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Lisa Marie Presley's teen twins are in mourning. Elvis and Priscilla Presley's daughter died on Jan. 12 after suffering cardiac arrest, leaving behind two minor children, 14-year-old twins Finley and Harper.
Lisa Marie shared the teens with her ex-husband, Michael Lockwood. After a contentious split, Lisa Marie, who was living with her first husband, Danny Keough, at the time of her death, had the girls 60 percent of the time, while Michael had them the remaining 40 percent.
Following Lisa Marie's death, entertainment lawyer Mitra Ahouraian tells ET that Michael will likely get full custody of Finley and Harper as "there is a lot of deference given to the the biological parent."
"We do have a biological father who already had 40 percent physical custody... Danny was in the home with Lisa Marie as a stepfather with these children. Lisa Marie had 60 percent custody, so we can assume there is some relationship there," Mitra says. "However, the court is going to look at the fact that the biological parent should have, at the very least, 100 percent legal custody, the ability to make all of the important decisions in the children's lives."
Some of those decisions include where the girls go to school and live, both of which, Mitra speculates, will likely be up to Michael.
"Sources say they're already not going back to the home where their mother passed away [because] it's too traumatic," she says of the teens. "... Michael and Danny both live quite close to one another, so they're not super far, so I don't see a need to change schools. So I think that in terms of physical custody, it's probably going to go to the biological father with perhaps some visitation rights with the stepfather."
Additionally, Mitra believes that neither the girls' grandmother, Priscilla, nor their sister, Riley Keough, have "any right to step in in terms of having custody or any sort of guardianship."
"I don't think that there are any concerns at this time with his physical fitness and well-being like there were early on in the separation, so I see him getting 100 percent custody," Mitra says. "... I don't see the need for other family members to really step in."
Another thing that could impact the decision about where Finley and Harper live is the teens themselves.
"The twins are now 14 years old. They have minds of their own. They have preferences in terms of where they want to go to school, who they want to live with, and so the court is going to take that into consideration," Mitra says. "... The court is definitely going to honor that and give some deference to that. It's not going to be their decision, at the end of the day the court is going to look at the best interest of the twins, but they will certainly take into account where the twins feel comfortable living."
A source close to Michael tells ET that, as of now, he has legal and physical custody of his daughters with Lisa Marie.
"He obtained full custody the moment Lisa Marie died. Michael will do whatever he has to do to protect it," the source says. "There was no back and forth between Danny and Michael. Both the girls and Priscilla are enjoying their time together right now. They are spending all their time with Michael trying to keep it normal as possible without their mother."
"Priscilla is doing everything she can for her grandchildren. She is there for those girls during this time," the source adds. "Nobody wants bad blood right now. They don't want any more suffering. It is not about territory. Michael is handling it as best as he can. The girls are Michael's top priority. All everyone wants are smiles on the girls' faces."
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In IndyCar’s effort toward environmental sustainability, one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers will rely on a desert shrub to produce a new source of natural rubber for its tires.
Bridgestone Americas said Thursday it has used the offseason to incorporate more sustainable and bio-circular materials into its tires this season. That made it possible for Firestone to provide tires with rubber derived from the guayule desert shrub at all five street circuits of the 17-race IndyCar season.
The tires will make their season debut in next week’s opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg. The tires were tried twice last season — during the pit-stop challenge at the Indianapolis 500 and the street race at Nashville.
“We are driving sustainability in every area of our business, and we’re thrilled to be advancing guayule and other sustainable practices in America’s premier open-wheel racing series,” said Paolo Ferrari, CEO of Bridgestone Americas. “Firestone has a tremendous legacy of innovation and performance in racing, which we will continue to build upon as we move into this new era of cleaner, safer and more sustainable mobility on and off the track.”
Bridgestone last year advanced an additional $42 million to establish commercial operations for planting and harvesting the rubber-rich guayule shrub. The guayule plant, which is native to Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States, bears small white flowers and narrow silvery leaves that grows in hot, arid desert areas with plenty of sun and little water.
In addition to the to the guayule street tires, the majority of race tires used this season will be manufactured at the energy-efficient Advanced Test Production Center. The center received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification PLUS recognition for its transparency and traceability of sustainable raw materials.
Also, Firestone will use ISCC mass balance certified synthetic rubber made with recycled plastics in all race tires during the Indianapolis 500.
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-02-24T12:58:19+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/sports/ap-indycar-to-use-sustainable-tires-made-from-desert-shrub/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith had 27 points — including a four-point play late in regulation — Shey Peddy scored seven of her 12 points in overtime and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Washington Mystics 99-90 on Sunday.
The Mercury (5-8) have won three in a row following a seven-game losing streak.
Diana Taurasi had 20 points and seven assists and Diamond DeShields scored 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting before fouling out with more than 6 minutes left in regulation for Phoenix. Tina Charles added 12 points and eight rebounds and Brianna Turner had nine points and 10 rebounds.
Taurasi hit a 3-pointer and a jumper before Diggins-Smith was fouled as she hit a step-back 3-pointer from the left wing and hit the and-1 free throw to cap a 10-2 run that gave the Mercury an 85-83 lead with 31.1 seconds left in regulation. Alysha Clark hit two free throws about 8 seconds later that eventually forced overtime.
Taurasi, who turned 40 on Saturday, picked up her sixth when she was called for an offensive foul about a minute into overtime with Phoenix trailing by two. Diggins-Smith hit Peddy for a 3-pointer that gave the Mercury the lead for good, stole a pass and went the other way for an and-1 layup and, after a missed shot by Washington, grabbed a rebound and hit a pull-up jumper from the free-throw line before Peddy hit two foul shots to give Phoenix a 95-87 lead with 1:23 to play. Peddy capped the scoring when she made two more free throws with 34.1 remaining.
Myisha Hines-Allen led the Mystics (9-6) with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Ariel Atkins added 15 points — on just 3-of-16 shooting. Clark and Shakira Austin scored 12 points apiece.
Phoenix snapped a five-game road losing streak.
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More AP women’s basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-13T02:02:11+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Diggins-Smith-Peddy-help-Mercury-beat-Mystics-17237092.php |
LONDON (AP) — Previously-unseen home movies from Queen Elizabeth II’s personal archive — including footage capturing the monarch as a young mother and her beaming at her engagement ring — will be shown in a new documentary, the BBC said Sunday.
The queen granted the broadcaster unprecedented access to hundreds of home movies shot by her, her parents and her late husband Prince Philip, as part of celebrations for her upcoming Platinum Jubilee, honoring her 70 years on the throne.
The videos record the queen’s life from when she was a baby in a pram to her coronation in 1953.
One clip captured the first extended visit of Philip to Balmoral Castle in Scotland in 1946, before his engagement to Elizabeth was made public. The footage depicts a beaming Princess Elizabeth showing off her engagement ring to the camera.
Philip and Elizabeth wed in November 1947 and were married for 73 years, until Philip’s death last April just a few months before his 100th birthday.
Simon Young, the BBC’s commissioning editor for history, said the broadcaster was honored to have access to the queen’s personal film collection.
“This documentary is an extraordinary glimpse into a deeply personal side of the royal family that is rarely seen, and it’s wonderful to be able to share it with the nation as we mark her Platinum Jubilee,” he said.
“Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen” will air in the U.K. on May 29, ahead of a week of national celebrations to mark the queen’s 70 years on the throne.
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Follow all AP stories on the British royals at https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii. | 2022-05-09T02:14:08+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/queens-home-movies-to-be-in-new-documentary-for-jubilee/ |
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of F45 Training Holdings Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of FXLV during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of F45 pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with the Company's July 16, 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) F45 Training could not maintain new franchise growth because it was offering more favorable payment terms to multi-unit franchisees; 2) F45 Training's lackluster pace of growth was also accompanied by a massive and unsustainable increase in F45 Training's accounts receivable and a similar, and equally unsustainable, decrease in its cash and cash equivalents; and 3) these practices were not sustainable at the time of the initial public offering, and when F45 Training could no longer sustain this defective business model, its growth rate and revenue plummeted.
DEADLINE: February 6, 2023 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/f45-training-holdings-inc-class-action-submission-form/?id=35880&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of FXLV during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is February 6, 2023. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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The new firm is institutionally backed by Josh Harris's next-generation alternatives asset manager, 26North
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Braven, a venture capital firm pioneering a new operating model to co-build breakthrough early-stage startups, announces its launch as a joint venture with 26North Partners LP (26North), a next-generation alternative asset firm founded by private equity leader and philanthropist Josh Harris.
The firm invests where deep scientific and technical innovation is transforming the large, regulated industries that underpin society, such as finance, healthcare, defense, and industrial infrastructure. Braven is led by William Abecassis, founder and former head of BlackRock's Innovation Capital venture group.
"We believe there are large, underserved opportunities to earn outsized financial returns while having exponential impact on globally important industries," said Abecassis. "Today's dominant VC model works for independent disruptors, but it isn't built to help innovators in complex, regulated industries who need to collaborate and coordinate with many critical stakeholders. We've engineered a model of deep, active engagement with portfolio companies in which Braven and partners such as 26North provide the expertise, relationships, and resources needed to effectively engage their industries' ecosystems."
26North has made an equity investment in Braven. The joint venture enables close collaboration between Braven's portfolio companies and 26North's platform, which currently includes private equity, credit, insurance, and reinsurance solutions. 26North's platform and portfolio companies will also provide a unique opportunity for accelerated product validation and commercial traction to Braven investments.
Braven's partners at 26North include founder Josh Harris, former Centerbridge and Goldman Sachs partner Lance West, former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's private credit group Brendan McGovern, former Apollo Global Management Managing Director Evan Zemsky, former Blackstone Managing Director Tina Raja, and former Security Benefit Life executive Cole Charnas.
"As we continue to expand 26North's platform, one of our priorities is investing in leading-edge technology that will advance our vision and deliver distinct advantages across our operations, funds, and portfolios," said Harris. "William is an innovator and leader who will help 26North digitally transform and optimize its own ecosystem and portfolio while creating significant alpha for both our firms and investors."
A key pillar of Braven's model is the assembly of bespoke "dream teams" for each investment. The firm draws from its affiliated network of founders and operators to surround portfolio companies with world-class partners invested in their success.
"I'm thrilled by the caliber of the team, our partners, and our fellow investors who have come together on this mission, starting with our unique 26North partnership," said Abecassis. "I look forward to giving our all to visionary founders and driving value for their critical technologies from day one."
Braven is an institutionally backed venture firm focused where deep scientific and technical innovation is transforming the large, regulated industries that underpin society, such as finance, healthcare, defense, and industrial infrastructure. Braven has engineered a new model of venture capital, designed to help visionary companies break through the barriers of these complex legacy industries and reshape them for the better. For more information, visit: https://braven.vc
26North Partners LP is an integrated, multi-asset class investment platform, founded by Josh Harris. 26North provides investment advice and opportunities to its clients related to a variety of investment strategies, including private equity, credit, and insurance and reinsurance solutions. Josh Harris and the 26North team bring decades of experience managing third-party capital to help clients achieve their financial goals while leaving a lasting impact on the communities they serve. 26North has more than $9.5 billion in assets under management.
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SOURCE Braven | 2022-12-02T16:38:13+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/12/02/braven-launches-new-model-venture-capital-invest-where-deep-technologies-are-remaking-regulated-industries/ |
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — One more person from a migrant boat shipwreck has been found alive, Greece's coast guard said Wednesday, bringing the total number of survivors to 11 from the sailboat that capsized and sank in rough seas east of Athens with reportedly about 68 people on board.
A search and rescue operation continued for a second day in the treacherous Kafireas Strait, between the islands of Evia and Andros east of the Greek capital.
The coast guard said the 11th survivor was found early Wednesday on land on the southern tip of Evia. The survivors, all men, include six Egyptians, three Afghans and two Iranians, and all have been taken to the town of Karystos on Evia.
The first nine were rescued Tuesday from an uninhabited islet south of Evia in the early hours of Tuesday, and had told authorities they had been on a sailing boat that had departed from Izmir in Turkey with 68 people on board. The 10th man was plucked from the sea hours later by a cargo ship participating in the rescue operation.
A separate search and rescue operation continued for a third day in the eastern Aegean off the island of Samos, which lies near the Turkish coast, for seven people still missing after a dinghy reportedly carrying 12 people capsized on Monday. Four people, who the coast guard said were all Palestinians, were rescued on Monday and one body was recovered on Tuesday.
Greek Shipping Minister Giannis Plakiotakis, who is also responsible for the coast guard, slammed Turkey on Tuesday for allowing “ruthless smuggling rings to send people to their deaths, with Greece saving as many as it can.”
Thousands of people fleeing conflict and poverty in Africa, Asia and the Middle East attempt to enter the European Union through Greece each year.
Most make the short but often perilous crossing from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands in inflatable dinghies. Others opt to attempt to circumvent Greece in overcrowded sailboats and yachts heading straight to Italy.
At least 27 people drowned in two separate incidents last month. In one, 18 people died when a boat that had set sail from Turkey sank off the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos. In the other, a yacht carrying about 100 people sank in a gale, killing at least nine and leaving six missing.
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Follow AP’s coverage of migration issues at https://apnews.com/hub/migration | 2022-11-02T08:16:47+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Greece-finds-another-survivor-from-migrant-boat-17551535.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — Their 50-year wait over, the family of Gil Hodges is as relieved to see the patriarch selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as they are grateful for the opportunity it provides kin he never met to understand the impact he made on baseball in New York City.
“It’s more meaningful that the entire family is here — children, spouses, grandchildren, nieces, nephews,” Gil Hodges Jr. said Saturday morning, shortly before he and his sister Cynthia threw out ceremonial first pitches with their sister Irene’s grandchildren, Louis and Logan, prior to the Mets’ game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
“They get to see the reflection of how people talk about him. People talk about him like they had dinner with him a month ago, which is just amazing. The impact that someone who didn’t make it to 48 years old could have, 50 years after he passed away, to me it just gives you some idea of what kind of person he was.”
Hodges was finally elected to the Hall of Fame in December by a special committee, ending half a century of waiting that included several close calls.
While Hodges hit 370 homers and made eight All-Star teams for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers and Mets, he is best known for leading the Mets — who’d never lost fewer than 95 games in their first six seasons of existence — to a World Series title in just his second year as their manager in 1969.
Hodges died of a heart attack on April 2, 1972, two days shy of his 48th birthday.
“When you hear the words Gil Hodges, you just think class,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “You walked into a room — he could command a room. You knew who the leader of the room was, and he was it, without saying a word.
“He’s one of the great pillars of the Mets’ history.”
Hodges’ 95-year-old widow, Joan, still lives in Brooklyn and watched along with the couple’s children as Gil came close to induction numerous times over the years. He got up to 63% of the vote on the writers’ ballot — 75% is required to earn election — before his 15 years of eligibility ran out in 1983.
In 1993, Hodges missed out on election via the 16-member Veterans Committee when the vote of former teammate Roy Campanella was disallowed because the wheelchair-bound Campanella didn’t attend the meeting. That dropped Hodges’ total to 11, one shy of the 12 required to earn induction.
With the advancing age of their mother and the Golden Days Era not scheduled to convene again until late 2026, the Hodges family acknowledged they felt a certain sense of urgency leading up to the December meeting of the committee members — which is why Irene was overcome with emotion when she got the call from Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch informing her of the news she, her siblings and their mother had waited so long to hear.
“I’m saying to myself ‘No way, really, now?’” Irene Hodges said. “Of course, we all thought he deserved it many years ago. But that’s irrelevant at this point. The only thing that matters is that he finally is in the Hall of Fame, where he belongs — for us, to a degree, but mostly for my dad.”
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-04-16T20:32:31+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Gil-Hodges-family-cherishing-long-awaited-Hall-17085660.php |
The Sundance Film Festival is back in-person this year after being mostly online for two years. The team sifted through 16,000 submissions — the highest number ever.
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The Sundance Film Festival is back in-person this year after being mostly online for two years. The team sifted through 16,000 submissions — the highest number ever.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-01-20T22:28:35+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2023-01-20/encore-park-city-utah-welcomes-back-sundance-film-festival-attendees |
MIAMI – Inter Miami CF defender DeAndre Yedlin has been named an MLS All-Star.
He was selected among the 26 best talents in the league on Tuesday.
He is the club’s second-ever All-Star.
Yedlin said, “It’s a great achievement, but it’s not possible without my teammates here, so it’s just as much their honor as it is mine.”
Yedlin, 29, joined Inter Miami before the 2022 season.
He has two assists so far. He also contributed 15 key passes.
The game will be played on August 10. | 2022-07-12T17:52:55+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/sports/2022/07/12/deandre-yedlin-named-mls-all-star/ |
LOS ANGELES — Caleb Williams polished his Heisman Trophy credentials with 232 passing yards and four total touchdowns, and No. 6 USC capped its outstanding regular season under new coach Lincoln Riley by staying firmly in the College Football Playoff race with a 38-27 victory over No. 15 Notre Dame on Saturday night.
Tahj Washington caught an early TD pass from Williams, while USC (11-1) snapped its four-game losing streak in its famed intersectional rivalry with the Irish (8-4).
The night felt like a Heisman coronation for Williams, who iced the win on his third rushing touchdown with 2:35 to play by sprinting 16 yards through the heart of the Notre Dame defense for the 44th total TD of his incredible season. Williams struck a Heisman pose on the USC sideline after a score in the first half, and he was serenaded with frequent chants of “Heisman! Heisman!” from the Coliseum crowd.
Although USC is headed to the Pac-12 title game Friday in Las Vegas, the revitalized Trojans first kept their CFP hopes intact with this victory — and even got a boost from LSU’s loss to Texas A&M during the game. USC became the first team to gain 400 yards and score more than 32 points this season against the Irish while completing its first 11-win regular season since 2008.
Drew Pyne passed for 318 yards and hit Michael Mayer for two of his three touchdowns for the Irish, whose five-game winning streak ended in their regular-season finale under new coach Marcus Freeman. Pyne completed his first 15 throws into the fourth quarter, but he ultimately couldn’t keep up with Williams and the Irish surrendered the Jeweled Shillelagh in their first trip to the Coliseum since 2018.
The 93rd edition of this rivalry was a showcase for Williams, the sophomore who followed Riley from Oklahoma to USC last winter and quickly reached his extraordinary potential on the West Coast. With a pocket elusiveness that had Notre Dame’s defense embracing air and a lively arm at nearly any distance, Williams set single-season records for quarterbacks in total touchdowns and rushing yards at a school rich in talent at the position.
After repeatedly eluding the Notre Dame defense on USC’s final drive of the first half, Williams rushed for a 5-yard touchdown up the middle on a perfect run-pass option. When the quarterback reached the USC sideline, he smilingly struck a Heisman pose to his teammates.
Williams added another TD run on the first snap of the fourth quarter, and he punctuated it by blowing kisses to the USC student section.
Austin Jones rushed for a career-high 154 yards as USC never trailed but never pulled away from the tenacious Irish.
Washington’s 11-yard catch-and-run TD capped USC’s opening drive, and the Trojans got to the Notre Dame 2 on their second drive before Williams was flagged for offensive pass interference during a failed attempt at a Philly Special.
After Williams unleashed a 58-yard punt on a fourth-down trick play, the Irish got on the board midway through the second quarter with Pyne’s 22-yard TD throw to Mayer, Notre Dame’s star tight end.
After Pyne fumbled in USC territory on Notre Dame’s first drive after halftime, Williams led a 74-yard drive capped by Raleek Brown’s untouched TD run for a 24-7 lead.
Deion Colzie and Logan Diggs scored later in the second half, but Williams kept the Trojans in front until Calen Bullock made his fifth interception of the season for USC with 4:56 to play, boosting the Trojans’ turnover margin to an astronomical plus-23.
The takeaway
Notre Dame: The Irish ultimately couldn’t stop Williams, but that’s hardly a unique predicament this season. After a rocky start, Freeman’s debut season ultimately offers much more hope than concern.
USC: Williams’ brilliance is the main reason for the Trojans’ turnaround, considering the defense gave up 408 yards and again had trouble getting off the field against an elite opponent. Yet USC repeatedly has done enough to win, with its only blemish a one-point road loss to Utah. The Trojans have proved they’re playoff-worthy if the numbers work out for them.
Up next
Notre Dame: A mid-tier bowl game.
USC: A short trip to Las Vegas on Friday to play for the Trojans’ second conference title in 14 seasons. | 2022-11-27T06:03:54+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/national-sports/ct-usc-notre-dame-football-20221127-lawahwosrza5pi5nrf6r46iswu-story.html |
Senator Michael Bennet has joined calls from several other lawmakers to ban TikTok from Apple and Google app stores. NPR's Michel Martin asks him what makes the app a national security risk.
