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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bo Bichette homered for the fifth time in the last four games, Danny Jansen hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning and the playoff-contending Toronto Blue Jays beat Texas 4-3 on Friday night, when top Rangers prospect Josh Jung hit a home run in his first career at-bat.
Bichette's 23rd homer was a two-run shot in the third inning that put the Blue Jays up 3-0. He also drove in a run with a fielder's choice grounder in the first.
After the Rangers tied it at 3 on Corey Seager's RBI double in the eighth, reliever Jose Leclerc (0-2) issued a leadoff walk in the ninth. Raimel Tapia then stole second base, went to third on a long flyout and scored on Jansen's hit.
Tim Mayza (6-0), the fourth Toronto pitcher, got two outs in the eighth before Jordan Romano worked the ninth for his 32nd save in 36 chances. With a runner on second, the right-hander Romano struck out Jung and got pinch-hitter Adolis Garcia on an game-ending flyout.
The Blue Jays, who maintained a 4 1/2-game lead over Baltimore for the American League's third and final wild-card spot, won for the 16th time in their last last 22 games. They have won 13 of their last 15 road games, including three of four against the Orioles in their series before getting to Texas.
The only runner allowed by right-hander Ross Stripling the first two times through the Texas lineup was Jung's homer leading off the third inning.
Second baseman Marcus Semien, in the first year of a $175 million, seven-year contract, had a two-out double in the sixth off Stripling to extend the longest active on-base streak in the majors to 20 games. Seager followed with an RBI single to snap an 0-for-25 slump for the All-Star shortstop in the first season of his $325 million, 10-year deal.
Jung, the the eighth overall pick out of Texas Tech in the 2019 draft, is expected to finish this season as the primary third baseman for the Rangers. He might have earned that opportunity in spring training, but needed surgery in February to repair a torn labrum in his left (non-throwing) shoulder. He was called up after six homers in 23 games at Triple-A Round Rock the past month.
The Blue Jays opened the game with back-to-back infield singles, along with a throwing error by starter Dane Dunning. Bichette then hit a grounder fielded by Jung on the run before his quick backhanded flip for a forceout at second.
Bichette, who added a triple in the eighth before Brock Burke struck out consecutive batters, had three homers in the second game of a doubleheader Monday at Baltimore, then went deep again Tuesday.
SHORT HOPS
The only other Texas batter to homer in his first MLB at-bat was Jurickson Profar at Cleveland in 2012. ... Jung is the seventh player to make his big league debut this season for the Rangers. He is the third player to do so at third base.
THE SKY ABOVE
The retractable roof at Globe Life Field was open for the first time since April 30. The Rangers had played 54 home games in a row with the roof closed since their 3-1 win over Atlanta more than four months ago. It was 87 degrees at first pitch.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Gurriel was hurt when hustling to beat out a double-play grounder in their series finale at Baltimore.
Rangers: García was out of the starting lineup for the second game in a row. He is still sore after coming down awkwardly when leaping at the wall on Jose Altuve's homer in Houston on Tuesday night. ... .INF/OF Brad Miller was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right hip strain, creating an opening roster spot for Jung. Miller hadn't played since Aug. 31.
UP NEXT
Right-hander Kevin Gausman (11-9, 3.12 ERA) has gone 3-0 over his past four starts — and the Blue Jays have won each of those games. RHP Kohei Arihara (1-2, 5.29) makes his fourth big league start since Texas brought him up from Triple-A Round Rock on Aug. 16.
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The following is a listing of all home transfers in Ocean County reported from June 5 to June 12. There were 249 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,300-square-foot home on Courtshire Drive in Brick that sold for $415,299.
Barnegat
11 Emerald Drive, Barnegat, $175,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
27 Pomona Drive, Barnegat, $250,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
2 Tall Hedge Court, Barnegat, $270,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
95 Windward Drive, Barnegat, $295,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
48 Schooner Avenue, Barnegat, $338,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
1 Solomans Drive, Barnegat, $422,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
28 South Point Boulevard, Barnegat, $429,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2 Fountain View Drive, Barnegat, $450,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
56 Starboard Avenue, Barnegat, $465,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
4 Jon Drive, Barnegat, $500,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
22 Watts Avenue, Barnegat, $585,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Bay Head
382 Western Avenue, Bay Head, $2,160,000, four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
684 East Avenue, Bay Head, $3,950,000, nine bedrooms and five bathrooms.
564 East Avenue, Bay Head, $4,500,000, eight bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Bayville
191 Brennan Concourse, Bayville, $273,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
171 Grand Central Parkway, Bayville, $345,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
248 Grand Central Parkway, Bayville, $395,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
527 Northern Boulevard, Bayville, $427,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
17 Marlin Drive, Bayville, $440,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
30 Blue Heron Lane, Bayville, $489,900, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
255 Serpentine Drive, Bayville, $510,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
21 Osprey Lane, Bayville, $540,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
226 North Bay Drive, Bayville, $880,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Beach Haven
205 Fifth Street, Beach Haven, $1,315,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1020B Long Beach Boulevard, Beach Haven, $2,200,000, four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Beachwood
1144 Ocean Avenue, Beachwood, $285,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
845 Sunset Road, Beachwood, $320,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
752 Berkeley Avenue, Beachwood, $329,000, five bedrooms and two bathrooms.
537 Spar Avenue, Beachwood, $355,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
334 Barnegat Boulevard, Beachwood, $462,500, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
Brick
49 River Edge Drive, Brick, $176,500, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
61 Sawmill Road, Brick, $177,500, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
834 Lynnwood Avenue, Brick, $206,100, one bedroom and one bathroom.
38 Briar Mills Drive, Brick, $210,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
43 Arbutus Avenue, Brick, $260,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
82 Primrose Lane, Brick, $272,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
165 Primrose Lane, Brick, $275,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
475 Augustus Road, Brick, $276,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
127 Poplar Way, Brick, $300,000, four bedrooms and one bathroom.
9 Liverpool Road, Brick, $310,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
29 Liverpool Road, Brick, $315,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
1674 West Princeton Avenue, Brick, $319,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
480 Amherst Drive, Brick, $360,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
47 Greenbriar Boulevard, Brick, $370,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
7 Harding Drive, Brick, $379,900, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
714 Baltic Drive, Brick, $400,000, five bedrooms and one bathroom.
520 Carroll Fox Road, Brick, $410,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
414 Drum Point Road, Brick, $411,000, one bedroom and one bathroom.
112 Courtshire Drive, Brick, $415,299, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
364 Tennessee Drive, Brick, $420,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
18 Hollywood Drive, Brick, $427,000, one bedroom and two bathrooms.
542 California Avenue, Brick, $430,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
275 Dogwood Drive, Brick, $462,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
201 Spirit Way, Brick, $470,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
497 Fairfield Avenue, Brick, $485,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
139 Wordsworth Road, Brick, $489,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
16 Hendry Lane, Brick, $490,000, four bedrooms and one bathroom.
843 Baker Drive, Brick, $525,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
621 Peter Place, Brick, $595,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
487 Austin Avenue, Brick, $625,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
14 Riverview Drive, Brick, $641,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
230 Princeton Avenue, Brick, $669,900, six bedrooms and three bathrooms.
954 Ridge Road, Brick, $699,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
565 Princeton Avenue, Brick, $1,400,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
114 Joie Place, Brick, $1,820,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Forked River
1702 Anchorage Drive, Forked River, $231,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
903 Beach Boulevard, Forked River, $263,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
1729 Lakeside Drive, Forked River, $330,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
1224 Pensacola Road, Forked River, $390,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
902 Preble Drive, Forked River, $430,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
206 Conifer Drive, Forked River, $450,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2319 Lacey Road, Forked River, $515,000, five bedrooms and two bathrooms.
111 Chestnut Street, Forked River, $527,000, five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Jackson
303 Larkspur Lane, Jackson, $195,000, one bedroom and one bathroom.
23 Eucalyptus Court, Jackson, $225,000, one bedroom and one bathroom.
10 Bayberry Court, Jackson, $241,900, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
4 Kildare Lane, Jackson, $337,500, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
600 Violet Lane, Jackson, $350,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
847 Bennetts Mills Road, Jackson, $370,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1 East Connecticut Concourse, Jackson, $400,000, one bathroom.
6 Steven Place, Jackson, $450,000, four bedrooms and one bathroom.
505 Moores Court, Jackson, $450,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
49 Beam Avenue, Jackson, $460,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
47 Dogwood Drive, Jackson, $474,900, four bedrooms and one bathroom.
46 Georgian Boulevard, Jackson, $475,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
11 Grover Court, Jackson, $560,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
57 Thompson Bridge Road, Jackson, $570,818, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1 Montana Drive, Jackson, $600,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
305 Wellington Court, Jackson, $623,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
30 Medinah Court, Jackson, $630,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
307 East Bird Village Road, Jackson, $640,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
378 Jackson Mills Road, Jackson, $685,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
35 Vermont Avenue, Jackson, $710,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Lakewood
471A Thornbury Court, Lakewood, $120,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
352D Dorchester Drive, Lakewood, $185,500, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
141B Farrington Court, Lakewood, $190,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
311A Dorchester Drive, Lakewood, $215,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
78 Jadelawns Drive, Lakewood, $270,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
16 Wellington Lane, Lakewood, $329,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
12 April Springs Court, Lakewood, $350,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2 Lilac Springs Court, Lakewood, $380,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
406 Ninth Street, Lakewood, $400,000, six bedrooms and two bathrooms.
36 Spring Valley Drive, Lakewood, $449,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
18 Skylark Lane, Lakewood, $549,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
437 Monticello Lane, Lakewood, $581,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
332 Laurel Avenue, Lakewood, $785,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
145 Shady Lane Drive, Lakewood, $840,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
127 Forest Drive, Lakewood, $1,300,000, five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
40 Steven Lane, Lakewood, $1,950,000, 10 bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Lanoka Harbor
506 Knollwood Court, Lanoka Harbor, $295,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
203 Walnut Drive, Lanoka Harbor, $365,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
Lavallette
120 West Sea Way, Lavallette, $550,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
39 East Penguin Way, Lavallette, $720,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
3046 Ocean Road, Lavallette, $1,550,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Little Egg Harbor Township
58 Whitemarsh Court, Little Egg Harbor Township, $142,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
129 Lantern Place, Little Egg Harbor Township, $215,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
46 Lake Huron Drive, Little Egg Harbor Township, $262,500, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
238 Harbourtown Boulevard, Little Egg Harbor Township, $290,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
904 Railroad Drive, Little Egg Harbor Township, $295,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
11 Snead Court, Little Egg Harbor Township, $315,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
102 West Holly Lane, Little Egg Harbor Township, $340,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1003 Radio Road, Little Egg Harbor Township, $350,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
45 Golf View Drive, Little Egg Harbor Township, $370,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
14 Harvest Way, Little Egg Harbor Township, $399,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
360 Golf View Drive, Little Egg Harbor Township, $410,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
11 Lake Saint Clair Drive, Little Egg Harbor Township, $579,000, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
134 East Raritan Drive, Little Egg Harbor Township, $1,055,000, five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Long Beach Township
9 West Hollybanks Lane, Long Beach Township, $1,000,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2806 Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach Township, $1,187,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
3 East 20th Street, Long Beach Township, $2,420,000, one bedroom and one bathroom.
4302 South Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach Township, $3,035,910, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
11804 Sunset Terrace, Long Beach Township, $3,513,685, four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Manahawkin
40 Cranberry Road, Manahawkin, $139,000, one bedroom and one bathroom.
132 Tiller Avenue, Manahawkin, $310,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
411 Beach Avenue, Manahawkin, $320,000, four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
20 Farrah Drive, Manahawkin, $340,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
186 Inlet Avenue, Manahawkin, $430,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
190 Division Street, Manahawkin, $456,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
152 Bowsprit Road, Manahawkin, $505,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
413 Yeoman Road, Manahawkin, $600,000, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
294 Atlantis Avenue, Manahawkin, $610,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
170 Eileen Lane, Manahawkin, $755,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
8 George Drive, Manahawkin, $815,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
133 Catherine Lane, Manahawkin, $850,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
125 Lee Drive, Manahawkin, $999,900, six bedrooms and three bathrooms.
1286 Avenue A, Manahawkin, $999,999, five bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Manchester
77C Cambridge Circle, Manchester, $136,900, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
438B New Castle Court, Manchester, $220,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
5 Appleby Place, Manchester, $240,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
613A Bosworth Court, Manchester, $240,818, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
993B Buckingham Drive, Manchester, $320,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2692 Spruce Drive, Manchester, $322,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
6 Arden Drive, Manchester, $398,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
6 Falstaff Drive, Manchester, $430,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
11 Anthony Circle, Manchester, $485,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2465 Huckleberry Road, Manchester, $510,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Manchester Township
808 Tanglewood Court, Manchester Township, $360,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
5 Radcliffe Lane, Manchester Township, $490,000, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
27 Bromley Lane, Manchester Township, $585,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
New Egypt
67 Brindletown Road, New Egypt, $350,200, four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Ocean Gate
26 East Long Branch Avenue, Ocean Gate, $315,200, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
Point Pleasant Beach
404 New Jersey Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, $500,000, four bedrooms and one bathroom.
224 Randall Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, $500,000, one bedroom and one bathroom.
5 Hendricksons row., Point Pleasant Beach, $552,500, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
344 River Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, $600,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Point Pleasant Boro
1402 Northstream Parkway, Point Pleasant Boro, $302,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
1406 George Street, Point Pleasant Boro, $410,000, four bedrooms and one bathroom.
2214 Mahoney Drive, Point Pleasant Boro, $520,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
3813 Herbertsville Road, Point Pleasant Boro, $538,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
3141 Powhatan Avenue, Point Pleasant Boro, $600,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1513 Dorset Dock Road, Point Pleasant Boro, $630,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
10 Sea Point Drive, Point Pleasant Boro, $645,900, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2346 Cardinal Drive, Point Pleasant Boro, $670,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
415 Jarob Court, Point Pleasant Boro, $800,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
18 Bay Point Harbour, Point Pleasant Boro, $1,305,000, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Seaside Heights
223 Webster Avenue, Seaside Heights, $190,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
71 Fielder Avenue, Seaside Heights, $799,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
217 Fifth Avenue, Seaside Heights, $1,193,650, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Seaside Park
108 Kathryn Avenue, Seaside Park, $547,315, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
Surf City
223 North Eighth Street, Surf City, $1,450,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Toms River
5 Garden Court, Toms River, $165,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
27 Saint David Drive, Toms River, $175,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
37 Puerto Vallarta Street, Toms River, $185,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
48 Redhook Bay Drive, Toms River, $200,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
582 Sica Lane, Toms River, $205,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
48 Columbine Circle, Toms River, $208,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
215 Torrey Pines Drive, Toms River, $210,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
96 Orlando Boulevard, Toms River, $220,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1425 Fourth Avenue, Toms River, $222,146, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
36 Eldorado Street, Toms River, $225,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
3 Le Diamant Street, Toms River, $240,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
31 Scarborough Place, Toms River, $265,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
57 Northumberland Drive, Toms River, $265,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
744 Jamaica Boulevard, Toms River, $268,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
7 Mount Kisco Drive, Toms River, $273,500, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
191 Harvest Way, Toms River, $276,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
4505 Norma Place, Toms River, $285,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
4 Herald Court, Toms River, $290,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
1931 South Street, Toms River, $290,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
40 Sabinas Street, Toms River, $295,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
251 Port Royal Drive, Toms River, $295,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
15 Oak Ridge Parkway, Toms River, $300,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
146 Torrey Pines Drive, Toms River, $305,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2108 Mount Hope Lane, Toms River, $319,900, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
994 Mercer Drive, Toms River, $325,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
10 Buena Visa Drive, Toms River, $325,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
823 Bartlett Place, Toms River, $334,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
11 Saint David Drive, Toms River, $339,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
1719 Buttonwood Avenue, Toms River, $345,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
98 San Carlos Street, Toms River, $347,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1590 Sweetbay Drive, Toms River, $350,000, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
24 Bennington Drive, Toms River, $389,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
916 Everett Street, Toms River, $390,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
885 Yellowbank Road, Toms River, $390,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
585 Alfred Lane, Toms River, $405,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
26 Tropicana Court, Toms River, $415,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
36 Lakeview Drive, Toms River, $417,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1644 Lacebark Court, Toms River, $420,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1003 Midwood Drive, Toms River, $420,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
2016 Teakwood Road, Toms River, $425,000, six bedrooms and two bathrooms.
78 Shady Nook Drive, Toms River, $430,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
710 McCormick Drive, Toms River, $435,000, three bedrooms and one bathroom.
7 Rugby Court, Toms River, $442,500, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
126 Walchest Drive, Toms River, $460,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
113 Hamlet Court, Toms River, $531,900, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
877 Crest Ridge Drive, Toms River, $550,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1008 Seventh Avenue, Toms River, $555,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
589 Princess Court, Toms River, $570,000, four bedrooms and one bathroom.
841 Wellington Avenue, Toms River, $700,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1701 12th Avenue, Toms River, $710,000, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
1036 Englemere Boulevard, Toms River, $740,000, four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
932 Monmouth Avenue, Toms River, $740,000, four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
1828 Tall Ships Court, Toms River, $996,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
2226 Ponybrook Way, Toms River, $1,100,000, five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
1823 Regina Court, Toms River, $1,100,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
33 Debbie Court, Toms River, $2,000,000, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Tuckerton
89 Admiral Drive, Tuckerton, $475,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
73 Fairway Drive, Tuckerton, $485,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Radio Road, Tuckerton, $489,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
87 Edgewater Drive, Tuckerton, $499,900, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Waretown
150 Bonita Road, Waretown, $850,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
West Creek
188 Forge Road, West Creek, $385,000, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Whiting
19A Sunset Road, Whiting, $75,000, one bedroom and one bathroom.
16B Berkshire Road, Whiting, $80,000, one bedroom and one bathroom.
14C Spring Street, Whiting, $125,000, two bedrooms and one bathroom.
25 Auburn Street, Whiting, $210,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
10 Penwood Drive, Whiting, $225,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
27 Morning Glory Lane, Whiting, $279,900, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
178 Morning Glory Lane, Whiting, $300,000, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
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(NEXSTAR) – Social Security recipients will soon know exactly how much their monthly payments will jump next year.
On Thursday, Oct. 13, the Social Security Administration is set to announce its cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2023. It’s expected to be the largest increase in payments for beneficiaries in 40 years, The Hill’s Changing America reports.
The reason for the anticipated massive increase is the ultra-high year-over-year inflation. Thursday’s COLA announcement is timed to coincide with the release of the Consumer Price Index for Sept. 2022.
The nonprofit Senior Citizen’s League most recently projected an 8.7% increase in Social Security benefits based on the latest CPI-W. (The CPI-W, essentially, is a measure of the change in prices “for a market basket of consumer goods and services,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics writes.)
At such an adjustment, the average monthly retiree benefit — $1,656 — would increase by $144.10.
To see how an estimated 8.7% adjustment would affect you, take your current payment and multiply it 1.087. The resulting number would be your new payment in 2023.
“A COLA of 8.7% is extremely rare and would be the highest ever received by most Social Security beneficiaries alive today,” writes Mary Johnson, the Social Security and Medicare policy analyst for the Senior Citizens League, in a press release issued mid-September.
Despite this week’s anticipated announcement, the increased benefits wouldn’t take effect for the country’s roughly 66 million Social Security beneficiaries until January 2023.
Millions of senior citizens will also be saving money next year thanks to a 3% decrease in monthly Medicare Part B premiums. That comes out to a $5.20 monthly savings for most people, according to the Associated Press.
Seniors won’t be the only ones benefiting from the change in Social Security payments. Beneficiaries include people with qualifying disabilities, as well as an estimated 4 million children whose parents are retired, deceased or disabled. | 2022-10-10T19:01:50+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/social-security-cola-increase-to-be-announced-thursday-heres-what-we-know/ |
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The Jacksonville Jaguars, led by quarterback Trevor Lawrence, meet the Kansas City Chiefs, led by quarterback and MVP favorite Patrick Mahomes, in an AFC Divisional Playoff Game in the 2023 NFL Playoffs on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
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What: NFL Playoffs 2023, AFC Divisional Round
Who: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Kansas City Chiefs
When: Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023
Where: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.
Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
TV: NBC
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Line: Chiefs -8.5
Over/under: 53
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Doug Pederson got to know Andy Reid as a backup quarterback in Green Bay, then as his starter in Philadelphia, before coaching under him with the Eagles and helping him build the Kansas City Chiefs into the juggernaut they are today.
“How many years is that?” asked Pederson, who is just a couple weeks shy of his 55th birthday. “That’s a lot of years. That’s 28 years, almost 30 years. So that’s 30 years of my professional life that I’ve been influenced by him.”
Not surprisingly, the Jaguars coach learned a bit about offense — Reid is one of the game’s masterminds. He also learned how to run practices, develop talent, relate to players. But most importantly last week, he learned how to handle adversity, and that came in handy when Jacksonville faced a 27-0 hole in the wild-card round against the Chargers.
With preternatural calm, and an incredible second-half performance by quarterback Trevor Lawrence, Pederson’s Jaguars rallied for a 31-30 victory and a date with Reid’s Chiefs in the divisional round Saturday in Kansas City.
“We never waver. He never wavers,” Jaguars linebacker Josh Allen explained. “Even when things happen, his approach never changes. It’s, ‘Let’s move on to the next one with a sense the urgency.’ That’s the biggest takeaway.”
Given his background, that shouldn’t be a surprise.
“The coaches I’ve played for were all very level-headed,” Pederson said this week. “Never got too high, never got too low. Yeah, they can get emotional, but never really coached that way. Stayed level-headed.”
One of those coaches, of course, will be on the opposite sideline Saturday.
“He played, obviously, and he knows the kind of coach he liked and didn’t like,” Reid said of his protégé. “Within his own personality, he presents things in a friendly manner, yet he’s demanding of the guys. And I think that’s a positive.”
Pederson and Reid have matched wits plenty of times since going their separate ways, including earlier this season, when the Chiefs rolled to a 27-17 victory over the Jaguars at Arrowhead Stadium.
At the time, the Chiefs were barreling toward the No. 1 seed in the AFC, which ultimately gave them last week off, and the talented-but-rebuilding Jaguars were still trying to find their footing under their new coach.
Much has changed in the last two months. The Chiefs may not have lost since Dec. 4, but neither have the Jaguars, whose third-largest comeback in playoff history last week gives them plenty of swagger heading into the rematch.
“That’s the biggest difference, that they might have more confidence because they’re winning,” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said. “They’re a talented team. I knew that the first time we played them. They made a few mistakes here and there and that’s why we got the win the first time.
“But we know we’re going to get their best.”
STATS AND STUFF: Jacksonville has won six in a row and is the first team in NFL history to win a playoff game the year after finishing with the worst (or tied for the worst) record in the league. ... The Jaguars overcame a 27-0 deficit last week to stun the Chargers. It was the third-largest comeback in postseason history. ... Jacksonville has eight wins as an underdog this season, tied for the most in a season in the Super Bowl era. ... Lawrence is the sixth QB in NFL history with four or more TD passes in his first career playoff start. He had two TD passes, no turnovers and a 106.1 rating in Week 10 against the Chiefs. ... Jacksonville WR Christian Kirk had a season-high nine catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting with Kansas City. ... Jaguars LB Foye Oluokun led the NFL in tackles (184) for the second straight year while LB Josh Allen has a tackle for loss in five of his past six games. ... Kansas City concluded the regular season with five straight wins. ... The Chiefs have gained at least 300 yards in a club-record 16 consecutive games. They finished with 7,032 yards in the regular season to set another franchise record. ... The Chiefs had 55 sacks this season, second only to the 60 they had in 1990. They had just 31 last season. ... Mahomes had 5,614 yards passing and rushing this season to break Drew Brees’ record of 5,562 set in 2011, though Mahomes did it during a 17-game regular season. His 5,250 yards passing broke his own Chiefs record of 5,097 set in 2018. ... Chiefs TE Travis Kelce caught 110 passes, one behind Tyreek Hill’s club record set in 2021. Kelce needs two catches to pass Shannon Sharpe (816) for fourth among tight ends. ... Chiefs RB Jerick McKinnon has caught a TD pass in six straight games, one off Dwayne Bowe’s team record set in 2010. ... LB Nick Bolton had 180 tackles this season, breaking Derrick Johnson’s club record by one. ... Chiefs DT Chris Jones had 15 1/2 sacks to tie his personal best. The total trailed only Nick Bosa (17 1/2) and Haason Reddick (16) for most in the league. ... P Tommy Townsend set Chiefs records for punting average (50.42 yards) and net punting average (45.58) in a season. — The Associated Press
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BOSTON — Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir capped the celebration of a half-century of women in the Boston Marathon with a finish to top them all.
The 28-year-old Kenyan won a see-saw sprint down the stretch on Monday, when the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon returned to its traditional spring start for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
On the 50th anniversary of the first official women’s race, Jepchirchir traded places with Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh eight times in the final mile before pulling ahead for good on Boylston Street and finishing in 2 hours, 21 minutes, 1 second.
“I was feeling she was strong. I pushed it,” said Jepchirchir, who earned $150,000 and the traditional gilded olive wreath to go with her Olympic gold medal and 2021 New York City Marathon title. “I fell behind. But I didn’t lose hope.”
Evans Chebet completed the Kenyan sweep, breaking away from Gabriel Geay with about four miles to go to finish in 2:06:51 for his first major marathon victory. The 2019 winner Lawrence Cherono was second, 30 seconds back, defending champion Benson Kipruto was third, and Geay fell back to fourth.
Daniel Romanchuk of Champaign, Illinois, won his second career wheelchair title in 1:26:58. Switzerland’s Manuela Schar won her second straight Boston crown and fourth overall, finishing in 1:41:08.
Sharing a Patriots' Day weekend with the Red Sox home opener — the city’s other sporting rite of spring — more than 28,000 runners returned to the streets from Hopkinton to Copley Square six months after a smaller and socially distanced event that was the only fall race in its 126-year history.
Fans waved Ukrainian flags in support of the runners whose 26.2-mile run Monday was the easiest part of their journey. Forty-four Ukrainian citizens had registered for the race; only 11 started.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus were disinvited in response to the invasion.
“I decided to come here and show that Ukrainians are strong, we’re fighting and we hope peace will come soon,” said Dmytro Molchanov, a Ukrainian who lives in New York.
“It’s really tough, basically, being here while all my family, my friends and Ukrainians are fighting over there for peace in my country, in Europe and the world overall,” said Molchanov, who finished in 2:39:20.
“When it was really tough I tried not to give up and tried pushing, kind of fight with myself the way Ukrainians are fighting against Russia right now.”
Ukrainians who were unable to make it to Boston were offered a deferral or refund.
“Whatever they want to do, they can do,” Boston Athletic Association President Tom Grilk said. “Run this year, run next year. You want a puppy? Whatever. There is no group we want to be more helpful to.”
Jepchirchir and Yeshaneh, who was third in New York last fall, spent most of the morning running shoulder to shoulder — or even closer: Just after the 25-kilometer marker, the Ethiopian's eyes wandered from the course and she drifted into Jepchirchir.
Yeshaneh reached out to apologize, and the two clasped each other's arms as they continued on.
“In running, we understand each other and we maybe somebody came and bumps, but it's OK,” Jepchirchir said. “It was not rivalism; it was just an accident.”
Beaten, Yeshaneh finished four seconds back. Kenya's Mary Ngugi finished third for the second time in six months, following her podium in October after the 125th race was delayed, canceled and delayed again.
About 20 men stayed together — with American CJ Albertson leading for much of the way — before Chebet and Geay broke from the pack coming out of Heartbreak Hill. Chebet pulled away a couple of miles later.
“We had communicated earlier, all of us. We wanted to keep running as a group,” said Chebet, who finished fourth in London last fall. “I observed that my counterparts were nowhere near me and that gave me the motivation.”
This race marked the 50th anniversary of Nina Kuscsik's victory in the first official women's race. (But not the first woman to finish: That honor belongs to Bobbi Gibb, who first ran in 1966 among the unofficial runners known as bandits.)
At Wellesley College, the women's school near the halfway point, the iconic “scream tunnel” was back after the pandemic-induced absence — and louder than ever. One spectator in Wellesley held a sign that read “50 Years Women Running Boston,” along with names of the eight who broke the gender barrier in 1972.
Five of the original pioneers returned for this year's celebration, including Valerie Rogosheske, who finished sixth in '72; she ran alongside her daughters this year and served as the honorary starter for the women’s elite field.
Rogosheske, who wore Bib No. 1972, said at the starting line that she had been planning to hide in the bushes and run as a bandit 50 years ago until women got the go-ahead a few weeks before the race.
“It's a reminder that we’ve got it pretty easy,” said 2018 winner Des Linden, who finished 13th on Monday. "Fifty years ago, they were breaking barriers and doing the hard part.
“It’s really not lost on me that there's 126 years of race history here, and we’re ‘Rah! Rah!'-ing 50,” she said. "But you can’t look back, you look forward." | 2022-04-18T21:06:28+00:00 | 5newsonline.com | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/126th-boston-marathon/507-ed4a4106-9f5f-455e-a965-5ae1d1b51437 |
INDIANAPOLIS — A Special Grand Jury cleared IMPD Officer De’Joure Mercer of any criminal charges in the May, 2020 fatal officer-involved shooting of Dreasjon Reed.
A subsequent internal IMPD review found Mercer did not violate any department policies during the vehicle and foot pursuit and exchange of gunfire that ended the 21-year-old man’s life in the 6200 block of North Michigan Road.
An Indiana State Police investigation included video from Reed’s own live streaming of the incident that revealed he fired at Officer Mercer first.
Despite the evidence and the results of the investigations, Reed’s family sued IMPD and late last week it was announced that the city would pay his mother $390,000 to settle the lawsuit.
” It’s not an admission of guilt. It’s in the long-term best interests of all parties,” Mayor Joe Hogsett told Fox 59 News. ”The alternative is to spend even more money in a lengthy trial without any thought about how that outcome would affect the taxpayers, so I would rather resolve the issue sooner than pay more money later.”
Public disclosure of the Reed settlement came the same week that Anthony Maclin announced he intends to sue IMPD and the three officers who shot him after he was awakened in the front seat of a car in his grandmother’s driveway on December 31st of last year.
Last month, the attorney representing the family of Herman Whitfield released body-worn camera video, obtained during a federal lawsuit, of three officers who tackled the northside man in his parents’ home during a mental illness issue last spring. The officers left Whitfield handcuffed and in the facedown prone position on the floor where he stopped breathing and was later declared dead.
Today, Attorney Robert Turner filed a lawsuit on behalf of his client who was injured during a takedown by IMPD officers on Monument Circle in October 2021, as departmental body-worn camera video captured an officer allegedly striking Jermaine Vaughn on the head as he was in handcuffs and subdued.
”My client was restrained. He was handcuffed and he was laying down and it just looked like the officer kind of lost control there for a while and delivered a kick to his head and caused injury,” said Turner. ”He’s not asking for any specific amount, he obviously thinks that his rights were violated and that is being addressed in a civil rights complaint pending in federal court.”
A Fox 59 News investigation determined that between the years of 2015 and 2020, the city paid out more than $16 million to settle lawsuits filed against IMPD.
While many of those lawsuits resulted from traffic crashes, others alleged injuries and civil rights violations by officers during arrests.
Attorney Craig Karpe won a $650,000 settlement for the family of Aaron Bailey, an unarmed fleeing motorist who was shot to death by IMPD officers in 2017.
He also negotiated an undisclosed settlement for the family of Paul Daniels, a man who died in police custody during a mental illness episode in 2018 in a case similar to the death of Herman Whitfield.
”Each one indicates a failure by the police officers to follow best practices,” said Karpe. ”They put our client face down as well. Leaned on his back. Had him handcuffed from behind and he expired at the scene as well because he was unable to breathe and this is well documented that this is something that will happen.”
Before entering private practice, Turner retired after a career at the Indianapolis Police Department that led to a stint as public safety director under Mayor Bart Peterson during which time he was often asked to weigh in on city settlements to resolve lawsuits filed against police officers.
”I don’t think IPD is any worse than any other police department,” said Turner. “There’s going to be times where officers either fail to follow their training or they just weren’t properly trained in the first place.
”There’s been a number of incidents here locally that I think had the police department had a little better, not just training, but also equipment, sometimes the city just doesn’t give the police officers what they need to do a good job.”
Turner said in light of the civil unrest that occurred after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, city leaders and police will often settle as opposed to fighting lawsuits that could result in protests outside of courthouses during trials or after unpopular verdicts.
”Sometimes the wiser decision is to pay $380,000 to prevent four million dollars worth of damage to your city,” he said.
Settlement of a lawsuit effectively cuts off further depositions of officers involved in the incident or the disclosure of training, disciplinary or internal police review documents under the rules of Discovery.
“It’s not an admission of anybody in terms of guilt, certainly not on the officer’s behalf,” said Mayor Hogsett when asked if lawsuit settlements like the Reed case may provide other persons an excuse to sue in anticipation of a large if unearned payday. “I don’t believe that it necessarily encourages people to sue the city. If somebody has a valid claim, they are able to take it to court and pursue it and that’s just the system.”
Turner said IMPD lawsuit settlements footed by taxpayers are just among the costs citizens of Marion County pay to keep their streets safe.
”You’re always gonna need police,” he said, “because people are violent.” | 2023-02-13T22:00:32+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/city-settles-dreasjon-reed-lawsuit-for-390000-calls-it-not-an-admission-of-guilt/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle, who has played in all 77 games for the New York Knicks this season, missed the second half against Miami on Wednesday night with a sprained left ankle.
Randle was hurt in the second quarter when he grabbed an offensive rebound and Heat center Bam Adebayo landed on him after Randle faked a shot. The All-Star forward was eventually helped up and stayed in the game to shoot his free throws, but was clearly in pain and the Knicks then quickly committed a foul to substitute him out of the game.
The Knicks announced at halftime Randle would not return.
He was having a quiet game with just three points and five rebounds, but leads the Knicks with 25.4 points and 10 rebounds per game.
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-03-30T02:09:25+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/knicks-randle-misses-2nd-half-vs-heat-with-17867862.php |
CA San Diego CA Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 28, 2022
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National Weather Service San Diego CA
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
CAZ552-292130-
Orange County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Huntington Beach, Coasta Mesa,
Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s at the beaches to 80 farther inland and near
higher coastal terrain. Light winds becoming west 15 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s at the beaches to in the mid 80s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds becoming west
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Areas of winds west 15 mph in the
evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 80s at the beaches to 90 farther inland
and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds becoming west 15 mph
with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s at the beaches to 90 farther inland and
near higher coastal terrain.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 80 at the beaches to in the upper 80s farther inland
and near higher coastal terrain.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s at the beaches to in the lower 90s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 80s at the beaches to in the mid 90s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain.
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CAZ554-292130-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine,
Orange, Fullerton, and Mission Viego
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s towards the coast to this mid 80s farther
inland. Light winds becoming west 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s towards the coast
to in the lower 90s farther inland. Light winds becoming west
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Light
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s towards the
coast to in the upper 90s farther inland. Light winds becoming
west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90 towards the coast to in
the upper 90s farther inland.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s towards the coast
to in the mid 90s farther inland.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s towards the
coast to in the upper 90s farther inland.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s towards the coast to
100 farther inland.
