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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
7-7-5-6
(seven, seven, five, six)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
7-7-5-6
(seven, seven, five, six) | 2022-09-28T20:38:06+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17473355.php |
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CHIPPEWA FALLS (WQOW) - Micon Cinemas in Chippewa Falls is bringing back sensory-friendly screenings.
These screenings will show the latest family-friendly movies with the sound lowered and the lights only slightly dimmed.
Kaylee Troutman of Altoona has a seven-year-old daughter named Addisyn who has high-functioning autism.
She said screenings like these are good because some children have light sensitivities, or in her daughter's case, she doesn't like loud noises, and will even cover her ears if something's too loud.
By attending a screening, Troutman hopes her daughter knows other kids are different, just like her.
"I really want her to be able to have that social development, too," Troutman said. "She does lack that a bit. She prefers to be more independent. She's very quirky and weird, which I love that about her, and I want her to be able to watch these movies and think, 'Oh, they're funny, just like me!'"
The first screening will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15 of "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile," a film based on a children's book. Lyle the crocodile lives in New York City and loves baths, caviar, and great music.
Tickets are $7.50. Micon will also offer $2 pops and $2 popcorn specials.
Other upcoming sensory screenings include "Strange World" on Saturday, Nov. 26 and "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" on Saturday, Dec. 31, both at 10 a.m. | 2022-10-11T23:52:32+00:00 | wqow.com | https://www.wqow.com/townnews/cinema/altoona-mom-excited-to-bring-child-to-see-sensory-friendly-movies/article_3a72dace-49ad-11ed-afe5-4b1de59fdf98.html |
Keep COVID military vaccine mandate, defense chief says
By TARA COPP
Associated Press
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making clear he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it. This past week more than 20 Republican governors wrote to President Joe Biden asking that the administration remove the mandate. They say it has hurt the U.S. National Guard’s ability to recruit troops. Congress may consider legislation this coming week to end the mandate as a requirement to gather enough support to pass this years’ defense budget, which is already two months late. Austin says the mandate has kept the forces healthy. | 2022-12-04T06:34:35+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/12/03/keep-covid-military-vaccine-mandate-defense-chief-says/ |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Stewart Friesen muscled his way past Christian Eckes in overtime Friday night to win at Texas Motor Speedway for his first NASCAR trucks victory of the season.
Ryan Preece, who won Stage 1 and Stage 2, was third.
Ben Rhodes, this season’s points leader with 319, finished 27th and spun out after he was bumped by Tanner Gray, who had lightly bounced off the wall to bring out the final yellow flag.
Rhodes leads John Nemechek, who finished sixth, by 20 points and Zane Smith, who finished 32nd, is third with 298 points. Friesen moved into sixth place with 254 points. | 2022-05-21T04:08:48+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/auto-racing/friesen-gets-nascar-trucks-win-at-texas-motor-speedway/2022/05/20/dd0177e6-d8b5-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html |
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3-month-old dead, 6 kids found alone at caregiver’s apartment
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - Police in Tennessee are investigating after the mother of a 3-month-old boy found her son dead and six other children alone at their daycare provider’s apartment.
Metropolitan Nashville Police detectives in the Youth Services division are investigating after a 3-month-old boy was found dead Monday inside the apartment of his daycare provider.
Police say the caregiver, 51-year-old Anne C. Jordan, was not at the apartment when the dead infant and six other children, ranging in age up to 16 months, were found by the victim’s mother and another parent, WSMV reports.
Medical staff at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital reported the dead child did not have any obvious signs of traumatic injury or medical issues. The six other children have been determined to be in good health.
Hikers in Harpeth River State Park found Jordan suffering from significant cuts, apparently self-inflicted, to her arms on Monday evening. Police said she was flown by helicopter to a Nashville hospital, where detectives will attempt to interview her.
Jordan’s car was found at the park and is being searched pursuant to a warrant.
Copyright 2023 WSMV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-12T08:29:13+00:00 | foxcarolina.com | https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/04/12/3-month-old-dead-6-kids-found-alone-caregivers-apartment/ |
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma primary elections are over, and the experts are discussing the candidates who will face off in November.
Also, the Flashpoint team talks about the push for student loan forgiveness.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma primary elections are over, and the experts are discussing the candidates who will face off in November.
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The sky cleared up enough for the Chicago White Sox to resume their series with the New York Yankees.
Instead of the haze the smoke from Canadian wildfires created, there were plenty of longballs during Game 1 of the doubleheader Thursday at Yankee Stadium.
The Sox hit four home runs on their way to their fifth straight win, beating the Yankees 6-5. The season-high winning streak came to an end with the Yankees taking the nightcap 3-0.
Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Billy McKinney had a solo homer the next inning against Sox starter Mike Clevinger, who allowed three runs on six hits with two strikeouts and a walk in 5⅔ innings.
The Sox had two hits, singles from Eloy Jiménez and Gavin Sheets. With the split, the Sox (28-36) are 3½ games out of first place in the American League Central. They are in third place in the division for the first time since April 17.
Trainers checked on Jiménez after he ran slowly while grounding into a fielder’s choice in the ninth. He exited the game with a lower left leg injury. He is day to day and will be evaluated Friday.
“Felt it right out of the box,” Sox manager Pedro Grifol said.
Jiménez played a big role in the opener, putting the Sox ahead with a two-run homer off Michael King in the seventh.
“(I thought) ‘Just bring (Luis) Robert (Jr.) to home plate,’ ” Jiménez said after Game 1. “Thank God I did.”
Jake Burger, Robert and Yoán Moncada homered earlier for the Sox.
“Home runs were the name of the game,” Grifol said after Game 1.
The teams played two Thursday after Major League Baseball postponed Wednesday’s game because of what it called “clearly hazardous air quality.”
Burger lined a two-run homer to left field in the second inning, his second homer in three pitches stretching to Sunday’s game-ending grand slam against the Detroit Tigers.
The Yankees responded with two two-out runs in the second, getting an RBI double from Kyle Higashioka and an RBI single from Willie Calhoun to tie the game.
The Sox showed more power in the third. Robert began the inning with a long homer to center, his team-leading 14th. With one out, Moncada homered to right. It was the third baseman’s third homer of the season and first since April 2.
The Yankees got involved in the home run derby in the fourth as Calhoun followed a Higashioka single with a homer to tie the game at 4.
The Yankees took the lead for the first time in the fifth on a two-out RBI single from Oswaldo Cabrera.
Sox Game 1 starter Lance Lynn allowed five runs on eight hits with four strikeouts and three walks in five innings.
“It was frustrating because it could have been way better,” Lynn said. “You had some quick outs and you’re right where you want to be and the next thing you give up a couple runs with two (outs). It was just one of those things where once I thought I was in a rhythm, something happened.
“But all in all, stuff is all right, physically I feel good. It’s just about making pitches and getting out of innings without giving up runs.”
The offense picked him up, with Robert beginning the seventh with a double and Jiménez following with the homer to right-center.
“The offense was able to bail me out today,” Lynn said. “I gave up a lot of runs with two outs. I have to be better with two outs than I was today. It could have been a different ballgame for me but the offense came back and the bullpen did a hell of a job at the end.
“You’re going to have days like that where, for me as a starter I didn’t do my job but the offense and bullpen did their job and you can still win games. I didn’t have to be perfect. That’s how you go on a little run is when you win games that aren’t perfect and today was one of those games.”
Relivers Gregory Santos, Joe Kelly, Reynaldo López and Kendall Graveman each pitched scoreless innings. The first two batters reached in the ninth against Graveman. He got Torres to pop out to first baseman Andrew Vaughn and Anthony Rizzo to ground into a game-ending 4-6-3 double play.
“Just never panics,” Grifol said of Graveman. “This guy comes in and pounds the strike zone, makes good pitches when he has to.”
The final play was reviewed, checking to see if shortstop Tim Anderson remained on second for the first portion of the double play, and upheld.
“Sometimes the angles they show on the board are not the angles these guys got at headquarters,” Grifol said. “There was another angle we felt really good about that the call was going to stand.”
Torres nearly homered in the ninth in Game 1, with the ball landing in the foul seats down the right field line.
He had the big hit in Game 2, while the Sox couldn’t put much together against Yankees starter Randy Vásquez (two hits in 5⅔ innings) and two relievers.
“Any time you come into Yankee Stadium and win 2 out of 3, obviously it’s really good,” Grifol said. “We had a chance to take all three. But they pitched well today and they got a couple of timely hits and we had our opportunity was the first inning and we didn’t get anything done in the first inning.
“Any time you win 2 out of 3, it’s a good series — after it’s done. We come in and win the first two, you want to win the third one, too.”
Yankees recognize Liam Hendriks
Before the game, the Yankees recognized Sox closer Liam Hendriks and his return from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, donating $10,000 to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in his honor. Hendriks announced he was matching the donation.
“I had no idea,” Hendriks said. “They said they were donating in my name and it was not what I expected but I’m extremely thankful. It shows the class of the organization that they would even think about doing something like that.
“There was no hesitation for me saying I’m going to match it. That’s who my wife and I are. Totally unexpected. I keep using the words extremely emotional but it was emotional and something I didn’t expect. It was something that goes a long way.”
() | 2023-06-09T13:43:23+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/09/doubleheader-split-puts-chicago-white-sox-3-games-out-of-1st-in-al-central-but-eloy-jimnez-exits-with-a-leg-injury/ |
MCLEAN, Va., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) today announced that Jacqueline Yeaney has been elected to the Iridium Board of Directors, effective May 4, 2023. As a director on the Iridium Board, Yeaney will contribute to the strategic direction of Iridium's business alongside her fellow Board members.
Recently retired, Yeaney has extensive experience in the high-tech software and analytics industry, as well as in management consulting. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Tableau Software, a company specializing in data visualization, since August 2019. Prior to Tableau, she was Chief Marketing Officer of Ellucian, a privately held software and services company serving the education industry. She has served on the Board of Directors for other publicly traded companies, including Avaya Holdings Corp., and Promethean World PLC. Yeaney started her career as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
As a seasoned marketing and technology executive, Yeaney is bringing significant expertise to Iridium's Board of Directors, that will help the company continue its expansion into new and untapped markets.
"As Iridium continues our strong growth and increasing importance to consumers communicating off the grid, Jackie's marketing intuition and experience will be invaluable to our management team and board," said Matt Desch, CEO, Iridium. "I'm also looking forward to taking advantage of her technical and software experience as the company continues our push towards cloud-based offerings and network infrastructure."
Yeaney holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium® is the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe. Iridium enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ecosystem of partner companies, Iridium delivers an innovative and rich portfolio of reliable solutions for markets that require truly global communications. In 2019, the company completed a generational upgrade of its satellite network and launched its new specialty broadband service, Iridium Certus®. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Va., U.S.A., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol IRDM. For more information about Iridium products, services and partner solutions, visit www.iridium.com.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday declined a Russian request to investigate the blasts on the pipelines that move natural gas from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea.
Russia, China and Brazil voted in favor of the Russian request, but other Security Council members abstained or said another investigation was unnecessary.
For a resolution to be adopted by the U.N. Security Council, it needs a minimum of nine “yes” votes in the 15-member council, and no veto by one of the permanent members — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France.
The U.S. deputy ambassador, Robert Wood, said there was no need for a U.N. probe when investigations by Sweden, Denmark and Germany “are proceeding in a comprehensive, transparent and impartial manner.”
“It was an attempt to discredit the work of ongoing national investigations and prejudice any conclusions they reached that do not comport to Russia’s predetermined and political narrative. It was not an attempt to seek the truth,” he said.
The pipelines, known as Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, are majority-owned by Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom.
Nord Stream 1 carried Russian gas to Germany until Moscow cut off supplies at the end of August 2022. Nord Stream 2 never entered service as Germany suspended its certification process shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The explosions on both occurred on Sept. 26.
The investigations by European nations have yet to yield conclusive results, at least none made public.
Both pipelines bypass existing routes that go through Ukraine, meaning that Ukraine could lose income from transit fees and be unable to directly use the gas they carry. The Nord Stream pipelines were seen as an effort by Russia to gain further control over Europe’s energy supplies.
Some have said the blasts caused the worst release of methane in history.
The New York Times, The Washington Post and German media have published stories citing U.S. and other officials as saying there was evidence Ukraine, or at least Ukrainians, may have been responsible. The Ukrainian government has denied involvement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as “sheer nonsense” allegations that Ukrainians could have been behind the blasts and pointed the finger at the U.S. | 2023-03-28T17:36:38+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/un-security-council-wont-probe-nord-stream-blasts/ |
Louisiana Downs Racetrack & Casino will host its Spring Green
recycling event at the track on Friday, April 21 from Noon to 4PM.
On-Site Secure Shredding Services of Shreveport-Bossier will be on hand to collect and
securely shred paper on-site. This is a great chance to destroy outdated tax documents and
other personal papers. Every ton of paper that gets recycled can save 17 trees that absorb 250
pounds of carbon dioxide each year, 380 gallons of oil, 4,000 kilowatts of energy, 3 cubic yards
of landfill space and 7,000 gallons of water.
Goodwill ® Industries will be on-site to accept clothing and household items like furniture,
appliances and small electronics. Goodwill ® provides jobs and opportunities for those in need.
Earth Day is held every April 22 to commemorate the start of the modern environmental
movement in 1970. Every year, billions of people take part in events to protect the planet from
pollution and other environmental issues. | 2023-04-13T01:22:57+00:00 | bossierpress.com | https://bossierpress.com/louisiana-downs-racetrack-casino-to-mark-earth-day-with-spring-green-recycling-event/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Amazon’s profitable cloud business will invest roughly $7.8 billion by the end of 2029 to expand its data center operations in central Ohio, state leaders announced Monday, further advancing the state’s efforts to establish itself as the Midwest’s technology hub.
The new investments by Amazon Web Services, or AWS, were announced by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, who leads the governor’s technology office. The financial outlay “further cements Ohio as the heart of our nation’s technology and innovation,” the governor said in a statement.
AWS launched its first data centers in the region in 2016 and currently operates campuses in two counties in central Ohio, home to the capital city of Columbus. The administration said numerous locations are being considered as sites for the new data centers, in a selection to be announced later this year.
The cloud computing company is now responsible for the second largest private sector investment in the state’s history, behind only the $20 billion chip plant announced by Intel last year. Facebook and Google also operate Ohio data centers.
Also underway in the region are a $3.5 billion battery plant being built by Honda and LG Energy Solution of South Korea and a new $110 million Center for Software Innovation at Ohio State University. A chemical research clearinghouse headquartered in Columbus has long been a leader in big data storage and processing.
Once a reliable cash cow for Amazon, AWS has recently begun to feel pressure, as companies trim cloud computing expenses in the face of high inflation and fears of a recession. The tech giant’s first quarter earnings report showed its cloud unit generated $21.4 billion and was growing at 16% in the first three months of this year, down from the 37% growth rate a year earlier.
Still, Roger Wehner, economic development director for AWS, said the company has a long-term commitment to Ohio, having invested more than $6 billion in the state since 2015. He said Monday’s investment will include new workforce development and educational programs “that support the next generation of talent by emphasizing collaborative, long-term public and private partnerships across the state.”
The new AWS data centers will contain computer servers, data storage drives, networking equipment and other technology infrastructure for cloud computing. As of last year, the existing operation employed roughly 1,000 people across the state. JP Nauseef, president and CEO of JobsOhio, the state’s privatized economic development office, said the newest investment will create 230 direct new jobs and an estimated 1,000 support jobs. | 2023-06-27T12:38:15+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/business/ap-business/amazon-is-investing-another-7-8b-in-ohio-based-cloud-computing-operations-state-officials-say/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) expects to report its 2022 third quarter earnings on Friday, October 21, 2022, prior to the market opening. A news release and supporting financial data will be available at that time on the Investor Relations section of the company's website.
Conference Call / Webcast Information
Huntington's management will host an earnings conference call the same day at 9:00 a.m. ET. The call, along with slides, may be accessed via a live Internet webcast in the Investor Relations section of Huntington's website or through a dial-in telephone number at (877) 407-8029 conference ID #13732539.
A replay of the webcast will be archived in the Investor Relations section of Huntington's website. A telephone replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call through Friday, October 28, 2022, at (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415; conference ID #13732539.
About Huntington
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) is a $179 billion asset regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1866, The Huntington National Bank and its affiliates provide consumers, small and middle‐market businesses, corporations, municipalities, and other organizations with a comprehensive suite of banking, payments, wealth management, and risk management products and services. Huntington operates more than 1,000 branches in 11 states, with certain businesses operating in extended geographies. Visit Huntington.com for more information.
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All-New, All-Electric Volvo EX90 Will Be Available with Bose Premium Sound
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Bose announces its first-ever sound system for Volvo Cars, bringing the power of Bose sound to the all-new, all-electric, and recently unveiled Volvo EX90. Available by early 2024, the Volvo EX90 represents the launch of a new collaboration between Bose and Volvo Cars that will extend to additional models in the coming years.
By offering Bose as one of its advanced audio options, Volvo Cars is able to provide its customers with the legendary sound performance that has defined Bose automotive systems for over 40 years. And as the industry pioneer in factory-installed premium sound systems, Bose now adds one of the world's most respected car brands to its extensive portfolio of OEM partners.
"Teaming up with Volvo Cars is a major milestone for us," said Peter Kosak, Bose senior vice president and head of automotive. "We share many common characteristics — from our long-standing commitment to delivering incredible consumer experiences to our intense focus on getting every detail just right. Bose is incredibly excited to bring our shared passions to the next generation of Volvo customers."
"The new Volvo EX90 represents a new era for Volvo Cars in which we set a decisive course for a fully electric and premium future," said Volvo Cars Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO Javier Varela. "Bose is a key part of this evolution, and we are thrilled to work with their audio experts to deliver an even more enjoyable experience to our customers."
Bose Sound System for the Volvo EX90
The new Volvo EX90 is a versatile and stylish, fully electric family vehicle that combines breakthrough technologies and connectivity with unrivaled safety, comfort, and modern aesthetics. The available 14-speaker Bose sound system is designed to enhance the premium in-cabin experience for Volvo EX90 drivers and passengers.
Engineers from Bose and Volvo Cars worked together closely to customize the sound system to the Volvo EX90's unique interior. In addition, the system was developed through a new software-enabled proprietary tuning approach from Bose, called Perceptual Sound Rendering (PSR), which provides more freedom and flexibility for system engineers to precisely tune audio performance for every seating position in the cabin.
Rather than requiring a speaker-by-speaker tuning process, PSR enables engineers to holistically orchestrate the overall system to achieve the desired performance goal. With PSR, music playback is even more accurate, more vibrant, more true-to-life and the way the artist intended.
The Bose system also features the latest generation of advanced digital signal processing — Centerpoint 360 — which creates a more enveloping surround-sound experience than previously possible.
Additional capabilities in the Bose sound system for the Volvo EX90 include:
- SurroundStage technology, which balances audio performance and puts each listener in the center of the music, no matter where they are seated in the vehicle.
- BassSync technology, which ensures more accurate low-frequency performance that sounds just as it did in the original recording.
- AudioPilot 3 noise compensation technology, which monitors all sources of sustained background noise and automatically adjusts the music signal for a more consistent and enjoyable listening experience.
Bose sound systems are designed for consumers who love music and appreciate craftsmanship and meticulous design. It's an ideal combination and fit for Volvo Cars customers as well — for both long-time loyalists along with those new to the brand.
More information about the Volvo EX90 and the available Bose sound system will be shared in the coming months, closer to the vehicle start of production.
About Bose Automotive Systems
In the early 1980s, Bose engineers created the world's first factory-installed premium automotive sound systems. Unlike conventional or aftermarket automotive systems, Bose systems were designed and tuned for a specific vehicle — and changed the industry. Since then, Bose has developed proprietary speaker designs, advanced amplification and signal processing technologies, exclusive analysis and design tools, and technology for controlling the sound environment inside vehicles — all based on a heritage of research and engineering. Today, Bose automotive systems are recognized globally as the industry benchmark for performance and customer satisfaction, validated by independent research rating Bose as the top choice among car consumers in multiple global regions.
About Bose Corporation
Bose is world renowned for its premium audio solutions for the home, on the go, and in the car. Since its founding in 1964 by Dr. Amar Bose, the company has been dedicated to delivering amazing sound experiences through innovation. And its passionate employees — engineers, researchers, music fanatics, and dreamers — have remained committed to the belief that sound is the most powerful force on earth; its ability to transform, transport, and make us feel alive. For nearly 60 years, this belief has driven us to create products that have become iconic, changing the way people listen to music.
About Volvo Car Group
Volvo Cars was founded in 1927. Today, it is one of the most well-known and respected car brands in the world with sales to customers in more than 100 countries. Volvo Cars is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange, where it is traded under the ticker "VOLCAR B".
Volvo Cars aims to provide customers with the Freedom to Move in a personal, sustainable and safe way. This is reflected in its ambition to become a fully electric car maker by 2030 and in its commitment to an ongoing reduction of its carbon footprint, with the ambition to be a climate-neutral company by 2040.
As of December 2021, Volvo Cars employed approximately 41,000 full-time employees. Volvo Cars' head office, product development, marketing and administration functions are mainly located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Cars' production plants are located in Gothenburg, Ghent (Belgium), South Carolina (US), Chengdu, Daqing and Taizhou (China). The company also has R&D and design centres in Gothenburg, Camarillo (US) and Shanghai (China).
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Brian Stuard shoots 1-over 71 in round four of the Wyndham Championship
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Brian Stuard’s chip-in saves working man’s par at Wyndham
In the third round of the 2022 Wyndham Championship, Brian Stuard chips in to save par after missing his tee shot into the left pine straw and escaping trouble at the par-4 18th hole.
Brian Stuard hit 12 of 18 greens in regulation during his final round at the Wyndham Championship, finishing at 8 under for the tournament. Stuard finished his day tied for 27th at 8 under; Joohyung Kim is in 1st at 20 under; Sungjae Im and John Huh are tied for 2nd at 15 under; and Ben Griffin is in 4th at 14 under.
After a drive to the right side of the fairway on the 416-yard par-4 ninth hole, Stuard had a 120 yard approach shot, setting himself up for the birdie. This moved Stuard to 1 under for the round.
On the 440-yard par-4 10th, Stuard had a bogey after hitting the green in 2 and three putting, moving Stuard to even for the round.
After a 304 yard drive on the 486-yard par-4 11th, Stuard chipped his third shot to 9 feet, which he rolled for two-putt bogey on the hole. This moved Stuard to 1 over for the round.
On the par-4 13th, Stuard's 118 yard approach to 11 feet set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved Stuard to even-par for the round.
On the 175-yard par-3 16th, Stuard's tee shot went 157 yards to the right rough and his chip went 11 yards to the green where he rolled a two-putt for bogey. This moved him to 1 over for the round.
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Growing up in Philadelphia, Cheryl Dunye says she was fascinated by the stories reflected in her mother's scrapbook photos. She studied filmmaking in college and graduate school but didn't see people who looked like her on screen.
Dunye changed that with her 1996 debut, The Watermelon Woman. It is the first feature-length film written and directed by a Black lesbian. In it, Dunye plays a fictionalized version of her 25-year-old self, a video store clerk aspiring to become a filmmaker. In her off hours, she watches films from the 1930s and '40s with Black actresses such as Hattie McDaniel and Louise Beavers. However, they're often relegated to racially stereotyped roles; some aren't even listed in the credits.
Cheryl decides to make a documentary about an actress who'd been typecast as a mammy in a movie called Plantation Memories and credited as "the watermelon woman." Her quest mirrored that of the real life Dunye, who says archival records about Black actresses of that era were hard to come by. Even then, she often came up empty-handed.
In the film, Cheryl reconstructs the actress' story through personal photos, home movies, and the memories of those who knew her. We learn that Fae Richards, like Cheryl, was from Philadelphia. She had a fraught relationship with the white female director of Plantation Memories. Her acting career stymied by racism, Faye later found lasting love with a Black woman named June. In a letter written from her hospital bed at the end of her life, June encourages Cheryl to "make our history before we are all dead and gone."
The experience leads Cheryl to take stock of her relationship with a white woman she met at the video store and what she's learned about herself while searching for Fae. Speaking into the camera at the close of the film, she says, "Most importantly, what I understand is that I'm gonna be the one who says 'I am a Black lesbian filmmaker who's just beginning, but I'm gonna say a lot more and have a lot more work to do.' "
After presenting what she discovered about Fae, a title card reveals that the watermelon woman is a fiction invented to tell a true story about the invisibility and erasure of Black lesbian lives. (In real life, Dunye conjured Fae Richards with the help of a faux archive co-created by the photographer Zoe Leonard, parts of which were sold to raise money for the completion of the film.)
Filmmaker and historian Yvonne Welbon says Dunye's film reflected history and possibility. "There's so many ways that we are seeing Black women. We are seeing this Black woman as a filmmaker, and we know the film is made by a Black woman who is searching for a Black woman in film on the other side of the camera, and so it's reminding us all along about Cheryl's agency as a director. It just really drives home the point that sometimes we have to take it upon ourselves to tell our own stories."
But Welbon points out that even today, only about 10% of directors are women. "Then you drill down to our other identities around race and around our orientation," she says. "Cheryl put herself in the film so that filmmakers could see what a Black queer media maker looked like. I don't know if that's why she did it, but we could see her, and in seeing her, it made it possible for other people to believe that they could be just like her."
When The Watermelon Woman premiered in 1996 at the Berlin International Film Festival, it won the prestigious Teddy Prize. It went on to win awards at Italy's Torino Film Festival, France's Cretéil International Women's Film Festival, and LA's OutFest. Newsday called Dunye "the lesbian Spike Lee," but the culture wars were raging, and in 1997 Michigan Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra derided The Watermelon Woman as "possibly pornographic." During a House debate on an appropriations bill, he decried that the film had been funded by taxpayers — referring to a $31,500 NEA grant that made up roughly a tenth of its shoestring budget.
Most of Dunye's subsequent films – including nearly a half dozen features – were made outside Hollywood. Yet The Watermelon Woman was often screened at festivals and colleges, leading to its 20th anniversary restoration and re-release. Columbia University film Professor Racquel J. Gates says its staying power is a testament to Dunye's voice and vision: "She's talking about issues of lesbian identity, but she's also thinking through the politics of race and interracial relationships and friendships, generational differences within lesbian communities, and she's also interweaving that with an interesting, speculative history of Black representation in Hollywood."
As opportunities opened in cable and streaming, Ava Duvernay tapped Dunye to direct episodes of Queen Sugar in 2017. Since then, she's worked on scores of other TV shows, including The Chi, Lovecraft Country and David Makes Man. Series creator Tarell Alvin McCraney says Dunye expanded how Black LGBTQ+ stories are told and by whom, building a legacy for future generations. "She gave me this shirt that is a replica of Brother to Brother, which is also a seminal documentary about queer Black love. Whenever I'm on a set, or I have a meeting, I just wear that shirt because it feels like I'm connected to something bigger than myself. I'm connected to a community of artists who have my back from time immemorial."
Added to the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art, and inducted into the National Film Registry, The Watermelon Woman is now coming to the Criterion Collection. McCraney says becoming part of the canon of films past and present is more than symbolic, particularly in light of the current political climate. "It's making sure that our stories are being told and our voices are still being heard, and that a thread in the fabric is not being unwoven or cut out."
Dunye says her upcoming plans include directing a feature film based on Audre Lorde's 1982 biomythography Zami: A New Spelling of My Name and collaborating with Jewelle Gomez to adapt The Gilda Stories, Gomez's trailblazing 1991 novel about a Black lesbian vampire who travels through 200 years of American history, as an episodic television series.
Citing both authors as inspirations for her own journey, Dunye says they also carry a message for others. "Making work is a privilege, a right," Dunye says. "Getting that out there is just connecting with people and community. You have to constantly keep putting yourself out where you belong. There's a loop to it."
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Energy Secretary Granholm says she failed to reveal stock holdings; GOP calls for investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican on the Senate Energy panel is calling for an investigation of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, after she told the committee she mistakenly provided false information about her family’s stock holdings in testimony earlier this year.
Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso on Wednesday asked the Energy Department’s inspector general to look into what Barrasso called “multiple instances of questionable ethical conduct since the start of her tenure’' in 2021.
Barrasso’s request came after Granholm sent a letter to the committee revealing she owned financial stocks as recently as May, contradicting testimony she gave to the panel in April.
Granholm also said her husband, Daniel Mulhern, owned previously undisclosed stock in Ford Motor Co., a key player in the Biden administration’s efforts to improve fuel efficiency for cars and trucks and boost sales of electric vehicles.
Granholm said at an April 20 budget hearing that she did not own any individual stocks, saying she was only invested in mutual funds. That comment was a mistake, Granholm said. “I should have said that I did not own any conflicting stocks,” she wrote in a June 9 letter to Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, chairman of the energy panel.
Granholm said she had stocks in six companies that were deemed “non-conflicting assets” by agency ethics officials but has since sold them. She declined to identify the companies or say how much the stocks were worth, but said that information would be publicly revealed on a financial disclosure report due this month.
Granholm also said she recently became aware that her husband owned stock in Ford, which has worked closely with the Biden administration. Granholm is a former Michigan governor and prominent supporter of the U.S. auto industry. The Ford stock was sold on May 15 for just under $2,500, she said.
“As I was not previously aware of the asset, I did not report my spouse’s financial interest on my two prior Public Financial Disclosure Reports, nor was it included in the other paperwork associated with my nomination,’’ Granholm wrote. If it had been reported, the value would have been listed as $1,001 to $15,000, she said.
“As a public servant, I take very seriously the commitment to hold myself to the highest ethical standards, and I regret the accidental omission of my spouse’s interest in Ford,” Granholm wrote.
A spokesman for Energy Department Inspector General Teri Donaldson said Wednesday that the watchdog office had received Barrasso’s letter and was reviewing it.
A DOE spokesman said Granholm is committed to ethical conduct and transparency.
“Secretary Granholm timely divested of all conflicting assets that were known at the time of her confirmation, and subsequently even divested of assets she wasn’t legally required to sell.”
Granholm also drew criticism from Republicans two years ago, after she revealed ownership interest in an electric bus maker that President Joe Biden touted as part of push for EVs.
Granholm sold her holdings in California-based Proterra Inc. in May 2021, clearing a net gain of $1.6 million. The sale fulfilled her obligations under an ethics agreement three months before an August 2021 deadline, the Energy Department said at the time.
Republicans had criticized Granholm’s holdings in the company, noting the administration’s focus on electric vehicles as part of its push to slow climate change. Criticism grew louder after Biden made an online visit to a Proterra manufacturing site in South Carolina to highlight U.S. EV makers.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Biden administration is urging U.S. meat processors to make sure children aren’t being illegally hired to perform dangerous jobs at their plants.
The call comes after an investigation found more than 100 kids working overnight for a company that cleans slaughterhouses, handling dangerous equipment like skull splitters and razor-sharp bone saws.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent a letter Wednesday to the 18 largest meat and poultry producers urging them to examine the hiring practices at their companies and suppliers. The letter is part of a broader effort by the administration to crack down on the use of child labor. The Labor Department has reported a 69% increase since 2018 in the number of children being employed illegally in the U.S.
“The use of illegal child labor — particularly requiring that children undertake dangerous tasks — is inexcusable, and companies must consider both their legal and moral responsibilities to ensure they and their suppliers, subcontractors, and vendors fully comply with child labor laws,” Vilsack said in the letter.
Just last year, the Labor Department found that more than 3,800 children had been working illegally at 835 companies in various industries. In the most egregious recent case, Packers Sanitation Services Inc., or PSSI, agreed earlier this year to pay a $1.5 million fine and reform its hiring practices after investigators confirmed that at least 102 kids were working for the company at 13 meat processing plants nationwide.