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Senator Michael Bennet has joined calls from several other lawmakers to ban TikTok from Apple and Google app stores. NPR's Michel Martin asks him what makes the app a national security risk.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-02-05T22:29:38+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2023-02-05/sen-michael-bennett-on-why-hes-in-favor-of-a-tiktok-ban |
The new website, WeAreWhatWeBreathe.com, will serve as a "dynamic hub" for the importance of indoor air quality.
CHANTILLY, Va., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA), the leader in promoting quality and excellence in the sheet metal and air conditioning industry, today announced the launch of WeAreWhatWeBreathe.com, a new website designed to raise public awareness for indoor air pollution and how indoor air quality (IAQ) improvements can help improve occupant's health.
This comprehensive site operates as a one-stop-shop for visitors to explore how ventilation, airflow and indoor air quality impact schools, homes and office settings. Visitors can learn about the Ventilation Verification assessment, an important physical examination of a building's HVAC system made by trained and certified HVAC or Testing, Adjusting & Balancing technicians. The site also includes a guide to identifying federal and state funding opportunities to support HVAC system improvements and a locator to find a trained local HVAC professional.
"The pandemic shined a much-needed light on indoor air quality and some of the major health concerns arising in our schools, homes and workplaces," said Aaron Hilger, SMACNA's Chief Executive Officer. "As a standard-setting organization, SMACNA is proud to play a leading role in addressing the impact of poor ventilation and air quality on our lives. We are hopeful this website will be a helpful resource, while also instilling a sense of urgency for building owners and school systems to provide tenants with the clean, quality air they deserve."
The EPA's Science Advisory Board ranks indoor air quality (IAQ) among the top five environmental risks to public health. Inside our workplaces, homes and schools, exposure to air pollutants can be 2x to 5x worse than outdoors due to poor ventilation rates and underperforming HVAC systems.
To learn more about indoor air pollutants and the need for better ventilation, visit WeAreWhatWeBreathe.com.
ABOUT SMACNA:
SMACNA is an international trade association representing 3,500 contributing contractor firms and is a leader in promoting quality and excellence in the sheet metal and air conditioning industry. SMACNA members are responsible for effectively delivering the clean air Americans breathe in offices, homes, and hospitals; for many of the attractive facades you see on today's stadiums and office buildings; and for the comfortable, healthy, and safe living environments in which our citizens live out their daily lives. SMACNA has national offices in Chantilly, Va., outside of Washington, D.C., and on Capitol Hill. For more information, visit www.SMACNA.org.
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SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRS Medical, Inc., a leading medical AI solution provider, announced its participation in the 108th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2022), the world's leading annual imaging forum at McCormick Place in Chicago held from November 27 to 30th.
At RSNA booth #4744, AIRS Medical showcases SwiftMR™, an FDA 510(k)-cleared AI Imaging solution that enhances MR images acquired under various conditions, contributing to better image quality and patient experience. SwiftMR™ utilizes conventional MR imaging techniques such as parallel Imaging and compressed sensing, combined with its award-winning deep learning technology. SwiftMR™ thus enhances SNR and sharpness of the images, allowing radiologists to read with confidence and ease.
Along with the booth demonstration, there will be a special presentation from Roh-Eul Yoo, MD, Ph.D. from Seoul National University Hospital. Dr. Yoo will be sharing her experience working with SwiftMR in various clinical scenarios, along with the results of recent research collaborations proving the power of SwiftMR in providing superior image quality. The presentation will start at 13:30 pm, 28th of November at AI Theater, South Hall A, Level 3.
SwiftMR™ was cleared by both the US FDA and the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in 2021. Since its official commercial launch in Korea in the fourth quarter of 2021, SwiftMR™ has been installed in more than 100 hospitals, for an average of 30,000 monthly MRI exams and a grand total of more than 280,000 MRI exams. After its successful launch and with proven performance in Korea, the company is rapidly expanding globally.
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European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
It will take the robotic explorer, dubbed Juice, 8 years to reach Jupiter.
It will take the robotic explorer, dubbed Juice, 8 years to reach Jupiter.
A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons that could hold buried oceans.
The journey began with a perfect morning liftoff by Europe's Ariane rocket from French Guiana on the coast of South America. But there were some tense minutes later as controllers awaited signals from the spacecraft.
When contact finally was confirmed close to an hour into the flight, Mission Control in Germany declared: "The spacecraft is alive!"
It will take the robotic explorer, dubbed Juice, eight years to reach Jupiter, where it will scope out not only the solar system's biggest planet but also Europa, Callisto and Ganymede. The three ice-encrusted moons are believed to harbor underground oceans, where sea life could exist.
Then in perhaps the most impressive feat of all, Juice will attempt to go into orbit around Ganymede: No spacecraft has ever orbited a moon other than our own.
With so many moons — at last count 95 — astronomers consider Jupiter a mini solar system of its own, with missions like Juice long overdue.
"This is a mission that is answering questions of science that are burning to all of us," said European Space Agency's director general Josef Aschbacher after the launch. "Of course, one of these questions is: Is there life out there?"
It can't find life, "but Juice will be identifying the habitability of these icy moons around Jupiter," he added.
The spacecraft is taking a long, roundabout route to Jupiter, covering 4 billion miles.
It will swoop within 125 miles of Callisto and 250 miles of Europa and Ganymede, completing 35 flybys while circling Jupiter. Then it will hit the brakes to orbit Ganymede, the primary target of the 1.6 billion-euro mission (nearly $1.8 billion).
Ganymede is not only the solar system's largest moon — it surpasses Mercury — but has its own magnetic field with dazzling auroras at the poles.
Even more enticing, it's thought to have an underground ocean holding more water than Earth. Ditto for Europa and its reported geysers, and heavily cratered Callisto, a potential destination for humans given its distance from Jupiter's debilitating radiation belts, according to Carnegie Institution's Scott Sheppard, who's not involved with the Juice mission.
"The ocean worlds in our solar system are the most likely to have possible life, so these large moons of Jupiter are prime candidates to search," said Sheppard, a moon hunter who's helped discover well over 100 in the outer solar system.
The spacecraft, about the size of a small bus, won't reach Jupiter until 2031, relying on gravity-assist flybys of Earth and our moon, as well as Venus.
"These things take time — and they change our world," said the Planetary Society's chief executive, Bill Nye. The California-based space advocacy group organized a virtual watch party for the launch.
Belgium's King Philippe and Prince Gabriel, and a pair of astronauts — France's Thomas Pesquet and Germany's Matthias Maurer — were among the spectators in French Guiana. Thursday's launch attempt was nixed by the threat of lightning.
Juice — short for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer — will spend three years buzzing Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. The spacecraft will attempt to enter orbit around Ganymede in late 2034, circling the moon for nearly a year before flight controllers send it crashing down in 2035, later if enough fuel remains.
Europa is especially attractive to scientists hunting for signs of life beyond Earth. Juice will keep its Europa encounters to a minimum, however, because of the intense radiation there so close to Jupiter.
Juice's sensitive electronics are encased in lead to protect against radiation. The 14,000-pound spacecraft also is wrapped with thermal blankets — temperatures near Jupiter hover around minus 380 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 230 degrees Celsius). And its solar panels stretch 88 feet tip to tip to soak in as much sunlight that far from the sun.
Late next year, NASA will send an even more heavily shielded spacecraft to Jupiter, the long-awaited Europa Clipper, which will beat Juice to Jupiter by more than a year because it will launch on SpaceX's mightier rocket. The two spacecraft will team up to study Europa like never before.
NASA has long dominated exploration at Jupiter, beginning with flybys in the 1970s by the twin Pioneers and then Voyagers. Only one spacecraft remains humming at Jupiter: NASA's Juno, which just logged its 50th orbit since 2016.
Europe provided nine of Juice's science instruments, with NASA supplying just one.
If Juice confirms underground oceans conducive to past or present life, project scientist Olivier Witasse said the next step will be to send drills to penetrate the icy crusts and maybe even a submarine.
"We have to be creative," he said. "We can still think it's science fiction, but sometimes the science fiction can join the reality."
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(The Hill) – A federal judge on Monday ruled that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) must comply with a special grand jury subpoena from the Fulton County District Attorney, who’s investigating former President Trump’s efforts to pressure Georgia officials into overturning the state’s 2020 election results.
U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May denied Graham’s motion to comply with the subpoena, rejecting his arguments that he has testimonial immunity from state judicial proceedings as a federal legislator.
In a 22-page decision, May said the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, which shields members of Congress from being compelled to testify in court about their legislative work, does not warrant quashing the subpoena as Graham had requested.
“In sum, the Court finds that there are considerable areas of potential grand jury inquiry falling outside the Speech or Debate Clause’s protections,” May, who was appointed by former President Obama, wrote. “Additionally, sovereign immunity fails to shield Senator Graham from testifying before the Special Purpose Grand Jury. Finally, though Senator Graham argues that he is exempt from testifying as a high-ranking government official, the Court finds that the District Attorney has shown extraordinary circumstances and a special need for Senator Graham’s testimony on issues relating to alleged attempts to influence or disrupt the lawful administration of Georgia’s 2022 elections.”
A spokesman for Graham said the senator would appeal, which he had vowed to do before Monday’s decision during a press conference last week.
“This is ridiculous,” Graham said. “This weaponization of the law needs to stop. So I will use the courts. We will go as far as we need to go and do whatever needs to be done to make sure that people like me can do their jobs without fear of some county prosecutor coming after you.”
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) had subpoenaed Graham in July, seeking his testimony in the investigation into a scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Willis’s office cited phone conversations the South Carolina senator had with a pair of Georgia officials in the weeks after Election Day.
Graham filed a motion in federal court to quash the subpoena, arguing the calls were made as part of his duties as then-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and therefore covered by the constitutional shield against being compelled to testify about the discussions. He has also denied pressuring any state official over the election results.
“The District Attorney’s apparent suspicions are baseless, but even assuming otherwise, the Speech or Debate Clause was designed to prevent exactly the sort of examination she proposes,” his lawyers wrote in a court filing last month.
In response, Willis’s office pointed to public statements from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) suggesting that the calls were more than routine oversight inquiries about the state’s election procedures.
“During our discussion, he asked if ballots could be matched back to the envelope — the absentee ballots could be matched back to the envelope,” Raffensperger said in 2020 interview with CBS News. “I explained our process, after it went through two sets of signature match, at that point they were separated. But then Senator Graham implied for us to audit the envelopes and then throw out the ballots for counties who have the highest frequency error of signatures. I tried to help explain that because we did signature match, you couldn’t tie the signatures back anymore to those ballots.”
May ruled on Monday that based on the record before her, she could not fully accept Graham’s characterization of the calls for the purposes of deciding whether it should be shielded from the grand jury inquiry. The judge said that even if the calls were constitutionally-protected, Graham would still be a valid person of interest in the investigation.
“The fact that Senator Graham may be questioned on topics outside the two phone calls—including (1) his potential communications and coordination with the Trump Campaign and its post-election efforts in Georgia; (2) his knowledge of other groups or individuals involved with efforts to influence the results of Georgia’s 2020 election; and (3) his public statements following the 2020 election—is of great significance to the issue presently before the Court,” May wrote in her decision.
Updated at 10:25 a.m. | 2022-08-15T17:07:56+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/judge-rules-graham-must-comply-with-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/ |
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) _ El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. (LOCO) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $7.1 million.
The Costa Mesa, California-based company said it had net income of 20 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 21 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 19 cents per share.
The Tex-Mex fast food chain posted revenue of $124.1 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $125.1 million.
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NEW YORK (AP) — With an indictment and a not-guilty plea, the fraud case against the founder of a student loan assistance startup company that J.P. Morgan Chase acquired for $175 million two years ago took a step toward trial on Monday in a New York court.
Charlie Javice, 31, entered the plea through her lawyer to an indictment returned late last week in Manhattan federal court charging her with conspiracy, wire fraud and bank fraud.
The Miami Beach, Florida, resident who founded Frank appeared at a remote proceeding in which her face and the faces of defense lawyers and prosecutors were projected onto a video screen before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein. He said her next appearance was scheduled for June 6 before a judge who would preside over a trial.
Javice, who is free on $2 million bail, is charged with tricking JPMC into buying her company by producing data to make it seem like Frank had over 4.25 million customers when it had fewer than 300,000 clients. At the time of her early April arrest, authorities said she would have earned $45 million from her fraud.
In early May, the deadline to bring an indictment against Javice was postponed as prosecutors filed a letter to say that the government wanted another 30 days to “engage in further discussions with counsel about the disposition of this case.”
Although negotiations of this sort sometimes result in deals, the indictment was a signal that the case was now on the road to trial for a woman who had appeared on the Forbes 2019 “30 Under 30” list of young professionals whose impactful careers seemed to be on an upward trajectory worthy of admiration.
Her lawyer, Alex Spiro, may have reflected the acrimonious atmosphere reflected by the breakdown of talks and the arrival of the indictment late last week when he complained that prosecutors have not turned over any evidence in the case.
“We’ve gotten nothing,” he said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dina McLeod noted that the indictment was fresh.
“This is a complex case,” she said, adding that the large number of documents that will be turned over to the defense before trial needs to be reviewed by prosecutors first.
The indictment largely mirrored a criminal complaint released when Javice was arrested. It charged her with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud along with separate wire fraud, bank fraud and securities fraud counts.
In 2017, Javice founded TAPD Inc., which operated under the name Frank, to provide an online platform to simplify the process of filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a federal government form used by students to apply for financial aid for college or graduate school, authorities said. | 2023-05-23T18:30:54+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/business-news/ap-founder-of-student-aid-startup-frank-pleads-not-guilty-to-fraud/ |
Top Player Prop Bets for Red Sox vs. Diamondbacks on May 27, 2023
Published: May. 27, 2023 at 10:51 AM CDT|Updated: 55 minutes ago
Sportsbooks have set player props for Alex Verdugo, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and others when the Boston Red Sox visit the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
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Red Sox vs. Diamondbacks Game Info
- When: Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
- Live Stream: Watch the MLB on Fubo!
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MLB Props Today: Boston Red Sox
Alex Verdugo Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -115)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +800)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +200)
Verdugo Stats
- Verdugo has recorded 56 hits with 16 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 18 walks. He has driven in 20 runs with three stolen bases.
- He has a .292/.364/.464 slash line on the year.
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Rafael Devers Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +195)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +390)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +390)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +110)
Devers Stats
- Rafael Devers has collected 48 hits with 12 doubles, 13 home runs and 10 walks. He has driven in 44 runs.
- He has a slash line of .249/.290/.513 on the season.
Devers Recent Games
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MLB Props Today: Arizona Diamondbacks
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -286)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +700)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +170)
Gurriel Stats
- Gurriel has 54 hits with 14 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 13 walks and 28 RBI. He's also stolen one base.
- He's slashing .316/.369/.561 so far this season.
- Gurriel will look for his 15th straight game with a hit in this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .333 with four doubles, a triple, three home runs, two walks and eight RBI.
Gurriel Recent Games
Corbin Carroll Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -256)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -110)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +150)
Carroll Stats
- Corbin Carroll has collected 48 hits with 14 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 22 walks. He has driven in 17 runs with 14 stolen bases.
- He has a .291/.382/.515 slash line on the season.
- Carroll enters this matchup looking to extend his three-game hit streak. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with three doubles, a home run, four walks and two RBI.
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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony charges Tuesday in connection with his handling of classified documents and alleged attempts to prevent the government from recovering them, according to news reports.
He was placed under arrest after surrendering to federal authorities ahead of the arraignment.
Trump is expected to return to his club in Bedminster, N.J., Tuesday night for a private fundraiser where he will deliver live remarks. It was not immediately clear whether the date of the next hearing has been set.
Following an investigation by special counsel Jack Smith, the Justice Department on Friday unsealed the indictment of the former president, charging that he improperly took and obstructed the government’s efforts to retrieve hundreds of secret documents — some of them related to U.S. nuclear weapons operations and national defense vulnerabilities — and kept them in unsecured areas of his Florida estate, including a bathroom, ballroom and storage room. The Mar-a-Lago property is a private club that hosts thousands of people each year.
According to the indictment, top-secret and other classified records the FBI recovered after a subpoena and a search of the property included details on U.S. and foreign nations’ nuclear capabilities, as well as information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the U.S. and foreign countries, potential vulnerabilities of the U.S. and its allies to military attack, and plans for possible retaliation in response to an attack.
Trump is charged with willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document in a federal investigation,; scheming to conceal and making false statements and representations.
In a Truth Social post sent hours before his appearance, Trump called Smith a “thug” and accused him, his friends and family of planting evidence in the case. Trump also questioned why Smith has not reviewed allegations against President Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which Smith doesn’t have authority to review.
Trump’s personal aide Walt Nauta also pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document in a federal investigation, scheming to conceal and making false statements and representations.
The case has been initially assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who was criticized for ruling in his favor during a dispute last year over a special master assigned to review the seized classified documents. Her rulings, which delayed the investigation for several weeks, were overturned by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The arraignment was handled by a magistrate judge, which is common.
A spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service told the Associated Press that the agency has enough photos of Trump and he will not take a mugshot. Trump’s digital fingerprints were taken and his birth date and Social Security number recorded, the spokesman said.
Trump and his allies have repeatedly called the charges a witch hunt intended to keep him from winning back the presidency in 2024. On Monday, Trump said in a social media post that if elected he will appoint a “special ‘prosecutor’ to go after” Biden, his family and others. A president does not have the power to appoint a special counsel; that authority lies with the U.S. attorney general.
Police temporarily pushed Trump supporters and journalists out of the plaza of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Federal Courthouse on Tuesday morning. Several news outlets reported a bomb threat had been made. Earlier, prominent right-wing figures who called on supporters to protest gave speeches to a small crowd.
Outside the courthouse, supporters of the former president chanted, “free Donald Trump!” and “USA!” while waving “Make America Great Again” flags. Opponents held up signs that read, “Trump you are not above the law” and “31 counts of espionage lock him up!”
The few hundred protesters and counter protesters were outnumbered by reporters outside the building.
“The people in charge of this country do not love America. They hate Donald Trump,” Alina Habba, Trump’s attorney and spokesperson, said outside the courthouse before the arraignment.
Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales said in a news conference that his officers were prepared for a crowd of up to 50,000 people Tuesday. Security guards and federal officers were stationed outside the courthouse on Monday.
“Make no mistake about it, we’re taking this event extremely serious,” Morales said. “We know that there is a potential of things taking a turn for the worst, but that’s not the Miami way.”
Several of Trump’s Republican allies in Congress, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), planned a public event before the former president’s court appearance to discuss the indictment and the ongoing prosecutions of people who entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced on the House floor Monday that she plans to introduce an appropriations rider to defund the special counsel’s investigation. Such a measure is unlikely to be approved by the Senate, where Democrats hold a majority.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said Tuesday he is blocking all Justice Department nominees after the Trump indictment, except for U.S. marshal nominees.
The Southern District of Florida does not normally allow reporters to take photos, video or audio recordings of court proceedings. Late Monday, a federal magistrate judge rejected a request by coalition of media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, to allow photography and video recording in the courtroom and surrounding hallways on Tuesday, saying that “allowing photographs would undermine the massive security arrangements put in place.”
The magistrate judge also denied a request to immediately release an audio recording of all proceedings in the case. The judge stated that a transcript is expected to be made available Tuesday.
Chief U.S. judge for Southern District of Florida Cecilia Altonaga also ruled late Monday that reporters cannot take any cellphones or electronic devices into the courthouse for Trump’s arraignment. Normally reporters are exempt from the rule banning electronic devices.
Story by Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times. Staff writer Summer Lin in Los Angeles contributed to this report. | 2023-06-13T20:28:12+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/06/13/news/nation/donald-trump-not-guilty-plea-classified-document-case/ |
Key Takeaways:
- Two new CRISPR-based strategies offer hope for next-generation Alzheimer's treatments.
- One seeks to dampen the impact of the most common Alzheimer's risk gene; the other aims to decrease production of a toxic protein in the brain.
AMSTERDAM, July 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two new CRISPR-based therapeutic approaches for Alzheimer's were reported today at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2023, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and online. One aims to reduce the impact of the strongest known Alzheimer's risk gene, APOE-e4. The other strives to reduce production of a toxic protein in the brain, beta amyloid, which is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and the target of recently-approved treatments.
Gene editing using the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats system, known as CRISPR, is emerging as one of the most powerful tools in the search for new drugs. CRISPR technology is, among other things, making drug target identification faster with the goal of speeding up the drug discovery process, and building platforms for the development of next-generation treatments. This last point is the focus of the new reports at AAIC 2023.
"A pipeline of potential new treatments offers hope for the Alzheimer's and dementia community," said Maria C. Carrillo, Ph.D., Alzheimer's Association chief science officer. "The progress and approvals we've seen, as well as the diversification of potential new therapies over the past few years, provides hope to those impacted by this devastating disease. The anti-amyloid drugs newly approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are an important first step in Alzheimer's treatment, but there is so much more to be done."
