of Nikki Haley’s term before being reelected twice.
He defeated Joe Cunningham, a former Democratic congressman. Democrats have steadily lost ground in the state, having race in 16 years. A Democrat has not won the governor’s race since 1998.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a former White House press secretary, is the first woman elected Arkansas governor, AP’s Andrew DeMillo reports. She defeated Democratic nominee Chris Jones to nab the seat that her father, Mike Huckabee, held from 1996 to 2007.
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STATUS UPDATE
Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida easily won another term on Tuesday, beating Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings, AP’s Brendan Farrington reports.
Rubio’s victory appeared to be further evidence of hardening conservative politics in Florida, once the quintessential swing state. Demings was unable to unseat Rubio despite raising more money and drawing national attention with her role in then-President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial.
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Four years ago, Ron DeSantis narrowly won the Florida governor’s office in a squeaker. But he’s consolidated his grip on the state since then, and on Tuesday the Republican easily won a second term, AP’s Anthony Izaguirre reports.
The Associated Press called the race shortly after polls closed. The victory could embolden DeSantis to seek the White House in the next election as many have expected.
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Two gubernatorial firsts tonight: In Maryland, Democrat Wes Moore becomes the state’s first Black governor. And in Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey’s win makes her the state’s first elected woman and openly gay governor.
Moore is a bestselling author in his first run for public office, AP’s Brian Witte reports.
Healey is currently Massachusetts’ attorney general and has broken a peculiar jinx in the state. Since 1958, six former Massachusetts attorneys general sought the governor’s office and all failed, AP’s Steve LeBlanc reports.
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STATUS UPDATE
There will be at least two new faces in the Senate Republican caucus.
Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma has won a special election to serve the final four years of longtime Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe’s fifth-term in the Senate. Inhofe announced in February that he would resign before completing the six-year term. Katie Britt, a former chief of staff for the retiring Sen. Richard Shelby, has won her bid to succeed her old boss. Shelby, who is retiring, first took office in 1987.
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SNAPSHOT
While Kathy Hochul waits to see if she’ll become the first woman to win election as New York’s governor, invitees to her campaign party are assembling under a quite literal glass ceiling.
AP photographer Mary Altaffer is at Capitale, an event space in Manhattan’s Chinatown playing host to Hochul’s Election Night party. This isn’t the first time Hochul, who became New York’s governor when her predecessor Andrew Cuomo resigned last year amid scandal, has stood under a glass ceiling.
Hochul held her Democratic primary victory party at a similar space earlier this year, AP’s Michelle L. Price reported at the time.
“I’m also here because I stand on the shoulders of generations of women, generations of women who constantly had to bang up against that glass ceiling,” Hochul said in June. “To the women of New York, this one’s for you.”
Hochul faces Republican congressman Lee Zeldin in the general election.
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STATUS UPDATE
Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost has become the first Gen Z member to win a seat in Congress, winning a Florida House seat.
Frost, a 25-year-old gun reform and social justice activist, ran in a heavily blue Orlando-area district being relinquished by Democratic Rep. Val Demings, who challenged Republican Sen. Marco Rubio this year.
Frost is a former March For Our Lives organizer seeking stricter gun control laws and has stressed opposition to restrictions on abortion rights. Generation Z generally refers to those born between the late 1990s to early 2010s. To become a member of Congress, candidates must be at least 25 years old.
He ran against Calvin Wimbish, a 72-year-old former Army Green Beret who called himself a “Christian, conservative, constitutionalist” candidate for office.
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STATUS UPDATE
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has defeated challenger Charles Booker, a progressive Black Democrat, to secure a third term from Kentucky.
Booker, a former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, previously sought to challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020, but lost a close race in the Democratic primary.
Paul, 59, capitalized on his massive fundraising advantage to run a series of TV ads, while Booker, 38, relied mostly on social media and grassroots campaigning. Paul paid little public attention to Booker, refusing to debate his challenger.
Democrats haven’t won a Senate election in Kentucky since 1992, when then-incumbent Wendell Ford won his last election.
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A lot of people have warned that democracy is on the ballot this year, and nowhere is that more true than in campaigns for secretary of state, AP’s Meg Kinnard and Nick Riccardi explain.
In most states, the role functions as the chief election officer, overseeing the machinery of collecting and counting ballots.
Although they’re sometimes appointed by governors, other times they’re chosen by voters. There are 27 secretary of state contests right now.
Some of the candidates have supported former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud, leading to concerns that they could meddle in future election outcomes.
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Right as polls closed in South Carolina and Vermont, AP made its first calls in U.S. Senate races. Republican Tim Scott won reelection in South Carolina, while Democrat Peter Welch was elected from Vermont.
In defeating Trump-endorsed Republican Gerald Malloy, Welch — who has served in the House of Representatives for 16 years — becomes the junior senator from Vermont while independent Bernie Sanders becomes the state’s senior senator. Longtime U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is retiring after serving 48 years, AP’s Wilson Ring reports.
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6:30 p.m.
The last day of midterms voting has started to slowly wind down.
Polls closed in Kentucky and Indiana at 6 p.m. Eastern. The next wave of closures will be in New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Polls close or begin to close in those states at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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Voters in five states are weighing whether to approve the use of recreational marijuana, a move that could signal a major shift toward legalization in even some of the most conservative parts of the country.
The proposals are on the ballot in Republican strongholds Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota as well as Democratic-leaning Maryland, reports AP’s Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock. The ballot measures come on the heels of President Joe Biden announcing last month he was pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law.
Advocates of the marijuana initiatives are hopeful Biden’s announcement may give a boost to their efforts.
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THEY SAID IT
“This is a different breed of cat.”
— President Joe Biden
Over and over on the campaign trail, Biden has described today’s Republican Party as much different than the one he’s used to working with over several decades in politics.
Today’s Republicans, he argues, are “MAGA Republicans,” a reference to Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan. Sometimes Biden calls them “ultra MAGA” or “mega MAGA,” and he describes their ideas as “mega-MAGA, trickle-down politics in the extreme.”
Biden made the point again on Tuesday in a radio interview with comedian DL Hughley as he made a final push for Democrats over the airwaves.
Asked why listeners should brave the rain or wait in long lines, Biden warned that “MAGA Republicans” would gain ground.
“You’ve seen what you got from that community,” he said. “It matters.”
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VOTECAST
High inflation and worries about the future of American democracy were significant factors in voters’ decisions in this year’s midterm election, according to AP VoteCast. Roughly three-quarters say the country is headed in the wrong direction. That figure is higher than it was in VoteCast surveys of voters in 2018 and 2020.
AP’s Josh Boak and Hannah Fingerhut report on this year’s survey of more than 90,000 voters, which offers a detailed portrait of the American electorate.
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THEY SAID IT
“And so far Election Day in Georgia has been, in fact, wonderfully, stupendously boring.”
— Gabriel Stirling, an official with the Georgia secretary of state’s office, on Twitter
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5:10 p.m.
With the first polls set to close in under an hour, AP’s Mike Catalini explains why the AP will be able to call some elections immediately.
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SNAPSHOT
If you were awake before the sun on election night, you might have spotted a rare sight in the sky — a blood moon. It gets its portentous name because the lunar surface appears reddish-orange during the eclipse.
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More than 130 measures are on state ballots this Tuesday. In rather meta fashion, voters in several states will weigh in on questions about how future elections will function, AP’s David A. Lieb reports. Other measures deal with abortion rights, marijuana legalization and taxation.
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Social media platforms can be full of useful information and misinformation, hearsay and rumors alike. AP’s David Klepper has a guide on how to interpret your social media feeds this Election Day.
Far-right message boards and social media platforms lit up Tuesday with misleading claims equating expected delays in counting the vote to election fraud.
SITE Intelligence Group, a firm that tracks disinformation, reported a sharp uptick in social media posts Monday and Tuesday claiming Democrats would use delays in vote tallying to rig elections through the country. Some of the posts originated on websites popular with supporters of ex-President Donald Trump as well as adherents of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory.
Trump and many influential figures on the far right used the length of time it took to count votes in 2020 to spin baseless conspiracy theories about a rigged election. Those misleading claims have been blamed for decreasing trust in U.S. elections and have been recycled as a main misinformation narrative in 2022.
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1:30 p.m.
Whatever the outcome of today’s voting, the White House will stay bathed in bright light until 2 a.m. — largely to accommodate TV correspondents filing on-camera reports and other reporters trying to make their deadlines.
The floodlights are usually turned off around 10 p.m. every night, in part because they bleed into the executive residence where the president and first lady live.
U.S. Secret Service officers usually make a pass through the press briefing room each night, checking news organization offices to make sure all reporters have left the building so they can lock the doors to the workspace. But the rules are usually relaxed on major news nights, like midterm and presidential elections, and presidential inaugurations.
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THEY SAID IT
“I think we’re going to have a very big night and it’s going to be very exciting to watch.”
— former President Donald Trump
Trump predicted Republicans would have a “great night” as he voted in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday morning. He told reporters outside the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center that he had voted to reelect Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, even as the two could soon become rivals if — as many expect — they both run for president in 2024.
Trump is planning an announcement in Florida next Tuesday, as AP’s Jill Colvin reports. Trump said Nov. 15 would “be a very exciting day for a lot of people.”
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SNAPSHOT
From Lewiston, Maine, to rainy Pacoima, California, AP photographers were there to capture the scene at voting locations across the U.S. Emotions were raw outside libraries, fitness centers, laundromats and fire stations as voters said inflation, abortion, crime and the future of democracy weighed heavily on their minds.
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11:20 a.m.
President Joe Biden was not expected to make any public appearances Tuesday as voters went to the polls.
Indeed, well before the lunch hour rolled in, the White House called a “lid.” It’s the lingo that means the president would spend the day in the executive mansion awaiting the results of vote counting that will decide political control of Congress and, with that, how the two years left in his term will play out.
Biden’s chief spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre, told reporters that Biden would have a full schedule Tuesday, including prepping for an upcoming trip to international summits in North Africa and Asia and watching the election results come in.
“We expect the president will address the elections the day afterwards,” Jean-Pierre said.
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THEY SAID IT
“Everything we have achieved over the last 60 years is now up for a vote.”
— Courtland Cox, a veteran civil rights movement organizer, in a note he penned overnight shared with the AP by the NAACP
Cox urged voters in Georgia and elsewhere on Tuesday to vote to protect civil rights that he and others warned are at stake in the midterm elections. Cox, 82, who famously wrote the speech that the late Rep. John Lewis delivered at the March on Washington in 1963, likened Tuesday to a “battle for our freedom.”
“If you’re a woman, your right to choose is on the ballot,” Cox said. “If you’re African American, your right to vote is on the ballot. If you’re poor, your right to feed yourself is on the ballot. If you’re LGBTQ+, your right to love who you love is on the ballot. If you’re a senior citizen, your social security is on the ballot. And if you’re a young voter, your future is on the ballot.”
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If you’re the type to have your TV tuned to the news throughout Election Day, the jargon might get overwhelming. The AP’s Meg Kinnard offers a glossary of key election-related terms you might hear on your broadcast or read in AP copy. And if you’re curious about how the networks and cable news prepared for Tuesday, media reporter David Bauder has a look at their coverage plans.
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DID YOU KNOW?
How did the AP get the job of calling races? No one wanted to wait for weeks to find out who won elections, AP’s Meg Kinnard explains, but no centralized body to count votes existed. The AP began tallying votes with the 1848 election, creating an operation that has evolved into a network of thousands of stringers and vote center clerks who take feeds, scrape official state websites for data and electronically add up votes across the country.
Race calls are made before the results are official, but the AP declares a winner only when it’s certain that candidate can’t be caught. In 2020, the AP was 99.9% accurate in all its race calls and perfect in declaring winners in the presidential and congressional races in each state.
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Millions of people have already submitted their ballots, and millions more are heading to the polls Tuesday. For a deeper dive on what’s at play in these midterm elections, congressional reporter Mary Clare Jalonick has the details on what happens if the House flips, among other scenarios.
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6:15 a.m.
Polls are beginning to open for in-person voting — by 1 p.m. Eastern, voting locations will be open in all 50 states (Hawaii is five hours behind the East Coast). As fears of harassment of election officials and disruptions at polling places and tallying sites arise, election officials say they are prepared to handle potential issues. Voters should not be deterred, AP’s Christina A. Cassidy and Geoff Mulvihill report, and no major problems were reported during the early voting period.
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What are Americans voting on? What’s at stake? If you need a general primer on the 2022 midterm elections, AP’s Mike Catalini has you covered with a basic overview of what’s on the ballot, how counting works, how long this thing might take and what the possible outcomes might mean.
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12:01 a.m.
Election Day has dawned. With polls set to begin opening in a few hours across the country, you can find a guide of what to expect for each state at our Election Expectations 2022 hub.
It’s not a presidential year, but these are high-stakes elections nonetheless. AP’s chief political writer, Steve Peoples, highlights six key things to watch today. Among them: Will the expected red wave be a ripple or a tsunami? What effect will the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade have? And what will we know before we go to bed tonight?
The answer to that last question is yet unclear. While there are some races the AP can call as soon as polls close, as Mike Catalini explains, other winners might take a lot longer to identify. Christina A. Cassidy takes a look at the factors that can delay results.
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Former Gov. Paul LePage is seeking a third, nonconsecutive term in the Blaine House. If elected this month, LePage will become the longest-serving chief executive in Maine history.
But he wouldn’t be our first governor elected to a third term in office. Maine has already seen some chief executives elected three, four and even five times.
Maine gubernatorial history is storm-tossed and complicated, with multiple death-induced successions, stopgap short-timers and dramatic political comebacks.
Nine of Maine’s 75 governors retired before their terms expired — including each of the first three. Three served only a day. Four served multiple, nonconsecutive terms. Four Maine governors died in office, two were brothers and one pair were father and son.
In one eventful year, Maine swore in four different governors.
Currently, Joseph Brennan holds the title for longest-serving Maine governor.
Brennan, a Portland democrat, took office Jan. 3, 1979. He won a second term and left office Jan. 7, 1987, after 2,926 days on the job. That’s equal to eight years and four days.
Coming in a close second is former two-term independent Maine Gov. Angus King who clocked 2,925 days, or eight years and three days in office.
John Mckernan, who served from 1987 until 1995, is third at 2,920 days in office.
LePage, and his predecessor, Gov. John Baldacci, are both tied for fourth, one day behind Mckernan, at 2,919 days at the top of Maine’s executive branch.
If elected next week, LePage would need to serve eight days in office to beat Brennan for the top spot.
Portland lawyer Albion Parris holds the record for most terms served as Maine governor at five.
Parris served from Jan. 5 1822, until Jan. 3, 1827. That’s only a total of four years, 11 months and 29 days in office because gubernatorial terms were only a year long back then.
(Parris attempted a comeback in 1854 but lost to Anson Morrill, whose brother, Lot Morrill, was later elected governor in 1857, 1858 and 1859.)
Maine was just two years old when Parris assumed office, but he was the state’s fifth governor. That’s because the first three resigned and the fourth only served an emergency four days.
Maine’s first governor, William King, left office to negotiate a federal treaty with Spain at President James Monroe’s request. Senate President William Williams then stepped in for a few months but also resigned to take a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Speaker of the House Benjamin Ames then assumed the governor’s seat for nearly a month before leaving the new Senate president, Daniel Rose, to serve the final four days.
Given the turnover in Maine’s first gubernatorial term, which saw four men serve, perhaps it’s no wonder why voters opted for stability, electing Parris five times in a row.
The calm didn’t last long, however.
After Parris vacated the office, Enoch Lincoln took his place, winning three terms. However Lincoln died in 1829 during his third term. His tomb is in Capital Park, directly across the street from the State House.
However, it’s empty and nobody knows where his remains are today.
Senate President Nathan Cutler served the remainder of Lincoln’s term before handing the office keys over to Speaker of the House Joshua Hall who served one month before a new, elected governor was sworn in.
Edward Kent was the first Maine governor to serve nonconsecutive terms from 1838 to 1839 and 1841 to 1842.
Between those two stints, John Fairfield was governor in 1839 and 1840 but resigned one day short of his expiration date, leaving Senate President Richard Vose to serve as the 14th governor during the one-day gap.
Maine lost another governor to resignation when Hannibal Hamlin left office in 1857, becoming Abraham Lincoln’s first vice president.
A period of relative stability followed, with governors serving full, and often multiple terms between 1857 and 1886.
During that time, Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain served four one-year terms, while both Sidney Perham and Seldon Connor served three apiece.
In 1882, governors began serving two-year terms, though 40th Gov. Joseph Bodwell served a shorter term, dying in office in 1887.
Gov. Frederic Parkhurst was ill when sworn into office on January 5, 1921 and died of pneumonia just three weeks later. Gov. Percival Baxter, the president of the Senate, served the rest of Parkhurst’s term and another one of his own.
Gov. Lewis Barrows was the first Maine chief executive to be term-limited, in 1941, after two consecutive two-year terms in office.
Gov. Frederick Payne resigned in 1952 during his final months in office to take a seat in the U.S. Senate. Maine Senate President Burton Cross took on the office for a few weeks but resigned one day before the new governor — him — was set to be sworn in.
That set the stage for Nathaniel Haskell, the new President of the Senate, to take the temporary role for 25 hours, making Haskell the shortest serving Maine governor to date.
A few years later, in 1959, Maine had four separate governors.
The situation started when Gov. Edmund Muskie resigned on Jan. 1 to take a U.S. Senate seat. Then, Maine Senate President Robert Haskell took over for a few days, until Jan. 7, when Clinton Clauson took his oath.
However, Clausen died on Dec. 30. At that point, John Reed, president of the Senate and Maine’s fourth governor of 1959, took over.