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San Diego County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas,
Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Patchy low clouds and fog. Highs in the mid 70s near the
coast to 80 inland. Light winds becoming west 15 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 80 near the coast to in the mid 80s inland. Light
winds becoming northwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Areas of winds northwest 15 mph in
the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 80s near the coast to 90 inland. Light
winds becoming northwest 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s near the coast to 90 inland.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s near the coast to
in the upper 80s inland.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s near the coast to in the lower 90s inland.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 80s near the coast to in the mid 90s inland.
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CAZ050-292130-
San Diego County Valleys-
Including the cities of Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa,
Santee, and Poway
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Warmer. Highs in the lower 80s this western valleys to 90 near
the foothills. Light winds becoming west 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly clear.
Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs in the upper 80s in the
western valleys to in the mid 90s near the foothills. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Light
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s in the western
valleys to 101 near the foothills. Light winds becoming west
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s in the western
valleys to 100 near the foothills.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s in the western
valleys to in the upper 90s near the foothills.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 90s in the western valleys to in the upper 90s
near the foothills.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Hot. Highs 100 to 105.
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CAZ048-292130-
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario,
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, and Corona
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly clear.
Lows in the upper 60s. Areas of winds west 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. Light winds becoming
west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Areas of winds west 15 mph with
gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 106. Light winds becoming
west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs 105 to 110.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs 100 to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Hot. Highs 105 to 110.
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Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs in the upper 80s. Light
winds becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs in the mid 90s. Light
winds becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Areas of
winds northwest 15 mph in the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs around 101. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs 100 to 105.
$$
CAZ055-292130-
San Bernardino County Mountains-
Including the cities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear City,
Big Bear Lake, Running Springs, and Wrightwood
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING BELOW 6000 FEET...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Warmer. Highs around 80 above 6000 feet to this upper 80s below
6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly clear.
Lows in the upper 50s above 6000 feet to in the mid 60s below
6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in
the evening becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 80s above 6000 feet to in the mid 90s below
6000 feet. Light winds becoming southeast 15 mph in the
afternoon. Near ridge tops and along desert slopes, areas of
winds southeast 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Areas of winds south 15 mph with
gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s above 6000 feet to in the upper
90s below 6000 feet. Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s above 6000 feet
to in the upper 90s below 6000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s above 6000 feet to in the mid 90s below
6000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 80s above 6000 feet to in the mid 90s below
6000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight.
Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 80s above 6000 feet to in the upper 90s below
6000 feet.
$$
CAZ056-292130-
Riverside County Mountains-
Including the city of Idyllwild-Pine Cove
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING BELOW 6000 FEET...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Warmer. Highs in the lower 90s. Areas of winds southeast 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly clear.
Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 90s. Light winds becoming west 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Light
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Light winds becoming east 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
CAZ058-292130-
San Diego County Mountains-
Including the cities of Julian and Pine Valley
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Warmer. Highs around 90. Areas of winds east 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly clear.
Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds becoming west 15 mph with gusts
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Areas of
winds northwest 15 mph in the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Areas of winds northeast 15 mph.
Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
CAZ060-292130-
Apple and Lucerne Valleys-
Including the cities of Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley,
and Lucerne Valley
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Areas of winds
southeast 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph...becoming 30 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Areas of winds
south 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 102. Light winds becoming
east 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Areas of
winds west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 104. Light winds becoming
east 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs 100 to 105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Hot. Highs around 105.
$$
CAZ065-292130-
San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s through the pass to
104 this northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds southeast
15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s through the pass
to in the mid 80s in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of
winds northwest 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 30 mph
overnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 103 through the pass
to 109 in the northern Coachella Valley. Light winds becoming
south 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. Areas of
winds west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 40 mph...becoming 35 mph
overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 106 through the pass
to 111 in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds west
15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 105 through the pass
to 110 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs 100 to 105 through the pass to
110 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs 100 to 105 through the pass
to 110 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Very hot. Highs around 105 through the pass to 110 in the
northern Coachella Valley.
$$
CAZ061-292130-
Coachella Valley-
Including the cities of Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City,
Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, and Coachella
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 98 to 106. Light winds becoming
southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. Areas of winds
southeast 15 mph becoming northwest overnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 110. Light winds.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 80s. Areas of
winds northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 111. Light winds
becoming southeast 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Very hot. Highs around 110.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Very hot. Highs around 110.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Very hot. Highs around 110.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Very hot. Highs around 110.
$$
CAZ062-292130-
San Diego County Deserts-
Including the city of Borrego Springs
202 AM PDT Mon Aug 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 94 to 104. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 109. Light winds.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80. Areas of winds
west 15 mph. Gusts to 30 mph...becoming 25 mph overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs around 110. Light winds
becoming east 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Very hot. Highs around 110.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Very hot. Highs around 110.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Very hot. Highs around 110.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Very hot. Highs around 110.
$$
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until January 30, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC), if they purchased the Company's shares between April 29, 2021 and November 1, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
What You May Do
If you purchased shares of Generac and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-gnrc/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by January 30, 2023.
Generac and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On October 19, 2022, the Company released dismal preliminary financial results for 3Q2022 including a $55 million pre-tax charge relating to its clean energy product warranties and expenses, due to a distributor that had filed for bankruptcy. On this news, shares of Generac fell by $37.44 per share, or 25%. Then on November 2, 2022, the Company released its third quarter earnings and significantly lowered full-year guidance on sales by its solar energy business of approximately 40% due to the loss of a major customer and $37.3 million worth of clean energy product warranty-related issues. On this news, shares of Generac fell an additional $8.99 per share, or 8%.
The case is County Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association and Oakland County Employees' Retirement System v. Generac Holdings Inc., No. 22-cv-1436.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
Contact:
Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
Lewis Kahn, Managing Partner
lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com
1-877-515-1850
1100 Poydras St., Suite 3200
New Orleans, LA 70163
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say they fatally shot a man who entered a Target store with an AR-15-style rifle on Tuesday and “plenty of ammunition.”
Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said officers searched for victims, including customers and workers “because there were some people hiding in there.” No injured people were immediately found.
Schmaderer said evidence suggests the man fired multiple rounds before he was shot by officers, but it wasn’t immediately known if he fired at anyone.
The chief said there were several 911 calls and officers were at the store within minutes.
“The first arriving officers went into the building, confronted the suspect and shot him dead,” Schmaderer said. “He had an AR-15 rifle with him and plenty of ammunition.”
Officer Chris Gordon, a police spokesperson, said the store in west Omaha was locked down about noon Tuesday after reports of shots being fired. | 2023-01-31T20:24:54+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/omaha-police-fatally-shoot-armed-man-in-target-store/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Jake Wolfe’s 14 points helped Morehead State defeat Bellarmine 62-55 on Saturday night.
Wolfe also contributed five rebounds for the Eagles (2-1). Drew Thelwell shot 4 for 15, including 3 for 12 from beyond the arc to add 13 points. Mark Freeman recorded 13 points and shot 1 of 5 from the field and 10 for 13 from the line.
Peter Suder led the way for the Knights (1-1) with 24 points. Alec Pfriem added seven points and nine rebounds for Bellarmine. In addition, Bash Wieland had seven points.
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Morehead State plays Tuesday against West Virginia on the road, while Bellarmine hosts Campbellsville Harrodsburg on Monday.
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PHILADELPHIA — Interstate 95 was set to reopen to traffic Friday less than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia shut down a heavily traveled stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway.
The elevated section of I-95 collapsed early on June 11 after a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped on an off-ramp and caught fire. State transportation officials said the driver, who was killed, lost control around a curve. There were no other deaths or injuries.
The closure of an important commercial artery snarled traffic in and around Philadelphia and threatened to raise the cost of consumer goods as truckers were forced to detour around the area. State and federal officials pledged quick action to minimize the economic impact and inconvenience.
To get I-95 operating again as quickly as possible, workers used about 2,000 tons (1,814 metric tons) of lightweight glass nuggets to fill the underpass and bring it up to surface level, then paved over to create three lanes of travel in each direction. A permanent bridge will eventually be constructed.
President Joe Biden joined Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on a helicopter tour of the site a little more than a week after the collapse and praised the design as “incredibly innovative in order to get this work done in record time.’’
With rain threatening to delay the reopening, a truck-mounted jet dryer normally used to keep moisture off the track at Pocono Raceway was brought in to keep the fresh asphalt dry enough for lines to be painted.
The 24-hour construction work was live-streamed, drawing thousands of viewers online.
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By MATT O’BRIEN
AP Technology Writer
Elon Musk warned Twitter employees Thursday to brace for “difficult times ahead” that might end with the collapse of the social media platform if they can’t find new ways of making money.
Workers who survived last week’s mass layoffs are facing harsher work conditions and growing uncertainty about their ability to keep Twitter running safely as it continues to lose high-level leaders responsible for data privacy, cybersecurity and complying with regulations.
That includes Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of trust and safety — a previously little-known executive who became the public face of Twitter’s content moderation after Musk took over and who had been praised by Musk for defending Twitter’s ongoing efforts to fight harmful misinformation and hate speech. An executive confirmed Roth’s resignation to coworkers on an internal messaging board seen by The Associated Press.
The developments were part of another whirlwind day in Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform. It began with an email to employees from Musk on Wednesday night ordering workers to stop working from home and show up in the office Thursday morning. He called his first “all-hands” meeting Thursday afternoon. Before that, many were relying on the billionaire Tesla CEO’s public tweets for clues about Twitter’s future.
“Sorry that this is my first email to the whole company, but there is no way to sugarcoat the message,” wrote Musk, before he described a dire economic climate for businesses like Twitter that rely almost entirely on advertising to make money.
“Without significant subscription revenue, there is a good chance Twitter will not survive the upcoming economic downturn,” Musk said. “We need roughly half of our revenue to be subscription.”
At the staff meeting, Musk said some “exceptional” employees could seek an exemption from his return-to-office order but that others who didn’t like it could quit, according to an employee at the meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity out of a concern for job security.
The employee also said Musk appeared to downplay employee concerns about how a pared-back Twitter workforce was handling its obligations to maintain privacy and data security standards, saying as CEO of Tesla he knew how that worked.
Musk’s memo and staff meeting echoed a livestreamed conversation trying to assuage major advertisers Wednesday, his most expansive public comments about Twitter’s direction since he closed a $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform late last month and dismissed its top executives. A number of well-known brands have paused advertising on Twitter.
Musk told employees the “priority over the past 10 days” was to develop and launch Twitter’s new subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check mark next to the name of paid members — the mark was previously only for verified accounts. Musk’s project has had a rocky rollout with an onslaught of newly bought fake accounts this week impersonating high-profile figures such as basketball star LeBron James and the drug company Eli Lilly to post false information or offensive jokes.
In a second email to employees, Musk said the “absolute top priority” over the coming days is to suspend “bots/trolls/spam” exploiting the verified accounts. But Twitter now employs far fewer people to help him do that.
An executive last week said Twitter was cutting roughly 50% of its workforce, which numbered 7,500 earlier this year.
Musk told employees in the email that “remote work is no longer allowed” and the road ahead is “arduous and will require intense work to succeed,” and that they will need to be in the office at least 40 hours per week.
Twitter’s ongoing exodus includes the company’s chief privacy officer, Damien Kieran, and chief information security officer Lea Kissner, who tweeted Thursday that “I’ve made the hard decision to leave Twitter.”
Roth’s resignation is a “huge loss” for Twitter’s reliability and integrity, said his former coworker and friend Emily Horne.
“He’s worked incredibly hard under very challenging circumstances, including being personally targeted by some of the most vicious trolls who were active on the platform,” said Horne, who oversaw global policy communications at Twitter until 2018. “He stayed through all of that because he believed so deeply in the work his team was doing to promote a public conversation and improve the health of that conversation.”
Cybersecurity expert Alex Stamos, a former Facebook security chief, tweeted Thursday that there is a “serious risk of a breach with drastically reduced staff” that could also put Twitter at odds with a 2011 order from the Federal Trade Commission that required it to address serious data security lapses.
“Twitter made huge strides towards a more rational internal security model and backsliding will put them in trouble with the FTC” and other regulators in the U.S. and Europe, Stamos said.
The FTC said in a statement Thursday that it is “tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern.”
“No CEO or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees,” said the agency’s statement. “Our revised consent order gives us new tools to ensure compliance, and we are prepared to use them.”
The FTC would not say whether it was investigating Twitter for potential violations. If it were, it is empowered to demand documents and depose employees.
In an email to employees seen by the AP, Musk said “Twitter will do whatever it takes to adhere to both the letter and spirit of the FTC consent decree.”
“Anything you read to the contrary is absolutely false. The same goes for any other government regulatory matters where Twitter operates,” Musk wrote.
Twitter paid a $150 million penalty in May for violating the 2011 consent order and its updated version established new procedures requiring the company to implement an enhanced privacy protection program as well as beefing up info security.
Those new procedures include an exhaustive list of disclosures Twitter must make to the FTC when introducing new products and services — particularly when they affect personal data collected on users.
Musk is fundamentally overhauling the platform’s offerings and it’s not known if he is telling the FTC about it. Twitter, which gutted its communications department, didn’t respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Musk has a history of tangling with regulators. “I do not respect the SEC,” Musk declared in a 2018 tweet.
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently examined for possible tardiness his disclosures to the agency of his purchases of Twitter stock to amass a major stake. In 2018, Musk and Tesla each agreed to pay $20 million in fines over Musk’s allegedly misleading tweets saying he’d secured the funding to take the electric car maker private for $420 a share. Musk has fought the SEC in court over compliance with the agreement.
The consequences for not meeting FTC’s requirements can be severe — such as when Facebook had to pay $5 billion for privacy violations.
“If Twitter so much as sneezes, it has to do a privacy review beforehand,” tweeted Riana Pfefferkorn, a Stanford University researcher who said she previously provided Twitter outside legal counsel. “There are periodic outside audits, and the FTC can monitor compliance.”
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AP reporters Frank Bajak and Marcy Gordon contributed to this report.
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Tennis superstar Serena Williams has announced she will retire from the sport following the U.S. Open.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Christopher Clarey, tennis correspondent for the New York Times.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Have Russians tortured Ukrainians — and, if so, who will hold the perpetrators accountable? Torture allegations have been levied by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Biden and the E.U. president, among others. In March 1987, Russia ratified the Convention Against Torture, a U.N. treaty banning states from causing people severe harm (physical or mental) to punish, intimidate or obtain information from them. Observers are charging that Russia has flagrantly violated that agreement, and have mentioned possible cases in international courts like the International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court and European Court of Human Rights.
Each of these has important limitations, as we will explain. But another option has been neglected in most public discussions: prosecutions in other countries’ domestic courts, using the universal jurisdiction doctrine.
Allegations of torture by Russian soldiers in Ukraine
International human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have reported a slate of torture allegations since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February.
To give just a few examples from Ukraine, 458 civilians died in Bucha during a month-long Russian occupation that ended in April. Almost all the victims showed signs they’d been tortured before death. Concurrently, in Yahidne, according to Human Rights Watch, Russian forces held 350 villagers in a schoolhouse basement for 28 days, with little space, food or water, and buckets for toilets. Ten people died.
These actions continue. In September, according to Amnesty International, Russian soldiers forced people in occupied territories to vote at gunpoint in a dubious referendum that purportedly showed Ukrainian support for joining Russia.
Meanwhile in Russia, Human Rights Watch reports that antiwar protesters are tortured after arrests. In February and March alone, 13,500 protesters were arrested. Amnesty International reports that detainees have been electroshocked and waterboarded which, if proved in court, would constitute torture.
What international courts can and can’t do
The International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court and European Court of Human rights are the international courts investigating Russian actions in Ukraine. While all three are established by international treaties, each rules on different matters.
The ICJ settles disputes between countries. The ICC prosecutes individuals for grave criminal acts like war crimes. And the ECHR assesses allegations of human rights violations.
These courts are limited in their ability to rule and have their rulings enforced. The ICJ depends on the U.N. Security Council for enforcement. Russia is a permanent member of the council and can veto enforcement efforts.
Ukraine has accepted ICC jurisdiction, allowing the court to investigate atrocities like war crimes and crimes against humanity on Ukrainian territory. But individuals must be in the court’s custody to be tried. Getting Russians to The Hague — Russian President Vladimir Putin especially — is likely to be difficult.
The ECHR lost jurisdiction over Russia on Sept. 16, six months after it was expelled from the Council of Europe, but may investigate offenses before this date.
What domestic courts can do
Domestic courts have jurisdiction over a particular matter based on one of any five key doctrines: territory, active personality, passive personality, the protective principle, and universality.
Territory is simple. If a crime is committed within a country’s borders, whether by a domestic or foreign national, domestic courts can typically rule. Ukraine is already putting Russian soldiers on trial for civilian killings within its borders.
Second, under the legal principle of “active personality,” courts can hold their country’s nationals accountable for crimes committed abroad. Russia isn’t likely to prosecute its soldiers for abuses in Ukraine.
Third, based on “passive personality,” domestic courts can judge cases where the victim is one of its country’s nationals. For example, Lithuania is investigating Russian-backed separatist forces in Ukraine for killing Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius. Any such prosecution would be rare; passive personality is controversial because it challenges countries’ sovereignty over their domestic affairs.
Fourth, the protective principle lets countries prosecute individuals who threaten state interests like national security. Concerned Eastern European border countries like Moldova, Romania and the Baltics could argue the war in Ukraine threatens their security, and that they therefore have a right to prosecute Russian personnel.
Fifth, and perhaps most pertinent, countries can apply universal jurisdiction to prosecute grave breaches of international law, even when both perpetrators and victims are foreign nationals outside of national territory. Universal jurisdiction would allow any country’s domestic courts to hold Russian personnel accountable.
Historical and contemporary examples of universal jurisdiction cases
The arrest of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet marked the first time a former head of state was arrested under universal jurisdiction. In 1998, Pinochet traveled to the United Kingdom for a medical procedure, where he was arrested by authorities acting on a Spanish request for extradition.
Spain’s National Court had received complaints from victims of Pinochet’s repressive regime, which deployed torture and forced disappearance. Prosecutors argued Pinochet’s crimes were so egregious that he could be tried in a country where, unlike Chile, he had no legal immunity.
British courts agreed: Pinochet had no claim to official immunity and should be extradited. He was later declared medically unfit to stand trial and was returned to Chile in 2000 — but the principle had been established.
More recently, in 2022, a German court convicted a Syrian officer, Anwar Raslan, of crimes against humanity under universal jurisdiction. A security official in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Raslan oversaw the torture and executions of thousands. To date, various countries have conducted more than 70 trials under the same doctrine, including the Netherlands (for war crimes), Norway (for terrorism) and Senegal (for torture, war crimes and crimes against humanity).
What countries might prosecute Russians for crimes against humanity?
It’s too soon to know which countries might take up this project. Doing so would be politically costly, to be sure. But recent political science research finds that migrants can compel their host countries to prosecute individuals for wrongdoing in their home countries. With an estimated 7.8 million Ukrainian refugees in Europe alone, European courts may find themselves pressured to meet Ukrainians’ demands for justice.
Alyson Reynolds (@AlysonReynolds_) is a James Monroe Scholar at William & Mary and a research fellow in the International Justice Lab.
Elijah Tsai is a James Monroe Scholar at William & Mary and a research fellow in the International Justice Lab.
Kelebogile Zvobgo (@kelly_zvobgo) is an assistant professor of government at William & Mary, a faculty affiliate at the Global Research Institute, and the founder and director of the International Justice Lab. | 2022-11-22T12:10:01+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/22/russia-ukraine-torture-justice/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jahana Hayes wins reelection to U.S. House in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District.
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TORONTO (AP) — Elton John paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II at his final concert in Toronto on Thursday night, saying he was inspired by her and is sad she is gone.
“She led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace and decency and genuine caring,” John said.
“I’m 75 and she’s been with with me all my life and I feel very sad that that she won’t be with me anymore, but I’m glad she’s at peace,” he said. “I’m glad she’s at rest and she deserves it. She worked bloody hard.”
The singer-songwriter then performed his 1974 track “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”
The queen died Thursday at her summer residence in Scotland at age 96.
John was knighted by the queen in 1998, a year after the death of his friend Princess Diana. Prince Charles also anointed the musician and charity patron as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor last year.
John’s concert was the second of two nights at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, billed as his final tour. | 2022-09-09T22:07:12+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/entertainment-news-news/ap-elton-john-pays-tribute-to-queen-at-his-final-toronto-show/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole delivered the sort of gem Yankees fans dreamed on when he signed a $324 million deal. Aaron Judge led an offensive barrage in a ballpark packed for his bobblehead night. Manny Bañuelos finally pitched in pinstripes, living out a teenage dream that famously escaped him.
“I heard them chanting my name, which was pretty magical,” Cole said.
Almost perfect. Again.
Cole pitched perfectly into the seventh inning a night after teammate Jameson Taillon lost his bid in the eighth, Judge homered and had four hits, and New York thumped the Detroit Tigers 13-0 on Friday for its largest margin of victory since 2009.
The Yankees are the first team with consecutive perfect-game bids of six innings or more since at least 1961, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
“I have to stop looking up in the sixth,” catcher Jose Trevino joked. “I mean, every time.”
Trevino, Anthony Rizzo and Matt Carpenter also homered for New York against rookie Elvin Rodriguez (0-1), charged with 10 runs in his third big league start. The major league-leading Yankees won for the eighth time in 10 games, cooling off a fourth-place Tigers team that had just taken four of five from AL Central-leading Minnesota.
Jonathan Schoop spoiled Cole’s perfect night with two outs in the seventh. Schoop grounded a cutter up the middle, just past the mitt of diving second baseman DJ LeMahieu, who made a sliding stop against Harold Castro for the second out.
“Got to the corner, but not quite as much break as we would’ve liked,” Cole said of the pitch.
Cole (5-1) got an ovation from the 42,026 fans at Yankee Stadium, some of whom surely were on hand a night earlier when Taillon lost a perfect game in the eighth against the Los Angeles Angels. Jared Walsh spoiled Taillon’s try with a leadoff double that deflected off the glove of sliding shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa.
Cole was pulled after seven scoreless innings with two hits allowed and nine strikeouts on 102 pitches. He grabbed a video tablet in the dugout as soon as he finished the seventh and appeared to replay Schoop’s hit several times.
There have been 23 perfect games in major league history, including two before 1900. The most recent was thrown by Félix Hernández for the Seattle Mariners against Tampa Bay on Aug. 15, 2012 — the last of three that season.
Cole overpowered the hapless Tigers with a fastball up to 100 mph, dominating a team that entered Friday averaging 2.86 runs per game, worst in the majors since the 1968 White Sox.
“He was in complete control of virtually every at-bat,” Detroit manager A.J. Hinch told reporters.
Willi Castro began the game with a routine fly to right measured at 87.3 mph off the bat, and that remained the hardest-hit ball for Detroit until Harold Castro’s groundout in the seventh.
Cole is the eighth consecutive Yankees starter to cover at least six innings, the best stretch for the franchise since a nine-game streak in 2016.
“I think anytime you’re a close-knit group like those guys are and you’re challenging each other and learning from one another, I think that environment is one that you have a better chance to thrive in,” New York manager Aaron Boone said. “So I think that’s happening.”
Cole redeemed himself for a miserable outing April 19 at Detroit, when he matched a career high with five walks and allowed two runs while lasting just 1 2/3 innings. The 31-year-old — signed to a $324 million, nine-year deal prior to the 2020 season — has never thrown a no-hitter.
Bañuelos relieved Cole for his first major league appearance since 2019 and closed out the three-hitter. Formerly a top Yankees prospect, Bañuelos joined leagues in Mexico and Taiwan on his road back to the big leagues.
“This is amazing,” Bañuelos said. “This is huge for me. I’ve been waiting for this a long time.”
“That was the coolest part of the night,” Cole added.
Judge became the first player in the majors with 20 homers after sending a solo drive to right in the third. The ball landed just in front of the Judge’s Chambers cheering section. He ripped an RBI single off Harold Castro’s 59 mph lob in the eighth for his fourth hit.
The Yankees exposed the Tigers’ defense during a three-run fourth, with Carpenter bunting against the shift and later scoring on Trevino’s drive to center, which was badly misplayed by Willi Castro. A natural shortstop, the 25-year-old Castro was playing his ninth pro game in center.
JD’S BACK
Josh Donaldson (shoulder) was activated from the 10-day injured list and in the lineup for the Yankees for the first time since being suspended by Major League Baseball for a remark about Jackie Robinson to Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson. Donaldson was 0 for 3 with two walks.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Tigers: OF Austin Meadows plans to make rehab starts with Triple-A Toledo on Saturday and Sunday. Meadows has been on the injured list since May 16 with vertigo symptoms. … OF Akil Baddoo (oblique) will begin a rehab assignment with High-A West Michigan this weekend.
Yankees: DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton could return from a right calf strain Saturday or Sunday. … RHP Chad Green had Tommy John surgery and likely will be sidelined until at least summer of 2023. … LHP Zack Britton (Tommy John surgery) threw a bullpen at the Yankees’ complex in Tampa, Florida, and could return late this summer. … RHP Domingo Germán (right shoulder) is expected to throw a simulated game soon.
ROSTER MOVES
After the game, the Yankees optioned INF/OF Miguel Andújar to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. They also reinstated OF Tim Locastro from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A.
UP NEXT
Yankees RHP Luis Severino (3-1, 3.38 ERA) faces Tigers rookie RHP Beau Brieske (0-4, 5.25) in the middle leg of a three-game set Saturday. Brieske has allowed 10 homers in seven starts.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-04T13:48:43+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/yanks-cole-loses-perfect-game-night-after-taillons-bid/ |
Seems like just yesterday it was May, and we were looking forward to summer. Well, in the wink of an eye, here we are in September, and summer is almost over.
There is some good news though: Bowling leagues have begun at Orchard Lanes up on the Heights in Hood River! Prime spots are still available so come on up and join in on the fun. You’ll be glad to be kicking those stubborn 3-pound, 6-ounce pins around when the seemingly unending cold, rain, wet, snow and ice come to our fair little community.
League action is always hot and heavy at Orchard Lanes. There is nothing like a little friendly competition to pique your interest; it’s always exciting to get that key strike or spare to win a game! And while you are stringing all those strikes, see if you can solve the new math in bowling where 10 times 12 equals 300. Contact Pat Olson at the lanes to join a league at 1141 Tucker Road, Hood River, or call 541-386-1326.
This past summer was quite exciting at Orchard Lanes as eight challenge nights were held using different oil patterns. These patterns definitely tested the bowler’s ability. Five of those patterns were hard, two were of medium difficulty and one was considered easy. All of them were different from the normal house pattern used for league. Each of them consisted of a scratch and handicap section. The renowned Jeff Miller, who has long been considered to be the best bowler in the Gorge, won seven of them. David Gibeaut won four, all in the handicap side. Janet Kawachi won two handicap events and our ubiquitous man about town, Stuart Kawachi, won one handicap test. Proprietor Pat Olson won one scratch event. The hardest pattern was the Viper, which is often used in professional PBA tournaments. Jeff Miller averaged 203 for all eight challenges, which tells you how difficult they were as he carries a 223 average in league play.
The summer Bolf league which was conducted with alternate weeks of bowling and golf at Indian Creek was won by Pat Olson and Jeff Olson.
We’ve got some new faces this season who flashed beaucoup tenpin talent on the lanes last week. Topping the list is Owen Clemett, who led everyone in scoring last week with a fine 715 series that he fashioned in the Fraternal. Owen is a U of Oregon college kid who will be heading back to school soon, so we won’t see much of him in the future. We’re sure sorry to see him go because he is quite talented. Owen is a self-taught two hander, which seem to be the rage in bowling these days. Us one handers sure have trouble trying to keep up with the two handers, mainly because the two-handed style guys impart a ton of revs on the ball which creates incredible pin action.
Young Levi Phelps continued right where he left off from last season with a solid 693 that he fired in the Fraternal. Levi is definitely the most improved bowler in town, and we expect he will be in the mix for the highest average at the lanes.
Stan Pratnicki’s speedy sphere found the range in the Fraternal with a devilishly good 666 set. Stan imparts so much speed it almost seems like his ball never touches the lane.
Honorable mention goes to James Klugel and Skip Whitley. James got his start in Junior bowling at Orchard Lanes. James has been practicing a bunch lately to get ready for the new season and it sure paid off as he notched a nice 658 set in the Fraternal. Skip has been bowling senior Monte Carlo when he’s not windsurfing for Northwave. Skip’s game is direct to the pocket which obviously works well because he shot a cool 654 series in the Fraternal. As you can tell, the Fraternal league is full of good bowlers and it’s the best league in the Gorge!
Great bowling everyone, we’re glad to see you back in league action.
Industrial (Monday at 7 p.m.): Patrick Olson: 267, 695; Jeff Miller: 278, 670; Randy Nieto: 250; Mike Parke: 237
Senior Colts and Fillies (Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.): Lynn Spellman: 220, 211, 626; Bernie Keys: 217; Ken Kramer: 210; Dave Baumsteiger: 209; Jesse Flores: 202; Paul Dethman: 200
Fraternal (Wednesday at 7 p.m.): Owen Clemett: 269,253, 715; Patrick Olson: 247, 236, 708; Levi Phelps: 279, 693; Stan Pratnicki: 247, 666; James Klugel: 658; Stuart Kawachi: 236, 655; Skip Whitley: 242, 654; Mike Parke: 650; Josh Worth: 268; Jeremy Bloom: 257; Lynn Spellman: 239; Ciena Brittle: 236; Bernie Keys: 203 | 2022-09-21T13:47:28+00:00 | columbiagorgenews.com | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/gorge-life/keglers-corner-fall-leagues-begin-again/article_454f1ee0-386d-11ed-8765-cb199bbbf070.html |
Multiple people wounded in shooting near Florida restaurant
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people were wounded Thursday night in a shooting after an altercation outside a restaurant in south Florida, police said.
It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were hit by gunfire, but the Miami Herald cited a law enforcement source saying as many as 10 people were wounded in the shooting outside a soul food restaurant in Miami Gardens.
Investigators were looking into reports that a video was being shot at the restaurant, Miami Gardens Police Chief Delma Noel-Pratt said.
“We believe it’s an isolated incident,” Noel-Pratt said.
Miami Gardens police spokesperson Diana Gourgue told reporters that she could not confirm reports that as many as 10 people had been wounded, saying “right now it is just multiple victims that were injured.”
She said the condition of those hurt was unknown, but there were not any fatalities.
She said a large crowd had gathered outside the restaurant at the time of the shooting.
Social media posts also said a music video was being filmed.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-06T07:12:44+00:00 | kttc.com | https://www.kttc.com/2023/01/06/multiple-people-wounded-shooting-near-florida-restaurant/ |
The rising cost of taking care of reptiles is forcing many owners to dump them.
"I hear people say stuff like, 'I’m moving, and I can’t take care of this dragon.' It’s probably because the dragon isn’t feeling good so they can’t afford their vet bill. Some people say my kids just don’t play with it anymore. That’s a really big one," said Alonna Geerts, owner of Dragon Smart, a pet store in McMinnville, Tennessee.
"We get calls all the time about picking up reptiles and a bunch of exotics to help rescue them," Geerts said.
Owning an exotic pet is a major responsibility. They need food, water and care— just like any other pet.
Geerts said some people aren't ready for the responsibility. She recently received a call from a landlord who asked if they could remove neglected reptiles from a home.
"I was looking around like, 'Oh my gosh.' There was some, unfortunately, deceased," Geerts said.
She also had a neglected bearded dragon dropped off recently. It was left outside a Petsmart. Geerts said a Good Samaritan drove the reptile to her shop in hopes of giving it a fighting chance at survival.
"When he chews, it takes him a long time. Bearded dragons have sharp teeth. He doesn't have any," Geerts said.
Geerts believes people need to do more research before purchasing an exotic pet. She adds that abandoning an animal is never the right choice.
"If you can’t take care of your animal, reach out to someone that can and who is knowledgeable about that," Geerts said.
Geerts said they've rescued hundreds of animals in the last year and been able to provide great homes for them.
This story was originally reported by Aaron Cantrell on newschannel5.com. | 2023-01-30T20:51:30+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/news/national/reptile-dumping-on-the-rise-as-owners-cant-afford-to-take-care-of-their-pets |
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — When hit with a snow day, many teens would consider it a "pajama day", and maybe take advantage of sleeping in, but 16-year-old Paul had other plans.
"We basically went back out there to clear more snow after more had came down and everything. We just kept doing it over and over until it all stopped," West Seneca resident, Paul said on Monday.
The West Seneca high schooler woke up at 4 a.m. Friday to clear his neighbors' driveway, on a mission to spread Buffalo "strength" to his neighbors in need.
"A lot of our neighbors, they love him, even the teachers at school. They love him. He helps out, he'll go to them and say, 'I'm cutting the grass.' Sometimes, he'll just go over there and start cutting it," Paul's mother, Kimberley said.
He was outside for about three hours, spending almost an hour for each neighbor. Paul said many of his neighbors are retired or single parents.
Western New York just had a snow storm that piled by the feet.
"I'm proud of what he does," Kimberley added.
Other Western New Yorkers emphasized on the "Good Neighbor" mentality, like 17-year-old Elaine Marie.
Her grandmother, Donna Drake, sharing this photo from over in Orchard Park, which got roughly 80 inches of snow.
Elaine, who stands about 4 feet 10 inches, took six hours to clear the driveway for her neighbors.
Susan O'Connor, in Lancaster, shared this photo of a man clearing off her Jeep.
She said that he came from Virginia last week to help his mother-in-law go to Roswell for treatment and to take his son to the Bills game against the Browns.
Unfortunately, his mother-in-law's mother got stuck at Roswell, and he was not able to take his son to his first Bills game, but regardless the neighborhood is calling him a hero for helping everyone in the townhouse complex.
Janalee Spink said that her husband qualifies as a snow angel.
She said he spent 18 hours outside for three days, helping every neighbor he could. She said he even walked the snow blower down their entire street.
Another photo from Jennifer Beirdneau, in Orchard Park showed more than 4-feet of snow in their driveway. She said they had no idea how they would get it cleared. As for the cars, well, that is a thought she said she will worry about later.
This article was written by WKBW. | 2022-11-22T20:28:55+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/news/national/snow-angels-keeping-good-neighbor-mentality-across-new-york-amid-lake-effect-snow-storm |
AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – UMass Amherst Police are reminding drivers and pedestrians to be aware of the rules of the road as more students are outside during spring weather.
The UMass Amherst Police Department posted on Facebook encouraging everyone to pay attention while on campus. The following tips were provided:
- Pedestrians need to put their phones down and be alert as they approach crosswalks and busy areas of campus.
- Look both ways at crosswalks and make sure vehicles are stopping, don’t assume anything.
- Motor vehicle operators need to be sure they are not distracted by any devices (it is the law!).
- There are far too many pedestrians on campus to be distracted even for a few seconds.
The Massachusetts Hands-free law went into effect in 2020 that prohibits drivers from touching their phone while driving even while at a red light or stop sign. Drivers under 18 cannot use a phone in any capacity while driving, unless for calling 911.
Fines include $100 for the first violation, $250 for the second, and $500 for every violation after.
Drivers are only allowed to make a single tap or swipe to activate a device’s hands-free mode, but some are still skeptical.