"Studies such as these two that focus the most advanced technologies — in this case, CRISPR — on moving Alzheimer's treatment and prevention forward are enthusiastically welcomed, and need to be multiplied many times over," Carrillo said. "We envision a future where multiple treatments address every aspect of this most complex disease. And that, once proven, the treatments can be combined in ways that complement and enhance each other to reduce risk, treat effectively, stop the progression and eventually cure Alzheimer's disease and all other dementia."
CRISPR Treatment Reduces Production of Amyloid Beta in Mice
Brent Aulston, Ph.D., and colleagues in the Subhojit Roy lab at University of California San Diego, have developed a gene-editing strategy that targets the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which Aulston calls "a gene with a central and indisputable role" in Alzheimer's. Depending on how it is cut by various enzymes in the brain, APP can create products that are either protective (sAPPa) or pathologic (beta amyloid). Aulston's approach hopes to reduce the production of beta amyloid while increasing neuroprotective actions.
Testing the process in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model, the researchers found that CRISPR-treatment led to reduction of beta amyloid plaques and associated markers of brain inflammation, an increase in neuroprotective APP products, and correction of behavioral and nervous system function deficits. In addition, CRISPR-editing did not lead to undesirable side effects in normal mice.
"We believe this demonstrates that, in mice, our potential treatment strategy is both safe and efficacious," Aulston said. "These results justify future studies aimed at getting APP CRISPR editing into human testing."
CRISPR's Potential to Lower Levels of an Alzheimer's Risk Gene
Certain genes can increase the risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. One of the most significant genetic risk factors for some populations is called APOE-e4, although inheriting this gene does not guarantee that a person will develop the disease. Having one copy of APOE-e4 increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's two- to threefold. Having two APOE-e4 genes increases risk even more: approximately eight- to twelvefold.
Boris Kantor, Ph.D., associate professor of neurobiology and faculty member at the Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies at Duke University, Ornit Chiba-Falek, Ph.D., professor in neurology and division chief of translational brain sciences, and colleagues described an epigenome therapy platform based on CRISPR/dCas9-editing strategy intended to reduce APOE-e4. The scientists found that their lead candidate can robustly reduce the levels of APOE-e4 in both human induced pluripotent stem cell derived miniature brains from an Alzheimer's patient and humanized mouse models, without changing levels of other APOE variants that are thought to be neutral or protective.
"The findings are incredibly exciting," Kantor said. "They provide proof-of-concept evidence supporting our approach as a high potential new strategy to treat and possibly even prevent Alzheimer's disease, which currently has no cure."
"The goal of our therapeutic strategy is to advance the field of Alzheimer's drug discovery towards precision medicine," Chiba-Falek added. "We believe the results are very promising and support moving forward with IND-enabling studies."
About the Alzheimer's Association International Conference® (AAIC®)
The Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) is the world's largest gathering of researchers from around the world focused on Alzheimer's and other dementias. As a part of the Alzheimer's Association's research program, AAIC serves as a catalyst for generating new knowledge about dementia and fostering a vital, collegial research community.
AAIC 2023 home page: www.alz.org/aaic/
AAIC 2023 newsroom: www.alz.org/aaic/pressroom.asp
AAIC 2023 hashtag: #AAIC23
About the Alzheimer's Association®
The Alzheimer's Association is a worldwide voluntary health organization dedicated to Alzheimer's care, support and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Our vision is a world without Alzheimer's and all other dementia®. Visit alz.org or call 800.272.3900.
- Brent D. Aulston, Ph.D., et al. In vivo safety and efficacy of a CRISPR-based gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease. (Funders: Alzheimer's Association, Epstein Foundation, U.S. National Institutes of Health)
- Boris Kantor, Ph.D., et al. APOE-targeted epigenome therapy for late onset Alzheimer's disease. (Funder: U.S. National Institute on Aging - R41 AG077992-01)
*** AAIC 2023 news releases may contain updated data that does not match what is reported in the following abstracts.
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President Biden travels to Arizona to promote chip production
Industry experts are hopeful new chip factories will help America re-establish its place in the semi-conductor market.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Biden is headed to Arizona Tuesday to check out a new semiconductor chip manufacturing plant in Phoenix.
The president’s visit follows his signing major legislation this summer to encourage companies to make more chips here at home.
During his visit to Phoenix Tuesday, the White House says President Biden will check out the $12 billion Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plant and tout how his economic plan is leading to a “manufacturing boom.”
The White House says more than 700,000 manufacturing jobs have been created as a direct result of President Biden’s policies.
In the press briefing Monday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre highlighting how the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act will provide billions in incentives to companies to make semiconductor chips in the US.
“This investment will bring new jobs and economic opportunity to Arizona, very important to the people in Arizona. And it’s in large part thanks to the CHIPS and Science Act the president signed into law.”
Karson Elmgren researches data and technology policy at Georgetown University.
He says because the US has fallen behind in the manufacturing of chips, the CHIPS Act and facilities like the one in Arizona will help the US re-establish its place in the market.
“The United States is doing well in the semiconductor industry, economically, but strategically for the kind of to maintain access to semiconductors. That’s why having semiconductor manufacturing in the United States is important today.”
Access to the chips here in the US is a huge deal considering the bulk of them are made in Taiwan which has been threatened by potential Chinese military action.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida man was arrested Saturday after deputies said he pointed a laser at a sheriff’s office helicopter and temporarily blinded the crew.
Robert Raymond Kasprzak, 34, of Port St. Lucie, allegedly flashed the green laser at the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office helicopter multiple times, according to the sheriff’s office.
The crew on board was temporarily blinded by the laser, the sheriff’s office said.
Kasprzak was tracked to a turnpike service plaza, where he was arrested by the Port St. Lucie Police Department and charged with misuse of a laser lighting device, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine, according to deputies.
Sheriff Ken Mascara said it was important to remind the public that pointing a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime.
“Doing so triggers temporary blindness and could have deadly consequences for the crew and the public and cause catastrophic damage to the aircraft and any structure in its path,” Mascara said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, Mascara said. | 2023-06-28T12:56:52+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/watch-florida-man-points-laser-at-sheriffs-office-helicopter-temporarily-blinds-crew/ |
Updated January 19, 2023 at 4:16 PM ET
LIMA, Peru — Peru's capital is bracing for large demonstrations against the government over coming days. Thousands of rural residents have been streaming into Lima to demand justice for the more than 50 people killed in weeks of protests.
Demonstrators began blocking roads and storming airports around the country after the arrest and impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo last month. The political newcomer was facing a third impeachment attempt and prior to the vote, attempted to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.
His vice president, Dina Boluarte, was sworn in immediately following Castillo's jailing.
What the demonstrators are demanding
Demonstrators want Boluarte to resign and for new elections to be held. She has imposed a state of emergency in the capital Lima and three other regions.
What began as protests demanding the release and restitution of Castillo have morphed into widespread calls for justice for those killed by what activists say is excessive force by police and the military.
Protesters also want to bring attention to long-standing social and economic inequality in the country. The wealth gap between Peru's indigenous south and the urban capital has long been present, but has widened in recent years.
Dina Lopez came to Lima from her highland city of Ayacucho to participate in protests. "No one pays attention to us out there — where are our human rights?" she said. She spoke to NPR as police attempted to remove her and fellow protesters from the doorsteps of a church.
"That woman is deaf to our suffering," Lopez added, referring to President Boluarte.
For her part, Boluarte says she is not leaving. "These necessities will be resolved, only when we get together and converse pacifically," she said while attending the opening session of Peru's Constitutional Court on Tuesday.
She said the historic needs of Peru's poor and indigenous communities can't be addressed through violence.
There are fears of escalating and prolonged violence
The divide between Peru's Lima elite and the rest of the country is nothing new, but these prolonged protests are unusual, Alberto Vergara, a political scientist at Lima's Pacific University, told NPR.
"Now we have 50 dead and we are on a path to have more," he warns. Vergara fears that given Peru's dysfunctional political system more violence is inevitable.
Indeed, Peru has had 10 presidents in more than 20 years of political upheaval, with one leader lasting just six days.
Vergara said Peru's mediocre politicians are the threat here — not tyranny which usually leads to democratic demise. "Peru is perhaps showing us that chaos and disorder can also be the opposite of democracy," he said.
Security services are accused of excessive force
Conservatives, including Congressman Jorge Montoya, warn of possible terrorism links to the ongoing demonstrations and unrest. He claims, without evidence, that the marchers are backed by communists and drug traffickers.
"There is no dialogue, no dialogue is necessary. What is necessary is to correct what is wrong," Montoya told NPR. He is calling for a strong hand by security forces to end the demonstrations, and even says it was the protesters who shot at civilians during demonstrators.
Human rights lawyer Juan Miguel Jugo says that is absurd. "There is no proof that happened," he told NPR. He said the deaths were caused by excessive force by the police that shot civilians in the head, chest and limbs.
Protesters say they will continue marching until the president and Congress are gone and new elections are scheduled for this year. One woman, who would only give NPR her first name, Tanya, for fear of government retaliation, said she will not be backing down.
"Our eyes have been opened and we will continue fighting," she said.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The high-stakes gambler who opened fire on a concert crowd on the Las Vegas Strip in 2017, killing 60 and injuring hundreds more, was apparently angry over how the casinos were treating him despite his high-roller status, according to a fellow gambler whose interview with the FBI is detailed in hundreds of pages of documents made public this week.
The revelation comes years after the FBI in Las Vegas and the local police department concluded their investigations without a definitive motive, although both agencies said gunman Stephen Paddock burned through more than $1.5 million, became obsessed with guns, and distanced himself from his girlfriend and family in the months leading up to the massacre.
In a statement Thursday, Las Vegas police defended their inconclusive findings and dismissed the importance of the documents released this week in response to an open-records request from the Wall Street Journal.
“We were unable to determine a motive for the shooter,” the statement said. “Speculating on a motive causes more harm to the hundreds of people who were victims that night.”
The fellow gambler, whose name is redacted in the new documents, told the FBI that casinos had previously treated high rollers like Paddock to free cruises, flights, penthouse suites, rides in “nice cars” and wine country tours.
But in the years before the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, the red carpet treatment had faded, the gambler said, and casinos even began banning some high rollers "for playing well and winning large quantities of money." Paddock himself had been banned from three Reno casinos, according to the gambler.
The gambler told the FBI he believed “the stress could easily be what caused” Paddock “to snap.”
Kelly McMahill, a former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department official who headed the agency’s criminal investigation into the shooting, said there was no strong indication that Paddock’s actions were driven by resentment toward the casino industry.
“There’s no way that LVMPD would have hidden any potential motive from our victims and survivors for five years,” McMahill said.
The 10-minute massacre unfolded on the final night of the three-day Route 91 Harvest Music Festival across the street from the Mandalay Bay resort.
Authorities have said Paddock, 64, unleashed a barrage of bullets into the crowd of 22,000 people from his corner suite on the 32nd floor of the hotel.
His gambling habits made him a sought-after casino patron. Mandalay Bay employees gave him the free $590-per-night suite with a commanding view of the Strip and the music festival and let him use a service elevator to take up his multiple suitcases. Hidden inside those suitcases were the guns he’d use for the massacre.
A dozen of Paddock's weapons were modified with rapid-fire "bump stocks," attachments that effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons. Some had bipod braces and scopes. Authorities said his guns had been legally purchased.
But before setting up his perch in the Mandalay Bay, Paddock also researched other large venues. He booked rooms overlooking Chicago's Lollapalooza festival in August 2017 and the Life is Beautiful festival in downtown Las Vegas near the Strip.
“What we know from (Paddock’s internet) search history is that he was looking for a large crowd of people, which, of course, he ended up finding," said McMahill, the former Las Vegas police official.
The FBI in Las Vegas didn't respond to a request from The Associated Press seeking comment. But in its final report released in 2019, the FBI said Paddock had sought notoriety in the attack and maybe wanted to follow in his father’s criminal footsteps. The report also said his physical and mental health was declining as his wealth diminished.
But Paddock acted alone, killed himself as SWAT officers closed in, and left no manifesto or “even a note to answer questions” about his motive for the rampage, then-Sheriff Joe Lombardo said in 2018. Lombardo, now the governor of Nevada, declined to comment Thursday.
“If we ever discover a motive, whether it’s 10 years from now, 20 years from now, I have faith that LVMPD would contact victims first before making something public,” McMahill said. "It’s the right thing to do.”
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Associated Press writer Ken Ritter in Las Vegas contributed to this report.
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Indiana man allegedly killed, mutilated his father
MITCHELL, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana man allegedly killed his father, whose mutilated body was found outside the home they shared, authorities said.
Shawn Hays, 53, of Mitchell faces nine felony charges, including murder, battery and abuse of a corpse, in the death of Rodney E. Hays, 73, The Herald-Times reported.
Lawrence County Sheriff’s deputies were called Tuesday to the men’s Mitchell home after a 911 caller requested a welfare check on Rodney Hays. When deputies arrived, they had to prevent Shawn Hays from leaving the scene in a pickup truck, according to a probable cause affidavit.
After Hays refused to leave the truck, the deputies noticed a shotgun on the seat next to him and while one deputy distracted him, the other grabbed the gun and he was handcuffed after a struggle.
Officers then found Rodney Hays dead in front of the home, with apparent gunshot wounds to his head and chest. An autopsy was pending.
Following his arrest, Hays allegedly told investigators that the dead individual was not his father but a “robot that looks like a human,” according to the affidavit.
Hays is being held at the Lawrence County Jail in Bedford ahead of a Tuesday initial hearing. Online court records do not list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Mitchell is located about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has whipsawed his way through the national conversation this month, first by putting migrants on planes or buses to Democratic strongholds and then shifting to a more traditional role of crisis manager as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. barreled into his state.
Facing a reelection in November that could be a precursor to a presidential campaign, the approach has been awkward at points. Navigating one of his state’s darkest moments, DeSantis, a Republican, must partner with a Democratic president he has spent the better part of two years demeaning. He’s also gladly accepting the type of federal disaster aid and assistance he rejected as wasteful while he was a member of Congress.
But together, the developments over the past two weeks offer insight into how DeSantis might govern if he wins another term as governor or advances in a 2024 presidential contest. He’s willing to use — and potentially exceed — the raw executive power of his office to pick at America’s most sensitive divides on issues like immigration. In a sudden moment of disaster, however, he’s capable of striking a more unifying tone in a way that former President Donald Trump — once a close ally and now a potential 2024 rival — rarely demonstrated.
“At the end of the day, I view this as something that you’ve got folks that are in need, and local, federal and state, we have a need to work together,” DeSantis said at a briefing late Thursday, taking a far more conciliatory tone toward an administration he bitterly criticized just days earlier. He expressed appreciation that FEMA has approved every request for aid he has made, and said he welcomed the agency’s director to travel with him to view destruction.
The shift in tone is almost certainly temporary. When a 12-story condo building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed last year and killed 98 people, DeSantis appeared with local officials, including Democrats who praised his assistance. He sat next to President Joe Biden during a briefing with first responders and local officials in Miami. Within months, however, he returned to partisan brawls.
Facing another tragedy, DeSantis didn’t answer questions this week about whether he would meet with Biden, saying he wasn’t sure about the president’s travel plans. At a FEMA briefing on Thursday, Biden also aimed to set aside hostilities, saying he would visit Florida when conditions allow and meet with DeSantis “if he wants to meet.”
Biden and DeSantis both said they have spoken more than once. And at DeSantis’ request, Biden on Thursday declared a major disaster in parts of Florida, freeing up additional federal assistance to state and local governments and individuals.
“We’re going to build it back with the state and local government,” Biden said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre tweeted that Biden and DeSantis spoke again by phone on Friday, as the FEMA administrator is on the ground in Florida.
DeSantis’ embrace of federal help is a shift from his early days as a congressman, when he voted against a federal relief package for New York and New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy. That drew criticism this week from some New York-area officials and other Democrats who described the turnaround as a move from cruel to hypocritical.
Richard Conley, a University of Florida political science professor, said DeSantis is doing what he needs to do, pragmatically and politically. While DeSantis is popular in the reliably Republican area of southwest Florida that was hardest hit by Hurricane Ian, he said people will inevitably become frustrated if it takes too long to get help, and will look for someone to blame.
“He’s just got to get the job done,” said Conley. “The question will be: Going forward, does he look very statesmanlike? Does this help him with an eventual 2024 run? I don’t know, it remains to be seen.”
Since his early years running for governor, DeSantis has been linked to Trump. DeSantis was a relatively obscure third-term congressman when he announced his 2018 bid for governor — and a Trump endorsement — on Fox News. He echoed some of Trump’s favorite lines as he campaigned, pledging, for example, to “drain the swamp” in Tallahassee. Trump took credit for the victory, though their relationship is said to have chilled amid the 2024 talk.
As governor, DeSantis has elevated issues that excite the conservative base and used his resources and the power of his office to get things done his way, even if it pushed the limits of his legal authority.
During the COVID pandemic, DeSantis insisted Florida would remain open. He shunned guidance from federal health experts and once said of Dr. Anthony Fauci that someone should “chuck him across the Potomac.” He also stripped funding from school districts that implemented mask mandates.
This spring, DeSantis signed legislation stripping Disney of a special agreement that allowed the theme park to govern itself, after the company criticized a new state law that critics called “Don’t Say Gay. ”
DeSantis also suspended an elected Democratic prosecutor in Tampa from office over statements about not pursuing criminal charges in abortion, transgender rights and certain low-level cases. The prosecutor has since filed a federal free speech lawsuit against the governor.
In recent weeks, Florida under DeSantis’ direction paid for two flights of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard. DeSantis was the latest GOP governor, frustrated over the federal government’s response to policing the southern border, to transport the migrants to Democratic cities.
DeSantis defended the move as a way to make immigration a “front-burner issue” ahead of the midterms. Critics questioned the legality, and his Democratic opponent for governor said it represented a new low level of shrewdness.
“It’s amazing to me what he’s willing to do for sheer political gain,” Charlie Crist, his gubernatorial challenger, said.
Conley, who wrote a book about Trump and populism, said he understands the comparisons between the two men, both often provocative Republicans. But he noted key differences, including that DeSantis is more disciplined and restrained with statements on social media.
“He may say controversial things, but I don’t think he’s going to sit around at 3 or 4 in the morning and contemplate how to get back at (Senate GOP Leader) Mitch McConnell or something” as Trump would do, Conley said.
Trump also drew criticism for his responses to natural disasters, which often failed to convey empathy.
After Puerto Rico was flattened by Hurricane Maria, he flew to San Juan and threw paper towels into the crowd, withheld aid and questioned whether a death toll in the thousands was contrived by Democrats to make him look bad. On a trip to Houston after Hurricane Harvey, he was criticized for not meeting with storm victims. When he returned days later, Trump urged those at a shelter to “have a good time.”
Natural disasters have historically put U.S. politicians in predicaments.
Years earlier, President George W. Bush left the impression of overlooking Hurricane Karina’s devastation in New Orleans when he flew over the city while returning to Washington from vacation. He later praised FEMA Director Michael Brown as doing “a heck of a job.”
Both New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, and Democratic President Barack Obama felt political effects of a friendly greeting after Hurricane Sandy. The image may have helped Obama project a moderate, bipartisan front days before his election for a second term but conservatives derided Christie for what they called a “hug.”
At Thursday’s afternoon briefing, DeSantis spoke of surveying the damage, from a wiped out causeway between the mainland and Sanibel Island off Fort Myers to destroyed homes and hundreds of people rescued.
“These are resilient folks,” he said. “They will bounce back, but we just want to make sure that we can kind of pave the way for them.” | 2022-10-01T02:06:32+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/ap-desantis-shifts-from-provocateur-to-crisis-manager-after-ian/ |
HONG KONG (AP) — As Tokyo plans to discharge treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, Japanese restaurant operator Sam Lam is busy finding substitutes for Japanese seafood that could soon be banned from entering Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong government said last Wednesday that the city would immediately bar the import of aquatic products from 10 Japanese prefectures if wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant is released into the Pacific Ocean.
Lam said his team could get seafood from other sources and change menus to adjust to the ban, but he predicted that revenues could nevertheless drop from 10% to 20% if the Japanese and Hong Kong governments press ahead with their plans.
“My customers told me that once the water is discharged, they will eat fewer (aquatic products) or stop eating them,” he said in an interview Friday.
Lam is not alone among Japanese restaurants and seafood suppliers in Hong Kong who are bracing for a slump in business under the potential ban, and who fear that the discharge could lead to a general decline of confidence in the safety of seafood.