PSSI, which is based in Wisconsin, employs about 17,000 people working at more than 700 locations, making it one of the largest food-processing-plant cleaning companies. The plants where PSSI was found to be employing minors were in Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Tennessee and Texas.
The Labor Department says it has more than 600 child labor investigations underway and officials are concerned about the exploitation of children, particularly migrants who may not even have a parent in the United States.
Several federal agencies launched a broad effort to combat child labor earlier this year, and officials asked Congress to increase the penalty for violations because the current maximum fine of $15,138 per child isn’t enough of a deterrent to big companies.
One major meat producer, Smithfield Foods, said Wednesday it was not aware of any violations at its facilities. “Smithfield Foods and all of its affiliates comply with all child labor laws, both federal and state,” the company said. “We require all of our contractors to do so as well.” | 2023-04-13T01:08:20+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/us-urges-meat-companies-to-ensure-they-dont-use-child-labor/ |
PHOENIX (AP) — Led by tough-talking Republican governors weighing presidential runs, Texas and Florida are debating especially strict legislation on border security as the GOP tests federal authority over immigration.
The moves in the two GOP-controlled statehouses come against a backdrop of polarization in Congress that makes any national immigration legislation seem unlikely as President Joe Biden tries to drive down migrant arrivals at the border while eyeing his own reelection bid.
Republican proposals in Texas build on Gov. Greg Abbott’s $4 billion project Operation Lone Star, with its construction of more barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border and busing of migrants to Democratic-led cities, including Washington, D.C., and New York. Abbott’s aides confirm he’s considering running for president.
Operation Lone Star already has added more officers along Texas’ border with Mexico to detain migrants who trespass on private property. Now, Texas lawmakers have proposed creating a new border police force that could deputize private citizens, as well as making it a state felony to enter the state without authorization, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
“Texas is taking historic action to secure the border and stop guns, drugs, and cartel gangs from assailing our state,” Abbott said in a tweet this week. “As President Biden abandons his constitutional duty, Texas continues to step up.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, considered Donald Trump’s strongest possible GOP competitor so far in next year’s presidential primary, has proposed making human smuggling in the state a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Hospitals would be required to collect data on patients’ immigration status and people in the U.S. illegally would be denied state government ID cards.
“Texas and Florida are places with politically ambitious governors who are hoping to use immigrants in the furtherance of their agendas,” said attorney Tanya Broder of the National Immigration Law Center, which promotes immigrant rights.
Despite the hardline rhetoric, Broder said advancements in immigrant rights have been quietly made in recent years.
State-level organization has improved immigrants’ access to health care, higher education, professional licenses and driver’s licenses, according to a recent study Broder co-authored.
The study noted Colorado became the first state to enact an alternative to unemployment insurance for excluded workers. Arizona voters last year approved in-state tuition for all students who attended high school in the state, regardless of their immigration status.
Abbott and DeSantis blame Biden for a big increase last year in illegal crossings into the U.S. But a plunge this year in illegal crossing numbers could throw cold water on the GOP’s attacks against Biden’s handling of border issues. The sharp drop along the Southwest border followed the Biden administration’s announcement of stricter immigration measures.
The U.S. Border Patrol said it encountered migrants 128,877 times trying to cross the border in February between the legal ports of entry, the lowest monthly number since February 2021. Agents detained migrants more than 2.5 million times at the southern border in 2022, including more than 250,000 in December, the highest on record.
“Florida will not turn a blind eye to the dangers of Biden’s Border Crisis,” DeSantis said in a tweet last month announcing Florida’s legislation. “We are proposing additional steps to protect Floridians from these reckless federal policies, including mandatory E-Verify and prohibiting local government from issuing ID cards to illegal aliens.”
While Texas and Florida officials ballyhoo their border tightening efforts, no major immigration legislation has emerged this year in Arizona, where some of the nation’s toughest laws targeting immigrants have been devised.
Arizona’s “show me your papers” law, passed in 2010, required law enforcement officers to determine the immigration status of a person stopped or arrested if the officers suspected the person may be in the U.S. unlawfully, a practice detractors said encouraged racial profiling. Courts eventually struck down several of the law’s provisions.
Arizona’s Republican lawmakers are up against Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who this year has vetoed a GOP-backed budget and a bill that bans teaching public schoolchildren subject matter its authors describe as “critical race theory.”
New Mexico, which also shares a border with Mexico, has since 2021 steadily removed barriers for migrants without legal status to access public benefits, student financial aid and licensure in credentialed professions.
After taking office in 2019, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham withdrew the majority of National Guard troops her Republican predecessor sent to the border, denouncing a “charade of border fear-mongering.”
New Mexico’s Legislature is also controlled by Democrats. Nevertheless, legislators this week rejected a proposal to bar state and local government agencies from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants as they seek asylum.
In North Carolina, Republican lawmakers last month launched a new attempt to require sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration agents interested in picking up certain jail inmates believed to be in the U.S. unlawfully. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper twice vetoed earlier versions of the measure, but Republican majorities in the General Assembly have since increased.
A similar Idaho effort so far has failed to make it beyond its legislative introduction.
Immigration-related legislation in other states includes:
— A Georgia bill that failed to advance that would give in-state college tuition to immigrant students who arrived in the U.S. as children and who are protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Bills are advancing that would ban companies and some people from certain foreign countries from buying farmland within 25 miles (40 kilometers) of any military base.
— A Colorado bill aimed at allowing immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children and are protected from deportation to own a firearm so they can become law-enforcement officers.
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Splurging may be surging this holiday season: survey finds 40% of beauty buyers will use credit or BNPL to afford gift giving.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest provider of debt solutions finds a spike in beauty-product buying that corresponds with record-high core inflation rates and an increase in consumers buying cosmetics using credit.
Debt.com's analysis builds on a concept discovered two decades ago. Leonard Lauder coined the "lipstick index" in 2001 as a recession indicator. As chairman of Estee Lauder Cosmetics, he noticed that a rise in lipstick sales and other cosmetics often meant the opposite of what many people thought. Instead of a sign of disposable income, it was a sign of tight budgets – because when consumers can afford less, they buy small luxury items instead of larger ones.
The research team compared the inflation rate to Google's search volume for the terms "lipstick," "lip gloss" and "foundation" finding a significant uptick in consumers searching for those products. The debt relief organization then commissioned a survey of 1,000 beauty buyers finding that 38% are using credit to buy cosmetics, while 37% are buying more despite inflation which economists predict will remain high.
"Credit card debt is rising, and Americans are carrying $887 billion of it. Now is not the time to get into holiday debt," says Vicki Gunvalson, spokesperson for Debt.com and former Real Housewife of Orange County star.
"With 40% planning to finance makeup and beauty products for holiday gifts using either Buy Now, Pay Later or credit cards, they are creating debt that will follow them into the new year. Social pressures and social media influencers lead people to purchase items that are out of their budget resulting in many turning to credit to pay for the latest products," continues Gunvalson.
"We'd like to think we're making affordable choices by splurging on small items during hard times," says Gunvalson about the survey findings. Other survey results include:
- 62% say that lipstick products are an affordable luxury
- 73% plan to give cosmetics this holiday season to friends and family
- Half of respondents had no plans to slow down on holiday spending
- Nearly 2 in 5 plan to spend over $300 on beauty products
"Prioritizing financial wellness and careful money management is especially important right now, as the U.S. might be headed for some rocky times financially," says Gunvalson.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
0-4-4
(zero, four, four)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
0-4-4
(zero, four, four)
¶ Top Prize $500 | 2022-05-31T04:15:56+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17208662.php |
Records contradict Majewski’s account of military punishment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican J.R. Majewski has centered his campaign for a competitive Ohio congressional seat around his biography as an Air Force veteran. But one of the big questions that has surfaced is why Majewski was told he could not reenlist in the Air Force after his initial four years were up.
Majewski’s campaign said last week that he was punished and demoted after getting in a “brawl” in an Air Force dormitory in 2001. Military records obtained since then by The Associated Press, however, offer a different account of the circumstances, which military legal experts say would have played a significant role in the decision to bar him from reenlisting. They indicate Majewski’s punishment and demotion were the result of him being stopped for driving drunk on a U.S. air base in Japan in September 2001.
The documents, which were provided to the AP and independently authenticated, present yet another instance where the recorded history of Majewski’s service diverges from what he has told voters as he campaigns while using his veteran status as a leading credential.
In a statement, Majewski acknowledged that he was punished for drunken driving, though he didn’t address why his campaign previously said his demotion was the result of a fight.
“This mistake is now more than 20 years old. I’m sure we’ve all done something as young adults that we look back on and wonder ‘what was I thinking?’ and I’m sure our parents and grandparents share these sentiments,” Majewski said.
Since starting his campaign to unseat longtime Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Majewski has repeatedly said he was a combat veteran who served a tour of duty under “tough” circumstances in Afghanistan. By his own account, he once went more than 40 days in the country without a shower due to a lack of running water.
His story came under intense scrutiny last week when the AP, citing military documents obtained through public records requests, reported that he did not deploy to Afghanistan as he claimed, but instead spent six months based in Qatar, a longtime U.S. ally, where he helped load and unload aircraft.
The latest revelation that Majewski was demoted for drunken driving adds another wrinkle. Last week, the AP asked Majewski’s campaign why his military service records showed that he was not allowed to reenlist in the Air Force and left the service after four years at a rank that was one notch above where he started.
At the time, his campaign said in an email that Majewski was “in a fight in the dormitory with another servicemember” which “knocked his rank down.” His campaign added that he later gained some of that rank back.
The personnel records obtained by the AP make no mention of a fight. Instead, they state that Majewski was demoted for drunken driving at Kadena Air Base in Japan on Sept. 8, 2001. And rather than gain his rank back — as Majewski’s campaign said — the records indicated he continued to hold the rank of E-2, one notch above entry level, that he was demoted to for the rest of his active duty.
“When you decided to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after indulging in intoxicating liquor you brought discredit upon yourself, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, and the Air Force,” the disciplinary records state, referring to the unit Majewski was assigned to at the time. “Further misconduct by you of any type will not be tolerated.”
The three-page document details Majewski’s punishment, which included a reprimand and 30 days of extra duty in addition to the demotion. It bears Majewski’s signature and shows he consulted a lawyer and waived his right to a court-martial. He also waived his right to appeal the punishment and requested that the document not become public, the records show.
The AP was not able to obtain a “written presentation” from Majewski, which was referred to in the disciplinary paperwork. The campaign did not respond to a request from the AP to provide the document.
Eric Mayer, a former West Point graduate and Army infantry officer later turned military lawyer, reviewed Majewski’s documents at AP’s request. He said that “the overall nature and quality of (Majewski’s) military service can be severely questioned simply by virtue of the fact that he got out as a E-2 after four years.”
“Basically, his commanding officer told him as long as he behaves himself for the next six months, he won’t demote him down all the way to airman basic,” Mayer said, referring to the entry-level rank Majewski could have held if he got into more trouble. Mayer also noted that Majewski was given additional duties in his punishment that generally involve “area beautification” and janitorial services.
In some cases, a DUI can be a career-ending violation in the military. But three days after Majewski was pulled over, the U.S. was suddenly at war following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Within months, Majewski was reassigned and deployed to Qatar, which served as the staging ground for operations in Afghanistan, records show.
Military records show Majewski’s only deployment was to Qatar. Last Friday, during a defiant news conference, he insisted that he did indeed serve in Afghanistan, though he declined to offer specifics because he said the details were “classified.”
But there is a difference between deploying to a country and touching down there. Majewski previously said he was a “combat veteran” who deployed to Afghanistan, a term that conveys he received orders assigning him to a specific base in the country.
Majewski previously said he could not discuss flights he says he took to Afghanistan because they were “classified.”
In his statement Wednesday, he said he was aboard “outbound transport flights to forward bases and combat zones throughout the Middle East, including Afghanistan” though he acknowledged that he was stationed in Qatar.
He also described his experience joining the Air Force at the age 20 as fulfilling, yet challenging.
“Like any young serviceman away from family in a foreign land and with an assignment schedule in continual motion, it came with periods of difficulty and personal challenges,” Majewski said. “I lost my grandmother, who I loved very deeply, and it was tough work. I am proud of my service and the experiences that made me who I am today, but I have never once claimed to have undergone a ‘tough combat tour’ in Afghanistan or suggested that I was engaged in active firefights.”
Majewski’s campaign has previously promoted him as a “combat veteran.” During an August 2021 interview on the One American Podcast, Majewski said that he had a “tough time in life” while serving a tour of duty in Afghanistan. He echoed that claim in other interviews unearthed by the liberal group Media Matters.
Majewski’s claim that he couldn’t discuss his forays to Afghanistan because the details were “classified” was a red flag to those who investigate cases of “stolen valor.”
“The No. 1 trope that comes out of people when they are either fabricating a military record or, in this case, embellishing a record is they fall back to, ‘It’s classified,’” said Ed Caffrey, a former Air Force master sergeant who now investigates “stolen valor” cases and teaches journalism at Eastern New Mexico University. He added: “There’s no junior enlisted air transportation specialist who was doing something so secret that 20 years later it still needs to be classified.”
Majewksi’s campaign declined a request to put the AP in touch with those he served with who could vouch that he went to Afghanistan. But he has posted several pages of records to social media that he said back up his claims. Military experts consulted by the AP say the records prove no such thing.
“The AP stated that I had only been deployed to Qatar. My records show my deployment location as classified. In addition, they forgot my deployment to Camp Hialeah in Korea (which is now closed),” Majewski said in one tweet, which contained two separate documents.
One of the documents included in the tweet was a “temporary duty assignment” in early 2001 to South Korea, which are not orders to deploy as Majewski claimed. Key details including the purpose of the trip and its duration were also blurred out in the photo Majewski posted. Additionally, the document’s inclusion of the phrases “top secret” and “secret” were references to the security clearances held by Majewski and the noncommissioned officer he traveled with, Air Force experts say. That officer, whose name is redacted, had a “top secret” clearance; Majewski had a “secret” clearance. Members of the military typically need security clearances to do their jobs.
The other document included in the tweet, which does not show a date, indicated Majewski had been medically cleared to go on a different temporary assignment to a “classified” location.
Experts say such forms often list a service member’s destination as classified as a matter of routine.
“The reason that it says ‘classified’ is not because he’s going to some top secret black ops location,” Caffrey said. “It says classified because that’s a non-secured form. He’s taking that form around with him to different places on base where people who put eyes on it may not have security clearances to see what he’s doing.”
“It’s (operations security). They don’t want everyone and their brother to know where he’s going. That’s not something you want out in the general public,” Caffrey added.
Even as scrutiny of Majewski intensifies, he has given no indication that he intends to drop out of the race and has continued to campaign.
“I have nothing to hide,” Majewski said at the end of a brief news conference Friday.
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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fiona was forecast to move across the Caribbean’s easternmost islands Friday night before slowing to a spot just south of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico late Saturday and Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Friday’s forecast increased the estimated rainfall totals for the affected islands, to as much as a foot (30 centimeters)in places across eastern and southern Puerto Rico and 16 inches (41 centimeters) in the eastern Dominican Republic. That much rain may cause flash floods and mudslides in higher terrain, and life-threatening surf possible as Fiona’s winds blow ashore, the Miami-based center said.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season’s sixth named storm was sustaining top winds of about 50 mph (85 kph) when an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft measured its progress Friday morning, the center said. Little change in strength is forecast during the next few days.
At 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Fiona was moving at 14 mph (22 kph), about 135 miles (215 kilometers) east of Guadeloupe. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for the Leeward Islands, St. Maarten, Guadaloupe, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a tropical storm watch was issued for Dominica and British Virgin Islands. | 2022-09-16T18:14:09+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-tropical-storm-fiona-bringing-heavy-rains-to-puerto-rico/ |
ZHUHAI, China, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the evening of December 14, the Promotion Ceremony of the 1st Chinese Documentary Film Festival was held in Zhuhai Huafa & CPAA Grand Theatre. This event marked the successful conclusion of the festival. Documentary film main characters and creative teams, documentary film workers, actors, and media workers from across the country gathered in Zhuhai to discuss the development and future of Chinese documentary films.
The ceremony paid tribute to documentary films and filmmakers and celebrated China's achievements in the new era with respect to various activities that show the endeavors of film workers in diverse periods. These activities include documentary short films, children's chorus, live interviews, and poetry recitation.
A video message from the 92-year-old, famous documentary director Chen Guangzhong was shown at the ceremony. In the video, Mr. Chen encouraged the new generation of documentary filmmakers to keep up-to-date with the times, climb to the peak of the arts, and value their time.
The event was also connected to the City Memory open-air screening event held simultaneously on the square of the Zhuhai Grand Theatre, which was one of the main activities of this festival. The films brought together precious historical images of Zhuhai and Macao from the 1950s to the 1990s, and accurately and vividly showcased the ever-changing development and changes in the local area, allowing Zhuhai citizens to directly experience imagery of the city.
One of the important activities of this festival, the film collection and recommendation, attracted a great deal of attention. A total of 57 outstanding documentaries, that have been licensed for public screening in the past three years, were collected. Among them, 20 works were shortlisted for recommendation, and 14 were shortlisted for individual recommendation. To-gether was a specially recommended work, and They Were Young in 1950 was recommended as a documentary work. Like the Dyer's Hand was recommended as a cultural work, and To the Summit was recommended as a natural work. Taking Root was recommended as a realistic work, and the science category was vacant. The Six was recommended in the category of International Communication. Luo Fei of The Six was recommended as a special director, Jin Xingzheng of Mama was recommended as a special cinematographer, and Li Bo of Days and Nights in Wuhan was recommended as a special editor. The Film and Television Communication Center of Tsinghua University was awarded Special Contribution in Production, Elemeet was awarded Special Contribution in Distribution, and Lumiere Pavilions was awarded Special Contribution in Screening.
At the same time, the results of the Impression of Zhuhai short video special recommendation were announced at the ceremony.
Before the ceremony, a red-carpet ceremony of Avenue of Glory was held. Along with the creators, main characters of the documentaries attended. They are tea farmer Wei Yuede from Fujian in Striving for Dream, Xia Boyu in To the Summit, founder and coach of the public service baseball team Sun Lingfeng and the players in Tough Out, Duan Lihua working in the front line of poverty alleviation in Taking Root. The ceremony paid respect to these ordinary figures, to the main characters in documentary films, and to every ordinary Chinese person who works hard. These individuals have faith, belief, dreams, and glory. By presenting them, the ceremony highlights the ambitious and vigorous spirits of all Chinese individuals in the new era. It demonstrates the role models of kindness and achievements in society.
The three-day conference was not only a centralized display of Chinese film memories, but also a broad platform for documentary creators, experts, scholars, distributers, screening institutions, and media workers. A new generation of Chinese documentary filmmakers will set out from Zhuhai, use documentaries to tell Chinese stories, spread Chinese voices, and promote Chinese culture to the world.
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A suburban Chicago bakery that was targeted after announcing plans to host a family-friendly drag brunch may now close due to what the bakery's owner described as "horrific harassment that no business should endure."
UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills said it plans to close on March 31 if it cannot make up for losses it has experienced since it became the center of controversy in July 2022.
“Closing our doors is the direct result of the horrific attacks, endless harassment, and unrelenting negative misinformation about our establishment in the last eight months,” owner Corinna Sac said in a statement.
UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills first made headlines last summer when the bakery scheduled a drag show brunch that was set to be for all ages. In what would eventually become part of a national trend, the bakery was quickly targeted with "hateful comments and fake negative reviews" and, later, threats of violence and vandalism.
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The night before the planned event, the bakery's windows were broken and walls were defaced with spray paint, forcing the cancellation of the performance.
A report from the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism makes note of several drag events, across the country, which have been canceled over safety concerns after being targeted by extremist groups. A similar event at the Downers Grove Public Library was also canceled due to such threats.
Since the vandalism and canceled drag show, Sac said she has faced ongoing threats, "horrific harassment, vandalism" and a "lack of support from local government to mitigate the abuse," all of which has led to a decline in sales.
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Sac, who identifies as bisexual, said the business would need more than $30,000 to keep its doors open.
“Everything I have is in this business, our home, cars, retirement, savings; We put everything we had on the line and personally secured this location, our equipment, and our dreams," she said.
The bakery plans to continue to host several event and fundraisers through the end of the month, "with the hopes to keep the doors open, if nothing else reduce some of the debt."
For its final two days open, the business asks that customers tip the same amount as their bill in attempt to help employees left without a job following the closure.
“I wish to thank every single one of you who have defended us, protected us, and supported us. I am asking for one more favor, help me send off our staff with a little financial protection," Sac said. "The 'tip the bill' campaign will help as all funds will be split among the staff. The goal is to give them each equivalent of one extra paycheck to see them through to their next venture.”
Sac said despite the closure she plans to continue to share her story and fight to keep others from experiencing what she did.
“If we have to go out, we will go out with a BANG and make it long-lasting and positive,” she said. “I will do everything I can to make sure what happened to my American Dream doesn’t happen to anyone else.” | 2023-03-17T19:46:24+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-bakery-targeted-after-planning-drag-show-could-soon-close-due-to-horrific-harassment-owner/3097885/ |
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) marked the first “social media, internet-based bank run” in U.S. history, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Thursday.
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Warner placed blame on venture capitalists and other depositors at the bank for coordinating their bank withdrawals over social media and online group chats.
That all but ensured that SVB would go under, Warner said.
“I’ve been supportive of the venture capital community — I was a venture capitalist before — but I think there were some bad actors in the VC community who literally started to spur this run by virtually crying fire in a crowded theater in terms of rushing all these deposits out,” Warner said.
“I’m not sure what regulatory system anywhere, no matter how much capital and how many stress tests that would have protected any institution from a $42 billion bank run in a single day,” he added.
SVB depositors rushed to withdraw their funds following the bank’s announcement that it needed to raise capital. SVB faced huge unrealized losses on its long-term treasury bonds and other investments that lost value due to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Warner that she and federal regulators agreed to guarantee SVB deposits to bolster confidence in the banking system and ensure that more banks were not susceptible to a similar bank run.
“No matter how strong capital and liquidity supervision are, if a bank has an overwhelming run that’s spurred by social media or whatever so that it’s seeing deposits flee at that pace, the bank can be put in danger of failing,” Yellen said.
Warner was one of 17 Senate Democrats who voted for a 2018 bill to loosen regulations on mid-sized banks. Progressives have blamed the law for spurring on the recent bank failures. The two banks that collapsed — SVB and Signature Bank — aggressively lobbied for the bill.
Warner has defended his decision, arguing that mid-sized banks “needed some regulatory relief” in a Sunday interview with ABC. | 2023-03-16T19:27:35+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/hill-politics/svb-collapse-is-first-social-media-based-bank-run-senator-says/ |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Monday changed its demands against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in a lawsuit that seeks repayment of misspent welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S.
The department dropped its demand of $1.1 million against Favre, acknowledging he has already repaid that money for an unfulfilled pledge of public speeches. But it made a new demand of up to $5 million against Favre and a university sports foundation, saying money from an anti-poverty program was improperly used to pay for a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi.
The volleyball facility was a pet project of Favre, and he pledged to lead fundraising efforts for it. Previous filings in the civil lawsuit show text message exchanges between Favre and others about directing money to the volleyball facility from a nonprofit organization that had Human Services contracts. But until Monday, the Human Services lawsuit had not sought to recoup money for the facility.
Favre is a University of Southern Mississippi alumnus, and his daughter started playing volleyball at the Hattiesburg school in 2017. The volleyball facility, also called a wellness center, was completed in late 2019.
In a court filing Monday, the Department of Human Services acknowledged Favre has already repaid $1.1 million he received from the Mississippi Community Education Center. The nonprofit organization had contracts with the department to spend money through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families anti-poverty program.
The organization paid Favre for public speaking to help raise money for the volleyball facility, but the state auditor said Favre failed to make the speeches. The Department of Human Services court filing Monday said Favre “possibly recorded a single twenty-second radio advertisement” for that $1.1 million.
“In 2020, Favre received a demand from the Office of State Auditor requiring the $1.1 million be repaid with interest,” the new Human Services court filing said. “Recognizing that he had no right to payment for services never performed with funds designed for needy families, Favre repaid the $1.1 million to the State.”
Auditor Shad White said last week that Favre still owed more than $200,000 in interest on the $1.1 million.
The Human Services court filing Monday said Favre has not repaid $5 million in TANF money “that he orchestrated” for the Mississippi Community Education Center to pay to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation to satisfy his guarantee to fund construction of a university volleyball facility.
The leaders of the Mississippi Community Education Center are Nancy New and her son Zachary New. They have both been on the board of directors for the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, as has Favre.
John Davis, who was Department of Human Services director from 2016 to 2019, agreed to enter into a sham lease with Nancy New and Zachary New to use welfare money to pay for construction of the volleyball facility, the new court filing says.
Favre’s attorney Eric Herschmann said in a statement Monday that the department’s new $5 million demand against Favre is groundless. Herschmann said the department left out key facts, including that the Mississippi attorney general’s office signed off on the transfer of money from the Department of Human Services to the University of Southern Mississippi “all with the full knowledge and consent” of then-Gov. Phil Bryant and other state officials.
“That a private citizen, like non-lawyer Brett Favre, could have any liability under these circumstances is baseless,” Herschmann said.
Davis pleaded guilty in September to federal and state charges tied to the welfare misspending in what the state auditor has called Mississippi’s largest public corruption case in decades. Nancy New and Zachary New pleaded guilty in April to state charges of misspending welfare money. All three await sentencing and have agreed to testify against others.
In a Nov. 28 court filing, Favre’s attorney asked a judge to dismiss Favre from the Human Services lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money. The judge has not acted on that request.
Favre grew up in Mississippi and played football at the University of Southern Mississippi before a long career with the Green Bay Packers that included a win in Super Bowl XXXI. He was traded to the New York Jets in 2008 and played there one year before playing his final two seasons for the Minnesota Vikings. | 2022-12-06T18:13:28+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/national/ap-mississippi-revises-demands-on-favre-in-welfare-lawsuit/ |
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran turned off two surveillance devices Wednesday used by U.N. inspectors to monitor the Islamic Republic’s uranium enrichment, further escalating the crisis over its atomic program as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters.
The move appeared to be a new pressure technique just before the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors, meeting in Vienna, approved a resolution to criticize Iran put forward by Western nations. The censure deals with what the watchdog refers to as Iran’s failure to provide “credible information” over nuclear material found at undeclared sites across the country.
But Iran’s latest move, announced by state television, makes it even more difficult for inspectors to monitor Tehran’s nuclear program. Nonproliferation experts have warned Iran now has enough uranium enriched close to weapons-grade levels to pursue an atomic bomb if it chooses to do so.
The state TV report, later repeated by other Iranian media, said authorities deactivated the “beyond-safeguards cameras of the measuring Online Enrichment Monitor … and flowmeter.” That apparently refers to the IAEA’s online monitors that watch the enrichment of uranium gas through piping at enrichment facilities.
In 2016, the IAEA said it installed the device for the first time in Iran’s underground Natanz nuclear facility, its main enrichment site, located some 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of the capital, Tehran. The device allowed for “around-the-clock monitoring” of the facility’s cascades, a series of centrifuges hooked together to rapidly spin uranium gas to enrich it.
“Traditional methods of sampling and analysis can take three weeks or longer, mostly because of the time it takes to ship the sample from Iran to the IAEA’s laboratories in Austria,” the agency said at the time.
Iran is also enriching uranium at its underground Fordo facility, though the IAEA is not known to have installed these devices there.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has so far had extensive cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency,” state TV said in its report Wednesday. “Unfortunately, the agency, without considering this cooperation … not only did not appreciate this cooperation, but also considered it a duty of Iran.”
Tehran said its civilian nuclear arm, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, monitored the shutdown of the cameras. It said 80% of the existing cameras are IAEA “safeguard” cameras and they will continue to operate as before. Safeguards refer to the IAEA’s inspections and monitoring of a country’s nuclear program.
The Vienna-based IAEA declined to immediately comment. However, Iran’s move come after IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi criticized Iran for failing to provide “credible information” about unexplained nuclear material discovered at three undeclared Iranian sites — long a point of contention between the agency and Tehran.
An IAEA report released late Wednesday identified the Iranian sites as Marivan, near the city of Abadeh, and Turquzabad and Varamin just outside of Tehran. The report said Iran alleged the traces came from “sabotage” by a third country, something the IAEA said Tehran offered no evidence to support.
Iran already has been holding footage from IAEA surveillance cameras since February 2021 as a pressure tactic to restore the atomic accord.
Iran and world powers agreed in 2015 to the nuclear deal, which saw Tehran drastically limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. In 2018, then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord, raising tensions across the wider Middle East and sparking a series of attacks and incidents.
Talks in Vienna over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal have been stalled since April. Since the deal’s collapse, Iran runs advanced centrifuges and has a rapidly growing stockpile of enriched uranium. Nonproliferation experts warn Iran has enriched enough up to 60% purity — a short technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90% — to make one nuclear weapon should it decide to do so.
Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes, though U.N. experts and Western intelligence agencies say Iran had an organized military nuclear program through 2003.
Building a nuclear bomb would still take Iran more time if it pursued a weapon, analysts say, though they warn Tehran’s advances make the program more dangerous. Israel has threatened in the past that it would carry out a preemptive strike to stop Iran — and already is suspected in a series of recent killings targeting Iranian officials.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday and discussed the need to revive the nuclear deal, the Kremlin said.
The censure resolution at the IAEA meeting in Vienna, sponsored by Germany, France, the U.K. and U.S., passed with the support of 30 of 35 governors. Russia and China voted against, Russian ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov wrote on Twitter. India, Libya and Pakistan abstained.
After the vote, a joint statement from France, Germany, and the U.K. and the U.S. said the censure “sends an unambiguous message to Iran that it must meet its safeguards obligations and provide technically credible clarifications on outstanding safeguards issues.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry meanwhile criticized the censure as a “political, incorrect and unconstructive action.”
An Iranian official earlier warned IAEA officials that Tehran was now considering taking “other measures” as well.
“We hope that they come to their senses and respond to Iran’s cooperation with cooperation,” said Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. “It is not acceptable that they show inappropriate behavior while Iran continues to cooperate.”
Wednesday night, a drone exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil in its Kurdish region, slightly wounding three people and damaging cars and a nearby restaurant, officials said. While no one immediately claimed the attack, Iran has targeted Irbil in the past amid the regional tensions.
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Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. | 2022-06-09T12:02:51+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/report-iran-turns-off-2-of-un-nuclear-watchdogs-cameras/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé has propelled herself into the highest Grammy echelon: The star singer claimed a leading nine nominations Tuesday, making her tied — with her husband Jay-Z — as the most nominated music act in the history of the awards show.
Beyoncé's “Break My Soul” reeled in record and song of the year nominations, while “Renaissance” — which ventured into the world of dancehall music — netted an album of the year nod. With Jay-Z also earning five nods this year, each spouse now holds the record for the most-ever Grammy nominations at 88 apiece.
Kendrick Lamar came away with the second-most nominations, with eight. Adele and Brandi Carlile both received seven nods. Harry Styles, Mary J. Blige, Future, DJ Khaled, The-Dream and mastering engineer Randy Merrill each picked up six.
Nearly half of this year’s leading nominees — announced by the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, John Legend, Machine Gun Kelly and Smokey Robinson —are women and more than half are people of color, according to the recording academy. The ceremony will be held Feb. 5 in Los Angeles.
“This makes me feel very proud, but it makes me conscious of the fact that we have to maintain the work we have done,” said Harvey Mason jr., the Recording Academy’s CEO. He said there have been strides in the peer-driven voting system and increased membership, but he still believes more progress can be made.
“This year, I’m pleased with the result and work the voters did,” he continued. “We have almost 13,000 voters now. It’s really important work. I’m pleased to think they spent the time listening to the music and evaluating. I think you see by the type of nominations that they are not only going for just popular music or music that has a lot of streams. It’s just music of high quality.”