In 1966, Gov. Ken Curtis won Maine’s first four-year term in office and was then reelected, as well.
Since Curtis, every elected governor — except James Longley — has served two stable terms.
Gov. Janet Mills made history four years ago, becoming the first woman elected to the governor’s office in Maine.
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CALGARY ALBERTA, Alberta (AP) _ TC Energy Corporation (TRP) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $722.5 million.
On a per-share basis, the Calgary Alberta, Alberta-based company said it had net income of 71 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 78 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 77 cents per share.
The energy infrastructure company posted revenue of $2.85 billion in the period.
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Alan Trejo Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Royals - June 3
Published: Jun. 3, 2023 at 10:25 AM CDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
The Colorado Rockies and Alan Trejo, who went 1-for-3 last time out, battle Daniel Lynch and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his previous game (1-for-3) against the Diamondbacks.
Alan Trejo Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, June 3, 2023
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Daniel Lynch
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +155)
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Alan Trejo At The Plate
- Trejo is hitting .255 with eight doubles and four walks.
- Trejo will look to extend his four-game hitting streak. He's batting .353 over the course of his last outings.
- Trejo has gotten a hit in 18 of 32 games this season (56.3%), including six multi-hit games (18.8%).
- In 32 games played this season, he has not hit a home run.
- Trejo has driven in a run in nine games this season (28.1%), including two games with multiple runs batted in.
- He has scored in seven of 32 games (21.9%), including multiple runs twice.
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Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Royals pitching staff ranks 14th in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Royals' 5.08 team ERA ranks 28th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Royals pitchers combine to allow 65 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (to rank 15th in the league).
- Lynch (0-0) gets the start for the Royals, his second of the season.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, the lefty threw 5 1/3 innings against the Washington Nationals, allowing two earned runs while surrendering five hits.
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Man intentionally ran car into group of homeless people, killing 1, police say
TULSA, Okla. (Gray News) – A man has been arrested after he intentionally ran his vehicle into a group of homeless people, killing one person, according to police.
The Tulsa Police Department said on Facebook that Steven Juarez was arrested Friday, and police are seeking a first-degree murder charge.
Police are still looking for a female suspect involved.
According to police, officers were called to the scene of an injury collision Friday morning where they learned that the driver, identified as Juarez, intentionally ran over the victim, killing him.
Prior to the deadly collision, Juarez and an unknown female got into an altercation with a group of homeless people who were living in a van at a church. The altercation escalated from verbal to physical. Police said at one point, the unknown female got into Juarez’s Mustang and drove it at one of the homeless victims, striking them. That person survived.
Police said Juarez and the woman fled the scene, but they returned a short time later. Juarez then drove his Mustang toward the group of people. When they scattered, everyone was able to move out of the way except for a man who was handicapped and in a wheelchair. Police said the victim was unable to move out of the way quick enough and was run over by the Mustang.
The victim, identified as Orlando Laysbad, died at the scene. Police said the rest of the group managed to subdue Juarez as they waited for officers to arrive.
Anyone with information was asked to call Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 200 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have returned home in a prisoner swap, the warring countries said Monday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said 106 Russian soldiers were released from Ukrainian custody as part of an agreement with Ukraine.
Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, said that Russia freed 100 Ukrainian prisoners.
Neither announcement mentioned whether any intermediaries were involved in the agreement.
Some of the Ukrainian soldiers have severe injuries and illnesses, Yermak said in a statement published on Telegram.
He added that the latest of the sporadic prisoner swaps in the war that started in February 2022 was “not an easy one.” He did not elaborate.
Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War alleged that almost half of the 80 men and 20 women soldiers who returned home “have serious injuries, illnesses or have been tortured.” It presented no evidence for its claims.
According to Ukrainian news reports, one of the women prisoners is Valeriia Karpilenko, a border guard who had helped defend Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant. Last May, she married a Ukrainian soldier in the steel plant’s basement while Russian forces surrounded the complex. Her husband was killed three days later.
The freed Russians were being flown on military transport planes to Moscow for medical treatment and rehabilitation, the Defense Ministry said.
Such exchanges represent one of the few areas of cooperation between Ukraine and Russia. The two sides have returned hundreds of each other’s soldiers, as well as the bodies of fallen troops, since the war began.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s presidential office said at least six civilians were wounded in the latest Russian shelling.
Separately, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said Russian forces struck a power plant and residential buildings in the eastern province.
The Russians also shelled nine border villages in the provinces of Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in televised remarks that the country has nearly seven million internally displaced people, including about one million children.
Most of them have abandoned their homes in the east and the south to move to safer locations in central and western Ukraine.
___ Associated Press Writer Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report. ___ Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-04-10T21:09:51+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/ukraine-russia-send-home-around-200-troops-in-prisoner-swap/ |
awards mark the eighth consecutive year that randstad executives have featured
ATLANTA, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the eighth year in a row, Randstad executives from around the world have been named to Staffing Industry Analysts' (SIA) Global Power 150 - Women in Staffing list. Each year, SIA recognizes the industry's most influential female leaders and highlights their talents and achievements. The 2022 list features six Randstad executives - a testament to the organization's commitment to empowering women in the workplace.
Comprised of 100 women from the Americas and 50 from around the globe, the Global Power 150 spotlights CEO's, entrepreneurs, divisions heads, technologists, attorneys and more for their contributions to the industry. The Randstad honorees from the Americas 100 list include:
- Karen Fichuk, CEO, Randstad North America; Executive Board Member, Randstad N.V.
- Alisia Genzler, Group President and Chief Client Officer, Randstad Technologies
- Sue Marcus, Managing Director, Randstad Sourceright North America
Randstad's International 50 honorees include:
- Rebecca Henderson, CEO, Randstad Global Businesses; Executive Board Member, Randstad N.V.
- Tania De Decker, Managing Director, Randstad Enterprise Group
- Louisa Wilson, Chief Commercial Officer, Randstad Sourceright, and Managing Director, Customer Acceleration, Randstad Sourceright and Randstad Enterprise Group
"I would like to congratulate all 150 honorees for this well-deserved recognition,'' said Randstad CEO, Sander van 't Noordende. "As the global market leader, it is our responsibility to set the precedent. I am very proud of our leaders for their essential efforts in creating a diverse, inclusive workplace and look forward to the amazing contributions to come."
Visit the SIA website for the full list of honorees.
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Randstad's North American operations comprise 6,530 associates and a deployed workforce of 92,900 in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to staffing and recruitment, Randstad offers outsourcing, consulting and workforce management solutions for generalist and specialist disciplines, including technology, engineering, accounting and finance, clinical and non-clinical healthcare, human resources, legal, life sciences, manufacturing and logistics, office and administration and sales and marketing. Global concepts available to North American client companies include RPO, MSP, integrated talent solutions, payrolling and independent contractor management and career transition services. Learn more at www.randstadusa.com or www.randstad.ca.
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California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its delivery fleet.
Three separate lawsuits, filed by the states and environmental groups today in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program.
Plaintiffs contend that purchases of fossil fuel-powered delivery vehicles will cause environmental harm for decades to come.
“Louis DeJoy’s gas-guzzling fleet guarantees decades of pollution with every postcard and package,” said Scott Hochberg, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, referring to the postmaster general.
Attorneys general from 16 states — 14 of which have Democratic governors — sued in San Francisco. A separate lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, CleanAirNow KC and Sierra Club was filed in the same venue. Another was filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and United Auto Workers in New York.
All of three of them target the environmental review underpinning the Postal Service’s planned purchase of up to 165,000 next-generation delivery vehicles over the next decade.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said it’s key to stop the process before it’s too late.
“Once this purchase goes through, we’ll be stuck with more than 100,000 new gas-guzzling vehicles on neighborhood streets, serving homes across our state and across the country, for the next 30 years. There won’t be a reset button,” he said.
The Postal Service defended the process it followed under DeJoy, a wealthy former logistics executive and Republican donor who was appointed by a board of governors controlled by then-President Donald Trump.
“The Postal Service conducted a robust and thorough review and fully complied with all of our obligations under (the National Environmental Policy Act),” spokesperson Kim Frum said today in an email.
The Postal Service contract calls for 10% of the new vehicles to be electric but the Postal Service contends more electric vehicles can be purchased based on financial outlook and strategic considerations.
The percentage of battery-electric vehicles was doubled — to 20% — in the initial $2.98 billion order for 50,000 vehicles.
Environmental advocates contend the Postal Service’s environmental review was inadequate and flawed, and that the contract represented a missed opportunity to electrify the fleet and reduce emissions.
The review process “was so rickety and riddled with error that it failed to meet the basic standards of the National Environmental Policy Act,” said Adrian Martinez, senior attorney on Earthjustice’s Right to Zero campaign.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said the Postal Service used “fatally flawed decision-making” that led to an outcome that was “fiscally and environmentally irresponsible.” New York is among the plaintiffs.
The lawsuits could further delay the Postal Service’s efforts to replace the ubiquitous delivery trucks that went into service between 1987 and 1994.
If the parties can’t agree on a settlement, the lawsuit could drag on for months, possibly into next year, if there are appeals, said University of Richmond School of Law professor Carl Tobias.
The new gasoline-powered vehicles would get 14.7 miles per gallon (23.7 kilometers per gallon) without air conditioning, compared to 8.4 mpg (13.5 kpg) for the older vehicles, the Postal Service said.
All told, the Postal Service’s fleet includes 190,000 local delivery vehicles. More than 141,000 of those are the old models that lack safety features like air bags, anti-lock brakes and backup cameras.
The new vehicles are taller to make it easier for postal carriers to grab packages and parcels that make up a greater share of volume. They also have improved ergonomics and climate control.
The states that sued are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District in California, District of Columbia and city of New York joined that lawsuit, as well. | 2022-04-28T21:54:05+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/04/28/breaking-news/16-states-that-want-to-electrify-usps-fleet-file-lawsuits/ |
Daniel Penny pleads not guilty after being indicted in NYC subway chokehold death
By Mark Morales, CNN
(CNN) — Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran charged in the death of a homeless Black man he put in a chokehold on the New York City subway, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide during a court appearance.
Penny, who is White, only spoke to say “not guilty” when asked for his plea at the hearing, which lasted less than five minutes. The 24-year-old was indicted by a grand jury this month in the May 1 death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely.
He is due back in court on October 25. Penny surrendered to police in May and has been out on a $100,000 bond. The bail conditions were not changed during Wednesday’s hearing.
Penny confronted Neely on a subway train after Neely began shouting at passengers that he was hungry and thirsty and didn’t care whether he died. Penny forced Neely to the train floor and put him in a chokehold until he stopped breathing. A medical examiner ruled Neely’s death a homicide.
The incident, partially captured on video posted online, sparked demonstrations calling for justice in the case.
Neely was on a New York City Department of Homeless Services list of the city’s homeless with acute needs because people on the list tend to disappear, a source told CNN.
“All of the evidence that we’ve seen so far, all of the evidence that we expect to see, shows that Danny acted reasonably, under very difficult circumstances in a confined environment that none of us would want to find ourselves in,” Penny’s attorney, Thomas Kenniff, said after the hearing. He added he believes his client acted within the law, “however unfortunate the consequences.”
The “right and duty to defend one another” will also be on trial in the case, said Steven Raiser, another lawyer for Penny. Penny’s legal team plans to defend “every New Yorker’s right and duty to defend each other when faced with grave harm.”
Attorneys for Neely’s family championed the indictment: “When justice happens … don’t be shocked,” they said during a news conference after the hearing.
“Daniel Penny killed a man. He took a life,” attorney Donte Mills said outside of court.
Attorney Lennon Edwards continued, “Even a legal defense fund, even interviews that took place weeks before this happened, can’t make justice look the other way – so please keep watching.”
CNN previously reported a legal defense fund set up for Penny has garnered more than $2.9 million in donations.
In May, Penny told the New York Post he was “deeply saddened by the loss of life.”
Penny told the newspaper he would take action in a similar situation again, “if there was a threat and danger in the present.” Penny said he is not a White supremacist and race was not a factor.
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CNN’s Laura Ly and Tanika Gray contributed to this report. | 2023-06-28T21:12:56+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/2023/06/28/daniel-penny-pleads-not-guilty-after-being-indicted-in-nyc-subway-chokehold-death/ |
The White House press shop underwent a final reshuffling of responsibilities ahead of the midterms, officials confirmed Wednesday, with a few aides earning promotions and others returning to the West Wing.
Jennifer Molina was elevated to deputy communications director after serving as the director of coalitions media for the White House since President Biden took office.
Andrew Bates, who worked on Biden’s 2020 campaign and has been a deputy press secretary since January 2021, will also serve as senior communications adviser for strategic response.
Emilie Simons, a former adviser to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), has spent much of the past year in the White House press office focused on economic news. She will now serve as a deputy press secretary.
Michael Kikukawa, who previously did a stint as a press assistant at the White House, will return as an assistant press secretary. Robyn Patterson will also join the White House staff as an assistant press secretary after most recently working at the Commerce Department.
The changes were first reported by The Washington Post.
“We are lucky to have these superb professionals at @WhiteHouse working for the American people every day. And they are very nice people, too,” chief of staff Ron Klain tweeted.
The updated responsibilities comes after months of changes and shifting roles within the White House press operation following the May departure of former press secretary Jen Psaki. Since then, roughly a half dozen press staffers have departed the White House, most of them for other jobs in the administration.
Karine Jean-Pierre was elevated to press secretary, and John Kirby came to the White House from the Pentagon to serve as a spokesperson focused on national security and foreign policy.
The White House in late August announced Olivia Dalton would join the West Wing as principal deputy press secretary, coming over from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. | 2022-10-13T13:38:49+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/white-house-announces-press-office-promotions-additions-ahead-of-midterms/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
14-15-25-52-58, Powerball: 11, Power Play: 2
(fourteen, fifteen, twenty-five, fifty-two, fifty-eight; Powerball: eleven; Power Play: two)
¶ ___ ¶ Online: ¶ Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/
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Legacy Sabers hockey excelling this season
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - In its first year as a program, the Legacy hockey team won nine games in the W.D.A. The Sabers have already passed that mark with two weeks left in the season.
Legacy hockey might be only two years in, but the Sabers have established themselves as one of the best in the West.
With a third-place finish in the WDA last season, Legacy Hockey made an immediate impact in the region. This winter, no one overlooked the Sabers.
“You know, we were picked as the preseason number one, which to me it doesn’t mean a whole lot until you drop the puck and play the game,” said Mario Lamoureux, Legacy Sabers head coach.
The puck dropped in late November. After starting the season with three wins, two losses, and four overtime games, along came the new year, and the Sabers rattled off eight straight.
“All four lines have really started stepping up and scoring. We’ve really come together much more, it feels like, in the new year,” said Matthew Souther, Legacy senior.
Mario Lamoureux took over the program last year, and as its head coach, he’s willed methods onto his players that he used when he was their age.
“Keeping our guys on the edge means showing up for practice every day, making sure that no one’s comfortable in their position. We have a lot of movement in our lineup. You’re comfortable being uncomfortable, and I’ve lived my whole life that way throughout my career and I just think it was a valuable lesson for me to improve,” said Lamoureux.
Not only are they improving on the ice because of effort, but the Sabers are also improving because their school has supported them since day one.
“Everyone was ready to play for their own school and represent them, and I think there’s a good following around it, around our school, and it’s motivated us to play better,” said Souther.
“I think it means a lot to play for your school, and it was a great thing for our community. You probably added 40 spots for kids to continue playing hockey at all three of the schools,” said Lamoureux.
The school and community have grown with the program, and now closing in on the end of year two, they’re riding success one wave at a time.
“It’s about showing up. Take care of your next shift, take care of your next game. Don’t look too far ahead but put those pieces in place to give ourselves a chance to compete at the end of the year,” said Lamoureux.
Legacy has four games left in the regular season before the WDA tournament.
Copyright 2023 KFYR. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-01T03:37:28+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/02/01/legacy-sabers-hockey-excelling-this-season/ |
TOKYO (AP) — Amid the high-level efforts to deal with a raft of global emergencies, this weekend’s Group of 7 summit of rich democracies will also see an unusual diplomatic reconciliation as the leaders of Japan and South Korea look to continue mending ties that have been marked for years by animosity and bickering.
At first glance the two neighbors would seem to be natural partners. They are powerful, advanced democracies and staunch U.S. allies in a region beset with autocratic threats. The continuing fallout, however, from centuries of complicated, acrimonious history, culminating in the brutal 1910-1945 Japanese colonization of the Korean Peninsula, has resulted in more wariness than friendship.
A big part of the sudden recent shift in tone is a shared focus on China’s growing aggressiveness, t he threat of North Korea’s fast-improving arsenal of nuclear-capable missiles — and deep worry about how Russia’s war in Ukraine is influencing both issues. Some diplomatic nudging by Washington, which provides military protection for both its allies and wants them to more strongly counter China’s rising global influence, has also helped.
Tokyo and Seoul “understand that their survival, both nationally and politically, depends on subordinating themselves to the U.S. President Joe Biden administration’s global and regional priorities,” according to Daniel Sneider, an East Asia lecturer at Stanford University.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s invitation for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to be a guest at the G-7 talks in Hiroshima is only the most recent sign of these reset ties. It follows back-to-back summits by the leaders, which hadn’t happened in years. Japan also agreed to South Korea’s request to send an experts’ team later this month to visit the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant to view preparation for a planned release into the ocean of treated but still slightly radioactive wastewater.
The G-7 summit, which runs Friday through Sunday, will allow the leaders to deepen their burgeoning relationship — Kishida, Yoon and Biden plan to meet on the sidelines — while also working to persuade the world’s most powerful leaders to tighten defense cooperation as China and North Korea expand their military postures in the region.