The financial hub was Japan’s second biggest market for fishery exports after mainland China and purchased 75.5 billion yen ($546 million) worth of aquatic products from the country last year, the Japanese government’s data showed.
The 10 affected prefectures — Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama — provide about 15% of the total amount of imported aquatic products from Japan, according to estimates by Simon Wong, president of the Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants and Related Trade.
Wong said the city’s Japanese restaurants could find substitute seafood products from other regions, but they may not share the same level of prestige, and that could mar a restaurant’s image or make customers feel that the food is less authentic.
“After moving past the pandemic, businesses were hoping that crisis is a thing of the past already. They don’t know if this incident will bring another crisis,” he said.
He said the industry took about a year to restore the public’s confidence in Japanese food after the Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. He said if the current safety concerns aren’t immediately resolved, the industry might need more than nine months to restore some level of confidence.
A massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and releasing large amounts of radiation. The tanks where water used to cool the reactor cores is stored will reach their capacity in early 2024.
In 2021, Japan’s government announced plans to gradually release the treated — but still slightly radioactive — water after being diluted to what it says are safe levels. The U.N. nuclear agency endorsed the plans, saying they meet international standards. But the idea is opposed by groups in South Korea, China and some Pacific Island nations because of safety concerns and political reasons. Local fishing organizations fear that their reputation will be damaged even if their catch isn’t contaminated.
Christine Huang, who imports Japanese food from outside the 10 prefectures targeted in the potential ban, remembered the pain in 2011.
Consumer worries triggered by the Fukushima accident led to her company’s revenues being halved for a period of two to three months, said Huang, the director at Best Quality Food. Workers at her company were forced to take unpaid leave, she added.
She worried that the release at Fukushima could again shake Hong Kongers’ confidence in the safety of Japanese food in the short term. “If business at Japanese restaurants turn bad, we will be quite miserable,” she said.
Murakami Satoshi, a wholesaler who imported seafood such as saury from the affected prefecture of Miyagi, also predicted a potential drop in sales due to the ban. To allay concerns of his restaurant clients, he said he would boost efforts to get seafood from unaffected regions, such as the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Hokkaido.
Those who sell seafood products from outside Japan also voiced concerns. Local seafood wholesale company worker Fung See foresaw his company’s revenues could drop at least 20% to 30% due to consumers’ worries even though they mainly trade fish from Hong Kong and mainland China.
Oyster shop owner Wilson Lau, who sells shellfish from Miyagi, said he was not bothered. “Fresh oysters also exist in many countries,” said Lau, who is director of the HK Oyster Concern Group. “Even if consumers do not eat Japanese oysters, they can eat other types of oysters.”
At about Friday’s noon at Sam Lam’s Japanese restaurant, fewer customers were ordering sashimi than usual. Of about 10 meal sets Lam checked, only one was sashimi, he said.
Customer Yo Kong said she’s been dining more at Japanese restaurants lately to get her fill ahead of the expected discharge at Fukushima. Once that happens, the 50-year-old insurance manager said she might stop eating sashimi for a few months.
“I will just have more when it’s still OK to eat,” she said.
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Associated Press news assistant Annie Cheung contributed to this report. | 2023-07-17T14:07:46+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/world/ap-hong-kongs-seafood-businesses-brace-for-a-sales-slump-as-japan-plans-to-discharge-radioactive-water/ |
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Until Friday night, San Diego Padres fans had never seen a home playoff victory in person since Petco Park opened in 2004.
Blake Snell, Trent Grisham and the Padres’ lights-out bullpen finally gave them the chance to go crazy.
Snell pitched five-hit ball into the sixth inning and Grisham homered at festive Petco Park, helping the Padres top the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 for a 2-1 lead in the NL Division Series.
San Diego can advance to its first NL Championship Series since 1998 with one more win Saturday night. Joe Musgrove pitches for his hometown Padres, and Tyler Anderson starts for the NL West champions.
The Padres noticed the energy from the fans well before the game started
“There are going to be a lot of hoarse voices coming back tomorrow,” manager Bob Melvin said. “To keep up that pace the whole game, that was pretty cool.”
With Snell working 5 1/3 innings and Josh Hader finishing a scoreless performance by San Diego’s bullpen, the 111-win Dodgers were pushed to the brink of a massive disappointment. Los Angeles went 14-5 against San Diego in the regular season, and it has defeated the Padres in nine straight series dating to 2021.
“The core of this group has been in this position before, and we’re going to approach it like it’s the way it is. It’s win or go home,” manager Dave Roberts said. “We’ve got to play better baseball. When we do have opportunities to cash in, we’ve got to take advantage of them.”
San Diego stranded two runners in each of the first four innings and 10 total. But Jake Cronenworth’s RBI single in the first and Grisham’s drive to right in the fourth were enough.
The sellout crowd of 45,137 roared when Hader struck out Trayce Thompson swinging for the final out. The four-time All-Star, who was acquired in an Aug. 1 trade with Milwaukee, also got the save in San Diego’s 5-3 victory Wednesday, working 1 1/3 innings.
“The crowd was legit,” Snell said. “That’s probably the best crowd I’ve ever pitched in front of.”
Nick Martinez got two outs and Luis García and Robert Suarez each worked an inning before Hader closed out Game 3 for a six-hitter. San Diego’s bullpen has thrown 13 straight scoreless innings in this series.
“I think anytime you hold a lineup like that down like we have here, that’s hard to do,” Melvin said. “But we feel like it’s a really deep bullpen, a lot of power arms pitching well toward the end of the season, into the postseason, inspired even a little bit more so.”
Garcia, Suarez and Hader each hit 100 mph.
“One hit could potentially throw the game the other way,” Melvin said. “All our relievers felt that. You don’t see 100 mph often, especially out of three guys in a row.”
The Dodgers were 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position and stranded seven.
“They’re pitching good right now, we’re not hitting,” Freddie Freeman said. “So we’ve got to hit tomorrow. The last two games we’re not hitting.”
The Padres hadn’t hosted a playoff game with fans in the stands since the 2006 NLDS. Long-suffering fans made up for that gap by filling the downtown ballpark and raucously supporting a franchise that has made only seven trips to the postseason in its 54 seasons.
San Diego won a home wild-card series against St. Louis after the pandemic-shortened 2020 season but fans weren’t allowed in. San Diego was then swept in the NLDS by the eventual World Series champion Dodgers in the Texas bubble.
Waving yellow rally towels, the fans began chants of “Beat L.A.!” right after the national anthem.
Mookie Betts momentarily silenced the crowd with a leadoff single, but Snell struck out the side to a massive ovation.
Juan Soto, picked up at the trade deadline in a blockbuster deal with Washington, doubled with one out in the first and scored on Cronenworth’s two-out single off Tony Gonsolin.
Grisham, who struggled at the plate during the regular season, homered for the third time this postseason when he drove a pitch from Andrew Heaney onto the whiskey deck atop the right field wall leading off the fourth.
The Dodgers closed to 2-1 on Betts’ sacrifice fly in the fifth after Thompson opened the inning with a single and Austin Barnes doubled.
The Dodgers had the bases loaded with two outs in the third before Will Smith popped out.
Snell was facing the Dodgers in the playoffs for the first time since the ill-fated Game 6 of the 2020 World Series. Then with Tampa Bay, Snell was pulled by manager Kevin Cash in the sixth inning with the Rays leading. They ended up losing the game and the World Series.
Snell was traded to San Diego two months later.
Snell allowed Max Muncy’s one-out double in the sixth and Melvin came on with the hook. Martinez retired the side.
San Diego chased Gonsolin, a first-time All-Star this year, after just 1 1/3 innings and 42 pitches. Manager Dave Roberts had said the Dodgers hoped to get him to 75 pitches. He allowed one run and four hits.
HOMETOWN JOE
Musgrove will be on the mound Saturday night in another big situation. Musgrove grew up in suburban El Cajon and threw the first no-hitter in Padres history in just his second start with his new team in April 2021. He was dominant in the clinching Game 3 of the wild-card series at New York, so much so that Mets manager Buck Showalter asked the umpires to check the right-hander’s ears for a foreign substance.
“I’m glad I get the opportunity to decide our fate one way or another,” Musgrove said before Friday night’s game.
UP NEXT
Anderson (15-5, 2.57 ERA regular season) is slated to make his first postseason start since 2018 while opposing Musgrove (10-7, 2.93) in Game 4.
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After a beautiful Friday with afternoon temps in the 80s and a few clouds, it will quickly devolve overnight as a cold front rapidly moves across the state and brings us strong storms.
Here is the timeline for Friday’s storms. Activity begins to ramp up close to 11pm and will quickly come to an end by sunrise Saturday morning.
The highest threat for severe weather Friday will be centered over the Mississippi Delta and East Arkansas and Louisiana. An enhanced risk (3 of 5) has expanded and now includes northwest Alabama. A slight risk (2 of 5) for central Alabama and marginal risk for East Alabama.
Breaking down the severe threat: Not all communities will be impacted the same Friday night and Saturday night. The strongest storms and greatest risk for tornadoes will be in northwest Alabama from 11pm – 2am. As the line crosses I-65 the severe risk will start to go down, but it doesn’t rule out a few over achieving storms. We must ALL stay weather aware.
The low level jet, which are the winds just a few hundred feet above earth’s surface, will be howling close to 80-90 mph. That could translate to winds between 40-70 mph at the surface. An intense lower level jet coupled with plenty of instability aid in the production of spin in the atmosphere. That spin, could result in tornadoes.
Area with the brighter yellow indicates favorable spin. The areas in blue indicate instability that could support severe storms development.
The greatest threats Friday night will include strong winds and a few tornadoes. The flooding risk is low and there is no threat for hail as these will be lower developing storms.
After the storms move out Saturday night, there will be another round of storms Sunday. The cold front that brings us storms Friday night moves south, stalls, then moves back north as a warm front. As it lifts back across central Alabama it will bring a round of heavier rainfall and the potential for hail.
The active weather pattern tapers early in the week and we’ll have some nice, drier days on Tuesday and Wednesday. There is a slight chance of rain Thursday, but nothing severe.
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Police: Brazil school shooter wore swastika, planned attack
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A former student armed with a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver who killed four people and wounded 12 in two schools in Brazil had a swastika pinned to his vest and had been planning the attacks for two years, police said.
The shootings took place Friday at a public school with elementary and middle school students and a private school, both located on the same street in the small town of Aracruz in Espirito Santo state in southeastern Brazil. Three teachers and a student were killed. Five of the wounded remained in the hospital.
About four hours later, the shooter, identified as a 16-year-old boy who used to study at the public school, was arrested by police, Espirito Santo Gov. Renato Casagrande said. Authorities did not release the suspect’s name.
Authorities say the teenager used his family’s car to go from one school to the other, and had the license plate hidden by a cloth.
Security camera footage showed him wearing a bulletproof vest, according to Espirito Santo public security secretary Márcio Celante. The shooter gained access to the teachers’ lounge in the public school after breaking a lock.
Casagrande said the semiautomatic weapon belonged to the military police, while the revolver was a personal weapon registered in the name of the former student’s father, a military police officer.
The shooter is being held at a facility for underaged criminals.
School attacks are uncommon in Brazil, but have happened with somewhat greater frequency in recent years.
Not far from where Friday’s attacks occurred, in the city of Vitoria, a former student entered his school with homemade explosives and knives in August. No students or teachers were injured.
A month later, in the northeastern state of Bahia, another teenager used his father’s gun to shoot and killed a student in a wheelchair.
Both attackers had met online at chat groups, police later concluded.
Back in 2019, two former students entered their school and killed eight people in the city of Suzano in Sao Paulo state. They later killed themselves. Friends told police they were both obsessed with 1999′s Columbine shooting in the United States.
Police say investigations are still preliminary and they can’t jump to any conclusions about the motives for Friday’s shootings. But they said the 16-year-old attacker was wearing a military-style clothing and a swastika.
The family said he has received psychiatric treatment, which the school hadn’t been told about.
“This shows how the violence culture is a reality for some people, especially young people. This is a mental health issue which society has to deal with nowadays,” said Casagrande.
President Jair Bolsonaro has been a vocal supporter of gun rights. Experts say that in the past four years more than 40 decrees were making it easier for Brazilians to buy and register weapons. Sou da Paz Institute, a civil society organization, said in a report in September that Brazilians are buying more than a thousand weapons per day.
In the beginning of this year, a far-right influencer and Bolsonaro supporter said in a podcast that a Nazi party should be created in Brazil, in order to have freedom of speech.
At the time, the president condemned the influencer’s comments and compared Nazism to Communism. But in 2021, Bolsonaro hosted in his office and posed for pictures with German lawmaker Beatrix von Storch, who’s a granddaughter of one of Hitler’s ministers.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-26T23:35:17+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/11/26/police-brazil-school-shooter-wore-swastika-planned-attack/ |
Author Salman Rushdie, whose writing led to death threats, attacked on stage
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained.
Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death.
Iran has also offered over $3 million in reward for anyone who kills Rushdie.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-12T15:19:41+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/08/12/author-salman-rushdie-whose-writing-led-death-threats-attacked-stage/ |
ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A regional activist group will hold a “teach-in” before Thursday’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) public hearing related to its performance review of Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS).
NFS recently won the second, half-billion dollar phase of a two-part contract to initiate a new nuclear process at its Erwin plant, which requires an amendment to its NRC license.
Members of the Appalachian Peace Education Center (APEC) are gathering at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at The Magnolia Room, 102 S. Main Ave., where a scientist who has tested soil, air and water around NFS for the past decade will speak.
After Michael Ketterer, a professor emeritus at Northern Arizona University, presents new results of air pollution testing around Erwin, the group will greet hearing participants starting at about 5:30 in front of the Unicoi County Courthouse at 100 N. Main Ave.
An APEC news release says Ketterer “will also explain how his sampling methods show clearly that the beautiful Nolichucky River has been polluted by nuclear waste all the way to Douglas Lake.”
The hearing includes opportunities for public comment and will last from 6:30-8 p.m.
The NRC published a March 3 letter to NFS’s president about its review of NRC-licensed activities for all of 2021 and 2022. It noted the facility had three Severity Level IV “Safety Operations” violations during that time and two Severity Level IV “Safeguards” violations.
Level IV is the lowest violation level, and the letter said the NRC “determined that NFS continued to conduct activities safely and securely and in a manner that protects public health and the environment.”
NRC Letter to NFS by Jeff Keeling on Scribd
Thursday’s hearing comes five weeks after NFS was approved for a $428 million National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) contract to purify and convert uranium oxide to a metal form.
It is the second of a two-phase contract that came about after the government announced it would phase out an older process at a government-run facility at Oak Ridge, Tenn.’s Y-12 National Security Complex.
Because the new contract involves a level of work NFS hasn’t performed before, it has required the company to seek a license amendment from the NRC. A citizens group, Erwin Citizens Action Network (ECAN), filed to intervene in the request and opposes the license amendment.
That opposition has been unsuccessful so far, and ECAN’s efforts are currently in their last stage of appeal. Even before that process played out, the second-phase NNSA contract was approved.
ECAN’s initial motion to intervene cited concerns with what it said was NFS’s poor historic safety record and the fact that as a private company under the NRC, it isn’t subject to as strict of quality assurance standards as the Department of Energy-regulated, publicly run Y-12.
ECAN said the highly enriched uranium would add capacity to the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpiles and should be more closely scrutinized due to nuclear proliferation protocols. They said consideration should be given to not building the line at all, particularly since the old Y-12 line continues to operate.
“Our government has spent $500 million, risked the health and safety of people and communities along the Nolichucky River just to make it more convenient to threaten the rest of the world with nuclear annihilation,” APEC’s Buckey Boone said in the news release.
In April, NFS spokeswoman Laura Bailey emailed News Channel 11 the following response to ECAN’s contentions about NFS’s safety record, saying the company has a strong safety record:
“We place the highest value on the protection of our neighbors, the environment and our employees.”
Y-12 is working on new processes that could lead to a more modern method of purifying and converting uranium oxide to metal. An NNSA release says that conversion will involve both highly enriched uranium (HEU) and very highly enriched uranium (VHEU). The DOE was seeking a bridge supplier when it first contracted with NFS in 2021.
The first contract for $57.5 million required NFS to design a process line “and demonstrate that it could convert uranium oxide to purified uranium metal while meeting the NNSA’s precise specifications…” according to an NFS news release. | 2023-05-17T22:29:40+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/group-plans-teach-in-before-nuclear-fuel-services-public-hearing-thursday/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Raised on welfare by his grandmother, Joseph Sais relied so much on food stamps as a college student that he thought about quitting school when his eligibility was revoked.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sais said, he missed an “important letter” and temporarily lost his eligibility in SNAP, the foundational anti-poverty program commonly known as food stamps. “There were times when I was taking a test and instead of focusing on the test, I’m focused on what I’m going to be able to eat tonight,” said Sais, who graduated from Sacramento State University with a degree in political science and journalism and is now a first-year graduate student at the same school.
Sais, whose eligibility was restored earlier this year, is part of a largely hidden group that researchers and policymakers are still trying to address: full-time college students struggling with serious food insecurity. Radha Muthiah, president of the Capital Area Food Bank, calls it a hidden crisis, “one of those issues that came out of the shadows during the pandemic.” She estimates at least 30% of college students are food insecure.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture relaxed eligibility SNAP requirements for college students during the pandemic, allowing in those on financial aid with no expected family support and anyone who qualified for work-study programs, regardless of hours worked. Researchers estimate as many as 3 million college students were added to the program as a result.
But with the public health emergency over, students already receiving SNAP benefits had until June 30 to recertify and stay in the program under the pandemic-era rules. The expanded SNAP eligibility will only last one more year, and the entire program will revert to pre-pandemic rules at varying points over the next year, depending on individual state schedules.
“In the next couple months, potentially thousands of college students could be losing access to this program,” said MacGregor Obergfell, assistant director of governmental affairs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. “It’s going to be coming in waves.”
The expanded rules won’t apply to this year’s freshmen class.
“It kind of starts this slow-rolling disaster where we’re reverting to the old SNAP rules right at a time where obviously the need around food security is only going up,” said Bryce McKibben, senior director of policy and advocacy at Temple University’s Hope Center.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that hunger among college students is rising due to inflation, said Robb Friedlander, director of advocacy for Swipe Out Hunger, which focuses on college food insecurity. “We have definitely seen a massive increase in the level of need across campuses, from red states to blue states,” Friedlander said.
Growing awareness of the scope of the problem has led to the creation of on-campus food pantries at hundreds of universities over the past decade. But many of these food pantries, including at major universities, are funded entirely by donations — which limits their size and scale.
Given the irregular hours that often define college student life, some on-campus pantries have developed 24-hour service models that don’t require constant staffing.
When Sais can’t make it during normal hours, the Sacramento State pantry enables him to order groceries online and pick them up from a locker. At Georgetown University, the donor-funded pantry is a locked room with shelves of food and toiletries and a refrigerator for perishables. Any students who request help are given the code to unlock the door and can essentially come and go as they need.
Now these pantries are bracing for a fresh wave of need as students are gradually pruned from the SNAP lists. In April, Swipe Out Hunger published an article warning universities around the country to prepare for a spike.
“Traffic at food banks and pantries is already increasing as states end their emergency SNAP benefits early,” the group warned. “When these emergency benefits end federally, be prepared to see a similar rise in student need at campus pantries and other on-campus hunger solutions programs.”
Even with the relaxed SNAP entry guidelines, many students complained of bureaucratic obstacles and general frustration in navigating the system. When Jessalyn Morales, a junior at Lehman College in the Bronx, found herself in a sudden financial crisis, it took her months and five rejected applications to qualify for SNAP. In one case, she said, her application was rejected because she wasn’t working enough hours — something that should have been impossible under the pandemic rules.
When her Lehman College dorm closed down last fall, Morales’ housing costs essentially doubled. She survived for months off of the campus food pantry and leftover food from her roommates.
“I had to choose between paying my rent and being able to buy food for the week,” said Morales, 21. “A lot of my friends didn’t know my struggle. It’s kind of hard for them to understand it, truthfully.”
She started receiving SNAP benefits in May, and says she can stretch her $260 monthly payment into two months worth of food if necessary, “because I’ve gotten so good at shopping and budgeting.”
Both Sais and Morales, in separate interviews, used the term “survival mode” to describe their daily realities. But Obergfell, of the association of public universities, warned that the stresses of that kind of survival have a secondary effect — breeding hopelessness among the specific subset of students who are seeking higher degrees in order to break the cycle of generational poverty.
“We need to help these students remain in and succeed in college,” he said. “Students need to have their basic needs taken care of before they can be fully present and active in the classroom.”
And as Sais points out, mere survival shouldn’t really be the goal.
“Sometimes I would like to thrive rather than just survive,” he said. “Fighting all your life is just tiring.”