The academy added a special song for social change and five new categories including songwriter of the year, which Harvey says will further help diversify the 65th edition of the annual awards.
The non-classical songwriter category will recognize one individual who was the “most prolific” non-performing and non-producing songwriter for a body of new work during an eligibility year. It will take a different approach than song of the year, which awards the songwriters who wrote the lyrics or melodies to one song.
Harvey said implementing the songwriters category is a “significant” step forward for the music industry. Last year, a rule update allowed that any songwriter, producer, engineer or featured artist on a work nominated for album of the year could ultimately earn a nomination.
“The academy and voters are placing a high importance on the craft of songwriting,” Harvey said of the new category, in which nominees include The-Dream, Amy Allen, Nija Charles, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Laura Veltz. “Personally, as a songwriter, I’m happy to see it being a significant part of our process. We realize that songwriting is at the heart of our industry. It’s one of the building blocks for every artist’s career.”
Beyoncé, the most decorated woman in Grammy history with 28 wins, could break the late Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti’s record for most awards won if she wins four awards. Solti, who has 31 Grammys, has held on to the record since 1997.
For the first time in Beyoncé's lauded career, she’ll be nominated in the dance category. Her seventh studio project “Renaissance” is up for best dance-electronic music album and “Break My Soul” is nominated for best dance-electronic recording. Other nominations include best R&B song for “Cuff It,” R&B performance for “Virgo’s Groove,” traditional R&B performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa” and song written for visual media for “Be Alive,” the Oscar-nominated song from the “King Richard” soundtrack.
Merrill grabbed two nominations in the record of the year category for the second straight year for his work on Adele’s “Easy on Me” and Styles’ “As It Was.” It’s also his first time being nominated three times in the same year for album of the year.
Other album of the year nominees include: Adele’s “30,” ABBA’s “Voyage,” Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti,” Mary J. Blige’s “Good Morning Gorgeous” (Deluxe), Carlile’s “In These Silent Days,” Coldplay’s “Music of the Spheres,” Lamar’s “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” Lizzo’s “Special” and Styles’ “Harry’s House.”
Tracks competing with “Break My Soul” for record of the year include Styles’ “As It Was,” Doja Cat’s “Woman,” Adele’s “Easy On Me,” ABBA’s “Don’t Shut Me Down,” Blige’s “Good Morning Gorgeous,” Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit,” Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5,” Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” and Carlile’s “You and Me On the Rock” featuring Lucius.
Three of Jay-Z’s nominations came through DJ Khaled’s “God Did,” a song featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, John Legend and Fridayy. The track is up for best rap performance and rap song along with song of the year, which also has Jay-Z nominated for his writing efforts on Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul.” The rapper also received a nod for album of the year for his work on his wife’s “Renaissance” album. | 2022-11-15T20:09:54+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/beyonce-ties-grammy-record-after-leading-nominations-with-9 |
New Funding Agreement Valued at up to $10 Million
Company Appoints New Independent Director
#HempIsTheNewPlastic (TM)
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One World Products, Inc. (OTCQB: OWPC) (the "Company" and "OWP"), the largest Black-controlled, fully-licensed hemp and cannabis producer in Colombia, today announced that it entered into a common stock purchase agreement and registration rights agreement (together, the "Agreements") with an institutional investor for up to $10 million worth of shares issuable over a 36-month period time, based upon the current market price of the stock at the time. Separately, upon entering into the Agreements, the investor made an initial fixed price equity investment of $150,000, which is subject to Rule 144 and a 6-month holding period. The Company also announced the appointment of a new independent director to its Board of Directors, Terry L. Buffalo.
Isiah Thomas, OWP Chairman and CEO, stated, "This investment into One World Products provides substantial upfront capital that will be used to continue to scale our operations in Columbia, enhance industrial sales of hemp products to customers and expand our carbon credits, and it is in common stock equity at a fixed price. Of note, the common stock equity agreement will provide us additional growth capital to increase our sales and is at our control and discretion in regard to the amounts and timing. We believe this financing is not dilutive to current shareholders and enhances our value by increasing our cash and shareholder equity positions over time. It better positions us toward our capital markets' goal for 2023 of an up list to a major U.S. national exchange. At this time, the Company has yet to decide on any recapitalization structure or timing, as our Board and management continue to believe out stock is undervalued."
Mr. Thomas continued, "We are pleased to partner with this institutional investor that clearly values the vision and tremendous growth potential that we see for OWP. We are confident that this capital structure will support our operational cash flow requirements while providing the flexibility to achieve our growth targets. Of extreme importance to us was the faith and enthusiasm of the investor to provide a $150,000 upfront investment at a fixed equity price and our control over the timing and amounts of future equity capital which allows us to take advantage of sudden increases in our stock price."
Following the initial investment, and subject to the conditions of the Agreements, including that a registration statement is filed and declared effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Company has the right, in its sole discretion, to sell up to an additional $10 million worth of shares over a 36-month period. The Company will control the timing and amount of any sales to the investor and the investor is obligated to make purchases in accordance with the Agreements.
There are no upper limits to the price per share the investor may pay to purchase common stock and the purchase price of the shares will be discounted per the agreement based on market prices of the Company's shares at the time of each sale. No warrants, derivatives, financial or business covenants are associated with the Agreements.
Additionally, on September 6, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Terry L. Buffalo to serve as an Independent Director of the Company to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Bruce Raben's resignation. Mr. Buffalo, 57, previously served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and a director of American Cannabis Company and is the founder and principal of Buffalo Cannabis Advisors. He has extensive executive experience in private and public sector engagements, primarily overseeing the deployment of multi-billion-dollar asset expansions and ensuring SEC compliance for publicly traded companies.
Mr. Thomas added, "We welcome Mr. Buffalo to our Board of Directors. Terry brings more than 25 years of experience in investment and financial advising and specifically seven plus years of extensive Cannabis Industry expertise to our Company. He joins the Board as an Independent Director, and we are excited about the contributions he will undoubtedly make at OWP. We also thank Mr. Raben for his support of our early-stage growth and wish him well as he leaves to pursue other opportunities."
A more detailed description of the Agreements is set forth in One World Products' Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in this offering, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer solicitation or sale are unlawful prior to registration or qualification under securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
One World Products is the largest Black-controlled, fully licensed hemp and cannabis producer with offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, and offices and operations in Bogota and Popayan, Colombia. One World Products planted its first crop of cannabis in 2018 at its cultivation site in Popayan, Colombia, and began harvesting commercially in the first quarter of 2020.
As an ascendant international hemp and cannabis company focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards, the recently announced Isiah International/One World Products/AMUNAFRO consortium controls approximately 1.2 million acres of land in Colombia focused on the licensed production of industrial hemp for integration into sustainable, carbon-reducing products made throughout the world. The Company expects to supply its global clients with the highest quality industrial and commercial applications for cannabis, hemp, and hemp products, including derivatives in crude oil, distillate, and isolate forms with industrial-scale production to serve global cannabis and hemp demand. Its products will be produced and tested according to GAP, GMP and ISO standards. For more information, please visit https://oneworldproducts.com/.
Isiah Thomas was inducted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) Hall of Fame in 2000 after spending his entire career with the Detroit Pistons. He was a 12-time NBA All-Star, a two-time NBA champion, the 1990 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, and named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Today, Mr. Thomas serves as an analyst for NBA TV and is an accomplished and highly respected international business executive and investor. His portfolio of companies was developed through Isiah International, Inc., which invests in companies with strong market positions and growth potential.
Mr. Thomas' business interests include sports and entertainment, real estate, waste management, hemp, cannabis, and a CBD personal products company, among others. In addition, Mr. Thomas has developed a very successful champagne business, Cheurlin Champagnes. He has cultivated excellent relationships with the grower, employees, and the French government. As a result, he now owns the proprietary genetics for the Champagne grapes he produces and has perfected an international import/export system for the global distribution of the product. More information is available at www.isiahinternational.com.
Mr. Thomas previously served on the Chicago Stock Exchange's Board of Governors, was a co-founder of the NBA's Toronto Raptors, Popcorn Indiana, and was a member of the Board of Get-in Chicago, an organization that focused on preventing gang violence in Chicago. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of Indiana University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. He also received his Master of Education from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Republicans rush to Trump’s defense after FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago
By Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN
Top congressional Republicans are rushing to former President Donald Trump’s defense after the FBI executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as part of an investigation into the handling of potentially classified material.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Attorney General Merrick Garland to “preserve your documents and clear your calendar,” warning of an oversight probe “when” Republicans take back the chamber in the midterm elections.
“The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization,” said McCarthy.
Trump is also set to meet Tuesday with about a dozen members of the House Republican Study Committee, led by Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, at his residence in Bedminster, New Jersey, according to a person familiar with their plans, providing a timely opportunity for the former president to rally members to his side after the FBI search.
A July CNN poll found that a majority of Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters do not want Trump to be their party’s nominee in the 2024 presidential election. But the former president still is powerful within the party; Republican candidates across the country have sought his endorsement in their 2022 primaries, and on Saturday, Trump overwhelmingly won an unofficial straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas.
Rallying around Trump, many Republicans, including Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, attacked Democrats instead after news of the FBI search, with some saying that Biden himself must be investigated.
“There must be an immediate investigation and accountability into Joe Biden and his Administration’s weaponizing this department against their political opponents — the likely 2024 Republican candidate for President of the United States,” said New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, a member of House GOP leadership.
Ohio Rep. Mike Turner, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, requested an “immediate briefing” from FBI Director Christopher Wray, saying the agency’s action was “unprecedented” and that he was “unaware of any actual or alleged national security threat” posed by materials in Trump’s possession.
Democrats responded that no one is above the law.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on NBC’s Today show that she first learned of the FBI’s search when it “flashed” on her phone, and repeatedly said she only knows what is public.
“We believe in the rule of the law,” Pelosi added.
And Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the chair of the House Oversight Committee investigating Trump’s handling of documents, called on the Justice Department to “fully investigate” the former president’s handling of information.
“Presidents have a solemn duty to protect America’s national security, and allegations that former President Trump put our security at risk by mishandling classified information warrant the utmost scrutiny,” said the New York Democrat. “Although details of today’s actions at Mar-a-Lago are still emerging, it is clear that the Department of Justice must fully investigate President Trump’s potentially grave mishandling of classified information.”
Some top Republicans did not attack the Justice Department immediately after the search. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office declined to comment.
But many others cried foul about the Justice Department taking action against Trump, a former and presumed future rival of President Joe Biden.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said, “President Trump is likely going to run again in 2024,” and noted the midterm elections are in less than 100 days away. “Launching such an investigation of a former President this close to an election is beyond problematic.”
The FBI search also quickly became a talking point in the Florida gubernatorial race. Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican rival to Trump, tweeted, “The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents,” referring to the Biden administration.
Florida Rep. Charlie Crist, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, shot back, “Governor DeSantis’s knee-jerk partisan response to this law enforcement action proves yet again he is more interested in playing politics than seeking justice or the rule of law.”
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(The Conversation) – Typically, about 1 in 6 children experience a developmental delay. But children born during the pandemic, a 2022 study has found, have nearly twice the risk of developmental delays in communication and social development compared to babies born prior to the pandemic.
The reason, some researchers believe, is related to less interaction with other children, among other factors.
Delays in communication can mean a child learns to talk later, talks less or uses gestures like pointing instead of talking. Social developmental delays might be present when a child doesn’t respond to their name when called, doesn’t look at what adults are paying attention to in the environment, or doesn’t play with other children or with trusted adults.
It’s hard to say if children who suffer from these delays can be caught up or if they will require continued services or special education into elementary school and beyond. The more severe the delay, the more likely the child will need ongoing specialized services.
One way to be more certain is to talk to your child’s pediatrician about whether your child is meeting certain developmental benchmarks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, also recommends that parents contact their state’s early intervention program and say, “I have concerns about my child’s development, and I would like to have my child evaluated to find out if he/she is eligible for early intervention services.”
In the meantime, parents and early childhood teachers can support language development for children who may suffer from delays by providing rich, responsive interactions and conversations.
As a researcher who specializes in language and literacy skills for young children with learning disabilities, here I offer five evidence-based strategies that parents and teachers of children with pandemic-related developmental delays can use to support the growth of their child’s language skills and later school performance.
1. Get children talking
Language is how we share experiences. However, children with developmental delays may not talk very much. Adults can create opportunities to talk, which helps children develop the ability to communicate and interact with others.
One way to do this is to create situations in which the child has to talk to get something they want. For example, at home, put a favorite toy or snack in a clear sealed bag or plastic container so the child can see the item but cannot get it themselves without asking for help. At preschool or day care during snack time or free play, provide the student with two choices and have them say which choice they want. For children whose speech is hard to understand, any noise or attempt at talking is a good sign. The important part is that they are trying to talk, not that the words come out perfectly. If the child’s speech is unintelligible, have them point and talk at the same time to show their choice.
2. Expand on children’s speech
Providing rich language is critical for supporting the language development of children with developmental delays.
One way to provide rich language is by responding to what the child says and then adding on details or adjectives. For example, if a young child sees a dog and exclaims, “Doggy!”, an adult could expand on that speech by saying, “Yes! There’s a big brown dog.” The adult is acknowledging what the child said and providing more language for the child to hear and respond to while sharing the experience of seeing a dog.
3. Be a warm and attentive conversation partner
When adults provide warm, supportive interactions, children go on to have better language skills in preschool, better vocabulary and reading ability in first grade, and better mathematics performance in third grade.
Being a supportive partner means following the child’s lead and not always telling the child what to do. For example, play with toys the child chose or enact pretend scenarios the child came up with. During conversation, talk directly to the child about a topic the child chose and take turns talking. Don’t worry about correcting the child or guiding the interaction. It’s OK if you’ve talked about the dog across the street a thousand times. Each interaction builds language skills. Stay positive and engaged.
4. Share a book
Shared book reading is a technique where the adult actively involves the child in the storytelling experience. Children who participate in frequent shared book reading have larger vocabularies, use more complex language and have better reading comprehension in later grades.
Start by asking open-ended questions like, “What do you think will happen next?” Talk to the child about their real-life experiences similar to the book, like, “Remember when we went to the park? What did we do there?”
Point out words and letters while reading aloud to help children develop their awareness of print. Talk about interesting words in the story and define new words. Children often like to read the same book over and over, so there will be many opportunities to use these strategies during story time. Don’t worry about using them all at once.
5. Talk about words
Help children develop a better awareness of the connection between words and how they sound. This is an important skill that supports reading and writing.
Clap or count syllables in words, such as “cupcake” or “butterfly.” Tell nursery rhymes and have the child say which words rhyme or come up with other words that rhyme. Talk about the sounds you hear at the beginning or end of words, such as the “t” sound in “tiger” or the “m” in “room.” Children are slowly learning that spoken language is made up of words and sounds that can be represented by written letters. This knowledge is the gateway for learning to read and write. | 2022-05-22T15:20:03+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/pandemic-babies-with-development-delays-can-be-helped-to-make-up-for-lost-social-interaction-5-tips-for-parents/ |
RICHMOND, Ky. (LEX 18) — Charlotte Hornets center Montrezl Harrell is facing charges for allegedly trafficking marijuana.
The 28-year-old was pulled over on May 12 in Richmond, Kentucky for "following too closely, at or within a car length of the car/truck in front" of him.
According to court documents, the officer smelled marijuana coming from Harrell's vehicle and the basketball star admitted to having weed in his possession. Once police searched the vehicle, officers said they found three pounds of marijuana in vacuumed sealed bags in a backpack in the back seat.
He is charged with trafficking less than 5 pounds of marijuana, a class D felony in Kentucky.
He faces a potential sentence of one to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
A preliminary hearing is set for July 13 in Richmond.
This story was originally reported on lex18.com. | 2022-06-14T19:47:49+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/charlotte-hornets-player-montrezl-harrell-faces-drug-trafficking-charges |
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Siloam Springs Kayak Park will limit entry to the park on weekends starting May 19.
Siloam Springs Parks and Recreation Manager Travis Chaney said the park has become so popular during the summer that changes had to be made.
“We’ve got 100 parking spots, and on the Fourth of July last year, we had 6,000 people here, so that meant that people were parked for about a half mile either direction on the county road,” Chaney said.
Starting May 19th, the park will limit visitors to its 100 parking spots on certain days.
“We’re going to move to a paid entry model on the weekends, so that’ll be on Friday, Saturday and Sunday when folks arrive it’ll be $10 per car to park for the day,” Chaney said.
Holly Danielle Wiles who is on the Siloam Springs Parks and Recreation Advisory Board said the change will help keep everyone safe and help conserve the area.
“To help lessen the litter and to promote the ecosystem and for the fish and the wildlife,” Wiles said.
On weekends, the park will have staff controlling the entry and making sure everything stays clean. During the weekdays the kayak park will be free.
Wiles said the new rules will ensure the park continues to be an outdoor staple in the community.
“We want to keep it clean and for future generations to be able to use,” Wiles said. | 2023-05-08T06:08:46+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/siloam-springs-kayak-park-making-changes-to-entry-starting-may-19/ |
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — As the start of the new school year approaches, there's more to do than buy a fresh backpack and notebook. In the days before school begins, health experts encourage students to readjust their sleep schedules, eat healthy meals and prepare for any school anxiety.
Brandy Baker, a licensed clinical psychologist at Intuition Wellness Center, sees many children who are nervous to head back to the classroom, especially in light of the recent school shootings.
"The idea of coming back to school is anxiety provoking even for the parents too,” she said. "And I don’t just mean gun violence, but I mean every day something "bad" or negative could happen in a child’s life.”
According to a Pew Research study, anxiety and depression associated with school is one of the top problems for young people. But sometimes — especially for young children — it's difficult to identify the anxiety, Baker said.
"I think one of the tricky parts as a parent or teacher or someone working with a child is to recognize is what we are actually seeing is anxiety because it comes out in behaviors," she said. "Children often don’t have the words to say ‘I'm feeling anxious'."
One of the best ways to help this anxiety is to get the right amount of sleep, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Desert Pediatrics Dr. Tien Nguyen said sleep impacts everything in school.
"Studies have shown that sleep helps your child behave well at school and have the capacity to focus," she said. "In a 24 hour period, preschoolers need 10-13 hours of sleep.”
She said the best way to readjust the sleep schedule is to eliminate the screen time and work together as a household to sleep the correct amount of hours.
"Eliminating the screen time at least an hour before bed," Nguyen said. "We don’t recommend a TV in the room."
Baker said diet also impacts anxiety levels, especially in school.
"We know now that our gut health and microbiome is critical to somebody's well being," she said. "If there's an imbalance to the flora in there it can really impact mood. So that's the thing, we have to be consistent with eating."
Nguyen recommends eliminating many sugary foods, eating enough protein and drinking enough water before heading back to school. But when the anxiety begins to set in, there are ways to cope.
"Deep breathing really does help," Baker said. "Practicing deep breathing when someone isn't in an anxious state is the pre-curser to using it in anxiety."
Deep breathing techniques — breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth — help lower blood pressure and heart rate, which decreases the amount of the stress hormone cortisol.
"To get into nature and get the kids up early and outside because that sunshine is just so important," she said. "Just being in nature in general and breathing in the desert can be really helpful.”
She said 13 years ago when Intuition Wellness opened, it was mostly parents bringing their kids. But now, it's often the kids asking if they can seek therapy.
"Therapy isn’t the end all be all but I think there is other things that can be helpful too," she said. "Some kids maybe they don’t want to go to a therapist, maybe something else like rock climbing could be helpful."
Baker said it's important to listen to what's best for the child.
"I would encourage parents to not give up," she said. "If your child comes to you and says 'I need to talk to somebody', I would encourage parents if they have the means to do that — there are a lot of low cost services as well — then go for it."
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Almost nothing has gone well for Vladimir Putin since he invaded Ukraine.
He counted on dispatching his victim as swiftly as Hitler’s blitzkrieg did to Poland in 1941, but a different history has unfolded. The Ukrainian people are as united, heroic and implacable in their resistance as the Russians themselves were to Nazi Germany. And like Hitler, Putin dares not let his own people know how many of them he has sent to slaughter and how much of their costly war materiel he has lost.
His geopolitical goals are backfiring. Russia’s performance broadcasts military incompetence, not shock and awe. Far from being demoralized and divided in the face of aggression, NATO is more unified and resolute. Sweden and Finland are clamoring to join the alliance, realizing one of Putin’s worst fears. Poland has raised its stake by offering MIG fighter jets to Ukraine. The International Criminal Court is accusing Putin personally of war crimes.
‘A territorial dispute’
But at long last, some good news for Putin comes from Gov. Ron DeSantis, the still-unannounced No. 1 rival to Donald Trump for next year’s Republican presidential nomination.
In a statement to the isolationist Fox propagandist Tucker Carlson, Florida’s governor said that helping Ukraine is not a vital national interest for the U.S. because it’s only a “territorial dispute.”
Those weasel words put DeSantis in the same isolationist camp as Donald Trump, and they open up the governor to legitimate criticism that after being a defense hawk in Congress, including supporting he’s flip-flopping for political expediency.
Reducing the war in Ukraine to a border dispute tells Europe’s most ruthless warmonger since Hitler that he should keep the war going long enough for one or the other of his American apologists to be elected.
Then, Putin may hope, the leader of the free world will betray it. Then Trump or DeSantis will force Ukraine to dismember itself much as Britain and France compelled Czechoslovakia to submit to Hitler in the prelude to World War II, a deal that made “Munich” synonymous with betrayal.
Vital to U.S. interests
The U.S. has a clear and vital national interest in helping Ukraine, or any other nation targeted by Putin, which is why our support for aiding Ukraine has strong bipartisan support in a deeply divided Congress.
To lightly gloss over Putin’s murderous rampage as a “territorial dispute” plays as fast and loose with semantics as DeSantis’s claim that he’s fostering “freedom” in a Florida that’s rapidly eviscerating it.
That’s as if Hitler’s demand for Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland was only a “territorial dispute.” Was North Korea’s invasion of the South just a “territorial dispute?” Was it a “territorial dispute” when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait?
A column in the conservative National Review said the invasion of Ukraine is a “‘dispute’ over territory in the same way that a bank robber and depositor have a ‘dispute’ over money.”
The U.S. has engaged in wars where we had no rational interest, with horrific consequences. Take Vietnam. It was a civil war in which Ho Chi Minh, the communist North’s leader, had no ambition beyond unifying his country.
There turned out to be no weapons of mass destruction to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which wound up empowering Iran, an actual foe.
Standing up to Putin
European history, and Russia’s insatiable aggrandizing ambitions, demonstrate why Ukraine is where a line must be drawn and defended. Putin wants to reduce it to the slave state that it was under Stalin. He wants to destroy NATO, and with it the ability of united democracies to resist anything else he might do.
The help that Ukraine seeks and needs is limited to political and materiel support, and we should be unstinting in providing it.
Henry Olsen, a conservative columnist for The Washington Post, wrote cogently that the stakes go beyond Europe.
“U.S. security rests on a firm network of alliances that can bottle our adversaries and ensure that global economic power is under American influence,” Olsen wrote. “DeSantis fails to understand that a tighter alliance with Europe is essential to winning the fight he prioritizes: the global competition with China.”
Or perhaps DeSantis does understand it, but simply craves the presidency more than he cares for anything else.
The more sober, internationalist wing of the Republican Party, represented by Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Nikki Haley and Mike Pence, among others, have been unequivocal in calling out DeSantis’s apostasy. It makes even clearer the need for a GOP nominee other than Trump or DeSantis.
A stubborn streak of uninformed isolationism is part of America’s history. The aviator Charles Lindbergh was the most visible face of the so-called “America First” movement during World War II. In congressional testimony, he strongly opposed FDR’s Lend-Lease program that was essential to Britain’s survival in the darkest hours of that war and the London blitz.
Fortunately for the free world, Congress stood up to Hitler rather than concede Europe to him.
It is much the same today with Russia and Ukraine. This is no time to give up.
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Editorial Page Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Editorial Page Editor Dan Sweeney, and Editor-in-Chief Julie Anderson. Editorials are the opinion of the Board and written by one of its members or a designee. To contact us, email at letters@sun-sentinel.com. | 2023-03-21T17:55:38+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-edit-desantis-putin-ukraine-20230321-wpdbhzbedjcgxkfcpxgz5rdd6u-story.html |
Authorities ID remains in South Carolina as Brittanee Drexel
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) – Authorities have confirmed remains found in South Carolina last week are of those of Brittanee Drexel, a teenager who disappeared over a decade ago.
According to Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver, Drexel’s remains were found May 11, after evidence led them to a possible site in the Harmony Township neighborhood.
Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway was able to identify Drexel through dental records. The State Law Enforcement Division also performed DNA analysis and further confirmed it was Drexel.
Drexel, originally from New York, was last seen April 25, 2009, outside the Blue Water Resort on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach during spring break when she was 17, WMBF reports.
The sheriff also announced Monday that Raymond Moody was arrested in connection to Drexel’s death.
Moody is charged with murder, kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He is accused of burying Drexel, who was already dead, on April 26, 2009.
According to WMBF, Moody was considered a person of interest in Drexel’s disappearance in 2012 but was never arrested in the case.
He has been in the Georgetown County Detention Center since May 4, 2022, on an obstruction of justice charge.
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Celtics vs. 76ers Injury Report Today - May 5
The injury report for the Boston Celtics (57-25) heading into their NBA playoffs second round game 3 with the Philadelphia 76ers (54-28) currently includes zero players. The playoff matchup tips at 7:30 PM ET on Friday, May 5 from Wells Fargo Center.
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These squads match up for the second straight game after the Celtics took down the 76ers 121-87 on Wednesday. Jaylen Brown led the Celtics to the victory with a team-high 25 points. Tobias Harris notched 16 points in the 76ers' loss.
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Celtics vs. 76ers Game Info
- When: Friday, May 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
- Where: Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- TV: ESPN
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Celtics Season Insights
- The Celtics record 117.9 points per game, seven more points than the 110.9 the 76ers allow.
- Boston is 48-12 when scoring more than 110.9 points.
- The Celtics have seen an uptick in scoring lately, racking up 120.4 points per game in their last 10 outings, 2.5 points more than the 117.9 they've scored this year.
- Boston connects on 16 three-pointers per game (second-most in the league), 4.4 more than its opponents (11.6).
- The Celtics average 115.7 points per 100 possessions (third in the league), while giving up 108.8 points per 100 possessions (third in the NBA).
76ers Season Insights
- The 76ers' 115.2 points per game are only 3.8 more points than the 111.4 the Celtics allow.
- Philadelphia is 43-7 when it scores more than 111.4 points.
- The 76ers have played worse offensively in their previous 10 games, putting up 109.5 points per contest, 5.7 fewer points their than season average of 115.2.
- Philadelphia hits 12.6 three-pointers per game (11th in the league), while its opponents have made 11.6 on average.
- The 76ers average 115.5 points per 100 possessions on offense (fourth in league), and allow 110.3 points per 100 possessions (eighth in NBA).
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The 2023 The Open Championship Odds & Preview: Louis Oosthuizen
The Open Championship is underway, and Louis Oosthuizen is currently in 89th place with a score of +3.
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Louis Oosthuizen Insights
- Oosthuizen has finished under par twice and carded three rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 10 rounds.
- He has not finished a single of his last 10 rounds with a top-10 score on the day.
- Oosthuizen has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in one of his last 10 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day two times.
- In his past five events, Oosthuizen has had an average finish of 75th.
- He has made the cut in two of his past five appearances.
- Oosthuizen has not posted a score better than the tournament average or finished within five shots of the leader in any of his past five tournaments.
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The Open Championship Insights and Stats
- In Oosthuizen's previous 11 appearances in this tournament, he has finished among the top five two times. His average finish has been 28th.
- Oosthuizen has made the cut seven times in his previous 11 entries in this event.
- Oosthuizen finished 89th in his most recent appearance at this tournament (2023).
- The par-71 course measures 7,383 yards this week, 354 yards longer than the average Tour stop during the past 12 months.
- Oosthuizen will take to the 7,383-yard course this week at Royal Liverpool Golf Club after having played courses with an average length of 7,424 yards during the past year.
Oosthuizen's Last Time Out
- Oosthuizen was in the 83rd percentile on par 3s at the Masters Tournament, with an average of 2.88 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.30-stroke average on the 20 par-4 holes at the Masters Tournament ranked in the 22nd percentile among all competitors (the tournament average was 4.14).
- On the eight par-5 holes at the Masters Tournament, Oosthuizen was better than just 31% of the field (averaging 4.75 strokes).
- Oosthuizen fared worse on par 3s than the field his last time out, carding a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Masters Tournament (the other golfers averaged 1.9).
- On the eight par-3s at the Masters Tournament, Oosthuizen did not record a bogey or worse (the tournament average was 2.5).
- Oosthuizen carded fewer birdies or better (two) than the field average of 3.5 on the 20 par-4s at the Masters Tournament.
- In that most recent competition, Oosthuizen's par-4 showing (on 20 holes) included a bogey or worse nine times (worse than the field average, 8.4).
- Oosthuizen finished the Masters Tournament with a birdie or better on two par-5 holes, while the field averaged 5.8 on the eight par-5s.
- The field at the Masters Tournament averaged 1.3 bogeys or worse on the eight par-5s, but Oosthuizen finished without one.
The Open Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 20-23, 2023
- Course: Royal Liverpool Golf Club
- Location: Hoylake, United Kingdom
- Par: 71 / 7,383 yards
- Oosthuizen Odds to Win: +8000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran unveiled on Thursday what it called the latest iteration of its liquid-fueled Khorramshahr ballistic missile amid wider tensions with the West over its nuclear program.
Authorities showed off the Khorramshahr-4 to journalists at an event in Tehran, with the missile on a truck-mounted launcher.
Defense Minister Gen. Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said the missile could be prepared for launch in a short period.
“One of the prominent characteristics of this missile is its ability to evade radar detection and penetrate enemy air defense systems, thanks to its low radar signature,” the general told journalists. “This missile has the capability to utilize various warheads for different missions.”
Iranian officials described the missile as having a 2,000-kilometer (1,240-mile) range with a 1,500-kilogram (3,300-pound) warhead. They also released undated video footage purportedly showing a successful launch of the missile.
The Khorramshahr has the heaviest payload of Iran’s ballistic missile fleet, which analysts say may be designed to keep the weapon under a 2,000-kilometer range limit imposed by the country’s supreme leader. That puts most of the Mideast in range, but falls short of Western Europe.
The Khorramshahr-4 is named after an Iranian city that was the scene of heavy fighting during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. Iraq seized the city in the oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan at the start of the war, but Iran retook it over a year later.
During the event, loudspeakers blared the “Symphony of the Epic of Khorramshahr,” an orchestral composition marking Iranian soldiers ending the Iraqi siege of the city during the war.
Tehran created its ballistic missile program after suffering through Iraqi Scud missile attacks in the conflict — and as a hedge against its Western-armed neighbors as embargoes have kept it from accessing modern attack aircraft.
The missile also is called Kheibar, after a Jewish fortress conquered by the Muslims in the 7th century — in what is now Saudi Arabia.
Regional tensions likely played a role in Iran’s missile display Thursday. A miniature example of Jerusalem’s golden Dome of the Rock on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a holy site in both Islam and Judaism that Jews call the Temple Mount, stood next to the mobile launcher.
Iran views Israel as its archenemy and arming anti-Israeli militant groups in the Palestinian territories and surrounding countries. Tensions between the two nations are high, particularly as Iran enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. The Khorramshahr would be able to reach Israel.
Iran made a point, however, to keep the truck that transports the missile covered up during the event. Its missile program has been targeted for sabotage in the past — and Iran has previously used foreign-sourced vehicles to tow such massive missile systems.