History issues have long harried Seoul and Tokyo. Ties worsened in 2018, for instance, after South Korean court rulings ordered two Japanese companies to compensate a group of Korean plaintiffs who the companies had used for wartime slave labor. Disagreement over the rulings later spilled over to trade and military cooperation issues. Japan insists all compensation issues were settled by a 1965 treaty that normalized relations.
Yoon’s summits with Kishida came after his government announced a domestically unpopular plan in March to use South Korean corporate funds to compensate the forced laborers. The move was aimed at preventing the courts from liquidizing the Japanese companies’ local assets, which would cause a further diplomatic rupture.
Kishida agreed to a resumption of defense, trade and other talks in his meetings with Yoon, and Japan recently announced that it is negotiating an agreement with Washington and Seoul on sharing real-time data on North Korean missile launches.
Seoul and Tokyo are both worried about the geopolitical uncertainty created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has raised fears about similar Chinese aggression in the South and East China Seas and against Taiwan, the democratic, self-governing island that Beijing claims as its own. North Korea also used the global focus on the invasion to ramp up its tests of nuclear-capable missiles.
Japan is one of many nations in Asia that has territorial disputes with China, something that has strongly figured into Kishida’s push to distance Japan from its post-World War II principle of self-defense only. Last year, Tokyo adopted a new national security strategy that includes the goals of acquiring preemptive strike capabilities and cruise missiles to counter threats from North Korea, China and Russia.
Alarmed by the growing North Korean threat — Pyongyang has test-launched around 100 missiles since the start of 2022 — Yoon may be using better relations with Japan as a way to forge a stronger alliance with the United States.
Yoon’s government has expanded its combined military exercises with the United States, which also included three-way drills with Japan, while seeking greater assurances from Washington that it would swiftly and decisively use its nuclear weapons to protect its allies in the event of a North Korean nuclear attack.
“There’s growing recognition (in both Tokyo and Seoul) that the region’s various security issues are becoming increasingly interconnected,” which is leading the countries to reassess their importance to each other, said Jin Chang Soo, an analyst at South Korea’s Sejong Institute.
During a recent meeting in Washington, Yoon and Biden agreed to a declaration that includes more nuclear information-sharing and regular visits to South Korea by a U.S. nuclear-powered sub.
The Biden administration may now be pushing for an extended deterrence dialogue among Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that “would convey a formidable response both to North Korea and to China, and even to a potential Chinese–Russian military axis,” Sneider recently wrote.
Hiroshima, the first target of a nuclear weapon in history, could provide a symbolic backdrop for Kishida and Yoon to raise awareness about the North Korean threat while underlining goals for nuclear non-proliferation.
In another trust-building gesture, Kishida and Yoon plan to pay their respects at a Hiroshima memorial for Korean atomic bomb victims.
Despite the improving ties, however, there’s no certainty how long reconciliation will last.
After decades of poverty and dictatorship following the 1950-53 Korean War, South Korea has become a developed economic and military power. But there are large policy swings between conservative governments, like the one in power now, and liberal governments that are more wary of stronger ties with Japan and the United States.
And then there are the historical issues, including continuing court hearings on forced labor, which remain “buried like landmines, not far from the surface and ready to be set off,” Sneider said.
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Kim reported from Seoul. | 2023-05-16T13:50:28+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/south-korea-and-japan-use-g-7-to-push-improvement-in-ties-long-marked-by-animosity/ |
VIDEO: Massive 9-foot boa constrictor found in Florida backyard
NAPLES, Fla. (Gray News/TMX) - A group that handles dangerous snakes says it got a call recently to help remove a huge snake from a Florida backyard.
Rhett and Taylor Stanberry with Tobie’s Troop, classified as a pest control service online, shared a video of one of their latest calls that involved a massive boa constrictor.
The pair said they were able to capture it after being called to a home’s backyard in Florida. They said at first, they were told the snake was an invasive python.
The two were out fishing with their pet Brazilian tufted capuchin monkey that day before getting the call from a residential property in Naples.
Pythons are invasive in Florida, and there are a variety of removal programs and professional removal services, according to the group. But this snake turned out to be an albino boa constrictor, weighing 52.6 pounds and measuring 9 feet, 5 inches long.
Tobie’s Troop shared the capture from that day on its YouTube channel, showing the pair wrangling the white snake. They transported the snake in a wheelbarrow to a shadier area, so it didn’t overheat while they measured it.
The group said the snake was likely kept as a pet and released when it got too large, or it may have been lost during a hurricane.
“We wish we could know how this animal ended up where it did, but that will likely remain a mystery,” Tobie’s Troop shared with the video.
The group said the snake would stay at their facility with other exotic rescues.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. TMX contributed to this report. | 2022-12-14T00:16:43+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/2022/12/14/video-massive-9-foot-boa-constrictor-found-florida-backyard/ |
In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, the conflict has played out on the battlefield of information, too. Russia is using social media, traditional media and allies to push false narratives.
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In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, the conflict has played out on the battlefield of information, too. Russia is using social media, traditional media and allies to push false narratives.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-02-27T23:39:17+00:00 | delawarepublic.org | https://www.delawarepublic.org/2023-02-27/a-look-at-russias-information-war-on-ukraine |
SYRACUSE, NY (WSYR) – Unseasonably cool weather lingers through final days of September. Details below.
TODAY:
Lake effect showers still rule for today and while the lion’s share of the wet weather is east of both Lake Ontario and Erie, the heating of the day should still cause some scattered showers and possibly a t-storm or two through the rest of Central New York.
With the lake effect, heavy at times, over the counties east of Lake Ontario there is a chance for some localized flooding along streams, creeks and flood prone areas. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for Lewis, Jefferson and Oswego Counties until 5 am Wednesday.
Highs are in the low 60s at best when upper 60s are the norm for Syracuse and CNY.
TONIGHT – MIDWEEK:
A reinforcing shot of cooler air arrives in the wake of a cold front near and after midnight tonight. Not only does this keep the lake effect showers going into Wednesday but there will be a shift in the wind direction. Winds go from west-southwest to northwest in the lower atmosphere following the cold front, and that puts the most numerous showers southeast of Lake Ontario closer to Syracuse and Finger Lakes.
Thankfully, the cool air aloft is expected to pull out of the Northeast later in the week so we should start to see some improvement starting Thursday. We likely see some sun develop in the afternoon as showers end. It is still a cool day, though, with highs only in the 50s.
LATE WEEK:
High pressure settles in out of Canada with more sunshine expected to round out the week with highs warming well into the 60s. Does this nice weather for the end of the week continue into the first weekend of October??
Stay tuned to find out! | 2022-09-27T14:44:13+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/weather/lake-effect-showers-continue-thru-midweek/ |
Sandia’s Week 3 victory was similar to its Week 1 victory — a healthy dose of Malachi Thymes and some timely defensive stops.
Thymes, the Matadors’ senior running back, finished with 214 yards and four touchdowns, and Sandia — which didn’t lead until the fourth quarter — scored the final 20 points of the game in a 34-21 victory on Thursday night over Albuquerque High at Wilson Stadium.
The Matadors’ defense turned the Bulldogs (1-1) over three times in the final 13 minutes; two of those scores were turned into 14 points by Sandia (2-1).
“A lot of these defensive players are new, so they have to get used to it,” said Thymes. “The defense, we got into the locker room (at halftime) and focused up.”
Sandia rebounded from a 14-12 road loss at Piedra Vista last week.
“I was definitely glad the kids played hard for four quarters,” Sandia coach Chad Adcox said. “Last week, we played for three and a half quarters, and didn’t finish the game.”
Thymes continues to be a touchdown machine for the Matadors. He’s scored 13 through three games. He rushed it 27 times Thursday night.
Three of his four TDs helped the Matadors tie the game, as AHS took leads of 7-0, 14-7 and 21-14. His third score was hugely instrumental in the outcome.
The Bulldogs had the lead and the ball, but a fumble, the result of a poor snap, was covered by Sandia, and staked the Matadors at the AHS 9. Thymes scored two plays later, with just under a minute left in the third quarter, and the teams went to the fourth quarter tied 21-21.
The Matadors’ defense forced a three-and-out, got the ball back, and went 55 yards on eight plays to take their first lead. Dominic Lucero’s 8-yard TD run capped the drive and put Sandia in front 28-21 with 8½ minutes to go.
The first of two interceptions, this one by Hunter Maldonado, led to the insurance score for Sandia.
The Matadors went 73 yards this time; Thymes hit the 200-yard mark exactly on a 38-yard run to put Sandia at the Albuquerque High 17. He scored on a 9-yard run two plays later and a 34-21 edge.
AHS tried to mount a late comeback, but the second Sandia interception, this one by Elijah Bustillos, sealed the win for Sandia.
“Credit to Albuquerque High, those kids played hard,” Adcox said. “A lot of those kids are going both ways, and they got a little tired, a little gassed, in the fourth quarter.”
AHS scored on its first drive, with Jabby Cooper scored on a fourth-down run from the 3 for the game’s first points. That capped an impressive, 14-play, 63-yard drive.
Sandia answered on the ensuing drive; Thymes scored from the 2.
The Bulldogs seized a 14-7 lead with quarterback Frank Hren tossing a nifty 53-yard TD pass to Andrew Roybal along the far sideline.
Thymes started the next drive with a 39-yard run, and he ended it three plays later with a 1-yard scoring run. The game was 14-all at halftime.
Hren threw a TD pass on AHS’ opening drive of the third quarter, 13 yards to Isaac Houlihan four minutes into the second half for a 21-14 advantage.
Sandia is off next week and faces Volcano Vista the following week.
Albuquerque High takes on West Mesa in Week 4.
SANDIA 34, ALBUQUERQUE HIGH 21
Albuq. High 7 – 7 – 7 – 0 — 21
Sandia 0 – 14 – 7 – 13 — 34
Scoring: AHS, Jabby Cooper 3 run (PAT); S, Malachi Thymes 2 run (Cruz Rivera kick); AHS, Andrew Roybal 53 pass from Frank Hren (PAT); S, Thymes 1 run (Rivera kick); AHS, Isaac Houlihan 13 pass from Hren (PAT); S, Thymes 1 run (Rivera kick); S, Dominic Lucero 8 run (Rivera kick); S, Thymes 9 run (kick failed). Records: S 2-1; AHS 1-1.
First downs: AHS 20; S 14. Rushes-yards: AHS 35-101; S 37-289. Passing: AHS 15-29-2—188; S 4-12-0—42. Total offense: AHS 289; S 331. Punts-avg.: AHS 2-28.0; S 3-35.3. Fumbles-lost: AHS 2-1; S 0-0. Penalties-yards: AHS 5-45; S 7-80. | 2022-09-02T06:25:51+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2529151/prep-football-timely-defense-thymes-running-paces-sandia.html |
The 2023 John Deere Classic Odds & Preview: Peter Kuest
Peter Kuest is in 10th place, with a score of -8, following the second round of the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run.
Looking to bet on Peter Kuest at the John Deere Classic this week? Read on for the betting trends you need before you make your picks.
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Peter Kuest Insights
- Kuest has finished below par on 12 occasions, completed his day bogey-free once and finished 11 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 16 rounds played.
- He has recorded the best score of the day in one of his last 16 rounds, while scoring among the top five in three of those rounds.
- Over his last 16 rounds, Kuest has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 10 occasions.
- Kuest has one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes in his past five appearances.
- In his past five events, Kuest finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back twice. He carded a score better than average three times.
- Kuest has made the cut four times in a row, and hopes to extend that run this week.
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John Deere Classic Insights and Stats
- Kuest finished 10th when he last played this event, which was in 2023.
- TPC Deere Run measures 7,289 yards for this tournament, 275 more than the average course on the Tour inthe past year (7,014).
- Kuest will take to the 7,289-yard course this week at TPC Deere Run after having played courses with an average length of 7,357 yards during the past year.
Kuest's Last Time Out
- Kuest was good on the 16 par-3 holes at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, averaging 2.63 strokes to finish in the 99th percentile of the field.
- He finished in the 81st percentile on par 4s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, averaging 3.88 strokes on those 40 holes.
- On the 16 par-5 holes at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Kuest was better than 74% of the field (averaging 4.38 strokes).
- Kuest recorded a birdie or better on seven of 16 par-3s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic (the other competitors averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Kuest recorded one bogey or worse (the other competitors averaged 1.9).
- Kuest's nine birdies or better on the 40 par-4s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic were more than the tournament average (5.9).
- At that most recent tournament, Kuest's par-4 performance (on 40 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 4.4).
- Kuest finished the Rocket Mortgage Classic bettering the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (6.2) with nine on the 16 par-5 holes.
- The field at the Rocket Mortgage Classic averaged 0.8 bogeys or worse on the 16 par-5s, but Kuest finished without one.
John Deere Classic Time and Date Info
- Date: July 6- 9, 2023
- Course: TPC Deere Run
- Location: Silvis, Illinois
- Par: 71 / 7,289 yards
- Kuest Odds to Win: +6000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It's not over yet!
We will see another round of showers later today and likely lingering, off and on, through tonight.
As snow levels continue to drop, we could see 0.5 -2" of snow in some valley floors, and as much as 16" above 6,000'.
The Winter Storm Warning continues through 5 AM tomorrow morning.
Some of the coldest temps of the season are expected this week, with a few areas seeing sub-freezing temps by Wednesday morning.
Light dustings of snow have already been reported in Corona de Tucson, Vail and Oracle.
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Make sure to cover the plants and pipes, and protect the pets and people!
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Wind Advisory issued November 1 at 1:58AM MST until November 2 at 8:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ
* WHAT…Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
expected.
* WHERE…Southwest corner of Imperial County.
* WHEN…From 4 PM this afternoon to 8 AM MST Wednesday.
* IMPACTS…Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger
vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light,
unsecured objects may become airborne.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between
30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and
58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially
for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert
areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under
a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra
caution. | 2022-11-01T11:50:43+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/weather/weather-alerts/2022/11/01/wind-advisory-issued-november-1-at-158am-mst-until-november-2-at-800am-mst-by-nws-phoenix-az/ |
Against the backdrop of statewide worries about crime, the race for state attorney general pits Democrat Raúl Torrez — a well-known Albuquerque prosecutor with decades of experience — against Republican Jeremy Gay, an ex-Marine originally from Illinois who has been practicing law for fewer than 10 years.
Both advocate new ways to attack New Mexico’s problems. But their party affiliations — and the stereotypes that sometimes come with them — belie their solutions.
Torrez, 46, is the district attorney in Bernalillo County, the state's population center and considered by many as the nexus of its struggles with drugs, property crime and violence.
Following an Ivy League education, Torrez has spent much of his legal career as a prosecutor at the county, state and federal levels. He is finishing his second term as district attorney in the Albuquerque area. He survived a rugged challenge from State Auditor Brian Colón to win the Democratic Party nomination.
Gay, who lives in Gallup, was unopposed in the Republican primary. The 33-year-old, who works in private practice, obtained both his undergraduate and law degrees from Ave Maria University, a South Florida school dedicated "to further teaching, research and learning ... in the abiding tradition of Catholic thought."
Gay says his connection to New Mexico began when he was 18, when he met his wife Casey, who is from Gallup.
"That's when I really started falling in love with New Mexico," he said in a recent interview.
After serving as a U.S. Marine Corps judge and special assistant U.S. Attorney from 2015 to 2019, Gay said he and his family returned to New Mexico, where he began managing Advocate Law Center, a private law firm in which he is now a partner.
Exactly when the Gay family made New Mexico their permanent home became a point of contention recently when former Bernalillo County Commissioner James M. Collie filed a petition in state District Court claiming Gay didn't meet residency requirements to run for attorney general, a job which requires candidates to have lived in the state "continuously" for five years before the election.
Gay's campaign manager, Noelle Gemmer, called the challenge a distraction tactic.
"Jeremy and his family have called New Mexico home since 2014," she wrote in an email. The family "temporarily left NM on active duty orders ... and returned as soon as he entered the Reserve Forces," she wrote.
District Judge T. Glenn Ellington denied Collie's petition asking for Gay to be removed from the ballot. He ruled the question was raised at the wrong time in the election cycle. But Torrez recently said the court hadn't answered the question. It could come up again if Gay were to win the election.
Gay's campaign did not produce a résumé with the specific dates and titles associated with his military service in response to several requests from The New Mexican.
The position, long considered a potential launching pad to higher office, is being vacated by Hector Balderas, who is term limited. The job pays about $95,000 per year and carries the responsibility of overseeing a $42 million annual budget and about 200 employees.
The Attorney General's Office carries a diverse set of responsibilities, ranging from serving as chief legal counsel to the state's executive branch to enforcing consumer protection laws and prosecuting criminal and civil crimes. However, it's the state's violent crime rate — and its relationship to a reformed bond system — that has taken center stage in the Gay-Torrez race.
Voters passed a constitutional amendment in 2016 essentially doing away with money bonds in favor of a system that requires prosecutors who want a defendant jailed until trial to prove by "clear and convincing evidence" that the person is so dangerous no other conditions of release would sufficiently protect the community.
Torrez has been a vocal proponent of reforming the reformed system — which he and others have said created a "revolving door" for criminals — claiming it results in too many criminals being released back into a community.
In 2021 he supported legislation that would have create a "rebuttable presumption against release," meaning defendants charged with certain crimes would be held until trial unless they could prove they were not a danger to the community.
A recent study by researchers from the University of New Mexico and the Santa Fe Institute found that approach would have a small effect on violent crime rates and would result in many people being jailed unnecessarily.
Torrez called the study "flawed" and said it was "manufactured to justify an obviously broken system."
In a recent interview, he criticized the state Supreme Court and Administrative Office of the Courts for seemingly taking a position on the issue, saying the judiciary should allow legislators to debate how best to balance a defendant's due process rights and the community's need for public safety.