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Morga reported from New York. | 2023-07-17T01:49:25+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/ap-us-news/ap-college-students-struggling-with-hunger-face-potential-loss-of-food-stamp-benefits/ |
ROME (AP) — Giorgia Meloni, whose political party with neo-fascist roots secured the most votes in Italy’s national election last month, was sworn in Saturday as the country’s first far-right premier since the end of World War II. She is also the first woman to serve as premier.
Meloni, 45, recited the oath of office before President Sergio Mattarella, who on Friday formally asked her to form a government.
Her Brothers of Italy party, which she co-founded in 2012, will rule in coalition with the right-wing League of Matteo Salvini and the conservative Forza Italia headed by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, whose parties had lost popularity with voters in recent years.
Meloni signed a pledge to be faithful to Italy’s post-war republic, and Mattarella counter-signed it. As head of state, the president serves as guarantor of the Italian Constitution, drafted in the years immediately after the end of World War II and the demise of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
The 24 ministers in Meloni’s government also were sworn into office in a sumptuous room of the Quirinal Palace.
Meloni made no public comments in her first hours in office. She is expected to lay out her priorities when she pitches for support in Parliament ahead of confidence votes required of new governments next week.
The votes could indicate any cracks in the three-party coalition if any of Berlusconi or Salvini’s lawmakers, perhaps disgruntled by not getting ministries they wanted for their parties, don’t rally behind her.
Meloni’s government replaces one led by Mario Draghi, a former European Central Bank chief who was appointed by Mattarella in 2021 to lead a pandemic national unity coalition. Meloni refused to join that coalition, insisting voters must decide the makeup of their governments.
During her campaign for the Sept. 25 election, Meloni insisted that national interests would prevail over European Union policies should there be conflict.
Salvini’s right-wing League party has at times leaned euroskeptic. An admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Salvini has questioned the wisdom of EU sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, arguing that they risk hurting Italian business interests more than Russian ones.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sounded an upbeat note in a congratulatory tweet noting that Meloni was the first woman to hold the premiership.
“I count on and look forward to constructive cooperation with the new government on the challenges we face together,” the EU chief said.
One immediate challenge for Meloni will be ensuring that Italy stays solidly aligned with other major nations in the West in helping Ukraine fight off the invading Russians.
In the days before she became premier, Meloni resorted to an ultimatum to her other main coalition partner, Berlusconi, over his professed sympathy for Putin and dismissive comments about Ukraine’s president.
Berlusconi, in remarks to Forza Italia lawmakers, appeared to justify the Russian invasion in February to install what he called a “decent” government in the Ukrainian capital.
After making clear she demands unwavering support for Ukraine, as well as NATO and EU positions on Russia’s war – “Italy with us in government will never be the weak link of the West,” she said – Meloni tapped as foreign minister a longtime Berlusconi stalwart with solid pro-EU credentials. Antonio Tajani formerly was president of the European Parliament.
In his congratulatory tweet for Meloni, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made no reference to Berlusconi slamming him. “I look forward to continued fruitful cooperation to ensure peace and prosperity in Ukraine, Italy and the world!” Zelenskyy wrote.
U.S. President Joe Biden, in congratulating Meloni, praised Italy as a “vital NATO ally and close partner as our nations together address shared global challenges.”
“As leaders in the G-7, I look forward to continuing to advance our support for Ukraine, hold Russia accountable for its aggression, ensure respect for human rights and democratic values, and build sustainable economic growth,” Biden said.
With potential wavering in Parliament by her Russian-sympathizing allies, as well as from former Premier Giuseppe Conte, a populist opposition leader, over continued arms supplies to Ukraine, Meloni appointed one of her party co-founders, Guido Crosetto, as defense minister.
While Meloni has pitched herself as crucial to combating leftist ideology, Crosetto sounded a more conciliatory note.
“Whoever governs represents the entire nation, sheds partisan attire and takes on that of collective responsibility,” the new defense minister told reporters.
Europe’s political right, eager to dominate on the continent, exulted in Meloni coming to power.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, referring to Meloni and Salvini, wrote on Twitter: “Throughout Europe, patriots are coming to power and with them, this Europe of nations.”
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban also hailed the birth of the new Italian government as a “big day for the European Right.”
In any unusual touch for a country used to male-dominated politics and power, Meloni’s companion, a journalist in Berlusconi’s media empire, attended Saturday’s swearing-in ceremony along with the couple’s 6-year-old daughter, Ginevra.
While Meloni didn’t campaign openly to be Italy’s first female premier, she has said her victory would clearly break through the “glass ceiling” that discourages the progress of women.
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Giada Zampano in Rome contributed. | 2022-10-22T13:01:37+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/international/ap-far-right-leader-giorgia-meloni-sworn-in-as-italian-premier/ |
Virginia Tech vs. Ohio State Women's Basketball Predictions & Picks - NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
Published: Mar. 26, 2023 at 7:38 PM EDT|Updated: 12 minutes ago
Monday's contest at Climate Pledge Arena has the Virginia Tech Hokies (30-4) taking on the Ohio State Buckeyes (28-7) at 9:00 PM (on March 27). Our computer prediction projects a 71-67 win for Virginia Tech, who is a small favorite based on our model.
Their last time out, the Hokies won on Saturday 73-64 over Tennessee.
Virginia Tech vs. Ohio State Game Info
- When: Monday, March 27, 2023 at 9:00 PM ET
- Where: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN
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Virginia Tech vs. Ohio State Score Prediction
- Prediction: Virginia Tech 71, Ohio State 67
Virginia Tech Schedule Analysis
- Against the No. 13 Duke Blue Devils on February 16, the Hokies registered their signature win of the season, a 61-45 home victory.
- The Hokies have 14 wins versus Quadrant 1 opponents, tied for the second-most in Division 1.
- Virginia Tech has tied for the eighth-most Quadrant 2 wins in the country (eight).
Virginia Tech 2022-23 Best Wins
- 61-45 at home over Duke (No. 13/AP Poll) on February 16
- 73-64 over Tennessee (No. 24/AP Poll) on March 25
- 59-56 on the road over Tennessee (No. 24/AP Poll) on December 4
- 58-37 over Duke (No. 13/AP Poll) on March 4
- 81-79 at home over Louisville (No. 17) on January 12
Ohio State Schedule Analysis
- The Buckeyes beat the No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers in a 79-75 win on March 4, which was their signature victory of the season.
- The Buckeyes have tied for the seventh-most Quadrant 1 victories in the country (11).
- Ohio State has tied for the 27th-most Quadrant 2 wins in the nation (six).
Ohio State 2022-23 Best Wins
- 79-75 over Indiana (No. 2/AP Poll) on March 4
- 73-61 over UConn (No. 6/AP Poll) on March 25
- 87-75 at home over Tennessee (No. 24/AP Poll) on November 8
- 96-77 on the road over Louisville (No. 17) on November 30
- 71-69 at home over North Carolina (No. 20/AP Poll) on March 20
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Virginia Tech Performance Insights
- The Hokies average 72.1 points per game (55th in college basketball) while allowing 56.6 per outing (22nd in college basketball). They have a +525 scoring differential overall and outscore opponents by 15.5 points per game.
- In conference action, Virginia Tech puts up fewer points per game (68.9) than its season average (72.1).
- The Hokies average 75.5 points per game at home, compared to 67.1 points per game in away games, a difference of 8.4 points per contest.
- In 2022-23, Virginia Tech is surrendering 53.2 points per game at home. In away games, it is allowing 61.9.
- In their last 10 games, the Hokies have been putting up 66.6 points per contest, an average that's a little lower than the 72.1 they've scored over the course of the 2022-23 season.
Ohio State Performance Insights
- The Buckeyes are outscoring opponents by 12.2 points per game, with a +428 scoring differential overall. They put up 80.2 points per game (eighth in college basketball) and allow 68 per contest (274th in college basketball).
- In conference action, Ohio State is averaging fewer points (74.8 per game) than it is overall (80.2) in 2022-23.
- At home the Buckeyes are scoring 82.1 points per game, 4.1 more than they are averaging away (78).
- At home, Ohio State allows 64.9 points per game. On the road, it gives up 67.
- The Buckeyes are putting up 73 points per game over their past 10 games, which is 7.2 fewer points than their average for the season (80.2).
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-26T23:51:35+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/sports/betting/2023/03/27/virginia-tech-ohio-state-womens-college-basketball-picks-predictions-ncaa-tournament-elite-eight/ |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — The Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) district is calling for ‘right-sizing.’ They want to change some boundaries and get rid of an elementary school to deal with declining enrollment.
In their efforts to ‘right size’ schools, the APS board voted to add grades six through eight to some elementary schools. “If we have small schools, this is what you’re facing,” said Josefina Dominguez, board member of the Board of Education.
APS’ Board of Education looked at changing the boundaries for three different elementary schools Wednesday. Board members voted unanimously to move all La Luz Elementary School students to MacArthur Elementary School this August.
“We sent out communications to the families after last week’s meeting. We met with the staff the day after, so that Tuesday, and to be very honest, I don’t think that people are very shocked or surprised,” explained Amanda DeBell, associate superintendent of APS.
APS said La Luz currently has 131 students, and MacArthur has 184. Board members asked during the meeting, “How small is too small for a school when making these decisions?”
“There’s always the sense of loss from a community whose, you know, this is their neighborhood school, and that doesn’t fall on deaf ears for us. It was a difficult decision,” said Yoland Montoya-Cordova, president of the Board of Education.
Next on the agenda was expanding Corrales Elementary School to include middle school grades six through eight, housing around 500 students. Under this plan, kids who would have gone to Taylor Middle School would stay at Corrales.
“This is a logical thing. The community wants it. I still think, as a district, we still need to be cognizant that this alters what schools look like,” stated Barbara Petersen, a member of the Board of Education.
Board members also voted on expanding Janet Kahn Elementary School—making it K-8th grade and allowing students from all across the city to attend.
“The students that currently go to Janet Kahn would have priority for the next few years to be able to stay in that school. Students who do not want to go to Janet Kahn would be redistricted in the new boundary areas,” said Dr. Gabriella Duran Blakely, chief operating officer of APS.
Those new boundary areas include Bellehaven Elementary School and Apache Elementary School.
The board voted to approve each of these changes unanimously. APS said a lot of their students leave the district for middle school and then come back for high school. They believe these measures will help recruit and retain some of those students.
Come August, La Luz Elementary School will be rented to the Albuquerque Sign Language Academy charter school for two years. | 2023-04-07T01:19:24+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/aps-board-of-education-votes-to-close-an-elementary-school-expand-others/ |
ATLANTA, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DEKRA S.E. today announced that John Tesoro has joined the company as Executive Vice President and President of DEKRA Americas, Inc., where he will lead the testing, inspection, and certification organization in North and South America. His appointment was effective March 1, 2023.
"John brings a successful track-record of driving business growth and advancing solution portfolios through a customer-centric approach," said DEKRA CEO Stan Zurkiewicz. "With John's leadership, knowledge, and experience, I am confident that he will continue to grow DEKRA's footprint in the Americas."
An experienced technology leader, Tesoro brings extensive experience in the global safety consulting, testing, inspection, and certification industries to the role. He most recently served as President and CEO of the Americas for TÜV SÜD. He previously held senior leadership roles with Fortive and Danaher Corporation and in technology investment banking. Tesoro holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration from the William E. Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.
"I have great respect for the people, leadership, and core purpose of DEKRA, and I am honored and grateful to lead the team in the Americas," said Tesoro. "Together, we will continue to establish DEKRA as a leading force in safety, security, and sustainability in the region through partnership with our customers and best-in-class service delivery."
About DEKRA Americas
DEKRA Americas protects people, assets, and our community by providing comprehensive testing, inspection, certification, and consulting services around the globe. DEKRA's consulting practice takes a passionate, scientific approach to transforming safety and mitigating risk as a partner to many of the world's largest chemical, oil and gas, transportation, utility, pharmaceutical, and agriculture companies. DEKRA Americas is a service unit of DEKRA S.E., a global leader in safety since 1925 with more than 48,000 employees in 60 countries across six continents.
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The Bills lost the turnover battle Sunday in New York for the fourth time in eight games.
Buffalo now is tied for fifth most giveaways in the league with 14 and stands only plus-1 in turnover ratio. The Bills have won the turnover battle in only two games, vs. Tennessee and Kansas City.
Here’s a position-by-position review of the Jets’ game, based on video review and scored on a scale of 0 to 5:
Quarterback (2.0): Josh Allen probably was guilty of getting too greedy against two-deep looks the Jets were giving him in the second half. On the forced, double-pump pickoff in the third quarter, he could have checked down to James Cook for minimal gain. On a second-and-14 play on the second to last drive, he had Dawson Knox and Devin Singletary wide open underneath but forced one over the middle, probably for Stefon Diggs. That’s unless it was for Khalil Shakir, and the rookie throttled down his route in a hole in the zone. In the second quarter, Allen went deep to a double-covered Diggs with Isaiah McKenzie open underneath. The deep shot to Nyheim Hines was the right decision vs. a three-man rush. Allen might have put a little more air under it, although a safety was on that side. The first INT was his second in two weeks in the red zone. Allen threw just two red-zone INTs the previous four years. Allen’s designed runs (six for 57 yards) helped the Bills keep a semblance of balance. Against elite run defenses, the Bills need some of Allen’s designed runs.
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Running backs (3.5): The Bills understandably were pass-oriented vs. the Jets’ stout run front, but the running back runs were not bad until late. The first nine runs by Devin Singletary and James Cook produced 36 yards, a 4.0 average. Then the last three went for just 3 total yards. Singletary ran hard and made a great catch on an off-target throw for 8 yards just before the second TD.
Receivers (2.5): The Bills had only four possessions in the second half and one was a quick turnover, which limited Diggs’ chances after he put up 93 receiving yards in the first half. On the third-quarter INT, Sauce Gardner jammed Diggs hard to throw off the timing. Gabe Davis had a drop on an early third-and-10 pass, then couldn’t haul in the last-gasp throw with Gardner on his back. Isaiah McKenzie managed only two catches for 12 yards out of the slot. The coaches share some of the blame for not creating enough easy, quick completions. Gardner, especially, has ability to take some of those away.
Offensive line (2.5): Quinnen Williams is a beast, and Sheldon Rankins was a big problem until he left with an elbow injury late in the first quarter. Rankins beat Ryan Bates for an early run stuff and Mitch Morse for an early sack. Dion Dawkins did a good job vs. Carl Lawson, not yielding any hurries to the Jets’ top edge guy. There was a dubious holding call late by Dawkins vs. Lawson. David Quessenberry had more trouble on the right side, yielding four pressures plus the last sack. Jermaine Johnson beat Quessenberry to lead to an incompletion on a second-and-9 to help force the field goal in the fourth quarter.
Just like the Bills’ defense, the Jets stayed in nickel defense mostly when the Bills powered up with Bobby Hart as the extra blocker. The Bills didn’t gash them, but six of the eight runs with Hart on the field were successful. Good enough.
Defensive line (3.0): Von Miller produced two clutch plays that could have led to victory. The first was the momentum-shifting sack to end the Jets’ 14-play third-quarter drive. The Jets got the ball back two plays later on an interception. The last was a first-down tackle for loss that helped the Bills hold the Jets to a final field goal. Miller overpursued and lost containment on a third-and-3 scramble, but he has earned the right to do that on rare occasions. Boogie Basham lost pocket containment on Zach Wilson’s third-and-9 scramble for a first down in the third quarter. Basham hasn’t earned the right.
The Jets’ patchwork offensive line played better than expected in the run game. Ed Oliver played the best of the interior linemen. Up until the final drive, the Jets’ running backs had 19 carries for only 72 yards (a 3.7 average). Then things went wrong on the 10-play, 88-yard march. DaQuan Jones missed a tackle in the hole on the first run of the Jets’ winning drive. Jordan Phillips made a swim move to get out of his gap on the 16-yard run.
Linebackers (3.0): Tremaine Edmunds had 11 tackles and played physical. He was a bright spot, again. He continues to do little things right, like speeding to cover the QB on the reverse by Garrett Wilson. Edmunds made the tackle on seven plays of 3 yards or fewer. Terrel Bernard didn’t attack with the anticipation and aggressiveness of Matt Milano. No surprise. He couldn’t get around the center on a screen that set up the first TD. He couldn’t get off Tyler Conklin’s block on the 16-yard run on the last drive. Bernard did make seven tackles and missed only one.
Defensive backs (3.0): It was a tough ending for Jaquan Johnson, who failed to make a couple of plays on the running backs on the last drive. Johnson had three missed tackles. Damar Hamlin continues to tackle well. He blitzed six times, according to News charts, and got the last sack to force a field goal. Overall, the Bills blitzed 11 times in 29 dropbacks. Wilson unloaded quickly, hitting 6 of 10 on those plays for 81 yards (and a sack).
Big Denzel Mims defeated Kaiir Elam’s jam attempt at the line on the last third-down conversion pass. Elam was back in the game after tweaking an ankle. Dane Jackson was reliable.
Special teams (3.0): Some good plays went for naught. The defense couldn’t capitalize on Sam Martin’s punt downed at the Jets’ 5 in the fourth quarter. The offense didn’t take advantage of Cam Lewis’ heads-up recovery of the Jets’ accidental opening onsides kickoff. It’s hard to blame the special teams for the Jets’ fourth-and-1 fake punt. Oliver was stout in the middle, but the Jets needed only a small push to convert. Tyler Bass made a 51-yarder. But the Bills could have used the missed 55-yarder. | 2022-11-08T22:20:53+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/position-grades-bills-lost-turnover-battle-for-fourth-time-vs-jets/article_ef4ecb3e-5f96-11ed-a835-b77efd1f5156.html |
The best school supplies deals to start the new school year
Students need so many different items for going back to school that shopping can be overwhelming. When you factor in trying to save money, the search for affordable items makes the effort even more challenging. Fortunately, top retailers are offering many school essentials at budget-friendly prices. With these deals and shopping tips, you can simplify your search for clothes and supplies.
How to shop and save for going back to school
The best way to stock up on back-to-school clothes and supplies is to have a plan. Following a few strategic steps will save you time and money.
Make a checklist
Putting together a list of the items your kids need for going back to school will keep you focused when you shop. In addition to ensuring you purchase the necessary clothes and supplies, it will help you avoid wasting money on items you don’t need. While you and your kids can work together to come up with clothing to buy, finding the right supplies can be more difficult. Fortunately, many schools provide a list of items students will need for the new school year.
Look for sales
It’s common for popular retailers that sell kids’ clothing and school supplies to have sales this time of year. Shopping these sales will save you lots of money on these things.
Assess your kids’ sizes
Every parent knows how quickly kids grow. Even if your kids already have a large wardrobe, summer growth spurts might have occurred that will make some items unwearable. Before you shop for school clothes, it’s a good idea to check clothing and shoe sizes for a perfect fit.
Consider the on-trend styles
Thanks in part to social media, many kids have specific styles in mind that they want to wear to school. Your kids can guide you in choosing the looks they love when it’s time to shop. Some items that are in style this year include stylish backpacks, casual athletic looks known as “athleisure,” denim, casual tees and wide-leg pants.
Stock up on the basics
There are many school supplies that almost every student across different grades will need for the school year. Notebooks, binders, pencils, measuring tools, crayons and glue are just some of the essentials. Because these items are used throughout the year, you’ll save money by buying multiple packs when you find them on sale.