Hands-Free Law
What are the new hands-free driving rules?
Drivers who are 18 and over:
- Can only use electronic devices and mobile phones in hands-free mode
- Are only permitted to touch devices to activate hands-free mode
- Are not permitted to hold or support any electronic device/phone
- Cannot touch phone except to activate the hands-free mode and can only enable when the device is installed or properly mounted to the windshield, dashboard, or center console in a manner that does not impede the operation of the motor vehicle
- Are not allowed to touch device for texting, emailing, apps, video, or internet use
- Activation of GPS navigation is permitted when the device is installed or properly mounted
- Handheld use is allowed only if the vehicle is both stationary and not located in a public travel lane, but is not allowed at red lights or stop signs
- Voice to text and communication to electronic devices is legal only when device is properly mounted; use of headphone (one ear) is permitted
Drivers who are under 18:
- Are not allowed to use any electronic devices. All phone use while driving is illegal, including use in hands-free mode
- Operators may use a cell phone to call 911 to report an emergency. If possible, safely pull over and stop before calling 911 | 2023-03-28T15:17:29+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampshire-county/umass-amherst-police-reminding-students-and-drivers-rules-of-the-road-on-campus-due-to-spring-weather/ |
A 5-year-old California girl died Saturday after being hit by gunfire in the backseat of a car on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway, officials said.
The girl was with her family in a vehicle that was traveling south on Interstate 880 in Fremont when she was struck by a bullet, according to a GoFundMe page. The family was en route to a birthday dinner at a restaurant in Milpitas.
The California Highway Patrol said they were called at 6:40 p.m. about a freeway shooting. Responding officers found a vehicle on southbound I-880 in Milpitas, Officer Andrew Barclay, a CHP spokesperson, said. The parents in the car said their daughter was struck by gunfire.
The girl was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
No arrests were made. "In our investigation, we learned the shooting occurred in Fremont," Barclay said. "The suspect vehicle was traveling southbound."
On the same evening in Fremont, police said they responded to a report of gunfire on the 37000 block of Fremont Boulevard at 6:37 p.m. When officers arrived on scene, the suspect vehicle had already taken off, the Fremont Police Department said in a news release. There were no injuries.
The early investigation indicated that the second shooting may be gang-related, and it's unclear whether the two shootings are related, police said.
Bay City News contributed to this report. | 2023-04-10T16:39:45+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/5-year-old-girl-shot-killed-on-880-freeway-17888550.php |
Russia sends bombs as Ukraine marks grim Bucha anniversary
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia used its long-range arsenal to bombard anew several areas of Ukraine on Friday, killing at least two civilians and damaging homes as Ukrainians commemorated the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Bucha, a town near Kyiv, stands as a symbol of the atrocities the Russian military has committed since its full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
“We will never forgive,” Zelenskyy said in a post on his Telegram channel. “We will punish every perpetrator.”
The Kremlin’s forces occupied Bucha weeks after they invaded Ukraine and stayed for about a month. When Ukrainian troops retook the town, they encountered horrific scenes: bodies of women, young and old men, in civilian clothing, lying in the street where they had fallen or in yards and homes.
Other bodies were found in a mass grave. Over weeks and months, hundreds of bodies were uncovered, including some of children.
Russian soldiers on intercepted phone conversations called it “zachistka” — cleansing, according to an investigation by The Associated Press and the PBS series “Frontline.”
Such organized cruelty — used by Russian troops in past conflicts as well, notably in Chechnya — was later repeated in Russia-occupied territories across Ukraine.
More than 1,400 civilian deaths, including 37 children, were documented by Ukrainian authorities, Zelenskyy said.
More than 175 people were found in mass graves and alleged torture chambers, Zelenskyy said. Ukraine and other countries, including the U.S., have demanded that Russia answer for war crimes.
Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin alleged Friday that many of the dead civilians were tortured. Almost 100 Russian soldiers are suspected of war crimes, he said on his Telegram channel, and indictments have been issued for 35 of them.
Two Russian servicemen have already been sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 12 years in prison for illegal deprivation of liberty of civilians and looting.
“I am convinced that all these crimes are not a coincidence. This is part of Russia’s planned strategy aimed at destroying Ukraine as a state and Ukrainians as a nation,” Kostin said.
Russia has maintained its bombardment of Ukraine with the war already into its second year.
As well as killing at least two civilians in Ukraine, 14 other civilians were wounded early Friday as Russia launched missiles, shells, exploding drones and gliding bombs, the Ukraine presidential office said.
Two Russian missiles hit the city of Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region, damaging eight residential buildings. Throughout the Donetsk region, one civilian was killed and five others wounded by the strikes, the office said.
Nine Russian missiles struck Kharkiv, damaging residential buildings, roads, gas stations and a prison. The Russians also used exploding drones to attack the Kharkiv region.
Russian forces also shelled the southern city of Kherson, killing one resident and wounding two others. The village of Lviv in the Kherson region was struck by gliding bombs that damaged about 10 houses.
The barrage also hit the city of Zaporizhzhia, and its outskirts, causing major fires.
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-31T11:58:40+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/2023/03/31/russia-sends-bombs-ukraine-marks-grim-bucha-anniversary/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. — Disney is asking a Florida judge on Friday to toss out a lawsuit against the company’s efforts to neutralize a takeover of Disney World’s governing district by Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees.
The hearing scheduled for an hour in state court in Orlando involves one of two cases between the Disney and DeSantis or his governing district appointees stemming from the takeover, which was retaliation for the company's public opposition to the so-called Don't Say Gay legislation championed by DeSantis and Republican state lawmakers.
Disney and DeSantis have been engaged in a yearlong feud that the governor has touted during his run for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, often accusing the entertainment giant as being too “woke.” Disney has accused the governor of violating its free speech rights.
Disney is arguing before Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber that any decision in state court would be moot since the Republican-controlled Legislature already has passed a law voiding the agreements. If the judge decides not to dismiss the state case, the entertainment giant is asking that the state court case be put on hold until a federal lawsuit in Tallahassee is resolved since they cover the same ground and that lawsuit was filed first.
In that case, Disney sued DeSantis and his appointees to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in an effort to stop the takeover, claiming the governor was violating the company's free speech and “weaponizing the power of government to punish private business.”
The DeSantis appointees on the district's board are asking that their case not be dismissed, telling the circuit judge that it isn't moot and putting it on hold would be improper. DeSantis isn't a party in the state court lawsuit.
"Disney's motion is classic Imagineering, inviting the court to make believe that reality is whatever Disney dreams up," attorneys for the oversight district's board said in a court filing.
The fight between DeSantis and Disney began last year after the company, facing significant pressure internally and externally, publicly opposed a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades, a policy critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”
As punishment, DeSantis took over the district through legislation passed by Florida lawmakers and appointed a new board of supervisors to oversee municipal services for the sprawling theme parks and hotels. But before the new board came in, the company made agreements with previous oversight board members who were Disney supporters that stripped the new supervisors of their authority over design and construction.
In response, DeSantis and Florida lawmakers passed the legislation that repealed those agreements.
Disney announced in May that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relocate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development. Disney had planned to build the campus about 20 miles from the giant Walt Disney World theme park resort.
In an interview this week on CNBC, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company didn't want to be involved in any culture wars.
“Our goal is to continue to tell wonderful stories and have a positive, positive impact on the world,” Iger said. | 2023-07-14T17:39:23+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/disney-judge-lawsuit-desantis/67-9707c468-949b-47b7-b9f1-8e0c665f6eb4 |
TOTAL PLAY ANNOUNCES REVENUE OF Ps.9,303 MILLION AND EBITDA OF Ps.4,055 MILLION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2022
Published: Oct. 27, 2022 at 3:54 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Total Play Telecomunicaciones, S.A.P.I. de C.V. ("Total Play"), a leading telecommunications company in Mexico, which offers internet access, pay television and telephone services, through one of the largest 100% fiber optic networks in the country, today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2022.
Third quarter results
Revenue for the quarter totaled Ps.9,303 million, compared to Ps.7,270 million from the previous year. Total costs and expenses were Ps.5,248 million, from Ps.4,214 million a year ago.
As a result, Total Play's EBITDA totaled Ps.4,055 million, from Ps.3,056 million the previous year. The company registered operating income of Ps.640 million, compared to Ps.753 million a year ago. Total Play reported net loss of Ps.1,843 million, from loss of Ps.836 million in the same period of 2021.
Revenue from services
The growth in Total Play's revenue in the quarter is mainly the result of increased sales in the residential segment, due to higher demand from households for the company's telecommunications services. The continuous increase in Total Play´s income is reaffirmed this period despite intense competition in the industry — which affects market prices — and the normalization of face-to-face activities throughout the country. This shows the growing preference of users for the superior attributes of our internet, pay television and telephony services, which optimally satisfy the connectivity and entertainment needs of millions of homes.
Costs and expenses
Total costs and expenses grew 25%, as a result of a 21% increase in service costs and a 27% increase in general expenses. The growth in costs, to Ps.1,983 million, from Ps.1,635 million in the previous year, results mainly from the purchase of content, memberships, link rentals and other interconnection services and licenses for network operation.
The increase in expenses, to Ps.3,265 million, from Ps.2,579 million, reflects higher personnel, advertising and promotion, maintenance, as well as call center expenses, in the context of growing operations in the company.
EBITDA and net result
Total Play's EBITDA was Ps.4,055 million compared to Ps.3,056 million in the previous year.
Relevant variations below EBITDA were the following:
Growth of Ps.1,111 million in depreciation and amortization, as a result of user acquisition costs — telecommunications equipment, labor and installation expenses — as well as investments in fiber optic network coverage.
Increase of Ps.155 million in interest payments, derived mainly from an increase in the balance of financial debt.
Growth of Ps.122 million in other financial expenses as a result of those related to debt issuances and derivative financial instruments.
Increase of Ps.89 million in foreign exchange loss in the period, as a result of a higher net liability monetary position in dollars this period, compared to the previous year, together with depreciation of the peso against the dollar in both quarters.
Total Play reported a net loss of Ps.1,843 million, from a loss of Ps.836 million in the same period of 2021.
Balance sheet
As of September 30, 2022, the company's debt with cost was Ps.46,915 million, compared to Ps.40,671 million in the previous year. The growth of the debt balance is related to the issuance of Certificados Bursátiles and loans from financial institutions during the period.
The lease liability was Ps.6,485 million, compared to Ps.4,738 million in the previous year.
Total Play is a leading Triple Play provider in Mexico that, thanks to the widest direct-to-home fiber optic network in the country, offers entertainment and technologically advanced services with the highest quality and speed in the market. For the latest news and updates about Total Play, visit: www.totalplay.com.mx
Total Play is a Grupo Salinas company (www.gruposalinas.com), a group of dynamic, fast growing, and technologically advanced companies focused on creating economic value through market innovation and goods and services that improve standards of living; social value to improve community wellbeing; and environmental value by reducing the negative impact of its business activities. Created by Mexican entrepreneur Ricardo B. Salinas (www.ricardosalinas.com), Grupo Salinas operates as a management development and decision forum for the top leaders of member companies. Each of the Grupo Salinas companies operates independently, with its own management, board of directors and shareholders. Grupo Salinas has no equity holdings. The group of companies shares a common vision, values and strategies for achieving rapid growth, superior results and world-class performance.
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Sister Wives star Leon Brown announced on Tuesday that they are transgender, now exclusively using the name Leon with they/them pronouns. Brown is the only child of Meri and Kody Brown, but one of 18 half siblings from Kody's plural marriage with Robyn Brown, Janelle Brown, and ex-wife Christine Brown. The family has appeared regularly on the hit TLC show beginning in 2010.
"Someone recently told me that i didn't have to have all of my shit figured out in order for me to share myself with the world," Leon wrote on Instagram. "So here’s me, definitely not having almost any of my shit figured out, to let you know that i am trans. my name is Leon or Leo (i love both) and my pronouns are they/them."
Meri reposted her child's announcement on her Instagram story, captioning the post "You are my sunshine."
Leon's post is a simple photoshoot of them in shorts and a t-shirt standing outside a large door frame. The caption provides more insight on their coming out journey: "I remember the first time that i knew i wasn’t a girl," they wrote. "I was pretty young & unfortunately i grew up in a context that was incredibly gendered & restrictive. so i continued to be socialized as a girl & later a woman. and here's the thing, i’m finally ready to share my favorite self with the world. and that self is incredibly genderqueer, trans, and unapologetic."
Leon had formerly come out as gay in season 11 of Sister Wives in 2017. On Tuesday, they continued their post with a moment of reflection: "Being queer & trans are definitely some of my favorite parts of myself. and yet, there are so many things that i am learning to love about myself through this process. here’s to me getting to know myself, share myself, and continually evolve to be the person i am, to be my favorite self in all contexts."
RELATED CONTENT: | 2022-06-29T13:12:54+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/sister-wives-star-leon-brown-comes-out-as-transgender/603-b2ac24cd-14d6-47e6-920f-c3671852412d |
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Falling gas prices gave Americans a slight break from the pain of high inflation last month, though overall price increases slowed only modestly from the four-decade high that was reached in June.
Consumer prices jumped 8.5% in July compared with a year earlier, the government said Wednesday, down from a 9.1% year-over-year jump in June. On a monthly basis, prices were unchanged from June to July, the smallest such rise in more than two years.
Besides gasoline, among the consumer purchases whose prices sank from June to July were airfares, which plunged nearly 8%. Hotel room costs fell 2.7%, used car prices 0.4%. Such items had previously delivered some of the economy’s steepest price jumps.
Those declines lowered so-called core inflation, a measure that excludes the volatile food and energy categories to provide a clearer picture of underlying inflation. Core prices rose just 0.3% from June, the smallest month-to-month increase since April. And compared with a year ago, core inflation amounted to 5.9% in July, the same year-over-year increase as in June.
Wednesday’s report raised hopes that a modest slowdown in inflation might enable the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates by less than had been anticipated when it meets in late September. Many economists had forecast that it would increase its benchmark rate three-quarters of a point for a third straight time. But financial markets are now predicting that a half-point increase is more likely.
The prospect of slower inflation and smaller Fed rate hikes buoyed the stock market as trading began Wednesday, with futures pointing to a solid increase in the S&P 500 index.
Still, core prices have slowed in the recent past only to re-accelerate in subsequent months. And plenty of items are continuing to grow more expensive. Food prices kept surging in July, for example, and have risen 13% from a year ago, the largest such increase since 1979. The costs of rent, medical care and furniture also rose at elevated rates.
Average paychecks are rising faster than they have in decades, but not fast enough to keep up with higher costs.
President Joe Biden has pointed to declining gas prices as a sign that his policies — including large releases of oil from the nation’s strategic reserve — are helping lessen the higher costs that have strained Americans’ finances, particularly for lower-income Americans and Black and Hispanic households.
Yet Republicans are stressing the persistence of high inflation as a top issue in the midterm congressional elections, with polls showing that elevated prices have driven Biden’s approval ratings down sharply.
On Friday, the House is poised to give final congressional approval to a revived tax-and-climate package pushed by Biden and Democratic lawmakers. Economists say the measure, which its proponents have titled the Inflation Reduction Act, will have only a minimal effect on inflation over the next several years.
While there are signs that inflation may ease in the coming months, it will likely remain far above the Federal Reserve’s 2% annual target well into next year or even into 2024. Chair Jerome Powell has said the Fed needs to see a series of declining monthly core inflation readings before it would consider pausing its rate hikes. The Fed has raised its benchmark short-term rate at its past four rate-setting meetings, including a three-quarter point hike in both June and July — the first increases that large since 1994.
A blockbuster jobs report for July that the government issued Friday — with 528,000 jobs added, rising wages and an unemployment rate that matched a half-century low of 3.5% — solidified expectations that the Fed will announce yet another three-quarter-point hike when it next meets in September. Robust hiring tends to fuel inflation because it gives Americans more collective spending power.
One positive sign, though, is that Americans’ expectations for future inflation have fallen, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, likely reflecting the drop in gas prices that is highly visible to most consumers.
Inflation expectations can be self-fulfilling: If people believe inflation will stay high or worsen, they’re likely to take steps — such as demanding higher pay — that can send prices higher in a self-perpetuating cycle. Companies then often raise prices to offset higher their higher labor costs. But the New York Fed survey found that Americans’ foresee lower inflation one, three and five years from now than they did a month ago.
Supply chain snarls are also loosening, with fewer ships moored off Southern California ports and shipping costs declining. Prices for commodities like corn, wheat and copper have fallen steeply.
Yet in categories where price changes are stickier, such as rents, costs are still surging. One-third of Americans rent their homes, and higher rental costs are leaving many of them with less money to spend on other items. | 2022-08-10T15:30:56+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2022/08/inflation-slows-as-gas-prices-drop-but-food-rent-costs-climb.html |
By BEN FINLEY
Associated Press
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Hundreds gathered Monday in Virginia’s second-largest city to honor six people killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart, with the state’s governor pledging to confront a “mental health and a behavioral health crisis.”
Chesapeake’s candlelight vigil paid tribute to a diverse group of third-shift workers, ages 16 to 70, who unloaded trucks, broke down cardboard boxes and stocked shelves in this sprawling but tight-knit community near the coast.
The employees were slain Tuesday night by a store supervisor, who also died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Several others were wounded.
The shooter left behind a note that claimed he was harassed and pushed to the brink by a perception his phone was hacked, police said. The handgun that was used was legally purchased that morning, and he had no criminal record.
“I’m not alone in concluding that we have a mental health and a behavioral health crisis in the United States and in Virginia,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a city park. “A crisis that shows up in all facets of our society, in our homes, in our schools, in our workplace.”
The Republican governor said he will work across party lines “to chart a path forward.”
Much of the vigil focused on those who died and efforts to help this city of about 250,000 people to heal. And many people wrote messages on six white crosses as the sun set and a crescent moon hung low in the sky.
Among them was Doris Manuel, who lost nephew Brian Pendleton, 38.
“We know when something like this happens it’s not just us. It’s a whole city, a whole region,” she said.
Tammy Hawkins came in place of her son, Christian, who was too shook up over the death of high school friend Fernando Chavez-Barron.
“He loved Fernando like a brother,” Hawkins said.
Chesapeake City Councilman Don J. Carey III shared details on each victim.
Chavez Baron had started working at the store to lessen the financial burden on his parents. His dad said he was his best friend.
Pendleton lived a clean life and believed in Jesus Christ. Despite not having a car or a driver’s license, he got to work on time for 11 years, never wanting to miss a shift.
Lorenzo Gamble, 43, was a quiet and reserved man who loved spending time with his two sons.
Tyneka Johnson, 22, had a smile that could light up any room. Her mom said she felt like she lost her best friend.
Kellie Pyle, 52, spread positivity wherever she went and would give her last dollar to make sure her friends and family had their needs met.
Randy Blevins, 70, was a kind and gentle man who loved Thanksgiving because he got the day off and could spend time with his family.
“We honor and pray for all those who were injured that night,” Carey said. “And for those throughout our community who suffered emotional wounds: We see you. We love you. We are here for you.”
Earlier Monday, the City Council held a brief special meeting to approve a resolution that will help free up funding for the response to and recovery from the shooting.
The Walmart, still closed, sits along a suburban strip of box stores that are located about a half-hour drive from the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. For many here, the store served as a de facto community center that facilitated unplanned chats in the aisles.
“You could run into your physician, teachers, principals,” Cliff Hayes, a lawmaker in Virginia’s House of Delegates, told The Associated Press. “This was a centralized place that will forever be changed.”
Walmart has more than 4,700 stores across the county and employs about 1.7 million people in the U.S. And yet each store can be unique, said Adam Reich, a Columbia University sociology professor who co-wrote the book, “Working for Respect, Community and Conflict at Walmart.”
The book describes life experiences that drew workers to Walmart and analyzes dynamics among employees. In some stores — though not all – workers formed strong bonds despite their varying backgrounds, Reich said. And it was often those tight relationships that kept associates in their jobs for long periods.
“It’s sort of astonishing that, on the one hand, Walmart is so standardized,” Reich said. “But on the other hand, there’s just so much variation and uniqueness that workers manage to establish and carve out in their individual stores. I don’t know the story of this store, but it sounds from the little I’ve read that that’s what workers had done here.”
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Associated Press reporter Sarah Rankin in Richmond contributed to this story.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-11-29T03:33:33+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/11/28/city-holds-vigil-honors-6-dead-in-virginia-walmart-shooting/ |
President Biden became the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2021, and did so again this year. It falls on the same day as Columbus Day, which was first founded as a way to acknowledge the mistreatment of Italian Americans.
The new holiday is a time of reflection, recognition and celebration of the role Native people have played in U.S. history, as NPR has reported. One way to mark the day — and to learn about Indigenous history year-round — is to learn which Native lands you live on.
Acknowledging an area's original inhabitants and stewards is a valuable process, albeit a complex one, as the National Museum of the American Indian explains. The museum suggests reaching out to local Indigenous communities for guidance involving formal land acknowledgements, which can be offered at the start of public and private gatherings.
"Many places in the Americas have been home to different Native Nations over time, and many Indigenous people no longer live on lands to which they have ancestral ties," the museum says. "Even so, Native Nations, communities, families, and individuals today sustain their sense of belonging to ancestral homelands and protect these connections through Indigenous languages, oral traditions, ceremonies, and other forms of cultural expression."
This map's creators want it to convey more than borders
Native Land Digital, an Indigenous-led nonprofit based in Canada, is working to facilitate such conversations and document this history including by putting together a searchable map of Native territories, languages and treaties.
Users can click on labels across the Americas and around other parts of the globe — or type a specific city, state or zip code into the search box — to see which Indigenous tribes lived where. You can zoom in or out, as well as choose to apply "settler labels" to see how the map corresponds with contemporary state lines. Clicking on the name of each nation brings up links for related reading.
The map is available on the organization's website and on iOS and Android mobile apps. Native Land Digital also publishes resources to go with the map, including a teacher's guide and a territory acknowledgement generator.
The nonprofit says it aims to improve the relationship of people — both Indigenous and non-Indigenous — with the history and sacredness of the land around them. That involves "acknowledging and righting the wrongs of history."
"We hope to inspire people to gain a better understanding of themselves, their ancestors, and the world they live in, so that we can all move forward into a better future," it says.
The map itself is "more than a flat picture," as the nonprofit explains, pointing out that land is sacred to everyone regardless of how consciously they appreciate it.
"In reality, we know that the land is not something to be exploited and 'owned,' but something to be honoured and treasured," it says. "However, because of the complexities of history, the kind of mapping we undertake is an important exercise, insofar as it brings an awareness of the real lived history of Indigenous peoples and nations in a long era of colonialism."
Mapping tribal lands comes with challenges
The nonprofit acknowledges the many logistical and ethical questions that come with mapping Indigenous territories. Those range from defining "Indigenous" across time and space to engaging with those communities so they can "represent themselves and their histories on their own terms."
Native Land Digital aims to use at least two valid sources (including oral history, written documents or "maps sketched by people deemed to be reasonable authorities") when updating the map, and says in cases of conflicting maps it generally errs on the side of being "more expansive."
It cautions that the map does not represent definitive or legal boundaries of any Indigenous nations, and is a work in progress with many community contributions.
"We ... encourage people to treat these maps as a starting point and to do their own research in engaging with communities and history themselves," the group says.
The map has already made an impact
Native-Land.ca was created in 2015, and the organization was incorporated as a nonprofit in 2018. The group says it's found over the years that its maps have made a direct impact on peoples' lives.
That's been true of Indigenous people, who have been glad to see their nation mapped or surprised to see how large their traditional territories look on a standard Western map, as well as non-Indigenous people who may be "for the first time, encountering the depth, breadth and complexity of Indigenous history on the land."
"Some people may be made uncomfortable by the new information and history the map brings forth," the nonprofit adds. "But we are secure in knowing that truth is the best teacher, and we hope to provide the best information we can to help people come to their own conclusions about themselves and their place in the modern world."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-10-10T15:37:49+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2022-10-10/which-indigenous-lands-are-you-on-this-map-will-show-you |
The 60-year-old man that died Saturday after his vehicle was crushed by a semi-truck on Colo. 69 south of Westcliffe has been identified.
Timothy Paul Trenshaw of Westcliffe was headed southbound near mile marker 50 in his Lincoln Navigator when a passing semi-truck traveled through a sweeping right curve, traveled into the southbound lane and rolled over, crushing Trenshaw in the Lincoln.
Trenshaw was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Custer County Coroner Arthur Nordyke, the top of the car was completely severed from the frame and it was impossible to decipher what sort of car it had been before the accident.
The semi-truck also collided head-on with a stopped Toyota Tacoma that had been traveling behind Trenshaw. The 28-year-old male driving the Toyota was transported to Parkview Hospital with moderate injuries and his 27-year-old female passenger suffered minor injuries. Both are from Arkansas.
The semi-truck driver, Eugene Jennings, 69, was transported to Parkview Hospital with minor injuries.
According to Colorado State Trooper Joshua Lewis, Jennings was cited for careless driving causing injury (two counts), careless driving causing death, failing to comply with commercial motor vehicle rules/regulations, and driving a commercial motor vehicle when not qualified or without a CDL.
Authorities said alcohol is not considered a factor in the crash, but speed is being investigated as a possible contributing factor. | 2022-07-06T18:39:44+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/06/custer-county-coroner-ids-man-who-died-after-being-crushed-by-semi-truck/ |
QUESADA, Spain (AP) — An extremely hot, dry summer that shrank reservoirs and sparked forest fires is now threatening the heartiest of Spain’s staple crops: the olives that make the European country the world’s leading producer and exporter of the tiny green fruits that are pressed into golden oil.
Industry experts and authorities predict Spain’s fall olive harvest will be nearly half the size of last year’s, another casualty of global weather shifts caused by climate change.
“I am 57 years old and I have never seen a year like this one,” farmer Juan Antonio Delgado said as he walked past his rows of olive trees in the southeast town of Quesada. “My intention is to hang on as long as I can, but when the costs rise above what I make from production we will all be out of a job.”
High temperatures in May killed many of the blossoms on the olive trees in Spanish orchards. The ones that survived produced fruits that were small and thin because of not enough water. A little less moisture can actually yield better olive oil, but the recent drought is proving too much for them.
This year has been the third-driest in Spain since records were started in 1964. The Mediterranean country also had its hottest summer on record.
Spain’s 350,000 olive farmers typically harvest their crops in early October, ahead of their full ripeness, in order to produce the olive oil. But with his olives still too puny to pick, Delgado left most of the fruit on his trees, hoping for rain. So far, no luck.
If the wished-for rain doesn’t arrive soon, the country will produce nearly half as many olives as it did last year, according to Spain’s agriculture minister.
“Our forecast for this harvest season is notoriously low,” Agriculture Minister Luis Planas told The Associated Press. “The ministry predicts that it won’t even reach 800,000 tonnes (882,000 U.S. tons),” compared with 1.47 million tonnes (1.62 million U.S. tons) in 2021.
Olive trees cover 2.7 million hectares (6.8 million acres) of Spain’s soil, with a full 37% of them found in Jaén province, which is known for its “sea of olives” and where Delgado farms.
On average, Spain grows more than three times as many olives as Italy and Greece, which also are seeing smaller yields.
Olive oil production in the European Union as a whole is forecast to fall drastically compared with last year, according to the Committee of Professional Agricultural Organizations and the General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives,
The European farming organizations, known by the acronyms COPA and COGECA, warned in September that the yield could drop by 35% due to drought and high temperatures. The two groups called the situation in Spain “particularly worrying.”
The smaller harvest is driving up prices, according to Italian olive oil producer Filippo Berio. The company said the price of European olives for extra virgin oil has soared from 500 euros per tonne ($495) to 4,985 euros ($4,938) per tonne.
Along with warmer than usual weather, the drought is affecting Spanish olives in other ways. Farming method consultant Antonio Bernal is witnessing the return of long-forgotten diseases during his visits to Quesada. He believes that milder winters are helping fungi to proliferate.
Bernal also fears that the most widespread variety of olive cultivated in Jaén won’t be able to adapt to such a quickly changing climate.
“The solution is to stop climate change: Olive groves cannot adapt at a pace to assume such a fast change,” Bernal said.
Besides the olive branch being the universal symbol of peace, the olive is a symbol of the Mediterranean. Plato was said to have dispensed his wisdom under an olive tree and the olive’s widespread cultivation in Spain goes back to the Romans.
When it got too dry for orange and lemon trees, olive trees were counted on to continue thriving. The short, gnarly trees cling to dry, rocky ground and seem not to mind when the sun comes pounding down. Under torrid midday conditions, microscopic pores on their leaves close to reduce water loss.
“For Jaén, the olive has been our culture, our way of subsisting and feeding our families,” said olive farmer Manuel García.
Yet even the hearty olive has limits. These days, the fruit represents the challenges communities face in a hotter, dryer world.
Researcher Virginia Hernández is an olive expert based at the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology in Seville, Spain. She is studying how to adapt irrigation practices to drought, specifically the point at which “sub-optimum” quantities of water can be used to promote sustainability.
With less rain likely to become a norm, using water sparingly is critical, Hernández said. She thinks a more intelligent use of high-tech irrigation systems combined with more drought-resistant varieties of trees could save the industry as the planet warms.
According to climate experts, the Mediterranean is expected to be one of the fastest warming regions of the world in the coming years. The trick is convincing farmers that reducing their output some today might save their livelihoods tomorrow, the kind of adaptability at which olives are particularly adept, Hernández said.
“The truth is that the olive is the paradigmatic species when it comes to resisting a lack of water,” she said. “I can’t think of another that can hold up like the olive. … It knows how to suffer.”
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Joseph Wilson reported from Barcelona, Spain. Photojournalist Bernat Armangue and videojournalist Iain Sullivan contributed from Quesada.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the climate and environment: https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment | 2022-11-07T20:33:36+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/ap-drought-tests-resilience-of-spains-olive-groves-and-farmers/ |
SEATTLE (AP) — Four white men with white supremacist ties were sentenced in federal court in Seattle Friday for a 2018 assault on a Black DJ at a bar in the suburb of Lynnwood.
Judge Richard Jones sentenced the men to varying prison terms, the Daily Herald reported.
Jason DeSimas, of Tacoma, will serve four years. Under a plea agreement, prosecutors and the defense recommended just over three years. Jason Stanley, of Boise, Idaho, had the same plea deal. Jones sentenced him to four years, as well.
Randy Smith, of Eugene, Oregon, got 3½ years in prison. And Daniel Dorson, of Corvallis Oregon, got 2⅓ years.
All four were previously convicted of committing a hate crime and making false statements. The man they attacked, Tyrone Smith, said outside the courthouse Friday that his life is forever changed.
The judge also ordered the defendants to pay nearly $171,000 in restitution to cover lost wages and medical bills. He called the attack that of a “modern day unhooded KKK.”
Smith said the defendants’ actions changed him from an outgoing person who DJ’ed for his friends for fun, to someone who struggles with anxiety and uses a cane.
“As we can all see, it’s been a long road for me,” Smith said. “But I had enough courage to come down and make sure this process was handled and justice was actually served.”
On Dec. 7, 2018, DeSimas and others traveled to Lynnwood on the way to visiting the site of a Whidbey Island cabin where Robert Jay Mathews, the neo-Nazi leader of the violent hate group The Order, died in a gunfight with federal agents on Dec. 8, 1984. It has become a far-right holiday, known as Martyr’s Day.
That night, DeSimas attended a gathering with other white supremacist sympathizers, prosecutors said. Shortly after midnight, about a dozen of them went to the Rec Room Bar and Grill. Some wore jackets with patches indicating their white supremacist beliefs and some had similar tattoos, including some depicting swastikas, prosecutors said.
At some point, Stanley messed with Smith’s DJ equipment. Smith pushed him away. In response, DeSimas and others surrounded Smith, using racist slurs while kicking, punching and stomping on Smith, prosecutors said. Witnesses who tried to intervene were also attacked.
The men then left the bar and went to Whidbey Island, where they attended the Martyr’s Day event.
Federal prosecutors indicted the men in December 2020. Citing insufficient evidence, Snohomish County prosecutors declined to charge six other men who were at the tavern the night of the attack.
DeSimas wrote in a letter to the judge that he was “ashamed” of his actions, saying he no longer shared the views he previously held.
Dorson wrote in a similar letter that he was “disgusted by the fear I took part in creating.”
Nick Brown, the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, said seeking consequences for the attack was a high priority for the Justice Department and the FBI.
Rick Collodi, the FBI’s special agent in charge of Seattle’s field office, said the defendants tried to conceal their actions, but the truth came out.
“The four defendants admitted to being members of a white supremacist group,” Collodi said. “While they have the right to believe what they want, they do not have the right to commit a crime.” | 2023-01-29T01:24:51+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national/ap-white-supremacists-who-attacked-black-dj-at-bar-sentenced/ |
HAMBURG, Germany — One of Europe's largest ports, Hamburg has excelled at trade since the Middle Ages. Back then, the city clubbed together with other ports along and beyond the Baltic coast to form the Hanseatic League, which dominated commerce for centuries.
Now the city's port is joining forces with a Chinese shipping giant. The state-owned China Ocean Shipping Co., known as COSCO, is about to buy a stake in a container terminal.
China has been Germany's largest trading partner for much of the past decade. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pushed the COSCO deal through his cabinet last week, despite opposition from six key ministers. The chancellor tried to address their concerns about selling off critical infrastructure by reducing COSCO's stake from 35% to 24.9%. And while his cabinet reluctantly agreed to this slimmed-down deal, it remains unpopular.
Speaking on background, a senior U.S. State Department official said Wednesday that the U.S. had also strongly suggested that China not be permitted to get a controlling stake in the Hamburg port terminal.
While the deal is yet to be finalized, the timing of Scholz's cabinet approval of it has raised eyebrows in Berlin and other Western capitals. As Scholz heads to China to meet with President Xi Jinping on Friday, he is under political pressure at home, and from Washington, to rethink Berlin's relationship with Beijing. Scholz will be the first leader to visit China since Xi consolidated his power at last month's Chinese Communist Party Congress.
Lawmakers — both from his own government and the opposition — are afraid of making the same mistakes with Beijing that they made with Moscow, where they were overly dependent on an autocratic state for their economic well-being.
They are anxious to reduce Germany's economic dependency on China. But like Angela Merkel before him, Scholz is traveling to Beijing with a delegation of German CEOs, who are looking to continue business as usual.
Noah Barkin, who researches European-Chinese relations for the think tank Rhodium Group, says the COSCO-Hamburg deal implies Scholz is not listening to his own government.
"The optics are not great," Barkin says. "It appears that Scholz, shortly before heading to Beijing, is offering the Chinese government a gift."
Barkin says the COSCO deal undermines previous policy pledges.
"Scholz's government came in promising a new, tougher stance" on China, he says. "They're putting the finishing touches on a new China strategy which will focus on diversification away from China. And Scholz is sending signals in the opposite direction. So there are big questions abroad about where Germany really stands on China."
Scholz defends himself
In response to the widespread criticism and head-scratching, Scholz laid out his intentions in Beijing in an op-ed for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Politico on Thursday.
He writes that if China continues to become more authoritarian, Germany's policy toward it will change. He also warns that if Beijing "tightens international production chains' dependence on China," Berlin will "dismantle one-sided dependencies" where needed. German manufacturers are already sourcing "important raw materials, some rare earths or certain cutting-edge technologies" from other partners, he writes.