Torrez had a similar response to a 2022 Legislative Finance Committee report which found his conviction rate was about 59 percent, "putting prosecutorial performance in the 2nd Judicial District below the national benchmark" of about 74 percent.
While his critics used the report as ammunition to attack Torrez's performance in office, he punched back in a 19-page response letter in which he called the report a "flawed analysis" based on misinformation and incomplete data.
In both instances, Torrez said, data used by analysts and researchers did not match his own anecdotal experience and statistics gathered on the job as top prosecutor in the judicial district with the state's highest crime rate.
For his part, Gay also bemoaned the effects of the bond system — referring to it on his website as "catch and release" — and said he's committed to improving it.
But he's says rebuttable presumptions aren't necessarily the answer.
"In part it's on [district attorneys] to actually be filing the correct paperwork," Gay said in a recent interview. "I don't see enough diligence from our own DAs to use the system. I know there's a lot of griping about the bail reform system, but all it did was change the standard. It raised the bar, but you can meet the bar.
"I don't believe anyone should be incarcerated arbitrarily," Gay said. "The presumption that they should just be held and have to prove that they should be set free — well, that's not really our criminal justice system. In the Untied States, it's innocent until proven guilty ...
"No, we can't turn the system on its head in that sense," Gay continued. "But if this individual is a danger to society, if they're a massive flight risk, if they're a risk of immediate re-offense, DAs need to be able to file the paperwork to get that person detained."
Torrez repeatedly has committed to protecting abortion rights in New Mexico and said he would build a team of attorneys ready to fight for a women's right to choose and have access to safe, legal abortions. He listed doing so as among his top priorities.
Asked in a recent interview if he would protect or expand abortion rights if elected, Gay — a father of six children — said he doesn't see that as the attorney general's role.
"The AG's office is law enforcement," he said. "I'm not a lawmaker. I'm here to enforce the laws. ... Any laws that exist on the books, I'll be protecting and enforcing. But yeah, I mean, I don't have a position to expand or create legislation in that space."
Torrez has about $1.6 million in campaign donations, almost five times the approximately $345,000 raised by Gay, according to the secretary of state's website.
Gay also has the disadvantage of being a Republican in a state which has only elected three Republican attorneys general in 110 years.
Gay said in a recent interview he's not intimidated by that because New Mexico Democrats "aren't like Democrats in California or New York" and he's not your average Republican, which gives him a lot of "crossover appeal."
"We're very rural state," he said. "We have a lot of family values and traditions. Also, there is a kind of caricature of what a Republican is ... maybe a well-earned caricature of like an old, rich, angry white person, and I'm not old, angry, rich or white and so that, for Democrats as well, it's a fresh face."
Gay recently released the results of a poll paid for by his campaign which concluded the race is more competitive than suggested by an August poll that put him 16 percentage points behind Torrez.
According to Gay's poll, released earlier this month, he's in a "statistical dead heat" with Torrez.
"I don't think that's remotely accurate," Torrez said in a recent interview. "But I'm sure he's doing what he can to make himself seem more competitive." | 2022-10-13T03:17:28+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/approach-to-addressing-crime-divides-attorney-general-candidates-democrat-torrez-and-republican-gay/article_03c24b5c-27bd-11ed-9984-67b2dfbd6f29.html |
LONDON (AP) — U.K. telecom company BT Group said Thursday that it plans to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade as part of an overhaul aimed at slimming down its workforce to slash costs.
BT, which has 130,000 workers including both staff and contractors, said in its latest earnings report that its number of employees would be reduced to between 75,000 and 90,000 by 2030.
“By the end of the 2020s BT Group will rely on a much smaller workforce and a significantly reduced cost base,” CEO Philip Jansen said. “New BT Group will be a leaner business with a brighter future.”
Tech and telecom companies have been cutting jobs as the industry undergoes a painful shakeup amid flagging economic growth and surging inflation.
U.K.-based wireless carrier Vodafone, which operates in Europe and Africa, said days earlier that it’s laying off 11,000 workers as part of a major revamp.
BT, a former state monopoly previously known as British Telecom, said that once its fiber-optic broadband and 5G mobile networks are fully rolled out, it won’t need as many workers to build and maintain them.
Jansen said BT would work with union partners as part of the job cuts and also rely on attrition. | 2023-05-18T11:23:32+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-uk-telecom-company-bt-plans-to-shed-up-to-55000-jobs-in-latest-tech-layoffs/ |
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This Monday, December 12th, DuJour Media's CEO & Founder Jason Binn and cover star Salma Hayek Pinault celebrate its 10th anniversary in The Venue at Hard Rock Hotel New York along with boldface names bringing the best of the best to Manhattan.
The 10th anniversary issue of DuJour Magazine showcases the gorgeous and talented actress and producer. Hayek is showcased in a stunning twelve page editorial in the Winter issue, photographed and styled with DuJour's award-winning editorial team. Hayek returns in two new exciting films: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (out December 21st) and Magic Mike's Last Dance, co-starring actor Channing Tatum, coming this February.
In Hayek's cover and featured story, the indomitable Academy Award nominee speaks candidly about topics ranging from her famous costars to not using email or a computer, her relationship with her husband, François-Henri Pinault, chairman, CEO, and owner of Kering and Artémis. Shot the striking and sexy images of her in the best of this season's fashion looks Photographed at the NoMad Hotel in London.
DuJour is a luxury lifestyle media brand focusing on fashion entertainment, art, travel, and business with unrivaled access to an audience of the most affluent and influential consumers and readers who seek out our unique, exclusive, and engaging content celebrating the people and places in the top ten markets in the country.
Through our dynamic and multi-integrated platforms, DuJour reaches a highly coveted self-selecting and opt-in audience of more than 3.5 million individuals in our quarterly wheelhouse. DuJour's universe represents the nation's wealthiest and the most affluent and influencial readers in the US. This is all captured and celebrated with both its national and local coverage in its quarterly distribution wheelhouse.
From day one in the fall of 2012, CEO & Founder Jason Binn and DuJour Media set out to be one, if not the first, media company to connect content and commerce both online and off.
Binn states, "It only gets better as our DuJour's winning team consistently sets out to be the best at what we do, continuing to embody our tagline: "where luxury lives."
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a spill-proof beverage container for use while working, traveling or on-the-go," said an inventor, from East Hartford, Conn., "so I invented the FINGERPRINT OPERATED THERMOS. My design would prevent spills, splashes and stains associated with traditional drink cups and containers."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved container for drinking hot and cold beverages. In doing so, it helps prevent spillage and wastage. It also increases convenience and it offers a more effective alternative to traditional drinking vessels. The invention features a portable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for workers, travelers, on-the-go individuals, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CPC-678, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Locals in a Southern Australian town have named their local seal Henry.
Henry moved through a beachside parking lot and was seen going to a local service station where the mayor said he probably just wanted an ice cream.
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Baby formula shortage: 78,000 pounds of formula arrives in U.S.
INDIANAPOLIS - Enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis.
The formula, weighing 78,000 pounds (35,380 kilograms), was being transported by military plane, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One as President Joe Biden flew from South Korea to Japan.
It is the first of several flights carrying infant formula from Europe expected this weekend to relieve the deepening shortage in the U.S. The flights were authorized by Biden.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Indianapolis to greet the arrival of the first shipment in Indianapolis.
The Biden administration — which has struggled to address a nationwide shortage of formula, particularly hypoallergenic varieties — has dubbed the effort "Operation Fly Formula." The crisis follows the closure of the nation's largest domestic manufacturing plant in Michigan in February due to safety issues.
RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, GERMANY - MAY 21: U.S. airmen load pallets with baby formula which arrived by three trucks from Switzerland for the United States at Ramstein American Air Force base on May 21, 2022 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. (Photo by Thom
The White House has said 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula was to leave Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the U.S. Another 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula were expected to arrive in the coming days. Altogether, about 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of the three formulas, which are hypoallergenic for children with cow’s milk protein allergy, are expected to arrive this week.
Indianapolis was chosen because it is a Nestle distribution hub. The formula will be offloaded into FedEx semitractor-trailers and taken to a Nestle distribution center about a mile away where the company will do a standard quality control check before distributing the supplies to hospitals, pharmacies and doctor’s offices, according to an administration official on site.
Air Force planes are transporting the initial batch of formula because no commercial flights were available this weekend.
The flight was the first of several to provide "some incremental relief in the coming days" as the government works on a more lasting response to the shortage, Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, said Sunday.
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Reese told CNN’s "State of the Union" that Sunday’s flight brought 15% of the specialty medical grade formula needed in the U.S., and because of various actions by the government, people should see "more formula in stores starting as early as this week."
Longer term, he said, the U.S. needs more formula providers "so that no individual company has this much control over supply chains."
Erika Aguerrido, 42, member of La Colaborativa, checks out with 20 cans of formula as they gather formula supplies for the up-coming pantry openings in Chelsea, Massachusetts on May 20, 2022. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
Under "Operation Fly Formula," the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services are authorized to request Department of Defense support to pick up overseas infant formula that meets U.S. health and safety standards, so it can get to store shelves faster, according to the USDA.
Alfamino is primarily available through hospitals and home health care companies that serve patients at home.
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U.S. regulators and the manufacturer, Abbott Nutrition, hope to have its Michigan plant reopened next week, but it will take about two months before product is ready for delivery. The Food and Drug Administration this week eased importation requirements for baby formula to try to ease the supply crunch, which has left store shelves void of some brands and some retailers rationing supply for parents nervous about feeding their children. | 2022-05-22T16:52:16+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/baby-formula-shortage-operation-fly-formula |
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Three musically talented men out of Knoxville found a way to come together to put out music that helps spread positivity. They are known as Rum Monday. Listeners will hear Matt Hall on the guitar, Quincy Yeates playing the steel pans and keyboard, and strumming the acoustic bass guitar is Vince Ilagan.
Rum Monday plays some of their own hits, but they love to perform covers, especially when it’s a song by Bob Marley. They have a few upcoming shows where new and current fans can get a taste of what they’ve been working on.
All three members have been lovers of music since an early age. Now, they want to play for others and help raise money to allow kids to pursue their music interests by donating to organizations or schools.
Anyone interested in helping Rum Monday cater to the kids in the Knoxville community can send them an email at instruments@rummonday.com. For more information on Rum Monday, visit their website. | 2023-07-31T21:53:17+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/living-east-tennessee/get-to-know-the-knoxville-band-rum-monday/ |
Trooper fired for violating rules, accepting cash while on duty, officials say
Published: Mar. 18, 2023 at 11:48 AM PDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been fired for department violations.
WSMV reports that Michael Riley, who worked in Benton County, was terminated by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security on March 14.
According to a department spokesman, Riley was let go for cause and for the good of service.
Authorities said an internal investigation showed Riley violated multiple rules and general orders, including accepting money from a person while assisting them on a call.
The department did not release any further immediate information.
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BOZEMAN - Volunteers with the Gallatin County Sheriff's Search and Rescue found a hunter dead near the Truman Gulch trailhead outside of Bozeman early Wednesday.
Gallatin County dispatch received a call for an overdue hunter at 10:51 p.m. on Tuesday.
The caller reported driving to a location near the trailhead where the individual was hunting and found the hunter’s vehicle.
Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue volunteers, the SAR Drone Team, the SAR Dog Team, and LifeFlight network responded to the area in search of the hunter. The reporting party was able to provide an approximate location of where the individual was hunting and the hunter’s tree stand.
A Search and Rescue dog team was able to locate the deceased hunter. The sheriff’s office will release more details following family notification. | 2022-10-05T19:11:38+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-news/hunter-found-dead-near-bozeman |
HFPA Continues Charitable Commitments as Members Vote to Create New Private
Entity for the Golden Globes® In Partnership with Eldridge
LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a historic vote by its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), announced the approval of Eldridge Industries LLC's (Eldridge) proposal to create a new private entity to manage its Golden Globes® assets and preserve its charitable and philanthropic programs in a separate non-profit entity.
"This is a historic moment for the HFPA and the Golden Globes®," said Helen Hoehne, President of the HFPA. "We have taken a decisive step forward to transform ourselves and adapt to this increasingly competitive economic landscape for both award shows and the journalism marketplace. Our Special Committee and team of legal and financial advisors did an incredible amount of work in reviewing, analyzing, and comparing the options presented to us. We are excited to move forward with a mandate to ensure we continue our support for increasing diversity in all areas and maintaining our life-changing charitable and philanthropic efforts."
The proposal was offered by Eldridge Industries LLC ("Eldridge"), a global firm that makes investments in various industries including insurance, asset management, technology, sports, media, real estate, and the consumer sector. The plan involves the creation of a new private company, which would acquire all rights for the Golden Globes® intellectual property and be empowered to oversee the professionalization and modernization of the Golden Globe® Awards.
The transition will include the development of staff and an executive team to lead the new organization. Additional Golden Globes® voters will also be added to increase the size and diversity of the available voters for the annual awards.
Eldridge was founded and is chaired by Todd L. Boehly, who is currently interim chief executive officer of the HFPA. Boehly was not part of the review, recommendation, or approval process.
In recent months, the HFPA's financial advisor, Houlihan Lokey, yielded several submitted proposals from a number of companies and investment groups. Each proposal was reviewed and analyzed by the HFPA's Special Committee, alongside its legal advisor, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
The HFPA embarked on this review of potential strategic alternatives in response to significantly changed market conditions for journalism and recent inquiries about potential partnership opportunities to leverage its attractive assets in a post-pandemic environment. It also sought to ensure viable pathways for future growth in order to generate financial stability for its significant charitable and philanthropic programs.
The Special Committee was composed exclusively of the three outside independent members of the HFPA's board: Sharlette Hambrick, Jeff Harris and Dr. Joanna Massey.
"This review process was comprehensive, deliberate and thoughtful to ensure fairness and accuracy," Hoehne added. "Per our bylaws, the decision ultimately rested with our membership, who voted on the proposal. As we look forward to celebrating our 80th anniversary event in January 2023, we are incredibly excited about this new era for our Association."
The HFPA remains committed to continuing its process of change and transformation to address issues of diversity, governance, and conduct. The HFPA does not intend to comment further until it determines that additional disclosure is appropriate or necessary.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 – then known as the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association – by a group of entertainment journalists based in Los Angeles. During World War II, the non-profit organization established a cultural bridge between Tinseltown and millions around the world seeking an escape and inspiration through entertainment. The HFPA continues to do so today with a membership representing more than 55 countries.
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Pocatello City Council approves Nichols and Mangum for Seats 2 and 3
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - In an unanimous vote at the Oct.r 6, 2022, regular City Council meeting, Brent Nichols and Corey Mangum were confirmed by the Pocatello City Council to fill vacant Council seats #2 and #3.
Their terms take effect immediately, and they will fulfill the remaining terms through December 2023.
“I want to thank the City Council for confirming my nominations of Nichols and Mangum. I am looking forward to working with Council Members Nichols and Mangum. They are dedicated to the city of Pocatello and I am eager for all members of the council to work together for Pocatello’s future,” Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad said.
Council Member Nichols has worked as a real estate developer and commercial contractor for more than 40 years. Many of his large projects were built in Pocatello, Idaho, including, housing developments, schools, large office buildings, and research facilities. Nichols’ work experience has given him a strong background in financial management, strategic planning, consensus building across multiple stakeholder groups, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Nichols also served on the Pocatello Planning and Zoning Commission and Historic Preservation Commission, at different points chairing each of those commissions. Nichols’ previous experience positions him to hit the ground running in his new role on the City Council.
“It is an honor to be one of Pocatello’s newest City Council members,” Nichols said. “Pocatello is a very special place. We are a community where neighbors help neighbors, where government works alongside businesses to drive economic prosperity, and where we all enjoy a good quality of life. I look forward to working alongside my fellow Council Members and City administration to identify how we can continue to build upon our community’s success.”
Council Member Corey Mangum has lived in Pocatello for over eight years. Mangum is currently the Branch Manager at Washington Federal Bank in Pocatello, Idaho, and has worked in the banking industry for over a decade. Mangum is a graduate of the Pocatello Chubbuck Leadership Program, class of 2021, and has been active in our community coaching sports, volunteering, and serving in various capacities in community organizations, including former Board President for Life, Inc. - A Center for Independent Living, Region VI Behavioral Health Board (Board Seat, Family Member of Adult Substance Use Disorder Consumer). Mangum is married to Alicia, and together they have seven children, five girls and two boys.
“I’m excited for the opportunity to serve in such a great capacity and honored to be a contributor to building upon the wonderful legacy of the city of Pocatello, Idaho,” Mangum said.
As of Oct. 6, 2022, City Council Members are Scott Marchand Seat #1, Brent Nichols Seat #2, Corey Mangum Seat #3, Josh Mansfield Seat #4, Linda Leeuwrik Seat #5, and Rick Cheatum Seat #6. | 2022-10-10T17:51:45+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/pocatello/2022/10/10/pocatello-city-council-approves-nichols-and-mangum-for-seats-2-and-3/ |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s president agreed to open two new crossing points from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest to deliver desperately needed aid and equipment to help millions of earthquake victims, the United Nations announced Monday.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the decision by Syrian leader Bashar Assad to open crossing points at Bab Al-Salam and Al Raée for an initial period of three months. Currently, the U.N. has only been allowed to deliver aid to the northwest Idlib area through a single crossing at Bab Al-Hawa.
The announcement followed a meeting in Damascus earlier Monday between Assad and U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who spent the weekend witnessing the devastation caused by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that ravaged southern Turkey and northwestern Syria.
Guterres’ official announcement came during a closed meeting of the U.N. Security Council where diplomats said Griffiths announced Assad’s agreement to open the two new crossings during a virtual briefing.