It remains unclear, however, why the missile has been called Khorramshahr-4 as only two other variants of the missile are publicly known. It is modeled after North Korea’s Musudan ballistic missile, which is believed to have up to a 4,000-kilometer (2,485-mile) range with a 500-kilogram (1,100 pound) payload.
U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Washington was aware of the missile report and reiterated that “Iran’s development and proliferation of ballistic missiles poses a serious threat to regional and international security.”
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Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report. | 2023-05-26T04:13:09+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-iran-unveils-latest-version-of-ballistic-missile-amid-wider-tensions-over-nuclear-program/ |
Wyoming in Top 10 for Decrease in Unemployment Claims
According to a report by WalletHub, new unemployment claims in Wyoming were 46% lower than in the previous week and 20.7% lower than in the same week last year, the fourth biggest decrease in the U.S.
Based on data from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, there were 1,762 new unemployment claims at the beginning of October, an increase from the previous month which saw 924 new claims, and the highest since April, which had 1,931 new claims.
Those were all far below the height of new claims the state saw at the start of the pandemic, which had 20,485 in April 2020, a 1,100.8% increase from the previous year and the most since at least 2007.
For continuing claims, there were 5,746 claims by the beginning of October, just above the 5,138 claims made at the beginning of September which was the lowest amount since at least 2007.
Continuing unemployment claims in Wyoming have been mostly decreasing since their peak of 95,769 at the beginning of the pandemic in May 2020, only seeing an increase up to 13,299 at the beginning of 2022 after dropping down to 6,782 in October 2021.
David Bullard, Senior Economist with the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services said there are a number of reasons for the low number of claims.
"First of all, the labor market is pretty tight and employers aren't laying off very many people," Bullard said. "They're probably trying to hold onto the people that they have. Also, we have fewer people working than sometime in the past, so even if the rate of claims was level, we'd have fewer claims just because we have a little bit fewer people working...the claims really represent people being laid off and you're limited to 26 weeks. So if people leave the state and they're working in other places or whatever or if they've retired, they're neither working or on claims. We have a little bit fewer people working, plus with the tightness of the labor market, fewer people being laid off. Or the other side of the tightness is, even if they are laid off, to the extent that they can go immediately into another job, they won't need to file a claim for unemployment."
Part of the decrease in claims is due to Governor Mark Gordon ending the increased unemployment benefits in May 2021, which was earlier than when the federal money ran out on Labor Day and may or may not have impacted unemployment.
Bullard said he doesn't know the exact impact that ending increased benefits early may have had on employment numbers in Wyoming.
"I don't have an answer for you, but that is a good question," Bullar said. "There wasn't anything large or obvious, not a large impact...We've had very large numbers of job openings and unemployment has been fairly low. Not record low but still fairly low. And so the labor market's been tight for a while now." | 2022-12-02T17:11:45+00:00 | k2radio.com | https://k2radio.com/wyoming-in-top-10-for-decrease-in-unemployment-claims/ |
Governments target medical debt with COVID relief funds
(AP) - Millions of Americans mired in medical debt face difficult financial decisions every day — pay the debt or pay for rent, utilities and groceries. Some may even skip necessary health care for fear of sinking deeper into debt.
To address the problem, an increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are devising plans to spend federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to eliminate residents’ medical debt and ease those debt burdens.
The City Council in the Boston suburb of Somerville last month unanimously passed a resolution to spend $200,000 of the city’s $77 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding that could clear as much as $4.3 million in medical debt, said Willie Burnley Jr., one of the city councilors behind the effort. As many 5,000 of the city’s 80,000 residents could benefit.
Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, and Pittsburgh, New Orleans and Toledo, Ohio, are among more than a dozen communities that have set into motion or are considering similar plans. Democratic Connecticut governor Ned Lamont last week proposed spending $20 million in ARPA funds to eliminate as much as $2 billion in state residents’ medical debts.
Unlike credit card or loan debt, medical debt is not a choice, advocates said.
“Medical debt is something that people can’t help and it’s not their fault,” Burnley said. “No one chooses to get hurt or to get sick.”
Somerville resident Virginia Faust has health insurance, but she still fell several thousand dollars into debt in 2021 when a mental health emergency required a weeklong hospital stay. The debt affected her credit, and in a cruel irony, put additional stress on her mental health.
“This would have a tangible effect on my life and relieve a lot of stress,” Faust, 25, said of Burnley’s plan. “It would mean I would be more likely to go to a doctor and get regular checkups.”
In Toledo, a combined $1.6 million from the city and Lucas County will eliminate as much as $240 million in medical debt for as many as 41,000 residents, according to Ohio state Rep. Michele Grim, who drove the effort when she served as a Toledo city councilor.
“It’s such a great return on investment,” she said. “I really couldn’t think of a better way to use dollars that were meant to aid in the economic recovery of our citizens.”
The cities and states are teaming up with RIP Medical Debt, a New York-based nonprofit that since 2014 has used donations to buy huge bundles of debt from hospitals and other health care providers at pennies on the dollar and pay it off. A single donated dollar erases an average of $100 of debt.
More than 40% of American adults have medical debt and about two-thirds of personal bankruptcies in the nation cite medical debt as a leading cause, said Allison Sesso, president and CEO of the nonprofit.
The money is coming from the federal government’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which included $360 billion for local, state, territorial and tribal governments to provide economic relief.
“This is one of the most impactful and direct ways we can use this money and it would have incredible and quantifiable benefits,” Burnley said.
Eligibility requirements can vary, but to be eligible in Somerville for the debt relief through RIP Medical Debt, individuals or families can have a household income of up to 400% of the federal poverty — that’s $111,000 annually for a family of four according to federal statistics — or have medical debts that exceed 5% of their annual income.
There is no need to apply. RIP Medical Debt determines eligibility, and the beneficiaries get a letter informing them that their debt has been acquired and canceled. Not everyone will benefit. People whose debt continues to be held by for-profit collection agencies may miss out.
Unlike federal student loan debt relief, medical debt relief has more widespread and bipartisan support. According to a recent survey by Tulchin Research, more than 70% of Americans support medical debt relief, while only about half of Americans support student loan debt relief. The survey of 1,500 adults had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
Since its founding, RIP Medical Debt has raised enough money to eliminate more than $8.5 billion of debt for nearly 5.5 million people. But that’s barely a dent in the total number of people facing tough money choices.
A 2021 study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association determined that Americans have $140 billion in unpaid health care bills at collection agencies alone, and that debt disproportionately affects the poor.
Although it’s a good cause, using ARPA funds to discharge medical debt does not address the underlying systemic problem, said Ray Kluender, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and one of the study’s co-authors.
Medical debt is a “byproduct of the patchwork way we pay for health care,” he said.
“While relieving debts after they have gone through the provider collections process won’t address the issues driving the accumulation of these unpaid bills in the first place, it may nevertheless help people who are struggling to pay back their bills,” he said.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-15T14:45:37+00:00 | ktiv.com | https://www.ktiv.com/2023/02/15/governments-target-medical-debt-with-covid-relief-funds/ |
By The Associated Press
The Latest on Hurricane Ian:
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Ian has dropped from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone as it moved across South Carolina.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian, which carved a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week, had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) Friday afternoon.
Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph (240 kph) winds Wednesday, flooding homes and leaving nearly 2.7 million people without power.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Hurricane Ian has destroyed at least four piers along South Carolina’s northern coast.
The brunt of the surge and waves from the Category 1 storm hit around Myrtle Beach on Friday.
Police said the Pawley’s Island Pier was washed away first. Then local TV footage showed sections missing of the Cherry Grove Pier near North Myrtle Beach and the Apache and Second Avenue piers in Myrtle Beach.
An 85 mph (137 kph) wind gust was measured at Fort Sumter, the tiny island where the Civil War began about 4 miles (6.4 km) from downtown Charleston, the National Weather Service reported.
More than 200,000 customers were without power Friday afternoon in South Carolina as Ian moved onshore.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — University of Central Florida students living at an apartment complex near the Orlando campus, made homeless by the flooding, retrieved possessions Friday from their water logged units. Andee Holbert, her sister and their dog left their apartment Thursday before the water reached their heads. They returned Friday to retrieve wet clothes in garbage bags and whatever other possessions they could salvage, loading them onto their father’s pickup truck.
“We still had power, which is terrifying, and the lights were still on,” said Holbert, a nursing student. “And there’s knee deep water in there.”
Deandra Smith, also a nursing student, stayed in her third floor apartment with her dog after being asleep while others evacuated. On Friday, other students helped get her to dry land by pushing her through the flooded parking lot on a pontoon. She wasn’t sure if she should go back to her parents’ home in South Florida or find a shelter so she can still attend classes. “I’m still trying to figure it out,” she said.
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
RALEIGH, N.C. — Power outages have increased and some coastal rivers rose in North Carolina as heavy rain and winds from Hurricane Ian crept into the state Friday from the storm’s South Carolina landfall.
Gov. Roy Cooper says adjustments to the projected path of Ian could bring more trouble to central and eastern North Carolina than earlier believed. But he says the state’s emergency equipment and services have been staged to maximize flexibility.
He warns residents statewide to remain vigilant, given that up to 8 inches (20.3 centimeters) of rain could fall in some areas, with high winds.
More than 55,000 customers in North Carolina were without power as of mid-afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us, which aggregates outages nationwide.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A second pier in northern South Carolina has been destroyed by Hurricane Ian’s surge.
Local television footage showed the middle section of the Cherry Grove Pier near the North Carolina state line was washed away Friday afternoon by rising water and churning waves as Ian made landfall about 50 miles (80 kilometers) down the coast in Georgetown.
The area saw the brunt of the surge as Ian hit the United States again with flooded neighborhoods and widespread power outages.
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MIAMI — Hurricane Ian has made another landfall, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian’s center came ashore Friday afternoon near Georgetown with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph).
Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph (240 kph) winds Wednesday, flooding homes and leaving nearly 2.7 million people without power.
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Officials in Florida fear the death toll from Hurricane Ian could rise substantially, given the wide swath of the state swamped by the storm.
After making landfall with some of the highest windspeeds for a hurricane over U.S. territory, the storm flooded areas on both of Florida’s coasts, tore homes from their slabs, demolished beachfront businesses and left more than 2 million people without power. At least nine people have been confirmed dead in the U.S.
Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said responders have focused so far on “hasty” searches, aimed at emergency rescues and initial assessments, which will be followed by two additional waves of searches.
He said Friday that the initial responders might detect deaths without confirming them.
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CHARLESTON S.C. — A popular beach pier has broken apart in the winds and rain accompanying Hurricane Ian’s arrival in South Carolina.
The Pawleys Island Police Department said in a tweet Friday that a portion of the Pawleys Island pier had “collapsed” and was floating south.
The beach community was situated in the path of Ian, whose wind gusts knocked out power for thousands across the state Friday, downing trees and power lines in its path. Earlier Friday, officials closed a causeway connecting Pawleys Island to South Carolina’s mainland.
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CHARLESTON S.C. — Charleston County emergency services were suspended Friday as officials prepared for Hurricane Ian to make landfall on South Carolina’s coast.
In a tweet, officials said they were pausing response efforts “due to current wind conditions” and would resume service “as soon as it is safe to do so.”
Charleston police were also restricting access to the city’s Battery area, a spot at the tip of the peninsula that is home to many multi million-dollar, historic homes.
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TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning and team owner Jeff Vinik are donating $2 million toward Hurricane Ian relief efforts.
The NHL team announced Friday that $1 million each will be donated by the Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation and the Vinik Family Foundation.
“This is a tragic situation for many families and communities across the state of Florida, but especially so in the southwest region of the state,” Vinik said in a statement released by the team. “In times like these the most important thing we can do is support one another, and we hope this donation will help families recover and rebuild in the months to come.”
Ian made landfall Wednesday on Florida’s Gulf Coast, south of the Tampa Bay area. The Lightning postponed two home preseason games and moved the club’s training camp to Nashville, Tennessee during the storm.
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CHARLESTON S.C. — Many areas on Charleston’s downtown peninsula were underwater midday Friday and officials reported widespread power outages across the historic city as Hurricane Ian approached.
Officials said power had been knocked out across the city as high winds and sheets of rain whipped trees and power lines pending Ian’s expected landfall just up the South Carolina coast.
The storm’s expected landfall coincided with high tide, a circumstance that was forecast to lead to widespread roadway blockages.
City officials were out early Friday, clearing storm drains and pumping water away from the historic Battery area along the city’s southern tip, into Charleston Harbor.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Thousands of residents of long-term care facilities in Florida remained displaced by Hurricane Ian.
Kristen Knapp of the Florida Health Care Association says about 47 nursing homes and 115 assisted living facilities have been evacuated as of Friday, with around 8,000 residents among them.
While structural damage and flooding were reported at facilities across the storm’s path, Knapp said there have been no reports yet of serious injuries or deaths among those homes’ residents.
Steve Bahmer of Leading Age Florida, which represents non-profit long-term care facilities, offered a similar assessment, with reports of minor damage, broken windows, downed trees and flooding. He said one facility was hit by a tornado but residents have been able to remain there.
At least seven people were confirmed dead in Florida — a number that’s likely to increase as officials confirm more deaths and continue searching for people.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Embattled South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom will resign next month after a $3.5 billion accounting error in the year-end financial report he oversaw.
The state’s top accountant will leave the elected post he has held for 20 years on April 30, according to a copy of the resignation letter obtained by The Associated Press.
“I have never taken service to the state I love or the jobs to which I have been elected lightly, endeavoring to work with my colleagues, from constitutional officers to members of the General Assembly, to be a strong defender of the taxpayer and a good steward of their hard-earned tax dollars,” Eckstrom wrote in the March 23 letter to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. “They deserve nothing less.”
The blunder’s revelation last month brought mounting scrutiny. House lawmakers called for an impeachment inquiry. The Senate panel investigating the error issued a damning report last week that suggested Eckstrom resign or face removal “for willful neglect of duty.” As recently as last Wednesday, Eckstrom had said he would not quit.
Senators’ report rested responsibility for the mapping error — which grew during the state’s transition to a new internal information system from 2011 to 2017 — solely with Eckstrom. State officials testified that Eckstrom ignored auditors’ yearslong warnings of a “material weakness” in his office and flawed cash reporting.
Eckstrom has said the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report overstated the state’s cash position by double counting the money sent to colleges and universities. The mistake went unsolved until a junior staffer fixed the error this fall.
Officials have said the misstatement did not impact the actual state budget. But lawmakers initially alarmed by Eckstrom’s inconsistent testimony slammed the failure to fulfill one of his primary constitutional duties of publishing an accurate account of state finances.
The fallout for the state agency that typically flies under the radar is expected to continue. A Senate subcommittee recently approved a joint resolution that would let voters decide whether the comptroller general should continue as an elected position or be appointed by the governor. Eckstrom reiterated his support for that change Thursday in his resignation letter.
The next comptroller general may also lead a much weaker office. The investigating panel suggested its responsibilities be transferred to one or more agencies. State Treasurer Curtis Loftis, an elected Republican, has testified his office could absorb the main tasks.
A certified public accountant, Eckstrom, 74, spent four years as state treasurer before assuming his current office. He has run unopposed in the past two elections and last faced a Republican primary challenger in 2010. | 2023-03-23T17:13:21+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/south-carolina-comptroller-to-resign-after-3-5b-error/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama grand jury has indicted a 70-year-old man on capital murder charges in the fatal shootings of three people at a church potluck dinner in June, according to court records made public Friday.
The Jefferson County grand jury indicted Robert Findlay Smith this week in connection with the June 16 shootings of Walter "Bart" Rainey, 84, of Irondale; Sarah Yeager, 75, of Pelham; and Jane Pounds, 84, of Hoover, al.com reported.
Police responded June 16 to a report of an active shooter at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, a wealthy suburb of Birmingham. About 25 people, including Smith, had gathered late that afternoon for a "Boomers Potluck" dinner. He had previously attended some worship services and at least one of the previous potluck dinners there, authorities said.
Jefferson County prosecutors on Thursday presented the case to the grand jury, which returned indictments against Smith.
“Smith has been indicted for capital murder for killing two or more people,’′ District Attorney Danny Carr told al.com Friday. “It is still very early in the prosecution of this case. We will be working closely with the families of those who lost their lives that terrible day ... as we progress toward holding Smith accountable.”
Smith is being represented by attorneys Emory Anthony and Moses Stone. Anthony did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. Stone's telephone listing went unanswered. Smith remains without bond in the Jefferson County Jail. A trial date has not yet been set.
Smith was seated alone at the dinner when a longtime church member approached him and invited him to sit with others at a table, said the Rev. Doug Carpenter, who founded the church in 1973 and retired in 2005. Smith refused the offer, but then pulled out a handgun and shot three people, authorities and reports said.
A church member rushed the gunman, struck him with a chair and held him until officers arrived, according to police.
Rainey was pronounced dead on the scene. Yeager and Pounds were taken to a hospital where they later died.
Authorities said they have not yet identified a motive in the slayings.
Credit: Jefferson County Jail
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Securian Financial retail wealth business includes more than 1,000 financial professionals across more than 30 independent firms, representing $47.4B in AUA and $24.8B in AUM
Business to become a distinct community within Cetera Advisor Networks
LOS ANGELES and ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cetera Financial Group (Cetera), one of America's largest networks of financial professionals, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the retail wealth business of Securian Financial Group, Inc. (Securian Financial). Under the agreement, Cetera will acquire certain assets related to Securian Financial Services, Inc. – Securian Financial's broker-dealer, registered investment advisor and insurance agency – as well as the equity of Securian Trust Company, NA. More than 1,000 financial professionals across 30 independent firms representing $47.4B in assets under administration and $24.8B in assets under management (as of December 31, 2022) will be integrated as a distinct community, branded as Cetera Wealth Management Group, within the Cetera Advisor Networks community. In addition, the transaction includes a broad strategic partnership agreement aimed at aligning the interests of the two organizations, including an arrangement whereby Securian Financial will distribute its individual life and annuity products through Cetera's affiliated financial professionals.
As part of the acquisition, Cetera will extend employment offers to the management team and all eligible employees who support Securian Financial's retail wealth business. Securian Trust Company, NA, will become a standalone Cetera entity and will continue to serve its existing advisors and clients, and expand to serve those in Cetera's other businesses. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2023, pending regulatory approval. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.
"We have long admired Securian Financial's commitment to their managing partners, their powerful independent operating model and dedicated community of independent financial professionals," said Adam Antoniades, CEO at Cetera. "Our Wealth Hub, which uniquely brings choice and flexibility to our financial professionals as well as best-in-class growth capabilities, is complementary and synergistic to Securian Financial's operating model, and we envision untapped growth potential for the independent financial professionals joining the Cetera network. Our firms share several common values, including a purpose-driven, service-first mindset that is grounded in our mission to help financial professionals and financial institutions grow. This, coupled with the strength of the managing partner relationships that exist, not only offers a recipe for success but makes sense on so many levels."
"This transaction allows Securian Financial to increase our strategic focus and accelerate growth in our priority markets, while at the same time continue our commitment to the retail wealth business through our strategic partnership with Cetera," said Chris Hilger, Securian Financial's chairman, president and CEO. "Cetera delivers on all important aspects of our acquisition partner selection criteria, including community focus, differentiating scale, and industry-leading technology choice and product platforms. Most importantly, Cetera is a great cultural fit, valuing our unique operating model and commitment to accelerating growth for financial professionals."
"This acquisition underscores Cetera's strong financial health and wealth hub ethos and represents an example of our promise to grow organically, as well as through acquisitions that are the right fit for our business and community of financial professionals," said Jeffrey Buchheister, CFO at Cetera. "We are excited to welcome the Securian Financial team to Cetera and look forward to many shared successes to come."
Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank are acting as financial advisors and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is acting as legal advisor to Cetera. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as financial advisor and Eversheds Sutherland is acting as legal advisor to Securian Financial. UBS Investment Bank is serving as the Lead Left Arranger for the financing.
About Cetera Financial Group®
An at-scale wealth hub, Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) offers financial professionals and institutions the latest solutions, support, and services. Breaking away from a commoditized and homogenous IBD model, Cetera instead creatively addresses advisors' and institutions' unique needs, whether they are seeking to grow, scale, or transition with a merger, sale, investment, or succession plan. Cetera proudly serves independent financial advisors, tax professionals, licensed administrators, large enterprises, as well as institutions, such as banks and credit unions. Cetera has an established history of serving large enterprises and financial institutions, providing an established and repeatable blueprint for scalable growth.
Cetera's approach empowers advisors to affiliate in whichever way they deem most appropriate. During the professional life cycle of their practice, the Cetera wealth hub proactively turns – ensuring each advisor's affiliation model identifies and ignites growth levers, in a way that maximizes the value of their practice, people, and legacy. Cetera delivers independent and unbiased financial advice, customized offerings, growth and succession resources, an enhanced advisor tech stack and importantly, an experience where financial professionals don't feel like a number, but an integral part of Cetera's rich and thriving ecosystem.
Home to more than 8,000 financial professionals and their teams, Cetera oversees approximately $322 billion in assets under administration and $115 billion in assets under management, as of December 31, 2022. In a recent advisor satisfaction survey of more than 14,000 reviews, Cetera's Voice of Customer (VoC) program vigorously measures advisor experience and satisfaction 24/7. Currently, it's ranked 4.7 out of 5 stars.
Visit www.cetera.com, and follow Cetera on LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
"Cetera Financial Group" refers to the network of independent retail firms encompassing, among others, Cetera Advisors LLC, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Cetera Investment Services LLC (marketed as Cetera Financial Institutions or Cetera Investors), and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC. All firms are FINRA/SIPC members. Located at: 655 W. Broadway, 11th Floor, San Diego, CA 92101.
Individuals affiliated with Cetera firms are either Registered Representatives who offer only brokerage services and receive transaction-based compensation (commissions), Investment Adviser Representatives who offer only investment advisory services and receive fees based on assets, or both Registered Representatives and Investment Adviser Representatives, who can offer both types of services.
About Securian Financial
At Securian Financial, we're here for family. And we're here because of it. We're guided by our purpose of helping customers build secure tomorrows. Since 1880, we've been building a uniquely diversified company that has outlasted economic ups and downs while staying true to our customers. We provide insurance, investment and retirement solutions that give families the confidence to focus on what's truly valuable: banking memories with those who matter most. For more information about Securian Financial, visit securian.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Securian Financial is the marketing name for Securian Financial Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries. Insurance products are issued by its subsidiary insurance companies, including Minnesota Life Insurance Company and Securian Life Insurance Company, a New York authorized insurer. Securities and investment advisory services offered through Securian Financial Services, Inc., registered investment advisor, member FINRA/SIPC. Securian Trust Company, N.A., is an affiliate of Securian Financial Group and a national trust bank chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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California shark attack victim released from hospital, doctor says he narrowly escaped death
California shark attack victim released from hospital, doctor says he narrowly escaped death
THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. ## CONTINUING COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY'S SHARK ATTACK IN PACIFIC GROVE.. THE SWIMMER IS LISTED IN GOOD CONDITION.. AND EFFORTS NOW UNDERWAY TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO CAME TO HIS AID.. AS HEROES.. WE GET THE STORY FROM ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ.. THESE THREE GOOD SAMARITANS BEING HAILED AS HEROES FOR COMING TO THE RESCUE OF STEVE BRUEMMER, A SWIMMER WHO WAS ATTACKED BY A GREAT WHITE SHARK OFF LOVERS POINT WEDNESDAY MORNING.. EFFORTS NOW UNDERWAY TO NOMINATE THEM FOR AN AMERICAN RED CROSS.. HEROES AWARD (RED CROSS 11:24 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HONORING THEM :26 THEY'RE HEROIC INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITY I'M SURE THE SAME THING'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN BUT :34 WHAT THEY DID NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD DO THAT KNOWING THERE WAS STILL A SHARK IN THE WATER :38 BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK TWICE :40 THEY WENT IN AND RESCUED THIS GENTLEMAN AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE'S ALIVE TODAY :45) AFTER BEING BROUGHT TO SHORE BY THE GOOD SAMARITANS.. THE 62 YEAR OLD BRUEMMER UNDERWENT 2 HOURS OF SURGERY.. HE'S CURRENTLY LISTED IN GOOD CONDITION.. HIS DOCTOR SAID HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE GOOD SAMARITANS.. BRUEMMER MIGHT NOT HAVE SURVIVED THE ATTACK.. (10:26 THEY WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE REAL HEROES OF THE SITUATION WITHOUT SOMEONE ON THE BEACH READY TO GO OUT AND BRING HIM BACK IN AND PEOPLE AND THEN PEOPLE ON THE BEACH READY WITH TORNIQUETS HE COULD'VE ALSO LOST HIS LIFE IN JUST THE FACT THAT NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE OR NO ONE ABLE TO BRING HIM IN HE COULD'VE DIED IN THE WATER :42 THE BYSTANDERS WERE CRUCIAL IN SAVING HIS LIFE :46) THE GOOD SAMARITANS ARE FROM YOUR LEFT.. HEATH BRADDOCK, A SURFER FROM MOSS LANDING.. AIMEE JOHNS, A NURSE FROM FOLSOM AND HER HUSBAND PAUL BANDY A SACRAMENTO POLICE OFFICER.. ALL WERE IN THE WATER THAT DAY.. AND BANDY SAID HE DID WHAT HE'S TRAINED TO DO.. (:01 AS A POLICE OFFICER I RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES ALL THE TIME SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO GO IT WAS JUST HOW FAST WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE :08) BANDY AND HIS WIFE AIMEE WERE IN TOWN CELEBRATING THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.. STAYING HERE AT THE COLTON INN.. IN A SHOW OF GOOD WILL.. MANAGEMENT COMPED THEM
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California shark attack victim released from hospital, doctor says he narrowly escaped death
Video above: Efforts are underway to recognize the good Samaritans who helped save a shark attack victimA California man who was attacked by a great white shark while swimming near Lovers Point Beach has finally gone home, according to a spokesperson with Natividad Hospital. Steve Bruemmer, 62, narrowly escaped death according to his doctor who spoke to sister station KSBW a day after the attack.“It could’ve been much, much worse he could’ve not made it out of the water,” said Bruemmer’s doctor Nicholas Rottler, a trauma surgeon at Natividad Medical Center.Rottler said the shark came within a millimeter of severing a major artery.Bruemmer was in the hospital and rehab for three weeks before being released on Wednesday.
Video above: Efforts are underway to recognize the good Samaritans who helped save a shark attack victim
A California man who was attacked by a great white shark while swimming near Lovers Point Beach has finally gone home, according to a spokesperson with Natividad Hospital.
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Steve Bruemmer, 62, narrowly escaped death according to his doctor who spoke to sister station KSBW a day after the attack.
“It could’ve been much, much worse he could’ve not made it out of the water,” said Bruemmer’s doctor Nicholas Rottler, a trauma surgeon at Natividad Medical Center.
Rottler said the shark came within a millimeter of severing a major artery.
Bruemmer was in the hospital and rehab for three weeks before being released on Wednesday. | 2022-07-13T22:39:26+00:00 | 4029tv.com | https://www.4029tv.com/article/california-shark-attack-victim-released-from-hospital-doctor-says-he-narrowly-escaped-death/40606661 |
The company announces initial investment of $2.6 million with an additional estimated $9.5 million expected over 5 years
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Conterra Ultra Broadband Holdings, Inc. ("Conterra Networks") today announced its continued investment in fiber network growth across Calcasieu Parish with its initial investment of $2.6 million and an additional estimated $9.5 million expected over 5 years.
Conterra Networks designs and builds its 100% fiber network with symmetrical service and speeds of up to 10 Gbps and 99.99% network reliability. The company's local team manages the all-fiber network, which is now available to approximately 4,322 Calcasieu Parish businesses and growing.
"We continue to prioritize the communities we serve by investing in local network infrastructure," said Craig Gunderson, President and CEO of Conterra Networks. "This investment is critical to the growth in Calcasieu Parish. With the ever-increasing business connectivity requirements, we are always committed to enabling limitless communications opportunities for our customers by providing access to custom-designed, ultra-high-capacity broadband networks."
Conterra Networks is expanding and investing in communities in Louisiana, including Jeanerette, Loreauville, New Iberia, Abbeville, Erath, Maurice, Opelousas, Monroe, West Monroe, Lake Charles, Bossier City, Alexandria, and Natchitoches.
The expansion is part of the company's growing network infrastructure across the United States. To date, Conterra Networks has 13,250 fiber miles, 2,700 schools served, and over 7,500 on-net locations.
To learn more about Conterra Networks and the expansion efforts in Louisiana, visit www.conterra.com.
Founded in 2001, and now operating 13,250 fiber miles, Conterra Networks is one of the largest remaining independent broadband infrastructure companies in the United States based on its optical fiber and fixed wireless network assets and annual recurring revenues. The company is owned by affiliates of APG and Fiera, along with significant participation by the company's senior management team. For more information about Conterra Networks, please visit www.conterra.com.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Leaders representing Native American communities around New Mexico hosted a number of political candidates Friday, peppering them with questions about how they would ensure voting access for tribal members, respect sovereignty and protect water rights as the West grapples with historic drought.
The forum in Albuquerque follows last year’s efforts by tribes to stand their ground in the fight over legislative redistricting. The goal has been to keep the Native vote from being diluted and bring more light to issues that many tribal communities have been dealing with for decades — from the lack of adequate health care and educational opportunities to jurisdictional challenges that have hampered law enforcement efforts.
Mark Mitchell, the chairman of the All Pueblo Council of Governors and the former governor of Tesuque Pueblo, told the crowd that the forum was critical given the disproportionate effect that the coronavirus pandemic had on tribes, 2020 census data and the redrawing of the state’s political boundaries.
“We are at the cusp of knowing how our advocacy will shape the governance of our state,” he said, urging Native Americans to exercise their right to vote as early voting gets underway throughout New Mexico.
The political weight of Native Americans has been building, particularly over the last year as New Mexico's political boundaries were redrawn. Native Americans make up more than 12% of New Mexico's population as the state is home to nearly two dozen pueblos and other tribal nations.
Some tribal leaders said Friday there still is a long way to go when it comes to Native Americans making up a more significant percentage of the state's top office holders. Boosting that number would help to shift the priorities of policymakers, they said.
Questions for the candidates ranged from how they would address the ongoing crisis of missing and slain Native Americans to the systemic education shortfalls that are at the heart of a legal battle that state education officials have yet to remedy.
Congressional incumbents and nearly all of their challengers were on hand, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti made an appearance before the forum. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was invited, but she was traveling in southern New Mexico on Friday.
Democrats touted the recent approval of billions of dollars in federal spending aimed at broadband, water and infrastructure projects, some of which will benefit tribes. Republicans talked about rising prices for food and other commodities and the link to spending at tribal-run casinos and hospitality venues, saying inflation needs to be addressed.
Joseph Ray, a disability advocate from Laguna Pueblo, was hopeful the forum would help raise interest in the upcoming general election among Native Americans. His priorities include health care funding, noting that Congress over the years has included language aimed at providing services for people like himself, but those measures have resulted in unfunded mandates and the status quo.
Ray said it's possible some voters will cross the aisle during the midterm elections.
“Tribal communities have been made promises by candidates for so long,” he said.
Casey Duma, a past member of the All Pueblo Council of Governors, said it wasn't long ago that the voices of Native people were ignored and policies were created on behalf of Native Americans but without their input.
Relationships with other governments have been changing as tribal communities organize and voting rights are exercised, he said. | 2022-10-15T03:23:48+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tribal-leaders-pepper-New-Mexico-candidates-with-17510792.php |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
4-8-7-1, FIREBALL: 7
(four, eight, seven, one; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
4-8-7-1, FIREBALL: 7
(four, eight, seven, one; FIREBALL: seven) | 2022-05-27T16:34:50+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Morning-game-17203246.php |
VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Fineqia International Inc. (the "Company" or "Fineqia") (CSE: FNQ) (OTC: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA) announces the second tranche (the "Second Tranche") of its non-brokered private placement (the "Offering"), for a cumulative raise of C$4,546,224, with participation by the Wavemaker Genesis Master Fund Ltd.