Scholz is also under pressure from Washington, which wants Germany to get out of China. Scholz asserts in his op-ed that "calls by some to isolate China" are not justified and that Berlin is not seeking to decouple from Beijing.
Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Economic Research Institute, says Washington isn't the only capital that sees heavy German investment in China as a problem. Brussels and Paris are unhappy with it as well.
"Our neighbors have accused Germany of pursuing a very mercantilist approach with the short term economic gain being top priority," Fratzscher says. "And I think that is a fair criticism."
Germany's Foreign Ministry, under Annalena Baerbock, continues to oppose the COSCO deal. While all three coalition parties agreed to pen a new China policy — due to be adopted in 2023 — Baerbock's Green party is the most outspoken when it comes to China and human rights abuses.
Speaking to public broadcaster ARD this week, Baerbock argued, "It's vital that we never again make ourselves so existentially dependent on a country that doesn't share our values."
Business as usual?
But with a recession looming, German industry has no intention of upsetting its largest market, let alone cutting ties.
One of the business leaders accompanying Scholz to Beijing is from chemicals giant BASF, which is shifting production from Germany to China because of the spike in energy costs in Europe. Another executive is from Volkswagen, which sells almost 40% of its cars to China.
Hildegard Müller, president of Germany's automotive industry lobby warns that decoupling from China would be "a grave economic and geostrategic mistake."
Barkin says German companies should rebalance their global footprints rather than doubling down on China.
"There is a risk of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait," Barkin says. "If that were to happen, German firms with a heavy presence in China would be incredibly vulnerable."
Back in Hamburg, retired businessman Jörg Hellmund waits to board a harbor ferry. He's uneasy about COSCO buying into the port.
"Letting China invest in the port here is the last thing we should be doing considering the state of the world right now," Hellmund says. "Sure, Scholz is trying to keep both German industry and Beijing happy, but he has to strike a balance."
Unlike the profitable Hanseatic trading partnerships of the past, Hellmund doubts there's anything mutually beneficial about this alliance.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-03T16:59:34+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-11-03/why-western-leaders-are-warily-watching-the-german-leaders-trip-to-china |
Twins vs. Guardians Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - June 3
Saturday's contest between the Minnesota Twins (31-27) and Cleveland Guardians (25-32) matching up at Target Field has a projected final score of 4-3 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of the Twins, who is listed as a slight favorite by our model. The game will begin at 7:15 PM ET on June 3.
The Twins will give the nod to Sonny Gray (4-0, 1.94 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 5 on the season, and the Guardians will counter with Logan Allen (2-2, 2.72 ERA).
Twins vs. Guardians Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Twins vs. Guardians Score Prediction
Our prediction for this contest is Twins 4, Guardians 3.
Total Prediction for Twins vs. Guardians
- Total Prediction: Over 7.5 runs
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Twins Performance Insights
- In five games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Twins have a record of 4-1.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Minnesota and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- The Twins have a record of 4-5-0 ATS over their last 10 games.
- This season, the Twins have been favored 35 times and won 24, or 68.6%, of those games.
- This season Minnesota has won 17 of its 26 games, or 65.4%, when favored by at least -135 on the moneyline.
- The oddsmakers' moneyline implies a 57.4% chance of a victory for the Twins.
- Minnesota ranks 13th in the majors with 264 total runs scored this season.
- The Twins have the second-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.42).
Guardians Performance Insights
- The Guardians have played as the underdog in five of their past 10 games and have gone 2-3 in those contests.
- In its last 10 games with an over/under, Cleveland and its opponents have combined to eclipse the total three times.
- The Guardians' ATS record is 6-2-0 over their last 10 matchups (bookmakers set spreads in eight of those games).
- The Guardians have come away with 10 wins in the 24 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This year, Cleveland has won seven of 14 games when listed as at least +110 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 47.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Cleveland is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.6 runs per game (206 total).
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 ERA this year, 10th-best in baseball.
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. — The U.S. Marine Corps on Friday identified five people who died when their Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crashed during training in the California desert.
Killed were two pilots: Capt. Nicholas P. Losapio, 31, of Rockingham, New Hampshire and Capt. John J. Sax, 33, of Placer, California.
Also killed were three tiltrotor crew chiefs: Cpl. Nathan E. Carlson, 21, of Winnebago, Illinois; Cpl. Seth D. Rasmuson, 21, of Johnson, Wyoming and Lance Cpl. Evan A. Strickland, 19, of Valencia, New Mexico.
The longest-serving Marine was Losapio, with 8 years and 9 months, while Strickland had been in the service for 1 year and 7 months
The MV-22 Osprey went down Wednesday afternoon during training in a remote area in Imperial County near the community of Glamis, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) east of San Diego and about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Yuma, Arizona.
The Marines were based at Camp Pendleton and assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 of Marine Aircraft Group 39, part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.
“It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of five Marines from the Purple Fox family” the squadron’s commanding officer, Lt. Col. John C. Miller, said in a statement. “Our primary mission now is taking care of the family members of our fallen Marines and we respectfully request privacy for their families as they navigate this difficult time.”
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
The Marines were participating in routine live-fire training over their gunnery range in the Imperial Valley desert, said Marine Maj. Mason Englehart, spokesperson for the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
The Osprey, a hybrid airplane and helicopter, flew in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but has been criticized by some as unsafe. It is designed to take off like a helicopter, rotate its propellers to a horizontal position and cruise like an airplane.
Versions of the aircraft are flown by the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force.
Prior to Wednesday’s crash, Osprey crashes had caused 46 deaths, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Most recently, four Marines were killed when a Marine Corps Osprey crashed on March 18 near a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle while participating in a NATO exercise. | 2022-06-11T06:32:41+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2507668/five-killed-in-california-marine-aircraft-crash-identified.html |
BOSTON (AP) — For Boston subway riders, it seems every week brings a new tale of transit woe.
Runaway trains. Subway cars belching smoke and fire. Fatal accidents. Malfunctioning station escalators. Rush hour trains running on weekend schedules. Brand-new subway cars pulled from service. Derailed construction vehicles.
The repeated chaos of the nation’s oldest subway system has stretched the nerves of riders, prompted a probe by the Federal Transit Administration and worried political leaders.
“It’s enraging. Everything that we’re doing trying to build more affordable housing, or empower our schools, bring jobs to Boston — it all relies on people being able to get around,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a Democrat who promised to “Free the T,” said in a radio appearance on GBH News, referring to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Wu’s comments came less than a month before a 43-year-old Orange Line subway train caught fire as it was crossing a bridge north of Boston on July 21, prompting one passenger to jump into the Mystic River and others to scramble out of windows.
And Aug. 3, transit officials announced what they called an “unprecedented” step of shuttering the Orange Line entirely for 30 days to allow for extensive track and signal work.
Two days later, MBTA officials unveiled another four-week shutdown — this time for a recently opened section of the Green Line to allow for additional construction work.
Gov. Charlie Baker, whose legacy is tied to the performance of the T, called the Orange Line fire “a colossal failure” and welcomed the FTA investigation.
But Baker said things aren’t all bad. The Republican said more than 85% of daily rapid transit trips are on time, with a somewhat lower rate for bus rides and slightly higher rate for commuter rail trains.
“That’s what the experience most riders every single day have,” he said. “That’s no excuse for the screws up and the incidents that we’re talking about, there’s no excuse for that, but there are 600,000 trips every day that, for the most part, work out like they’re supposed to.”
For beleaguered riders, however, each new mishap seems to add insult to injury.
Paulina Casasola, 24, relies on buses and the Red Line to commute to her job in Boston. Once, the bus was so late that she took an Uber costing more than $20. Another time, a late bus forced her to borrow a car, saddling her with a $90 parking ticket.
“There are a lot of neighbors who are upset and have started knocking on doors to see how we can stop the service cuts,” she said, also lamenting high fares.
“I can’t afford the monthly pass,” she said. “I just put some money in my account and hope it lasts.”
One of the more maddening failures came in June when the MBTA temporarily sidelined all its new Orange and Red Line cars, manufactured by the Chinese-owned company CRRC, after one car experienced a battery compartment failure.
The new cars — which were returned to service 10 days later — were built at a plant in Springfield, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) west of Boston.
The new subway cars are supposed to be part of the solution.
So far, 78 new Orange Line cars have been delivered, about half of the 152 ordered. Twelve Red Line cars have been delivered of the 252 ordered.
“We’ve had delays due to COVID and supply chains issues, but we have turned that corner,” said Lydia Rivera, a spokesperson for CRRC MA, adding that the balance of Orange Line cars should be delivered by 2023 with the remaining Red Line cars coming in 2025.
At times, the transit troubles — some of which have even resulted in injury or death — have seemed relentless.
In September, a 40-year-old Boston University professor plunged to his death through a rusted subway staircase, and nine people were injured when an escalator at a station malfunctioned later that month. In April, a 39-year-old man died when his arm got stuck in a malfunctioning subway car door. More than two dozen people went to the hospital last July when a Green Line train rear-ended another trolley.
In June, a collision involving two trains sent four employees to the hospital. And in May, the MBTA notched three derailments of construction vehicles in three separate incidents on the system’s Blue Line. No injuries were reported.
The FTA has also documented reports of runaway trains in yards or during maintenance. No injuries have been reported, but the agency ordered a “safety standdown” at the end of July requiring safety briefings for employees who operate out-of-service trains.
Further angering riders, the MBTA has begun running trains on a schedule similar to Saturdays on three of its four main subway lines at least through the summer.
The MBTA blamed staffing challenges and said it was exploring “an aggressive recruitment campaign.” The move came after the FTA issued a series of directives addressing the system’s “overall safety program and safety culture.”
Among the issues were subway dispatchers working excessively long hours — including some 20-hour shifts.
A more complete report is expected by the end of the summer.
The region’s commuter rail service, run by the French company Keolis Commuter Services, has also had its share of troubles. In one incident, smoke billowed from a commuter rail train near Boston’s South Station, rising up to an elevated section of Interstate 93. Keolis blamed a mechanical failure.
More recently, a commuter rail train stalled out for two hours without air conditioning, leading some riders to force open the train doors and clamber over a chain link fence to escape.
The region’s relationship with the T dates to the early morning hours of Sept. 1, 1897, when Bostonians lined up to take the first subway ride in U.S. history, beating out New York City.
“People were still uncomfortable and nervous about going underground. The only reason you go underground is when you’re dead,” said Doug Most, author of “The Race Underground,” a history of the Boston and New York subway rivalry. “They viewed it as a place where the devil lived, where rats lived.”
For longtime riders, today’s transit woes call to mind the MBTA’s unofficial anthem, informally known as “Charlie on the M.T.A.” and popularized by The Kingston Trio, which tells the story of an unlucky passenger doomed to “ride forever ’neath the streets of Boston.”
“There’s always going to be a love-hate relationship with the T because it’s an old system that’s really hard to modernize,” Most said. “For a city that is so advanced in so many ways, it’s ironic that we have this system that seems like it comes from another century.” | 2022-08-07T17:22:19+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/money/transit-woes-mount-for-bostons-beleaguered-subway-riders/ |
Kuba Poraj-Kuczewski brings successful growth marketing background to Senior Leadership
DALLAS, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New Western, the largest national private source of distressed residential investment properties, announced today that Kuba Poraj-Kuczewski joined the leadership team as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Poraj-Kuczewski will be responsible for leading all marketing efforts for the company and overseeing New Western's marketing team.
"We are thrilled to have Kuba serve our team as CMO," said Kurt Carlton, co-founder and president of New Western. "The vision we have for New Western far exceeds traditional levels of growth and requires the expertise of a leader with a proven track record of optimizing capabilities, positioning and tangible business results."
"New Western has an impressive history of building high-performing teams, and my passion lies in helping these teams drive customer awareness, demand and retention," said Kuba Poraj-Kuczewski. "I'm excited to support New Western in this next growth stage, and the challenge of moving it from stealth mode to a leading industry brand."
Poraj-Kuczewski brings more than two decades of experience in customer acquisition, engagement and marketing communication strategy. He has a keen understanding of brand awareness, product marketing and performance marketing. He has had tremendous success in growing industry-leading online products, campaigns and brands from launch to exit.
Before joining New Western, Poraj-Kuczewski led marketing at high-growth tech companies from early-stage industry leaders, including ClickBank, Quote Wizard, Redfin and Education Dynamics. He graduated from Seattle University with a degree in Marketing and International Business, where he serves on the Alumni Board.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Before he fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday amid a crushing economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the last of six members of the country’s most influential family still clinging to power.
Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards flew to the city of Male, the capital of the Maldives, according to an immigration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
His departure comes four days after massive crowds broke into his official residence and occupied his seaside office, and he pledged to leave the country. Protesters also stormed the residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has said he will leave once a new government is in place.
Here is a closer look at the rise and fall of Rajapaksa:
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A FAMILY AFFAIR
For decades, the powerful land-owning Rajapaksa family had dominated local politics in their rural southern district before Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected president in 2005. Appealing to the nationalist sentiment of the island’s Buddhist-Sinhalese majority, he led Sri Lanka into a triumphant victory over ethnic Tamil rebels in 2009, ending a 26-year brutal civil war that had divided the country. His younger brother, Gotabaya, was a powerful official and military strategist in the Ministry of Defense.
Mahinda remained in office until 2015, when he lost to the opposition led by his former aide. But the family made a comeback in 2019, when Gotabaya won the presidential election on a promise to restore security in the wake of the Easter Sunday terrorist suicide bombings that killed 290 people.
He vowed to bring back the muscular nationalism that had made his family popular with the Buddhist majority, and to lead the country out of an economic slump with a message of stability and development.
Instead, he made a series of fatal mistakes that ushered in an unprecedented crisis.
TAX CUTS DRAIN GOVERNMENT FUNDS
As tourism plunged in the wake of the bombings and foreign loans on controversial development projects — including a port and an airport in the president’s home region — needed to be repaid, Rajapaksa didn’t listen to economic advisers and pushed through the largest tax cuts in the country’s history. It was meant to spur spending, but critics warned it would slash the government’s finances. Pandemic lockdowns and an ill-advised ban on chemical fertilizers further hurt the fragile economy.
The country soon ran out of money and couldn’t repay its huge debts. Shortages of food, cooking gas, fuel and medicine stoked public anger at what many saw as mismanagement, corruption and nepotism.
THE END BEGINS
The family’s unravelling began in April, when growing protests forced three Rajapaksa relatives, including the finance minister, to quit their Cabinet posts and another to leave his ministerial job. In May, government supporters attacked protesters in a wave of violence that left nine dead. The anger of the protesters turned against Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was pressured to resign as prime minister and took refuge on a heavily fortified naval base.
But Gotabaya refused to go, triggering chants in the streets of “Gota Go Home!” Instead, he saw his savior in Wickremesinghe, a seasoned opposition politician who he brought in to steer the country out of the abyss. Ultimately, however, Wickremesinghe lacked the political heft and public support needed to get the job done.
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Associated Press journalist Krishan Francis contributed to this story. | 2022-07-13T13:59:51+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/a-brief-history-of-the-rise-fall-of-sri-lankas-president/ |
Pride month has always been a big deal at Starbucks, with employees across the country putting up rainbow flags and multicolored lights to show their support for the LGBTQ+ community.
But this year, Starbucks workers say these displays have been severely curtailed. In central Massachusetts, employees at about a dozen stores were told they could decorate their stores for one day — provided a parade or another community celebration was taking place — and only if it was approved by the regional director, according to the union organizing the coffee chain’s workers. Otherwise, workers are restricted to putting up Pride symbols in employee-only areas.
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In lieu of displaying a rainbow flag, workers are being allowed to wear the same color on the same day to resemble a sort of deconstructed flag, the union said.
Elsewhere in Massachusetts, workers were told there weren’t enough “labor hours” for baristas to decorate, according to the union.
Starbucks said there has been no change to company policy and encourages store managers to display support for different “heritage months.” The company said it is investigating isolated incidents to make sure all stores are following this guidance.
“We’re deeply concerned by false information that is being spread,” a spokesperson wrote. “Starbucks has a history that includes more than four decades of recognizing and celebrating our diverse partners and customers – including year-round support for the LGBTQIA2+ community.”
The pullback of Pride paraphernalia is happening in more than 20 states, according to Starbucks Workers United, and is taking place amid a backlash against LGBTQ+ people nationwide.
A number of national chains have been targeted for their support of the LGBTQ+ community in recent months. Target removed items from its Pride displays in some stores after angry customers overturned displays and threatened staff, and boycotts were threatened against Bud Light after the beer company sent transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney a commemorative can emblazoned with her picture. Southwest Airlines, Lego, and Kohl’s have also experienced blowback for LGBTQ-friendly marketing.
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Roughly 500 bills restricting LGBTQ+ rights have been introduced and at least 17 states have enacted laws limiting or banning gender-affirming care for children, most since the start of this year.
In Massachusetts — a bastion of progressive values and laws protecting rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer residents — a Pride celebration at a middle school in Burlington earlier this month was disrupted by students chanting “U.S.A. are my pronouns” and tearing down rainbow decorations. In May, two members of the Billerica Select Board abstained from voting on the annual resolution declaring June as Pride month, arguing that the town should not be promoting LBGTQ+ rights or pressuring local organizations to recognize them.
This year, the majority of negative posts about Pride on social media are aimed at companies for being “woke” and accusing them of grooming children, according to RILA Global Consulting, which tracks more than 100 million websites and social media pages a day. In May, there were more than 15,000 posts calling for Pride-related boycotts, the firm said, compared to fewer than 400 in May and June of last year.
At Starbucks, workers in Oklahoma were told the restrictions on LGBTQ-themed decorations were due to safety concerns after threats against Target workers, the union said. In Maryland, employees were told some people didn’t feel represented by the “umbrella of Pride.” And a manager in the mid-Atlantic region told workers by text not to buy Pride decorations to “create consistent experience[s] in stores.”
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Employees in some stores have been forced to take down LGBTQ-themed items, the union said. But at the unionized Boston store at 874 Commonwealth Ave. — where workers went on strike for more than two months last year, in part to protest a manager who tore down a Pride banner and otherwise discriminated against LGBTQ+ workers — workers have not been admonished for putting up a board adorned with small rainbow flags listing different LGBTQ+ identities and declaring “We’re here, we’re queer, not just in June but all year.”
The alleged crackdowns on LGBTQ+ support at Starbucks have largely been documented by workers organizing unions around the country, an effort that has given them a voice they didn’t have in the past. There are 15 union stores in Massachusetts, including one in the central part of the state where shows of support have been limited; elections at stores in Somerville and Newton are taking place this week.
Julie Langevin, a former Starbucks employee and an organizer for Workers United, said a Starbucks worker in Maryland told her that workers were informed: “We can’t put up a Pride flag because if we put up a Pride flag, somebody else could come in and put up a Proud Boys flag.”
“The company is basically saying, ‘We can’t celebrate this because we need this to be fair and equal to everybody,’ but that’s never how they’ve been in the past,” said Langevin, who noted the store where she worked in Reading had a Pride flag on its door from June until September last year.
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Pride displays are important to Starbucks workers, Langevin said: “At any given store there are probably more members of the queer community there than not. So this has a very big impact on workers.”
Material from Globe wire services was used in this report.
Katie Johnston can be reached at katie.johnston@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @ktkjohnston. | 2023-06-15T10:52:51+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/15/business/mass-starbucks-workers-say-pride-displays-have-been-curtailed/ |
The Georgia Bulldogs football team will not visit the White House to celebrate their national championship.
The school said the decision to decline the invitation was due to a scheduling conflict.
"The University of Georgia first received on May 3 an invitation for the Bulldog football team to visit the White House on June 12," the University of Georgia Athletic Association said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the date suggested is not feasible given the student-athlete calendar and time of year. However, we are appreciative of the invitation and look forward to other opportunities for Georgia teams moving forward."
The White House has not commented on Georgia's decision.
A national champion college football team has not visited the White House during the Biden administration. Previous championship teams from Georgia and Alabama did not receive invitations due to precautions being taken during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia won its second-straight national championship in January after defeating TCU in the title game 65-7.
SEE MORE: No. 1 Georgia bullies TCU 65-7 to win 2nd consecutive title
Georgia was not the only national championship team to be invited to the White House this year. The president also invited the Louisiana State University women's basketball team and the University of Connecticut men's basketball team.
Both teams accepted the invitations and will appear at the White House on May 26.
LSU's visit was up in the air for awhile. Star player Angel Reese said she'd rather visit the Obamas after being offended by a comment made by Jill Biden.
The first lady, who attended the women's championship game, said she was going to ask the president to invite LSU and Iowa because "they played such a good game."
LSU star player Angel Reese called the remarks "a joke" because losing teams don't usually get an invitation to meet the president.
However, Reese had a change of heart after receiving a congratulatory phone call from the president.
SEE MORE: Jill Biden's White House invite to losing team Iowa sparks race debate
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray appears content to let face smacks that happened in Vegas stay in Vegas.
Police in Las Vegas said on Monday that they were investigating allegations that a fan in the stands struck the Cardinals quarterback amid celebrations of Arizona’s 29-23 overtime victory over the Raiders.
Murray said on Wednesday that the crazy ending to the game mirrored the crazy postgame situation with fans. Talking to reporters, the quarterback didn't condone the smack, but also didn't act as if he wanted to hold a grudge.
“Stuff happens fast,” Murray said. "I don't know. I know every person I've hit in the face, I did it for a reason. I don't know if he probably didn't know where he was — it was a pretty live game. Vegas is Vegas. I'm sure he was having fun. But — I don't know — I don't think any player should be getting touched in that matter.
“But no hard feelings toward the guy. If I see him, I'll shake his hand. It is what it is.”
Murray said he doesn't regret going toward the stands during the postgame celebration: “No — I would do it all over again if I could.”
Murray was high-fiving front-row spectators at Allegiant Stadium following Byron Murphy Jr.’s game-ending fumble return on Sunday when a man appeared to reach out and smack Murray in the face with an open hand.
Video showed Murray appear stunned, but not injured, then attempt to identify the attacker in the mostly happy crowd.
Officer Larry Hadfield, a Las Vegas police spokesman, confirmed that a battery complaint was made about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the stadium. The report was not immediately available.
The victory was Arizona’s first since Murray agreed to a $230.5 million, five-year contract extension. He was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 draft after winning the Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma in 2018.
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Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD New Institute Will Leverage UMSOM's Nationally Renowned Neuroscientists to Focus on Fundamental Discovery, Ultimately Improving Patient Care in Neurological Disorders
BALTIMORE, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, has announced plans to launch a new neuroscience institute that will accelerate translational research of the brain by facilitating interaction between basic and clinical scientists and enhancing collaborative research across the UMSOM and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) campus.
The institute, called the University of Maryland-Medicine Institute for Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND), builds on the vision of former UMSOM Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, who had championed the idea of a new brain research institute before stepping down as dean and returning to the UMSOM faculty in August.
The Institute will recruit new talent to campus and leverage the more than 120 leading neuroscientists at UMSOM under one umbrella and elevate the prominence of UMSOM's basic and clinical science research portfolio.
Urgent Need
"There is an urgent need to better understand how the brain develops and ages and responds to inflammation and traumatic injury," said Dean Gladwin, who is also Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor. "Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, for example, currently afflict more than 5 million Americans and represent one of our great generational challenges associated with the aging of the world's populations."
He added: "Our institution has tremendous strengths around neuroscience, with faculty scientists across our academic departments, center, institutes, and programs. Now is the ideal time to form a partnership across these entities in the study of brain science, with the goal of accelerating the discovery and translation of novel therapies and offer new hope for patients."
Currently, UMSOM has more than $65 million in research funding for neuroscience research projects. Overall, UMB has some $107 million devoted to studies of the brain, although the research is spread out across several schools, centers, and departments.
Partnership & Collaboration
Funds supporting UM-MIND were provided through a partnership between Dean Gladwin and department chairs, including Victoria Marchese, PhD, PT, the Jane Kroh Satterfield Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science and Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Peter Crino, MD, PhD, Dr. Richard and Kathryn Taylor Endowed Professor and Chair of Neurology; Graeme Woodworth, MD, Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, and Jill RachBeisel, MD, Dr. Irving J. Taylor Professor and Chair of Psychiatry.
"If we can create a cohesive structure and encourage multidisciplinary collaboration in this critical area of scientific research, with our depth and breadth of exceptional faculty, we have a tremendous opportunity to make a national and international impact, and to raise the bar of excellence to the next level, said Margaret McCarthy, PhD, The James & Carolyn Frenkil Endowed Dean's Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at UMSOM, who has been named by Dean Gladwin as the Director of UM-MIND.
"If we can create a cohesive structure and encourage multidisciplinary collaboration in this critical area of scientific research, with our depth and breadth of exceptional faculty, we have a tremendous opportunity to make a national and international impact, and to raise the bar of excellence to the next level, said Margaret McCarthy, PhD, The James & Carolyn Frenkil Endowed Dean's Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at UMSOM, who has been named by Dean Gladwin as the Director of UM-MIND.
"Advances in brain imaging, neural network analyses, genetics, brain-computer interface technologies, and more are opening exciting opportunities to study and apply new information related to difficult-to-treat neurological conditions. For certain conditions like traumatic brain injury and glioblastoma, few if any major advances have occurred in the last two decades," said Dr. Woodworth. "Now is an exciting time to merge the latest advances, coalescing inter-disciplinary neuroscience teams in UM-MIND, which will accelerate the discovery of novel therapies and offer new hope for patients."
Collaboration and leadership of additional chairs and program directors at the UMSOM, all of whom are neuroscientists, were essential for forming UM-MIND including: Dr. McCarthy of Pharmacology, Elias Melhem, MD, Dean John M. Dennis Chair of Radiology; and Asaf Keller, PhD, the Dean Donald E. Wilson, MD, MACP, Professor and Chair of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
UM-MIND will leverage partnerships with programs at neighboring institutions such as the U.S. Veteran's Administration's Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the University of Maryland College Park to further research collaboration and education opportunities in brain sciences.
Dr. Keller, commented, "We have been working on several initiatives at UMSOM to build on our exceptional research and clinical strengths in multiple areas in neuroscience, including drug addiction, emotional disorders, and neuronal development. The Institute is a keystone of carrying out these initiatives and will serve to raise the bar of excellence and discovery."
Three Pillars of Focus
UM-MIND will be divided into three pillars of focus: Brain Development, Aging and Cognition, and Brain Injury and Disease.
"In deciding on the three tracts, we looked at our existing strengths and limitations and looked to where the future of neuroscience is heading," said Dr. McCarthy. "We have clear strengths in developmental biology, particularly when it comes to psychiatric disease, and we are strong in trauma and the brain tumor fields. In the field of aging and cognition for diseases like Alzheimer's, we see great potential and importance in building this area."
The first pillar of Brain Development will address how the brain forms in the mother's womb and how genetics, epigenetics, and sex and gender play a role in this development, as well as what happens when these processes go wrong and lead to neurodevelopment disorders such as autism or schizophrenia.
Dr. RachBeisel, remarked, "With more than 53 million Americans, adults, and youths, experiencing mental illness and/or substance use disorders over the past year, understanding the causes and discovery of effective treatments is paramount to our nation's health and future. UM-MIND, through a highly collaborative approach between neuroscience experts, will work to uncover the mysteries of such devasting illness and enhance a global understanding and approach to effective care and will create opportunities to enhance quality of life around the world."
The second pillar of Aging and Cognition will concentrate on both healthy aging of the brain and neurodegenerative disorders of aging, such as dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease which disrupt cognition and/or movement. This research pillar will encompass research on addiction, new fast-acting antidepressants, sleep, motor control, and neurodegenerative disorders.
Dr. Marchese, said, "UM-MIND is an exciting new initiative that will bridge collaborations and provide opportunities to advance research in exploring the brain's motor mechanisms that contributes to movement dysfunction."
The third pillar of Brain Injury and Disease encompasses brain cancers, such as neuroblastoma and glioblastoma, traumatic brain injury, and stroke research. These studies will focus on the early, severe inflammation right after injury and how long-term damage accrues after the shift to chronic inflammation.
Dr. Crino, added, "UM-MIND will greatly facilitate collaborative campus research in clinical and translational neurosciences, focusing on a number of devastating neurological disorders including stroke, dementia, autism, brain cancer, ALS, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy."
UM-MIND is committed to enhancing efforts at recruiting and training junior faculty from underrepresented groups in biomedical science and funds from the National Institute's of Health FIRST grant will allow the institute to recruit additional faculty that can enhance research in key areas that are not currently well-represented.
About the University of Maryland School of Medicine
Now in its third century, the University of Maryland School of Medicine was chartered in 1807 as the first public medical school in the United States. It continues today as one of the fastest growing, top-tier biomedical research enterprises in the world -- with 46 academic departments, centers, institutes, and programs, and a faculty of more than 3,000 physicians, scientists, and allied health professionals, including members of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and a distinguished two-time winner of the Albert E. Lasker Award in Medical Research. With an operating budget of more than $1.3 billion, the School of Medicine works closely in partnership with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Medical System to provide research-intensive, academic, and clinically based care for nearly 2 million patients each year. The School of Medicine has nearly $600 million in extramural funding, with most of its academic departments highly ranked among all medical schools in the nation in research funding. As one of the seven professional schools that make up the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus, the School of Medicine has a total population of nearly 9,000 faculty and staff, including 2,500 students, trainees, residents, and fellows. The combined School of Medicine and Medical System ("University of Maryland Medicine") has an annual budget of over $6 billion and an economic impact of nearly $20 billion on the state and local community. The School of Medicine, which ranks as the 8th highest among public medical schools in research productivity (according to the Association of American Medical Colleges profile) is an innovator in translational medicine, with 606 active patents and 52 start-up companies. In the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of the Best Medical Schools, published in 2021, the UM School of Medicine is ranked #9 among the 92 public medical schools in the U.S., and in the top 15 percent (#27) of all 192 public and private U.S. medical schools. The School of Medicine works locally, nationally, and globally, with research and treatment facilities in 36 countries around the world. Visit medschool.umaryland.edu
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WATCH: Jewelry store smash-and-grab robbery thwarted by employees
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) – Some smash-and-grab robbers got more than they bargained for when they hit up a jewelry store in California over the weekend.
The employees fought back, and the thieves ran away empty-handed.
There are two things that are vital in a smash-and-grab: the smash, which one of the four suspects involved accomplished by breaking two display cases. And the grab.
But that’s where they failed.
The would-be thieves didn’t get anything thanks to the the employees at Princess Bride Diamonds in Huntington Beach, Calif.
One employee can be seen on video racing from behind a computer to go after one guy.
The woman from behind the counter then gets in on the action, going after multiple thieves and kicking one to the ground.
Seemingly out of nowhere, a third employee wields a high-top chair to fend them off.
David Clark and Audrey Tate are customers of the jewelry store.
“It was cool to see them fight back though,” Clark said. “Yeah, that was awesome.”
Speaking of “Princess Bride,” Clark and Tate said they have a special connection to the shop.
“We live across the way and David got our engagement ring from here so we care a lot about the staff,” Tate said. “We’re just sad to see what happened.”
The couple said they recognized some of the employees in the video, including a man who they said was their engagement ring consultant.
“We respected him already, but I thought that was so cool for him to fight them off like that,” Clark said.
Luckily, no one at the store was injured. As for the suspects, police are still looking for all four of them.
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CLEVELAND -- Jose Ramirez connected for a two-run homer, Shane Bieber dominated Tampa Bay for 7 2/3 innings and the young Cleveland Guardians played with poise in their postseason debut, beating the Rays 2-1 in the wild-card opener on Friday.
Ramirez's shot off Shane McClanahan in the sixth inning helped Cleveland end an eight-game postseason losing streak and left the club one win from advancing in its first season as the Guardians.
Bieber, rocked in his only other playoff appearance two years ago, allowed just three hits and struck out eight before being lifted with a runner on in the eighth.
Emmanuel Clase took it from there, getting four outs for his first postseason save and finishing a game that took just 2 hours, 17 minutes. Cleveland's closer led the majors with 42 saves in the regular season.
Jose Siri homered for the Rays, who dropped their sixth straight game overall and must win Game 2 on Saturday to force a decisive Game 3. The series winner plays the AL East champion New York Yankees in the Division Series starting Tuesday in the Bronx.
With 17 players making MLB debuts, the Guardians entered lacking playoff experience. However, Ramirez and Bieber have been here before, and both came through for the AL Central champions.
And the Guardians, who played "small ball" all season to win an unexpected division title, leaned on power for this win.
With Cleveland down 1-0 and running out of outs, Ramirez delivered - as usual.
Amed Rosario singled with one out in the sixth off McClanahan, and Ramirez, a four-time All-Star who finished second to Aaron Judge in RBI in the AL this season, drove a 1-1 changeup over the wall for just his second postseason homer in 97 at-bats.
As the red-towel waving fans in Progressive Field screamed, Rays manager Kevin Cash appealed whether Rosario missed second. TV replays showed Ramirez slowing and touching the bag.
While the umpires waited for an official ruling, the crowd spontaneously sang "Jose ... Jose ... Jose," like never before, prompting Ramirez to pop out for a curtain call. The home run stood and Cleveland had a slim lead it protected.
Siri's one-out homer in the sixth - just the second hit allowed by Bieber - gave the Rays a 1-0 lead. Siri flew out to deep center in his first at-bat in third before driving a 1-0 pitch over the fence.
Tampa Bay didn't get its first hit of Bieber until the fifth, when Harold Ramirez bounced a single into center. But Bieber buckled down and got two outs before striking out Christian Bethancourt, the right-hander's third punch-out to end an inning.
When he was lifted, Bieber received a thunderous ovation he tried to return by clapping into his glove.
Both Shanes, McClanahan and Bieber, were looking to rebound from poor playoff outings.
As a rookie last season, McClanahan pitched five scoreless innings in Game 1 of the ALDS against Boston. Called on to pitch in relief in Game 4, he gave up five runs and recorded only two outs and then took out his frustration on a chair in the tunnel in Fenway Park.
Bieber's only postseason appearance was equally forgettable. In 2020, when he won the AL Cy Young Award leading the league in wins, strikeouts and ERA, Bieber was tagged for seven runs in just 4 2/3 innings against the Yankees in the wild card. Aaron Judge belted a two-run homer off him in the first.
Wake-Up Call
Guardians manager Terry Francona got to the ballpark at 6 a.m., driving the usual route on a scooter from his downtown residence. The streets were empty, six hours ahead of the 12:07 first pitch.
"Not much going on," said Francona, a creature of habit who wanted to get in a pre-game swim.
The unusually early starting time knocked some players off their routines.
"I'm not necessarily a morning person," Guardians Game 2 starter Triston McKenzie said. "I woke up with a lot of energy."
Up Next
Rays: LHP Tyler Glasnow will be on a pitch count in his third start since returning from Tommy John surgery. It's his first postseason start since Game 5 of the 2020 World Series. The left-hander threw 64 pitches in his last outing and Cash will add one inning "and 15 to 20 more pitches" to Glasnow's workload. He's 2-5 with 6.56 ERA in eight postseason starts.
Guardians: McKenzie makes his first postseason start. The lanky right-hander went 2-0 with a 2.09 ERA in his last six starts, striking out 41 in 38 2/3 innings. More importantly, he only walked five after being plagued by wildness earlier this season. | 2022-10-07T20:04:44+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34747518/jose-ramirez-2-run-homer-sends-guardians-rays-al-opener |
Carlos Sainz and Ferrari are close to confirming a two-year contract extension, according to a report in Spanish publication AS.