The United Nations has come under intense pressure to get more aid and heavy equipment into Syria’s rebel-held northwest since the earthquake struck a week ago, with survivors lacking the means to dig for survivors and the death toll mounting.
The toll in the northwestern rebel-held region has reached 2,166, according to the rescue group the White Helmets, while 1,414 people have died in government-held areas, according to the Syrian Health Ministry in Damascus. The overall death toll in Syria stands at 3,580.
Guterres said in a statement that with the rising death toll “ delivering food, health, nutrition, protection, shelter, winter supplies and other life-saving supplies to all the millions of people affected is of the utmost urgency.”
“Opening these crossing points — along with facilitating humanitarian access, accelerating visa approvals and easing travel between hubs — will allow more aid to go in, faster,” the U.N. chief said.
In 2014, the Security Council authorized four border crossings to deliver aid to northwest Syria — two from Turkey, one from Jordan and one from Iraq. In January 2020, Syria’s close ally Russia used its veto threat to reduce the number of crossing to the two from Turkey. The following July, China and Russia used their veto power to reduce the number to just a single crossing.
France’s U.N. ambassador, Nicolas De Riviere, told reporters before Monday’s council meeting that the earthquake is “a humanitarian tragedy that should not be politicized.”
He said there were two options — either the Syrian government grant additional access to the northwest or the Security Council would try to adopt a resolution authorizing additional crossing points to the region. | 2023-02-13T22:31:14+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/world/article/un-says-syria-agrees-to-open-2-new-crossings-for-17782077.php |
After a brief excursion along a highway, a rogue 20-year-old llama has been returned home in Northern Virginia.
According to a statement from the police department, officers were able to corral Kolby in a residential backyard with the assistance of the helicopter. Kolby continuously evaded capture before an officer “bear hug[ged]” her as she ran by and another got a rope around her. When she was subdued, a dog leash was configured into a halter for her, since the ones the officers had were too large for a llama.
Kolby made one final attempt to run off before the trailer that would be used to transport her to the animal shelter arrived. It took five units to hold on to her.
With no further escape attempts, officers brought Kolby to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter barn, where she was supplied with plenty of hay and water, according to animal shelter director Reasa Currier.
When animal shelter staff members came in Monday morning, Kolby was given breakfast and assessed. She was found to be in stable condition and “seemed to enjoy all the attention,” Currier said.
On Tuesday, the shelter was able to reach Kolby’s owner, and the llama was returned home. Kolby wanted a wild adventure in her later years, Currier believes. But she was glad the brief adventure was over.
“We’re just so happy that Kolby and her dad are back together,” Currier said.
This story will be updated. | 2022-12-21T15:35:30+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/21/llama-fairfax-county-parkway/ |
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Coming off his first victory in five years, a win Jason Day thought might never come, the 35-year-old Australian is doing his best to keep expectations in check entering the PGA Championship.
Then again, once fearing his career might be over, the former No. 1 player in the world can draw upon the low moments from his recent past to keep him grounded at Oak Hill this week.
“I think it’s funny. After I won the tournament, it didn’t feel like much at all, and I say that in the most respectful way,” Day said Wednesday, referring to rallying from a final round two-shot deficit to win the Byron Nelson last weekend.
“I think it’s more about the actual journey,” he added. “Winning last week was a good step in the right direction in regards to knowing that the consistent work that I put in was yielding good play. All it had to to do was kind of show itself.”
It is, perhaps, a new Day.
In winning his 13th PGA Tour event, and first since the Wells Fargo in May 2018, Day has finally shaken the back problems which led to a gradual decline in his game since 2015-2016, when he combined for eight titles. The two-year stretch included Day winning his first and only major, the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, where he became the first player to finish a major at 20-under par or better.
After winning two more times in 2018, Day endured a four-year stretch in which he registered just 16 top-10 finishes and missed the cut 29 times in 79 events.
The bottom fell out a little over a year ago, when Day plunged to 175th in the rankings. Life was just as difficult off the course, where Day mourned his mother, who died last year following a lengthy battle with lung cancer.
“I was not only struggling mentally, but struggling physically, and there was a lot of doubt in my mind to think that I would ever come back and be able to win again,” acknowledged Day, who enters the weekend ranked 20th. “At one point I was sitting there going, OK, well, I didn’t know if this was kind of the end for me.”
To win on Mother’s Day was poignant enough. What the victory also did was validate the hints of progress Day began to see in his game since the 2022-23 season began in September.
In 16 tournaments, he’s enjoyed seven top-10 finishes — the most since he had 10 in 2016 — and missed the cut just three times, as opposed to doing so 16 times over his previous 41 tournaments.
“It’s like anything, once the momentum train starts, it takes a while to get things going. But once it starts, it starts to go pretty fast,” he said. “And if you can stay on that train for a little bit, that momentum can take you on to better things.”
Gratifying as it was to win, what also struck Day last weekend was the outpouring of support he received from fellow golfers.
Among them was Tiger Woods, who has formed a friendship with Day, with the two encouraging each other while dealing with their respective health issues. Woods’ career has been sidetracked by a rash of injuries, the latest involving him having ankle surgery last month.
“I can’t say what he said because a lot of it was like F-words,” Day said with a laugh in referring to Woods’ celebratory text messages.
Dustin Johnson, now playing on the rival LIV Golf circuit, knows first hand how good Day can play in having competed with him as an amateur in the 2000s, and again on the PGA Tour.
“He was one of the best players in the word. It’s good to see him back in good form and playing some good golf,” Johnson said Wednesday.
The key now for Day is to remain patient, which explains his approach this week.
Though unfamiliar with Oak Hill, Day elected against taking any practice rounds to conserve his energy. Mentally, he’s focusing solely on the first round and not the rising expectations he could entertain coming off a victory.
“It’s in my nature to expect bigger and better things, so I’m just trying to cool the jets on that,” he said, acknowledging how much of a mental trap high expectations were to him in the recent past.
“That was probably the hardest couple of years that I’ve had in regards to my competitive life,” Day said. “I think this time I’m trying to do it in a different way. I’m trying to be a lot more grateful for the opportunity that I have just because of what I’ve gone through.”
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COLORADO, USA — When it comes to water use, we're not living within our means.
"The Colorado River is in a crisis. We are using vastly more water than the river can provide," said Bart Miller, healthy rivers program director for Western Resource Advocates. "The math is really clear. It's like a bank account where you're taking out more than you're putting in."
The seven states that share the Colorado River are trying to figure out how to conserve 2-4 million acre-feet of water to protect critical elevations at Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
“2-4 million acre-feet is like a quarter of the entire annual supply of the Colorado River," Miller said. “They’re basically saying we need to cut back our use about 20-25% of what we’re currently taking and pulling out of the Colorado River.”
Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton asked river basin states to make a plan to cut water use by mid-August.
"Yesterday's deadline came and went without much by way of commitment," Miller said. "The upper basin states had a plan with a few elements, which were fairly modest, and the lower basin did not have a plan at all. In fact, you saw some letters from the state of Arizona saying, 'We tried. We had some ideas. They were rejected,' and you had the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which is Las Vegas, expressing a lot of disappointment that the states didn’t come together on a plan."
He said among other things, the upper basin states -- Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming -- suggest re-authorizing a pilot program from eight years ago that pays people like farmers to use less water.
“When that program was implemented back in 2014, it ran for about three years and it got to the level of about 20,000 acre-feet per year and it paid people to reduce the use. So it was fairly small scale," Miller said. "The notion of re-authorizing it is a good idea, but that program would have to expand probably about tenfold to be able to get a lot of the potential reductions."
He said the upper basin states' plan is a good first step, but it's not enough.
“For me, it just says a lot of work has been done, but the fruits of that have not been a clear plan yet. So I think the next couple months will be really telling for what the states can put together," Miller said. “The plan going forward definitely needs to involve cities, as well as farms and ranches and industry. Anyone who uses water from the Colorado can be part of the solution.”
Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that some states will have to cut their water use starting in January.
“They’re basically asking Arizona to cut back significantly, about 60,000 acre-feet, about 20% of their supply," Miller said. “The upper basin states are more affected by the call to action that the commissioner announced two months ago. She reiterated yesterday that we need to do a lot more and we need to do it quickly, and that’s something she said all states and all water use sectors need to chip in and be part of the solution.”
Nevada will have to cut 25,000 acre-feet and Mexico will have to cut 104,000 acre-feet of water, beginning in 2023.
"If we don't take action in the short term, literally in the next year, those reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, will continue to drop, and the concern is they'll get down to critical levels," Miller said.
Critical levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell would mean they're not able to generate hydropower or deliver water farther downstream.
"I'm concerned, but there's still time to fix this," Miller said. "I think we really have to think about accelerating the scale in which we do conservation all across the basin."
The Colorado Water Plan is currently in its public feedback stage. They're taking comments on the Colorado Water Conservation Board's website.
SUGGESTED VIDEOS: Colorado Climate | 2022-08-18T02:22:41+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/news/state/colorado-climate/water-conservation-colorado-river/73-be0d2833-3bcb-4fae-b8f7-690843d7a713 |
NEW YORK and CORK, Ireland, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) today completed its previously announced acquisition of Global Shares, a leading cloud-based provider of share plan management software.
With the addition of Global Shares, J.P. Morgan becomes an industry-leading provider of innovative employee ownership solutions to private and public companies globally. Companies and employees will benefit from Global Shares' share plan services, as well as J.P. Morgan's comprehensive suite of wealth management, executive financial services and other banking products and services.
Founded in 2005, Global Shares has an expansive client base of approximately 650 corporate clients that range from early-stage start-ups to mature multinational public corporations. The firm has nearly $200 billion in assets under administration across over 800,000 corporate employee participants. It operates with an experienced team of more than 600 employees and is headquartered in Cork, Ireland with 20 locations across Europe, the Middle East & Africa, North America, and Asia Pacific.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading financial services firm based in the United States of America ("U.S."), with operations worldwide. JPMorgan Chase had $3.8 trillion in assets and $286.1 billion in stockholders' equity as of June 30, 2022. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. Under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands, the Firm serves millions of customers in the U.S., and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients globally. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.
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(KXAN) — A mysterious animal was recently spotted swimming in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The state’s Parks and Wildlife Department later identified it as a nutria — but just what the heck is that?
As the U.S. Department of Agriculture explains, nutria are a species of common invasive semi-aquatic rodents. Often compared to beavers, the animals originated in South America and were brought to the U.S. in the 1880s during the fur trade. When demand for nutria fur halted, the animals were released into the wild, according to the USDA.
While the rodents — which also visibly resemble South American capybaras — can benefit certain environments by eating weeds and other invasive plants, they can also cause significant damage to their habitats.
In its webpage concerning “Texas’ most unwanted plants and animals,” the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) said nutria eat aquatic vegetation and burrow, “which can lead to erosion and damage roads.”
Nutria are currently found in at least 20 states, though they’re most abundant in the Gulf Coast states, according to the USDA. The department says that population control is difficult because nutria have high reproduction rates.
Avoid nutria
Nutria can also be territorial and sometimes will lash out and become aggressive, according to Dr. Brianna Armstrong from Firehouse Animal Health Center in Austin.
Armstrong said she doesn’t often hear about nutria attacks on pets, but it can happen if people and/or their dogs are in the rodent’s territory.
“If you’re in their feeding grounds, or they have offspring with them, or you’ve cornered them, then sometimes they’ll respond and lash out and become aggressive,” Armstrong explained. “So those are kind of the scenarios where you want to be a little bit more careful and try to keep your pets away from them really at all times as much as possible.”
Armstrong said nutria usually startle easily, so if one is close by, it will typically get scared off by a loud noise.
Armstrong also recommends keeping dogs on close leashes and trying to avoid disrupting nutria in their natural habitats.
Risks, diseases from nutria
Nutria can transmit rabies and a disease called leptospirosis, which is a bacterium that causes liver and kidney failure in dogs. It’s spread through urine, but Armstrong said water areas are easy places of transmission.
Leptospirosis is also zoonotic and can be transmitted from dogs to humans.
Not all vet clinics consider vaccines against leptospirosis part of dogs’ core vaccinations, so Armstrong recommends checking records for it.
Dogs should also be up to date on rabies vaccines.
Handling attacks
Armstrong said nutria have really long and piercing teeth, so if a dog (or person) does get bitten, the victim could suffer puncture wounds or lacerations that need to be sutured and should be treated immediately to avoid infection. | 2023-04-11T20:20:19+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/what-is-a-nutria-and-is-it-dangerous-to-pets/ |
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is set to execute a man Thursday evening who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago, despite a request from the victim’s family to spare his life.
Joe Nathan James Jr. is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. CDT at a south Alabama prison. James was convicted and sentenced to death in the 1994 shooting death of Faith Hall, 26, in Birmingham. Hall’s daughters have said they would rather James serve life in prison. But Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Wednesday she planned to let the execution proceed.
Prosecutors said James briefly dated Hall and that he became obsessed after she rejected him, stalking and harassing her for months before killing her. On Aug. 15, 1994, after Hall had been out shopping with a friend, James forced his way inside the friend’s apartment, pulled a gun from his waistband and shot Hall three times, according to court documents.
A Jefferson County jury first convicted James of capital murder in 1996 and voted to recommend the death penalty, which a judge imposed. The conviction was overturned when a state appeals court ruled a judge had wrongly admitted some police reports into evidence. James was retried and again sentenced to death in 1999, when jurors rejected defense claims that he was under emotional duress at the time of the shooting.
Hall’s two daughters, who were 3 and 6 when their mother was killed, had said recently they would rather James serve life in prison.
“I just feel like we can’t play God. We can’t take a life. And it’s not going to bring my mom back,” one of the daughters, Terryln Hall, told The Associated Press in a recent telephone interview.
“We thought about it and prayed about it, and we found it in ourselves to forgive him for what he did. We really wish there was something that we could do to stop it,” Hall had said, adding the road to forgiveness was long.
“I did hate him. I did. And I know hate is such a strong feeling word, but I really did have hate in my heart. As I got older and realized, you can’t walk around with hate in your heart. You still got to live. And once I had kids of my own, you know, I can’t pass it down to my kids and have them walk around with hate in their hearts,” she said.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall had urged Ivey to let the execution go forward, writing that “it is our obligation to ensure that justice is done for the people of Alabama.”
“The jury in James’s case unanimously decided that his brutal murder of Faith Hall warranted a sentence of death,” Marshall said.
In response to a reporter’s question, Ivey said Wednesday she would not intervene.
“My staff and I have researched all the records and all the facts and there’s no reason to change the procedure or modify the outcome. The execution will go forward,” she said.
James has acted as his own attorney in his bid to stop his execution, mailing handwritten lawsuits and appeal notices to the courts from death row. A lawyer on Wednesday filed the latest appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on his behalf.
James asked justices for a stay, noting the opposition of Hall’s family and arguing that Alabama did not give inmates adequate notice of their right to select an alternate execution method.
He argued that Alabama officials, after lawmakers approved nitrogen hypoxia as a new execution method, gave inmates only a brief window of time to select the new method and inmates did not know what was at stake when they were handed a selection form without any explanation. Alabama is not scheduling executions for inmates who selected nitrogen. The state has not developed a system for using nitrogen to carry out death sentences. | 2022-07-28T15:06:12+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/alabama-execution-set-over-opposition-from-victims-family/ |
LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings ("Bakkt" or the "Company") (NYSE: BKKT).
Class Period: March 31, 2021 – November 19, 2021
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 20, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Bakkt lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/bakkt-holdings-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) the Company had defective financial controls; (2) as a result, there were errors in the Company's financial statements related to the misclassification of certain shares issued prior to the Business Combination; (3) accordingly, the Company would need to restate certain of its financial statements; (4) the Company downplayed the true scope and severity of these issues; (5) the Company overstated its remediation of its defective financial controls; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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Dems say many foreign gifts to Trump remain unaccounted for
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s White House has failed to report more than 100 gifts from foreign nations worth more than a quarter-million dollars, and federal officials have been unable to find a life-size painting of Trump given by the president of El Salvador as well as golf clubs from the prime minister of Japan, according to a report Friday from House Democrats.
Among the unreported items are 16 gifts from Saudi Arabia worth more than $45,000 in all, including a dagger valued at up to $24,000, and 17 presents from India that include expensive cufflinks, a vase and a $4,600 model of the Taj Mahal, says the report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.
Gifts above several hundred dollars that foreign officials give to the president, vice president and their families are required under the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act to be reported to the State Department. The report from House Democrats, citing State Department records, says the number of gifts reported by Trump and his family are lower than the number disclosed by previous presidents.
All told, the report says, though the White House did report some gifts to State between 2017 and 2019, it failed to report more than 100 foreign gifts with a total value of over $250,000.
The report says federal officials have not been able to locate a life-size painting of Trump that, according to internal White House correspondence, was commissioned by the president of El Salvador and delivered to the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador as a gift to Trump just before the 2020 U.S. election. According to the report, the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador alerted U.S. officials to the gift and requested help in shipping it.
The report says that “there are no records of the painting’s disposition” by the National Archives and Records Administration or the General Services Administration but that some records suggest it may have been moved to Florida in July 2021 as property of Trump’s.
Also unaccounted for are thousands of dollars in golf clubs given to Trump in 2018 and 2019 by Shinzo Abe, then the prime minister of Japan.
“Today’s preliminary findings suggest again the Trump Administration’s brazen disregard for the rule of law and its systematic mishandling of large gifts from foreign governments, including many lavish personalized gifts that vastly exceed the statutory limit in value but were never reported — some that are still missing today,” Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, said in a statement.
He also said that the committee would “remain committed to following the facts to determine the extent to which former President Trump broke the law or violated the Constitution when he failed to report gifts and took possession of valuable items without paying the fair market price for them.”
A Trump spokesman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Tuch had two goals and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 on Friday night.
Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn each had a goal and an assist, Tage Thompson scored his 44th goal, and JJ Peterka had two assists to help the Sabres snap a four-game skid and win for the third time in 13 games (3-8-2). Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves to win for the first time in seven starts.
Buffalo remained on the fringes of contention for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, pulling six points behind Pittsburgh for the second wild card.
Jack Hughes had two goals and an assist for the Devils, who have lost five of six (1-3-2). Kevin Bahl added a goal and an assist, and Yegor Sharangovich also scored. New Jersey pulled Akira Schmid after the goalie allowed three goals on seven shots in the first 10:55. Vitek Vanecek made 17 saves in relief.
New Jersey, two points behind first-place Carolina in the Metropolitan Divisioin, entered the night needing one win to clinch a playoff berth for the first time since 2018, and reach 100 points in the standings for the first time since 2012.
Hughes scored his 38th and 39th goals five minutes apart to get the Devils within a goal before the midway point of the third period. Hughes also had a goal disallowed late in the second period when the Sabres successfully challenged that Sharangovich was offside.
Tuch’s goals in the second period built Buffalo’s lead to 5-2. Jeff Skinner set up Tuch in the high slot at 4:50 into the period, and Tuch tipped in Rasmus Dahlin’s point shot on a power play with 3:22 left for his 32nd goal.
Cozens and Thompson scored 39 seconds apart to give the Sabres an early lead. Thompson’s breakaway goal was the 100th of his NHL career. His 44 goals are the most by a Sabres player in 30 years.
Sharangovich scored for the Devils less than two minutes later, but the Sabres responded when Cozens set up Quinn for the rookie’s 14th goal.
Bahl made it 3-2 with 1:14 left in the first when he snapped a shot from the right wall past Luukkonen.
MILITARY APPRECIATION
Sabres players warmed up in green jerseys with the names of local veterans on the back. The jerseys were gifted to service members in attendance for Military Appreciation Night.
Captain Kyle Okposo’s jersey recognized Nicholas Warden, a U.S. Army veteran who died in 2017 while serving in Syria. A video shown during the first intermission showcased the team’s adopted service dog, Nikki, who was named in Warden’s honor.
UP NEXT
Devils: Host Ottawa on Saturday night.
Sabres: At the New York Islanders on Saturday night.
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SALT LAKE CITY and DALLAS, Feb. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Diathrive Health, a diabetes and chronic disease management solution, and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, PBC ("Cost Plus Drugs"), have announced a new collaboration today, focused on improving healthcare access, lowering costs, and improving outcomes for people living with diabetes and other chronic diseases.
"As a practicing physician I saw first-hand the danger of patients not being able to afford medications and supplies," said Alex Oshmyansky, CEO of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. "I founded the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company to help solve this problem and provide a way for patients to receive their treatments at an affordable price. We already offer transparent, low prices to cash-pay consumers and are excited to now be working with a company like Diathrive Health to further reduce the cost to patients, and to keep the patient record complete from both a clinical and financial perspective."
"Chronic diseases like diabetes are complex. The partnership with Cost Plus Drugs will give our customers another piece of the puzzle. Diathrive Health is happy to work with a company and team who share our goals and values," said Michael Hennessy, Founder and CEO of Diathrive Health.
Cost Plus Drugs and Diathrive Health are both industry disruptors. The relationship will give consumers lower cost medications and diabetes testing supplies and more personalized, higher quality care so that they can achieve better health outcomes.
Diathrive Health removes the financial, administrative and psychosocial barriers to managing a chronic condition. Members get unlimited diabetes testing supplies, clinical support from nurses who are Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (CDCES) and access to the Diathrive Health app that enables users to self-educate and train themselves on how to manage their condition.
About Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company
The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, PBC (Cost Plus Drugs) aims to fundamentally change the way the pharmaceutical industry operates. As a public-benefit corporation, its social mission of improving public health is just as important as the bottom line. Cost Plus Drugs transparently charges a standard markup on every drug it sells. The costplusdrugs.com online pharmacy launched in January 2022 now carries over 1,000 prescription products, delivered by mail to thousands of happy customers every day. Cost Plus Drugs is working with health plans, managed-care organizations, pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) and self-insured employers to bring these same savings to employer-sponsored benefit plans nationwide. https://www.linkedin.com/company/costplusdrugs/
About Diathrive Health
Diathrive Health's solution gives users the highest quality solution at the lowest cost. Members get unlimited glucose testing supplies, time with nurses who are Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (CDCES) and unlimited use of the Diathrive Health app where they can manage their data, learn about diabetes and connect with a clinician.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than three decades after a bomb brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the explosive appeared Monday in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism.
The extradition of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi marked a milestone in the decades-old investigation into the attack that killed 259 people aboard the plane and 11 on the ground. His arrival in Washington sets the stage for one of the Justice Department’s more significant terrorism prosecutions in recent memory.
“Although nearly 34 years have passed since the defendant’s actions, countless families have never fully recovered,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Erik Kenerson said during a court proceeding attended by victims’ relatives.
The Justice Department announced Sunday that Mas’ud had been taken into U.S. custody, two years after it revealed that it had charged him in connection with the explosion. Two other Libyan intelligence officials have been charged in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in the attack, but Mas’ud was the first defendant to appear in an American courtroom for prosecution.
The New York-bound Pan Am flight exploded over Lockerbie less than an hour after takeoff from London on Dec. 21, 1988. Citizens from 21 countries were killed. Among the 190 Americans on board were 35 Syracuse University students flying home for Christmas after a semester abroad.
The bombing laid bare the threat of international terrorism more than a decade before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and produced global investigations and punishing sanctions. Several victims’ relatives who weren’t sure a criminal case would ever be brought described as surreal the news that Mas’ud was finally in American custody.
Stephanie Bernstein, whose husband, Michael, was a Justice Department prosecutor returning from England aboard Pan Am 103, said she felt a “tremendous amount of satisfaction.” She said her husband prosecuted Nazis and felt strongly that there was no statute of limitations for murder.
“He had a fortune cookie adage on his door that said, ‘The law sometimes sleeps, but it never dies.’ This shows that the law never dies, that the United States government is going to take care of its citizens in life and in death and that the government has not forgotten,” Bernstein said.
Outside the courthouse Monday, Paul Hudson carried a photograph of his daughter, Melina, a 16-year-old student who had been returning for the Christmas holidays from an exchange program. He recalled how, after the crash, her belongings were scattered around the Lockerbie countryside. The family did get back her passport and her notebook.
“And the notebook had, on the cover, the quote ‘No one dies unless they’re forgotten,’ and I’ve tried to live by that,” he said. Remembrances of his daughter are an “everyday thing” and “this time of year, it gets stronger.”
The bearded and balding Mas’ud wore a green jail uniform, and walked with a halting gait to the defense table. He spoke occasionally through an interpreter, and the federal defenders who represented him at the hearing said he wanted to be represented by lawyers of his own choice.
At one point, as the charges were being discussed, Mas’ud said in Arabic that he could not speak until he saw his attorney.
A detention hearing was set for later in the month.
The announcement of charges against Mas’ud on Dec. 21, 2020, came on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing and in the final days of the tenure of then-Attorney General William Barr. At the time, Mas’ud was in Libyan custody. The announcement was a career bookend for Barr, who in his first stint as attorney general in the early 1990s had announced criminal charges against two other Libyan intelligence officials.
The Libyan government initially balked at turning over those two men, Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, before ultimately surrendering them for prosecution before a panel of Scottish judges sitting in the Netherlands as part of a special arrangement.
In Mas’ud’s case, a newly unsealed Justice Department indictment includes three charges related to the explosion, including destruction of an aircraft, resulting in death. Prosecutors said in court that they would not be pursuing the death penalty because that punishment was not available for those specific crimes at the time the bombing occurred.
U.S. officials did not say how Mas’ud came to be taken into U.S. custody, but late last month local Libyan media reported that Mas’ud had been kidnapped by armed men on Nov. 16 from his residence in Tripoli, the capital. That reporting cited a family statement that accused Tripoli authorities of being silent on the abduction.
A breakthrough in the Justice Department’s investigation came when U.S. officials in 2017 received a copy of an interview that Mas’ud, a longtime explosives expert for Libya’s intelligence service, had given to Libyan law enforcement in 2012 after being taken into custody following the collapse of the government of the country’s leader, Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
In that interview, U.S. officials said, Mas’ud admitted building the bomb in the Pan Am attack and working with two other conspirators to carry out the attack. He also said the operation was ordered by Libyan intelligence and that Gadhafi thanked him and other members of the team after the attack, according to an FBI affidavit.
That affidavit said Mas’ud told Libyan law enforcement that he flew to Malta to meet al-Megrahi and Fhimah. He handed Fhimah a medium-sized Samsonite suitcase containing a bomb, having already been instructed to set the timer so that the device would explode exactly 11 hours later, according to the document. He then flew to Tripoli, the FBI said.
Al-Megrahi was convicted in the Netherlands while Fhimah was acquitted of all charges. Al-Megrahi was given a life sentence, but Scottish authorities released him on humanitarian grounds in 2009 after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in Tripoli, still protesting his innocence.
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Associated Press journalists Julie Walker in New York and Rick Gentilo and Nathan Ellgren in Washington contributed to this report. | 2022-12-13T13:01:26+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-libyan-accused-in-lockerbie-bombing-to-appear-in-us-court/ |
Which Centrum multivitamin is best?
Centrum has been producing multivitamins since 1978 to help people with their health and wellness. The brand is one of the most recommended by doctors and pharmacists for its science-backed, innovative dietary supplements.
Whether you need basic immune support or are suffering from a deficiency, these multivitamins can help round out your dietary needs. The best one for men is the Centrum Multivitamin For Men. There are also multivitamins meant for women, children and older people.
What to know before you buy a Centrum multivitamin
Benefits of multivitamins
Multivitamins are meant as a kind of one-stop-shop for those whose diets lack essential vitamins or minerals. Among other things, Centrum multivitamins can help with the following:
- Immune system function: Vitamin and mineral deficiencies can increase the risk of illness or infection. Vitamins C, D and E can help support immune system health.
- Eye health: Riboflavin, omega-3, niacin and many vitamins can help improve vision and support eye health.
- Heart and brain health: Multivitamins contain such things as magnesium, folate, calcium, vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids. These can reduce the risk of heart disease and improve brain function.
- Muscle and bone health: Branched-chain amino acids and many vitamins, such as vitamins A, C and D, can help with muscle and bone development and health.
- Nervous system function: Vitamins B1, B6 and B12 are some of the ingredients that give the nervous system a healthy boost.
- Metabolic function: A daily multivitamin with ingredients such as vitamins D and B12 can improve one’s metabolism.
- Energy: Certain vitamins, including riboflavin, niacin, biotin and B12, can give you an energy boost. Getting the right nutrients can also help with this.
- Memory, mood and concentration: Certain minerals and vitamins in multivitamins can support the production of serotonin and give your mood and concentration a boost.
- Blood sugar levels: Magnesium and other vitamins and minerals found in multivitamins can regulate blood sugar levels. They can also support essential nerve functions.
When getting Centrum multivitamins, check the ingredients and specific benefits it’s supposed to provide. That way, you can get the most support for your health. If you’re not sure that multivitamins are right for you, consult a doctor.
Recommended group
Everyone’s body and dietary needs are different, based on things such as sex and age. Because of this, Centrum multivitamins are geared toward the following groups:
- Men
- Women
- Children
- Those age 50 and over
People’s nutritional requirements change as they get older. For example, most children do not need the same amount of minerals as adults. Older individuals, meanwhile, often need a higher dose of certain vitamins, such as B12 or D. Before taking any multivitamin, check the label to make sure it’s intended for you.
Potential issues
Some people need to take multivitamins because of a specific health issue, such as a nutritional deficiency. These are often caused by conditions such as:
- Poor diet
- Celiac or Chrohn’s disease
- Type 2 diabetes
- Pregnancy
However, be careful when introducing any dietary supplement into your routine. In particular, if you take certain medications, they could interact negatively or become less effective due to the multivitamin.
What to look for in a quality Centrum multivitamin
Recommended dose
In most cases, you should take only one Centrum multivitamin a day. If you forget to take it, don’t double up the next day and take two — simply take one, as usual. Some supplements have frequency and dosage recommendations, so check the packaging for instructions.
The best time to take a multivitamin depends on the person, their routine and the supplement. Some are fat-soluble, meaning you should take them with a meal. Others can be taken any time of day.
Avoid drinking caffeinated beverages that contain tannin, such as black tea or coffee, immediately around the time you consume any dietary supplement. Tannin can interfere with the effects or prevent your body from properly absorbing them.
Form
Most multivitamins, including Centrum ones, come in one of three forms:
- Tablets or capsules: The most common type, these are meant to be swallowed whole, usually with water. They come in different sizes and are either oblong or circular. Most adult multivitamins come in this form.
- Gummies: Many multivitamins for children come in gummy form and should be chewed before swallowing them. They’re often fruit-flavored.
- Liquid: If you have difficulty swallowing tablets and don’t want to chew your multivitamin, a liquid multivitamin is a good alternative. Since it’s liquid, the body can also absorb it more easily and quickly.
Count
Both tablet and gummy multivitamins usually specify the count on the label of the container. The count ranges from 30 to 120, on average. Gummies often have a smaller count than capsules. Liquid supplements are typically between 8 and 32 ounces.
How much you can expect to spend on a Centrum multivitamin
Centrum multivitamins cost $10-$30, on average. Gummies usually cost more for a smaller count than tablets.
Centrum multivitamin FAQ
Do Centrum multivitamins have an expiration date?
A. All dietary supplements have an expiration date based on the least stable ingredient used. Check the packaging for the date. If you take multivitamins after that date, they could be less effective.
Do multivitamins gummies contain gluten or allergens?
A. Centrum multivitamin gummies do not contain crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, eggs, milk, soy, fish, wheat or peanuts. They are also gluten-free.
What’s the best Centrum multivitamin to buy?
Top Centrum multivitamin
What you need to know: This multivitamin provides the vitamins and minerals needed to boost metabolic functions, improve immune health and give you an energy boost.
What you’ll love: Included are 250 gluten-free, non-GMO tablets. The key ingredients are vitamins B12, B6, C and D, as well as selenium, biotin, zinc and antioxidants.
What you should consider: They’re tablets, so they can be difficult to swallow if you’re not used to them.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Centrum multivitamin for the money
Centrum Multivitamin For Women
What you need to know: With 23 important micronutrients, this multivitamin promotes immune function and bone health.
What you’ll love: These gluten-free daily supplements can also improve your metabolism and energy. They contain iron, antioxidants and more.
What you should consider: They can be difficult to swallow.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Centrum Kids Multivitamin Gummies
What you need to know: These can help with immune support, energy, and growth and development.
What you’ll love: With 110 gummies in the container, this multivitamin can last for up to 3 months. They have a tropical punch flavor. They also have 11 essential nutrients, as well as vitamins C and E.
What you should consider: They easily stick to teeth.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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ST CHARLES, Mo. — The St. Louis man who shot and killed a suspect in a violent St. Charles robbery spree last month will not face any charges.
The St. Charles Police Department confirmed in a Wednesday statement that the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney's Office cleared the man of any wrongdoing. 5 On Your Side is not naming him as he has not been charged with a crime.
The man was a customer at the QuikTrip on 2260 First Capitol Dr. on July 16 when he witnessed an armed robbery. He then shot and killed the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Lance Bush of St. Louis.
According to police, Bush first entered a Mobil On The Run gas station just before 3 a.m. Bush allegedly threatened the store clerk with the knife. Police said Bush made the clerk open a cash register, and tried to get her to open a safe but she was unable to do so. Police say he then dragged her back to the front counter, where she opened a second cash register.
Bush then stole the money and drove off in a black SUV, police said. The clerk was treated for non-life threatening lacerations left from the knife and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
As police responded to the armed robbery at the Mobil, they received a call for an alarm at the Phillips 66 on Capitol Drive. Broken glass there "indicated a burglary had just taken place," police said.
As they were investigating that incident, at 3:20 a.m. a report of an armed robbery and shots fired at the QuikTrip.
Police arrived to find Bush shot. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
A customer armed with a gun said he watched enter the QuikTrip and put a knife to the store clerk's throat. The customer then grabbed his handgun, entered the QuikTrip and shot Bush after a confrontation, according to police.
The customer spoke to 5 On Your Side the day after the shooting.
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"Taking somebody's life is not an everyday thing, neither is saving someone's life," the customer, who wished to remain anonymous said.
The customer said he saw it all unfold from his car, parked in front of the QuikTrip.
"I walked up to the door and I saw him with a knife to her throat. She was emptying out the cash register and I took a step in and peeked my head in to ask if everything was okay. I couldn't see his face but he was saying yes, but I could see her face she was saying no, she was scared," he said.
"I pulled my gun up and I asked him are you sure everything's okay and that's when the suspect said 'no it's not okay, but I got something for you' and he grabbed his bag, ran from around the counter and started running towards me and that's when I fired shots," the customer said.
He told 5 On Your Side he recalls shooting four times before Bush fell to the floor. Shortly after he told the clerk to call the police, he did as well.
"I don't think I honestly had a choice. He already had a knife at her throat, he could've pulled out something bigger than what I had then you would've had two people dead instead of one," he said.
The suspect's black SUV was later found to have been stolen Friday from Maryland Heights. Police said items stolen from the Phillips 66 gas station were found in the vehicle and they believed he was tied to all three incidents. | 2022-08-04T11:36:28+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/customer-shot-st-charles-quiktrip-robbery-suspect-not-charged/63-843d6d34-fdb4-4f4d-9d03-41e5e440b446 |
Alabama House speaker nominee lays out plan for next legislative session
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new leader is expected to take the reigns in Alabama’s House of Representatives in 2023. Rep. Nathanial Ledbetter is slated to replace retiring House Speaker Mac McCutcheon.