Investors include the Wavemaker Genesis Master Fund Ltd, a fund managed by Wave Financial, LLC, one of the top regulated crypto asset managers worldwide, which subscribed to 15% of the second tranche. The Company has issued 420,122,400 Units to raise gross proceeds of C$4,201,224 in this tranche. Fineqia is also a minority shareholder in Wave Financial, LLC.
"We're delighted to have exceeded our initial target and very excited to have important and relevant shareholders on board," said Fineqia CEO Bundeep Singh Rangar. "This paves the way for growth with the right people batting on our side and our interests aligned."
The closing of the second tranche follows the upsize of the Offering to C$5 million from $4 million announced on Aug. 4, 2022, when the Company closed the first tranche with proceeds of C$345,000.
Each Unit sold or to be sold in the Offering consists of one common share of the Company and one share purchase warrant (a "Warrant") exercisable for three years at a price of C$0.05 per share. The Company may, at its option, accelerate the expiry date of the Warrants, provided that closing price of the common shares is at or above C$0.15 per share for any 20 consecutive trading day period at any time after four months and one day after the issuance of the Warrants.
The proceeds from the Offering will be used to enhance the Company's working capital as well as pare down debt.
These securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). Accordingly, these securities may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. person or person in the United States (as such terms are defined in regulations under the 1933 Act), absent an exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and applicable state laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States or in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Fineqia is a listed entity in the Canada (CSE: FNQ), US (OTC: FNQQF) and Europe (Frankfurt: FNQA). Fineqia's strategic focus has been to provide a platform and associated services to support securities issuances and manage administration of debt securities. Fineqia is currently building out its alternative finance business and it currently holds a growing portfolio of blockchain, fintech and cryptocurrency technology companies worldwide.
For more information, visit www.fineqia.com
Wave Financial, LLC (Wave) is a Los Angeles based investment management company that provides institutional and private wealth digital asset solutions. Led by a team of highly experienced financial services professionals, Wave provides investable funds via their diverse investment strategies applied to digital assets and tokenized real assets. Wave also offers managed accounts for HNWIs and family offices seeking tailored digital asset exposure, bespoke treasury management services, and early-stage venture capital and strategic consultation to the digital asset ecosystem. Wave is federally regulated by the US Securities & Exchange Commission as an investment adviser.
ON BEHALF OF THE FINEQIA BOARD
Bundeep Singh Rangar
CEO and Director
Some statements in this release may contain forward-looking information (as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws) ("forward-looking statements"). All statements, other than of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that Fineqia (the "Company") believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future (including, without limitation, statements regarding potential acquisitions and financings) are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words "may", "will", "should", "continue", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "plan" or "project" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict, that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, without limitation, the failure to obtain sufficient financing, and other risks disclosed in the Company's public disclosure record on file with the relevant securities regulatory authorities. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made except as may be required by applicable securities laws. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement except to the extent required by applicable securities laws.
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Frida Formann made five 3-pointers and scored 21 points, Aaronette Vonleh had 14 points and nine rebounds and Colorado beat No. 14 Arizona 72-65 on Friday night.
Colorado (14-3, 5-1 Pac-12) has won back-to-back games against ranked opponents for the first time since beating No. 21 Wyoming and No. 20 Vanderbilt in the 2007-08 season. The Buffaloes have won their last six games overall and 11 straight at home.
Formann sank a wide open 3-pointer off a nice assist from Kindyll Wetta to give Colorado a 65-63 lead with 1:37 left. After an Arizona miss, Quay Miller got her defender in the air and made a layup while being fouled and added the free throw to make it 68-63.
Miller added 13 points and nine rebounds and Wetta scored 10 for Colorado, which overcame 19 turnovers.
Colorado led for over 35 minutes. Arizona took its first lead, since it was 2-0, on Shaina Pellington’s basket with 3:26 left in the fourth quarter to make it 61-59. Pellington added a contested layup in the lane to make it 63-62 but she fouled out at the other end.
Cate Reese had 14 points and nine rebounds for Arizona (14-3, 4-2). Pellington, Jade Loville and Madison Conner each scored 12 points. Esmery Martinez, who averages 11.4 points per game, made her first basket with 8:08 left in the fourth quarter.
Arizona plays again on Sunday at No. 10 Utah, which hasn’t played since Jan. 6 after its game against Arizona State was called off due to a forfeit.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — NASA is asking for help analyzing the phenomenal photos taken of Jupiter by the Juno spacecraft.
Juno launched in August 2011 and made the 1,740-million-mile journey in only five years. Nine years later, Juno has taken thousands of pictures of the largest planet in our solar system and will continue to study the planet and its moons through September 2025 or the spacecraft’s end of life.
The Jovian Vortex Hunter is one of NASA’s citizen science projects where anyone can help find vortices, which are spiral wind patterns, in photos taken by a spacecraft. The vortices are formed in a similar way to hurricanes on Earth except these storms can be 30 miles high and several hundred miles across.
“There are so many images that it would take several years for our small team to examine all of them,” said Dr. Ramanakumar Sankar, who leads the project. “We need help from the public to identify which images have vortices, where they are, and how they appear.”
Helpers look at a photo from Junocam and determine if there is a vortex. If there is, they then circle it. Examining these images will help scientists understand the fluid dynamics, cloud chemistry and atmosphere on Jupiter.
Jovian Vortex Hunters are in the process of examining pictures taken in early 2019.
The project, hosted on Zooniverse, allows anyone to help with real research being conducted by teams across the world on a variety of subjects.
Those who would like to help with the image processing for Junocam can do so by visiting the project’s website. From there, helpers can download images to realistically enhance or turn into works of art. | 2022-06-28T20:05:38+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/help-nasa-hunt-for-storms-on-jupiter/ |
Yuma invites members of the public to the unveiling of the public art sculpture replacing the fountain at 224 S. Main St., which will take place 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 6.
The piece, titled Perpetua by artist Cory Cowan, maintains the character of the old fountain as both a selfie spot and the gateway to the shops at 224 Main.
After a report of damage in September 2020, an inspection revealed the fountain’s structural integrity was compromised. However, the water pump and the surrounding basin remained intact and usable. In seeking a replacement fountain and encouraging the growth of the public art scene, the city sought a sculpture that could incorporate a unique water feature of some sort.
The city selected Cowan’s bid out of nine submissions following review by the city’s Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission, the Design and Historic Review Commission and the Downtown Merchants Association.
Rather than accept the $10,000 the city had budgeted for the artwork, Cowan asked that his fee instead be set aside for an additional public art project in Yuma.
“This fountain is a reminder how much our community loves public art, specifically in Historic Downtown Yuma,” noted Jason Nau, director of parks and recreation. “Our team is proud to have worked with Mr. Cowan on this amazing installation.”
The unveiling will be free to attend. | 2022-05-05T16:17:50+00:00 | yumasun.com | https://www.yumasun.com/news/main-street-art-feature-to-be-unveiled-friday/article_5ebc2000-cc0f-11ec-a052-b37ba3a99625.html |
Democrats have warning for White House that their support for debt deal is not guaranteed
By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN
(CNN) — Rep. Susan Wild, one of the country’s most politically vulnerable Democrats, made her displeasure known over the White House’s handling of talks to raise the debt ceiling with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
In a closed-door meeting on Thursday, the Pennsylvania Democrat contended that the White House’s deal-cutting could put her party in a difficult position and force lawmakers to vote on thorny issues that would almost certainly be used against them in their reelection bids next year. And above all else: She said that the White House was taking House Democrats’ votes for granted, according to sources in the room.
Wild’s sentiment, which has been echoed privately by progressives and moderates alike, was noted by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The New York Democrat assured his caucus that he has relayed that message to the White House to convey to House GOP negotiators in the last-ditch talks to avoid default.
“There’s going to be votes that are going to be required by House Democrats, and we can’t vote for something that goes against our constituents and their interests,” Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told CNN.
In private, the assessment is much harsher.
“The White House needs to understand there are a lot of very frustrated members of the Democratic Caucus who are very concerned about the position that Democrats are being put in,” one Democratic lawmaker told CNN. “Everybody in the room is worried, is not being communicated with. They don’t know what’s happening.”
Indeed, the widespread angst comes as Democrats fear that the White House is getting rolled in negotiations with McCarthy, who has insisted he would only give into one concession – to raise the debt ceiling – in exchange for a host of Republican priorities. In particular, any deal is expected to include spending cuts for a wide range of domestic programs, many of which are top Democratic priorities.
Plus, Republicans are demanding new work requirements on social safety net programs like food stamps, something that Jeffries has warned against. And the GOP is pushing to ease the permitting of energy projects, an idea that is causing progressives to revolt.
McCarthy is expected to lose dozens of his conservative members on any deal cut with the White House. That means the California Republican will have to rely on Democratic votes to get the bill over the finish line.
Jeffries, though, offered a blunt warning on Thursday.
“Yes,” he said when asked by CNN whether GOP leaders are wrong to assume that House Democrats will help supply the votes to pass a deal worked out with the White House.
‘An atrocity:’ Democrats bash White House’s messaging strategy
Democrats believe they are getting hammered by the lack of White House pushback against McCarthy, who has been a near-constant presence on TV making the GOP’s argument. That’s caused Democrats on Capitol Hill to scramble to try to counter McCarthy’s messaging operation, including on the floor Thursday when dozens of Democrats criticized the GOP for recessing for Memorial Day before a deal has been reached to avoid default.
“The White House communications strategy is an atrocity. I should say, it’s not really a strategy. Where’s the president? Is he in an undisclosed location?” one Democratic lawmaker said.
White House officials argue that they have made the case for months about the GOP’s refusal to raise the debt ceiling without any conditions, calling it dangerous and risky. But they say that now they are giving space for highly sensitive negotiations that must bear fruit. Plus, White House officials say a final deal will have provisions backed by Democrats.
“Our concern is not about the president,” said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker. “We have confidence in him,” she said. “Our concern is about the Republicans who have gone home.”
Many Democrats complain that the White House has not done enough to keep them informed in the talks and then will lean on them at the last minute to vote for a deal they don’t like.
“McCarthy needs to understand that he is not entitled to votes from a party that he does not belong to,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, a member of the Progressive Caucus.
Some say that Biden should stop negotiating all together.
“We don’t negotiate with terrorists globally, why are we going to negotiate with the economic terrorists here that are the Republican Party,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a progressive New York Democrat who contended he’s “frustrated” with the White House’s handling of the talks.
In the Thursday meeting, Democratic lawmakers called on Biden to make an address from the Oval Office to better frame the stakes of a potential default and call out Republicans over their proposals.
While McCarthy has held a news conference after every meeting with Biden and presses the Republican argument multiple times a day in extended exchanges with reporters, Biden has rarely addressed the issue, leading many House Democrats to raise alarm bells that Republicans are controlling the narrative.
Instead of shaping the debate, one lawmaker said, “We’re not framing it at all. So, we’re just ceding the space. It’s insane. I’ve never seen anything like this. We have the Oval Office, and it’s like we might as well be in, like, Walmart.”
Horsford, the Nevada Democrat, said, “I would call on the president to make an address to the nation to explain exactly what the Republicans have walked away from,” adding that there are several previsions Biden has offered in the negotiations that have not been made public.
Washingon state Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the leader of House progressives, says she has made that case to the White House privately.
“I have expressed to the White House publicly and privately that I think this is a time when we need to get our message out,” Jayapal told CNN. “We’re mobilizing our networks because I do think we have allowed Republicans to have a stage for their misinformation and lies.”
Efforts to fill the vacuum
House Democrats have tried to sharpen their messaging strategy by organizing 88 members to give speeches on the floor about what’s at stake with these negotiations. Democratic leaders called Thursday’s caucus meeting to give members an opportunity to air their grievances and get on the same page.
“I think we could benefit from having the president and folks at the White House really helping and joining and amplifying that message,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “But I do think this is a team sport, and Democrats in Congress have been very aggressive in making their case.”
And many argue that such a messaging push might be too late.
“Hakeem can’t do it because he’s not in the talks. So, you know, it’s not on him. He’s trying, which I give him a lot of credit,” a Democratic lawmaker said. “But the bottom line is, the person who is on the other side of the negotiations here, the president, is MIA in public. So, there’s a vacuum and the only person filling it is Kevin McCarthy. And he’s doing a good job. But it’s easy for him. He has no one to compete with. It’s outrageous.”
White House officials defend their strategy by saying Biden’s silence over the last several days has allowed the negotiators space to do their work, even if it meant ceding the messaging space to Republicans.
Biden, who vowed last year to avoid becoming a “senator-president,” has taken that prescription to heart, according to aides. Aside from his handful of meetings and telephone calls with McCarthy, he has delegated direct negotiations to his team.
He has told his advisers that speaking publicly about the state of talks – particularly as they have been making slow progress this week – could backfire, giving conservatives a reason to balk. And that it could draw him into a contentious back-and-forth that may create more hurdles for an eventual deal.
Still, there have been signs the White House is working to refine the president’s messaging. Speaking in Japan on Saturday, Biden framed the talks as a typical negotiation, shrugging off the bluster as something he expected all along: “This goes in stages. I’ve been in these negotiations before,” he said.
That wasn’t in line with the public messaging from his own aides, who had begun accusing Republicans of exercising unprecedented tactics to take the economy “hostage.”
A day later, Biden had adjusted his tone to come more in line with what his team had been saying. At the start of a news conference, he warned the GOP’s “extreme” position could send the nation into default.
Yet for the next several days, he did not offer substantive updates on the talks. Nor did his negotiating team, which is comprised of longtime senior aides who do not regularly speak in public. That was a sharp contrast to the Republican negotiators, all elected officials who provided updates regularly as they came and went from talks.
Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee acknowledged that the White House’s decision to keep negotiations behind closed doors while McCarthy and his allies message publicly does, “in the short term, affect the way the message is delivered.”
“When one party sees it as a public relations issue, we see it as a real threat to the American and global economy. And there’s a short-term sacrifice that comes with that. In the long term, I think it’ll be proven out,” the Michigan Democrat said.
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Haley Talbot and Morgan Rimmer contributed to this report. | 2023-05-26T02:34:27+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/05/25/democrats-have-warning-for-white-house-that-their-support-for-debt-deal-is-not-guaranteed/ |
A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card sold for $12.6 million at auction on Sunday, marking the most expensive sports card ever sold.
The card, which was recently graded in mint condition, sold for $6 million more than a Honus Wagner card last year. It is also considered the most expensive sports collectible ever sold, beating out a jersey worn by Diego Maradona that sold for $9.3 million.
"An eight-figure auction result in the sports market was the stuff of fantasy just a decade ago," says Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage. "We always knew this card would shatter records and expectations. But that doesn't make it any less of a thrill to be part of an auction during which a single item breaks the eight-figure threshold for the first time.”
The card was owned by Anthony Giordano who purchased it for $50,000 in 1991. The card was previously purchased in the 80s by Alan Rosen as he found the card among thousands of 1952 Topps cards he bought.
While there are other Mantle rookie cards out there, this one remains in a nearly pristine condition almost seven decades later.
"It bears the finest qualities any 1952 Topps can possess: perfect centering, registration and four sharp corners," Ivy said. "That this Mantle rookie card remained in this condition for 70 years is a true miracle." | 2022-08-29T18:16:54+00:00 | kivitv.com | https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/baseball-card-sets-record-sold-at-auction-for-over-12-million |
Federal prosecutors said they do not plan to seek charges in the case of an American, Shanquella Robinson, who died under mysterious circumstances at a resort in Mexico.
Authorities said that after an autopsy was performed when Robinson's body was repatriated back to the U.S., they were not able to find enough evidence to "prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a federal crime was committed."
Robinson, 25, traveled with a group of six people for a vacation to San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. Her body was found on Oct. 29, and cell phone video recorded at the resort showed a violent fight before her death between Robinson and another woman with her group.
Charges were filed in Mexico against Daejahnea Jackson in connection to Robinson's November death.
The victim's mother, Sallamondra Robinson, spoke to Court TV in March and said, "I need someone to be arrested, and I need justice for my family and Shanquella, because it's been five months and they're out there living their life."
Investigators released a statement which said, "it is important to reassure the public that experienced federal agents and seasoned prosecutors extensively reviewed the available evidence and have concluded that federal charges cannot be pursued."
SEE MORE: Shanquella Robinson's Father Speaks Out Regarding Her Death
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-04-13T01:08:15+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/federal-prosecutors-wont-seek-charges-in-shanquella-robinsons-death |
Updated November 4, 2022 at 4:52 AM ET
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in a stable condition after being shot and wounded during a protest march, a senior leader from his party said Friday.
Khan's protest march and rallies were peaceful until Thursday afternoon's attack, raising concerns about growing political instability in Pakistan, a country with a history of political violence and assassinations.
One of Khan's supporters was killed and 13 others, including two lawmakers, were wounded in the attack.
"There is no doubt about it," said Fawad Chaudhry, a senior leader from Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party. "We are convinced that it was a well-planned assassination attempt on Pakistan's most popular leader Imran Khan, who is now in stable condition at the Shaukat Khanum hospital in Lahore after undergoing surgery there."
He said the party leadership was meeting in Lahore later Friday. "We will announce today exactly when our march will resume from Wazirabad," Chaudhry told The Associated Press. He provided no further details, but Khan's party in a brief statement urged supporters to hold nationwide rallies to condemn the shooting.
Asad Umar, a senior figure from Khan's party, blamed the shooting on Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the country's interior minister, and an army general without offering any evidence.
The government called the allegation baseless, saying it has ordered a high-level probe and that the attacker is being questioned.
Police are still questioning the alleged attacker, who is shown in a video saying he carried out the shooting and acted alone.
The attack took place as the former cricket star-turned-politician was traveling in a large protest convoy of trucks and cars toward Islamabad. Video footage show him and his team ducking for cover on top of a vehicle as gunfire rings out.
Khan, 70, is likely to be allowed to go home soon, according to Faisal Sultan, who is heading the team of doctors who treated Khan. He told reporters Thursday that Khan's surgery continued for two hours, and he had a bullet wound in his right leg.
He maintains that his April ouster from Parliament was unlawful and a conspiracy by his political opponents orchestrated by the United States, a charge denied by both Washington and Sharif.
Khan wants the government to announce snap elections. He led the protest from Lahore beginning last Friday along with thousands of supporters, saying his protest will continue until his demands are accepted. Pakistan says elections will take place as scheduled in 2023.
His supporters rallied overnight in different parts of the country after the shooting.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, May 23, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
542 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WEBB COUNTY...
At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles southwest
of Gilson Groves, or 28 miles south of Carrizo Springs, moving east
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Webb County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BAILEY CASTRO COCHRAN
DALLAM DEAF SMITH HALE
HARTLEY HOCKLEY LAMB
LUBBOCK MOORE OLDHAM
PARMER POTTER RANDALL
SHERMAN SWISHER TERRY
YOAKUM
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Deaf Smith County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 544 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of
Bellview, or 18 miles northwest of Friona, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Hail damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Hereford, Simms and Bootleg.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a
Bailey County in northwestern Texas...
Northwestern Cochran County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 545 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of
Causey, or 16 miles northwest of Morton, moving northeast at 30
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
Muleshoe, Morton, Needmore, Enochs, Maple and Muleshoe Wildlife
Refuge.
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ATLANTA, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RMS Titanic, Inc. today announced a new partnership with Vintage Digital Revival to both enhance the organization's presentation of Titanic's story and honor its legacy. Vintage Digital Revival will leverage RMS Titanic Inc.'s IP to enhance its virtual offerings, TITANIC: HONOR AND GLORY and TITANIC: PROJECT 401. Their renown virtual representations will be included in RMS Titanic, Inc's educational programming and exhibitions, enriching content and allowing people of all ages to experience the legendary ship in a modernized way.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The politics of inflation took a sharp turn Wednesday with a report showing consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since the early months of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Republicans have hammered Biden over the cost of groceries, gasoline, utilities and more, saying his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package and push for electric vehicles were responsible for pushing inflation to a four-decade high. The GOP argument has resonated with voters, but the report on consumer prices for June suggests that inflation has eased dramatically without any of the job losses that some economists and Republican leaders said would occur.
Prices have risen just 3% from a year ago, compared with 9.1% in June 2022, and it’s the lowest reading since March 2021.
Unlike a year ago, inflation is mainly coming from a government measure of shelter based on what it would cost to rent a home. This makes the inflation argument somewhat nuanced as data from AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of the national electorate, shows that the majority of voters last year — 83% of Republicans and 73% of Democrats — own their homes and are largely insulated from higher rental prices.
Biden’s team was quick to seize on the inflation report as proof that its policies are delivering results. Defying expectations that Federal Reserve efforts to combat inflation would cause layoffs, the unemployment rate is healthy at 3.6%.
“Inflation is down by two-thirds over the past year,” said Jared Bernstein, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. “It is particularly notable and highly consistent with Bidenomics to see this steep a decline in the rate of inflation while employment remains so uniquely strong.”
The president was quick to take credit, with the White House issuing a statement from him: “Good jobs and lower costs: That’s Bidenomics in action.”
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Biden was “delusional” for saying his policies are helping U.S. families.
“We’ve got to get this skyrocketing inflation and reckless spending under control and stop expecting our kids and grandkids to pay the bill,” Scott said. “That’s how we protect the American dream.”
The office of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., issued a statement saying that “Bidenomics continues to cost all Americans” because of higher prices since he took office. It called on the president to “join House Republican efforts to increase American energy production to drive down costs for hardworking families across the country.”
Republicans are tweaking the data they use on inflation, putting a greater emphasis on total price increases over the entire Biden presidency instead of the annual and monthly figures that economists commonly use. The office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., issued a breakdown of price increases over the entirety of Biden’s tenure to say that inflation is still a problem, citing a 39% increase in airfare, 18.8% increase in furniture prices and 52% increase in gas.
The administration wants voters to focus on the downward trend. One key statistic being measured by the White House is how many gallons of gas can be purchased on average for an hour of work. Republican lawmakers and candidates blasted Biden for record prices at the pump last year, a message that helped the GOP secure a House majority in 2022.
But by an internal White House analysis, this argument looks outdated: A single hour of work 12 months ago could only pay for 5.5 gallons of gas, a figure that has since risen to a bit more than 8 gallons. The increase appears to reflect a 27% drop in prices at the pump compared with a year ago, and also average wage gains of about 5%.
Biden has long denied that his $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief money helped to spark inflation. Broken supply chains and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he said, were the main culprits. This argument had limited appeal in last year’s elections. AP VoteCast found that 54% of voters blamed Biden’s politics for the higher inflation, while 46% said higher prices were due to factors outside his control.
Biden’s aides largely attribute the decline in inflation to giving the Fed the independence to raise interest rates as needed and the unsnarling of supply chains and other efforts, such as last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, that signaled the government would find ways to lower prices for prescription drugs and promote investments in clean energy and manufacturing.
The White House also feels reasonably positive about the path of inflation because housing is behind much of the current increase in prices. The government’s measure of shelter inflation depends on rents, and a forecast by White House economists suggests home rental prices will ease in the months to come.
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Biden has gone on the offensive about the economy, giving speeches that try to draw a link between his actions and new construction projects and investments by companies. The economy has been a vulnerability for Biden, with just 34% approving of his leadership on the issue in a June AP-NORC poll.
Still, the change in the composition of what is driving inflation could be critical for how voters think about prices and politics.
In 2022, VoteCast found that nearly all voters said inflation was at least a minor factor in their votes. That included 47% who said groceries and food costs were the most important element for them; the majority of these voters backed Republicans.
An additional 16% said gas squeezed them the most, and about two-thirds of this group voted for the GOP. But of the voters who identified housing as their top inflationary burden, two-thirds supported Democrats.
Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, told reporters last month that “there’s every reason to think” inflation will be close to the Fed’s 2% target by the November 2024 election.
Still, the progress does not mean inflation rates are automatically going downward and that the economy is guaranteed to escape a recession. White House officials acknowledged on Wednesday that the effort to bring down inflation is incomplete. The Fed is poised to raise rates and keep them high until inflation appears to be headed to the central bank’s target.
Michael Strain, director of economic studies at the center-right American Enterprise Institute, said he is skeptical that demand in the economy “can weaken to the point that the Fed can credibly claim to have met its inflation target without the economy entering a mild recession and the unemployment rate increasing.”
Skanda Amarnath, executive director of the advocacy group Employ America, said that the odds of a recession have decreased and that lowering inflation has not led automatically to large job losses as many expected. But he cautioned that there are still unknowns.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HaystackID, a specialized eDiscovery services firm supporting law firms and corporate legal departments, announced today the formal launch of its Global Advisory practice. The global group consolidates the consulting branch of the firm, providing more comprehensive management for its clients and enabling expertise with cross-functional area support.
HaystackID now serves clients through its HaystackID Discovery Intelligence, HaystackID Core™, and HaystackID Global Advisory offerings, ensuring the best alignment of approach, technology, and counsel in support of transactions, implementations, investigations, and litigation.
"The combination of these three practice areas strategically positions HaystackID as the leader in its unified approach, highlighting our experts along with our technology services, in a manner that differentiates our firm from consultancies and providers worldwide," said HaystackID CEO Hal Brooks.
HaystackID Global Advisory features specialized industry experts and teams organized into practices that are optimized to help organizations plan, assess, report, and manage complex and critical tasks, projects, and programs.
The new offering includes four dedicated practices:
- Global Cyber Discovery and Incident Response Services – This focus area provides organizations with end-to-end reactive capabilities to rapidly identify sensitive data (PII/PHI) during a security incident so that organizations can understand and respond to regulatory risk arising from personal data compromise. The cutting-edge process is driven by a dedicated division of cyber, forensics, data science, and legal experts that work together to create successful outcomes for corporations, breach coaches, and cyber insurance providers.
- Privacy and Compliance – This group takes a pragmatic, risk-based approach to help clients maintain individuals' privacy rights, preserve data integrity, and comply with developing privacy regulations, while still allowing information to flow efficiently so that business can be done. HaystackID's experts bring to bear years of experience when advising on data risk, data security, data transfers, and data compliance.
- Global Information Governance Advisory Services – This area enables organizations to be prepared for litigation, regulatory requests, and investigations through a comprehensive enterprise data strategy. It provides advice, frameworks, templates, and tools to transform and improve an organization's enterprise data management and protection strategies, satisfying legal, privacy, compliance, security, records management, and risk obligations. The team is comprised of data management and governance experts, each with an average of more than 20 years of field experience.
- Enterprise Managed Solutions – This group offers flexible and cost-effective discovery management programs from fully managed, turnkey subscriptions to bespoke solutions tailored to unique legal enterprise needs. It is designed to solve the problem of the unpredictable cost of discovery and create operational excellence in the legal process.
"By offering these dedicated practices under one umbrella, we are able to provide our clients with a holistic experience that provides solutions for every aspect of their complex needs. Open and ongoing dialogue helps drive innovation. Our experts facilitate this innovation and rapid deployment of solutions for elaborate and unique needs," said HaystackID President Andrea Wallack.
To learn more about HaystackID Global Advisory, which is available now, visit here.
HaystackID is a specialized eDiscovery services firm that helps corporations and law firms securely find, understand, and learn from data when facing complex, data-intensive investigations, and litigation. HaystackID mobilizes industry-leading cyber discovery services, enterprise solutions, and legal discovery offerings to serve more than 500 of the world's leading corporations and law firms in North America and Europe. Serving nearly half of the Fortune 100, HaystackID is an alternative cyber and legal services provider that combines expertise and technical excellence with a culture of white-glove customer service. In addition to consistently being ranked by Chambers USA, the company was recently named a worldwide leader in eDiscovery Services by IDC MarketScape, a representative vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for E-Discovery Solutions, and a Legal Technology Trailblazer by The National Law Journal. Further, HaystackID has achieved SOC 2 Type II attestation in the five trust service areas of security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. For more information about its suite of services, including programs and solutions for unique legal enterprise needs, go to HaystackID.com.
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JACKSON, Calif. (AP) — A Fourth of July wildfire that authorities say may have been sparked by fireworks or a barbecue temporarily trapped holiday revelers as it chewed through a mountainous California region that’ is a top tourism destination, officials said.
The Electra Fire in Sierra Nevada Gold Country broke out Monday afternoon and tripled in size overnight to more than 4.7 square miles (12.2 square kilometers) acres by Tuesday morning.
The fire started at a recreation area that was packed with people, forcing 85 to 100 celebrating the holiday at a river to take shelter at a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility, said Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman. All were later safely evacuated, he said.
Mandatory evacuation orders and warnings combined affected about 500 people in Amador County and 300 to 400 people in Calaveras County, Redman said. Evacuation centers were set up for people and animals.
More than 100 fire engines, 1,200 firefighters and 14 helicopters were sent to the fire, which was a threat to power infrastructure, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. The terrain was described as steep and rugged.
Cal Fire activated an incident management team for the fire. The teams “are made up of trained personnel who provide operational management and support to large-scale, expanding incidents,” Cal Fire said.
Redman said the cause of the fire was not known, but that it started in the Vox Beach area of the North Fork Mokelumne River. He said that could suggest fireworks or a barbecue as a potential cause.
One firefighter from the local fire protection district suffered burn injuries, Redman said.
Vox Beach is about 55 miles (89 kilometers) east of Sacramento in the heart of the Sierra Nevada region that is steeped with the history of the mid-1800s Gold Rush.
Several other small fires were burning in the state.
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) _ Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN) on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $52 million.
On a per-share basis, the Lake Forest, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 25 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 26 cents per share.
The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 26 cents per share.
The company posted revenue of $917 million in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $938.4 million.
For the current quarter ending in October, Reynolds Consumer Products expects its per-share earnings to range from 21 cents to 25 cents.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $905 million for the fiscal third quarter.
Reynolds Consumer Products expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.32 to $1.43 per share, with revenue expected to be $3.56 billion.
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Alabama officials warn of contractor fraud ahead of hurricane season
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Some unscrupulous contractors ready to commit fraud prey on people in distress. For example, when a tornado comes through your neighborhood and takes your roof with it, you will want to fix it quickly. But if you fall victim to contractor fraud, it could cost you more than it should.
“These events carry the potential to cause serious damage or total destruction of private property and our homes,” explained Brian Powell with the Alabama Department of Insurance. Powell says some of this contractors can fraudulently inflate the building or repair costs in their estimates.
Here are some tips from the Alabama Department of Insurance on how you can avoid contractor fraud:
- Before you say ‘yes’ to a contractor, get three estimates. That way you see the price differences.
- Ask for your contractors’ credentials. They should have a card issued by the Alabama Licensure Board.
“You can also check the Alabama Secretary of State’s office website. Every business that does business, to include contractors in Alabama, must be registered with the Alabama Secretary of State’s office,” said Powell.
If you have a question or feel you have fallen victim to contractor fraud, you can contact the Department of Insurance by clicking here.
The recommendations come as part of Alabama’s Contractor Fraud Awareness Week, which Gov. Kay Ivey has declared will run through the end of this week.
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The Chicago Bulls snapped a four-game skid with a 121-107 win over the Boston Celtics on Monday night at the United Center. The victory also ended a nine-game winning streak for the Celtics, who sit atop the Eastern Conference at 13-4.
Here are seven takeaways from the win.
1. Zach LaVine bounced back after his late benching against the Orlando Magic.
All eyes were on LaVine after he was benched for the final minutes of Friday’s loss to the Magic on a career-worst 1-for-14 shooting night. The last time LaVine was similarly benched in 2019, he responded with a 49-point performance one night later.
LaVine’s response Monday wasn’t quite as theatrical — he scored 22 points on 8-for-20 shooting. But he showed why he believes he belongs on the court in the final minutes of any game by sinking three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to hold off any chance of a Celtics comeback.