Sainz is in the second year of his current Ferrari contract and has looked likely to stay beyond 2022 for a while, with the team showing little interest in shopping around for another driver.
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto said at the season's opening race in March that a new deal for Sainz was close, although those negotiations appeared to slow down recently.
The AS report says a two-year extension might be confirmed as early as this weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, a home race for Ferrari as one of two races in Italy at a venue close to its fabled headquarters at Maranello.
Sainz's teammate and runaway championship leader Charles Leclerc has a contract with Ferrari until 2024.
Even if Ferrari was interested in moving on from Sainz, many of the grid's biggest names are tied down at their current teams for the foreseeable future.
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen recently signed a huge deal keeping him at Red Bull until 2028, while Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes contract runs until the end of 2023.
Sainz's former McLaren teammate Lando Norris recently signed an extension on his deal to keep him at the British team until 2025. | 2022-04-20T12:53:47+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/33771628/carlos-sainz-closing-two-year-ferrari-extension-report |
FORT MYERS
Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of stealing $4,000 from a Fort Myers Walmart in a MoneyGram scheme in May.
According to the Fort Myers Police Department, a man seen in security photographs went to the Walmart located at 4770 Colonial Blvd. on May 23 and only paid the cashier $3,000 for $7,000 in MoneyGram orders.
Information can be called into FMPD at (239) 321-7700 or Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-8477.
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The theater can be a place for people to escape reality.
“I don’t think you really love anything if you can't be honest with it," said playwright Carmen Pelaez.
But the drama of the real world gives Pelaez plenty of material.
“I think if theater is going to properly affect life, or hold up a mirror to reality, it has to be political in one way or another," she said.
Pelaez isn’t afraid of getting political in her shows. Her latest, performed at a theater in Miami, is called The Cuban Vote.
“We have a candidate that is focused on issues and substance and actions and a candidate that is believed by the community but provides very little in terms of policy of action or change," she said.
Pelaez used to work on Democratic political campaigns, but she said her show isn’t about one political party or the other.
It’s performance drawn from life experience as a Cuban American, a perspective she feels gets lost in the national conversation about Latino voters.
“Socialism is going to mean something very different to a Mexican than it is to a Venezuelan," Palaez said. "Social equity is going to mean two very different things to a Cuban than it is to a Colombian."
According to the U.S. Census, Hispanic or Latino heritage can derive from more than 20 countries.
"We’re a very different community with a few things in common and very different realities," said Michel Hausmann, The Cuban Vote's artistic director.
Hausmann is an American citizen who was born and raised in Venezuela, where the economy has collapsed as a result of political instability.
“I’ve lived through the destruction of my country. I’ve lived through how were the longest run democracy in Latin America and kind of take it for granted,” Hausmann said.
His experience is different from that of Esmeralda Villeda.
“We are no longer 'The Latino vote,' we are a pot of generations, a pot of millennials, a pot of different upbringings and different cultures," she said.
Villeda is a realtor in Las Vegas. She is a first-generation Mexican American who is an independent voter.
“Immigration, it’s a very controversial topic, believe it or not, amongst Latinos as well," she said.
“I think there is a misperception out there that Latinos, immigration is their number one issue and it’s actually if you’re a Mexican immigrant it might be but if you’re a Florida Republican second or third generation, it’s not,” said Northwestern University associate professor of political science Jaime Dominguez.
Data from the Pew Research Center said Latino Voters found seven issues were more important than immigration ahead of the 2020 presidential race. The economy was the top issue.
For this fall's midterm elections, NALEO, a group that advocates for Latino participation in elections, is expecting nearly one in ten voters to be Latino.
Dominguez said more Latino and Hispanic members in Congress will be key to representing the community.
"The opportunity is growing, for example, for Latinos to elect more representatives that mirror that population's growth in the house of Congress. Only then will you be able to have conversations about the diversity and these cleavages within the Latino collective," Dominguez said.
Dominguez also said campaigns need to do a better job of outreach— with an understanding of the growing diversity within the Latino voting bloc, because Democracy, like performance, takes practice.
"You have to work on it every day unless it will fall apart and when it falls apart, it’s almost impossible to put it back together," Hausmann said. | 2022-06-03T16:24:56+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/national-politics/the-race/the-role-diversity-plays-within-the-latino-vote |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy health industry press releases from PR Newswire, including Kroger's new clinical trial site network and a new wellbeing center for children.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the healthcare industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- More Americans Know Their Horoscope Sign Than Their Blood Type, Survey Reveals
Aimed to empower Americans to take ownership of their health in the new year, the survey highlights how the U.S. adult population prioritizes their health, where they go for medical advice, and how proactive they are with staying on top of their overall well-being. - Researchers confirm successful rehabilitation and recovery of human donor lungs previously deemed unfit for transplant
A novel method for supporting and recovering donor lungs outside the body shows potential to increase the number of organs available for transplant, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. - Cincinnati Children's Opens First-of-its-Kind Heart and Mind Wellbeing Center in United States
The Heart and Mind Wellbeing Center was created to provide comprehensive psychological support and mental health care tailored for families affected by Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). It offers research-proven treatments focused on enhancing both physical and mental health. - New Online Tool Provides Health Snapshot of All 435 U.S. Congressional Districts The Congressional District Health Dashboard can inform policymaker action to eliminate wide disparities in premature death, mental health, childhood poverty, broadband access, and more.
- Study Offers First Glimpse of How Many Suffer From Previously Unknown Illness
About 13,200 men and another 2,300 women in the United States over age 50 are estimated to have VEXAS syndrome, according to a new study. - Start-up Pitch Finalists Announced for AMWA Healthcare Innovation Challenge "Women physicians and other women healthcare leaders play critical roles in our healthcare system and we represent and have a unique understanding of the needs of women patients," said AMWA President, Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD. "These are some of the many reasons it's a strategic miss that women-led startups receive less than 3% of venture capital funding."
- HLTH Foundation Launches 'Techquity for Health' Coalition to Help Integrate Health Equity Standards into Healthcare Technology & Data Practices
The Coalition defines techquity as the strategic design, development, and deployment of technology to advance health equity, and encompasses the notion that technology can inhibit advancements in health equity if not implemented intentionally and inclusively. - Kroger Health Establishes Clinical Trial Site Network to Increase Reach and Access to Research Studies
"With our team of more than 24,000 healthcare professionals, under the umbrella of America's grocer, we are positioned at the nexus of food and healthcare, which provides us with the unique opportunity to increase accessibility to clinical trial opportunities," said Colleen Lindholz, Kroger Health president. - Centivo's 2022 Healthcare Spend Analysis Reveals 21 to 33 Percent Cost Savings for Employers Employees using Centivo also visited primary care physicians more and experienced fewer emergency and inpatient visits than industry benchmarks.
- Crown Aesthetics Introduces BIOJUVE™, a Revolutionary First of Its Kind, Living Skin Biome Care, Clinically Proven to Deliver Results, 24/7
The microbial powerhouses within the patented Xycrobe™ technology naturally produce and deliver around the clock Bioessentials™ such as proteins, polypeptides, and antioxidants to optimize skin health and vitality. - CVS Health Launches Community Equity Alliance to Improve Health Outcomes in Underserved Communities
The CVS Health Community Equity Alliance is being established to expand the community health worker workforce, enhance connections between health care institutions and communities and address disparities in heart health and mental health outcomes. - Responder Health and Youturn Health Partner to Provide Mental Health Support for First Responders
"It is absolutely critical to get the men and women who keep us safe the support they need to treat chronic stress and trauma," said Sean Riley, Co-Executive Director of Responder Health. "We're working to break the code of silence that causes officers of the law to needlessly suffer."
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Mom fights off raccoon attacking young daughter waiting for school bus
A mother and her young daughter are recovering from quite the scare when they were attacked by a raccoon Friday morning.
Logan MacNamara said her 5-year-old daughter, Rylee, stepped outside to wait for the school bus in Ashford, Connecticut, when a raccoon suddenly jumped on her leg.
MacNamara heard her daughter screaming and ran to see what was the matter, thinking maybe she had slammed her finger in the front door.
"I was not expecting to see a raccoon attacking her," MacNamara told video licensing agency Storyful. "If I didn’t have the video I wouldn’t be able to tell you exactly what happened, it all happened so fast."
MacNamara said the whole thing was captured on her home surveillance — including the moment she grabbed the raccoon by the scruff and flung it across the yard.
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The video shows the raccoon quickly latch onto Rylee’s leg, who then screams and attempts to shake the animal off.
MacNamara rushes outside to help her daughter, grabbing onto the animal by the scruff of its neck. She’s able to separate the animal and her daughter, and at one point can be seen holding both of them — each in a different arm.
"Go inside! Get in the house!" MacNamara can be heard yelling.
Once her daughter is inside she throws the animal into her yard where it can be seen waddling away.
MacNamara shared the video on her Facebook at the request of her daughter to "show everyone what the raccoon did." Many commented on and complimented her quick thinking.
"What strength we get when our kids are involved!" one woman said.
"Hope you girls are both ok! This scared my mama heart! On a side note-that arm ... mama strength is no joke!" said another alongside the muscle emoji.
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MacNamara told Storyful that Rylee has a few puncture wounds and said they both have scratches, but that they are doing OK.
She said Rylee, who normally wears leggings, was wearing jeans and she believes this helped prevent her from being more seriously injured.
Both will be receiving rabies vaccines over the coming weeks as a precaution. Daytime activity and aggression could be signs of the viral disease, though the raccoon hasn’t been able to be found again for testing.
This story was reported from Detroit. | 2022-12-04T22:56:37+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/mom-fights-off-raccoon-attacking-young-daughter-waiting-for-school-bus |
MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Thursday, June 15
For Thursday's MLB action, here is a list of all of the day's probable starters, headlined by a matchup between Johan Oviedo's Pirates and Marcus Stroman's Cubs.
Keep reading to find the expected starters for every game on the docket for June 15.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Blue Jays at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The Toronto Blue Jays will send Yusei Kikuchi (6-2) to the mound as they take on the Orioles, who will hand the ball to Tyler Wells (5-2) when the teams play Thursday.
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- TOR Odds to Win: +110
- Total: 9 runs
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Rays at Athletics Probable Pitchers
The Tampa Bay Rays will send Taj Bradley (4-3) to the hill as they face the Athletics, who will counter with Paul Blackburn (0-0) for the matchup between the clubs Thursday.
Vegas Odds for Rays at Athletics
- TB Odds to Win: -200
- OAK Odds to Win: +165
- Total: 9 runs
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Phillies at Diamondbacks Probable Pitchers
The Philadelphia Phillies will send Aaron Nola (5-5) to the hill as they play the Diamondbacks, who will give the start to Ryne Nelson (3-3) when the teams play on Thursday.
Vegas Odds for Phillies at Diamondbacks
- PHI Odds to Win: -135
- ARI Odds to Win: +110
- Total: 9 runs
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Tigers at Twins Probable Pitchers
The Detroit Tigers will send Matthew Boyd (3-5) to the bump as they take on the Twins, who will give the start to Sonny Gray (4-1) when the clubs play Thursday.
Vegas Odds for Tigers at Twins
- MIN Odds to Win: -210
- DET Odds to Win: +170
- Total: 7.5 runs
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Rockies at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Colorado Rockies will send Kyle Freeland (4-7) to the mound as they face the Braves, who will hand the ball to AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0) when the teams meet on Thursday.
Vegas Odds for Rockies at Braves
- ATL Odds to Win: -250
- COL Odds to Win: +200
- Total: 9 runs
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Pirates at Cubs Probable Pitchers
The Pittsburgh Pirates will send Oviedo (3-5) to the mound as they take on the Cubs, who will look to Stroman (7-4) for the game between the teams on Thursday.
Vegas Odds for Pirates at Cubs
- CHC Odds to Win: -140
- PIT Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Angels at Rangers Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Angels will send Shohei Ohtani (5-2) to the bump as they take on the Rangers, who will give the start to Nathan Eovaldi (9-2) when the teams play on Thursday.
Vegas Odds for Angels at Rangers
- TEX Odds to Win: -145
- LAA Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 8 runs
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Nationals at Astros Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send MacKenzie Gore (3-5) to the bump as they take on the Astros, who will hand the ball to Cristian Javier (7-1) for the matchup between the teams Thursday.
Vegas Odds for Nationals at Astros
- HOU Odds to Win: -225
- WSH Odds to Win: +180
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Guardians at Padres Probable Pitchers
The Cleveland Guardians will send Logan Allen (3-2) to the hill as they take on the Padres, who will hand the ball to Ryan Weathers (1-4) for the matchup between the clubs on Thursday.
Vegas Odds for Guardians at Padres
- SD Odds to Win: -145
- CLE Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 8.5 runs
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White Sox at Dodgers Probable Pitchers
The Chicago White Sox will send Dylan Cease (3-3) to the mound as they face the Dodgers, who will give the start to Michael Grove (0-2) for the game between the teams on Thursday.
Vegas Odds for White Sox at Dodgers
- LAD Odds to Win: -150
- CHW Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 9 runs
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The best deals to look out for in May
(WFSB) - For the month of May, the best deals all have to do with the transition from the wet months of spring to the warm months of summer.
Channel 3 once again spoke with money-savings expert Bethany Hollars. Hollars has built a career around tracking prices and finding the best deals. She is now the content director at Brickseek.com.
Below are the categories of things she says you should be shopping for.
1) Outdoor Gear (camping equipment, hiking gear, patio furniture, etc)
“You can expect to save anywhere from 15 to 40% on these. It’s not going to be the rock-bottom prices that we see towards the end of any season when retailers are clearancing this stuff out, but you are going to find some very decent savings on outdoor gear in the month of May,” said Hollars
When Channel 3 stopped by New England Patio & Hearth, there were a number of sales on patio sets and accessories.
2) Spring clothing
Hollars says you can find those rock-bottom prices on spring clothing with sales often between 50% and 75% off. Channel 3 stopped by Footprints in Newington.
“You can definitely find some great savings on spring apparel such as raincoats, boots, sweaters, things like spring dresses, shorts and skirts,” said Hollars.
3) Mattresses
“You can look to save hundreds of dollars on the price of a mattress and a box spring, as well as take advantage of some great offers such as maybe get a free bedframe with the purchase of any mattress,” said Hollars.
Channel 3 stopped by the Connecticut Mattress location in Newington. They say their Memorial Day sale starts on May 10th with up to $900 off a mattress.
4) Home Appliances
“It’s a great time to shop for home appliances, small and large. You can find great deals on larger appliances like refrigerators, washers dryers. Also smaller kitchen appliances like blenders, coffee makers, toasters,” said Hollars.
Copyright 2023 WFSB. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-01T23:12:43+00:00 | wfsb.com | https://www.wfsb.com/2023/05/01/best-deals-look-out-may/ |
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Public Utilities Board announced a temporary road closure on Old Highway 77 to begin Friday in response to a compromised sewage line.
The road closure comes as a result of repair on a main sewage line in the city. The temporary closure will affect a section of Old Highway 77 behind AT&T and McDonald’s.
Traffic will be detoured until the repair work is completed. The end date of the road closure has not yet been determined by BPUB.
To learn more about road closures, residents may visit https://www.brownsville-pub.com/ or call (956) 983-6100 for questions and concerns. | 2022-10-20T19:38:51+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/brownsville-road-to-close-as-crews-prepare-to-repair-sewage-line/ |
(iSeeCars) – Inventory constraints due to the microchip shortage have driven used car prices to record highs. That means your own used car, which is typically a depreciating asset, could be worth more than, or close to, what you originally paid for it. Or, at the very least, it’s worth considerably more than it would be in a stable used car market. If you’re thinking of selling your car or trading it in for a new one, it’s important to know the value of your vehicle. This guide will give you all the information you need to price your vehicle, either for a sale or to help you get a fair price as part of the trade-in process.
What’s My Car Worth? How to Calculate the Market Value of Your Car
A car’s market value is the amount you would receive for your car if you were to sell it to a private buyer. How do you determine this value? There are helpful online tools like the iSeeCars Price My Car Tool, which provide a detailed pricing report to help calculate your used car’s value. Simply enter your vehicle’s VIN or provide its make, model, year, trim, style, and mileage.
The Price My Car tool will then provide a used car valuation with a suggested range of prices to list it at, depending on how quickly you’re looking to sell.
How Do I Find My Car’s VIN?
Your vehicle’s VIN (vehicle identification number) is most commonly located on the dashboard on the driver’s side of the car, but can also be found inside the door jamb on the driver’s side door. You can learn more about what your car’s VIN can tell you with the iSeeCars free VIN check tool.
Understand What Your Car’s Valuation Really Means
Your vehicle’s market price is calculated by analyzing the prices of similar cars for sale in the same local market. The calculation takes into account many considerations, including price, mileage, vehicle condition, trim level, and features. The pricing information also factors in outside market conditions like supply and demand.
There are a few different values for your vehicle, and it’s important to understand the differences among them. Here are some additional terms you’re likely to hear if you’re selling or buying a vehicle:
Understanding Car Values: Market Value Vs. Car Trade-In Value Vs. Retail Value
Market value is different from trade-in value, although the two terms are often used interchangeably. A car’s trade-in value is the amount of money a car dealer will offer you for your vehicle, whereas market value, also referred to as private party value, is the amount of money you would get selling your car directly to a buyer. Because dealerships handle the complex process of selling the vehicle, they offer a lower trade-in value to ensure they make a profit when they sell the car. Keep in mind, dealers have to cover the overhead costs associated with the transaction, like inspecting, reconditioning and transferring ownership. Another pricing term is retail value, which is what a buyer can expect to pay for a used car at a dealership versus buying from a private individual. Retail value will likely be the highest figure, as it covers overhead and helps dealers make a profit.
Using Market Value to Sell Your Used Car
Once you have your car’s market value, you can price your car accordingly. If you want to sell your car quickly, you can price it below market value. If you aren’t in a rush to sell and want to leave room for negotiation, you can price your car closer to or above market value.
Many pricing tools like the iSeeCars Price My Car Tool will give you a range of prices to consider based on similar listings in your local market. If you want to sell your car quickly, you can choose the lowest or best price, while the highest price will give you the most money but will likely take longer to sell. The price in the middle is the closest to current market value, which means a price that is less than some similar listings but more than others.
Once you’ve determined your asking price, you can use the free iSeeCars Sell My Car Tool to list your vehicle.
Is It a Good Time to Sell Your Car?
Certain times of the year can be better than others when it comes to selling your car. For example, you can get more than $385 on average in April when selling SUVs and sedans, while May will get you the most money for selling your pickup truck. Generally, February through July is when you will get the most money for your vehicle. If you aren’t in a rush to sell your car, you can put your car on the market when it’s expected to bring you the greatest profit.
What If I Decide to Trade In My Car?
While selling your car privately will yield you a bigger profit than trading it into a dealer, some car buyers find that it isn’t worth the added hassle. Trading your car to a dealership means that you don’t have to show your car to prospective buyers and go through the trouble of transferring your car title. It can also make your car transaction easier, as your trade-in value will go towards your new car payment. If you trade in your car, get a few quotes from multiple local and online dealers to see who will give you the best price. You can choose to sell your car to Carvana or Carmax, and they will provide you with an instant offer that is good for seven days. You can also use those prices to negotiate your trade in value with the car dealer you’re purchasing from.
Using Market Value to Buy a Car
Market Value also plays a role in buying a car. By understanding a car’s market value, you’ll know if a car is priced fairly by a dealer or a private seller.
The Depreciation Factor
The average new car loses nearly half its value after five years. However, some cars hold their value better than others. Along with keeping your car’s condition as pristine as possible, buying a car that retains its value will help you command a higher car price when it comes time to sell or trade-in your vehicle. Keep in mind that optional equipment and special packages typically don’t aid in resale value.
Trucks and truck-based SUVs retain their value better than average, while luxury vehicles depreciate more than average. Reliable vehicles, like Toyotas and Hondas, also tend to have high resale value because of their durability and lower-than-average maintenance costs. Understanding a car’s depreciation can help car shoppers make a smart car buying decision, especially if you plan on trading it in after a few years.
Additional Used Car Buying Resources
Here are some additional resources to determine if you are paying a fair price for your used car:
- Kelley Blue Book (KBB): KBB is a trusted resource to help you determine the price of your used car, so much so that “blue book value” has become synonymous with a used car’s value. The Kelley Blue Book Trade In Range shows a range of prices that consumers can expect to receive when trading it in at a dealership. The Kelley Blue Book Private Party Value provides a fair price for a used car from an individual seller. KBB also gives an Instant Cash Offer based on its trade-in value, which is valid for seven days. Consumers can take that offer and bring it to a participating dealer for cash or a credit towards a new vehicle.
- NADAGuides: Designed for dealer members of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), the NADA pricing guides use retail sales data to determine the sale prices for used vehicles. The main difference between the NADA and KBB is that KBB focuses on condition, mileage, demand, and features, while NADA looks at a car’s wholesale price.
- CarFax: CarFax provides the value of a used car based on its miles, condition, location, make and model, trim, and other factors. Carfax focuses on the individual vehicle and history rather than external factors such as market conditions and seasonality. You can enter your vehicle’s VIN or license plate number/
- TrueCar: Data aggregation company, TrueCar, has a network of dealers across the United States that provides the company with car sales data. TrueCar provides an estimated value based on questions about the vehicle’s specs and condition. It then provides you with a TrueCar cash offer and connects you with a certified dealer who will deliver a check for the vehicle’s value.
Bottom Line:
Getting an accurate price for your used vehicle can help you decide if you want to sell it. If you decide to sell your vehicle, you’ll have the information necessary to determine the right price for your car. You’ll also likely need to buy a replacement vehicle, and having the right tools to determine a car’s market value can help you determine if you’re getting a good deal.
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If you’re interested in a new or a used car to replace the vehicle you’re trading in or selling, be sure to check out iSeeCars’ award-winning car search engine. It uses advanced algorithms to help shoppers find the best car deals across all vehicle types and provides key insights and valuable resources, like the iSeeCars free VIN check report and Best Cars rankings. Filter by make, model, price, and special features to find the best deal on your next vehicle.
This article, How Much is My Car Worth?, originally appeared on iSeeCars.com. | 2022-09-11T21:47:01+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/automotive/how-to-sell-your-car-or-get-the-right-price-for-your-trade-in/ |
CONSUMER REPORTS (WSYR-TV) — We all have those helpful tools in our kitchen that we reach for again and again; many have been around for decades. Tupperware and pressure-cookers, anyone? Consumer Reports looked at some tried and true gadgets, some with a modern twist, to see which ones really stand the test of time.
Similar to Tupperware, melamine dishes have been popular since the 1930s. Consumer Reports just took a look at several sets you can buy from places like Walmart and West Elm. Melamine is a great solution if you’re looking to ditch plastic or paper plates. A plate looks similar to a regular plate but is light, shatter-resistant, and usually dishwasher-safe.
The Certified International Talavera 12-Piece Melamine Dinnerware Set for $47 ($92 in Canada) is versatile enough to break out at a picnic or a dinner party. And the dishes don’t get scratched by knives and forks.
And another note on melamine: It shouldn’t be placed in a microwave oven. Small amounts of melamine can leach into your food, especially if you’re eating something acidic.
The next kitchen tool might not seem essential, but once you own a citrus squeezer it’s pretty hard to go back to life without one. Most of the time they help prevent seeds and a lot of pulp from getting into your mixture.
The Chef’n FreshForce Citrus Juicer cost between $18 to $30 and is easy to grip and convenient for juicing multiple lemons in one sitting.
Coffee lovers, perk up for the Chemex 6-Cup Coffee Maker for $50. It just might make you think twice about that drip coffee maker taking up space on your counter. It was invented in 1941, still looks identical to its original design, and performs as well.
The pour-over style coffee maker is easy to use, hard to break, and delivers an aromatic, balanced brew.
CR says to get the best taste from your Chemex, use the filters designed for it, which are thicker, and prevent grounds from getting into the coffee and muddying it up. | 2022-07-29T15:56:56+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/consumer-reports/consumer-reports-these-kitchen-tools-will-never-go-out-of-style/ |
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Dozens of Serbian schools on Wednesday received bomb threats, the education ministry said, amid security concerns following two mass shootings early this month, including one in an elementary school.
The education ministry said 78 elementary schools and 37 high schools in Belgrade received warnings by email early on Wednesday that explosive devices had allegedly been planted.
Classes were postponed and students evacuated as police checked the buildings.
There have been no reports that bombs were found in any of the schools, and police are yet to issue their report.
Similar multiple threats have been sent to school addresses in the past, in Serbia and other countries in the region, and have proven false each time. However, the threats could further heighten security fears after the May 3 and May 4 shootings that left 18 people dead and 20 injured.
Authorities already have deployed police in schools and launched a gun crackdown.
The first shooting happened at an elementary school in central Belgrade when a 13-year-old boy took his father’s gun and opened fire. A day later, a 20-year-old shot randomly at people with an automatic weapon in two villages south of Belgrade,
The shootings stunned Serbia and sparked calls for action. Tens of thousands marched in two protests against violence after the shootings, and more protests are planned on Friday.
Opposition parties are demanding that ministers of interior and intelligence chief resign and that two pro-government networks be stripped of nation-wide broadcast licenses because of airing violent content and hosting war criminals and crime figures on their program.
Opponents also have accused populist President Aleksandar Vucic of hate speech against critics and a crackdown on democratic freedoms, which they say fuel tensions and divisions in the troubled Balkan nation.
Vucic has denied this. He has called an own rally for May 26 while suggesting a snap election could be held by September. | 2023-05-17T21:04:51+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/dozens-of-serbia-schools-receive-bomb-threats-amid-concerns-following-mass-shootings-in-early-may/ |
MIAMI, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- – Interval International, a leading worldwide provider of vacation services, has announced its agreement with Branson's Nantucket, LLC to welcome two luxury waterfront resorts to its global exchange network. The long-term affiliation includes Branson's Nantucket Villas and Tower in Branson, Missouri and a nearby development that is currently under construction.
The new affiliation provides future Branson's Nantucket owners with access to Interval's growing network of nearly 3,200 resorts around the world. "We are thrilled to be providing our owners with the opportunity to access Interval's exciting variety of excellent travel offerings," said Jerald Ridgway, vice president of sales, Branson's Nantucket, LLC. "Interval is recognized for its quality network and steadfast commitment to excellence. With this affiliation, our owners can receive even more value from their ownership."
As members of Interval International, new purchasers will be enrolled as Interval Gold® members with access to several upgraded benefits, including Interval Options®; the ability to use points toward a hotel stay, cruise, or experiential travel; ShortStay Exchange® for long weekends and midweek resort vacations; savings on Getaway vacation rentals; dining and leisure discounts, special deals on select hotel bookings, and VIP ConciergeSM, for personal assistance, 24/7.
"With the continued growth of the timeshare industry and the ongoing expansion of our resort network in the U.S. and abroad, we are thrilled to establish a relationship with this leading independent developer," said Marcos Agostini, senior vice president of global business development. "In addition to the many entertainment and family-friendly attractions that Branson offers, vacationers can enjoy the incredible natural surroundings as well as the terrific amenities available at these beautiful properties."
This Cape Cod-themed getaway is conveniently located between Branson's Theatre and Entertainment District and the stunning waters of Table Rock Lake. In total, the resort offers 183 units featuring unique villa-style accommodations as well as a distinctive 10-story tower with luxury suites. Fully equipped units range from one-, two-, and three-bedroom and include a full kitchen, living/dining areas and most offer a private balcony or outdoor deck. Guests can enjoy access to two seasonal outdoor pools, outdoor hot tubs, weekly children's and adult activities, a well-equipped fitness center, game room, and a ten-seat movie theater, among other leading services and amenities. On-site concierge services are available seven days a week to assist guests with vacation planning services. Finally, located on the 10th floor of the Tower, Captain's Quarters Bar & Grill provides the areas best views of Table Rock Lake, and offers a unique dining experience featuring tasty dishes, a full-service bar, and live music.
Interval International operates membership programs for vacationers and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide. Based in Miami, Florida, the company has been a pioneer and innovator in serving the vacation ownership market since 1976. Today, Interval's exchange network comprises nearly 3,200 resorts in over 90 countries and territories. Through offices in 12 countries, Interval offers world-class products and benefits to resort clients and nearly 1.7-million-member families who are enrolled in various membership programs. Interval is an operating business of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC), a leading global vacation company that offers vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management, along with related businesses, products, and services. Visit Interval International on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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SOURCE Interval International | 2022-09-08T17:56:48+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/prnewswire/2022/09/08/bransons-nantucket-llc-selects-interval-international-exclusive-exchange-provider/ |
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NATSO, representing America's travel centers and truck stops, and SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, issued the following statement today in response to the Biden Administration's "U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization," which outlines the Administration's framework for cutting transportation emissions.
"We appreciate that the Biden Administration is prioritizing alternative fueling strategies to reduce carbon emissions and advance the adoption of emerging fuel technologies, but we are disappointed that the Administration ignored the harmful effects that come with incentivizing sustainable aviation fuel above over-the-road fuels that can be produced at less cost and have a more favorable environmental impact.
The nation's fuel retailers are eager to continue investing in alternative fuels, including electric vehicle charging, natural gas, and hydrogen and to offer consumers new fueling options alongside renewable diesel and biodiesel, which have been reducing carbon emissions for decades.
Touting sustainable aviation fuel as a "new method" for reducing transportation carbon emissions ignores the fact that it will unravel decades of existing carbon reductions in over-the-road transportation and increase fuel prices for commercial fleets. SAF proponents inaccurately assert that SAF production results in new, incremental reductions in carbon emissions. This is false. In fact, renewable jet fuel production is simply designed to displace existing and future, less expensive renewable diesel production.
The SAF tax credits established under the Inflation Reduction Act, and promoted in the Administration's blueprint, incentivize SAF production above renewable diesel and biodiesel. There are no new emissions savings with SAF. Increased use of SAF simply transfers emission reductions from the ground, where people live and work, to the skies as commercial trucks have less access to biodiesel and renewable diesel. It is inappropriate for the aviation sector to force taxpayers and consumers to underwrite their ambitious climate commitments.
Being a good steward of the climate and U.S. taxpayer dollars requires policies that ensure a level playing field for renewable fuels and that keep fuel costs low for consumers. In pushing for the airline industry to scale the use of sustainable aviation fuel, the Administration is effectively calling for an increase in ground-based emissions and higher fuel prices.
NATSO and SIGMA, which collectively represent more than 80 percent of fuel retailers in the United States, look forward to continued discussions with the Administration on alternative fueling policies."
About NATSO and SIGMA
NATSO is the trade association of America's travel center and truck stop industry. Founded in 1960, NATSO represents the industry on legislative and regulatory matters; serves as the official source of information on the diverse travel plaza and truck stop industry; provides education to its members; conducts an annual convention and trade show; and supports efforts to generally improve the business climate in which its members operate. For more information, visit NATSO.com. Contact: Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman, Vice President, Public Affairs. twlazlowski@natso.com.
SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers represents a diverse membership of approximately 260 independent chain retailers and marketers of motor fuel. While 67 percent are involved in gasoline retailing, 83 percent are involved in wholesaling, 56 percent transport product, 39 percent have bulk plant operations, and 20 percent operate terminals. Member retail outlets come in many forms including truckstops, traditional "gas stations," convenience stores with gas pumps, cardlocks, and unattended public fueling locations.
Contact: Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman
Vice President, Public Affairs
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. and ABU DHABI, UAE, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightspeed, a U.S.-based broadband and telecommunications services company, and Mubadala Investment Company ("Mubadala"), the Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, today announced that Mubadala will invest US $500 million in Brightspeed. With this investment, Mubadala will become a minority shareholder alongside investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Apollo").
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brightspeed is the fifth-largest incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) in the U.S., with the capability of serving more than 6.5 million homes and businesses in mainly rural and suburban communities across the U.S. Midwest, Southeast and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Brightspeed officially launched operations in October 2022 and began the build-out of its state-of-the-art fiber optics network, which started serving its first fiber customers in March 2023. Brightspeed's planned fiber optics transformation is expected to reach up to 3 million homes and businesses over the next five years, including in many places where fiber and advanced technology have not historically been deployed.
As data volumes increase and demand for faster, reliable connectivity rapidly grows as a result of the rise of cloud services, video streaming, IoT applications and 5G technologies, companies like Brightspeed play a crucial role in providing essential digital infrastructure solutions.
Brightspeed is rooted in an ambition to help bridge the digital divide. This investment will help accelerate Brightspeed's growth plans to bring high-speed, dependable internet connectivity to communities where access to fiber internet has been limited in the past.
Khaled Abdulla Al Qubaisi, Chief Executive Officer of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investments at Mubadala, said: "Digital infrastructure is driving growth and development across all sectors of society, enabling people and economies to reach their full potential. As a responsible global investor, Mubadala sees huge opportunity in supporting Brightspeed's growth strategy in transitioning large swathes of the U.S. to fiber connectivity and promoting digital equity and inclusion. We're delighted to be partnering with Apollo and Brightspeed to capitalize on the growth opportunities in fiber deployment and create not only sustainable, long-term value, but also support the digital infrastructure development across the U.S."
Bob Mudge, Chief Executive Officer for Brightspeed, said: "We are in the early stages of our company's growth trajectory, and we are grateful for Mubadala's endorsement of Brightspeed's vision and strategy. The added investment from another well-respected institutional investor is a testament to the value we will create and the connections we will enable for homes and businesses across our 20-state footprint."
Aaron Sobel, Apollo Private Equity Partner, said: "We are pleased to welcome our longtime partners at Mubadala as Brightspeed shareholders and believe this commitment validates our transformational thesis and the strength of the management team."
This transaction also represents Mubadala and Apollo's growing relationship since the expansion of their global strategic partnership in 2022. Last February, the firms announced an agreement focused on private credit investment opportunities and deal origination across asset classes.
The Brightspeed investment is part of Mubadala's rapidly growing digital infrastructure portfolio headed by its Executive Director Mounir Barakat. In 2022, Mubadala invested US $350 million into Princeton Digital Group, a leading pan-Asia data center company focused on expanding world-class data center services to meet increasing demand across Asia. Mubadala has also invested £800 million into CityFibre, the UK's largest independent full-fiber platform. To date, CityFibre has enabled connectivity for more than 2 million homes in the UK through its advanced fiber network.
The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and conditions.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is serving as legal counsel to Brightspeed. King & Spalding LLP is serving as legal counsel to Mubadala.
About Mubadala Investment Company
Mubadala Investment Company is a sovereign investor managing a global portfolio, aimed at generating sustainable financial returns for the Government of Abu Dhabi.
Mubadala's $284 billion (AED 1045 billion) portfolio spans six continents with interests in multiple sectors and asset classes. We leverage our deep sectoral expertise and long-standing partnerships to drive sustainable growth and profit, while supporting the continued diversification and global integration of the economy of the United Arab Emirates.
For more information about Mubadala Investment Company, please visit: www.mubadala.com
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About Brightspeed
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. and with assets and associated operations in 20 states, Brightspeed provides broadband and telecommunications services through a network platform capable of serving more than 6.5 million homes and businesses. Brightspeed's vision is to promote a world where people and businesses have access to the connectivity they need to accomplish what is important. Our more than 4,000 employees are committed to bridging the digital divide by deploying a state-of-the-art fiber network and a customer experience that makes staying connected simple and seamless. For more information please visit www.brightspeed.com.