Representing DeKalb County since 2014, Ledbetter is the House Republican caucus’ majority leader.
Putting Alabama first is at the top of the mind for Ledbetter.
“I think the most important role is to make sure that we have moved the process smoothly,” said Ledbetter.
Ledbetter will now sit front and center, as the House Republican caucus nominated him as their choice to be the next speaker of the House. The vote isn’t official, but with a Republican supermajority, Ledbetter is expected to be confirmed in this position after lawmakers make the official vote in January.
“Just a country boy from rural north Alabama. It’s kind of humbling,” said Ledbetter.
Ledbetter served as the majority leader for the past five years, working closely with Rep. Anthony Daniels, the minority caucus leader.
“I think he’ll be consistent,” said Daniels. “And our working relationship is all you can ask for. Someone that’s going to be honest with you and do what they say they’re going to do.”
The speaker of the House has the final say in what makes it to the floor for debate. During the next legislative session, Ledbetter says Alabamians can expect bills that will improve education, fight the fentanyl crisis, streamline the state’s adoption process and see bills from the Inland Waterways and Ports Committee.
“One thing that has been talked about is giving a one-time rebate to the taxpayers in the state,” said Ledbetter.
The Republican Party outnumbers House Democrats 77-28, but there is some overlap in interests.
“Access to quality health care is one of those issues that I think we share some common interests in,” said Daniels.
But there will be challenges, including how to allocate the second round of American Rescue Plan dollars.
“The economy is changing. Inflation is going to be detrimental to us as a budget,” said Ledbetter. “So we got to be very cautious about that.”
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The NBA unveiled a reimagined app on Tuesday, with the league saying it will help bring fans closer to the game by offering better streaming options and access to more highlights as close to real-time as possible.
The app is more than two years in the making, with plans for the project starting in earnest about a month before the NBA’s pandemic shutdown in March 2020. It uses artificial intelligence to give fans the sort of content they would want, whether watching a game from inside an NBA arena or anywhere else.
It’s the latest element in the NBA’s direct-to-consumer strategy. The league’s by-subscription offerings — NBA League Pass and NBA TV — are integrated into the app, with higher video quality and improved streaming latency part of the selling points. Alternate streams, including additional camera angles and betting-focused streams, will also be part of the app’s viewing offerings. Some language options will also be included.
The price of League Pass has also been slashed, down to $99.99 and $129.99 for the full season depending on level of package purchased. It’s also now available as a monthly subscription.
“At the core of everything we do is our live game experience,” NBA Vice President of Next Gen Telecast Sara Zuckert said. “And that’s something that we’ve been rethinking from the ground up. We’re pleased to be able to bring all of that together into one cohesive experience for fans who are watching on the new platform.”
The app has new ways for fans to see stats and highlights, tapping into all corners of the content ecosystem — taking some of what is provided by broadcasters, content creators, teams, players, even fans, and packaging it for app users quickly. It also showcases the rapid movement toward vertical video, like what’s on Instagram and TikTok.
Among the other highlights of the app: behind-the-scenes access to players and teams; access to postgame news conferences after all games; new shows, including a seven-episode look at Golden State’s run to last year’s title called “Gold Blooded” and narrated by Warriors veteran Andre Iguodala; and the ability to view to hundreds of archived NBA games.
Fans will also be offered the chance to join NBA ID, a free fan-reward program with some member-only benefits.
“Launching our new app … is a major milestone as we continue to build and strengthen our direct-to-consumer offerings,” NBA Executive Vice President overseeing Direct-to-Consumer offerings Chris Benyarko said.
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Organizers of the Formula 1 World Championship on Wednesday published the calendar for the 2024 season, and it boasts a record 24 races, or one more than the current season.
The calendar also stands out because the first race of the season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, is scheduled to take place on a Saturday instead of the usual Sunday, in this case March 2. This will also be the case for the second race on March 9, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The shift was necessary to accommodate the start of Ramadan on March 10, the organizers, which include F1 and the FIA, said.
The organizers have also moved some races to group them together in specific regions, reducing the travel requirements for teams and all of their gear in an effort to boost the sport’s sustainability. For example, following the race in Australia will be races in Japan and then China. The Chinese Grand Prix will make its first appearance on the calendar since 2019, as the race has been called off in previous years due to restrictions related to Covid-19.
Once again there will also be five races in North America, including three in the U.S. and one each in Canada and Mexico. The U.S. races will take place in Austin, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Miami, Florida. The Las Vegas race is also scheduled to take place on a Saturday, in this case November 23.
Traditional races such as the French and German Grands Prix won’t return in 2024, although the organizers are keen to host them in future seasons.
2024 Formula 1 World Championship calendar:
March 2 – Bahrain Grand Prix
March 9 – Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
March 24 – Australian Grand Prix
April 7 – Japanese Grand Prix
April 21 – Chinese Grand Prix
May 5 – Miami Grand Prix
May 19 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
May 24 – Monaco Grand Prix
June 9 – Canadian Grand Prix
June 23 – Spanish Grand Prix
June 30 – Austrian Grand Prix
July 7 – British Grand Prix
July 21 – Hungarian Grand Prix
July 28 – Belgian Grand Prix
August 25 – Dutch Grand Prix
September 1 – Italian Grand Prix
September 15 – Azerbaijan Grand Prix
September 22 – Singapore Grand Prix
October 18 – United States Grand Prix (Austin)
October 27 – Mexican Grand Prix
November 3 – Brazilian Grand Prix
November 23 – Las Vegas Grand Prix
December 1 – Qatar Grand Prix
December 8 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Appearances by Belinda, Congressman Joaquin Castro, Chef Grace Ramirez, Lupita Infante, Marianna Burelli, Harvey Guillén, Mabel Cadena, Leonor Varela, Ivana de Maria, Christopher Rivas, Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper, and hosted by Annie Gonzalez, Julissa Calderon and Mauro Castillo.
ASPEN, Colo., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Raizado, The Latinx House Festival announced today its official programming lineup for the inaugural event taking place in Aspen, Colorado, August 30-September 1, 2022. Festival organizers, alongside its local Host Committee and National Advisory Committee of celebrity and philanthropy leaders, have developed a program that highlights the power, culture, and truth of the Latinx community within the United States and beyond. Highlights include flash talks, panels, intimate lounges, art exhibitions, live music, a late-night party at the Hotel Jerome, film screenings, and more, that uplift some of the biggest names and up-and-coming voices in the Latinx community.
Hosted by Annie Gonzalez (Gentefied, Vida, Shameless), Julissa Calderon (Gentefied, With Love, Buzzfeed's Pero Like), and Mauro Castillo (Encanto; "We Don't Talk About Bruno), Raizado will feature appearances by Belinda, Lupita Infante, Congressman Joaquin Castro, Chef Grace Ramirez, Marianna Burrelli, Harvey Guillen, Mabel Cadena, Leonor Varela, Ivana de Maria, Christopher Rivas, Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper, Aspen Mayor Torre, among others.
Raizado will be available to live stream HERE.
During the three-day dynamic day and nighttime programming festival attendees will:
WATCH: Screenings of Netflix's From Scratch and MSNBC's The Culture is Latina, the latter of which will include a panel featuring Culture is Latina roundtable stars Julissa Acra, Janel Martinez, and The Latinx House co- founder, Mónica Ramírez, and moderated by TODAY Show correspondent and NBC News on-air anchor Morgan Radford, and a preview of The Latinx House's first short film, "Elefanta," directed by Latinx House co-founder, Olga Segura, and centered on Latinx solidarity.
- HEAR FROM: U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, Representative Joaquin Castro, Aspen Mayor Torre, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Blanca Uzeta O'Leary, Alex Sánchez, Crystal Echohawk, Dr. Carmen Rojas, Kayla Casteneda, Adrienne Masanares , Christina Soliz, Antonio Tijerino, and more who are dedicated to Raizado's mission of celebrating the contributions of the Latinx community across all their fields, and increasing the representation, opportunities, and investment they receive.
- DANCE TO: Live musical performances by Raizado headliner Belinda, alongside Lupita Infante, DJ Ana Calderon, and a traditional Mariachi procession by the Campanas de America.
- TASTE: A curated menu of food that explores the culinary complexity and richness of Latin American tradition, curated specially for Raizado by dedicated humanitarian, author, and celebrity Chef Grace Ramirez, and that will center around her signature style of storytelling from her own Latinx heritage, as well as Chefs Melissa Tung, Andres Vega, and Valerie Chang, with food sourced from local vendors around Aspen. Other celebrated Latinx Chefs and Restaurateurs who will be showing their support for Raizado include Chef Cesar Zapata, and Ani Meinhold.
- SIP: Drinks from award winning bartender, mixologist, philanthropist, and pioneer, Lynette Marrero, for attendees to enjoy through the festivities.
Additional programming and experiences taking place during Raizado include:
- Panels and talks curated by The Latinx House co-founders, activist Mónica Ramírez and producer Olga Segura, will bring together diverse groups of thought leaders that will think through topics like closing the wealth gap, democracy and disinformation ahead of the midterm elections, the the Latinx community's role in health equity, education, and climate justice, and the path forward on all fronts.
- The Icon Awards dinner to highlight the Icon Award winners for Culture, Truth and Power. Each of the honorees embodies these three key pillars, which are at the heart of The Latinx House's work. In addition to the Icon Awards, TLH will celebrate their inaugural Beacon and Reformer Award Winners.
- Raizado Festival Encore: To conclude the festival, Raizado will offer an afternoon of programming on Thursday, September 1 that is free and open to the Aspen public in addition to festival goers. Encore programming hosted at the historic Hotel Jerome will include a special screening of UNIDAD, fireside chats with Ramirez and Editor-in-Chief of The Nation, Katrina van Heuvel and Fatima Goss Graves of The National Women's Law Center on allyship, and a sneak peak from The Latinx House's first ever short film, Elefanta.
Raizado, The Latinx House Festival sponsors include: Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, P&G, Pop Culture Collaborative, Hotel Jerome, Luminate, The Schusterman Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, Warner Brothers Discovery, Netflix, Justice for Migrant Women, Way to Rise, Valiente Fund, Women's Foundation California, Hispanics in Philanthropy, AARP, Planned Parenthood, Disney, Known Holdings, Hewlett Foundation, and Acura, the official vehicle of Raizado.
"We are overjoyed by the incredible individuals who have raised their hand to be part of this inaugural Raizado, The Latinx House Festival. We are fortunate to have built a strong program, with input from the members of the Raizado Advisory and Host Committees. The program reflects the diversity and the promise of the Latinx community throughout the United States and Latin America. We look forward to gathering as a community to celebrate our strengths as we look towards a brighter future." said Mónica Ramírez, organizer, activist, and co-founder of The Latinx House.
Across the United States and launching soon in Mexico, The Latinx House continues to work to harness the cultural and political power of the Latinx community to create pivotal moments to find commonality in these spaces and to engage in opportunities to bring forth change. The Latinx House has built a vision for the Festival to create a clear and robust place to celebrate and contemplate Latinx politics, arts, and culture.
Raizado comes on the heels of successful events at The Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and the Oscars.
About The Latinx House:
The Latinx House is a non-profit organization that brings together the Latinx community and its allies to discuss pressing societal issues and celebrate Latinx contributions to society. The organization creates physical and virtual gathering places for people who appreciate and support the Latinx community in film, entertainment, activism and beyond. They provide opportunities for networking, community building, education and engagement around Latinx issues, stories, art, and entertainment. For more information on The Latinx House, please visit www.thelatinxhouse.org.
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The NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship game ended in a historic victory of Louisiana State University on Sunday, with the Lady Tigers scoring the most points in women’s finals history. It also put the national spotlight on stars like LSU forward Angel Reese, who faced criticism for her conduct during the game.
Some labeled Reese “classless” and even called her an “idiot.” The comments were made after Reese, a Black woman, made wrestler John Cena’s “you can’t see me” hand gesture and pointed at her ring finger, presumably where her championship ring might go, in Iowa point guard Caitlin Clark’s direction.
Clark, a white woman, used the exact same Cena-inspired gesture earlier this season but didn’t experience similar backlash for her actions.
Some of the comments against Reese were made by Jose de Jesus Ortiz, editor-in-chief of OurEsquina, an online news outlet focused on elevating the stories of Latinos in sports, Keith Olbermann, a former ESPN host and Barstool Sports president Dave Portnoy.
Social media users were quick to push back against the pair for their remarks, calling their comments hypocritical, misogynistic and reflective of a double standard in sports.
“Shut your dumb ass up leave angel reese alone,” Shaquille O’Neal, former LSU alum and NBA star, tweeted in reaction to Olbermann’s statement.
On Monday, Reese retweeted the basketball legend, writing, “yeah my uncle shaq don’t play bout me. period.”
The former ESPN host later issued an apology on Twitter.
“I apologize for being uninformed last night about the back story on this,” he said on the platform.
“I don’t follow hoops, college or pro, men or women. I had no idea about Clark. Both were wrong,” he said, while adding that the sport’s stars “can be classless winners who are willing to overshadow their own team’s victories.”
Despite the somewhat awkward apology, the damage had already been done.
“If it wasn’t ‘classless’ when Caitlin Clark did it, don’t call it classless when Angel Reese does it,” wrote Emmanuel Acho, a former linebacker for the Cleveland Browns. “Let the women compete, it’s sports!!”
20-year-old Reese, a sophomore, addressed the comments herself after the game, which resulted in LSU beating Iowa 101-85.
“I’m too hood, I’m too ghetto, y’all told me that all year,” Reese said during a press conference. “But when other people do it, y’all don’t say nothing.”
Clark later said she had no idea Reese was taunting her, but voiced her respect for the opposing team.
“All you can do is hold your head high, be proud of what you did and all the credit in the world to LSU,” she said. “They were tremendous, they deserve it. They had a tremendous season.”
Reese and Clark achieved much success in their season. The LSU student was named the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, while Clark was crowned Naismith Player of the Year.
On Monday, First lady Jill Biden, while on a trip in Colorado, said she’d like to see both teams at the White House for a reception to celebrate their achievements. Traditionally, only winning teams make it to the Executive Mansion once championship games conclude.
Reese has already reacted to the news on Twitter, calling Biden’s wishes “A JOKE.” Vanessa Valdivia, press secretary to Biden, walked back the first lady’s comments Tuesday in a written statement.
“The First Lady loved watching the NCAA women’s basketball championship game alongside young student-athletes and admires how far women have advanced in sports since the passing of Title IX. Her comments in Colorado were intended to applaud the historic game and all women athletes.
“She looks forward to celebrating the LSU Tigers on their championship win at the White House.” | 2023-04-05T16:22:05+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/reckon/2023/04/backlash-against-lsu-womens-basketball-star-angel-reese-shows-double-standards-in-sports.html |
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali forces on Monday stormed a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, where Islamic extremists had been holed up for more than 18 hours after killing eight civilians and trapping dozens in the building, officials said.
Police spokesperson Sadik Dodishe said all six extremists died during the operation at the Villa Rosa hotel, and one member of the security forces was also killed.
Dodishe said about 60 people who had been trapped in the hotel were freed and none of them were injured. It was not immediately clear whether others were missing.
According to Dodishe, five of the attackers were killed by security forces, and one blew himself up.
Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mogadishu resident Mohamed Suleyman told the AP that two of his relatives, both civilians, died in the attack. “It’s a great sadness to learn that two of my relatives were among those killed in yesterday night’s attack,” he said. “We were informed by their colleagues who managed to escape the attack after jumping (over the perimeter) wall of the hotel.”
Ali Moalim, another Mogadishu resident, said he saw “two bodies of the security forces carried by their fellow soldiers.”
Al-Shabab said in a broadcast on its own radio frequency Sunday that its fighters attacked the hotel, which has a restaurant popular with government and security officials. The attack is believed to have started with an explosion before gunmen penetrated the hotel’s gates.
The hotel is not far from the presidential palace, Villa Somalia, in one of the most protected parts of central Mogadishu. A successful attack near the seat of the federal government is likely to instill deep fear among residents of the seaside capital that has long been prone to attacks by militants.
Such militant attacks are common in Mogadishu and other parts of the Horn of Africa nation.
The latest attack comes amid a new, high-profile offensive by the Somali government against al-Shabab, which still controls large parts of central and southern Somalia.
Extremist fighters loyal to the group have responded by killing prominent clan leaders in an apparent effort to dissuade support for the government offensive, and attacks on public places frequented by government officials and others persist.
Hotels and restaurants are frequently targeted, as are military bases for government troops and foreign peacekeepers.
Last month at least 120 people were killed in two car bombings at a busy junction in Mogadishu. Al-Shabab carried out that attack, the deadliest since a similar attack at the same spot killed more than 500 people five years ago.
Al-Shabab opposes Somalia’s federal government, which is backed by African Union peacekeepers, and seeks to take power and enforce a strict version of Sharia law.
The United States has described al-Shabab as one of al-Qaida’s deadliest organizations and targeted it with scores of airstrikes in recent years. Hundreds of U.S. military personnel have returned to the country after former president Donald Trump withdrew them. | 2022-11-28T21:07:30+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-somali-forces-still-battling-with-al-shabab-in-hotel-attack/ |
"The Last Resort" is a new book that looks at the rise and environmental impact of beach resorts. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to author Sarah Stodola.
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"The Last Resort" is a new book that looks at the rise and environmental impact of beach resorts. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to author Sarah Stodola.
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MIAMI LAKES, Fla., Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mason Vitamins Inc. has issued a nationwide voluntary recall of the specific lot of Healthy Sense Daily Multiple with Iron and People's Choice Women's Daily Vitamins with Iron due to Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Pantothenic Acid amounts being lower than the declared amount on the label which was determined during an FDA inspection.