As he continues to build back his explosiveness after offseason knee surgery, LaVine showed flashes of his typical bounce with several high-flying dunks.
“I just went out there and played hard, took my shots,” LaVine said. “Even in the game I went 1-for-14, my shot felt good. I’m getting there. I’m missing shots that I normally don’t, but I’m going to keep shooting with confidence, keep getting downhill.
“My legs are starting to feel better. I just try to be active, offensively, defensively. I think it shows and we came out with the win.”
2. Patrick Williams recorded a season-high scoring night in a confident performance.
Williams continued a steady increase in both confidence and scoring, tallying 17 points on 6-for-9 shooting.
The Celtics sagged off Williams early, challenging the young power forward to take long-distance shots. Williams responded by burying a pair of 3-pointers in the first quarter to force the Celtics to defend him tighter.
Williams eagerly attacked isolation opportunities against elite Celtics defenders such as Jayson Tatum throughout the game, capitalizing on the mismatch his combination of speed and length provides.
The performance added to a growing contribution from Williams, who is averaging 9.2 points after a slow start. He has scored in double digits in five of the last seven games.
3. The Bulls broke through a pattern of sluggish starts to outmatch the Celtics in the first quarter.
The Bulls have struggled at the start of games all season, consistently digging themselves into holes that either force them to attempt a late-game comeback or lead to a blowout loss.
Monday’s win provided a stark change from that pattern. The Bulls led 28-23 after the first quarter, taking advantage of the Celtics’ 27.3% shooting from the field and forcing six turnovers to gain an early upper hand.
The Bulls sustained this improved vigor throughout the first half, taking a 13-point lead into the locker room while outshooting and outrebounding the Celtics.
4. The Bulls still can hang with the best.
The Bulls were criticized often last season for their inability to beat the top teams in either conference. They’re staying more competitive this season with their toughest competition, including two wins now over the Eastern Conference-leading Celtics.
Despite their 7-10 record and recent losing streak, the win buoyed confidence in the Bulls locker room that a winning record is well within reach.
“I would rather be going through our struggles now,” DeMar DeRozan said. “In games like this, we realize we can compete with anybody. I really believe once we catch that rhythm, that confidence of playing at a high level, it’s going to be consistent.”
5. Goran Dragić exited with a stinger after a first-quarter collision.
Dragić left with 2:38 remaining in the first quarter after a hard collision with Celtics forward Sam Hauser. Despite the Bulls reporting him as questionable to return with a left shoulder injury, Dragić returned midway through the second quarter.
The injury appeared to affect the left-handed Dragić’s shooting. The veteran guard missed his only shot of the first half, a jumper from the left elbow. He played a little less than three minutes in the third quarter, then sat for the remainder of the game.
Coach Billy Donovan described the injury as a stinger that affected Dragić’s neck, resulting in numbness down the back of his left arm. Dragić insisted he could stay in the game, but Donovan held him out as a preventative measure.
6. Andre Drummond continues to provide much-needed rebounding.
Drummond again showed his importance to the Bulls around the rim with a 12-rebound performance, 10 of them coming in the first half. He continues to match the rebounding of starting center Nikola Vučević, providing depth at the position that was desperately missing last season.
With the Celtics missing starting center Robert Williams III, the Bulls were able to overpower the Celtics down low throughout the game, outscoring them in second-chance points (11-8) and points in the paint (44-34).
7. The win galvanized the Bulls ahead of a six-game road stretch.
The Bulls hope to ride the momentum swing Monday’s win created into a challenging trip featuring four teams above .500, plus the reigning champion Golden State Warriors.
The stretch begins Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks (12-4), followed by the Oklahoma City Thunder (7-10) on Friday. The trip continues with games against the Western Conference-leading Utah Jazz (12-7), the second-place Phoenix Suns (10-6), the streaky Sacramento Kings (9-6) and the Warriors (8-10).
The Bulls won’t play at the United Center again until they host the Washington Wizards (10-7) on Dec. 7.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
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2-4-3-2
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FREDERICKSBURG , Texas (AP) — Part of why Terry Hamilton says he abruptly left his job running elections deep in Texas wine country is by now a familiar story in America: He became fed up with the harassment that followed the 2020 election.
But this was no ordinary exit.
On the brink of November’s midterm elections, it was not just Hamilton who up and quit this month but also the only other full-time election worker in rural Gillespie County. The sudden emptying of an entire local elections department came less than 70 days before voters start casting ballots.
By the middle of last week, no one was left at the darkened and locked elections office in a metal building annex off the main road in Fredericksburg. A “Your Vote Counts” poster hung in a window by the door.
A scramble is now underway to train replacements and ground them in layers of new Texas voting laws that are among the strictest in the U.S. That includes assistance from the Texas Secretary of State, whose spokesperson could not recall a similar instance in which an elections office was racing to start over with a completely new staff. But the headaches don’t stop there.
The resignations have more broadly made the county of roughly 27,000 residents — which overwhelmingly backed former President Donald Trump in 2020 — an extraordinary example of the fallout resulting from threats to election officials. Officials and voting experts worry that a new wave of harassment or worse will return in November, fueled by false claims of widespread fraud.
Hamilton, who has clashed with poll watchers in Gillespie County in past elections, said he didn’t want to go through it again.
“That’s the one thing we can’t understand. Their candidate won, heavily,” Hamilton said. “But there’s fraud here?”
He declined to discuss the nature of the threats in a phone interview, referring questions to the county attorney, who did not respond to a phone message. Gillespie County Sheriff Buddy Mills said neither his department nor police in Fredericksburg had received information about threats from elections officials.
Hamilton worked under Anissa Herrera, the former county elections administrator whose resignation was first reported by the Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post. “I was threatened, I’ve been stalked, I’ve been called out on social media,” she told the outlet. “And it’s just dangerous misinformation.”
The departures pile on the examples across the U.S. of how death threats, harassment and unfounded accusations have driven local election officials from their jobs. Citing the potential effect on democracy, the U.S. Department of Justice launched a task force last year to address rising threats against election officials.
They are familiar to many election workers in Texas, which has been at the vanguard of a Republican campaign nationwide to tighten election laws in response to Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged. Supporters are easy to find in Gillespie County, a popular getaway to booming vineyards and vacation rentals in the scenic Texas Hill Country, which is a short day trip from the state’s liberal capital in Austin but separated by a gulf politically. In 2020, Trump won the county with nearly 80% of the vote.
But the resignations surprised Mo Saiidi, chairman of the Gillespie County GOP, who said recent elections had run smoothly. Hamilton said run-ins with poll watchers traced back to 2020 but said other issues weighed on the office, including what he contended was was a lack of support from the county. He also recently decided to run as a write-in candidate for county treasurer, which he said required him to step down.
Saiidi believes funding played a role. “They had some differences and they couldn’t come to a closure, and they decided in frustration to just quit,” said Saiidi, who also serves on the county’s election commission.
A survey released in March by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law found that one in three election officials knows someone who has left a job in part because of threats and intimidation, and that one in six had experienced threats personally.
In Texas alone, at least 37 election administrators since the 2020 election have left what were previously stable positions, said Trudy Hancock, president of the Texas Association of Elections Administrators, citing a presentation she had seen. There are 254 counties in Texas, not all of which have dedicated election administration offices.
Threats are not all that’s making the job tougher in Texas. A sweeping new voting law gives wide latitude to partisan poll watchers and threatens election workers with criminal charges for denying them access. The same law put new restrictions on mail voting but made a messy debut during Texas’ first-in-the-nation primary in March, when more 23,000 mail ballots were discarded outright as voters struggled to navigate the new rules.
It underscores the challenges a new staff will face getting up to speed under a time crunch. For now, Saiidi said the county clerk and tax assessor have been discussed as possible fills-in.
Hancock, who is also the elections administrator in Brazos County, said her workers could previously take angry calls as voters blowing off steam. “But in this climate and the things that go on now, we have to take everything serious and at face value,” she said.
Less than 24 hours after the office in Gillespie County officially cleared out, the resignations were front of mind at a pavilion in Fredericksburg, where Democrat Beto O’Rourke had swung through in his campaign to unseat Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Roger Norman, 60, felt the election was still in good hands but called threats a pattern of intimidation. Outside, at a counter rally of Trump supporters, welder Abel Salazar said he had no concerns with elections in the heavily conservative county and that interest in poll watching was high.
“There are a lot of people that have been volunteering,” Salazar, 53, said.
Hamilton said deadlines in his old office are already creeping up.
“They didn’t think we did anything,” he said. “Now they get to see what we did.” | 2022-08-23T13:09:52+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/election-staff-abruptly-quits-upending-rural-texas-county/ |
One of seven people involved in the murder of a Billings man in front of his home in Midtown in 2020 was sentenced to prison Monday.
James Posey Fisher, 36, was sentenced in Yellowstone County District Court to 20 years with five suspended. Although he did not fire the shot that killed Brett Ness, he admitted to pointing a gun at the 24-year-old while a second armed man opened fire.
Officers with the Billings Police Department responded to a shooting on Florine Lane, near Central Park, in April 2020. They found Ness laying in his driveway with a gunshot wound to his head. He was taken to a Billings hospital, where he later died. He was a father to a 4-year-old girl, and his death was the second in a record-setting year of homicides in Billings.
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Investigators reviewed surveillance footage showing two vehicles pulling up to Ness’ driveway the day he was shot. Five men emerged, walked out of frame and ran back to the vehicles shortly after. Fisher was among those five men.
Alexander Garrett Laforge III approached Ness at his home the day prior to the shooting, according to court documents, demanding money. Laforge left saying Ness had better move, because he was coming back.
Laforge returned the next day, with Fisher and five others in the two vehicles. The vehicles were driven by two women, both of whom later pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. Three men joined Laforge and Fisher, who had firearms, in getting out and approaching Ness’ home. When Ness came outside, Laforge and Fisher pointed their guns at him. Laforge fired a single round which struck and eventually killed Ness, court documents said.
Yellowstone County District Judge Donald L. Harris sentenced Laforge, a parolee with six prior felony convictions, to 110 years in prison in May of this year. He will not be eligible for parole for the first 50 years. He was also ordered to pay nearly $85,000 in restitution to Ness’ family and the state’s Crime Victim Compensation program.
Fisher, originally from Lame Deer, reached an agreement with Yellowstone County prosecutors in March 2021 in which he pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a weapon. Per his plea agreement, prosecutors recommended Fisher be sentenced to 20 years in prison, with 10 suspended.
At his sentencing Monday, Judge Harris sentenced Fisher to 20 years, but with only five suspended. He will serve that sentence consecutive to the five years he received in U.S. District Court earlier this month for manslaughter. A federal judge sentenced Fisher to 60 months, plus three years of supervised released, after he admitted to stabbing his brother, Dane Fisher, to death during an argument at a gas station in Crow Agency.
A third man charged in connection to the death of Ness, Brain Pretty Weasel, is set to appear for trial in November. Prosecutors allege he gave Laforge the gun used to kill Ness. He is facing one count of assault with a weapon by accountability. | 2022-08-02T21:36:07+00:00 | billingsgazette.com | https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/lame-deer-man-gets-20-years-for-role-in-2020-billings-homicide/article_d15447b6-129e-11ed-9522-7b89c4b226aa.html |
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifth Wall—the largest asset manager focused on PropTech and the decarbonization of the global real estate industry—today announced its appointment of Fethi Kirdar as a Managing Director on Capital Formation, leading coverage of the Middle East & North Africa. The move signifies the Firm's continued, deep commitment to its numerous investors within the Middle East and its recent first investment in the region in Huspy alongside Sequoia Capital.
"Since our inception, Fifth Wall has long strived to establish a notable presence in the Middle East, given the breadth of the region's investment in the global real estate industry," said Brendan Wallace, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Fifth Wall. "We have been fortunate enough to have DAMAC as a partner in Dubai since 2021, as they've always been tech and sustainability-forward in their business. We believe regional sovereign wealth funds and real estate firms will increasingly look to take on core leadership roles within PropTech and Climate through investments in Proptech and Climate Tech funds."
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Kirdar led Finance and Investments for International Media Investments, an Abu Dhabi-based quasi-sovereign media and tech investment firm. Previously, Kirdar was a Venture Partner with Iliad Partners and he spent several years in investment banking at Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank. He holds his BSc from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
"I've long been impressed by the rapid pace with which Fifth Wall has solidified its position at the forefront of tech for today's global real estate industry and built an unmatched network of more than 110 LPs from more than 15 different countries including a number in the GCC," said Kirdar. "I look forward to leveraging my deep-seeded relationships in the region to accelerate the growth of PropTech and Climate Tech across The Middle East."
Since Fifth Wall was founded in 2016, PropTech investment across North America has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 43%, while the Middle East has grown at 4%. In the past seven years, 87 PropTech startups launched and $1.1B was invested in the sector in the region.
About Fifth Wall: Founded in 2016, Fifth Wall, a Certified B Corporation, is the largest venture capital firm focused on tech for the global real estate industry. With approximately $3.2B in commitments and capital under management, Fifth Wall connects many of the world's largest owners and operators of real estate with the entrepreneurs who are redefining the future of the Built World. Fifth Wall is backed by a global mix of more than 110 strategic limited partners from more than 15 different countries, including BNP Paribas Real Estate, British Land, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Hilton, Host Hotels & Resorts, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Kimco Realty Corporation, Lennar, Lowe's Home Improvement, Marriott International, MetLife Investment Management, MGM Resorts, Related Companies, Starwood Capital, Toll Brothers, and others. Fifth Wall believes this consortium represents one of the largest groups of potential partners in the global Built World ecosystem, which can result in transformational investments and collaborations with promising portfolio companies. For more information about Fifth Wall, its LPs, and portfolio, visit www.fifthwall.com.
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Man indicted in chokehold death of New York subway rider Jordan Neely, prosecutor confirms
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a man who put an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold, prosecutors confirmed Thursday.
Daniel Penny was initially charged with manslaughter last month in the May 1 death of Jordan Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator who struggled in recent years with homelessness and mental illness.
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg confirmed the grand jury voted to indict, a day after the news was widely reported. The specific charges will be unveiled during Penny’s arraignment on June 28th. He had initially been charged with manslaughter in the second degree, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, but a grand jury’s approval of charges was needed for the case to continue.
Neely was shouting at passengers and begging for money when Penny, a former U.S. Marine, pinned him to the floor of the moving subway car with the help of two other riders. Penny then held Neely in a chokehold that lasted more than three minutes until his body went limp.
Penny has said he was protecting himself and other passengers, claiming Neely shouted “I’m gonna’ kill you” and that he was “ready to die” or go to jail for life.
“He was yelling in their faces saying these threats,” Penny said in a video released by his attorneys this week. “I just couldn’t sit still.”
A freelance journalist who recorded Neely struggling to free himself, then lapsing into unconsciousness, said he was acting aggressively and frightening people but hadn’t assaulted anyone. Neely was Black. Penny is white.
Neely’s death prompted protests by many who saw it as an example of racial injustice, setting off a debate about vigilantism and public safety in New York City. Several commentators, including Rev. Al Sharpton, compared the chokehold death to the Bernhard Goetz case in 1984, in which a white gunman shot four Black men on a subway train.
Others have rallied around Penny, including several of the Republican candidates for president. A fund set up to pay for Penny’s legal defense has raised more than $2.8 million, according to his lawyers.
The attorneys, Steven Raiser and Thomas Keniff, said they were confident that a trial jury would find Penny’s actions on the train justified.
“While we respect the decision of the grand jury to move this case forward to trial, it should be noted that the standard of proof in a grand jury is very low and there has been no finding of wrongdoing,” they said.
Neely, 30, had been arrested multiple times and had recently pleaded guilty to assaulting a 67-year-old woman leaving a subway station in 2021.
Penny, 24, was released on $100,000 bond following a May 12 court appearance.
In a statement on Wednesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the indictment would allow for justice to move forward.
“I appreciate DA Bragg conducting a thorough investigation into the death of Jordan Neely,” he said. “Like I said when the DA first brought charges, I have the utmost faith in the judicial process, and now that the Grand Jury has indicted Daniel Penny, a trial and justice can move forward.”
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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — The first Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational has Dustin Johnson and 12 other PGA Tour members as part of its 48-man field next week outside London. The next move falls to the PGA Tour, which must decide whether to allow them to come back.
The first fallout after the rival league released the names of players who will compete at its inaugural event came Wednesday when the Royal Bank of Canada said it was dropping Johnson and Graeme McDowell as corporate sponsors. Both are playing the LIV event, the same week as the RBC Canadian Open on the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour’s only comment was to mention a May 10 memo to players in which it denied releases for them to play the first LIV event. “Members who violate the tournament regulations are subject to disciplinary action,” the statement said.
Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford were among the 42 players named on the field list (six other spots are being held for a special invitation and from an Asian Tour series). Neither ever had more attention from media as they practiced Wednesday before and after the pro-am at the Memorial.
Jones confirmed he received a signing bonus and is obligated to play multiple times among the eight LIV events, each with $25 million in prize money and $4 million to the individual winner. Five of the tournaments are in the United States.
The 41-year-old Australian, who is No. 68 in the world, said it was a “good choice for me” for business and family and what he hopes will grow the game.
But he hasn’t given up on keeping his PGA Tour membership.
“My next tour stop is … I don’t know when it is, to be honest with you. We’ll see. We’ll find out what happens,” Jones said. “I don’t think banning players from playing on the PGA Tour as independent contractors is very good for golf. It’s not a good look for anyone. I understand the tour wants to protect their players and the product they have out here, but I don’t think that’s a good way to go about it.”
The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that Johnson was offered more than $100 million just to sign up for the league Greg Norman is running. Johnson has been heavily recruited, and it was thought the courtship was over when he said in February he was “fully committed” to the PGA Tour. He was the biggest star on the list of 42 players.
Phil Mickelson, the chief recruiter of players until his inflammatory remarks about the Saudis and the PGA Tour caused him to step away from golf, was not on the list. He still could be added to the field.
Swafford, a 34-year-old from Florida who has two young children and is ranked No. 91 in the world, mentioned the appeal of team golf as part of the new league and less travel. He also wanted to stay part of the PGA Tour.
“Suspending players? That’s not growing the game of golf. That’s what LIV is trying to do — give more opportunities to more golfers,” Swafford said. “I think it’s going to be a great thing. There’s going to be a lot of eyes on it. I’m excited to play.”
Also in the field at Centurion Club on June 9-11 is U.S. Amateur champion James Piot, who turned pro last week at Colonial. Piot has received exemptions to PGA Tour events from his U.S. Amateur win. Joining the LIV circuit provides instant cash — there was no mention how much they received — that would not be available in the early days of trying to make it on the PGA Tour.
“It’s just an opportunity to play golf, a big stage and travel the world. For me, it’s a cool opportunity as a 23-year-old to do what you love to do,” Piot said, referring to it as a “golden ticket this summer.”
Arizona State’s David Puig is playing in the LIV Golf Invitational as an amateur and plans to return to school for his senior season. The Spaniard tied for 34th at the Spanish Open last year and is looking for more opportunities to compete against professionals.
“You see other players, they had the opportunity,” he said after Arizona State finished second at the NCAA championships. “I got this invitation to London to play and I want to keep learning and playing against some of the best in the world. That’s it. There’s no money, there’s nothing in between. It’s just me and playing with these guys and trying to win.”
The LIV field currently has four of the top 50 in the world — Johnson (13), Louis Oosthuizen (20), Kevin Na (33) and Talor Gooch (35) — and 16 of the top 100.
Rory McIlroy described the field as not “anything to jump up and down about,” particularly compared with the Memorial or the Canadian Open, which he called “proper tournaments.”
But he also showed a softer side for those wanting to chase the big money.
“I certainly don’t think they should drop the hammer,” McIlroy said. “Look, they are well within their rights to enforce the rules and regulations that have been set. It’s going to end up being an argument about what those rules and regulations are.”
The regulations require a conflicting event release to play outside the PGA Tour. The next LIV event is the first week in July in Oregon. The PGA Tour does not grant releases for any tournament held in North America.
“Look, I have some very close friends that are playing in this event in London, and I certainly wouldn’t want to stand in their way to, for them to do what they feel is right for themselves,” McIlroy said. “I certainly understand why some of the guys have went, and it’s something that we are all just going to keep an eye on and see what happens over these next few weeks.”
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Cisco, Siemens, and Verizon Business Lead Sessions on Why Sales Execution Technology is Instrumental to Creating and Closing Pipeline
SEATTLE, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Outreach, the leading AI-powered sales execution platform helping revenue organizations create and close more pipeline, today announced the full agenda for its flagship event, Unleash. Outreach Unleash 2023 will be hosted in-person in Seattle, Wash. from October 3-5, 2023.
The must-attend event for sales teams will bring together 1,800+ attendees to discover what's next from Outreach, join breakout sessions with customers, and hear from New York Times Bestselling author and self-publishing phenom, Mel Robbins, and Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm® Global, Cassandra Worthy.
"There are more than 30 million B2B sales reps around the world and our mission is to empower them all to operate at their maximum potential," said Manny Medina, CEO and co-founder of Outreach. "At Unleash 2023, not only will we demonstrate how the AI-powered Outreach Sales Execution Platform unlocks success for salespeople and their organization, but how they can operate with a mindset of abundance to create and close more pipeline."
At Outreach Unleash, attendees will be able to engage with Outreach experts, connect with peers, and learn how to take their organization's sales team to the next level with the best sales technology in the industry. Outreach will announce its latest platform innovations to unlock seller productivity and will demonstrate its newest artificial intelligence capabilities. With the richest workflows in the industry, Outreach Sales Execution Intelligence captures 33+ million sales execution signals weekly, uses 3+ billion signals to train Outreach machine learning models, and surfaces 20+ million deal health insights every week.
Attendees will hear from:
- Outreach CEO Manny Medina, CPO Prasad Raje, and GTM President David Ruggiero
- Outreach Customers including, Cisco, CommScope RUCKUS, Grammarly, NewtonX, Snowflake, VelocityEHS, Verizon Business, and more
- Keynote speakers Mel Robbins, Cassandra Worthy, and Scot Gardner SVP of sales and marketing at Siemens
- Farah Bernier, Global People Strategy & Central Executive Operations Leader at a leading tech company on how to advance DEI on a global scale, Outreach People and Culture Executive Pamela Mattsson on how to intentionally champion women and people of color in sales, and other leaders discussing Diversity, Culture, and Empathy
- Nick Cegelski & Armand Farrokh, the founders of 30 Minutes to President's Club as they host a live podcast episode in front of an audience
- Influencers Lauren Bailey, CEO and Founder of #GirlsClub, Tito Bohrt, CEO of Altisales, and more on how to unleash your personal power and win impeccably
- Industry Experts like Matt Belitsky of Brex on the future of artificial intelligence in sales and several conversations on how sales teams can use generative AI
- Sellers themselves including Akio Aida of Grammarly on how to unlock enterprise sales success
While On-Site, Attendees can:
- Learn about the vast partner ecosystem and meet with sponsors Demandbase, LeanData, Regie.ai, Seismic, Sendoso, 6sense, Corporate Visions, and others
- Take expert-led product training classes designed to help you optimize your program for the biggest impact
- Receive 1:1 demos of the Outreach Sales Execution Platform on the show floor
- Attend the Women In Sales Leadership Summit hosted at Unleash where women sellers will gain the necessary tools, access, experiences, and opportunities to rise up through the ranks of the sales organization
- Mingle with sales peers and Outreach customers at the welcome reception and night out to connect + celebrate
Outreach will also recognize outstanding sales achievements by customers and partners through its Nucleo Awards. Register and learn more here.
About Outreach
Outreach is the leading AI-powered sales execution platform that unlocks seller productivity to help sales teams efficiently create and close more pipeline. From prospecting to deal management to forecasting, our platform leverages automation and artificial intelligence to help revenue leaders increase efficiency and effectiveness of all go-to-market activities and personnel across the revenue cycle. Outreach is the only company to offer sales engagement, revenue intelligence, and revenue operations functionalities in a unified platform. More than 6,000 companies, including Zoom, Siemens, Okta, DocuSign, and McKesson depend on Outreach to power their revenue organizations. Outreach is a privately held company based in Seattle, Washington, with offices worldwide. To learn more, please visit www.outreach.io.
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Roussin-Weber have ace, take lead in LPGA Tour's team event in Midland
Midland, Mich. — Pauline Roussin made a hole-in-one and teamed with fellow rookie Dewi Weber to take a three-stroke lead Thursday in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, leaving Annika Sorenstam and Madelene Sagstrom five shots behind.
Tied with the 51-year-old Sorenstam and Sagstrom after an opening 5-under 65 in alternate-shot play Wednesday, Roussin and Weber had a 61 at Midland Country Club in the better-ball round to reach 14-under 126. The teams will play alternate shot Friday and finish Saturday with better ball.
“We’re just going to do more of the same,” Weber said. “I know that sounds so boring and I’m so sorry for that, but we’re just going to keep doing what we’re doing. I think what we’ve been doing has been working really well.”
Sorenstam and Sagstrom slipped back with a 66.
Sorenstam is making her second LPGA Tour start of the year and only her third since retiring after the 2008 season. The Hall of Famer missed the cut in the U.S. Women’s Open last month, then tied for fourth last week in Nevada in the mostly male American Century Championship.
“I really like this format and, of course, playing with Madelene,” Sorenstam said. “It’s a highlight. She’s one of the upcoming stars and has done so well. We’ve been playing together a little bit in Orlando. I have a great friendship with her.”
Roussin, the Frenchwoman playing on Bastille Day and her mother's birthday, aced the par-3 seventh.
“It helps when you have people around you to just talk to,” Roussin said. “We’re having fun both with our caddies as well, so we created that bubble I would say, and it just helps to think about the next shot once you’ve hit the previous one.”
Roussin and Weber, from the Netherlands, didn't know each other very well before this week.
“We both last minute happened to be looking for a partner,” Weber said. “I knew her game a little bit. I knew she was quite fun to be around, so I just texted her and said, `Hey, I heard you’re looking for a partner.’”
U.S. Solheim Cup partners Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas were second, also shooting 61.
“I think for the most part I felt like I was just there cheering her along, but in the end I hit a couple of good putts,” Kupcho said. "Ham and egged it pretty well.”
The teams of Matilda Castren-Kelly Tan and Sarah Kemp-Alena Sharp each shot 61 to match Tiffany Chan-Haeji Kang (62), Jodi Ewart Shadoff-Emma Talley (64) and Pornanong Phatlum-Pavarisa Yoktuan (64) at 10 under.
Sorenstam and Sagstrom were 9 under with Karrie Webb-Marina Alex (62) , Sophia Popov-Anne van Dam (61) and A Lim Kim-Yealimi Noh (62). Sisters Nelly and Jessica Korda (63) were 8 under.
Lexi Thompson and Brittany Altomare followed an opening 71 with a 65 to miss the cut by a stroke. Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, also dropped out — shooting 73-64.
The tournament is scheduled to end Saturday so players can head to France next week for the fourth major of the year at the Evian Championship. That will start the European portion of the LPGA Tour schedule that includes the Women’s British Open at Muirfield. | 2022-07-15T01:02:47+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/golf/2022/07/14/roussin-weber-have-ace-take-lead-lpga-tours-team-event-midland/10064509002/ |
LOS ANGELES — Two weeks into the the actors strike, Max Greenfield is urging the studios and their CEOs to return to the bargaining table.
“Be the heroes, come to the table, make a deal,” said Greenfield, who co-stars in the CBS sitcom “The Neighborhood.” “My hope is these guys get organized and have a real conversation with both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA so that we can get to a resolution,” he said, referencing the unions for the writers and actors, respectively.
Greenfield spoke at a charity ping pong event at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, joined by his co-star Cedric the Entertainer.
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“We struck because our deal was up and it’s time to adjust to what has changed in the business. To make a minor adjustment feels disproportionate to what has obviously changed in a massive, massive way,” Greenfield said. “Until we feel like we’re getting fair compensation and we feel like we’re protected, this is going to continue to go on.”
Bryan Cranston, who had fiery words for Disney CEO Bob Iger at a New York rally on Tuesday, acknowledged things are “going very, very slowly.”
“Until we’re able to get back to the table, which we are more than willing to do and we’ve told them so, we want to keep talking through this strike,” he said. “We want to end this as soon as possible.”
On July 14, actors joined striking screenwriters who walked out in May. The stoppage has shuttered nearly all film and television production.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Writers Guild of America are striking for fair pay and protections involving the use of artificial intelligence, among other issues.
There has reportedly been no negotiating between the unions and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers since shortly after the actors hit the picket lines.
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“I think when people realize that the artists are the people that are making this and nothing is going to get made without the actors and the writers, maybe that will force a little more flexibility in the negotiations,” Oscar-winning actor Casey Affleck said.
Actor and entrepreneur Danny Trejo urged the studios to look beyond Hollywood’s highest-paid actors and consider the financial plight of those working behind the scenes.
“One of the problems is people on top are making a lot of money right now and they don’t want to share,” he said. “We’ve got people that are in SAG that can’t even afford to live in LA. It’s like, wait a minute guys, we got to just be fair.
“Figure if one of your kids was trying to get into the movies and was working as an extra or just made it into SAG, they couldn’t live in LA,” Trejo said, imagining the offspring of a Hollywood CEO. “Oh no wait, yes they could. They could live in Beverly (expletive) Hills with you, punk.”
Trejo filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy earlier this year and owes over $2 million in back taxes to the IRS, according to a report by KABC-TV.
“I make good money, but right now I’m buried in taxes, so I have to work that out,” he said. “This strike is killing me. I can’t pay what I’m supposed to be paying for my taxes, so man, imagine the guy that’s making $18 an hour and not working all the time.”
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Actor Holly Robinson-Peete, a SAG member since 1977, said it’s important for the actors’ union to communicate the economic issues behind the strike.
“We’re not just a bunch of spoiled people that want more and we’re greedy,” she said. “The majority of our union are people who are not working very often, can’t really make a living at this. It’s going to take an incredible amount of patience and messaging, and we just got to stick to it.” | 2023-07-28T22:46:30+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/28/nation/actor-max-greenfield-urges-studio-ceos-be-heroes-make-deal-hollywood-strikes/ |
Powerball numbers drawn, players await record jackpot result
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers have been drawn, but players were still awaiting the announcement of a possible winner in the record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot Saturday night.
The numbers for the drawing were: white balls 28, 45, 53, 56 and 69, and red Powerball 20.
It was not immediately clear if there was a grand prize winner for the enormous jackpot. It can sometimes take hours for state lotteries to report in and determine if there is a winner.
A jackpot winner would face a choice of taking payment through an annuity, which doles out the money over 29 years, or opting for cash. Nearly all winners go with cash, which for Saturday night’s drawing would be an estimated $782.4 million.
The odds of any given ticket winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, and it’s those long odds that have led to three months without anyone matching all six balls.
The record jackpot has narrowly edged out the previous high, a $1.586 billion prize won by three ticketholders in 2016.
Powerball is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | 2022-11-06T07:17:22+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/11/05/powerball-numbers-drawn-players-await-record-jackpot-result/ |
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Carlsbad, California-based Benchmark Commercial Insurance Services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Benchmark is a retail insurance agency offering commercial and personal risk management and insurance solutions to business owners in San Diego and the surrounding area for the past 25 years. Robert Cohen and his team will remain in their current location under the direction of Scott Firestone, head of Gallagher's Southwest region retail property/casualty brokerage operations.
"Benchmark is a well-regarded, client-focused agency that enhances our growth opportunities in Southern California," said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO. "I am very pleased to welcome Robert and his associates to our growing, global team."
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG), a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Gallagher provides these services in approximately 130 countries around the world through its owned operations and a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — UPDATE: Southbound lanes of Interstate 29 north of Salix have reopened after a vehicle fire Tuesday afternoon.