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The Justice Department has subpoenaed Stephen Miller, who served as a senior White House adviser under former President Trump, in its investigation into the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, The New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter.
Miller was one of more than a dozen people connected to the former president who received subpoenas this week from a federal grand jury seeking information related to Trump’s Save America PAC and alleged plans to submit slates of fake electors in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to the Times.
The federal grand jury also subpoenaed former White House political director Brian Jack, per the outlet.
Trump’s Save America PAC was formed days after the 2020 election was called for President Biden as the former president fundraised on his unfounded claims that the election was stolen.
Several junior and mid-level aides who served on Trump’s campaign or in the White House, Ivanka Trump’s chief of staff and the chief financial officer of Trump’s 2020 campaign have also received subpoenas seeking information related to the Save America PAC, the Times reported earlier this week.
The investigation is one of many Trump is currently facing.
The former president and the Justice Department are currently tied up in a legal battle related to the department’s investigation into documents recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. | 2022-09-12T22:22:58+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/hill-politics/department-of-justice-subpoenas-stephen-miller-in-connection-to-trump-pac-fundraising-report/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled on Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples. One of the court’s liberal justices wrote in a dissent that the decision’s effect is to “mark gays and lesbians for second-class status” and that the decision opens the door to other discrimination.
The court ruled 6-3 for designer Lorie Smith, saying she can refuse to design websites for same-sex weddings despite a Colorado law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, gender and other characteristics. The court said forcing her to create the websites would violate her free speech rights under the Constitution’s First Amendment.
The decision suggests that artists, photographers, videographers and writers are among those who can refuse to offer what the court called expressive services if doing so would run contrary to their beliefs. But that’s different from other businesses not engaged in speech and therefore not covered by the First Amendment, such as restaurants and hotels.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the court’s six conservative justices that the First Amendment “envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands.” Gorsuch said the court has long held that “the opportunity to think for ourselves and to express those thoughts freely is among our most cherished liberties and part of what keeps our Republic strong.”
The decision is a win for religious rights and one in a series of cases in recent years in which the justices have sided with religious plaintiffs. Last year, for example, the court ruled along ideological lines for a football coach who prayed on the field at his public high school after games. And on Thursday the court in a unanimous decision used the case of a Christian mail carrier who did not want to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays to solidify protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations.
The decision is also a retreat on gay rights for the court. For nearly three decades, the court has expanded the rights of LGBTQ people, most notably giving same-sex couples the right to marry in 2015 and announcing five years later in a decision written by Gorsuch that a landmark civil rights law also protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from employment discrimination.
In the latest decision, however, Gorsuch said that a ruling against Smith would allow the government “to force all manner of artists, speechwriters, and others whose services involve speech to speak what they do not believe on pain of penalty.” For example, a gay website designer could be forced to design websites for an organization that advocates against same-sex marriage, he wrote. “Countless other creative professionals, too, could be forced to choose between remaining silent, producing speech that violates their beliefs, or speaking their minds and incurring sanctions for doing so.”
The court’s dissenting liberal justices led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the decision will allow a range of businesses to discriminate.
“Today, the Court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class,” Sotomayor wrote in a dissent joined by Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Sotomayor, who read a summary of her dissent in court to underscore her disagreement, said the decision’s logic “cannot be limited to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.” A website designer could refuse to create a wedding website for an interracial couple, a stationer could refuse to sell a birth announcement for a disabled couple, and a large retail store could limit its portrait services to “traditional” families, she wrote.
President Joe Biden said in a statement that the ruling was “disappointing,” adding that it “weakens long-standing laws that protect all Americans against discrimination in public accommodations – including people of color, people with disabilities, people of faith, and women.”
Sotomayor referenced the court’s history with the issue of gay rights in her dissent, writing: “The LGBT rights movement has made historic strides, and I am proud of the role this Court has recently played in that history. Today, however, we are taking steps backward.”
“Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people. … the immediate, symbolic effect of the decision is to mark gays and lesbians for second-class status,” she wrote at another point.
Even as it has expanded gay rights, however, the court has been careful to say those with differing religious views needed to be respected. The belief that marriage can only be between one man and one woman is an idea that “long has been held — and continues to be held — in good faith by reasonable and sincere people here and throughout the world,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the court’s gay marriage decision.
The court returned to that idea five years ago when it was confronted with the case of a Christian baker who objected to designing a cake for a same-sex wedding. The court issued a limited ruling in favor of the baker, Jack Phillips, saying there had been impermissible hostility toward his religious views in the consideration of his case. Phillips’ lawyer, Kristen Waggoner, of the Alliance Defending Freedom, also brought the most recent case to the court. On Friday, she said the Supreme Court was right to reaffirm that the government cannot compel people to say things they do not believe.
“Disagreement isn’t discrimination, and the government can’t mislabel speech as discrimination to censor it,” she said in a statement.
While basking in the legal win, Smith was forced to answer questions about revelations this week that a man her legal team said requested a wedding website had never asked to work with her.
The request, from a person identified as “Stewart,” wasn’t the basis for the federal lawsuit filed preemptively by Smith before she started making wedding websites, but it was referenced by her attorneys.
Stewart told The Associated Press he never submitted the request and didn’t know his name was invoked in the lawsuit until he was contacted this week by The New Republic, which first reported his denial.
“I was incredibly surprised given the fact that I’ve been happily married to a woman for the last 15 years,” he said. He declined to give his last name for fear of harassment and threats. It was not included in court documents listing his phone number and email address.
Waggoner said the wedding request naming Stewart was submitted through Smith’s website and denied it was fabricated. The lawyer suggested it could have been a troll making the request.
Smith, who owns a Colorado design business called 303 Creative, does not currently create wedding websites. She has said that she wants to but that her Christian faith would prevent her from creating websites celebrating same-sex marriages. And that’s where she ran into conflict with state law.
Colorado, like most other states, has a law forbidding businesses open to the public from discriminating against customers. And about half of the states have laws explicitly prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Colorado said that under its so-called public accommodations law, if Smith offers wedding websites to the public, she must provide them to all customers, regardless of sexual orientation. Businesses that violate the law can be fined, among other things. Smith argued that applying the law to her violates her First Amendment rights, and the Supreme Court agreed.
The case is 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, 21-476.
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Volunteer escorts typically walk patients to and from the doors of abortion providers. But as more clinics close, such volunteers are navigating an increasingly precarious reality.
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Volunteer escorts typically walk patients to and from the doors of abortion providers. But as more clinics close, such volunteers are navigating an increasingly precarious reality.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haig Partners LLC released its closely followed Q1 2022 Haig Report, that tracks trends in auto retail and their impact on dealership values. Due to record-high earnings, dealership blue sky values have reached new heights. Buy-sell activity is off to a strong start in Q1 2022 with many private and public dealers looking to expand their networks. Retailers have not been hurt by recent economic headwinds such as higher interest rates, higher gas prices, higher inflation and declining GDP, demonstrating the strength of the auto retail business model.
Highlights from the Q1 2022 Haig Report include:
- The Chipdemic continues to create extraordinarily favorable conditions in auto retail
- The average publicly owned dealership made $7.1M in LTM Q1 2022, 10% higher than year-end 2021
- Public company spending on US auto acquisitions was $588M in Q1 2022, 35% higher than Q1 2021
- Public equity valuations are 100% higher than they were before the Pandemic
- Average blue sky values rose an estimated 117% from the end of 2019 and are at record-high levels
- Current general economic indicators are having little impact on the auto retail industry as pent-up demand drives record profits for dealerships
- The near to mid-term outlook for dealerships appear bright, but threats such as continued consolidation, EVs, and "The Agency Model" are emerging
"The first quarter of 2022 may bring auto dealers their highest profits ever. This is a uniquely good time to be an auto dealer," shared Alan Haig, President of Haig Partners. "It raises the question as to how much longer these conditions can last. Our math indicates that the level of pent-up demand is so high that it will take three or more years before consumers will be satisfied and we would return to a situation where supply and demand would be in balance again. During that time, dealers should enjoy profits that are elevated above the years before the Pandemic and Chipdemic. Even so, there are risks on the horizon for dealers that include continued consolidation by the public retailers and "The Agency Model" being pushed from the OEMs," he continued.
For more findings from the Q1 2022 Haig Report and the impact consolidation has on automotive retail, register for the upcoming NADA webinar, "The Future of Auto Retail and How Tomorrow is Impacting Today's Buy-Sell Activity," taking place on June 8th.
Download the full Q1 2022 Haig Report at www.haigparners.com/haig-report.
About The Haig Report
The Haig Report, the leading industry quarterly report that tracks trends in auto retail and their impact on dealership values, includes data and analysis on the performance of auto dealerships, discusses noteworthy events impacting the automotive retail industry, identifies trends in the M&A market for dealerships, provides guidance on estimated value ranges for different franchises, and shares an outlook for the automotive retail buy-sell market. The Haig Report is based on data gathered from reputable public sources and interviews with leading dealer groups and dealers, bankers, lawyers, and accountants who specialize in auto retail.
About Haig Partners
Haig Partners LLC helps dealers maximize the value of their businesses. They have unmatched experience with executives from leading retail dealer groups and financial institutions and have advised on the purchase or sale of more than 560 dealerships totaling $8.5 billion. The team at Haig Partners leverages expertise and relationships to lead clients through a confidential and customizable sales process, yielding the best price successfully. They author the Haig Report, the leading industry quarterly report that tracks trends in auto retail and their impact on dealership values, and are co-author of NADA's Guide, "Buying and Selling a Dealership." For more information, visit www.haigpartners.com.
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RESTON, Va., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) Chief Executive Officer Phebe Novakovic will speak at the Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York, on Wednesday, May 31, at 10:00 a.m. EST.
A link to the live webcast of the presentation will be available at https://gd.com
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and generated $39.4 billion in revenue in 2022. More information is available at www.gd.com.
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Barrage of Russian strikes hits key Ukrainian infrastructure
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A massive barrage of Russian strikes on Monday morning hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet over the weekend.
Loud explosions were heard across the Ukrainian capital in the early morning as residents prepared to go to work. Some of them received text messages from the emergency services about the threat of a missile attack, and air raid sirens wailed for three straight hours.
Large areas of the city were cut off from power and water supplies as a result, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Local authorities were working to restore a damaged energy facility that supplies power to 350,000 apartments in the capital, he said.
In Kharkiv, two strikes hit critical infrastructure facilities, according to the authorities, and the subway ceased operating. Officials also warned about possible power outages in the city of Zaporizhzhia resulting from the strikes there.
Critical infrastructure objects were also hit in the Cherkasy region southeast of Kyiv, and explosions were reported in other regions of Ukraine. In the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine, the energy facility was hit, according to local authorities. In Vinnytsia, a missile that was shot down landed on civilian buildings, resulting in damage but no casualties, according to regional governor Serhii Borzov.
Some parts of Ukrainian railways were also cut off from power, the Ukrainian Railways reported.
The attack comes two days after Russia accused Ukraine of a drone attack against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet off the coast of the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Ukraine has denied the attack, saying that Russia mishandled its own weapons, but Moscow still announced halting its participation in a U.N.-brokered deal to allow safe passage of ships carrying grain from Ukraine.
Commenting on Monday’s attacks, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office Andriy Yermak said that Russian forces “continue to fight with civilian facilities.”
“We will persevere, and generations of Russians will pay a high price for their disgrace,” Yermak said.
It’s the second time this month that Russia unleashed a massive barrage of strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. On Oct. 10, a similar attack rocked the war-torn country following an explosion on the Kerch Bridge linking annexed Crimea to mainland Russia — an incident Moscow blamed on Kyiv.
Deputy head of the presidential office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said urgent power shutdowns were being carried out after “Russian terrorists once again launched a massive strike on energy facilities in a number of Ukrainian regions.”
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SHANGHAI, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DPVR, a leading provider of virtual reality (VR) devices, has today announced the launch of its newest PC VR gaming headset with the introduction of the 'DPVR E4,' which is aimed at dominating the consumer market for tethered PC VR headsets.
In a different category altogether from standalone VR headsets such as the Meta Quest 2 and Pico 4 devices, the DPVR E4 provides PC VR gamers with a tethered alternative that offers a wider field of view (FoV), in a more compact and lighter form factor, as well as offering a more affordable solution compared to high-price tag devices such as the VIVE Pro 2.
DPVR has been making VR headsets for seven years. Prior to E4's launch, the company's efforts were primarily directed towards the B2B market, with a specialized focus on the education and medical industries. Over the last decade, DPVR has completed three successful funding rounds, which the company has used for its research and development efforts into furthering its VR hardware and software offerings. This latest announcement from DPVR marks the company's first step into the consumer VR headset market.
DPVR has been working closely with SteamVR, as it aims to further open up the PC VR gaming market to more users by offering gamers an affordable PC VR headset solution that provides high-resolution images, low latency and precise positioning, all for a more immersive and enjoyable VR gaming experience.
In terms of features, E4 utilizes a HDMI interface, which supports a 120Hz refresh rate on a SHARP 4K fast LCD screen. The headset also continues to utilize the more cost-effective Fresnel lens, however, the overall device design is more compact than other tethered PC VR headsets on the market, weighing in at just 280g without head strap. E4 also offers a greater FoV than devices such as the Meta Quest 2.
Finally, the device is equipped with a 16.8 million-color LED light strip on its front shell, allowing gamers to customize the look of their E4 headset to match their existing RGB gaming setups. All of this combined offers gamers a realistic and immersive VR gaming experience at a significantly reduced cost.
DPVR E4 Pricing & Release Date
E4 is available to order starting from Nov 30. DPVR will be showcasing its new VR headset at the VRdays exhibition in Rotterdam this week (Nov 30-Dec 2, Booth 14). The official price of DPVR E4 is $549, with early bird pricing available at $499 for the first 2,000 units purchased between Nov 30-December 31. Devices will begin shipping before Jan 15, 2023. DPVR will also be holding a launch event in China next month, where the full specifications and features of E4 will be announced. The launch event will be live streamed and available to watch via www.dpvr.com.
About DPVR
DPVR is a leading Shanghai-based technology company that specializes in virtual reality (VR) device design and manufacturing. The company's tethered and wireless virtual reality headsets and products offer solutions and applications for a range of industries including education, training, simulation and entertainment. Over the years, DPVR has partnered with businesses and organizations to offer fully customizable VR solutions in order to meet the immersive technology needs of today's enterprises. Its VR devices are used by consumers and commercial businesses in over 100 countries around the world.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will provide free Wi-Fi service on most of its U.S. flights starting in February, CEO Ed Bastian announced Thursday at the CES technology trade show.
Bastian said by the end of the year, the airline will outfit more than 700 planes with high-speed, satellite-based broadband service from T-Mobile. It plans to expand free Wi-Fi to international and Delta Connection flights by the end of 2024. The service will use equipment from Viasat, a U.S.-based satellite broadband provider.
“It’s always struck me that when we fly, we fly to connect,” Bastian told The Associated Press in an interview. “But when we’re in the sky, we disconnect.”
Many airlines are upgrading internet access on their planes so passengers can stay connected or stream entertainment on their electronic devices, but they usually have to pay for it. New York-based JetBlue Airways already provides free Wi-Fi service to passengers, but Delta’s announcement puts it ahead of its largest rivals: American, United and Southwest.
“People want to be connected, and the fact that airlines can’t connect in the sky is something that I felt we had to figure out,” Bastian said, noting that the rollout of the $1 billion project was accelerated by the pandemic-triggered shutdowns in 2020, when most of the airline’s planes were grounded.
Customers will need an account in Delta’s SkyMiles frequent-flyer program, which is free to join, to use the Wi-Fi service. There is no limit on the number of devices passengers can connect to the inflight Wi-Fi. More than 500 planes will have the free service as of Feb. 1.
Delta’s announcement at CES comes on the heels of Southwest Airlines canceling 15,000 flights around Christmas and leaving holiday travelers stranded around the U.S.
The disruptions started with a winter storm and snowballed when Southwest’s ancient crew-scheduling technology failed.
Bastian declined to comment on his rival’s issues but said Delta for “many years” has invested in its scheduling technology.
“And we are continuing to improve the ability for crews to connect efficiently with the airplane,” he said.
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Koenig reported from Dallas. | 2023-01-06T19:08:20+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/ap-delta-says-free-wi-fi-coming-to-many-us-flights-next-month/ |
CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez’s only misses came on swings for history.
Ramírez homered in his first three at-bats — and from both sides of the plate — to power the Cleveland Guardians to a 10-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.
Ramírez connected for a solo shot in the first inning off Matt Dermody (0-1), belted a two-run shot — his 200th career homer — in the third and added another solo blast in the sixth when the Guardians hit for the cycle, had eight straight hits and scored five times.
Ramírez came up a second time in the sixth bidding for a rare four-homer game, but struck out swinging. The four-time All-Star third baseman had another chance in the eighth, and grounded to third.
“My last two at-bats I was swinging away,” Ramírez admitted.
There have only been 16 four-homer games in the majors since 1901. The last to do it was Arizona’s J.D. Martinez in 2017. Cleveland got one from Rocky Colavito on June 10, 1959.
“Everyone in (the clubhouse) would say the same thing, he’s the best player in the game,” said Cleveland starter Aaron Civale (2-1), who had his second straight solid start. “He plays the game the best way every single night.
“He might not be on paper the most talented. He might not be considered the best. But when he plays the game the way he plays it, he’s the best in the game.”
Ramírez also showed off some of his defensive prowess in the sixth by backhanding Justin Turner’s hard shot and throwing off balance across the diamond to get Boston’s third baseman while backpedaling in foul territory.
“If that was back in the day like Brooks Robinson, that play would be shown over and over and over,” Guardians manager Terry Francona said said.
Will Brennan added a homer as the Guardians won the series and handed the Red Sox their fifth loss in six games. Boston is under .500 for the first time since April 28.
“It’s not the type of baseball we want to play,” said manager Alex Cora. “But here we are.”
Triston Casas chased Civale in the sixth with his seventh homer to pull Boston within 3-2.
But Cleveland, whose offense has awakened after a slow start, pounded former teammate Corey Kluber in the sixth. After Ramírez homered, Andrés Giménez hit a two-run double, Myles Straw hit an RBI triple and Brennan singled home a run as the Guardians opened an 8-2 lead.
Kluber, who was recently demoted to the bullpen, was tagged for seven runs and 11 hits in 3 1/3 innings. When manager Alex Cora pulled him, Kluber, a two-time Cy Young winner with Cleveland, made a slow walk from the mound where he had so much success to Boston’s dugout.
“It’s really tough,” Cora said about seeing Kluber hit so hard. “He couldn’t buy a break.”
Dermody’s first major league start came with some controversy.
The left-hander posted a homophobic tweet in 2021, and since deleted it, that the Red Sox were not aware of when they signed Dermody in January. He participated in the team’s mandatory anti-discrimination and harassment prevention training in March.
The team called Dermodys’ post “hurtful” and Cora praised the club’s handling of the matter.
“You have to say it like it is, and be transparent,” Cora aid.
HAVE A SEAT
Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo was not in the starting lineup after being benched for not hustling in Wednesday’s loss.
With Boston trailing 5-2 in the seventh inning, Verdugo slowed up between first and second base on a ball hit by Masataka Yoshida. Cora felt like Verdugo should have been running harder and immediately pulled him.
Before the series finale, Cora explained Verdugo was being disciplined.
“We just felt like on that play his reaction wasn’t a great one, not hustling his behind to second,” Cora said. “I don’t know if he was out or safe, but I didn’t like it. … I felt like it wasn’t acceptable, and he knows it.”
Cora said he spoke to Verdugo, who has been having a solid season. He’ll play tomorrow in New York.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Red Sox: INF Yu Chang (left hamate fracture) will continue his rehab assignment at Triple-A Worcester this weekend and rejoin Boston’s roster on Monday. … LHP Richard Bleier (shoulder inflammation) is not recovering as quickly as the team expected. He recently began playing catch for the first time since going on the IL on May 22.
NEXT UP
Red Sox: RHP Garrett Whitlock (2-2, 5.16 ERA) starts the series opener in New York against Yankees ace Gerrit Cole (7-0, 2.82).
Guardians: Rookie LHP Logan Allen (3-2, 2.76), who tossed seven scoreless innings in his last start, goes against Houston RHP Christian Javier (7-1, 2.84) in the opener of a three-game set.
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OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother was fatally shot through the front door of her neighbor’s home while her 9-year-old son stood next to her, a violent culmination of what police said was a 2½-year feud.
Ajike Owens, 35, was fatally shot after going to the Ocala apartment of her neighbor, who earlier had yelled at Owens’ children as they played nearby and threw a pair of skates that hit one of them, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said at a news conference Monday.
Deputies responding to a trespassing call at the apartment Friday night found Owens suffering from gunshot wounds. The mother of four was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died. Ocala is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Orlando.
“I wish our shooter would have called us instead of taking actions into her own hands,” Woods said. “I wish Ms. Owens would have called us in the hopes we could have never gotten to the point at which we are here today.”
Since January 2021, Woods said, deputies responded at least a half-dozen times in connection with the feuding between Owens and the woman who shot her. The sheriff’s office hasn’t arrested or identified the shooter.
Woods said detectives are working with the State Attorney’s Office and must investigate possible self-defense claims before they can move forward with any possible criminal charges.
The sheriff pointed out that because of Florida’s “stand your ground” law, he can’t legally make an arrest unless he can prove the shooter did not act in self-defense.
Before the shooting, Owens’ children had been playing in a field near the shooter’s apartment. When Owens later confronted the woman at her apartment, an argument ensued, and the woman shot Owens through the front door, according to police.
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing Owens’ family, said in a statement that the shooter had been yelling racial slurs at the children before the confrontation with their mother. Owens and her children are Black.
The sheriff’s office hasn’t confirmed there were slurs uttered or said whether race was a factor in the shooting.
Woods also said they haven’t interviewed Owens’ children, who witnessed the shooting, because investigators first want child therapists to work with them. Most of the information the deputies have is coming from the shooter, Woods said.
“There was a lot of aggressiveness from both of them, back and forth,” Wood said the shooter told investigators. “Whether it be banging on the doors, banging on the walls and threats being made. And then at that moment is when Ms. Owens was shot through the door.”
Woods was joined at his news conference by community leaders and a local attorney retained by the family, Anthony Thomas. Their singular message was a call for patience while the sheriff’s office conducted its investigation.
During a vigil with the family later Monday, Thomas said the sheriff had promised him the most professional service that he and his deputies could provide, and Thomas plans to hold the agency to that.
During the same gathering, Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, said that she was seeking justice for her daughter and her grandchildren.
“My daughter, my grandchildren’s mother, was shot and killed with her 9-year-old son standing next to her,” Dias said. “She had no weapon. She posed no imminent threat to anyone.” | 2023-06-06T21:47:28+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/sheriff-neighbor-angry-over-playing-children-fatally-shoots-florida-mother/ |
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Two Russian airplanes departed Bulgaria on Sunday with scores of Russian diplomatic staff and their families amid a mass expulsion that has sent tensions soaring between the historically close nations, a Russian diplomat said.
Filip Voskresenski, a high-ranking Russian diplomat, told journalists at the airport in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia before the flights left that he was among the 70 Russian diplomatic staff declared “persona non grata” last week and ordered to leave the country by the end of Sunday.
Bulgaria’s expulsion decision was announced by acting Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, who took a strong stance against Russia after it invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Petkov, who lost a no-confidence vote on June 22, has claimed Moscow used “hybrid war” tactics to bring down his government.
Petkov has said that Russia will retain 43 of its employees after the expulsion and noted that Bulgaria has just 12 diplomatic staff in Moscow.
“Anyone who works against the interests of Bulgaria will be called to go back to the country from which they came,” he said.
On Friday, Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova issued Bulgaria an ultimatum to reverse its decision and threatened that Moscow would fully sever diplomatic ties.
“I intend to urgently raise before the leadership of my country the issue of the closure of the Embassy of Russia in Bulgaria, which will inevitably lead to the closure of the Bulgarian diplomatic mission in Moscow,” she said in a statement.
The expulsion, which has severely strained diplomatic ties, is the greatest ever number of Russian diplomats expelled by Bulgaria, which has European Union and NATO membership. Bulgaria has strongly backed the West’s sanctions against Moscow since it launched its war on Ukraine more than four months ago.
The European Union, which Bulgaria has been a member of since 2007, responded to Russia’s “unjustified threat” and said it “stands in full support and solidarity with Bulgaria.”
In late April, Russia cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria after officials refused a Moscow demand to pay gas bills in rubles, Russia’s currency. Bulgaria’s defense minister was also ousted in early March for referring to Russia’s war as a “special military operation,” the Kremlin-preferred description.
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Stephen McGrath reported from Sighisoara, Romania. | 2022-07-03T18:51:25+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/russian-diplomats-to-depart-bulgaria-amid-soaring-tensions/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling to unify after another disappointing election, the Republican National Committee is consumed by an increasingly nasty leadership fight as the GOP navigates its delicate relationship with former President Donald Trump.
With a vote for RNC chair not scheduled until late January, the public feud may get worse before it gets better.
“It’ll be ugly as hell for a while,” says longtime RNC member Ron Kaufman.
The family fight to lead the party has been largely overshadowed for national attention by the equally contentious struggle to become the new Republican House Speaker, with that election set for the first week in January. But both represent critical selections as the GOP works to overcome six years of electoral underperformance heading into another presidential election.
As the Republicans’ national political arm, the RNC will raise and spend hundreds of millions of dollars in building or rebuilding the party’s framework, in campaign messaging and in the year-long presidential nomination process that will begin in earnest before long.
Ronna McDaniel, Trump’s hand-picked choice to lead the committee and the niece of Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, is running for a fourth consecutive term. But the 49-year-old is facing a rising wave of discontent from Trump’s “MAGA” movement, even as the former president stays silent — at least, for now.
In an interview, McDaniel said she notified Trump of her intention to seek another term but did not explicitly ask for his support. She said she “didn’t think it would be appropriate to be asking for any endorsements” given that party rules require the RNC to remain neutral in the next presidential primary.
McDaniel demurred when asked whether she wanted Trump’s support.
“I think the most important support right now is the members,” she said. “These are leaders in the party, the grassroots leaders.”
California attorney Harmeet Dhillon has emerged as the MAGA favorite to challenge McDaniel, who secured commitments from more than 100 of the RNC’s 168 voting members earlier this month. Dhillon is working aggressively to peel away some of that support ahead of the formal vote at next month’s annual winter meeting in southern California.
Dhillon said she also notified Trump of her candidacy in a brief phone call shortly before she made her intentions public this month. She did not explicitly ask for his endorsement either, although she said the president did not discourage her from challenging McDaniel.
Dhillon, whose law firm earned more than $400,000 representing Trump and his political organizations in the 2022 midterms, said she would leave her law practice if elected chair. The 53-year-old California attorney, who was born in India, also vowed to remain independent in what is expected to be a crowded 2024 presidential primary contest.
Still, Dhillon defends Trump against those Republicans who blame him for the party’s disappointing performance in the November midterm elections. The GOP won a narrow House majority, but a host of Trump’s hand-picked candidates lost key elections for the Senate and governor.
“It’s not any one person’s fault. And I frankly think it’s a little too convenient to say it’s Donald Trump’s fault. Donald Trump hasn’t been the president for the last two years,” Dhillon said.
Instead of criticizing Trump, Dhillon railed against Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, a frequent Trump target, for not investing enough money in important Senate contests. Actually, McConnell and his allies spent tens of millions of dollars more than Trump’s political action committee in the midterms.
“You have Mitch McConnell, because he hates Trump, refusing to support candidates that President Trump endorsed, which I think is really appalling. And I blame him for the Senate losses,” Dhillon said.
Meanwhile, McDaniel is facing criticism from a growing chorus of Republicans largely outside the RNC’s 168 voting members who are eager to change course after three consecutive disappointing election seasons. Her critics include several high-profile Trump loyalists, including Fox News hosts and prominent MAGA figures on social media.
She has some unlikely supporters within the committee as well.
One frequent Trump critic, RNC member Bill Palatucci, said he would support Dhillon because McDaniel has essentially become Trump’s “tool” in recent years. He cited her decisions to stay silent on some of Trump’s more egregious behavior and to spend millions of dollars on his legal fees.
“There’s just gotta be a change,” Palatucci said, describing the committee commitments to McDaniel as “soft.” “RNC members are experienced pols who know how to look you right in the eye and say, ‘I love you,’ and then walk into the voting booth and slit your throat.”
At the same time, those RNC members are being flooded with emails from rank-and-file Republican voters and activists who support Dhillon’s candidacy. The deluge comes after Dhillon and her allies shared the entire committee’s personal emails on social media.
Steve Scheffler, an Iowa-based RNC member who supports McDaniel, said he’s receiving 50 to 70 emails each day from Republicans, many of them angry, weighing in on the leadership fight.
“Most of them are like, ‘Ronna’s gotta go,'” Scheffler said.
Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward said she’s received “a few thousand emails” in recent days.
“NOT ONE regular person not affiliated with the current RNC apparatus has urged me to retain Ronna Romney McDaniel as Chair,” Ward tweeted.
Trump remains a wildcard.
The former president has stayed out of the public fight, but key members of his team — including senior adviser Susie Wiles — have notified members in private conversations that Trump remains supportive of McDaniel’s reelection.
Trump’s allies note that his strategy could change at any time — especially as conservative media line up against McDaniel.
Wiles also defended McDaniel publicly on Friday following a report in conservative media, written by a Dhillon supporter and legal client, that the RNC had spent millions of dollars on private jets, limousines, donor mementos and floral arrangements under McDaniel’s watch.
Wiles noted that such RNC spending was sometimes to cover purchases that came at the discretion of the Trump White House.
“Someone leaving this info out of any criticism of RNC spending — and Ronna McDaniel, in particular — is not painting a complete picture,” Wiles told The Associated Press.
Indeed, RNC budget committee chair Glenn McCall described reports of excess spending as “a gross misrepresentation” in a letter to members. Costs associated with luxury car rentals and private jets, he wrote, were largely connected to Trump or other candidates.
McDaniel’s supporters are eager to highlight her success in fundraising, arguably the GOP chair’s most important responsibility. She has raised more than $1.5 billion during her tenure, according to McCall.
Meanwhile, Dhillon is ratcheting up her attacks against McDaniel.
She raised questions about McDaniel’s management of RNC funds, accused her of offering members key positions in exchange for their support and suggested the chair was behind an anonymous email smear campaign.
But more than anything, Dhillon says she’s running because she wants the party to win again: “I’m tired of losing.”
For her part, McDaniel warns that such intense divisions within her party could do serious damage.
“The race I’m running is about unity,” she said. “If we continue to fight and be so hateful to each other to the point where Republicans won’t vote for other Republicans, we’re giving the Democrats what they want.” | 2022-12-17T04:49:53+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-political/ap-inside-the-ugly-fight-to-become-the-next-republican-chair/ |
TAMPA, Fla., August 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lazydays Holdings, Inc. ("Lazydays" or the "Company") (NasdaqCM: LAZY) announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. Net Income for the quarter was $31.8 million, up $6.5 million compared to the second quarter of 2021. Second quarter revenue was $373.6 million, up $50.8 million compared to the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-gaap measure, of $38.4 million was down 6.8% compared to the second quarter of 2021.
- Revenues for the second quarter were $373.6 million; up $50.8 million, or 15.7%, versus the second quarter of 2021. Revenue from sales of Recreational Vehicles ("RVs") was $337.3 million for the second quarter, up $47.1 million, or 16.2%, versus the second quarter of 2021. RV unit sales excluding wholesale units, were 4,052 for the quarter, down 156 units, or 3.7% versus the second quarter of 2021. New and preowned RV sales revenues were $219.2 million and $118.1 million for the quarter, up 8.7% and 33.1% respectively compared to the second quarter of 2021.
- Gross profit, excluding last-in-first-out ("LIFO") adjustments, was $101.2 million, up $14.8 million, or 17.1%, versus the second quarter of 2021. Gross margin excluding LIFO adjustments increased slightly between the two periods, to 27.1% in the second quarter of 2022 from 26.8% in the second quarter of 2021. Gross margins continued to be strong versus pre-Covid norms for the Company's new and pre-owned vehicle sales revenues, primarily driven by inventory availability as manufacturers ramped up production and continued to restock dealers to make up lost production from COVID related shutdowns and strong consumer demand. Inventories normalized for most towable products by the end of the quarter, while many motorized products remained below desired levels. Gross profit for the quarter including LIFO adjustments was $99.3 million; up $13.1 million, or 15.2%, versus the second quarter of 2021. This gross profit comparison reflects a $1.7 million net increase in LIFO adjustments between the two periods.
- Excluding transaction costs, stock-based compensation, and depreciation and amortization; Selling, General and Administrative expense ("SG&A") for the second quarter was $61.5 million, up $16.7 million compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily related to overhead associated with the Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington and Milwaukee, Wisconsin dealerships acquired in August 2021; overhead associated with the Monticello, Minnesota dealership opened in March 2022; increased marketing expense, support costs and investments in IT infrastructure and compliance.
- Depreciation and amortization increased $0.7 million, and transaction costs decreased $0.4 million compared to the prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, was $38.4 million for the second quarter, down $2.8 million compared to 2021. EBITDA Margin, a non-GAAP financial measure, decreased to 10.3% in the second quarter of 2022 from 12.8% in the second quarter of 2021.
- As of June 30, 2022, cash was $105.4 million, up $7.2 million from December 31, 2021. The increase includes the impact of cash used in operating activities of $31.7 million and cash paid for purchases of property and equipment and acquisitions of $12.7 million, offset by cash provided by financing activities of $51.7 million. Operating cash flow includes the negative impact of a $79.2 million increase in inventory as RV inventory continues to recover from depleted levels. The cash impact of this inventory increase is offset by an $89.5 million floorplan cash inflow reflected in cash provided by financing activities. Cash provided by financing activities also includes cash outflows of $38.2 million for the repurchase of 2,253,406 shares of common stock at an average price of approximately $16.94.
- The reported second quarter $31.8 million net income includes $9.7 million of non-cash non-operating income recognizing a change in the fair value of warrant liabilities, versus a $6.8 million expense in 2021.
The Company has scheduled a conference call at 10:00 AM Eastern Time on August 4, 2022 that will also be broadcast live over the internet. The call can be accessed as follows:
Via online registration at: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/291558035 or via webcast by clicking the link.
A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available online at https://www.lazydays.com/investor-relations.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available until August 11, 2022 and may be accessed by calling 1-800-770-2030 or 1-647-362-9199 with a conference ID number of 1488544. The webcast will be archived in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website.
As an iconic brand in the RV industry, Lazydays, The RV Authority, consistently provides the best RV sales, service, and ownership experience, which is why RVers and their families become Customers for Life. Lazydays continues to add locations at a rapid pace as it executes its geographic expansion strategy that includes both acquisitions and greenfields.
Since 1976, Lazydays RV has built a reputation for providing an outstanding customer experience with exceptional service excellence and unparalleled product expertise, along with being a preferred place to rest and recharge with other RVers. By offering the largest selection of RV brands from the nation's leading manufacturers, state-of-the-art service facilities, and thousands of accessories and hard-to-find parts, Lazydays RV provides everything RVers need and want.