The products were sold nationwide at Bargain Barn, 99 Cents Only, Fruth Pharmacy, Joe V's Smart Shop, Rose's Discount Stores, Rex Discount Pharmacy, Star Discount Pharmacy, Propst Discount Pharmacy, Dollar Tree and limited distributors.
To date, no illnesses related to these products have been reported. No other People's Choice and Healthy Sense products are affected by this recall. If customers have product affected by this voluntary recall, they should discard it immediately.
For any additional information, please call Customer Care 1-888-860-5376, Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
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100-year-old fulfills dream of graduating high school, receives diploma
MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. (Gray News) - A New York woman is a high school graduate at 100 years old.
According to the Spencerport Central School District, 100-year-old Pearl Neumann received her high school diploma in a memorable ceremony in December 2022.
School representatives said Neumann grew up in Spencerport but was unable to complete high school due to working on her family farm.
Neumann shared that she has been devoted to family, work, and volunteer service over the years. However, despite her successes, she regretted not receiving her diploma.
The Spencerport Central School District said Neumann fulfilled her dream of receiving her diploma and she will be included in the class of 2023 display.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Polls have opened in Greece’s parliamentary election, the first since the country’s economy ceased to be subject to strict supervision and control by international lenders who had provided bailout funds during its nearly decade-long financial crisis.
The two main contenders in Sunday’s vote are conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 55, a Harvard-educated former banking executive, and 48-year-old Alexis Tsipras, who heads the left-wing Syriza party and served as prime minister during some of the financial crisis’ most turbulent years.
Although Mitsotakis has been steadily ahead in opinion polls, a newly introduced electoral system of proportional representation makes it unlikely that whoever wins the election will be able to garner enough seats in Greece’s 300-member parliament to form a government without seeking coalition partners.
The winner of Sunday’s election will have three days to negotiate a coalition with one or more other parties. If that fails, the mandate to form a government is then given to the second party. But deep divisions between the two main parties and four smaller ones expected to enter parliament mean a coalition will be hard to come by, making a second election likely on July 2.
The second election would be held under a new electoral law which makes it easier for a winning party to form a government by giving it a bonus of up to 50 seats in parliament.
A total of 32 parties are vying for votes, although opinion polls have indicated only six have a realistic chance of meeting the 3% threshold to gain seats in parliament.
Greece’s once-dominant socialist Pasok party is likely to be at the center of any coalition talks. Overtaken by Syriza during Greece’s 2009-2018 financial crisis, the party has been polling at around 10%. Its leader, Nikos Androulakis, 44, was at the center of a wiretapping scandal in which his phone was targeted for surveillance.
Polling at around 10%, Pasok would be vital in any coalition deal, but Androulakis’ poor relationship with Mitsotakis, who he accuses of covering up the wiretapping scandal, mean a deal with the conservatives is unlikely. His relationship with Tsipras is also poor, accusing him of trying to poach Pasok voters.
The far-right Greeks Party, founded by a jailed former lawmaker with a history of neo-Nazi activity, was banned from participating by the Supreme Court. His former party, Golden Dawn, which rose to become Greece's third largest during the financial crisis, was deemed to be a criminal organization.
In the run-up to the election, Mitsotakis had enjoyed a double-digit lead in opinion polls, but saw that erode following a rail disaster on Feb. 28 that killed 57 people after an intercity passenger train was accidentally put on the same rail line as an oncoming freight train. It was later revealed that train stations were poorly staffed and safety infrastructure broken and outdated.
The government was also battered by a surveillance scandal in which prominent Greek politicians, including Androulakis, and journalists discovered spyware on their phones. The prime minister said he had not been aware of the tapping of Androulakis' phone, and that he would not have allowed it had he known. But the revelations deepened mistrust among the country’s political parties at a time when consensus may be badly needed.
Tsipras has campaigned heavily on the rail disaster and wiretapping scandal.
In power since 2019 elections, Mitsotakis has delivered unexpectedly high growth, a steep drop in unemployment and a country on the brink of returning to investment grade on the global bond market for the first time since it lost market access in 2010, at the start of its financial crisis.
Debts to the International Monetary Fund were paid off early. European governments and the IMF pumped 280 billion euros ($300 billion) into the Greek economy in emergency loans between 2010 and 2018 to prevent the eurozone member from going bankrupt. In return, they demanded punishing cost-cutting measures and reforms that saw the country's economy shrink by a quarter.
A severe recession and years of emergency borrowing left Greece with a whopping national debt that reached 400 billion euros last December and hammered household incomes, which will likely need another decade to recover.
The other three parties with realistic chances of parliamentary seats are Greece's Communist Party, or KKE, led by Dimitris Koutsoumbas; the leftwing European Realistic Disobedience front (MeRA25), led by Tsipras' flamboyant former finance minister; and the rightwing Elliniki Lysi, or Greek Solution, headed by Kyriakos Velopoulos.
The KKE, a staple of Greek politics, has seen a steady core of support around 4.5%-5.5% over the past decade, while Varoufakis' party has been polling at just over the 3% parliamentary threshold. Velopoulos' party elected 10 lawmakers in 2019 and looks set to enter parliament again. | 2023-05-21T05:33:04+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/politics/article/polls-open-in-greece-s-first-election-since-18110713.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs banker was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund of billions of dollars used to finance lavish parties, a superyacht, premium real estate and even the 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
Roger Ng was convicted last April by a U.S. District Court jury in Brooklyn, but he continues to deny charges that he conspired to launder money and violated two anti-bribery laws.
Prosecutors said Ng and his co-conspirators helped the Malaysian fund, known as 1MDB, to raise $6.5 billion through bond sales — only to participate in a scheme that siphoned off more than two-thirds of the money, some of which went to pay bribes and kickbacks.
Reading from a prepared statement, Ng pleaded for mercy from U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie.
“I’m embarrassed. I’m ashamed,” he told the judge.
“I don’t want to live in resentment,” he said. “I want to redeem myself.”
The judge admonished Ng: “The only explanation for your conduct is greed.”
Ng had hoped to avoid prison time and be allowed to return to Malaysia, where he faces a separate prosecution. His lawyers argued that incarceration would worsen his “serious mental health condition.”
The looting of the state-controlled development fund — and attempts to cover up the thefts — upended Malaysia’s government, sent ripples through Hollywood, where some of the stolen money had gone to finance films, and touched on Washington, D.C., where people involved in the scheme funded a campaign to influence the outcome of the investigation.
The person accused of being the architect of the plot, the Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, also known as “Jho Low,” remains an international fugitive. Before he went into hiding, he was known for his business and social ties to American celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio and Kim Kardashian.
Ng’s lawyers acknowledged the 1MDB looting was “perhaps the single largest heist in the history of the world,” but said their client was the fall guy for Low and a fellow Goldman Sachs banker also charged in the $4.5 billion scheme.
Tim Leissner, Ng’s former boss at Goldman Sachs, pleaded guilty in 2018 to bribing government officials in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi. He was ordered to pay $43.7 million and became a key government witness during Ng’s two-month trial.
Ng was extradited to the United States in 2019 after spending six months in custody in Malaysia. He has been under house arrest for the past four years. Federal prosecutors had asked for a 15-year sentence.
Ng was allowed to leave the courthouse and will surrender to authorities in two months, unless the judge grants his request to remain released on bail while he appeals.
The judge declined to issue a fine, and would consider a forfeiture amount in the coming days. That amount could be anything up to $35 million.
Ng, who oversaw investment banking in Malaysia for his firm, said Leissner implicated him to gain leniency during his own sentencing. Leissner has not yet been sentenced.
In 2020, Goldman Sachs acknowledged its role in the embezzlement scheme and paid more than US$2.3 billion as part of a plea deal with the U.S. government. The firm also reached a $3.9 billion settlement with the government of Malaysia.
The U.S. government said the theft of so much money harmed the people of Malaysia.
The fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, was set up in 2009 by Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak to promote economic development.
The financial scandal helped topple his government during the country’s 2018 elections. A Malaysian court would later find him guilty of abusing his power and committing other crimes connected to the massive embezzlement. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
But Najib was acquitted last week of tampering with an audit to cover up wrongdoing.
The scandal touched on several figures in the U.S.
A top fundraiser for former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, Elliott Broidy, was charged with running an illegal lobbying campaign on Jho Low’s behalf to get the Justice Department to drop its investigation into 1MDB’s looting. Broidy pleaded guilty, but was pardoned by Trump, so was never sentenced.
A member of the hip-hop group the Fugees, Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, was also charged with being part of a conspiracy to help Low make illegal campaign contributions. Michel says he is innocent. He is awaiting trial. | 2023-03-10T15:23:06+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/ex-goldman-sachs-banker-gets-10-year-sentence-in-1mdb-fraud/ |
WWE, an organization that is already king of the ring on social media, will attempt to expand its online presence this year with the $6.5 billion sports entertainment company hinting that it may put itself up for sale.
WWE surpassed 20 million followers on its flagship TikTok account during its most recent quarter, the first sports league to do so, and it’s launching three international TikTok accounts after the WWE Español TikTok handle reached nearly 2 million followers in its first year, according to the company.
WWE’s presence online is already broad and it does not appear to be slowing down.
The company’s YouTube channel topped 92 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, making it one of only 10 channels on the platform to surpass the 90 million subscriber mark, according to Paul Levesque, the company’s chief content officer and director who wrestled under the name Triple H.
To put those numbers in perspective, the National Basketball Association has 19.8 million subscribers, the National Football League has 10.6 million, and Major League Baseball has 4.05 million.
Part of the reason is that, unlike the NFL, NBA and MLB, the WWE has no off season. It churns out new content from television shows and premium live events all year long and its fans eat it up.
The online presence of the company is so pervasive that it seeps into the social media posts from some of the world’s biggest athletes.
After defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and MVP Patrick Mahomes posted a photo of himself on Twitter holding the Vince Lombardi trophy in one hand, and a WWE belt in the other.
That photo has been viewed more than 23 million times and that number keeps rising.
Constant innovations that are blended with entertainment sets WWE apart on social media platforms, said Christopher Zook, chairman and chief investment officer of CAZ Investments.
“It has consistently found ways to generate interest and stay ahead of the growing changes in consumer behavior,” Zook said. “The viral, fan-service nature of their content is how they have built so much staying power.”
Increased sports viewership has put a premium on the value of organizations with a large following and that moves WWE to the front of the line for companies looking to expand into new areas, said Zook, particularly when seeking to reach key demographics willing to spend.
And the platforms on which the WWE is focused increasingly attract a crowd with discretionary income to spend.
Among those between the ages of 18 and 29, 95% say they use YouTube, according to a Pew Research Center survey on social media use by U.S. adults in 2021.
TikTok is expected to overtake Facebook next year as the most-consumed social network among U.S. adults over the age of 18, according to Insider Intelligence. The research firm expects 18-to-24-year-old TikTok users in the U.S. to spend an average of 1 hour on the platform every day this year.
And WWE has been quick to partner with people that have a massive following on social media platforms, most recently the social media personality Logan Paul.
Three months after signing a contract with WWE last year, Paul took out a cell phone and filmed himself jumping from the ropes and onto Roman Reigns. That video garnered more than 40 million views across Paul’s and WWE’s social platforms in less than 24 hours, according to Levesque, topping all social media posts for the Stamford, Connecticut, company last year.
A midair collision in the ring last month between Paul and the wrestler Ricochet racked up another 26.5 million views across all platforms.
The company is also pushing digital programming like a weekly show called “The Bump,” which can be viewed live every Wednesday on all of WWE’s digital and social media platforms.
“Look for us to launch more digital original programming in 2023, as it has proven to be an effective platform to pilot new shows and test creative, all while creating new programming for our sales team to sell against,” Levesque said in a post-earnings conference call this month.
The test will be how potential buyers value WWE’s social media presence and that potential going forward.
However, Wall Street already appears to be very optimistic about the entertainment company.
In the last 12 months shares of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. have jumped 50%, a period when all major U.S. stock markets have fallen into a serious funk.
Rumors of a sale ramped up late last year when WWE founder Vince McMahon returned to the company and took a seat on the board after a short retirement.
In a letter dated Dec. 20, but published in January, McMahon wrote, “Given the rapidly evolving media landscape in which more and more companies are seeking to own the intellectual property offered on their streaming platforms – I firmly believe that the best thing to do for all of WWE’s shareholders and other stakeholders is to undertake a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives.”
Zook, of CAZ Investments, believes potential buyers are aware that social media has changed the equation.
“When you combine the staying power of live sporting events, with the rapid growth in subscription-based content, and an expansive social media presence, you can begin to see why sports franchises like the WWE are becoming a more attractive asset to own,” Zook said. | 2023-02-23T13:42:26+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-wwe-leaning-in-to-social-media-ahead-of-possible-sale/ |
What are the top-rated Moon Juice products?
Moon Juice is a Los Angeles-based beauty and wellness brand that offers plant-based products, including adaptogenic stress-calming supplements, skin care products and snacks. Founded in 2011 by cookbook author and wellness influencer Amanda Chantal Bacon, the brand strives to nourish and elevate the body and the mind.
Moon Juice touts its ingredients as clean, pure and free from toxins. It’s 100% cruelty-free and most of its products are vegan. The company advocates a holistic approach and uses a combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic herbs for its supplements and blends.
Best Moon Juice products
Moon Juice Magnesi-Om Berry Unstressing Drink
A great way to get your daily dose of magnesium and a better night’s sleep, this magnesium and L-theanine powder can be mixed with water every night before bed to restore balance on a cellular level for relaxation, sleep and brain health. The mixed berry flavor tastes delicious and monk fruit adds a touch of sweetness. It can also help ease fatigue, muscle aches and migraines.
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Moon Juice Blue Beauty Adaptogenic Protein
If you follow a plant-based diet, you can add this vegan protein powder to your favorite post-workout drink for the extra boost you need after an intense cardio or strength training workout. Bio-fermented brown rice protein is enriched with adaptogenic herbs such as blue spirulina, amla and ashwagandha to help combat fatigue, weight gain and accelerated aging.
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This blend of adaptogens not only helps boost your mental stamina and alertness but also helps combat the effects of stress and anxiety. It combines lion’s mane mushroom, rhodiola, ginkgo, ashwagandha, maca and astragalus, which are known to support cognitive function and improve focus and memory. It has a bitter, malty taste that pairs well with coffee, tea, milk and chocolate.
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Moon Juice Collagen Protect Vegan Creamer
Drink your way to supple, youthful skin with this collagen creamer formulated to target fine lines and hydrate your skin from the inside out. It provides essential nutrition to your cells with a blend of silver ear mushroom, tocos and hyaluronic acid to help promote the body’s natural collagen production and replenish the skin’s moisture. It’s the perfect addition to your coffee or smoothie.
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This invigorating blend features powerful adaptogens such as ginseng, cordyceps, eleuthero, ashwagandha, rhodiola, schisandra and astragalus to boost your energy and endurance. It also aids in speedy muscle recovery and promotes a healthy immune system. Just scoop a teaspoon of this powder into your coffee, tea, milk or citrus beverages every morning for a quick pick-me-up.
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Moon Juice SuperHair Daily Hair Nutrition
If you’re looking to grow stronger, thicker hair, consider these supplements. Besides being packed with nourishing ingredients such as biotin, kelp and plant extracts to help grow healthier, more lustrous hair, these are also infused with adaptogens such as ashwagandha and ginseng to help relieve stress. All you have to do is take four capsules every morning, with or without food.
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Moon Juice Pearl 10:1 Concentrated Extract
This pearl extract powder not only helps stimulate your body’s natural collagen production but also helps boost cell turnover and even out skin tone to leave you with fresh, bright and rejuvenated skin. It pairs well with everything, including milk, tea, coffee, smoothies and tonics. You can also add a pinch of this mix to your moisturizer or raw honey for a face mask.
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You can get glowing skin, shiny hair and twinkling eyes with this powerful blend of herbs and adaptogens that combat stress and help restore your skin back to its natural radiance. It contains superfoods such as goji berry powder, amla berry extract and ashwagandha root and leaf extract to nourish the skin and protect it from free radicals. It goes especially well with tea, nut milk or water.
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Moon Juice Acid Potion Resurfacing Exfoliator
This nourishing exfoliator contains a mix of glycolic, lactic and salicylic acids to gently slough away dead skin, unclog pores, smooth skin texture and stimulate collagen production. It also contains niacinamide and reishi to help hydrate, soothe and balance the skin. The brand recommends using it at least three nights a week, after cleansing and before your serum or moisturizer.
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Moon Juice Milk Cleanse Gentle Foaming Wash
This gentle face wash lets you wash away makeup and impurities without stripping your skin’s natural barriers. It’s formulated with coconut ferment, silver ear mushroom, adaptogenic reishi and vitamin E to promote hydration and healthy barrier function. It’s also free of sulfates and is formulated to match the skin’s pH, so your skin is left feeling nourished and balanced. It’s suitable for all skin types.
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Moon Juice Schisandra Antioxidant Superberry
This supplement contains schisandra, an antioxidant-rich berry that’s highly prized in traditional Chinese medicine for its detoxifying and revitalizing properties. It helps boost your energy levels and increases the body’s resistance to stress. It also helps with liver function and protects the skin from toxins and environmental stress. The formula tastes great in a smoothie or mixed with a glass of iced tea or juice.
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Moon Juice Reishi Nootropic Supershroom
Reishi is a calming adaptogen known to help reduce the effects of stress on the body, enhance mood and support concentration. It’s also great for your immune system and overall wellness. This jar of reishi mushroom extract is packed with 700 milligrams of disease-fighting beta-glucans per serving. It has an earthy flavor that pairs well with smoothies, tea, coffee and tonics.
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