The southbound lanes were temporarily closed at Exit 135 around 2:05 p.m. when a vehicle had been reported on fire.
185th ARW, Salix, and Sergeant Bluff fire crews put out the fire while other authorities worked to redirect traffic.
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Southbound Interstate 29 at Exit 135 is blocked due to a vehicle on fire.
Iowa 511 stated both southbound lanes of the interstate are closed at the exit at County Road D51 north of Salix, with the fire just north of the exit.
185th, Salix, and Sergeant Bluff fire crews were working to put out the fire.
Traffic is being redirected over the Port Neal exit.
This is a developing story. KCAU 9 hass a crew on the scene and will update when we learn more. | 2022-04-26T20:09:20+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/southbound-i-29-closed-at-exit-135/ |
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Long ago, two different worlds came together to form a community in Siouxland.
The Ladies of ’68 along with Manape Lamere held a ceremony at War Eagle Park on Saturday in honor of the men that created Sioux City: Chief War Eagle and Theophile Bruguier.
The Ladies of ’68 have tended to Bruguier’s cabin, the first structure built in Sioux City, for more than 50 years and they come togther every year to remember the men and how their freindship created a city.
“We are all of the same people, as far as I’m concerned, and just be kind to one another, just remember that we’re all in this together,” said Liz Blachnik, President of the Ladies of ’68.
Bruguier’s cabin is located in Riverside Park and is open to the public on the third Sunday of the month during the summer. | 2022-05-29T20:37:59+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/sioux-city-founders-honored-at-war-eagle-park/ |
Cornel West’s third-party presidential campaign is stirring up unpleasant flashbacks to 2016 for members of the Democratic Party, some of whom are starting to grow anxious about the effect it could have on President Biden’s reelection.
West, a philosopher, Ivy League academic and leftist, recently announced he is newly registered with the Green Party as he seeks to challenge Biden and the eventual Republican nominee for the White House.
Now, some prominent figures supporting Biden, from the head of the Democratic National Committee to veteran campaign hands, are already sounding the alarm about his quixotic White House run.
“This is not the time in order to experiment. This is not the time to play around on the margins,” said DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison, a close Biden confidant.
Seven years ago, when Hillary Clinton lost to former President Donald Trump, many in her orbit blamed Green Party nominee Jill Stein as a factor that contributed to her defeat. Heading into 2024, Democrats worry West could emerge as a similar spoiler by earning just enough votes to fracture the coalition Biden needs to win.
“In 2016, the Green Party played an outsized role in tipping the election to Donald Trump,” wrote David Axelrod, who served as former President Obama’s chief strategist, on Twitter last weekend. “Now, with Cornel West as their likely nominee, they could easily do it again. Risky business.”
The concerns come as Democrats stare down yet another possible race against Trump. After multiple indictments and other potentially consequential legal entanglements, he’s polling well ahead of his rivals for the Republican nomination, and Democrats are already preparing for the third consecutive general election with him as their opponent.
Biden’s allies are warning publicly that there’s little room for error. If the twice-impeached former president is again his party’s nominee, they see a hard and unpredictable fight on the horizon and are calling for loyalty and focus. West’s bid complicates that path to victory, some suggest.
“What we see is a lot of folks who want to be relevant and try to be relevant in these elections and not looking at the big picture,” Harrison said, adding, “We got to reelect Joe Biden.”
While Democrats continue to be haunted by what happened in 2016, there are some notable differences between then and now. Clinton was, in millions of voters’ minds, a highly flawed candidate with a family history and political track record that made many uncomfortable. Some of those voters in key battleground states found Stein, who ran twice on the Green Party ticket and is now advising West, an appealing alternative.
There was also a widespread assumption at the time that Clinton would beat Trump and that a third-party vote on principle would not make much of a difference.
“In 2016, it was clear to me and other organizers that a significant number of voters were unwilling to vote for Hillary Clinton because of her record supporting disastrous wars and were willing to vote Green Party as a protest vote, under the assumption Clinton would win anyway,” said Alexander McCoy, a progressive operative and organizer.
Biden is different for a number of reasons, Democrats say, in part due to his policy considerations during his first term.
“I don’t think that will happen again to the same scale,” McCoy said, “because Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan and has kept U.S. troops out of new conflicts like Ukraine. A Donald Trump presidency also feels more real to people.”
Democrats are just starting to express concerns about West after previously ignoring his newly formed campaign. So far, he’s had some defenders. West, a surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2020 and a former Harvard scholar, has been praised by those who share the progressive senator’s worldview, mostly for the activist-minded spirit he brings and his commitment to leftist ideology.
His allies see his candidacy as a way to show policy distinctions with Biden and to introduce more progressive ideas to the voting public. Still, even some of his admirers acknowledge he could hurt the incumbent president in favor of the GOP.
They just hope that doesn’t happen.
“Dr. West and his supporters’ ideas and frustrations deserve to be heard, but hopefully, that doesn’t come at the cost of the worst possible candidate winning again because of our antiquated electoral system,” said Hassan Martini, executive director of No Dem Left Behind, a progressive group focused on rural voters.
“Many of West’s ideas already have a home within our party, and our party winning enough elections is key to making those ideas a reality,” he said.
Some progressives close to West want him to agitate Biden further. They’d like to see him debate the president but concede there’s a slim chance of that happening.
Biden “risks the same thing that scared the hell out of neoliberals in 2016,” said Nina Turner, a staunch progressive and former state senator from Ohio who worked with West on Sanders’s last campaign.
“The ideas of the progressive left are popular with the majority of the American people,” she said, suggesting West has tapped into something Biden has not.
Progressives indeed helped Biden attract a broad support base in 2020. That included many who weren’t overly enthusiastic about his candidacy but showed up out of fear or anger toward Trump. Now, some Democrats say they could entertain voting for other choices this time around, and that West could prove to be a dark horse.
One Democratic campaign strategist said Biden should include West in conversations about the direction of the party as a way to keep him and fellow progressives on board.
“Get them in a f—ing room and ask what they want and include it in the platform,” the strategist said, adding progressives love West’s run. “I think they’ll be happy if he moves Biden[’s] rhetoric left.”
West did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
It’s still very early in the cycle, but a sizable number of voters — 44 percent — are willing to contemplate a third-party presidential candidate, according to an NBC News poll released in late June.
There’s also a considerable lack of appetite for a redo of the last election. A CNN/SSRS survey also taken last month found 31 percent of voters polled did not want either Trump or Biden to be their respective party’s nominee.
“We are confident that the Democratic Party best serves Dr. West’s agenda,” said Martini, of No Dem Left Behind. “Maybe not completely, but certainly far more than if Republicans can cement Supreme Court dominance for the next 30-40 years.”
“It would be terrible for his legacy and our country if his candidacy leads to the reelection of a man who seriously threatens to destroy our Democracy and the rule of law,” he said. | 2023-07-12T12:49:11+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/hill-politics/democratic-jitters-grow-over-cornel-wests-third-party-bid/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — As a Georgia investigation into potential criminal interference in the 2020 election heats up, prosecutors are trying to force allies and advisers of former President Donald Trump to come to Atlanta to testify before a special grand jury.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the criminal investigation early last year, and the special grand jury was seated in May at her request. In a letter asking the county Superior Court chief judge to empanel a special grand jury, she mentioned the need to be able to issue subpoenas for witnesses who were otherwise unwilling to speak with her team.
For witnesses who live outside Georgia, the process of getting a subpoena is more involved. Willis last week initiated that process for seven Trump associates, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
WHY IS IT MORE COMPLICATED TO SUBPOENA AN OUT-OF-STATE WITNESS?
State courts don’t generally have subpoena power beyond their state borders. For that reason, prosecutors must follow a multistep process to be able to compel an out-of-state witness to testify.
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WHAT DOES A PROSECUTOR HAVE TO DO?
The prosecutor files a petition with the court explaining why the person’s testimony is “material and necessary” for the grand jury investigation. Because the prosecutor must justify forcing a person to travel to another state, the petition can provide valuable insight into the otherwise secret workings of the special grand jury investigation.
For example, in several of the petitions filed last week in the investigation, Willis alleged that there was “a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
In each petition, she outlined specific actions by the person whose testimony she was seeking to compel and identified “unique knowledge” the person has that makes their testimony necessary.
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WHAT’S THE ROLE FOR JUDGES?
If the judge in the jurisdiction where the prosecutor works agrees that the witness’s testimony is necessary, the judge issues a “certificate of material witness.” That document is meant to be filed, along with the petition, in a court in the county where the witness lives in another state.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who is overseeing the special grand jury, signed off last week on Willis’ petitions. The next step is for the Fulton County district attorney’s office to work with local prosecutors in each state where witnesses live to file the documents with courts there and to serve notice on the person whose testimony is sought.
That notice tells the person to appear before a home-state judge. If the person plans to fight the summons, the judge will set a hearing to determine whether a subpoena requiring that person to travel to Atlanta to testify before the special grand jury is appropriate. The witness is entitled to be represented by a lawyer at the hearing. Fulton County prosecutors may travel to be present at the hearing to provide support to the local prosecutors and possibly to testify about why the person’s testimony is needed.
At the hearing, the judge will determine whether the person is, indeed, a “material and necessary” witness and whether traveling to testify will cause the person undue hardship. If the judge agrees with the prosecutor, the judge would order the person to go to Atlanta.
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CAN THE WITNESS FIGHT THE SUBPOENA?
Yes. The person could file a home-state appeal, said Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia. But it’s more likely the person would file a motion in Georgia to try to keep from having to testify, he said. Then it would be up to McBurney to decide whether the person has to testify and whether any limits should be placed on the questions that prosecutors and grand jurors can ask.
A person who fails to appear when ordered to testify may be found in contempt of court and face a penalty that could include a fine or jail time.
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IF SOMEONE IS CALLED TO TESTIFY AS A WITNESS, DOES THAT MEAN THEY WON’T BE INDICTED?
No. Unlike a regular grand jury, a special grand jury can subpoena a target of an investigation. But the special grand jury can’t issue an indictment. When it’s done with its investigation, the special grand jury will issue recommendations. Willis is not bound by the special grand jury’s recommendations, and it’s ultimately her decision whether to seek an indictment from a regular grand jury.
Anyone who is subpoenaed can assert the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when being questioned before a special grand jury, Skandalakis said.
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IS IT POSSIBLE THAT TRUMP COULD BE SUBPOENAED?
Yes. Willis could use this process to try to compel testimony from the former president. Given his past record in legal cases, that could lead to a drawn-out fight in the courts.
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WHAT CHARGES ARE PROSECUTORS CONSIDERING?
In a letter Willis sent to top-ranking state officials last year, she said she was looking into “potential violations of Georgia law prohibiting the solicitation of election fraud, the making of false statements to state and local government bodies, conspiracy, racketeering, violation of oath of office and any involvement in violence or threats related to the election’s administration.”
Among the things Willis has said her team is looking into is a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call in which Trump urged Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to “find” enough votes to overturn his loss; calls that Graham made to Raffensperger; and false claims of election fraud that were made by Giuliani and others during December 2020 legislative committee hearings at the state Capitol. | 2022-07-13T15:44:07+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/politics/ap-politics/explainer-how-trump-allies-may-be-pushed-to-testify-in-ga/ |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brutal winter weather bringing snow, dangerous gusts of wind and bitter cold settled over much of the northern U.S. on Wednesday, shutting down roadways, closing schools and businesses and prompting dire warnings for people to stay home.
The massive storm with blizzard-like conditions to the north were part of a wild weather day across the U.S. Wind gusts, combined with snow and rain, forced closure of a long stretch of interstate highway in the Southwest. Meanwhile, many places in the mid-Atlantic down to Florida are expected to see record high temperatures — in some cases up to 40 degrees above normal.
Many schools throughout the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin were called off for Wednesday, ahead of the storm. Offices closed, and so did the Minnesota Legislature. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem shut down state executive branch offices in several parts of the state, and employees were working remotely.
In Wyoming, virtually every road was impacted, and many were closed. Officials warned they may stay that way for days.
“Please change travel plans if your are coming towards Wyoming, waiting to go west from Cheyenne or Laramie on I-80, or waiting to go east on I-80 from Rock Springs,” the Wyoming Department of Transportation posted on Facebook. “A major winter storm and multi-day closures are likely on Interstates and secondary roads throughout Wyoming!”
Michelle Wilson said business was slow at the Denny’s where she works in Fargo, North Dakota, where the morning temperatures was minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 24 degrees Celsius). Wilson wasn’t surprised — people know better than to venture out when the weather turns this dangerous.
“When the wind picks up and your in a flat land like North Dakota, it’s whiteout conditions immediately,” Wilson said.
The storm will make its way toward the East Coast later in the week. Places that don't get snow may get dangerous amounts of ice. Forecasters expect up to a half-inch of ice in some areas of southern Michigan, northern Illinois and some eastern states.
The snowfall could be historic, even in a region accustomed to heavy snow. As much as 25 inches may pile up, with the heaviest amounts falling across east-central Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin, the National Weather Service said. Wind gusts could reach 50 mph and wind chills are expected to hit minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 46 degrees Celsius) in some parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul area could see 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow or more for the first time in over 30 years.
Temperatures in the nation's northern tier could plunge as low as minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 29 degrees Celsius) Thursday and to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 32 degrees Celsius) Friday in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Wind chills may fall to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 46 degrees Celsius), said Nathan Rick, a meteorologist in Grand Forks.
Wind gusts may reach 50 mph in western and central Minnesota, resulting in “significant blowing and drifting snow with whiteout conditions in open areas,” the weather service said.
According to the weather service, the biggest snow event on record in the Twin Cities was 28.4 inches from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 1991 — known as the Halloween Blizzard. The second-largest was 21.1 inches of snow from Nov. 29 through Dec. 1, 1985. The Twin Cities got 20 inches of snow on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23, 1982.
Hardware store owners said residents were generally taking the forecast in stride.
At C&S Supply, an employee-owned hardware store in Mankato, Minnesota, manager Corey Kapaun said demand was high for salt and grit, but not for shovels, snow blowers or other equipment. He attributed that to the fact that winter is two-thirds over.
“I think people are either prepared or they’re not,” Kapaun said. “It’s usually the first snowfall of the year that gets a lot of attention. With a storm like this, I expected a little bit more, but we’ve already had a big year of snow already.”
Forecasters at AccuWeather said the same storm system could result in icing across a 1,300-mile (2,092 -kilometer) band from near Omaha, Nebraska, to New Hampshire on Wednesday and Thursday, creating potential travel hazards in or near cities such as Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago and Boston.
As the northern U.S. deals with a winter blast, record warmth is expected in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast — 30 degrees to 40 degrees above normal in some places. Record highs are expected from Baltimore to New Orleans and in much of Florida, National Weather Service Meteorologist Frank Pereira said.
Washington, D.C., could hit 80 degrees on Thursday, which would top the record of 78 degrees set in 1874.
A more than 200-mile stretch of Interstate 40 from central Arizona to the New Mexico line closed Wednesday morning due to wind gusts reaching up to 80 mph, plus snow and rain. Thousands were without power in Arizona.
California was also preparing for the latest in a series of winter storms as winds that began blowing Tuesday brought the potential for rain, snow and hail for much of the state. A “major snow event” was possible in foothills and mountains near Los Angeles, with several inches predicted even for elevations as low as 1,000 feet, the weather service said.
“Nearly the entire population of CA will be able to see snow from some vantage point later this week if they look in the right direction (i.e., toward the highest hills in vicinity),” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain wrote on Twitter.
Daytime temperatures in Southern California were unlikely to get out of the low to mid-50s and potentially damaging winds reaching 50 mph were predicted along the central coast, with gusts of 70 mph possible in mountains.
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Salter reported from O'Fallon, Missouri. Julie Walker in New York, Amy Forliti in Minneapolis, Steve Karnowski in St. Paul, Minnesota, Scott McFetridge in Des Moines, Iowa, Margaret Stafford in Kansas City, Missouri, and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Unilever American Depositary Receipts between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 15, 2022
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A big question entering the Orlando Magic’s Saturday road game at the Toronto Raptors was whether guards Cole Anthony and Markelle Fultz would be available with the matchup being the second night of a back-to-back.
They were, but the Magic (5-19) suffered one of their worst losses of the season anyway, falling to Raptors 121-108 (12-11) at Scotiabank Arena for their eighth consecutive loss.
The Magic planted the seeds of a poor performance early.
Bol Bol had a live-ball turnover on the first possession, leading to a Christian Koloko dunk. The Magic had 3 turnovers in the first 4½ minutes and allowed the Raptors to get into the paint at will in the opening quarter, leading to a 36-22 Raptors advantage.
The Magic’s bench (60 points), which was led by Terrence Ross’ 18 points, helped the final deficit make the game look closer than it was.
The Raptors led by at least 15 for most of the second half, including by a game-high 33 in the third. The Magic’s reserves played with significantly more energy defensively and had better ball movement, especially in the fourth when the game wasn’t competitive. They won the quarter 35-27, cutting the lead down to 13 — the final margin of defeat — late in the fourth.
All of the Magic’s starters finished with an individual plus/minus of at least minus-17 while all of the Raptors’ starters finished with a plus/minus of at least plus-20.
OG Anunoby led Toronto with 32 points, 4 assists and 3 steals while Pascal Siakam added 26 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds and 3 steals. The Raptors scored 70 (35-of-50 shooting) points in the paint.
Bol was the lone Magic starter to score in double figures, finishing with 18 points to go with 7 rebounds but also having 5 turnovers.
Admiral Schofield added 13 points off the bench.
The status of Anthony and Fultz were under question entering Saturday with both returning from injuries in Wednesday’s 125-108 home loss to the Atlanta Hawks and playing more than expected in Friday’s 107-96 road loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“A lot of it, toward the backend, we decided to make one quick push for the game,” coach Jamahl Mosley said. “They ended up staying out there a little longer than I would’ve liked to. But I really loved their fight, resiliency and their wanting to go after it the way they did. That’s who we have to continue to be.”
Saturday was Fultz’s first time playing back-to-back nights since December 2020. He missed most of the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in January 2021, returning this past February.
It’s common for teams to limit players’ minutes and participation in games on back-to-back nights after returning from prolonged absences because of injuries.
Anthony and Fultz entered Saturday’s matchup with an undisclosed minutes restriction.
Fultz had 7 points and 4 assists in 19 minutes while Anthony finished with 12 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds in 24 minutes.
“We’re going to monitor that,” Mosley said pregame. “They’re still coming back after being away for so long, making sure we’re careful in how we hold their minutes.”
Mo Bamba (back spasms), Wendell Carter Jr. (strained right plantar fascia), Gary Harris (strained right hamstring), Jonathan Isaac (left knee injury recovery), Chuma Okeke (left knee soreness) and Jalen Suggs (right ankle soreness) were sidelined.
They’ll get a rest day Sunday before kicking off a five-game homestand vs. the Milwaukee Bucks Monday at Amway Center.
“Despite what’s happening in these moments of losses, this group has an unbelievable chance for so much potential and growth,” Mosley said. “When the chemistry clicks, it’s going to be very special. It’s going to take some time to get those puzzle pieces in place, but these guys recognize it and understand it. That’s what we’re growing toward as these guys continue to get better.”
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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Springfield Ward 6 Ald. Kristin DiCenso will not run for reelection in 2023
Saying it was time to focus her attention "in a new direction," Ward 6 Ald. Kristin DiCenso announced Monday that she will not seek reelection in 2023.
DiCenso said she seriously entertained a run for Springfield mayor, but the demands of her job as chief of staff for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and a discussion with her son, Stan, were key parts of her decision to forego running, she said.
DiCenso said she drafted the text of her announcement, made via Facebook, about a month-and-a-half ago.
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DiCenso isn't closing her campaign account and isn't ruling out a future run for office.
DiCenso won a special election in 2017 to complete the term of Cory Jobe, who resigned to move to Chicago. DiCenso won reelection in 2019.
DiCenso said she talked to Stan, now a freshman at Springfield High School, about the possibility of running for mayor.
"He said, 'My thoughts are that I would like you just to be a mom.' I hear that," said DiCenso. "I've been running (for office) for 10 years. I've been running since he was three years old and when I say that out loud, it sounds so crazy that this whole kid's life has been me in the public eye and as he gets older, it's probably harder for him.
"After talking to my son, I said, 'What do you think about another term as alderwoman? He said, 'I prefer you didn't run for anything,' and that's where I am."
DiCenso lost to Tony Libri for Sangamon County circuit clerk in 2012.
DiCenso formerly worked for the Illinois Health Care Association but went IDNR in June 2019. She later became the COVID-19 coordinator for the agency.
"As I take on more responsibility at work, every day I feel like, it's hard to juggle it all," she admitted. "I think I've done a good job juggling it up to this point. Now, it's time to take a step back and still stay involved locally but not in an elected capacity."
DiCenso said she will help out other candidates, including Misty Buscher. Buscher, the city's treasurer, is challenging current Mayor Jim Langfelder, who is seeking a third term. Municipal elections are non-partisan.
Earlier this summer, Ward 4 Ald. John Fulgenzi said he was retiring from politics. Ald. Joe McMenamin is term-limited in Ward 7.
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BEIJING, Jan. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- China put its downgraded COVID-19 measures into force on Sunday as the nation began to resume normal life after three years of strict pandemic management.
The nation reopened its border ports for cargo transportation as well as inbound and outbound visitors. It also resumed services for Chinese citizens to apply for passports and visas for business and recreation.
Quarantine and on-site COVID-19 tests for the inbound visitors were scrapped, as well as preventative disinfection on imported goods and sampling inspection on cold-chain food.
The country will no longer enforce quarantine measures or mass COVID-19 tests. Practices of identifying close contacts or designating high- and low-risk areas have also discontinued.
Policy changes
China downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B and removed it from quarantinable infectious disease management following an array of recent policy shifts regarding the virus, as the nation hit a full vaccination rate of over 90 percent and the COVID-19 virus exhibited less severity.
During the pandemic, COVID-19 was classified as a Class-B infectious disease but was subject to the preventive and control measures for a Class-A infectious disease in China, coming with stringent policies such as quarantine and frequent epidemiological surveys.
China has categorized 40 notifiable infectious diseases in three classes (Class A, Class B and Class C). Plague and cholera are listed as Class A infectious diseases. SARS, AIDS and tuberculosis are among the Class B infectious diseases. Class C infectious diseases include influenza and mumps.
An infectious disease is categorized based on a comprehensive assessment of multiple factors including pathogen characteristics, symptoms, how far and fast it can spread, how much it harms health, its social and economic influence, as well as group immunity and health system capability, according to Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under China's National Health Commission (NHC).
"At the outbreak of the pandemic, we categorized COVID-19 as a Class B disease but applied Class A management because of its rapid spread," said Liang, adding that they didn't know much about the disease at the beginning, and such management was needed to protect people.
Liang explained some key conditions have changed recently including the less deadly virus mutation, high vaccination rate and the country's growing epidemic response support, all of which built a great foundation to make new adjustments.
"We are ready to downgrade it to Class B management to respond to the infections in a more precise, scientific manner," said Liang.
The expert also stressed that the downgraded management doesn't mean the country has no control on or has stopped all preventative measures against the virus.
"It means we are stepping up our health services and epidemic response capability," said Liang.
China renamed the Chinese term for COVID-19 in December from "novel coronavirus pneumonia" to "novel coronavirus infection" to more accurately describe the disease.
Stepped-up COVID-19 response
The NHC released its 10th edition of the guidelines for COVID-19 infection prevention and control on Saturday, emphasizing the importance of boosting vaccination among high risk groups such as the elderly.
It reinforced monitoring and early warning capabilities, including regular monitoring on virus mutation, unknown pneumonia, urban wastewater, hospitals and extra steps in emergency such as monitoring among key groups.
Communities will no longer go through mass COVID-19 tests, which will be provided for those who require them.
"For now, medical treatment for severe cases is our priority," said Liang. He said further boosting vaccination, virus monitoring and suburb healthcare capability are of great importance.
"For any contagious disease like this, it's not enough to only depend on the government," Liang said, "it depends on the synergy coming from the government, society, all the organizations and each one of us."
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MOSCOW (AP) — Mercenaries of the Wagner Group are completing the handover of their weapons to the Russian military, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a move that follows the private army’s brief rebellion last month that challenged the Kremlin’s authority.
The disarming of Wagner reflects efforts by authorities to defuse the threat it posed and also appears to herald an end to the mercenary group’s operations on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The actions come amid continued uncertainty about the fate of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and the terms of a deal that ended the armed rebellion by offering amnesty for him and his mercenaries along with permission to move to Belarus.
Among the weapons turned over were more than 2,000 pieces of equipment, such as tanks, rocket launchers, heavy artillery and air defense systems, along with over 2,500 metric tons of munitions and more than 20,000 firearms, the Defense Ministry said.
The statement follows the Kremlin’s acknowledgment Monday that Prigozhin and 34 of his top officers met with President Vladimir Putin on June 29, five days after the rebellion. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wagner’s commanders pledged loyalty to Putin and that they were ready “to continue to fight for the Motherland.”
Putin has said that Wagner troops had to choose whether to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry, move to Belarus or retire from service.
The Kremlin’s confirmation that Putin met with Prigozhin, who led troops on a march to Moscow to demand the ouster of the country’s top military leaders, raised new questions about the deal that ended the rebellion.
Putin denounced the revolt as an act of treason when it started and vowed harsh punishment for those who participated in it, but the criminal case against Prigozhin was dropped hours later as part of the deal. At the same time, the Wagner chief apparently could still face prosecution for financial wrongdoing or other charges.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who brokered the deal that ended the mutiny, said last week that his country offered Wagner field camps but noted that Prigozhin was in Russia and that his troops remained at their home camps. Lukashenko noted that their deployment to Belarus would depend on decisions by Prigozhin and the Russian government.
During the revolt that lasted less than 24 hours, Prigozhin’s mercenaries quickly swept through the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and captured the military headquarters there without firing a shot before driving to within about 200 kilometers (125 miles) of Moscow. Prigozhin described it as a “march of justice” to oust the military leaders, who demanded that Wagner sign contracts with the Defense Ministry by July 1.
The mutiny faced little resistance and fighters downed at least six military helicopters and a command post aircraft, killing at least 10 airmen. When the deal was struck, Prigozhin ordered his troops to return to their camps.
The rebellion represented the biggest threat to Putin in his more than two decades in power and badly dented his authority, even though Prigozhin claimed the uprising was not aimed at the president but intended to force the ouster of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the military’s General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov.
Both men have kept their jobs. Many observers suggested that even if Putin wasn’t happy with their performance, Prigozhin’s demand for their ouster helped secure their jobs, since firing them would be seen as a concession to the Wagner boss.
At the same time, uncertainty surrounds the fate of Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of the Russian group of forces fighting in Ukraine who reportedly had ties to Prigozhin.
Surovikin hasn’t been seen since the rebellion began, when he posted a video urging an end to it, and two people in Washington familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss it publicly told The Associated Press in June that he has been detained. Several Russian military bloggers also said he has been detained and questioned.
Andrei Kartapolov, a retired general who heads the defense affairs committee in the lower house of the Russian parliament, said Wednesday that Surovikin was “resting” and is “not currently available,” but wouldn’t elaborate.
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Associated Press writers Tara Copp and Nomaan Merchant in Washington contributed. | 2023-07-13T10:39:53+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-russias-defense-ministry-says-wagner-mercenaries-are-surrendering-their-weapons-to-the-military/ |
When the blockbuster movie “Oppenheimer” opens July 21, audiences will be introduced to Jean Tatlock, one of the most remarkable people to know and love the UC Berkeley physicist, who arguably should be as famous as “The Father of the Atomic Bomb.”
The thumbnail version of Tatlock’s life is that she was J. Robert Oppenheimer’s troubled mistress. She also may have been his “truest love,” but her activism in the Bay Area Communist Party in the 1930s threatened his career, both when he was the science director at the top-secret laboratory in Los Alamos, and in the 1950s, when anti-Communist fervor was at its heights and he endured a humiliating grilling by the Atomic Energy Commission and loss of his security clearance.
Tatlock, a Stanford-trained psychiatrist, died tragically by suicide at the age of 29 – some seven months after Oppenheimer drew the alarm of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover by flying back to San Francisco in June 1943 to meet her and spend one final night with her in her Telegraph Hill apartment.
In fact, this final meeting provides a dramatic rendering of Tatlock in Christopher Nolan’s film, though with some details changed. As the original FBI report recounted in cinematic detail, Tatlock met Oppenheimer at the train station in San Francisco. He “rushed” to kiss Tatlock, who was described as slim, dark-haired and attractive. She took his arm and led him to her car. The couple appeared “very affectionate and intimate” as they drove to a Mexican cafe on Broadway for dinner and drinks, then retreated to her top-floor apartment beneath Coit Tower. “At 11:30 p.m. lights went out.”
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In the film, Tatlock is played by the dynamic Florence Pugh, and she and Cillian Murphy, who plays Oppenheimer, filmed prolonged nude scenes to emphasize the love story. Still, Tatlock remains a supporting character in Nolan’s conflicted-great-man-of-history narrative of Oppenheimer, even as biographies of the scientist show that people also saw “greatness” in her.
When Tatlock died, she was on the threshold of a brilliant career, notes “American Prometheus,” the biography by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin on which the film is based. She was one of the few women of her era to graduate from Stanford Medical School, and she hoped to pioneer psychiatric care for troubled children at San Francisco’s Mount Zion Hospital, then the foremost center in Northern California for training mental health professionals.
In this way, she was one of the “extraordinary” American women of the first half of the 20th century — urbane college graduates who challenged traditional gender roles by having careers and becoming fully engaged in the major social movements of the time, according to Bay Area authors Patricia Klaus and Shirley Streshinsky in “An Atomic Love Story,” their book about the significant women in Oppenheimer’s life.
When Tatlock studied at Vassar in the early 1930s, her classmates included the poet Elizabeth Bishop and novelist Mary McCarthy, whose book “The Group” chronicled the lives of Vassar graduates who similarly expected to be “extraordinary.” Even in such company, Tatlock was still “the most promising girl I ever knew,” a classmate said.
Tatlock was primed for greatness by her father, John Tatlock, a renowned expert in medieval English literature, and her mother, Marjorie, a free-thinking faculty wife who encouraged her daughter’s love of poetry and theater and, later, her interest in radical politics and the burgeoning field of psychoanalysis.
John Tatlock taught at Stanford when Jean was a young girl. He then directed Harvard’s English Department during Tatlock’s early adolescence before moving back west to teach at UC Berkeley when Tatlock was in high school. Even before Tatlock met Oppenheimer in 1936, her father had become friendly with the charismatic physics professor who also possessed a wide-ranging knowledge of literature.
One of the most remarkable things about Tatlock, as revealed in “An Atomic Love Story,” is that she was a beautiful writer. Even as a young girl, she shared her thoughtfulness and intensity in letters she wrote to close girlfriends from Cambridge. The letters radiate an adolescent girl’s excitement about the mysteries of life and love and convey longing for moments of beauty and transcendence.
Some of these letters sound romantic, with Tatlock becoming particularly close to one teenage friend, for whom she confided feelings “love” and “passion.” Biographers note that Tatlock struggled with her sexuality throughout her life. While she told that friend, “I don’t think I’m lesbian,” “American Prometheus” suggests that her professional training in Freudian analysis might have taught her that homosexuality is a pathological condition to be overcome.
Tatlock’s adolescent writing also revealed extreme emotions and vivid imagery – from “ecstatic revelations to painfully beautiful awareness,” according to “An Atomic Love Story.” The language seemed to “presage the struggles to come,” possibly manic episodes “suffused with velocity and energy until she plunged into depression and despair.”
Tatlock’s emotional turmoil may have prompted her become a psychiatrist, as well as to develop empathy for the less fortunate. Before and after graduating from Vassar in 1935, she became involved in protesting capitalism and supported striking dock workers in Oakland and San Francisco. Once back in the Bay Area, she became a “dues-paying member” of the Community Party and wrote for Western Worker, the party’s Pacific Coast outlet.