Best back-to-school deals for school supplies and clothing
A well-made backpack with useful features will keep items needed for school safe and organized. This pack has ample pockets including a laptop compartment and side water bottle slots. It has a stylish design that’s available in several colors. Sold by Macy’s
SO Junior’s High-Rise Flare Jeans
Denim is trendy this season, and so are flared-leg pants. These jeans combine the best of both trends and have a high-waist button closure and hem slits for added style. They are made with a cotton-spandex blend for flexible comfort. Sold by Kohl’s
Enday Back-to-School Supply Kit
This value-priced package of supplies will take some of the guesswork out of choosing items for the classroom. It’s packed with items that are suitable for kids in grades kindergarten through fifth, such as pencils, notebooks, scissors, crayons, a ruler and more. They come nicely packaged and ready for class. Sold by Amazon
Nike Kids’ Grade School Star Runner 3 Shoes
From gym class to practice sessions, Star Runner 3 shoes are built to deliver. Reliable traction and flexible materials provide stability and comfort for all of your kid’s activities. They are made with recycled materials, making them an earth-friendly pair. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kohl’s
Five Star Back-to-School Bundle
With six four-pocket folders and six spiral notebooks, this bundle is enough to meet the needs of most busy students’ classes for the 2022-2023 school year. The folders come with three holes to fit most binders, and the notebooks have 100 sheets each. Sold by Amazon
Adidas Defender IV Medium Duffel Bag
A duffel bag like the Defender IV is a must-have for toting gym and sports equipment to and from school. The durable waterproof material will stand up to rough conditions and years of use. Sold by Kohl’s
Under Armor Boys’ Outdoor Hoodie
The soft fleece lining and casual design of this hoodie are likely to make it your student’s go-to favorite when the fall weather turns chilly. It’s available in a large selection of sizes and colors. Sold by Amazon
Champion Women’s Boyfriend Sweatpants
Sweatpants are essential for this year’s popular athleisure style. This pair has a relaxed, roomy fit that’s both comfortable and fashionable. They look great paired with an oversized sweatshirt. Sold by Macy’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods
A trim design, speedy processor and plenty of onboard storage make the Aspire 5 an excellent laptop for students. The reasonable price is appealing to parents who are watching their back-to-school budgets. Sold by Amazon
Classic T-shirts never go out of style, so it’s a good idea to stock up when you find them on sale. This one is available in a choice of colorful graphics and works well with jeans and other casual pants. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Paper Mate EverStrong #2 Pencils
Most students need classic #2 pencils for many assignments. This pack includes 144 pencils — enough to last throughout the current school year and beyond. Sold by Amazon
ID Ideology Big Girls’ Core Polo Shirt
A polo shirt is a wardrobe staple that’s perfect for school days, as it’s casual, comfortable and looks great with numerous types of pants. This one is made of a soft polyester-spandex blend and features a stylish zippered front. Sold by Macy’s
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A person has been arrested in connection to a shooting on Sunday. One person was injured during the incident.
According to Albuquerque Police Department (APD), Downtown cameras helped them solve the case in which a food truck vendor was seriously hurt after being shot. The cameras captured a vehicle that officials were able to track.
APD alleged Ambrosia Mirabal, 27, told authorities she drank and took drugs before driving up to a food truck at Central Avenue and 3rd Street NW early Sunday morning.
They claimed she said she was upset with her “baby daddy” and wanted to shoot toward him to scare him. Instead, the bullet hit a woman working in the food truck.
Mirabal fled the scene, but the Downtown cameras captured the shooting and the vehicle’s license plate. Witnesses were able to identify the vehicle and driver, who was also seemingly the shooter.
A handgun was found in Mirabal’s apartment after a search warrant was served, officials claimed. She was arrested for a warrant related to the shooting. | 2023-05-24T04:16:26+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/woman-mistakenly-shoots-food-truck-vendor-during-baby-daddy-dispute-apd-says/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was chaotic, messy, wild, creative, big-hearted and utterly unique. If it were a bagel, it would most certainly have been the “everything” kind.
But “Everything Everywhere All At Once” was a movie, not a bagel, and it ruled Sunday’s Oscar ceremony, making for one feel-good moment after another — and making history, too, on a huge night for Asians and Asian Americans in Hollywood.
And as for The Slap? Well, this Oscar night felt more like a big hug, its heartwarming speeches a potent antidote to the uneasy memory of last year’s Will Smith saga. They kept coming: There was Ke Huy Quan, bounding up the stairs to accept the supporting actor trophy, his teary joy infectious as he referred to his remarkable life story. From the same film there was Jamie Lee Curtis, speaking eloquently about acting as a collaborative endeavor, and the directing duo the Daniels, thanking public school teachers and the family members who nurtured their creativity.
Then there was leading lady Michelle Yeoh, putting an overdue cherry on top of her amazing career as she became the first Asian best actress winner. She spoke of many things, but perhaps most eloquently about mothers, whom she called “superheroes.” And on this Oscar night in particular, many winners joined her in thanking their mothers poignantly, none more so than costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who saluted her 101-year-old mother, who she said had just died.
Also thanked, of course, were were children, fathers, husbands and wives. “I am your son, and I love you,” Guillermo del Toro, winning for best animated film, said to his late parents. And perhaps the four most heart-rending words of the night came from a wife to a husband: “Stay strong, my love,” said Yulia Navalnaya to her imprisoned husband, Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader.
Some of the evening’s top moments:
SO, ABOUT LAST YEAR …
Serving once again as host, Jimmy Kimmel was clearly going to have to bring up The Slap, as it shall forever be known. It took about seven minutes into his monologue before he did — a sarcastic crack about the bizarrely passive reaction last year to the moment Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a joke directed at his wife. “We have strict policies in place,” Kimmel said. “If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point in this show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech.” Later, he made a reference to Smith’s performance as Hitch, and at another point referenced one of his songs — all without mentioning his name.
QUAN GETS TEARS FLOWING EARLY, AND OFTEN
Emotions were running high from the second award, as the ebullient Quan won his supporting actor trophy — an outcome that was expected but no less exciting in the moment. In fact, presenter Ariana DeBose could barely utter his name — she was already crying.
“My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp,” said Quan, 51, who is of Vietnamese descent. “Somehow, I ended up here on Hollywood’s biggest stage. They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it’s happening to me. This — THIS — is the American dream.” He also thanked — of course — his mother, age 84, watching at home.
CURTIS: “I AM HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE”
Winning immediately after Quan, Curtis stepped onstage and made yet another terrific awards-season speech about collaborating in the industry. “I know it looks like I am standing up here myself, but I am not,” she said. “I am hundreds of people.”
She spoke to all the fans and colleagues who “supported the genre movies I have made all these years, the hundreds and thousands of people: We. Just. Won. An. Oscar. Together!” And Curtis, too, shouted out to her famous late parents, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, whom she noted had been nominated in different categories. “I just won an Oscar!” she told them.
STAY STRONG, MY LOVE
Navalny sits in solitary confinement in Russia. So it was left to his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, to speak for him — and to him, as well — when the documentary “Navalny” won an Oscar. “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth. My husband is in prison just for defending democracy,” Navalnaya said. “Alexei, I am dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free. Stay strong, my love.”
Director Daniel Roher dedicated his Oscar to Navalny and all political prisoners around the world. “Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all: We must not be afraid to oppose dictators and authoritarianism wherever it rears its head.”
GAGA GOES MINIMAL
No one knows how to step into the glamour better than Lady Gaga, and she appeared on the Oscar red (well, champagne-colored) carpet in dramatic makeup and a fabulous Versace gown from the designer’s recent collection. But when she appeared onstage — in a surprise appearance — to sing a powerful rendition of “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” the glamorous outfit was gone, replaced by a T-shirt and ripped jeans and a makeup-free face. It was yet another compelling Oscar performance for Gaga, who never fails to innovate and surprise.
CARTER MAKES HISTORY, AGAIN
Four years ago, Carter took her first historic statuette, becoming the first Black woman to win for costume design for “Black Panther.” On Sunday she again made history when she won the award for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” becoming the first Black woman to win two Oscars. She dedicated the award to Mabel Carter, her mother, who she said died this past week at age 101. “This film prepared me for this moment,” she said. “Chadwick, please take care of Mom” — referring to Chadwick Boseman, the beloved late star of the original film.
THE DANIELS THANK THE TEACHERS – AND THE MOMMIES!
The Daniels — Scheinert and Kwan — had a number of opportunities to ascend the stage, collecting awards for best original screenplay and best director on the way to a best picture win for “Everything Everywhere.” The first time, Scheinert quipped he was going to name all the teachers who put him and his brother in detention — then instead thanked the teachers, by name, who “educated me and inspired me and taught me to be less of a butthead.”
Kwan thanked “my Mom who protected me as a child, protected my inner storyteller.” Winning best director, they came back to thank, in Scheinert’s words, “the mommies of the world …. specifically my mom and dad, thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody!” The audience cheered.
YEOH IS TAKING IT HOME TO MALAYSIA – AND MOM!
In “Everything Everywhere,” one of Yeoh’s most memorable scenes is a reconciliation of sorts with her young adult daughter (Stephanie Hsu ), a scene that speaks to the very essence of parenthood, in all its trials and rewards.
So it was fitting that Yeoh, accepting her best actress award, would focus on motherhood as well. “I have to dedicate this to my mom, all the moms in the world because they are really the superheroes,” she said, “and without them none of us would be here tonight.” She added that her mom was watching in Malaysia with her family. “She’s 84, and I’m taking this home to her.” Yeoh, 60, also earned cheers for her plug for women as they age in Hollywood, telling them: “Don’t let anybody tell you you’re past your prime!”
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For more coverage of this year’s Academy Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards | 2023-03-13T18:51:07+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/oscar-moments-moms-get-special-praise-on-feel-good-night/ |
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — “Tacobout” a day to celebrate!
October 4 is National Taco Day, and restaurants around the country are offering special deals to celebrate the occasion.
For just one day, Taco Bell is bringing back its taco subscription service exclusively on its app. It’s called the “Taco Lovers Pass”, and with the pass, rewards members can pay $10 to get one free taco a day all month long.
Moe’s Southwest Grill is giving Moe’s members $5 off any meal kit.
Additionally, West Social Tap & Table is celebrating with taco specials and $5 margaritas. They will also be celebrating the day with a live DJ performance, starting Tuesday night at 6 p.m. | 2022-10-04T23:03:13+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/top-stories/celebrating-national-taco-day-in-the-miami-valley/ |
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Thanksgiving High School Football is back, and it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving in Western Massachusetts without a good matchup.
In south Hadley, Holyoke’s Purple Knights took on the South Hadley Tigers in a major rivalry for the ‘Battle of the Bridge.’ South Hadley was victorious over the Knights 60 to 36.
Jonathan Maxwell from South Hadley has two sons playing in that game. “We are big football fans, and we are here to support the high school team, both of my sons play.”
Ted Doyle from South Hadley is enjoying the sport but also the community coming together. “We got a lot of ex-patriots from Holyoke over here too. Its been a lot of fun both sides, of course I know all the people too.”
Franklin Tech Eagles came out on top 30 to 12 against Smith Vocational Vikings. That game also created new football fans.
“For some game-goers there’s a soft spot for both teams. I always love coming to ‘Turkey Day’ games,” explained Curtis from Turners Falls.
The excitement continued at Northampton High School with a matchup between the Easthampton Eagles and Northampton Blue Devils. The Blue Devils shutting out the Eagles with a final score of 41 to 14. Football alumni came out to support their team.
“It’s my first game! My friends have been bugging me all season,” said John Cote from Northampton.
“All these guys I’ve actually grown up with, so to see them now, in the role that I was in when they were on the sidelines with us. Its really special,” said Syrus Carey also from Northampton. | 2022-11-24T22:20:27+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/top-stories/whats-thanksgiving-without-high-school-football/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Earnest Cobble’s most distressing yet heroic work day at Nashville International Airport arrived early Easter morning, April 17, as he served as a volunteer at the welcome desk, just inside the baggage claim’s sliding doors. Cobble previously retired from a 25-year career maintaining the terminal’s HVAC equipment.
“I was right here talking to a family,” he said, standing behind the desk staffed by BNA’s 60 volunteers who spend their shifts answering questions from harried travelers throughout the facility. “A young lady came up asking questions. She was kind of aggressive.”
Cobble is used to confused and agitated travelers, so he wasn’t immediately worried. She wanted to know where the restrooms were and how to catch a ride-hailing service, and he graciously directed her.
His calm responses didn’t soften her approach. She pounded her fist on the desk and cursed as he helped another passenger: She insisted on using Cobble’s cell phone to call her mother.
He agreed but, instead of making the call, she walked off in a daze.
“I kept my eye on her,” Cobble said.
As he fielded questions from a family standing in front of him, everything changed.
“That’s when I heard a gunshot,” he said.
The woman pulled a gun from her purse and held it to her head.
Thinking fast to save a life
The first gunshot she fired missed her head, where she pointed it. As the gun rested momentarily at her side, Cobble ordered airport passengers and employees to run.
He took cover behind a concrete pole and trained his focus on the woman as she picked up the gun again.
He instinctively wanted to calm her. Distract her. He said, in as normal a tone as he could muster:
“Ma’am you shouldn’t have that gun here at the airport.”
She fumbled with the gun and yelled back that she was only going to hurt herself.
She aimed the gun again. This time, the shot went clean through her thigh.
Now Cobble yelled at the top of his lungs to get her attention.
“Put the gun down! Don’t do it!”
The woman seemed to be in a fog but she looked up and locked eyes with him after hearing his pleas.
“Slide the gun toward the door!”
He continued to yell and, each time, she paused and made eye contact.
“She gave me a startled look,” he said. “I think I broke her concentration.”
Police officers arrived and swiftly handcuffed the woman.
She survived the incident.
Cobble, meanwhile, continues to reflect on the emotional confrontation and whether there was anything different he could have done.
Cobble saves a life, honored as a hero
Metro Nashville Airport Authority honored Cobble for his heroism at a recent meeting. He received a framed proclamation for helping to prevent a worse outcome.
“As a former employee and now as a volunteer, Earnest was undeniably the right person at the right time who helped to save lives through his courageous actions,” said Doug Kreulen, president of Nashville International Airport.
Cobble continues to volunteer one day a week, though he said he enjoys retirement and is busy planning his next vacation.
But now he pays closer attention to people’s hands in case they’re holding a gun.
“I enjoy helping people,” he said. “I went back to work that Monday, but I wanted to see everyone’s hands.”
Resources for mental health in Tennessee
There are a variety of resources for those seeking mental health support at the national, state and local level. Here are just a few.
The CDC offers a wide variety of mental health resources at cdc.gov/mentalhealth, including a mental health quiz and a tool to find a therapist.
The state of Tennessee also has a hub for behavioral and mental health resources at tn.gov/behavioral-health.
The Behavioral Health Safety Net for Adults provides free, essential outpatient mental health services to Tennesseans who lack insurance coverage. More information is available at tn.gov/bhsn or at 800-560-5767.
Tennessee offers a free crisis hotline that is available 24 hours a day for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis. All calls are directed to a trained counselor in the caller’s area. Call or text 855-CRISIS-1 (855-274-7471).
The Tennessee REDLINE is a free 24-hour resource for substance abuse treatment referrals. Anyone can call or text 800-889-9789 for confidential referrals.
The Vanderbilt Psychiatric Assessment Service can be reached 24/7 at 615-327-7000. More information is also available at vanderbiltbehavioralhealth.com.
Learn more about The Refuge Center at refugecenter.org. | 2022-07-31T15:57:29+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Nashville-airport-honors-volunteer-as-hero-during-17341303.php |
BOSTON (WPRI) — A Texas man has been arrested and charged in connection with a reported explosion at Northeastern University in Boston last month.
U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins announced Tuesday that 45-year-old Jason Duhaime is accused of fabricating the incident and giving false information to law enforcement officials.
Officials said Duhaime called 911 around 7 p.m. on Sept. 13 and told the operator a hard plastic case he opened inside a campus lab expelled sharp objects and injured his arms. Duhaime claimed the case contained a “violent note,” according to Rollins.
Duhaime told federal agents he and a student retrieved several packages from a mail area, including two hard plastic cases. Duhaime then opened one of the cases inside a storage closet where it allegedly exploded.
Law enforcement officials responding to the incident found an empty and undamaged plastic case, Rollins said. They did not find the threatening letter and the case did not show any signs of an explosion. The storage closet where Duhaime allegedly opened the case was also undisturbed.
When interviewed by law enforcement officials, Duhaime denied fabricating the story, according to Rollins.
Officials also seized a computer from the laboratory where Duhaime worked and found an electronic copy of the allegedly violent note. The file was created four hours before Duhaime called 911.
“This alleged conduct is disturbing to say the least,” Rollins added. “Our city more than most knows all too well that a report or threat of an explosion is a very serious matter and necessitates an immediate and significant law enforcement response given the potential devastation that can ensue.”
Duhaime is charged with one count of intentionally conveying false and misleading information related to an explosive device and one count of making materially false statements to a federal law enforcement agent.
At the time of the incident, Duhaime was the new technology manager and director of the Immersive Media Lab at Northeastern University. Duhaime’s report prompted a large police response and an evacuation of a part of campus.
The university initially said a staff member suffered minor injuries when a package exploded.
Duhaime was arrested Tuesday morning in Texas and is scheduled to appear before a judge Tuesday afternoon. | 2022-10-05T02:05:52+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/university-employee-charged-with-faking-boston-campus-explosion/ |
-Unique hand drawn NFT collection mints out in minutes during WL Mint-
LONDON, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Space dogs are now roaming freely in the universe. A unique hand drawn NFT collection, CaniSpacien, sells out in minutes during the WL mint. Collection did not even get to Public Mint! Now available on https://opensea.io/collection/canispacien-nft.
The Free NFT collection, promoted without a utility, lit on fire the NFT market during the WL mint and suddenly within minutes were all minted. Patrick Ashworth, the Galactic President, states: "These are difficult times for the crypto and NFT markets, but we felt it was important for us to launch a high-quality collection which was solely focused on the art, and not the promise of something else down the road. As a team, we have all worked extremely hard to make CaniSpacien a reality and as lovers of space, it is the start of an exciting space journey". The team are super excited and are now working on the next stage of this cosmic journey.
This unique hand drawn series creatively plays with a space dog who evolves in a space environment on another planet. There are only 4,444 CaniSpaciens. Nukhet Cetin, the artist behind the collection, states: "CaniSpacien is the first character to be fully released in the journey of Homo Spacien which explores how humans will evolve in the colonization of space. The collection was created as digital collage art using geometrical shapes and comprises 262 hand drawn traits in 12 categories and have come together using computer-generated software".
The CaniSpacien Holders get awesome art, but they also get first access to the female Homo Spacien NFT collection (https://www.homospacien.io) launching on 18th October.
Homo Spacien will be the first NFT collection sending NFTs into space! CaniSpacien Holders who have the "shield" trait on their NFT, and a Homo Spacien with a shield, will be part of a raffle to have their NFT sent to space and officially authenticated. This momentous milestone in the cosmic journey will be filmed.
CaniSpaciens and Homo Spaciens love their planet and want to protect it. We are committed to mitigating the carbon footprint of the NFT mint by protecting nature and planting trees to offset the CO2 emissions. The CaniSpacien Public Mint was planned for the day of "The Merge" celebrating the Ethereum network becoming more environmentally friendly. Join CaniSpacien in helping our planet!
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Details of our CaniSpacien collection:
Limited edition to 4,444 unique CaniSpacien NFTs
Collection: https://opensea.io/collection/canispacien-nft
CaniSpacien Holders should join our Discord in order to get on the WL for the female Homo Spacien collection launching soon.
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CaniSpacien is the first NFT collection in the start of the Homo Spacien cosmic journey. Homo Spacien is part of Vizzio Art Creators Lab, a UK-based technology company developing innovative platforms in the creative world.
The company comprises the CaniSpacien and Homo Spacien NFT collections; and Vizzio Art, a state-of-the-art technology for Digital Wall Art, empowering consumers to display artworks and NFTs on their TVs and change the artworks displayed at any moment.
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SHREVEPORT, La., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolfgramm Capital acquires the 78-room extended-stay Residence Inn by Marriott, according to Wolfgramm Capital's Co-Founder and CEO, Phil Wolfgramm. Conveniently located near Shreveport regional airport, the exclusive hotel offers comfortable suites for long and short-term trips and is minutes away from bustling downtown entertainment.
"We are excited to acquire a Residence Inn branded hotel and look forward to elevating this hotel through our firm's hotel management arm: Wolfgramm Properties. The Residence Inn brand's stellar reputation sets the standard in hospitality, and we will work to exceed expectations for our guests," says Co-Founder and COO Koloa Wolfgramm.
The hotel boasts amenities including an outdoor swimming pool and whirlpool, a fitness center, outdoor sports court, on-site guest laundry facilities and sundries mart. All guest rooms provide quality comfort, while their newly renovated suites provide all the proper live-away necessities including full kitchens with stovetops, dishwashers, and a separate living area with pull-out sofa beds.
Formed in 2021 by Phil Wolfgramm, Koloa Wolfgramm, and Russell Handy, the new private equity real estate firm has amassed an impressive 150-million-dollar asset portfolio in its first eight months. With decades of combined experience in operating hotels, asset managing luxury resorts, consulting in the real estate legal field, and managing funds in the private equity sector, the principals of Wolfgramm Capital are uniquely positioned to capitalize on their experience elevate the Residence Inn by Marriott Shreveport Airport hotel.
For more information on Wolfgramm Capital, please visit www.wolfgramm.com or email pr@wolfgramm.com.
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WESTFIELD, Ind.–The Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield has been having some financial struggles over the last several years, the biggest of which is paying off its debt. Whoever becomes the next mayor of Westfield will have to decide what to do about its future.
One of the Westfield mayoral candidates competing in the May primary is Westfield City Councilor Scott Willis.
“First off, the park is not up for sale. The city has been going through a process. We’re down to four bids at the moment. I believe the bids are to either lease the park or manage a portion of the park. Right now, Westfield ranks 4th in Indiana for capturing Grand Park visitor dollars. Carmel is #1, Fishers is #2, and Kokomo is #3,” said Willis in an interview Monday with 93 WIBC’s Kendall and Casey.