Lazydays Holdings, Inc. is a publicly listed company on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker "LAZY."
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements describe Lazydays future plans, projections, strategies and expectations, including statements regarding Lazydays' expectations for future operating results, its expectations regarding the impact of its acquisitions of recently acquired dealerships in Maryville, Tennessee, Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Tulsa, Oklahoma; its greenfield start-ups in Monticello, Minnesota, Fort Pierce, Florida, near Omaha, Nebraska, Wilmington, Ohio, Surprise, Arizona and Nashville, Tennessee; and are based on assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Lazydays. Actual results could differ materially from those projected due to various factors, including an extended slowdown in the markets in which we operate, the effects of inflation; the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine, economic conditions generally (including increases in fuel costs), conditions in the credit markets and changes in interest rates, conditions in the capital markets, the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), other factors described from time to time in Lazydays' public announcements and SEC reports and filings, which are available at www.sec.gov and other factors that Lazydays may not have currently identified or quantified. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release speak only as of the date of this news release, and Lazydays undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, unless otherwise required by law.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use certain non-GAAP financial measures, such as EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin to enable us to analyze our performance and financial condition. We utilize these financial measures to manage our business on a day-to-day basis and believe that they are useful measures of performance as they reflect certain operating drivers of the business, such as sales growth, operating costs, selling and administrative expense and other operating income and expense. We believe that these supplemental measures are commonly used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry. We believe these non-GAAP measures provide expanded insight of the underlying operating results and trends and overall understanding of our financial performance and prospects for the future. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
Our use of EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin may not be comparable to other companies within the industry due to different methods of calculation. We compensate for these limitations by using each of EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin as only one of several measures for evaluating our business performance. In addition, capital expenditures, which impact depreciation and amortization, interest expense, and income tax expense, are reviewed separately by management. We may incur expenses in the future that are the same or similar to some of those adjusted in this presentation.
EBITDA is defined as net income excluding depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, interest expense, net, amortization of intangible assets, and income tax expense.
EBITDA Margin is defined as EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income excluding depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, non-floor plan interest expense, amortization of intangible assets, income tax expense, stock-based compensation, transaction costs and other supplemental adjustments which for the periods presented includes LIFO adjustments, severance costs and other one-time charges, impairment of rental units and gain (loss) on sale of property and equipment.
Adjusted EBITDA Margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues.
Reconciliations from Net Income per the Consolidated Statements of Income to EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are shown in the tables below.
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GRAFTON, Wis. (AP) — A Jewish middle school teacher in Wisconsin was arrested for making terrorist threats toward students who drew swastikas on a paper in his classroom, police said.
The Grafton Police Department, north of Milwaukee, has not identified the seventh grade teacher they say told the students that he had 17 guns in his basement and that he wasn't afraid to use them.
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The John Long Middle School teacher, who police say is Jewish, was angered by the drawings and also threatened to send his daughter to students’ homes with a baseball bat, WTMJ-TV reported.
“At first he kind of just acted normal, he just put it on his desk like, ‘I’m going to tell the office about this,’” seventh grader Ethan Poulos told the television station. “But then he picked up the piece of paper and went on a ramble about how that’s bad and that’s a disgrace to his people. He started mentioning the N-word and how that was worse than writing the N-word on the wall.”
The teacher was booked into the Ozaukee County jail for making terrorist threats and exposing a child to harmful material, according to police. Both charges are felonies.
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Grafton Superintendent Jeff Nelson said Friday in a letter sent to families that the teacher was immediately placed on leave and removed from the school. The teacher will not have contact with students until an investigation is complete, Nelson said. | 2023-05-15T16:39:20+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/jewish-teacher-arrested-for-threatening-students-18099997.php |
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YEAH. OVERALL, THESE PELOSI RESIDENTS HAVE LONG BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTAINMENT THAT WELL, WATER AFTER THAT DERAILMENT. WELL, TODAY WE FINALLY SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY AND THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY’RE DEALING WITH CONTAMINATION RIGHT NOW. RUSSELL MURPHY TAKES PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 INTO HIS BASEMENT. HE SHOWS WHERE HIS WELL WATER IS FILTERED BEFORE IT’S USED. HE SAYS THIS IS WHERE HIS WORST FEAR WAS CONFIRMED. AND I NOTICED AN ODOR. IN IT. I WANTED TO I DIDN’T WANT TO NOTICE THAT AN ODOR. ODOR. MURPHY SAYS IT’S THE SAME STRONG ODOR THAT EMERGED FROM LESLIE RUN CREEK AND SULFUR CREEK, WHERE HUNDREDS OF DEAD FISH TURNED UP. BOTH TOOK OUT CHEMICALS AFTER THE TRAIN DERAILMENT. BOTH FEED INTO RESIDENTIAL WELLS. PICKED IT UP OUT OF THE CANISTER, PULLED THE BUCKET OVER TO MY NOSE, AND I SMELLED IT. AND I SMELL WHAT I SMELL. AT LESLIE, RUN THAT CHEMICAL ODOR. THAT’S THAT’S THAT’S IN THE WATER. SO, OF COURSE, MY HEART SANK. I’M FREAKING OUT. I START TO SHAKE. COLUMBIA AND THE COUNTY’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS ACTIVELY TESTING RESIDENTIAL WELLS AT THE REQUEST OF HOMEOWNERS. MURPHY’S FAMILY WAS ON THE WAITING LIST AND TWO PARTIES ARRIVED AT HIS HOUSE YESTERDAY TO TEST HIS WARM WATER. TAKING THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT SAMPLES, ONE IS THE COLUMBIA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER IS AECOM, A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN. THEY ARE COMPARING TEST AND THEY’RE MAKING SURE ONE IS NOT GETTING DOCTORED. SO THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NO. ONE TEST E COMMERCE DOING THEIR TEST. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY PUT THEIR RESULTS TOGETHER. CHECKS AND BALANCES. YES. YEAH. AND TONIGHT, THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TELLS US IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 7 DAYS FOR TEST RESULTS TO RETURN. REPORTING LIVE FRO
Poll: Few Americans trust officials to handle an incident like the East Palestine train derailment
Updated: 11:19 PM EST Feb 20, 2023
Residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, have been concerned for weeks about how leaders are addressing air and water quality concerns after a train carrying vinyl chloride derailed Feb. 3. Americans seem to doubt how officials' response would go for a similar incident in their communities. According to a CivicScience poll conducted between Feb. 13 and 14, only 19% of U.S. adults have "a lot" of trust in state and federal officials to handle an incident similar to the Norfolk Southern train derailment. The poll focused on respondents who were familiar with the derailment when they were polled. Forty percent of adults signaled "a little" trust in officials, while a plurality, 41%, responded that they had no trust in officials to handle such a situation. Registered Republicans polled were much more likely to report having no trust (46%) compared to Democrats (28%). For respondents saying they have "a lot" of trust in officials, partisanship was not a significant indicator (21% for Democrats, 20% for Republicans).Criticism of the response from local, state and federal officials has become a common refrain across social media. Frequent targets for complaints have included President Joe Biden, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and the EPA. East Palestine residents, for their part, have expressed their fear and distress about official response throughout the derailment's fallout.
Residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, have been concerned for weeks about how leaders are addressing air and water quality concerns after a train carrying vinyl chloride derailed Feb. 3. Americans seem to doubt how officials' response would go for a similar incident in their communities.
According to a CivicScience poll conducted between Feb. 13 and 14, only 19% of U.S. adults have "a lot" of trust in state and federal officials to handle an incident similar to the Norfolk Southern train derailment.
The poll focused on respondents who were familiar with the derailment when they were polled. Forty percent of adults signaled "a little" trust in officials, while a plurality, 41%, responded that they had no trust in officials to handle such a situation.
Registered Republicans polled were much more likely to report having no trust (46%) compared to Democrats (28%). For respondents saying they have "a lot" of trust in officials, partisanship was not a significant indicator (21% for Democrats, 20% for Republicans).
Criticism of the response from local, state and federal officials has become a common refrain across social media. Frequent targets for complaints have included President Joe Biden, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and the EPA. East Palestine residents, for their part, have expressed their fear and distress about official response throughout the derailment's fallout. | 2023-02-21T05:24:10+00:00 | wtae.com | https://www.wtae.com/article/east-palestine-train-derailment-trust-officials-poll/42998869 |
The leader of the Wagner Group, who launched a rebellion against Russia's military leadership, ultimately called it off. Besides Russia, no country was watching more closely than Ukraine
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Supreme Court Refuses to Review California Law Curtailing Independent Contractors
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to take a case seeking to overturn a California law on worker misclassification, and by doing so expanded employment protections to California truck drivers currently misclassified as independent contractors.
In denying the petition of the California Trucking Association, the court will let stand AB 5, a California law meant to ensure that those who work at the beck-and-call of a company must be considered employees. The measure, which was signed into law in 2019 but hadn't fully gone into effect, was landmark legislation for California truck drivers, particularly at the ports, who rallied with the Teamsters for years against being improperly labeled as contract workers.
"Finally, port truck drivers and so many others across California will have the opportunity to join together and earn a fair wage that allows them to support their families," said Sean M. O'Brien, Teamsters General President. "These companies can no longer take advantage of workers and fill their own executive pockets with unfairly earned profits."
"AB 5 was a significant victory in the Teamsters' decades-long battle against misclassification in trucking," said Jason Rabinowitz, President of Teamsters Joint Council 7. "We thank the courts for letting stand legislation that guarantees truck drivers the employment protections they deserve. Now it's time to enforce this law."
The Teamsters worked with Attorney General Rob Bonta to help defend the legislation.
"Over the last decade, the California Labor Commissioner found misclassification is rampant at our ports, in construction, package delivery, and more," said Randy Cammack, President of Teamsters Joint Council 42. "The race-to-the-bottom in trucking is going to end in California when the Teamsters help to enforce AB 5."
Companies purposefully and deceptively misclassify their workers as independent contractors to deny workers fair wages and benefits, and to avoid paying employee-related expenses, like unemployment insurance, workers' compensation and Social Security. This corporate greed damages the economy, leaves workers' lives in jeopardy, and puts good employers who play by the rules at a competitive disadvantage.
Lorena Gonzalez, who previously authored AB 5 as a state legislator and now is the incoming Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation, said workers will now have a better quality of life thanks to the law.
"AB 5 stands for the simple principle that all workers deserve the protections of employment status, including the right to unionize," Gonzalez said. "Misclassified truck drivers have been at the forefront of this fight for decades. The courts have spoken and AB 5 is the law of the land. Now it's time for us to crackdown on abusive employers and better the lives of working people."
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The Rolls-Royce Wraith bowed out of the U.S. after 2021, but the car remains on sale elsewhere. Now its production is coming to an end, and Rolls-Royce has a special version to close the chapter on the stunning coupe.
The automaker this week presented the Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow as the final Wraith. It’s limited to just 12 examples and confirmed to be the last V-12-powered coupe in the history of Rolls-Royce. The automaker’s future is electric, and that future starts later this year with the arrival of the Spectre coupe.
The Black Arrow name comes from the black arrows that were painted on the Thunderbolt land-speed record car of the 1930s, which ran a Rolls-Royce V-12 engine designed for aircraft. While the Thunderbolt was finished in polished aluminum, black arrows were applied to its streamliner body so measuring equipment could accurately spot the car against the white backdrop of the Bonneville Salt Flats where it made its attempts. Those attempts culminated in a record 357.497 mph in 1938.
The Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow stands out with its exterior paint fade, which is a first for Rolls-Royce. It starts with silver at the front and flows into black at the rear. Applying the paint is a complicated process, not least due to the glass-infused layer that is applied to the black section to help create the blur effect. Rolls-Royce said it spent about 18 months of research time to arrive at the correct look.
The designers then added bright yellow accents to provide some contrast, including on the struts mounted between the grille and engine. This extra detail helps draw the eye to the area behind the grille, where the V-12 lurks.
The yellow accents carry into the cabin, where an illuminated element resembling the shape of the Thunderbolt is also mounted in the center console. A drawing of the Wraith’s twin-turbo 6.6-liter V-12 also features on the dash above the glovebox.
Other unique touches include the door panels, which are made from 320 marquetry pieces that form a tactile surface, and the placement (by hand) of 2,117 fiber-optic lights in the headliner mimicking the Milky Way and its constellations as it all would have appeared over the Bonneville Salt Flats on the night of the Thunderbolt’s record run.
Rolls-Royce said all 12 build slots for the Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow are already sold out.
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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — After more than two decades in Liberty Hill, Lyndon Ebright and his wife have built a good life in their forever home.
“I’ve got a lot of sweat labor involved on the property,” Ebright said. He works on wood and metal projects in his backyard shop while his wife tends to a vegetable garden just under the patio he built.
But those improvements, and the furious development of the greater Austin area, are taking their toll on their tax bills.
“I’ll be priced out of the house,” Ebright said. “I’ll be forced to sell, and I don’t want to be forced to sell just because I gotta pay my taxes.”
Ebright is recently retired and on a fixed income. They have no debt and have paid off their house, but Ebright is still concerned about their long-term stability because of one creeping cost — property taxes.
In 2018, the Williamson Central Appraisal District valued Ebright’s home at $71,506. This year, that value has ballooned to $137,971.
“It’s a massive increase in five years. An unrealistic increase in five years,” Ebright said. “When you’re on a fixed income, you got to watch pretty carefully. I feel sorry for a lot of the other senior citizens in this state.”
In 2019, Ebright’s estimated tax bill from only Liberty Hill ISD was $826.32. Based on the current value of his home and the school district’s maintenance and operations tax rate, that bill would be about $1,138 — not including the other entities that levy their own property taxes like the emergency services district, a road fund, and Williamson County itself.
State leaders are working overtime in a special legislative session to try and bring that total down. But after six months of heralding property tax relief as their top priority, top Texas Republicans are at an intractable impasse.
Gov. Greg Abbott has proposed using $17.6 billion — about half of the state’s historic budget surplus — to lower school district property tax rates. Under his plan, the state would “buy down” tax rates by 26 cents for every hundred dollars of a home’s valuation. State leaders and policy wonks refer to this as “tax rate compression.”
That plan would save Ebright just over $200.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and his Texas Senate are unanimously backing an alternative plan. It spends the same $17.6 billion and dedicates about 70 percent of it to tax rate compression — but it also increases the homestead exemption by two and a half times. Texans can currently deduct $40,000 of their home’s value from taxation. Patrick wants to increase that to $100,000.
That plan would save Ebright more than $700 — about $500 more than Abbott’s plan.
“I like that,” Ebright said. “It’s a chop right off the top.”
Yet, the Texas House and Gov. Abbott have made clear they are not in favor of touching the homestead exemption. The Texas Senate has also made clear they are not backing down from that fight. For the foreseeable future, the stalemate persists.
“I will call special session after special session after special session until the solution is reached,” Gov. Abbott told reporters this week.
That prolonged uncertainty is adding to the frustrations of Texans like Ebright.
“These guys are fooling around with all these cultural issues, but deal with something that helps Texans, you know, deal with their property taxes,” he said. “Something’s gotta be done. Especially for senior citizens. I hate to see any seniors get forced out of their house. That would be a problem.” | 2023-06-09T23:17:28+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/state-regional/priced-out-texans-frustrated-with-property-taxes-and-their-politics/ |
The Texas Tech track and field team stayed home this weekend to compete in the Corky/Crofoot Shootout at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track Complex. The first day was led by the men’s discus team, with redshirt senior Malin Smith participating on the women's side, while day two saw graduate student Courtney Lindsey lead the men’s 200-meter sprint and junior Ruta Lasmane make her 2023 debut for women’s long jump.
Three Tech throwers placed in the top-8 of the men's discus event, led by junior Devin Roberson. The junior's best throw ended up at 59.55 meters, which came on his fifth throw. Senior Jacob Mechler placed fourth, reaching a personal best throw of 56.17 meters, while junior Konner Wood finished eighth at 51.37 meters.
Smith was the only representative for the women's discus event, finishing third with a distance of 53.52 meters.
On the second day, Lindsey led the Red Raiders in the 200-meter sprint, clocking in a wind-legal time of 19.94. The graduate student got second place, behind a time of 19.79. In the 400-meter hurdles, junior Sylvia Schulz finished third with a time of 57.08. The time ranked second in program history and gave Schulz the top two times in the event.
On the women's side, the first team All-American Lasmane made her 2023 debut in the long jump, the junior's first action since the last year's NCAA outdoor meet. Lasmane registered a mark of 13.85 meters, which placed second. Sophomore Onaara Obamuwagun was right behind her in third with a personal best of 13.73 meters.
Other notable finishes on the second day included Wood's third-place finish in the hammer throw event. For the first time in the junior's career, Wood launched the hammer over 60 meters with an official mark of 61.64 meters.
Tech head coach Wes Kittley talked about the overall performances this weekend and the confidence that's building up into the Big 12 Championship.
“I want those kids to gain some really big confidence like, “Hey, I'm starting to get better at the end of the year, and we have conference next week,'” Kittley said. “I'll be honest, I'm always skeptical until we do it right but I know what we can do. Today made me feel a lot better”.
The Red Raiders will have one week off before the Big 12 Championship in Norman, Oklahoma, May 12-14. | 2023-04-30T21:13:48+00:00 | dailytoreador.com | https://www.dailytoreador.com/sports/tech-builds-confidence-at-corky-crofoot-shootout/article_30e1e122-e6ff-11ed-84a8-83b911584e80.html |
CHICAGO, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of America Recycles Day, Conagra Brands is honoring its employees who are keeping materials out of landfills through impactful recycling and waste reduction measures. Seventeen Conagra facilities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico have been awarded Zero Waste Champion status for diverting more than 90 percent of waste materials that would have otherwise been sent to landfills. In fiscal year 2022, these 17 facilities diverted more than 183,000 tons of waste for more beneficial uses through recycling, product donations to bolster food supplies at area food banks, use as animal feed, energy generation, or land applications to improve soil quality.
Conagra emphasizes a systematic and strategic approach to reduce the amount of waste its facilities generate to maximize the use of resources for the future. Conagra began the Zero Waste Champion program more than 10 years ago to recognize facilities that have employed environmentally responsible practices to avoid waste, which helps preserve natural resources, combat pollution, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
"This achievement is testament to our employees who are using eco-conscious and innovative recycling solutions to help reduce waste in our facilities," said Ale Eboli, executive vice president and chief supply chain officer at Conagra Brands. "I am proud to honor our Zero Waste Champion facilities who are leading the company's efforts to nourish the planet and reduce waste at the source."
This year's honorees include frozen, snacks, international, and grocery manufacturing facilities. The 2022 Zero Waste Champion facilities are:
- Brookston, Indiana
- Centralia, Illinois
- Dresden, Ontario
- Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Hamburg, Iowa
- Irapuato, Mexico
- Kent, Washington
- Lake View, Iowa
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Mankato, Minnesota
- Maple Grove, Minnesota
- Menomonie, Wisconsin
- Oakdale, California
- Richmond, British Columbia
- Saint Elmo, Illinois
- Waseca, Minnesota
About Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), headquartered in Chicago, is one of North America's leading branded food companies. Guided by an entrepreneurial spirit, Conagra Brands combines a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus on innovation. The company's portfolio is evolving to satisfy people's changing food preferences. Conagra's iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Duncan Hines®, Healthy Choice®, Marie Callender's®, Reddi-wip®, and Slim Jim®, as well as emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®, offer choices for every occasion. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.
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Cheryl Burke, one of the show’s most well-known professional dancers, is bidding farewell to "Dancing with the Stars."
Burke announced her upcoming departure from the competition series in a lengthy Instagram post ahead of the season finale on Monday, Nov. 21.
“I am sitting here full of so many conflicting emotions about the words I am about to write…Tomorrow night will officially be my final dance as a pro dancer on @dancingwiththestars," she wrote next to a photo of her performing.
She said choosing to leave was one of the most difficult decisions she has ever made, but that this is the right time to move on.
“This show has been my 2nd family since I was 21 years old," she shared. "The cast, crew & fans have seen me through my highest highs & some of my lowest lows, & I honestly don’t know who I would be today without them."
The 38-year-old said she is looking forward to facing new challenges and shifting her focus to mental health advocacy and podcasting.
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This season, Burke was partnered with meteorologist Sam Champion. The pair were eliminated during the fourth episode in October.
She first joined the competition show in 2006 for Season 2. She won her first season with 98 Degrees singer Drew Lachey. The following season, she took home the mirrorball trophy again with her partner, former Dallas Cowboys star Emmitt Smith.
The news of her departure comes a few days after judge Len Goodman announced that this season will be his last as well. In an interview with Variety, Burke said she hopes to become a judge someday, too.
“I would love to still be a part of the family," she said. "I just would love a different role on the show, just like anybody after 26 seasons of having that same title.”
She teased the season finale in her Instagram post, saying that she will return for an emotional farewell dance with fan favorites Pasha Pashkov and Louis van Amstel.
At the end of her heartfelt message, she thanked the “DWTS” family for supporting her throughout the years and for celebrating ballroom dancing.
“I’m looking forward to this next chapter of my career, but man will this one be hard to beat!" she wrote.
This story first appeared on TODAY.com. More from TODAY: | 2022-11-21T03:03:08+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/my-final-dance-cheryl-burke-is-leaving-dancing-with-the-stars-after-26-seasons/2913477/ |
NORWALK, Conn., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a program designed to honor real estate agents who are new to the business yet achieving extraordinary results, RISMedia has launched its inaugural Real Estate Rookie of the Year award, sponsored by industry education leader, Colibri Real Estate.
Agents who received their license no earlier than Jan. 1, 2020 are eligible for this year's award. Nominations are now open and can be made by any member of the real estate industry, including agents, brokers, MLS and association executives, coaches and service providers. The nomination deadline is June 27th.
Nominees for the Real Estate Rookie of the Year award will be considered based on their 2021 sales volume and transaction data, investment in professional education, technology prowess and community involvement. RISMedia will announce 10 finalists in September, and the winner will be revealed and awarded during RISMedia's Power Broker Reception & Dinner on November 11 in Orlando, Florida, during the annual REALTORS® Conference & Expo.
"In a time when the residential real estate industry is witnessing an unprecedented number of agents entering the business, it is imperative that we identify those newcomers who stand apart and who can be proud representatives of this industry's future," says RISMedia Founder & CEO John Featherston. "Agent professionalism is under attack. Our intent for RISMedia's Real Estate Rookie of the Year annual award program is to help elevate our industry's reputation."
"Colibri's mission is to lead people to achieve more and thrive in their careers, and this mission is evident in the dedicated expertise and comprehensive learning solutions we provide to all real estate professionals," says Colibri Real Estate President Jennifer Dixson Hoff. "That's why we are thrilled to partner with RISMedia to honor those new agents who have demonstrated that they are serious about this business and committed to the homebuyers and sellers they serve."
Nominate an agent(s) to become RISMedia's Real Estate Rookie of the year here.
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State Superintendent shares importance of required financial literacy course
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Your students will soon be required by the state to learn about money in high school.
Governor Kay Ivey recently signed House Bill 164, requiring high schoolers to complete a financial literacy course before they can graduate high school.
State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey says a course is actually already required by the State Board of Education but now, everyone will be on the same page. He also says some changes will be made to the course to meet the new requirements.
The bill spells out some of those topics, which include opening and managing a bank account, evaluating types of loans, understanding taxes, and other money management principals like credit scores and managing debt.
Dr. Mackey says the course will help students manage money better for the rest of their lives.
“We gotta stay current because we need to make sure that when students graduate, they don’t get in financial trouble,” he explains. “They don’t take on debt they can’t afford to get out of so that’s why it’s very important to make sure students understand these concepts so they make wise decisions in their late teens but then throughout the rest of their lives.”
The bill says students entering 9th grade for the 2024-2025 school year will be the first class required by the state to complete the financial literacy course before graduation.
The course must be approved by the Department of Education before June of 2024.
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Copyright 2023 WBRC. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-19T03:27:02+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2023/06/19/state-superintendent-shares-importance-required-financial-literacy-course/ |
The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public-health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued humanity for at least 3,000 years. On the downside, it also led to the end of a global vaccination program that provided protection against other pox viruses. That includes monkeypox, which has been spilling over from its animal hosts to infect humans in West and Central Africa with increasing frequency since the 1970s. Now monkeypox has sparked unprecedented outbreaks worldwide, demonstrating again how readily an infectious agent in one region can mushroom into a global emergency.
1. What’s monkeypox?
Monkeypox is a misnomer that results from the fact that it was discovered at the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen in 1958, when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. While monkeys are susceptible to it, just like humans are, they aren’t the source. The virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus, which includes the variola virus, the cause of smallpox; and cowpox virus, also called vaccinia, which is used in the smallpox vaccine. Monkeypox is less contagious than smallpox and the symptoms are generally milder. About 30% of smallpox patients died, while the fatality rate for monkeypox in recent years has been about 3% to 6%, according to the World Health Organization.
2. What does monkeypox do?
After an incubation period of usually one to two weeks, the disease typically starts with fever, muscle aches, fatigue and other flu-like symptoms. Unlike smallpox, monkeypox also causes swelling of the lymph nodes. Within a few days of fever onset, patients develop a rash, often beginning on the face then spreading to other parts of the body. The lesions grow into fluid-containing pustules that form a scab. If a lesion forms on the eye, it can cause blindness. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks, according to the WHO. The patient is infectious from the time symptoms start until the scabs fall off and the sores heal. Mortality is higher among children and young adults, while people whose immune systems are compromised are especially at risk of severe disease. Pregnancy also carries a high risk of severe congenital infection, pregnancy loss, and maternal morbidity and mortality. Inflammation of the brain and seizures are rare neurological complications.
3. How is it transmitted?
Monkeypox doesn’t usually spread easily between people. Close contact with the virus from an infected person or animal -- such as touching a lesion or contaminated object -- is the main pathway. The pathogen enters the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract or the mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, mouth, rectum and anus. Tests on various patient specimens, including saliva, rectal swabs and semen, have found traces of the virus.
• Detailed analysis of semen from a 39-year-old man in Italy found infectious virus in a specimen collected six days after his symptoms began. The findings, published Aug. 2 in Lancet Infectious Diseases, suggest genital fluids might be a source of infection.
• Infectious virus also was found in air samples collected during a bed linen change in rooms used to isolate patients, UK researchers reported in a study released in July, ahead of peer-review. That suggests monkeypox may be present in aerosols -- suspended skin particles or dust -- and not only in larger respiratory droplets, such as from a cough, which fall to the ground close to an infected individual.
• High concentrations of virus particles were also detected on toilets, sinks and other objects used by hospitalized patients, though it’s not yet known whether they could be a source of infection, a study from Germany found.
• Transmission from mother-to-unborn baby has also been documented. It can also happen indirectly through contact with contaminated clothing or linens.
• Common household disinfectants can kill it.
4. What’s unusual this time?
There have been multiple chains of human-to-human transmission occurring.
• This is the first time that cases and sustained chains of transmission have been reported in countries where infections aren’t linked to recent travel to places in West or Central Africa, where the disease is endemic.
• Outside those areas, the outbreaks have primarily affected men who have sex with men. Among cases with data on sexual orientation, 97.5% identified as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, according to an Aug. 3 WHO report.
• Flu-like symptoms haven’t always preceded the rash, and some patients first sought medical care for lesions in the genital and perianal region.
• Some patients experience complications, including bacterial “super infections,” painful ulcerations, and inflammation of the rectum and throat.
• In some cases, the lesions are mostly located at these sites, making them hard to distinguish from syphilis, herpes simplex virus, shingles and other more common infections, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
5. Is monkeypox a sexually transmitted disease?
No. Although it’s one of many pathogens capable of being transmitted during sex, it’s not considered an STD because it also uses other transmission pathways. Sexual behaviors are important risk factors, however. A sexual encounter was the likely source of spread in 91.5% of reported transmission events, according to the WHO report, with the most common setting being a “large event with sexual contacts.” Clubs, raves, saunas and other venues where there is close contact with many people may increase the risk of exposure, especially if people are wearing less clothing. Data from outbreaks in Canada, Spain, Portugal, and the UK suggest venues where men have sex with multiple partners are helping to drive spread.
6. How fast is it spreading?
From just a handful of cases in Europe in early May, more than 26,000 cases, mostly in men, were reported from 85 countries by early August, including 11 deaths, according to WHO and data collated by global.health. The virus has probably been circulating undetected in Europe since at least April. In the US, caseloads tripled in July, with the virus reported in more than 40 states. Preliminary research estimates that among cases who identify as men who have sex with men, the virus has a reproduction number greater than 1, which means more than one new infection is estimated to stem from a single case. A UK study found anonymous sex has proved to be a barrier to effective contact tracing.
7. How is it treated?
The illness is usually mild and most patients will recover within a few weeks; treatment is mainly aimed at relieving symptoms. About 10% to 15% of cases have been hospitalized, mostly for pain and bacterial infections that can occur as a result of monkeypox lesions. The CDC says smallpox vaccine, antivirals, and vaccinia immune globulin can be used to treat monkeypox as well as control it. Tecovirimat, also known as Tpoxx, was approved by the European Medical Association for monkeypox in 2022, but isn’t yet widely available. In the US, its safety and efficacy are being studied by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group, the research network established in the late 1980s to rapidly assess the safety and efficacy of antiretroviral drugs for HIV infection. In the meantime, it’s available through an expanded-access process from the Strategic National Stockpile, though some physicians have said lengthy delays for test results and the “very daunting task” of completing the necessary paperwork have frustrated efforts to prescribe it. The UK Health Security Agency (HSA) also lists cidofovir as an antiviral that can be used.
8. What about prevention?
Public health experts say limiting spread will require a comprehensive, international vaccination strategy targeting high-risk groups -- and adequate vaccine supplies. Vaccination against smallpox can be used for both pre- and post-exposure and is as much as 85% effective in preventing monkeypox, according to the UK health agency, which is offering shots of Imvanex from Bavarian Nordic A/S to close contacts of infected people. It’s a newer smallpox vaccine, based on non-replicating versions of the vaccinia virus, and is the only one also approved for monkeypox in the US, where its sold as Jynneos. (It’s called Imamune in Canada). Immunization requires two injections administered four weeks apart. But supply has been limited, leading to shortages. Otherwise, the main way to prevent infection is by isolating patients with the infection, monitoring their contacts, and ensuring health staff wear appropriate personal protective equipment.
9. Is monkeypox a pandemic threat?
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on July 23 declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” -- its highest level of alarm short of a pandemic. The so-called PHEIC (pronounced “fake”) empowers the agency to invoke new measures to curb the virus’s spread. Tedros last declared a PHEIC in January 2020 during the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak. The WHO assesses the risk across its regions as:
• High in Europe
• Moderate in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean and the South-East Asia regions
• Low-moderate in the Western Pacific region
10. Can it be stopped?
The White House appointed Robert Fenton in August to coordinate the US government’s response and increase equitable access to tests, vaccines and treatments. Days later a public health emergency was declared in the US, freeing up more resources. But former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in mid-July that the window for controlling the US outbreak had “probably closed,” with only a small fraction of the cases in the country reported. A case in a pregnant woman was reported in the US, where pediatric infections have also occurred. In the Netherlands, doctors reported a case in a boy under 10 with an immune impairment. Unable to identify how he was infected, they speculate that the virus may be present in the general population and that respiratory transmission may have played a role. Tedros warned that in some countries, the communities affected face life-threatening discrimination and so may not seek help, “making the outbreak much harder to track, and to stop.”
11. Do all infections cause disease?
Possibly not. Retrospective testing of 224 clinical samples collected in May for sexually transmitted infection screening found evidence of asymptomatic monkeypox infection in three men. The finding, by researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, was reported in a study released July 5 before it was peer-reviewed and published. Asymptomatic carriership was previously thought to play a negligible role in the spread of orthopoxviruses, the authors said. The existence of asymptomatic infections indicates that the virus might be transmitted to close contacts in the absence of symptoms, which suggests that identifying and isolating only symptomatic patients won’t be enough to contain the outbreak, and that vaccinating high-risk individuals is needed. Interestingly, one of the asymptomatic men in the study predated the first detected symptomatic case in Belgium by several days, wasn’t linked to other known cases and hadn’t traveled abroad or attended any mass gatherings. The authors said that might suggest that the virus circulated in Belgium before the outbreak was detected.
12. Where does monkeypox come from?
The reservoir host or main carrier of monkeypox disease hasn’t yet been identified, although rodents are suspected of playing a part in transmission. It was first diagnosed in humans in 1970 in Congo in a 9-year-old boy. Since then, most cases in humans have occurred in rainforest areas of West and Central Africa. In 2003, the first outbreak outside of Africa occurred in the US and was linked to animals imported from Ghana to Texas, which then infected pet prairie dogs. Dozens of cases were recorded in that outbreak.
13. Has the monkeypox virus mutated?
The monkeypox virus might be undergoing adaptive changes to make it better suited to the human host. Analysis of the genetic sequence of the virus collected from patients in Europe indicates that the current outbreak in non-endemic countries is caused by a strain that likely diverged from the monkeypox virus that sparked a 2018-19 Nigerian outbreak, according to a June 24 study in Nature Medicine. The authors, from Portugal’s National Institute of Health in Lisbon, identified some 50 genetic changes or differences compared with the original strain, including several mutations the authors associate with increased transmissibility. The changes are roughly 6-to-12 times more than scientists would expect based on the observed evolution of orthopoxviruses, they said. The strain belongs to the West African clade, or branch on the evolutionary tree, that usually has a case-fatality rate of less than 1%. (That compares with 10% for a second clade called Congo Basin, which appears on the US government’s bioterrorism agent list as having the potential to pose a severe threat.)
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President Biden to tour Alabama weapons facility as he asks Congress to approve aid to Ukraine
President Biden will tour a Lockheed Martin facility in Troy, Alabama that produces weapons like anti-tank javelins that the United States has been sending to Ukraine.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Joe Biden plans to tour a Lockheed Martin facility in Troy, Alabama Tuesday.
The facility produces weapons such as anti-tank Javelins that the U.S. has been sending Ukraine. The visit comes as Biden asks Congress to approve a $33 billion aid package to Ukraine.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said sending more aid to Ukraine is important now because the war is moving to the country’s eastern region.
“It’s important now because the war is different now,”” Kirby said. “It’s in a different phase.”
Lockheed Martin sent this statement about the president’s visit: “We are excited for President Biden to meet our dedicated Pike County workforce and learn more about the important work we perform for the national security of our nation and allies.”
Kirby said you can see the impact of Javelins on the battlefield.
“You see these burned-out tanks. You’re probably looking at the result of a Javelin missile. And just the United States alone has provided more than 5,000 of these Javelins.
The office of Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) sent this statement: “Rep. Moore has visited the facility and spoken firsthand with its employees about their impressive operations. He could not be more supportive of the invaluable work done in Pike County for the defense of our nation and allies.”
Leadership in both parties has signaled they will support a request for more aid to Ukraine.
“I think that it will pass,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said. “The question is whatever, what else will go along with it. I think there’s a strong bipartisan support for the humanitarian relief and certainly the weapons the Ukrainians need.”
The White House expects President Biden to speak at Lockheed Martin at 1:45 p.m. CT Tuesday.
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How would 1,900 more cows grazing along the Salt River affect the land and the wildlife?