Oppenheimer arrived at Berkeley in 1929, a graduate of Harvard, Cambridge and the University of Göttingen. When he and Tatlock met in 1936, at a party hosted by his landlady in the Berkeley hills, he was 32 and a star in the world of science. She was 22 and about to start medical school at Stanford.
Mary Ellen Washburn was a socialist friend of Tatlock’s who was famous for her gatherings of intellectuals and activists. It’s easy to imagine that she nudged her friend to meet her attractive tenant, who would have been “characteristically waving his cigarette in the air as he spoke, keeping the attention of the circle around him,” Klaus and Streshinsky said. He was slender, charming, as well as rich, the son of of a prosperous Jewish immigrant from Germany who had raised him in luxury on New York’s Upper West Side.
It’s likely that Tatlock commanded Oppenheimer’s attention that night. He would been drawn to Tatlock as a “serious woman” who also was good-looking. She was the “one person in the room, whatever the circumstances, who remained unforgettable,” a friend once said.
Oppenheimer didn’t call for a date until he returned to Berkeley in the fall. But as soon as they began seeing each other, he fell fast, according to biographers. He found himself “pleasantly out of control, strangely euphoric” over his feelings for a woman, who was “lyrical, uplifting, sensitive.”
They bonded over the metaphysical poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins and John Donne and a shared fascination with the potential of psychotherapy. The film also shows Tatlock asking Oppenheimer about his learning Sanskrit, to read the The Bhagavad-Gita, as a form of foreplay. He also didn’t recoil from her “deep depressions,” having survived suicidal despair when he was at Cambridge in his early 20s. “He could not believe that someone as loving and yearning and good as Jean could not be rescued,” Klaus and Streshinsky wrote.
Tatlock’s friends credit her with awakening his social conscience. While Oppenheimer never joined the Communist Party, he worked with her on championing some of the its causes, including the Republicans fighting in the Spanish Civil War. The two became a power couple in Bay Area progressive politics, though Oppenheimer’s activism drew regular warnings from his Berkeley colleague, Ernest Lawrence.
Oppenheimer twice proposed marriage, thinking that Tatlock was young enough to finish medical school and start her career before having children. But their relationship was stormy. They’d break up, and she’d disappear from his life for a time, then they’d reconcile. Friends were never clear about the relationship because they kept it private. Tatlock’s questions about her sexuality could be one reason she rejected his proposals, but Klaus and Streshinksy said she also could have feared that marriage to a prominent man would subsume her identity.
By 1939, their relationship was over. In 1940, Oppenheimer met the vivacious Katherine “Kitty” Puening, who had previously been married three times, including to a hard-core American Communist who died fighting in Spain. When Kitty found herself pregnant with Oppenheimer’s first child, he married her and they set up house in a Spanish-style villa with bay views in Kensington.
Still, he and Tatlock remained “very much involved with one another,” as he was recruited to help with the Manhattan Project. He testified at his 1954 security clearance hearing that there was “very deep feeling when we saw each other,” though he said they only met a few times between 1939 and 1943: at the hospital, at her apartment, on New Year’s Eve in 1941 and for drinks at the Top of the Mark.
After Oppenheimer moved his family to Los Alamos in March 1943, he didn’t see Tatlock before he left. He couldn’t say much about his work and knew she wouldn’t approve. When she begged to see him again, he couldn’t stay away. He said she was in psychiatric treatment, “deeply unhappy” and “still in love with me.” After they spent their final night together, she drove him to the airport south of San Francisco, where he caught a plane back to Los Alamos.
In the film, Oppenheimer tells Tatlock he can’t see her anymore, while Hoover used their meeting to label her a potential spy and to obtain permission to wiretap her phone.
By New Year’s 1944, Tatlock had fallen into one of her “black moods.” When she failed to call her father as promised on Jan. 4, 1944, he went to her apartment the next day. The professor found his daughter’s body next to the bathtub, as well as a note, on which she had scrawled, “I am disgusted with everything.” She said she had fought “like hell” to live, but feared becoming a burden and said, “At least I could take away the burden of a paralyzed soul from a fighting world.”
John Tatlock made the unusual decision to lay her body on the couch and to rummage through her apartment and burn certain letters and photos before using her phone to summon help. It’s believed that the letters burned were personal in nature.
John Tatlock’s actions were just one of the reasons that questions endure over Tatlock’s death. Her late physician brother, Hugh, and others have wondered about the position of the body, her death by drowning and reports of a sedative found in her system. In addition, Hoover learned of her death almost immediately because of the wiretap on her phone. Her death was addressed in the 1975 Senate hearings regarding covert CIA assassination plots.
For his part, Oppenheimer seemed to accept that she was despondent enough to take her own life and was stricken by grief and guilt that he failed her. He imagined her believing that he put his ambition ahead of his love for her, in a sense making her “the first casualty” of his directorship of Los Alamos, according to “American Prometheus.” Eighteen months later, he oversaw the detonation of the first atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert. He called the test “Trinity,” with film showing that he named it for a sonnet by Donne that she loved, “Batter my heart, three-person’d God …” | 2023-07-20T19:37:11+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2023/07/20/was-the-bay-areas-jean-tatlock-oppenheimers-truest-love-or-the-first-casualty-of-his-ambition-to-build-the-atomic-bomb/ |
NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Iris Energy Limited ("Iris Energy Limited" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: IREN) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Iris Energy Limited investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Iris ordinary shares pursuant and/or traceable to the documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about November 17, 2021; and/or (b) Iris securities between November 17, 2021 and November 1, 2022, both dates inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
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CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) certain of Iris's Bitcoin miners, owned through its wholly-owned special purpose vehicles, were unlikely to produce sufficient cash flow to service their respective debt financing obligations; (ii) accordingly, Iris's use of equipment financing agreements to procure Bitcoin miners was not as sustainable as defendants had represented; (iii) the foregoing was likely to have a material negative impact on the Company's business, operations, and financial condition; and (iv) as a result, documents issues in connection with the Company's initial public offering and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
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GIBRALTAR, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thalex, a trading platform offering stablecoin-settled crypto options and futures, announced it has closed its Series A funding round of EUR 7.5 million. Among the participants are Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Flow Traders, IMC, QCP and Wintermute. These strategic investors will support the company's ambition to enable on-exchange trading of crypto derivatives at scale by removing friction, ensuring platform reliability and partnering with liquidity providers and major exchanges.
Key features of the Thalex trading platform include:
- Linear BTC and ETH contracts with multi-collateral support (BTC, ETH, USDt and USDC).
- Trading fees are anchored on 1 bps maker and taker, and fee advantages for multi-leg options and futures strategies (RFQ).
- Future rolls with dedicated order books.
- RFQs for multi-leg options and futures strategies, in any size.
- A market maker scheme with competitive fee levels, market maker protection and excellent connectivity to foster healthy competition among liquidity providers on a level playing field.
- Portfolio-based margining offering capital efficiency for delta and vega offsetting positions, but adequate requirements for wing risks.
- An efficient liquidation process involving automated delta-hedging to limit market impact and liquidation auctions to enable an orderly reduction of complex risks.
Thalex is partnering with Bitfinex and Bitstamp to enable their customers to access the full suite of Thalex derivatives from their own user interface. Positions on Thalex can be opened with collateral held with the partner exchange after an instant and free transfer to a dedicated Thalex margin account. The Bitfinex partnership is expected to be operational later this year.
Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex
"We are delighted to participate in this funding round with Thalex and see huge potential for the stablecoin-settled futures and options market."
Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux, CEO of Bitstamp
"Thalex's unique value proposition will enable Bitstamp to streamline our go-to-market for derivatives and participate in the fast-growing crypto derivatives market. This investment marks the beginning of a close strategic partnership and plays an important role in Bitstamp's corporate strategy."
Michael Lie, Head of Digital Assets Trading EMEA of Flow Traders
"Flow Traders is excited to support Thalex via our dedicated corporate venture capital unit, Flow Traders Capital. Thalex's ambition of creating a scalable infrastructure that enables on-exchange trading in crypto derivatives is another step forward in making trading digital assets more accessible and efficient. We are looking forward to working with Thalex and building a long-term strategic partnership."
Darius Sit, Founder of QCP Capital
"Crypto options are one of the fastest-growing segments of the space and have proven to be robust through multiple market cycles. We believe the next phase of growth will be exponential. The Thalex team have built a platform combining best practices from both crypto and traditional finance. We look forward to supporting Thalex in its efforts to expand the fast-growing crypto options ecosystem."
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Thalex is a crypto-native derivatives exchange founded by a multi-faceted team of experts in traditional brokerage, crypto and market making. The trading platform is now available for public testing at www.thalex.com and will go live soon. Thalex is in the process of being authorised as a regulated DLT provider by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.
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Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public’s assistance in searching for former “Jackass” star and skateboarding legend Brandon “Bam” Margera after an altercation at his home in Pocopson, Chester County.
State police at Avondale on Sunday issued a news release saying that an arrest warrant was issued for Margera from the District Court in Kennett Square, charging him with terroristic threats and simple assault.
According to his mother, April Margera, the target of Margera’s ire was his younger brother, Jess.
“We don’t know where he is,” April Margera said Monday morning in a telephone interview, referring to Bam. “He is just struggling with so many layers of issues.” She said his brother had gone to the property on Hickory Hill Road — known in the past as “Castle Bam” — because of a recent “episode.”
April Margera said the “Viva La Bam” reality television star had dealt for years with alcohol abuse and mental health issues, and had been living in Florida and California before returning to Chester County only recently. “
But I don’t want to say anything more that might jeopardize him getting help,” she said. “I’m sorry.”
According to the news release, police were called to the home for reports of a domestic disturbance around 11 a.m. Sunday. Margera was reportedly involved in a physical confrontation with the victim, who police did not name in the release, but who suffered minor injuries.
Margera had taken off through the woods before troopers arrived, the release stated. Anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to call PSP Avondale at 610-268-2022.
According to an arrest affidavit accompanying the criminal complaint written by Trooper John Wendling, state police received a call around 10:45 a.m. from a woman who was staying at Bam Margera’s property for a “domestic in progress.”
When Wending arrived, he spoke with Phillip Margera and Jesse Margera, who told him that Bam had fled into the woods behind the house, and that several troopers were already searching for him.
Jesse Margera, who apparently lives at the house, said that around 8 a.m. Sunday, he was awakened by his brother banging and kicking at his locked bedroom door. When he opened the door, he found a note which read, “If you ever … think of calling the police on me I will” harm you, and that the note was signed “Bam.”
When Jesse Margera went to the kitchen of the house later that morning, he saw Bam urinating in the kitchen sink. Bam then became aggressive, and started punching his brother in the face and head. He said, “I’ll kill you. I’ll put a bullet in your head,” according to the affidavit.
Wendling was able to see cuts and bruises on Jesse Margera’s face and arm.
Bam Margera, 43, is charged with one count each of simple assault, and terroristic threats, both misdemeanors, and summary harassment.
Margera’s life has been in something of an ever-increasing tailspin since his childhood friend and fellow reality television star, Ryan Dunn, was killed in an early morning car crash in June 2011. Dunn was at the wheel of his Porsche on his way home from a night of drinking in West Chester when he lost control and careened into a guardrail on Route 322 in West Goshen. A passenger, Zachary Hartwell, was also killed.
In interviews afterwards, Margera said his drinking intensified. In 2012 he lost control of his drinking after his skating career was halted by bone spurs he developed from skating. He was in and out of rehab for years following his first visit, and in 2016, he spoke of having to relearn his skateboarding tricks after years of abusing alcohol.
“I took a five-year hiatus from skating because I had bone spurs, so instead I was making money by doing nightclub appearances, which basically was shooting photos and taking shots with the locals,” he told People Magazine.
A year ago, Margera was fired from the latest in a succession of “Jackass” movies after his co-stars worried that he was not taking sobriety seriously enough. He has been in and out of various rehab programs, including ones ordered by courts.
In March, he was seen arguing with his estranged-wife in front of their 5-year-old child at a restaurant in Los Angles. He was charged with public drunkenness.
Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing story and will be updated as details unfold.
To contact staff writer Michael P. Rellahan call 610-696-1544. | 2023-04-24T17:37:36+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/24/police-look-for-bam-margera-after-alleged-assault/ |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A federal judge announced a long-awaited decision on whether Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren should be restored to office, ruling Friday that the ousted prosecutor cannot be reinstated, even though Gov. Ron DeSantis violated state law when he suspended him last year.
In August, DeSantis suspended Warren from Florida’s 13th Judicial Circuit, accusing him of neglect of duty after Warren signed pledges stating he would not enforce a new 15-week abortion law or prosecute providers of gender transition treatment for young people.
Warren was one of a number of other state attorneys and prosecutors from around the country who signed the pledges. He filed a federal lawsuit later that month, accusing DeSantis of abusing his power over the suspension from office.
During the three-day trial, which ended in early December, DeSantis’ lawyers argued Warren was removed due to his performance.
In his order, Judge Robert Hinkle wrote that the governor had violated the Florida Constitution but said the matter could not be resolved in the federal court’s jurisdiction.
“The suspension also violated the Florida Constitution, and that violation did affect the outcome,” Hinkle wrote. “But the Eleventh Amendment prohibits a federal court from awarding declaratory or injunctive relief of the kind at issue against a state official based only on a violation of state law.”
“In sum, the transgender and abortion statements—with the exception of the one sentence in the abortion statement—were protected by the First Amendment,” the order continued. “These other factors could not properly be the basis for a suspension under the Florida Constitution—there were no blanket non-prosecution policies, no neglect of duty, and no incompetence.”
Hinkle added that “relief cannot be awarded in this federal action based solely on a violation of state law” and it was “of critical importance: a violation of state law is not, without more, a violation of the United States Constitution.”
Hinkle also said he thought Warren was being targeted for his political positions.
“It is not surprising that in this litigation, the Governor has not acknowledged that this was a factor in the suspension. But it plainly was,” the judge wrote. “The Governor was looking for a reform prosecutor from the outset.”
The judge ruled Warren was not entitled to relief in federal court because the case centers on alleged violations of the state constitution, putting the legal battle in the wrong jurisdiction.
The judge also dismissed claims DeSantis violated Warren’s rights under the First Amendment.
“Today the court upheld the governor’s decision to suspend Andrew Warren from office for neglect of duty and incompetence,” Taryn Fenske, the Communications Director for Gov. DeSantis, said in response to the ruling.
A representative for Andrew Warren responded to WFLA.com’s request for comment, providing a statement from the Public Rights Project, which has worked “in parallel” with Warren’s own legal counsel.
The statement from PRP said in part that “DeSantis should not get away with breaking the law. Today’s decision has laid the groundwork for a state court to reinstate Warren and conclude that DeSantis abused his power and violated the Constitution.”
Warren’s representative noted that the suspended attorney could still appeal the decision in state court, as well as potentially run for reelection. | 2023-01-20T21:18:45+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/desantis-violated-state-law-but-warren-cant-be-reinstated-federal-judge-rules/ |
TAMPA, Fla. – Tom Brady is losing more than just his cool. Games are starting to slip from his grasp and so, too, is his touch.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion, who missed nearly two weeks of Tampa Bay’s training camp to tend to a personal matter this summer, gave his offensive line a tongue-lashing during the Buccaneers’ 20-18 loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
“There’s too many plays we’re not making,” Brady said after the Bucs fell to 3-3 — his worst start after six weeks since 2012.
“We didn’t earn the win. It’s a game of earning it and it’s a game of playing well and performing well and we’re just not going a good job of that,” Brady said. “I don’t think we’ve done it for six weeks. I think we’re all playing less than what we’re capable of.
“We all have to look at ourselves in the mirror,” added Brady, “and figure out why.”
That’s precisely what Twitter was saying after Brady’s dressing down of his offensive line as his latest sideline tirade came after he missed his team’s Saturday walkthrough to attend the wedding of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
Coach Todd Bowles insisted Monday that Brady’s trip to New York City to serve as part of Kraft’s star-studded guest list had nothing to do with the Buccaneers’ loss to the Steelers, which dropped them into a tie with the Atlanta Falcons atop the topsy-turvy NFC South.
Bowles also maintained that his 45-year-old QB isn’t receiving preferential treatment in his 23rd NFL season even though he was allowed to miss a chunk of training camp for personal reasons that Brady has not discussed publicly since rejoining the team after an 11-day absence.
“He works as hard as anybody,” Bowles said. “Special treatment — there have been a few guys that have missed meetings and some practices for some special thing — that just doesn’t get publicized because they’re not him. It just kind of comes with the territory. You don’t worry about it too much.”
What is worrisome to his fans is Brady’s dramatic dropoff following a newsy offseason in which he retired in February, unretired a month later and after missing much of training camp found his marriage to Gisele Bundchen the subject of rampant tabloid speculation centering on his unretirement.
Brady’s 3.2% touchdown rate while attempting to pass is a career low and he has just eight TD passes in six games after throwing a combined 96 in his first two seasons in Tampa, including the playoffs.
He had 17 TD passes by this time a year ago and 14 the year before that.
The Bucs are averaging 20.2 points per game, down from 30.1 points last season. Take away safety Mike Edwards’ pick-six in Week 2 and the Bucs’ offense is averaging a mere 19 points per game.
Four times Brady has started a season 3-3, his first two years as a starter with the Patriots in 2001 and ‘02 and again in ‘05 and ‘12.
He’s fortunate to be .500 this year, too.
The Falcons’ fourth-quarter rally fell short in a 21-15 loss to Tampa Bay in Week 5 thanks largely to a disputed roughing-the-passer penalty on Atlanta defensive tackle Grady Jarrett. Even that fortuitous flag turned out to be costly for Brady, who was fined $11,139 for trying to kick Jarrett following his takedown.
Asked after the loss to the Steelers and their second-string secondary what was his message to his teammates, the profanity-laced berating of his O-line aside, Brady said, “We have to score more points.”
That’s the rallying cry across the league where a dozen teams are averaging fewer than 20 points per game and the 49ers (20.1) are just outside that mark along with the Bucs.
At 15.2 points, the Broncos are the lowest-scoring team in the league as Russell Wilson continues to struggle making quick decisions behind a banged-up offensive line. In four prime-time games so far, the Broncos have managed 16, 11, 13 and 16 points, losing three of them and overcoming 10 three-and-outs in the other.
Five times Denver’s defense has held opponents to 17 points or fewer in regulation, leading Troy Aikman to declare after Denver’s 19-16 loss to the Chargers in overtime Monday night that “it’s hard to imagine you can play that well defensively and hold the score down that low consistently and hae a losing record.”
The reasons for the paucity of points are plenty.
__Several teams didn’t play their starters in the preseason and have spent the season ironing out the kinks on offense.
__Several veterans have changed teams, and recreating chemistry takes time.
__”Shell” defenses popularized by former Broncos coach Vic Fangio in the red zone are throttling offenses inside the 20-yard line.
The troubles in Tampa might run a little bit deeper.
“It doesn’t matter who you’re playing, if you’re not making the plays, it doesn’t matter if it’s the Steelers or the Chiefs for the Packers or the Saints,” Brady said. “You either make the plays or you don’t. It’s a production business.”
And no, Brady stressed, it’s not just the offensive line’s fault.
“It’s all of us. It’s our whole offense,” Brady said. “We have to do a better job in the run game, in the pass game. Everyone has to do a better job. Obviously, there’s no position that’s performing at an elite level right now.”
Quarterback included.
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More AP NFL coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-10-18T14:14:03+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/sports/2022/10/18/analysis-tom-brady-is-losing-more-than-just-his-cool/ |
Virginia’s Youngkin hauls in cash, campaigns cross-country
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin continued to raise funds at a quick clip over the past three months, outpacing his recent predecessors, while also traveling the country building his national profile and boosting midterm candidates.
The Republican’s Spirit of Virginia political action committee raised nearly $1.8 million in cash over the July to September quarter, spent about $1.1 million and ended the quarter with about $2.3 million on hand, according to campaign finance disclosures filed this month.
The governor, increasingly viewed as a potential 2024 presidential candidate, far outraised any other Virginia official’s leadership committee during that timeframe, and the strong receipts are a continuation of a trend: the political newcomer’s combination of fundraising and loans to his campaign during his race last year against Democrat Terry McAuliffe shattered records set in the 2017 gubernatorial campaign.
Youngkin also brought in big bucks post-election and for his inauguration.
In his first two full quarters in office, he raised more than twice as much as his three most recent predecessors in donations of $10,000 of more, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project, which tracks money in politics.
“The excitement continues to grow around Governor Youngkin’s approach to solving kitchen table issues with common sense solutions,” Kristin Davison, a political adviser to Youngkin, wrote in an email.
A wealthy former private equity executive, Youngkin quickly became the subject of 2024 speculation after he defeated McAuliffe, a former governor, in a state that had long been trending blue. The conjecture about a possible presidential run or other bid for federal office has intensified since, along with criticism from Virginia Democrats who say Youngkin is getting ahead of himself, and neglecting his day job.
Youngkin — who under state law will not be allowed to seek a second consecutive term as governor — typically demurs when asked publicly about future plans, saying he is flattered to be in the conversation but focused on Virginia. But since taking office in January, he has moved quickly to assert himself as a new voice in the GOP.
His recently filed PAC receipts hint at the scope of his political operation, showing spending with more than a dozen consulting, communications, fundraising, speechwriting or strategy groups, plus an ad maker and a polling firm.
Youngkin, who like other governors frequently uses state aircraft for state business, has said he pays his own way for political travel. He reimbursed for the use of the state plane for a political stop in Northern Virginia in August, according to Davison.
His PAC’s expenditures show spending on commercial airfare, lodging, parking, two reimbursements for his state police protective unit and meeting expenses at venues ranging from an Aspen, Colorado, steakhouse, to a deli in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
The governor has also been stumping across the country on behalf of GOP gubernatorial candidates, with stops since the summer in Nebraska, Colorado, Michigan, Maine, New Mexico, Kansas, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon and Arizona. This week he will be in Wisconsin with Tim Michels, the GOP candidate for governor.
Virginia Democrats and a couple of Republicans, including U.S. Rep. and Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney, have taken issue with either the pace of the governor’s travel or the candidates with whom he has chosen to share a stage, particularly Kari Lake.
The GOP candidate for governor of Arizona, Lake has said she would not have certified President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory and has put false claims of election fraud at the center of her campaign.
House Democratic Leader Don Scott said in a statement that Youngkin had “abandoned Virginia to campaign for extremists” and that it was “crystal clear that his loyalties lie with the MAGA base.”
Marcus Simon, a Democratic House member from northern Virginia, tweeted that Youngkin must have decided that since he donates his $175,000-a-year salary to charity, “he can decide whether and when he shows up for work.”
Davison said Democrats still haven’t learned their lesson from the losses of 2021, when the GOP swept all three of Virginia’s statewide seats and flipped the state House.
“Instead of addressing the kitchen table issues, they throw weak attacks on Twitter,” she said.
As for Youngkin’s fundraising, PACs in Virginia face no contribution limits, though they must disclose their donors. A review of Youngkin’s show he has drawn support from philanthropists, business owners and executives — including casino mogul Phil Ruffin — plus developers, attorneys and others. He has both tapped the network of reliable Virginia GOP donors and drawn in new ones.
Ramon Breeden Jr., who founded the Virginia Beach-based real estate development firm The Breeden Co. and now chairs its board, has donated over decades to mostly Republican candidates, but to none as generously as Youngkin.
Breeden, who with a $200,000 August donation became Youngkin’s top donor in the past quarter, said in a statement to The Associated Press that he thinks the governor understands business and the economy and acts with integrity.
“I also like that Governor Youngkin doesn’t talk like a politician. He’s intent on doing what he says, and he says what he will do,” Breeden said.
Through a separate super PAC, Youngkin is using some of his cash in support of GOP candidates in Virginia’s most competitive congressional races, and has also said he’ll do the same to help Republican legislative candidates next year, when every General Assembly seat will be on the ballot.
In the past week, Empowering Virginia Parents reported nearly $415,000 in independent expenditures in Virginia’s 2nd, 7th and 10th Districts, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, spots where Youngkin is also hitting the road through Election Day in support of the GOP challengers hoping to flip those seats.
On Monday, he was scheduled to appear with each of the Republican candidates — Jen Kiggans, Hung Cao and Yesli Vega — at three separate get-out-the-vote events around the state.
In recent campaign stops, Youngkin typically offers the candidate one of his signature red vests and seeks to draw a line from his win last year to Nov. 8, Election Day.
“See, there’s a … red wave that’s sweeping across the country,” Youngkin said last week during an appearance with Lake. “A red wave that may have found its headwaters in the commonwealth of Virginia last year.”
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ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. is not starting in the Atlanta Braves’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night after fouling a ball off his left foot the previous night.
Acuña moved around the Braves clubhouse Sunday afternoon with his left knee on a medical scooter to keep his foot elevated. Tests showed no fracture, but the star outfielder said he couldn’t put pressure on his foot.
“I’d say that’s the one thing that has me a little worried, but we’ll see how it goes,” Acuña said.
Acuña was not wearing a protective boot. He said he asked for the scooter “because I feel like I can’t put pressure on my foot.”
The Braves are off on Monday, giving Acuña two days to rest.
Braves manager Brian Snitker said the injury is “just a bruise” and said “we’ll see where he’s at Tuesday.”
Asked if he was worried Acuña can’t put pressure on his foot, Snitker said, “No, if it’s not broken.”
Acuña fouled a ball off the top of his left foot in the third inning of the Braves’ 5-3 win on Saturday night. He remained in the game before leaving after the eighth inning.
“I just kept playing and then as the game went on eventually it just got to the point I couldn’t really stand on it,” he said.
Acuña is hitting .281 with seven homers and 18 RBIs in his return this year from a torn ACL in his right knee. He tore the ligament last July when he landed awkwardly while attempting to make a catch in right field in Miami and missed the rest of the season as Atlanta went on to win the World Series.
Acuña leads the Braves with 13 stolen bases and has returned to an everyday role in right field after spending time as the designated hitter early in his comeback.
“It’s a feeling that reminds me of last year a little bit, just the frustration of not wanting to have to do anything related to rehabs or rehab assignments or anything,” Acuña said. “I just want to be able to play every day. The frustration is not being able to play every single day.”
Shortstop Dansby Swanson is hitting leadoff, the spot normally held by Acuña. Adam Duvall is starting in right field while Marcell Ozuna, normally the designated hitter, is in left field.
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Credit: Butch Dill | 2022-06-26T22:10:50+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/braves-acuna-held-out-unable-to-put-pressure-on-left-foot/GCKE35F4RFF3VD4PAFYJGQK6ME/ |
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)The ascension of the Minnesota Wild in the Western Conference standings hit some turbulence this week with an injury to leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov that will keep the superstar left wing out for at least three to four weeks.
The Wild might need to catch a few more rides on the “Gus Bus” in the meantime.
Goalie Filip Gustavsson has an active shutout streak of 170 minutes and 45 seconds, the third-longest in franchise history, that has further solidified him as a fan favorite in his first season in Minnesota and one of the NHL’s most unexpected breakout players.
“I play the way I want to right now,” Gustavsson said on Friday before the Wild departed for their game at San Jose on Saturday. “It makes my game feel calmer and on time, all the time. It makes the saves much easier.”
Acquired in a trade with Ottawa for goalie Cam Talbot, Gustavsson arrived as a clear-cut backup to Marc-Andre Fleury after Wild general manager Bill Guerin opted to avoid the potential tension of having accomplished veterans Fleury and Talbot vie for the same net.
Gustavsson, however, has played his way into a time share with Fleury, if not overtaken the 19-year veteran on the depth chart. Gustavsson is second in the league in both goals against average (1.91) and save percentage (.935) among goalies with more than 20 games played. He has started nine of Minnesota’s last 14 games, with Fleury taking the other five.
“Gus has been real calm in his approach, his professionalism, right from day one since he got here,” said coach Dean Evason, who has been quick to credit Fleury’s performance and presence as much as Gustavsson’s throughout the season.
Fleury has won four straight starts himself, allowing just five goals during his streak. Gustavsson has given up 11 goals over his last nine starts. The Wild are 9-0-2 in their last 11 games, thanks in no small part to their goaltending, to settle in second place in the Central Division. Gustavsson, who had only 23 starts in the NHL with the Senators prior to the trade, has quickly gained the confidence of his teammates.
“The trust is me making that first save, and then they help me if there’s a rebound,” the 24-year-old Swede said. “When I try and play my calm game, I think it helps for the players to feel more calm also. It feels more secure in a way, I guess.”
Ranking just 26th out of 32 teams in the league with an average of 2.75 goals per game, the Wild took quite a hit when Kaprizov was sidelined by a lower-body injury that will force the first extended absence of his career. With 74 points, Kaprizov – who has played in 214 of a possible 216 games including the playoffs with the Wild – has had a hand in 41% of their goals.
“It’s always a bad thing when someone’s hurt, but it might help the team to get a few more goal scorers and take more ice,” Gustavsson said.
Sam Steel slotted in the first line with Ryan Hartman and Mats Zuccarello at practice on Friday, when players were remarkably upbeat in the locker room afterward given the bad news about their leading scorer and popular teammate.
“We’ve just got to be a collective effort and all have the same goal in mind to try and win hockey games,” Zuccarello said. “We would like to do it with him as a friend and a teammate, but right now he can enjoy his three, four weeks off and get some energy and be hopefully full of energy and ready to go in the playoffs.”
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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | 2023-03-11T04:50:24+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/kaprizov-injury-might-mean-more-wild-rides-on-the-gus-bus/ |
Quil Lawrence is a New York-based correspondent for NPR News, covering veterans' issues nationwide. He won a Robert F. Kennedy Award for his coverage of American veterans and a Gracie Award for coverage of female combat veterans. In 2019 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America honored Quil with its IAVA Salutes Award for Leadership in Journalism. | 2022-11-03T21:46:08+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/2022-11-03/the-u-s-army-is-retooling-itself-to-build-up-deterrence-against-china |
An Atlanta-area police officer who was arrested for concealing the death of a 16-year-old girl has now been charged in her kidnapping and murder, police said Wednesday.
Miles Bryant, 22, was arrested on preliminary charges of falsely reporting a crime and concealing the death of another in connection with Susana Morales' death after the girl's remains were found earlier this month. She had been missing since July.
Investigators have found a firearm that Bryant had said was stolen, Gwinnett County Police Chief James D. McClure said at a briefing Wednesday.
Bryant reported a gun stolen on the same morning that Morales was reported missing in July. The weapon was found during a February 7 search of the scene where the teen's body was discovered, said the chief.
Police traced the firearm back to Bryant, and "at that point he became a person of interest, so we began watching him," McClure said.
At the time, Bryant was an officer for the Doraville Police Department in DeKalb County, which neighbors Gwinnett. He was fired after officials were made aware of the charges against him, according to a city official.
Bryant remains in custody in Gwinnett County Jail, according to online jail records. It is unclear if he has retained an attorney.
Police have not disclosed information about how Morales died. Morales was not shot, the chief said, without providing details on the state of the 16-year-old's body.
McClure declined to provide information on a possible motive.
On July 26, Morales was visiting a friend at an apartment complex on Indian Trail Road, according to McClure. She was taken between 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. as she was walking back home, and investigators believe that she was killed sometime between 10:30 p.m. and 2 a.m., the chief said.
She was reported missing the next morning, July 27, at 9 a.m. Bryant reported the gun missing at 11 a.m.
"We have a very solid case, and we're confident," said the chief. | 2023-02-22T22:38:06+00:00 | albanyherald.com | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/ex-cop-faces-felony-murder-and-kidnapping-charges-in-death-of-16-year-old-girl/article_a2a6e49b-b59c-5a4e-b15c-9982bbacbd4f.html |
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