Willis says a way to fix that is to create what he calls a “village-type” concept.
“That’s where hotels, shops, and restaurants with things to do so that when they leave the fields they can find things to gravitate to and spend their dollars,” said Willis.
What would help, Willis believes, is if Westfield would grow its commercial base.
“90% of our revenue comes from residential homes and apartments. That’s not sustainable. It’s one reason why we’re struggling to keep up with infrastructure. We’re behind on public safety. Our taxes are the highest in Hamilton County among the four cities,” said Willis.
He thinks he can be the man to take both Grand Park and Westfield to the next level.
“What makes me different is I’m the only candidate that’s managed people, assets, and budgets similar in size to the City of Westfield. In fact, I’m the only the candidate that’s managed a budget,” said Willis.
Willis is running against plan commission member Kristen Burkman as well as city councilor and high school football coach Jake Gilbert.
No candidates from other parties have filed, meaning Tuesday’s winner will likely become Westfield’s next mayor. | 2023-05-02T15:55:48+00:00 | wibc.com | https://wibc.com/150606/whats-next-for-grand-park-westfield-mayoral-candidate-talks-possibilities/ |
By DAVID HAMILTON
AP Technology Editor
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A complex software change to the cryptocurrency ethereum holds the potential to dramatically reduce its energy consumption — and resulting climate-related pollution. But the transition known as “the merge” is not going to do the trick by itself.
With the change enacted late Wednesday, ethereum — the world’s second most valuable cryptocurrency after bitcoin — has effectively eliminated the energy-intensive task of “mining” new coins on its blockchain. Mining requires enormous computing power, which translates to huge energy consumption and, in many areas, greater greenhouse gas emissions at older power plants.
By itself, however, the ethereum change won’t eliminate crypto’s expected environmental impact, although it’s expected to help a great deal. The backers of bitcoin have so far shown little interest in doing away with mining.
BACK UP A SECOND. WHAT IS CRYPTOCURRENCY?
Cryptocurrency is a type of digital money secured via encryption in a publicly viewable and purportedly unalterable way. Using these currencies, people can make direct financial transactions without any need for a bank or other financial intermediaries.
They run on constructs called blockchains, which consist of digitally signed transaction records that document every time a crypto coin is transferred or spent. Blockchains are also known as distributed ledgers because synchronized copies are stored on computers around the world; these copies also make it extremely difficult to alter, insert or destroy blockchain records.
IS CRYPTO BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?
Researchers who have studied cryptocurrency are alarmed by its enormous energy usage. A recent report by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy cited research findings that as of August 2022, annual electricity consumption for cryptocurrency exceeded that of individual nations such as Argentina or Australia.
This problem, however, isn’t inherent to cryptocurrency. Most of that energy is used for mining, a computationally intensive process for verifying blockchain transactions that also distributes new coins as rewards for competing miners. Crypto mining favors well-resourced groups that can put together a lot of specialized computers and supply them with electricity as cheaply as possible.
That can have unexpected external effects. Prior to the plunge in cryptocurrency values earlier this year, demand for computer graphics cards soared, pushing up prices and emptying store shelves — much to the chagrin of gamers. Such cards turned out to be ideal for crypto mining rigs. Cities and states in the U.S. have also pushed back against crypto firms’ plans to build mining sites in their jurisdictions, citing not only power usage but noise.
SO WHAT DOES THE ETHEREUM CHANGE DO?
Primarily, the software update eliminates the need for miners. Where ethereum previously set miners against each other to solve complex cryptographic puzzles and win new coin as rewards, it now requires parties who want to help validate transactions to put some skin in the game by “staking” a certain amount of ether, the ethereum coin.
Parties from this pool are randomly chosen to validate a block of transactions; a wider group of ether holders will then check their work. Successful validators get paid a reward in ether that is generally proportional to the size of their stake and the length of time they’ve held it.
WILL THAT HELP THE ENVIRONMENT?
The ethereum merge many not sound like much, but it could have dramatic effects. Alex de Vries, an economist and founder of the Digiconomist consultancy that focuses on the environmental impact of cryptocurrencies, calculates the shift will result in energy savings of between 99% and 99.99% for ethereum. (De Vries emphasizes that his work has not yet been peer reviewed.)
“It’s a really small change to the code that’s going to have a very big impact on environmental sustainability,” he said. Prior to the merge, ethereum was doing up to 900 billion calculations per second that are now not needed anymore.
According to his calculations, ethereum was responsible for about 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year. If he’s correct, these will now be drastically reduced.
On the other hand, bitcoin’s energy usage and greenhouse gas emission is significantly larger than ethereum’s — and no move away from bitcoin mining appears to have gained much traction.
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AP reporter Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this article.
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A Princeton University student was arrested Tuesday on charges that he joined other rioters in pushing against police officers guarding an entrance to the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack, court records show.
Larry Fife Giberson, 21, of Manahawkin, New Jersey, was at the front line of the mob’s fight against police in a tunnel when one of the officers was briefly crushed between rioters and tunnel doors, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit. Giberson waved other rioters into the tunnel before joining a second round of “heave ho” pushing against police, the agent said.
Giberson tried in vain to start a chant of “Drag them out!” and then cheered on rioters using weapons and pepper spray against police in the tunnel, according to the FBI. Giberson remained in that area for roughly an hour on Jan. 6, 2021, the affidavit says.
Giberson was arrested in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, on charges including a felony count of civil disorder, according to a court filing. He faces four other counts including engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds.
A federal magistrate judge ordered Giberson’s release from custody after his initial court appearance in Washington on Tuesday.
Charles Burnham, an attorney for Giberson, declined to comment on the charges.
University spokesman Michael Hotchkiss said in an email Tuesday that Giberson is currently enrolled at Princeton as an undergraduate.
“We don’t have anything to add beyond that,” Hotchkiss wrote.
Giberson was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and a Trump flag around his neck when he joined the mob’s assault on police officers in a tunnel on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrance, the affidavit says.
The FBI posted images of Giberson on social media to seek the public’s help in identifying him. Online sleuths also posted mages of Giberson online using the “#DragThemOut” hashtag moniker.
Investigators matched photos of Giberson from the Capitol to several images found on Instagram and Princeton University’s website, the FBI agent said. The FBI interviewed Giberson at the Princeton Police Department in the presence of an attorney before his arrest.
Approximately 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot, which disrupted the joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
The FBI agent’s affidavit doesn’t say whether Giberson attended the “Stop the Steal” rally where then-President Donald Trump addressed a crowd of supporters on Jan. 6. | 2023-03-15T11:43:48+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/princeton-student-charged-with-joining-mobs-capitol-attack/ |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)The Jacksonville Jaguars haven’t played many meaningful December games over the last dozen years.
They’re usually so far out of the AFC South race by then that mock drafts are the only postseason scenarios that matter to the small-market franchise. But having won three of their last five games – combined with Tennessee’s three-game skid – the Jaguars (5-8) suddenly find themselves in the playoff picture late.
It’s a common spot for the Dallas Cowboys (10-3).
The Cowboys and Jaguars both have something at stake when they meet in Jacksonville on Sunday for the first time since 2006. Dallas can clinch a postseason berth for the second consecutive year, a feat ”America’s Team” last accomplished in 2007.
The Jaguars, meanwhile, need a victory to either keep pace with or close the gap on the AFC South-leading Titans. It’s a rarity for Jacksonville this late in the season; the team has finished last in the division each of the last four years and was in playoff contention down the stretch just once previously since 2010.
”We all understand how important this game is,” Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence said. ”Every game is important, but especially with where we’re at. The situation we put ourselves in with some of those losses early, it’s just where we’re at.
”Backs up against the wall and we’ve got to fight our way out, and I think we’ve got the perfect group to do it. We understand how big this game is and every game moving forward this stretch is huge, so we’ve got a great opportunity.”
The Cowboys have won four in a row, including the last two against Indianapolis and Houston from the AFC South, and six of seven to gain a stranglehold on an NFL wild-card spot. NFC East-leading Philadelphia remains within reach, too, but Dallas needs help – and really needs to avoid a letdown in Jacksonville.
”December football is just about doing the right things, small things right,” said Cowboys pass rusher Dante Fowler, who is returning to the team that drafted him third overall in 2015. ”At this point, I feel like the only way to beat us is if we beat ourselves. So, we just have to stay on the small things and all the little things don’t have to take care of themselves.”
DECEMBER DOMINANCE
Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is a believer in how the months of the season are different, and his Dallas teams have made him look good when it comes to the most important month.
The Cowboys have won nine in a row in December and are 9-1 in the month since McCarthy was hired in 2020. That’s tied with Kansas City for the most December victories in the NFL in that stretch.
SOUTH TRIOLOGY
A third consecutive game against the AFC South has given the Cowboys a window into an uncommon opponent they wouldn’t normally get. The Jaguars already played Indianapolis twice and Houston once.
”Any time you play an uncommon opponent, you want to see what their division opponents do against them,” McCarthy said. ”We’ve seen a lot of Jacksonville so far getting ready for Indianapolis.”
RARE TRIP
Dallas has played just once previously in Jacksonville, a 24-17 loss in 2006 that included Drew Bledsoe and Byron Leftwich as starting quarterbacks. The teams played in London in 2016, a ”home game” for Jacksonville. The other five meetings took place in Dallas.
DON’T FORGET ABOUT ZEKE
Tony Pollard is taking over the spotlight in Dallas’ backfield with a career-best 12 total touchdowns, one more than his first three seasons combined. He’s the best playmaker and most dangerous scoring threat the Cowboys have. Still, two-time rushing champ Ezekiel Elliott is quietly putting together some impressive numbers.
Elliott has at least one touchdown run in six consecutive games, the longest streak of his career. With one against the Jaguars, he and all-time NFL rushing leader Emmitt Smith would be the only Cowboys running backs with rushing TDs in at least seven straight games. Smith set the franchise record by scoring in each of the final 14 games of the 1995 season, playoffs included.
Elliott scored the go-ahead touchdown against Houston on a 2-yard run with 41 seconds remaining.
”Ezekiel Elliott is the epitome of this team,” quarterback Dak Prescott said. ”Right here on that play, I told the offensive line, `Hey, I am giving this to Zeke, no ifs, ands or buts about it.”’
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FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Students, parents, educators, and school choice supporters from across Kentucky come together for a press conference in Frankfort at the State Capitol to highlight the resilient desire for school choice in the Bluegrass State.
The event will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM at the Back Steps of the Kentucky Capitol (700 Capital Avenue in Frankfort). In the wake of the Kentucky Supreme Court's ruling on the state's Educational Opportunity Accounts, supporters of K-12 education options are determined to raise awareness about how the state could benefit from greater educational opportunity.
Hosted by EdChoice KY, the event will include student, parent, and teacher speakers. The event is open to the press and the public.
"Despite the setbacks that Kentucky families experienced with regard to the Commonwealth's new school choice program, students still need as many options as possible," said Andrew Vandiver, president of EdChoice KY. "This event will educate the public about the importance of ensuring that all Kentucky children have access to educational experiences that meet their distinct needs."
EdChoice Kentucky is a 501c3 nonprofit organization focused on informing the Commonwealth about educational choice programs.
The Jan. 24 event is timed to coincide with National School Choice Week (NSCW), which will feature more than 26,000 school choice events across all 50 states to raise equal and positive awareness of the traditional public, public charter, public magnet, private, online, and home education options available for families.
In addition to this event, 242 public and private schools in Kentucky registered with National School Choice Week to host independent events and activities this January. The education options across the state that are celebrating the Week enroll an estimated 77,787 students across all grade levels and include traditional public schools, public magnet schools, private schools, and homeschooling families.
For more information, visit edchoiceky.com or schoolchoiceweek.com.
National School Choice Week (NSCW) informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover the K-12 education options available for their children, including traditional public, public charter, public magnet, online, private, and home schooling. Every January, tens of thousands of schools, organizations, and individuals plan unique events and activities to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options in their communities. The Week is a project of the nonpartisan, nonpolitical National School Choice Awareness Foundation.
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Can staring stop smoking? That's what Hong Kong's health minster prescribes when someone smokes where they shouldn't. Since law enforcement can't stop all naughty smokers, maybe public shaming might.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Sam’s Club says it plans to open over 30 new locations and invest in a multi-year plan to modernize its supply chain.
The warehouse club, a division of Arkansas-based retailer Walmart, made the announcement Thursday and said the expansion decisions were motivated by “historic comparable sales growth, and a record rise in membership over the last two years.”
The first new location is scheduled to open in Florida in 2024.
In addition to new clubs, the company plans to modernize its supply chain through “new distribution and fulfillment center locations across the country, including cutting-edge automation.” Five new supply chain fulfillment and distribution centers are set to open in 2023, with the first planned to debut in Georgia during the third quarter.
“We’ve seen remarkable growth over the past few years with a record number of members, and we’re excited to bring the experience of Sam’s Club to even more markets as we expand our footprint,” said Kathryn McLay, CEO at Sam’s Club. “And as we open new clubs in new locations, we’ll continue to innovate so that our members shop and save whether in person or online.”
Over the past several years, Sam’s Club has redesigned most of its 600 clubs. The new clubs will be larger than most existing locations, measuring about 160,000 square feet.
The majority of the new clubs will feature a seafood and sushi “island,” a full-service floral area and walk-in food coolers. There also will be a larger healthcare space, with a patient waiting area, health services suites, private consultation rooms and hearing and optical centers, according to the company. | 2023-01-27T18:11:37+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/sams-club-announces-new-clubs-enhancements-due-to-record-growth/ |
FIRST ON FOX: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said there was a "significant decline" in the total number of queries the FBI made into U.S. citizens between 2021 and 2022 under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
ODNI issued its annual transparency report on the intelligence community’s use of national security surveillance authorities on Friday. The report also outlined the rules designed to "protect civil liberties and privacy and ensure complicate with the Constitution and laws of the United States."
FISA WARRANTS DROPPED SHARPLY DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, INTEL AGENCIES SAY
Section 702 of FISA allows the government to conduct targeted surveillance of non-U.S. persons located abroad to acquire foreign intelligence information. When U.S. citizens are flagged as part of these investigations, the FBI takes over the process of querying them for possible security reasons.
"There was a significant decline in total FBI U.S. person queries in the period December 2021-November 2022," the report states, crediting a "number of changes FBI made to its systems, processes, and training relating to U.S. persons queries."
JORDAN SAYS FBI SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF PROBES INTO US CITIZENS FLAGGED IN FISA INVESTIGATIONS
Between December 2021 and November 2022, the FBI conducted approximately 204,000 queries, a 95% drop from the previous year's reporting period.
During the December 2020 to November 2021 reporting period, the FBI used personal identifiers to query U.S. citizens nearly 3.4 million times. Testimony by U.S. officials before Congress this week revealed that up to 30% of those queries were conducted "in error."
A query is a "basic analytic step foundational to efficiently and effectively reviewing data lawfully collected and already in the government’s possession." Queries are conducted by authorized personnel to "more efficiently identify foreign intelligence information and, in the FBI’s case, evidence of a crime."
Queries can help to "find connections between individuals and entities," as well as to identify threats to the United States homeland or national security interests abroad. Queries also help to identify potential victims of national security threat activity — like possible victims of cyber attacks on U.S. infrastructure by foreign actors.
"Queries that return no results may be just as useful as those that do return results because they may sometimes indicate that a person or matter which was believed to be of concern is, in fact, not," the report states.
FLASHBACK: JIM JORDAN'S BIG IDEA: ENACT FISA REFORM TO FIX 'SYSTEM-WIDE' PROBLEM
Between December 2021 and November 2022, the FBI's queries conducted based on evidence of a crime "increased slightly this year." But the number of instances in which the FBI "failed to obtain a required court order prior to reviewing the results of certain evidence of a crime-only queries declined."
The report also shows the FBI opened "zero" investigations into U.S. persons who are not considered a threat to national security.
HOUSE INTEL UNVEILS BIPARTISAN GROUP TO OVERSEE FISA SECTION 702 REFORM, END 'EGREGIOUS ABUSES'
In December 2022, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declassified a 2021 report that detailed FISA abuses. The report stated that the FBI, under Section 702, searched data for an unnamed member of Congress and local political organizations to determine if they had ties to foreign intelligence.
During a House Intelligence Committee hearing earlier this year, Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., said he believed he was the unnamed lawmaker unlawfully queried by the FBI.
FISA Section 702 is set to sunset on Dec. 31, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are proposing reforms in order to reauthorize the section, with more congressional oversight.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and LaHood, R-Illinois, the leader of the bipartisan FISA 702 Working Group said that "while there was a sharp decline in U.S. person queries from December 2021 to November 2022, it is incumbent upon Congress, not the Executive Branch, to codify reforms to FISA Section 702."
"Without additional safeguards, a clean reauthorization of 702 is a non-starter," they said. "The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence launched a bipartisan working group to perform a thorough and comprehensive review of FISA and confront the missteps and inappropriate actions taken by the FBI."
They added: "We need to pass substantive and meaningful reforms to help deter abusive behavior by the FBI in the FISA process."
Turner and LaHood said that FISA Section 702 is an "irreplaceable national security tool," but stressed that Congress "must protect the American people’s privacy and civil liberties."
House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, this week during a hearing focused on FISA, proposed removing the FBI "altogether" from querying American citizens.
FISA reform became a priority for both Republicans and Democrats following a 2019 review from Horowitz. That review found significant inaccuracies and omissions by the FBI in a FISA warrant application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2016, and has proposed significant reforms to FISA Section 702 since. | 2023-04-28T19:30:32+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/odni-report-reveals-significant-decline-in-fbi-queries-of-us-citizens-under-fisa-702-last/article_e044ae32-0549-5a99-9a19-7959bf6f41fe.html |
The conclusion of the baseball playoffs brought an end to the spring sports season for high school athletics, and its worth noting some of the highlights involving Livingston Parish teams and athletes.
At the top of the list is the Holden softball team, which won its fifth consecutive state title in a span of six years. It's the latest entry in an impressive run that has featured numerous athletes and multiple coaches.
Also making a deep softball run was Walker, with its second Class 5A semifinal appearance in the last three tournaments. Doyle, the 2018 Class 2A champion, followed up last season’s title game berth by reaching the semifinals.
Livingston’s other team championship came from the Denham Springs bowling team. The Yellow Jackets avenged their only loss of the season with a semifinal win over Dutchtown, and defeated C.E. Byrd in the championship match to win their first state title since 2008.
In baseball, Doyle and Springfield took their rivalry to another level. After the teams split a pair of regular season games, each winning by two runs on the road, the pair squared off one more time in the semifinals of the Class 2A playoffs. Doyle edged Springfield 4-2, and went on to the championship game where it was defeated by Rosepine for the second consecutive year.
The outdoor track and field championships at LSU’s Bernie Moore track stadium are always the scene of record-breaking performances and exciting finishes.
In Class 5A, Denham Spring’ Hannah Linebaugh won the girls 1,600-meter run with a time of 5 minutes, 10.59 seconds. She came back near the end of the meet and placed second in the 3,200. Also picking up a second-place finish was the Jackets’ Porter Gibson in the boys shot put.
Albany’s Cayden Boudreaux was second in the Class 3A girls 1,600, one spot better than her finish last year.
In Class 2A, the Holden girls 4x200 relay team was second, and Rockets’ pole vaulter Taylor Purvis was second in the boys competition.
The accomplishments of the spring sports season will have to satiate us for now, but football, volleyball, cross-country and swimming will be coming in August.
Sports notes
- The LHSAA recently released its list of spring academic honorees. The list of student-athletes who were recognized included Austin Nelson of Albany and Jared Browning of Denham Springs in boys bowling; Brianna Daigle and Claire Dean of Denham Springs in girls tennis; Jenae Adams and Emma Brooks of Live Oak, and Alayna Daigrepont and Kara Jones of Walker in softball; and Garrett Patrick of Walker, and Braden McLin and Wyatt Morgan of Doyle in baseball. All of the student-athletes listed here carried a 4.0 GPA.
- Former Live Oak High standout Preston Faulkner probably didn’t have time to notice his postseason honors last week while SLU was hosting one side of the Southland Conference tournament’s bracket. Faulkner was named first team all-conference as a first baseman. Going into the SLC tournament, he led the league with 13 home runs, and also had 14 doubles, 55 RBIs and a .611 slugging percentage. | 2022-05-23T08:47:43+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/livingston_tangipahoa/article_1ac9cde2-d886-11ec-8ebd-8bd4d8ace95c.html |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Indianapolis police officer helping serve warrants was shot and wounded overnight by a man who was then fatally shot by other officers, police said.
The officer, a three-veteran of the Lawrence Police Department, was treated and released from a hospital after being shot in the leg Tuesday night and was expected to make a full recovery, said Lawrence Police Chief Gary Woodruff.