As the Sonoran Desert fades beyond the horizon and flat lands slowly give way, the rugged landscape of Tonto National Forest bends toward the sky east of Phoenix. Desert-dwelling saguaros are replaced by pine forests that are a refuge for campers and hikers looking to escape the arid conditions.
But the euphonic buzz of cicadas hiding in the shade of juniper trees in a remote area of the protected land may soon be drowned out by the lowing of cows.
The U.S Forest Service is considering a plan to authorize up to 1,900 new cattle to graze along the Salt River, with additional livestock infrastructure in the Salt River Canyon Wilderness Area.
The project, known as the Hicks-Pike Peak grazing authorization, would permit the expansion of cattle grazing, add nearly 6 miles of fencing along the Salt River and allow cattle in aarea that has not been grazed by livestock in over a decade.
These proposed actions are in accordance with the congressional grazing guidelines under the Wilderness Act of 1964, according to the Forest Service.
The Forest Service says the authorization has not yet been approved because the objection process is still ongoing. The purpose of the proposed action is to reauthorize and expand an existing permit that includes established pastures within the allotment.
Conservation groups oppose the plan because of adverse environmental impacts. They believe the Forest Service is ignoring science in favor of ranchers. The Forest Service maintains its decisions are in line with the best conservation data.
The Western Watersheds Project has objected to the idea of more cattle being introduced to the wilderness area. The group says the additional cattle and infrastructure would be inimical to the ecology of Tonto. Everything from endangered species to the quality of water is at stake, the group believes.
“We are concerned that commercial livestock use is being expanded in some of the wildest and most ecologically important places in Arizona, and the Forest Service is not telling the public just how bad the impacts from cattle grazing really are,” said Cyndi Tuell, the Arizona and New Mexico director at Western Watersheds Project. “It’s a major reason that many of Arizona’s wildlife are in danger of extinction, and we’re concerned that special interests are dictating how public lands are being used.”
Livestock numbers have increased
The new authorization comes after a 2021 decision was pulled following four objections, including one by the Rockin Four Ranch. Rockin Four Ranch has been the permittee of the Hicks-Pike Peak allotment since 2006 and is owned, in part, by Arizona Game and Fish Commissioner Bill Brake.
Brake is also co-permitee through the J Bar B Cattle Co., LLP, for two other allotments in Tonto and one in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
Brake did not respond to a request from The Arizona Republic for comment.
The Rockin Four Ranch opposed the Forest Service’s proposals for maintaining scenic view sheds, setting minimum vegetation heights for wildlife habitat, and the requirements from the Forest Service to maintain wildlife escape ramps in livestock waters.
Conservation groups like the Western Watersheds Project and Center for Biological Diversity, which also objected last year, believe that Rockin Four was not satisfied with the Forest Service conservation requirements.
“That’s a very simple standard provision,” Tuell said. “That provision is in there to protect wildlife and cover for small birds and mammals.”
After the 2021 decision was withdrawn, the Forest Service reissued a nearly identical decision in October 2022, taking into account Rockin Four Ranch’s objections.
Located in the Globe Ranger District, eight miles north and northwest of Globe, the allotment encompasses a total area of 66,838 acres spread out over 21 pastures.
The Tonto National Forest Land Management Plan identifies the Hicks-Pikes Peak Allotment as suitable for domestic livestock.
Livestock grazing has occurred over the last 100 years on the Hicks-Pike Peak allotment. In 1982 H&E Ranch became the range permittee but removed all its livestock in 2006 because of drought conditions. Rockin Four Ranch bought the base property that same year and received a permit for grazing to begin almost immediately.
Livestock numbers have slowly increased since the Rockin Four Ranch took over the allotment and varied through the years. Cattle numbers there have generally ranged from 290 to 670. The new decision would allow for the introduction of up to 900 adult cattle and 1,100 weaned calves.
The Forest Service says this range falls within conservative estimates based on average and estimated forage production.
Public lands:Damage to riparian areas where cattle graze renews debate in Arizona
Grazing damages riparian areas, groups argue
The Center for Biological Diversity believes otherwise.
“There is no reason to permit cow grazing in riparian areas anywhere on public lands in the arid West,” said Robin Silver of the center. “No science supports it. Its past and ongoing devastation speaks for itself.”
Silver argues that grazing has already led to the loss of riparian systems in danger from extensive drought, the effects of climate change and pressure from cattle grazing.
Livestock grazing has damaged approximately 80% of stream and riparian ecosystems in the western United States, according to a study led by the High Sierra Hikers Association. Although these areas comprise only 0.5-1.0% of the overall landscape, a disproportionately large percentage of all desert, shrub and grassland plants and animals depend on them.
Livestock seeks out water, succulent forage and shade in riparian areas, leading to trampling and overgrazing of stream banks, soil erosion, loss of stream bank stability, declining water quality and drier, hotter conditions, researchers have found. Reducing habitat for riparian plant species, cold-water fish and wildlife causes many native species throughout the West to decline in number or go locally extinct.
The Center for Biological Diversity has filed several lawsuits in recent years against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management for allowing privately-owned cattle ranchers to graze cattle on public land, most of which is in designated conservation areas. They plan to sue the Forest Service over the latest proposal.
The six new miles of fencing would allow for the potential increase of livestock within the Salt River Canyon Wilderness Area. Infrastructure would also include new pasture fences throughout the area, cattle guards, pipelines, troughs, corrals, windmills and storage tanks.
The funding source of the newly approved infrastructure projects has not been disclosed.
“It’s a big deal,” says Tuell, “Livestock are going to hammer the canyon if they get down in there.”
The new infrastructure will run through areas where riparian vegetation once grew, conservation groups say. Scrubs and grasslands operate as buffers from natural minerals and cow manure from entering the water.
The removal of these native plant species and the introduction of pastures located on or near riparian areas have already led to contaminated water.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality conducts reviews every two years on state rivers, lakes and waterways, and submits data into the EPA’s Water Quality Exchange.
According to ADEQ’s assessment dashboard, the Salt River, from Pinal Creek to Roosevelt Lake, just downstream of the allotment boundary, is considered "impaired" as of 2022.
“If water is not meeting the established water quality standards, then the water is impaired,” said Caroline Opplemen, ADEQ director of communications. “A section of the Salt River, just above Roosevelt Lake, which is where the project area is located, remains impaired for E. coli.”
The area has been impaired for more than a decade, though the impairment can be the product of one or more factors, not just cattle grazing, says ADEQ.
“Water quality degradation due to runoff is referred to as non-point source pollution, which can occur from water running over any surface, not just pastureland,” said Opplemen. “Potential impacts to water quality can include increased sediment, which may contain E. coli and naturally occurring minerals or pollutants.”
Healthy landscapes can slow floods
Without that natural riparian buffer, minerals and pollutants can flow unimpeded and pour into the Salt River.
After a 2015 ADEQ report, the Forest Service said the agency would cooperate on corrective actions needed to reduce E. coli to acceptable levels, but E. coli levels have been consistently found in the allotment since that report.
ADEQ says fencing to keep cattle out of waterways is an effective way to reduce the amount of E. coli that is introduced into the river, this is the extra six miles proposed to keep up with the additional cattle.
While fencing may keep cattle out of the water, it can be a catch 22. Fencing not only destroys riparian vegetation, which is a buffer for minerals and contaminants and a home for small native species, it also has increased the intensity and frequency of flooding in the past when added in riparian areas.
Protecting riparian areas: Conservation groups may sue feds for habitat loss from cattle grazing
Left undisturbed, these areas will act as ecological sponges, with the ability to absorb and store water which can reduce peak flows during spring snow melt or after high-intensity storms.
Healthy riparian ecosystems contribute to channel stability by increasing resistance, reducing flood peaks, trapping sediment and increasing groundwater recharge. Once vegetation is removed for modifications, a channel's resistance to erosion is lowered and can lead to an increase in flooding.
A March 2022 preliminary analysis on the Hicks-Pike Peak Allotment conducted by the U.S Forest Service found that over half the stream channels assessed in the project area were impaired or in unstable condition, in large part due to a lack of riparian vegetation.
Streams lose resistance due to the erosive forces of flood waters, even during smaller, slower floods. Large, fast-moving floods severely erode and degrade the channels, causing a heavy loss of riparian vegetation.
“If they put the fences on the Salt River, flooding is going to happen,” said Tuell.
In the past, when flooding has occurred, gaps in fencing aimed to keep cattle out of waterways appeared. The cows then go for a swim in the already E. coli-ridden water.
“So the cows are going to be roaming free in the Salt River as much as they want it’s going to be a disaster,” she said.
'It's a terrible idea'
Tuell believes the pastures along the river should be closed and the cows should be removed altogether.
Riparian vegetation also houses some of Arizona’s endangered and threatened species. It acts as protection and as a source of nutrients for these species. Conservationists fear the additional cattle and infrastructure put them at risk.
The Salt River Canyon Wilderness area is home to the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher and razorback sucker, as well as the threatened yellow-billed cuckoo and habitat for the narrow-headed garter snake.
The flycatcher breeds in dense riparian vegetation near surface water. Any removal of vegetation could prevent the federally protected species from reproducing, which could imperil the longevity of the bird.
“There’re lots of riparian areas and that’s where all the threatened and endangered species habitat is going to be, and they seem very willing to authorize livestock grazing in an area where it shouldn’t be happening right along the Salt River, right in that wildlife area and habitat,” said Tuell. “It’s a terrible idea.”
Livestock trampling on stream banks can widen channels and vertically erode banks, lowering the water table and leading to shallower streams.
With less stream bank vegetation, soil is exposed to runoff and subsequent erosion. The excessive sediment load not only pollutes the water, but fills stream pools and covers rocky stream bottoms where fish typically feed.
These riparian changes eliminate food, shelter and spawning grounds for native cold-water species. With less stream bank vegetation, water is likely to warm faster as it is exposed to more direct sunlight. This was a contributing factor to the near-extinction of the Apache Trout on the western edge of the state.
The Forest Service maintains that Tonto National Forest conforms to all federal laws and regulations, including the National Environmental Policy Act, in plans for grazing allotments on the forest, including the Hicks-Pikes Peak Allotment.
The agency’s Southwestern Regional Office will lead the objection review. The reviewing officer, Deputy Forest Supervisor Tom Torres, will respond in writing to all pending objections.
The Forest Service says the decision notice will not be signed until all concerns and instructions identified by the reviewing officer in the objection responses have been addressed. The Forest Service schedule of proposed actions said a decision is expected in November 2022 with expected implementation to follow.
Jake Frederico covers environment issues for The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Send tips or questions to jake.frederico@arizonarepublic.com.
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SELBYVILLE, Del. - US 113 is back open after a serious injury collision on the southbound side of the highway near McCabe Road, according to Delaware State Police.
DSP says that around 8 a.m. on Thursday, a gray Honda Civic was driving west on McCabe Road, approaching the intersection at Dupont Boulevard, where there is a stop sign. At the same time, DSP says, a white Toyota Rav-4 was driving north on Dupont Boulevard approaching the same intersection. According to DSP, for some reason the Civic did not stop at the stop sign, letting the Rav-4 smash in to the left side of the Civic.
DSP says that the driver of the Civic, a 28-year-old man from Frankford, DE, was wearing a seatbelt, but was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the Rav-4, a 24-year-old woman, and the passenger of the Rav-4, a 16-year-old girl, both from Rockaway, New Jersey, had seatbelts on and were taken to the hospital by ambulance for non life-threatening injuries, says DSP. They say that the driver of the Civic is yet to be identified by the next of kin.
DSP says the road was closed for around three hours while the crash was being investigated, and that it still continues to be investigated by the DSP Troop 7 Collision Reconstruction Unit. They say information may also be provided by contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at www.delawarecrimestoppers.com. | 2022-08-19T00:48:58+00:00 | wrde.com | https://www.wrde.com/news/update-us-113-back-open-after-deadly-collision/article_ce167e1c-1ef5-11ed-ac6e-8b244e69b735.html |
Leading Directors Cite Employee Retention, Reputation, and Growth as Key Elements to Resilience and Business Performance
SEATTLE, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Understanding the connection between concrete business outcomes and workplace equity is critical for boards of directors. But a new report released by Syndio and Tapestry Networks, "Advancing Workplace Equity from the Boardroom," finds most boards unsatisfied with their own progress despite believing in the power of workplace equity. This leads to dangerous resource gaps: An impressive 90% of companies set workplace equity goals, but just 25% of leaders believe they possess the necessary budget and headcount to achieve those goals.
"Companies today are more conscious than ever of the importance of focusing on business moves that have direct impact on reputation, growth, and the bottom line," said Maria Colacurcio, CEO of Syndio. "Workplace equity is a strategic advantage that organizations cannot afford to overlook. In Syndio's experience, boards are often our strongest allies when we harness the promise of workplace equity with advanced analytics. It's proof they can be a force driving adoption of workplace equity and the business benefits it accrues. Now is the perfect time to sharpen that trajectory."
The report underscores the need for enhanced board commitment and maturity in overseeing workplace equity. While some organizations fully integrate workplace equity into their business strategy and operations, others lack clear targets, meaningful accountability, robust metrics, reporting structures, or effective alignment with business objectives. As one Director put it in the report: "We can't lose sight of the business aspect of this, because where a lot of companies fall short is that 'this is a nice thing to do' versus a business imperative that actually drives better results. How do you get to the place where, just as we look at profit-and-loss statements on a daily and a weekly basis and follow sales like a hawk, we create an environment where this is woven into the fabric of the discussions that we have on a daily basis?"
Based on extensive analysis of workplace data, Syndio recommends the following key metrics to guide board level action on workplace equity:
- Representation - analyzing gender and race/ethnicity across departments or teams.
- Promotion - assessing the average time to promotion.
- Attrition - identifying and addressing retention gaps.
- Pay Equity - examining unadjusted pay gaps.
- Benchmarking - determining the time and budget required to achieve workforce goals.
- The relationship of all of the above and the strength of the business in the near term and long term.
"This report underscores boards' commitment to the value of workplace equity, and also their discomfort with the pace of progress," said Marsha Ershaghi Hames, Partner, Tapestry Networks. "Our study highlighted the need for equity, diversity and inclusion to be aligned with broader organizational objectives, rather than undertaken in isolation."
"Advancing Workplace Equity from the Boardroom" combines insights from directors and boardroom executives representing 35 public companies. The result is a candid and comprehensive analysis of the challenges faced in achieving effective board oversight of workplace equity. The full report can be downloaded here.
About Syndio
Syndio provides technology and expert guidance that helps companies measure, achieve, and sustain all facets of workplace equity. Over 200 companies, including 10% of the Fortune 200 and 30% of Fortune's Most Admired Companies, rely on Syndio's platform to close pay and opportunity gaps, mitigate legal risk, and turn DE&I goals into tangible results. Together, we are showing the world how to build resilient, open workplaces by ensuring every employee is valued based on who they are and what they contribute to their company's success.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday said that the Chinese communist regime "bears responsibility" for helping tackle the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. – pointing to areas in which China can assist the U.S. in stopping the drug getting into the country.
Mayorkas was asked at the Aspen Security Forum about whether China bears some responsibility for the U.S. fentanyl crisis, given that the precursor chemicals originate there.
"The precursor chemicals, many of which have legal use, the precursor chemicals, the pill presses that are used to manufacture fentanyl, it's extremely easy to manufacture, it's extremely quick, it's easy to conceal," he said. "We seized vertical, long vertical candles that were hollowed out with pills. China bears responsibility. We need their assistance in interdicting the chemicals and pill presses that are going in volumes that don't reflect legitimate use."
WHITE HOUSE RECOGNIZES ‘BEST OF THE BEST’ OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN FIGHT AGAINST FENTANYL, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Illicit fentanyl is typically created in Mexico by cartels in labs with the use of precursors shipped over from China. The U.S. has called for an international coalition to combat the crisis and has appealed for help from both China and Mexico.
The drug is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine and is often cut with other drugs and pressed into pills, meaning that the user doesn’t know they are ingesting fentanyl. It kills more than 70,000 Americans a year.
The amount of drugs seized at the southern border has shot up to more than 22,000 pounds so far this fiscal year, up from 14,000 pounds in fiscal year 2022 and just 5,600 pounds in fiscal year 2020.
Republicans have said the amount of fentanyl being seized is a consequence of the border crisis bringing more drugs and migrants to the border. The administration has touted the increase in seizures as a sign of the success of its efforts in increasing detection. Mayorkas on Thursday said that "some have used the border as a cudgel and conflated migration and the trafficking of fentanyl" but noted that the majority of seizures happen at ports of entry.
MEXICAN CARTELS' DRUG DEALINGS ‘TOP PRIORITY’ AS FENTANYL POURS ACROSS SOUTHERN BORDER, DEA SAYS
Mayorkas said he recently visited JFK International Airport in New York City and saw the number of small packages stopped that contained drugs and firearms.
"We are addressing the supply side from an enforcement perspective. We are harnessing artificial intelligence to advance our capacity to interdict drugs, to be able to see anomalies in passenger vehicles, commercial trucks. I will say the creativity of the smugglers is extraordinary," he said. "And yet our ingenuity in building response protocols is also extraordinary."
HOUSE HOMELAND GOP REPORT ACCUSES MAYORKAS OF ‘INTENTIONAL’ DERELICTION OF DUTY OVER BORDER CRISIS
The U.S. isn’t the only country to put pressure on the Chinese to do more to tackle the fentanyl threat. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to do more this year in a letter in which he couldn’t resist taking a shot at American politicians critical of his own handling of the cartels that are running rampant in Mexico.
"I write to you, President Xi Jinping, not to ask your help on these rude threats, but to ask you for humanitarian reasons to help us by controlling the shipments of fentanyl," he said.
Fox News' Aubrie Spady contributed to this report. | 2023-07-21T02:33:20+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/mayorkas-china-bears-responsibility-in-regard-to-us-fentanyl-crisis/article_50655fb6-d7a2-5648-a9e0-e50a1603cb31.html |
New Position Added to Support Company's High-Growth Strategy
NEW YORK, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pager, a leading virtual care, navigation and collaboration platform, is pleased to announce that Dave Dookeeram has been appointed as the company's Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this newly created position, Dookeeram will execute the company's strategic growth and oversee its day-to-day operations to optimize business performance and better serve the company's 23 million members. Dookeeram will report directly to Pager's CEO and Chairman, Walter Jin.
"Because we're anticipating tremendous growth at Pager, we needed to find a COO with the expertise to scale our operations quickly and efficiently," said Jin. "Dave's unique background made him the perfect choice for our company. He's a growth-focused, culture-first senior executive who has extensive experience in both the healthcare provider sector, which is evidence-based and patient-focused, and with startup companies, who value growth and execution. Dave also has considerable expertise in all facets of value-based care, from improving core provider services to implementing tech-enabled solutions. We are so fortunate to have him."
"Joining the Pager team is a tremendous opportunity to work for a company that is transforming how consumers interact with the healthcare system," Dookeeram said. "Walter shared with me his compelling story of Pager's origin and its ongoing mission: providing a doctor-in-the-family experience for everyone, one that delivers healthcare on a more personal and human scale. Having seen firsthand the impact high quality care can have on someone's health and well-being, Pager's mission really resonated with me on a personal level. I'm excited to be part of a company that is effectively addressing the greatest challenge facing the American healthcare system—deliver better outcomes at a more reasonable cost."
Dookeeram has over 20 years of experience driving profitable growth for health tech companies, medical groups, and hospitals. Before joining Pager, he served as President of Diagnostics and Chief of Staff at DispatchHealth, an in-home high-acuity medical provider. Dookeeram joined DispatchHealth in the seed stage and served as a key executive through explosive growth to over 75 cities and $100M in revenue. Under his leadership, the company surpassed a $2B valuation while achieving top decile employee and patient satisfaction scores. Prior to that, Dookeeram served as the chief operating officer of Centura Health's Porter Adventist Hospital, where he drove EBITDA from $7 million to $42 million in four years and attained national rankings in multiple specialties. Dookeeram is the incoming board chair of Christian Living Communities/Capella Living Solutions. He is Board Certified in Healthcare Management by the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Pager delivers an all-in-one care experience for its 23 million members, providing information, support, and guidance throughout their lifetime health journey, from care navigation and high-quality care to health and well-being services. "Dave understands the challenges of building a comprehensive yet integrated end-to-end consumer experience from both a provider and consumer perspective," said Jin. "His addition to our senior leadership team highlights Pager's strong commitment to be the digital health, value-based care solution that transforms the healthcare consumer engagement."
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Pager is a virtual care collaboration platform, offered through health plans, that provides access to whole-person healthcare in a trusted, convenient, connected care experience, like having a "doctor in the family." Pager helps people make better healthcare decisions by enabling better access and reducing costs, making care simple and easy to understand throughout the entire care journey. Through a combination of hi-tech AI automation and hi-touch concierge services, Pager offers an integrated, full-service experience, including triage, telemedicine, e-prescriptions, appointment scheduling, after-care follow-up, care advocacy and customer service. Pager's omni-channel communications platform connects the fragmented healthcare ecosystem by aggregating a care team of nurses, doctors, pharmacists, coordinators, advocates and more in one place. Pager partners with leading payers, providers and employers representing more than 23 million people across the United States and Latin America. www.pager.com
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EZRA Labs is the company's latest investment in behavioral science-based research to deliver industry-leading solutions in workplace learning and development
NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EZRA, a leading virtual coaching provider, has launched EZRA Labs, a research and innovation hub of expert behavioral scientists, psychometricians, professional coaches and L&D specialists dedicated to advancing solutions that drive positive behavioral change and organizational impact. EZRA has appointed Sinéad Keenan, a business psychologist with deep expertise in corporate learning, organizational change, and leadership development, as its new Chief Innovation Officer and Head of EZRA Labs.
EZRA Labs represents the next phase of EZRA's ongoing investment in learning and development research, following the launch of EZRA Measure, a behavioral science-based assessment tool that for the first time in the professional coaching industry makes it possible to trace and quantify behavioral competency growth of users.
"The world of work has dramatically changed, leaving organizations facing acute pressure to drive performance and forcing employees to reevaluate how they want to structure their work lives," said Keenan. "At the start of the pandemic, demand for coaching skyrocketed as employers looked for ways to retain, engage and support employees in new work environments. Now, leaders are also having to navigate a host of unprecedented economic and workforce challenges and are looking for more accessible coaching support than what has traditionally been available. As more organizations embrace our mission to democratize coaching and deeper investments are made to prove and improve its impact, we have an opportunity to revolutionize how we learn and grow on the job." EZRA Labs' early work will apply existing behavioral science models to coaching – a practice typically seen in fields such as healthcare and public policy – to adapt employee behaviors to improve agility and better respond to unexpected challenges.
To mark this launch, EZRA Labs has released "Why Coaching Works," a report outlining how coaching can drive behavioral change in the workplace. Key highlights include:
- Why not all feedback is effective and how to maximize its impact by focusing on what worked well versus what didn't.
- How unconscious assumptions about our performance hold us back from meeting our full potential at work and the psychology behind how to change these kinds of limiting beliefs.
- The role a coach plays in building a sense of accountability.
- How coaching bridges the "knowing-doing gap", by drawing on the three proven ingredients for behavior change: motivation, the right knowledge and skills, and prompts to apply it.
- How an EZRA coaching program delivered an 18% increase in productivity among coachees compared to a control group at a major global bank.
In addition to the launch of EZRA Labs, EZRA will also expand its existing partnership with NYU's School of Professional Studies sponsoring three research fellows to deliver new findings on the effectiveness of coaching and how it can be improved. "Through the EZRA Scholars program, we're providing students with the resources to propel the industry forward through advancements in insights and measurement to empirically validate that coaching is a valuable method for affecting positive change in the workplace," said Dr. Woody Woodward, Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Lead, Master of Science in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting, NYU.
"EZRA Labs will allow us to reinvent and reimagine coaching as a strategic instrument for accelerating organizational change", said Jack Prevezer COO & Co-Founder at EZRA. "By blending 1:1 coaching with applied behavioral science, we are unlocking new avenues of professional development not just for the top percentage of employees but for all talent who traditionally don't have access to coaching."
EZRA Labs will begin to produce quarterly research insights to bring new, scientific understanding to the professional development industry about how to best drive learning outcomes for employees at whatever career stage they're in.
A leading global virtual coaching provider, EZRA delivers individualized leadership coaching to advance and develop workers at every level – because coaching should be accessible to everyone, not just to the C-suite. Through its global network of over 2,000 world-class accredited coaches, EZRA has already helped thousands of companies and teams across 87 countries quantifiably improve performance, employee retention, and promotion rates. Companies using EZRA today include AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Kraft Heinz, Spotify and Thomson Reuters. EZRA was established in 2019 and operates within The Adecco Group and LHH families.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban after about six weeks of pregnancy.
The court was split 3-3 last month and did not issue a decision on the merits of the law, leaving open the possibility that the GOP-controlled Legislature would try to pass a similar ban. In the meantime, abortion remains legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Lawmakers will meet on July 11.
“Iowans deserve to have their legislative body address the issue of abortion expeditiously and all unborn children deserve to have their lives protected by the government as the fetal heartbeat law did,” Reynolds wrote in the order.
The blocked law banned abortion once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. Medical experts say the cardiac activity is not an actual heartbeat but rather an initial flutter of electric movement within cells in an embryo.
Democrats in the Legislature immediately issued statements denouncing the expected restrictions as at odds with the majority of Iowa residents. Polling shows most U.S. adults, including Iowans, support at least some access to abortion in general, even as views on the issue are complicated. Few say abortion should be illegal in all cases.
Most Republican-led states have significantly curbed abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Separately, the Iowa Supreme Court in 2022 reversed an opinion that said the state constitution affirms a fundamental right to abortion.
After those rulings, Reynolds declined to call a special session last year to enact new restrictions, instead choosing to work through the state courts to try to get the 2018 ban into effect. The law, which included exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, incest and fetal abnormality, had been blocked by a 2019 district court ruling.
Any new law is likely to be challenged in state court.
Iowa’s high court has not resolved whether earlier rulings that applied an “undue burden test” for abortion laws remain in effect. The undue burden is an intermediate level of scrutiny that requires laws do not create a significant obstacle to abortion. Lawyers for the state argued the law should be analyzed using rational basis review, the lowest level of scrutiny to judge legal challenges.
“The constitutional standard is clear in the state of Iowa and to see a governor of the state really be that dismissive of the rule of law in Iowa is really very, very alarming to me,” said Pete McRoberts, policy director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa. “We will be there in full force, of course, when she does reconvene the Legislature.”
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How to Watch the Twins vs. White Sox Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 22
Edouard Julien and the Minnesota Twins take on Jake Burger and the Chicago White Sox at Target Field on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET, in the second game of a three-game series.
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Twins vs. White Sox Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 22, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Venue: Target Field
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Twins Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Twins are seventh-best in MLB play with 133 total home runs.
- Minnesota is 14th in baseball, slugging .410.
- The Twins' .234 batting average ranks 23rd in the majors.
- Minnesota ranks 17th in runs scored with 431 (4.4 per game).
- The Twins rank 21st in baseball with an on-base percentage of .313.
- Twins batters strike out 10.2 times per game, the most in MLB.
- The pitching staff for Minnesota has a collective 9.7 K/9 to lead MLB.
- Minnesota's 3.75 team ERA ranks third among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Twins combine for the No. 1-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.167).
White Sox Batting & Pitching Performance
- The White Sox's 110 home runs rank 15th in Major League Baseball.
- Chicago ranks 23rd in the majors with a .391 team slugging percentage.
- The White Sox's .238 batting average ranks 20th in the league this season.
- Chicago ranks 22nd in the majors with 417 total runs scored this season.
- The White Sox are among the worst in the league at getting on base, ranking 29th with an OBP of .295.
- The White Sox rank 19th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.8 whiffs per contest.
- Chicago strikes out 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-best in MLB.
- Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.64 ERA this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.371 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
Twins Probable Starting Pitcher
- Sonny Gray (4-4) takes the mound for the Twins in his 20th start of the season. He's put together a 3.08 ERA in 105 1/3 innings pitched, with 106 strikeouts.
- In his last time out on Tuesday, the righty went 5 2/3 innings against the Seattle Mariners, giving up five earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- Gray has seven quality starts under his belt this season.
- Gray will look to pitch five or more innings for his sixth straight appearance. He's averaging 5.5 innings per outing.
- In four of his appearances this season he did not surrender an earned run.
White Sox Probable Starting Pitcher
- The White Sox will send Dylan Cease (4-3) to the mound for his 21st start this season.
- The right-hander's last start was on Sunday, when he tossed five innings while giving up one earned run on three hits in a matchup with the Atlanta Braves.
- In 20 starts this season, he's earned a quality start in eight of them.
- Cease has pitched five or more innings in eight straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- He has one appearance this season with zero earned runs allowed out of his 20 chances this season.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Saturday in the Park organizers have announced acts for the 33rd annual summer event.
The much-anticipated Saturday in the Park is set to take place on July 1 from noon until 10:30 p.m. with Main Stage headliner will be Earth, Wind & Fire. Also performing on the main stage is Samantha Fish, War and Treaty. Organizers also announced the headliner on the Abe Stage will be Armani White and Cal Scruby.
“This year’s fest will be amazing as really excited to welcome Earth, Wind & Fire,” Event Co-Founder Dave Bernstein said, “Ever since seeing them for the first time at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival I have always had them on a short list for SITP, they are just the perfect group to headline this year’s fest and it will be awesome!”
According to a release from Saturday in the Park organizers, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City will present the festival, and Tyson Foods has renewed as the headline sponsor.
“As has been the case for well over 30 years, this fest would not be possible and would not be free without the help of our community and our sponsors. We sincerely thank them for supporting amazing live music presented for free in Sioux City, for all to attend that desire!” said Bernstein.
The Abe Stage will showcase a diverse line-up of contemporary music in its new location on the Stone Park Boulevard side of the park.
“The headliners for The Abe stage are artists on the rise,” Abe Co-Organizer Jason Reinert said, “Armani White had a huge charting single and his work ethic can only bring future success. Cal Scruby is an artist on the incline with no ceilings. The rest of the lineup will be announced soon but rest assured it will be a can’t-miss event.”
Sponsorships are available by contacting the Saturday in the Park Festival office.
KCAU 9 will be live streaming a Saturday in the Park press conference Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m.
Learn more about each artist below.
Earth, Wind & Fire was started in 1969, and since then, have released 23 albums, selling more than 100 million worldwide. They’ve had eight number-one hits and won 9 Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement award in 2012. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Earth, Wind & Fire’s September is one of their most well-known songs, having more than 1 billion plays on Spotify.
Armani White is a rapper wanting to trademark what he calls happy hood music. Making songs with a friend since the age of 11, Armani remembers the outlet that making music provided him. The 26-year-old artist has released tracks “Grateful” and “Billie Eilish” and many more.
War and Treaty were founded in 2014 by husband and wife duo Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter. Their milestone album is LOVER’s Game, a 10-song collection produced by Dave Cobbs. They’ve been recognized by the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Grand Ole Opry, and the Americana Music Association as “2022 Duo/Group of the Year.” They played more than 100 shows in 2022, and are joining Chris Stapleton on the All-American Road Show Tour in the summer. Their song Are You Ready to Love Me has over 10 million plays on Spotify.
Samantha Fish is a singer-songwriter from Missouri who has been working on a first-ever collaborative album with Jesse Dayton, called Death Wish Blues. Fish’s song Bulletproof- Tangle Eye Mix has more than 2 million plays on Spotify.
Cal Scruby’s Casino Tour ’23 will be concluding with just enough time to stop by Sioux City for the Saturday in the Park festival. Scruby writes, records, and mixes all of his songs as well as creating videos with his friends. Scruby credits his work as ‘funded by the fans. No label, no budget.’ Scruby has multiple songs with more than 14 million plays on Spotify.
The Saturday in the Park social media pages teased the announcement Monday.
For the latest on this year’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City’s Saturday in the Park festival, visit the website, follow the Saturday in the Park Twitter @SITPFest, like them on Facebook, or call the festival office at (712) 277-2575. Check out the website for information on festival sponsorship packages and volunteer opportunities. KCAU 9 is a sponsor of Saturday in the Park | 2023-04-12T04:36:09+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/earth-wind-fire-armani-white-headliners-for-2023-saturday-in-the-park/ |
CT Boston/Norton MA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, December 28, 2022
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50s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
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.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
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.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
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around 5 mph.
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10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely. Areas of fog. Highs in the lower 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Areas of fog. Near steady temperature in
the upper 40s. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Rain likely. Areas of fog. Highs in the mid 50s.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
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.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
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Pence warns of ‘unprincipled populism,’ ‘Putin apologists’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday warned against the growing populist tide in the Republican Party as he admonished “Putin apologists” unwilling to stand up to the Russian leader over his assault on Ukraine.
Speaking at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington less than a month before November’s midterm elections, Pence addressed the growing gulf between traditional conservatives and a new generation of populist candidates inspired, in part, by former President Donald Trump, who has transformed a large swath of the party.
“Today, on the cusp of a new era of Republican leadership ... I think we need to chart a course that doesn’t veer off too far in either direction,” Pence told the think tank audience.
“Our movement cannot forsake the foundational commitment that we have to security, to limited government, to liberty and to life. But nor can we allow our movement to be led astray by the siren song of unprincipled populism that’s unmoored from our oldest traditions and most cherished values,” he said. “Let me say: This movement and the party that it animates must remain the movement of a strong national defense, limited government and traditional moral values and life.”
To that end, Pence criticized those in the party who have pushed a more isolationist foreign policy, particularly when it comes to Russian aggression. Earlier Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law for four illegally annexed Ukrainian regions as his forces have suffered stinging battlefield defeats and renewed attacks on Ukrainian cities and vital infrastructure.
“Now, I know there is a rising chorus in our party, including some new voices to our movement, who would have us disengaged with the wider world,” Pence said. “But appeasement has never worked, ever, in history. And now more than ever, we need a conservative movement committed to America’s role as leader of the free world and as a vanguard of American values.”
“As Russia continues its unconscionable war of aggression to Ukraine, I believe that conservatives must make it clear that Putin must stop and Putin will pay,” he added. “There can be no room in the conservative movement for apologists to Putin. There is only room in this movement for champions of freedom.”
Pence has been traveling the country, campaigning on behalf of Republican midterm candidates as he lays the groundwork for a potential 2024 presidential campaign. Some of the candidates he has endorsed have espoused the kinds of populist and isolationist views he seemed to take issue with Wednesday. Arizona’s Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters, for instance, has labeled the Russia-Ukraine conflict a “European problem” and has criticized federal spending on Ukraine.
Pence’s speech largely focused on the conservative “Freedom Agenda,” which he released earlier this year. It serves as both a concrete policy plan for Republicans as well as an implicit criticism of Trump, who has spent much of his time since leaving office obsessing about the 2020 election instead of looking forward.
Pence, who again argued in his remarks that in order to win “we must do more than simply criticize and complain,” has been a target of Trump’s ire since he refused to go along with the former president’s unconstitutional plot to try to overturn the will of voters in January 2021.
Pence once again stressed the importance of the oath he took when he was sworn in as vice president, adding that, “The American people must know that conservatives will not simply pay lip service to keeping faith with the Constitution, but that we will always keep our oath — that we will keep our oath, as the Bible says, even when it hurts” and “stand for the Constitution ... even when it would be politically expedient to do otherwise.”
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