Lawrence and Indianapolis police officers were serving warrants for two people at a home in the northeast Indianapolis suburb about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when the shooting occurred, said Lawrence police Commander Tracey Cantrell.
A special weapons and tactics team was on the scene because the two people being served warrants were known to carry guns and were wanted for allegedly firing guns at homes, he said.
As officers surrounded the house, one of the two suspects came from the back of the house and fired a rifle, striking the Lawrence officer in the leg and prompting other officers to return fire, killing the man, police said.
Woodruff said the officers' gunfire also hit a woman at the scene but her injuries were not life threatening, WISH-TV reported.
“It was a very fluid, rapidly evolving, very dynamic situation. We’re glad it wasn’t worse but certainly it was bad enough," he said.
Authorities had not released the names of the people who were shot as of Wednesday morning. | 2023-01-11T15:43:50+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Indiana-cop-shot-wounded-before-other-officers-17710233.php |
Biden seeks to show stability in bid to avert banking chaos
Washington — In 2016, Vice President Joe Biden warned against efforts to unravel banking regulations that Democrats had fought to implement following the nation’s financial crisis, just as the emerging Trump administration was determined to loosen those strict banking rules.
Biden argued that without the far-reaching 2010 banking overhaul known as Dodd-Frank, financial institutions would continue to gamble with consumers' cash and ultimately hurt the middle class.
“We can’t go back to the days when financial companies take massive risks with the knowledge that a taxpayer bailout is around the corner when they fail,” Biden said in a speech at Georgetown University in the waning days of the Obama administration.
Now there's a banking crisis on his watch as president, and Biden is moving aggressively to assure the public that it is contained, bank executives will be fired, deposits are safe and taxpayers aren't on the hook — measures also designed to calm jittery financial markets.
As he contemplates an announcement for a second term, Biden's ability to avert a contagion among financial institutions will test his contention that his administration represents competence and stability in contrast to the chaos of the Donald Trump years.
His call for additional regulation, though, is likely to run into stiff resistance in the Republican-controlled House and even among some moderate Democratic lawmakers who joined Republicans to loosen some rules in a 2018 law — not to mention criticism from the still-forming 2024 Republican field that has already labeled his actions a bailout by just another name.
Privately, Biden has been adamant that the government's intervention would not be like that of 2008, when Congress authorized billions in taxpayer cash to rescue financial institutions that were deemed too big to fail. That's according to a senior White House official, who was not authorized to describe private discussion by name.
But administration officials believe that this time they had to act substantively despite bad decision-making by bank executives, given the economic risks and the potential impact on customers who did nothing wrong.
Unlike in 2008, Biden was insistent that bank executives had to pay a price, said the official, granted anonymity to discuss internal White House deliberations.
“The management of these banks will be fired,” Biden declared Monday. If an institution is taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., “the people running the bank should not work there anymore.”
On Monday, Biden also stressed that taxpayers will not bear the cost of his administration's penalties on the two failed banks, instead tapping into an insurance fund that is paid for by bank fees. And while customers and small businesses who stashed their money with the penalized banks would be protected, Biden emphasized that investors would not.
“They knowingly took a risk and when the risk didn’t pay off, investors lose their money,” Biden said. “That’s how capitalism works.”
California Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, said that Biden, like others, cannot ignore the lessons of the 2008 financial collapse and that having endured it firsthand, the president was well aware of the stakes. In conversations over the weekend, the White House assured her he was on top of it.
“I think that his main concern was how to, No. 1, take care of the depositors and avoid contagion so that we would not basically, seriously, disrupt the banking system in this country," Waters said.
Regulators put Silicon Valley Bank under FDIC control on Friday afternoon after panicked depositors rushed to withdraw all their funds within a matter of hours. That's a bank run. Top administration officials including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed that they were monitoring the situation, as reports of companies struggling to figure out how to manage their finances amid the two banks' shutdown rippled throughout the media and threatened regional banks around the country.
By Sunday night, Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC announced that all Silicon Valley Bank clients would be able to access their money, as would depositors from Signature Bank in New York, which similarly failed and would be taken over by state regulators. As administration officials were working behind the scenes, Biden was regularly briefed by his chief of staff, Jeff Zients, National Economic Council director Lael Brainard and Yellen throughout the weekend, according to the White House.
Biden also spoke with outside economists, although the White House declined to identify them.
Administration officials also worked to brief lawmakers over the weekend, although several Republicans were left off a call for senators with Treasury and FDIC officials on Sunday night. After Republicans protested publicly, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pointed out to Treasury that GOP senators were excluded, the administration quickly convened a separate briefing for Senate Republicans on Monday afternoon.
There, several GOP senators conveyed their concerns to administration officials that Silicon Valley executives were being rescued in a way that could ultimately harm community banks in their home states, according to a person with knowledge of the call who was granted anonymity to discuss a private conversation. That would be because these banks would be assessed new fees to replenish the insurance fund that the administration tapped to aid the two failed banks' depositors.
Indeed, the political specter of the word “bailout” will linger over the White House for some time.
Republicans angling for the 2024 presidential nomination are already arguing that customers will ultimately bear the costs of the government's actions even if taxpayer funds weren't directly used. Some economists believe more fees levied on banks will just get passed onto consumers, such as increased rates for loans.
“Joe Biden is pretending this isn’t a bailout. It is," former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said, arguing that depositors at other banks now are “forced to subsidize Silicon Valley Bank’s mismanagement” and that bank customers will ultimately be responsible for the costs if the insurance fund is drained.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee who is eyeing a presidential bid, also criticized what he called a “culture of government intervention,” arguing that it incentivizes banks to continue risky behavior if they know federal agencies will ultimately rescue them.
White House and other administration officials are insisting their actions are not a bailout. But Harvard University economist Kenneth Rogoff said while he agrees that the government is rightly protecting the two banks' depositors, the money spent to make them whole is “certainly a bailout.”
“The government swore after the financial crisis it was not going to bail out uninsured depositors and it was not going to bail out money funds," Rogoff said. "It basically, as I understand it, is guaranteeing everything. So that’s certainly a bailout.”
AP White House correspondent Zeke Miller and AP chief congressional correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report. | 2023-03-14T12:12:32+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/14/biden-seeks-to-show-stability-in-bid-to-avert-banking-chaos/70006591007/ |
Boy, 16, charged in fatal shootings near Chicago school
CHICAGO (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in a December shooting near a Chicago high school that left two students dead and two other teens wounded. Chicago police said on Friday that the suspect was arrested Thursday and has a bond court hearing Saturday. His name was not released. He is charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. He also faces charges as a juvenile. The shooting occurred Dec. 16 near Benito Juarez High School as classes were being dismissed. Two boys, ages 15 and 14, were pronounced dead at a hospital. Another boy and a girl, both 15, were wounded. | 2023-02-11T01:39:43+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/02/10/boy-16-charged-in-fatal-shootings-near-chicago-school/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Ohio bar owner who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a military-style stack formation with fellow members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group told jurors Wednesday that it was a “really stupid” decision, saying she got swept up in what seemed to be a “very American moment.”
In a decision that surprised even the judge, Jessica Watkins took the the stand to testify in her defense as the high-stakes seditious conspiracy case against her, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and three others nears a close.
Watkins, an Army veteran who has been locked up since her arrest nearly two years ago, testified that she never intended to interfere with Congress’ certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory and never heard any commands for her and other Oath Keepers to enter the building on Jan. 6, 2021.
Watkins recalled consuming a “steady diet” of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ “Infowars” show, which pushed the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. She called herself “just another idiot” in the mob on Jan. 6 and likened the scene outside the Capitol — where rioters smashed windows and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with police — to a Black Friday sale.
“Are you proud of what you did?” her attorney, Jonathan Crisp, asked.
“Not anymore,” Watkins replied.
Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, is the third defendant in the more than monthlong trial to take the witness stand — a move generally considered by defense lawyers as a last-resort option as it opens defendants up to intense cross-examination by prosecutors and often does more harm than good. Prosecutors will get a chance to question Watkins on Thursday.
Watkins took the stand in the seventh week of testimony in the case accusing Rhodes, Watkins and three others of a violent plot to stop the transfer of presidential power. Closing arguments could happen as early as this week.
Jurors have heard how Watkins before the riot was messaging with people who expressed interest in joining her Ohio militia group about “military-style basic” training planned for early January. She told one recruit: “I need you fighting fit” by the inauguration, which was Jan. 20, 2021.
They have seen video of Watkins and other Oath Keepers shouldering through the angry pro-Trump mob and into the building in what prosecutors have described as military-style stack formation. They have also heard a recording of a channel called “Stop the Steal J6” on the walkie-talkie app Zello that Watkins used to communicate with others during the riot.
“We are in the mezzanine. We are in the main dome right now. We are rocking it. They are throwing grenades, they are fricking shooting people with paint balls. But we are in here,” Watkins said in the recording.
“Get it, Jess. … Everything we (expletive) trained for,” someone responded.
The defense has spent weeks hammering prosecutors’ lack of evidence of an explicit plan for the Oath Keepers to attack the Capitol before Jan. 6.
Rhodes, a former Army paratrooper and Yale Law School graduate from Granbury, Texas, told jurors that there was never a plan to attack the Capitol. He testified that he was surprised and upset when he learned that some group members had joined a pro-Trump mob in storming the building and that their only mission that day was to provide security for Trump ally Roger Stone and others at events before the rally.
Thomas Caldwell, another defendant whose trial testimony ended earlier on Wednesday, told jurors he wasn’t serious when he floated the idea in messages before the riot of getting a boat that could ferry “heavy weapons” across the Potomac River into Oath Keepers’ “waiting arms.” Caldwell, a retired U.S. Navy intelligence officer from Berryville, Virginia, described it as “creative writing.”
Watkins’ lawyer told jurors during opening statements last month that she is a transgender woman who served as an Army Ranger but was discharged early — a decision that has “haunted her for the duration of her life.”
“She’s never felt like she fit in,” Crisp said. “A lot of the things she did that day were to try and fit in.”
Watkins told jurors that she struggled with her gender identity since she was a young child but kept it from her parents for years given her strict Christian upbringing. She described being confronted after a deployment to Afghanistan by a fellow soldier who borrowed her laptop and saw evidence of her contact with a support group for transgender people.
“I just panicked. Freaked out,” she said. “I panicked and went AWOL. I ran.”
Watkins said she went AWOL for about two months, spending time in Alaska before receiving an “other than honorable” discharge. She came out to her parents, who she said told her “never to come home again.” Watkins said she reconciled with her parents roughly 15 years later, and they welcomed her back home.
Her fiancé, Montana Siniff, testified earlier this month that Watkins’ 2003 discharge came after she was hazed on a deployment. “She was hazed to the point on one of her deployments that she absolutely feared for her life,” he told jurors.
Watkins’ attorney didn’t signal before Wednesday that she planned to testify. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta appeared frustrated that the court wasn’t given a heads-up, telling Watkins’ lawyer “it would have been nice to know this” before he told jurors earlier in the day that they may get the case by Friday.
Also on trial with Watkins, Rhodes and Caldwell are Kelly Meggs, leader of the Florida chapter of the Oath Keepers, and Kenneth Harrelson, another group member from Florida. They face several other felony charges in addition to seditious conspiracy.
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Associated Press reporter Alanna Durkin Richer contributed from Boston.
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For full coverage of the Capitol riot, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siege | 2022-11-18T01:46:22+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/ap-storming-capitol-was-really-stupid-oath-keeper-testifies/ |
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Elon Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk has taken the witness stand to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening. That tweet resulted in a $40 million settlement with securities regulators and a class-action lawsuit alleging he misled investors. The mercurial billionaire took the witness stand Friday on the third day of a civil trial in San Francisco that his lawyer unsuccessfully tried to move to Texas, where Tesla is now headquartered, on the premise that media coverage of his tumultuous takeover of Twitter had tainted the jury pool.
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Google axes 12,000 jobs as layoffs spread across tech sector
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LONDON (AP) — Google is laying off 12,000 workers, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs. The Silicon Valley giant’s CEO Sundar Pichai shared the news Friday in an email to staff that was also posted on the company’s news blog. He said that the company has hired for “periods of dramatic growth” over the past two years but that was a “different economic reality than the one we face today.” He said the layoffs reflect a “rigorous review” that Google carried out of product areas and functions.
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Inspections of Ukrainian grain ships halved since October
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In soaked California, few homeowners have flood insurance
ACAMPO, Calif. (AP) — As California begins to dry out from its recent deluges, one stark reality is coming into focus: Only 230,000 homes and other buildings are insured against flooding in a state with about 39 million residents. That amounts to about 2% of properties. The federal government offers most of these policies, with the private market picking up just a few more. The numbers offer a perspective on the vulnerability of many people’s most important asset at a time when storms in a changing climate are able to carry more rain.
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A car with three occupants recently drove into a barricade outside the California home owned by Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents. It was an apparent attempt to gain access to the property where the founder of crypto exchange FTX is under house arrest. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried made the disclosure in a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan who is presiding over the criminal case against Bankman-Fried. They cited the incident while arguing that unsealing the names of two individuals who signed Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bail bond could put their privacy and safety at risk.
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US Treasury buys time for Biden and GOP on debt limit deal
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J&J subsidiary to pay $9.75M to resolve kickback allegations
BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a subsidiary of health care company Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle allegations that it violated federal and state law by providing free products to a surgeon. Under the settlement with DePuy Synthes announced Friday, the company accepts responsibility for giving the surgeon instruments for spine surgeries in the Middle East that were intended to induce the surgeon to use the company’s products in spine surgeries performed on Medicare and Medicaid patients in Massachusetts. The company in a statement said it cooperated with the investigation and is committed to complying with all laws and regulations.
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Heard faces high legal hurdles seeking to reverse Depp win
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard libel trial, which generated intense interest for two months earlier this year as a livestreamed, no-holds-barred soap opera featuring one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, is not fading away quietly.
Earlier this month, Heard’s lawyers filed a 51-page motion asking Judge Penney Azcarate to set aside the jury’s verdict, which gave $10 million to Depp and $2 million to Heard on competing defamation claims.
The motion cites multiple reasons that the verdict is untenable, from the surprising decision to declare both sides victorious to one extent or another, to a bizarre case of mistaken identity with one of the jurors.
Among the issues raised:
WHY $10 MILLION?
Depp sued for $25 million in Fairfax County after Heard wrote a 2018 op-ed piece in The Washington Post about domestic violence in which she referred to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article never mentioned Depp by name, but his lawyers said several passages in the article defamed him by implication by referring to highly publicized abuse allegations she made in 2016 as she filed for divorce.
Heard then filed a $50 million counterclaim, also for defamation. By the time the case went to trial, her counterclaim had been whittled down to a few statements made by one of Depp’s lawyers, who called Heard’s abuse allegations a hoax.
The jury awarded $15 million to Depp and $2 million to Heard on her counterclaim. The $15 million judgment was reduced to $10.35 million because Virginia law caps punitive damages at $350,000.
Heard’s lawyers say in court papers that the $10 million verdict is unsupported by the facts, and seems to demonstrate that jurors failed to focus on the fallout from the 2018 op-ed piece — as they were supposed to do — and instead just looked broadly at the damage Depp’s reputation suffered as a result of the alleged abuse.
Depp’s lawyers, though, say the damages are supported by testimony from his agent and others. They say the precedents cited by Heard’s team to support her arguments “are decades old, and none involves an international A-list celebrity.”
Steve Cochran, a civil lawyer in Virginia who was appointed by a judge as a neutral conciliator in the case to try to minimize pretrial discovery disputes, said he always believed the weakest link in Depp’s case was the damages, given evidence that the actor’s reputation had been ruined in Hollywood well before the publication of the op-ed. Still, he said he’s skeptical that Heard can get the verdict set aside.
Scott Surovell, a lawyer and Democratic state senator who practices law in Fairfax, also said he sees little reason to set aside the damages.
“What the judge looks for ... is that the verdict was adequately supported at trial and wasn’t based on speculation or conjecture. (Depp) makes a lot of money from movies. That doesn’t sound to me like the damages were based on speculation or conjecture, but on evidence,” he said.
“INCONSISTENT AND IRRECONCILABLE”
Heard’s lawyers argue that the verdicts for Depp on one hand and Heard on the other are fundamentally nonsensical.
“The jury’s dueling verdicts are inconsistent and irreconcilable,” her lawyers wrote.
Depp’s lawyers, though, say the verdict form used by jurors allowed them to express with specificity exactly which statements they found defamatory. When you look at the individual statements, they say, the dueling verdicts make sense.
Jeremiah Denton III, a Virginia Beach attorney with experience in defamation cases, said he doesn’t view the verdicts as irreconcilable. If anything, he said, the award most in jeopardy is the $2 million given to Heard, because he said it’s legally dubious that Depp can be held liable for statements made by his attorney.
“I don’t understand why the judge even allowed that issue to go to the jury,” he said.
JUROR #15
One of the more unusual items in the discussion is a case of apparent mistaken identity with one of the jurors. According to court papers, a 77-year-old county resident received a summons for the trial. But the man’s son, who has the same name and lives at the same address, responded to the summons and served in his stead.
Heard’s lawyers say Virginia law is strict about juror identities, and the case of mistaken identity is grounds for a mistrial. They have presented no evidence that the 52-year-old son, identified in court papers only as Juror #15, purposefully or insidiously sought to replace his father, but they argue that possibility should not be discounted.
“The Court cannot assume, as Mr. Depp asks it to, that Juror 15′s apparently improper service was an innocent mistake. It could have been an intentional attempt to serve on the jury of a high-profile case,” Heard’s lawyers wrote.
Paul Bekman, a Baltimore lawyer who has also tried cases in Virginia, said Heard’s team needed to raise any issues about the juror ahead of time.
“Anybody looking at a 52-year-old and a 77-year-old would be able to tell — hopefully — that there’s a difference of 25 years, and they would have the right to inquire about that,” he said. “I believe it is too late to complain about the juror.”
Cochran also said he was skeptical that the confusion could result in a mistrial or the judge setting aside the verdict, but he cautioned that it’s difficult to predict because the issue is so rare.
“I’ve been practicing for 50 years and never seen that issue come up,” he said.
___ Lavoie reported from Richmond.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book, written by a nationally recognized education group, that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts” because of language about inclusion and structural racism.
Barbara Cooper was forced out as as head of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education after Ivey expressed concern over the distribution of the book to state-run pre-kindergartens. Ivey spokesperson Gina Maiola identified the book as the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Developmentally Appropriate Practice Book, 4th edition. Maiola said she understands that the books have been removed from the state classrooms.
“The education of Alabama’s children is my top priority as governor, and there is absolutely no room to distract or take away from this mission. Let me be crystal clear: Woke concepts that have zero to do with a proper education and that are divisive at the core have no place in Alabama classrooms at any age level, let alone with our youngest learners,” Ivey said in a statement.
Ivey’s statement comes as conservative politicians have made a rallying cry out of decrying so-called “woke” teachings, with schools sometimes emerging as a flashpoint over diversity training and parents’ rights.
The governor’s office said Ivey first asked Cooper to “send a memo to disavow this book and to immediately discontinue its use.” Ivey’s office did not say how Cooper responded but that the governor made the decision to replace Cooper and accepted her resignation. Cooper could not immediately be reached for comment.
The book is a guide for early childhood educators. It is not a curriculum taught to children.
The governor’s office, in a press release, cited two examples from the book — one discussing white privilege and that “the United States is built on systemic and structural racism” and another that Ivey’s office claimed teaches LGBTQ+ inclusion to 4-year-olds. Those sections, according to a copy of the 881-page book obtained by The Associated Press, discuss combating bias and making sure that all children feel welcome.
“Early childhood programs also serve and welcome families that represent many compositions. Children from all families (e.g., single parent, grandparent-led, foster, LGBTQIA+) need to hear and see messages that promote equality, dignity, and worth,” the book states.
The section on structural racism states that “systemic and structural racism … has permeated every institution and system through policies and practices that position people of color in oppressive, repressive, and menial positions. The early education system is not immune to these forces.” It says preschool is one place where children “begin to see how they are represented in society” and that the classroom should be a place of “affirmation and healing.”
NAEYC is a national accrediting board that works to provide high-quality education materials and resources for young children. In an emailed response to The Associated Press, the group did not address Ivey’s statements but said the book is a research-based resource for educators.
“For nearly four decades, and in partnership with hundreds of thousands of families and educators, Developmentally Appropriate Practice has served as the foundation for high-quality early childhood education across all states and communities. While not a curriculum, it is a responsive, educator-developed, educator-informed, and research-based resource that has been honed over multiple generations to support teachers in helping all children thrive and reach their full potential,” the statement read.
Cooper is a member of the NAEYC board. In a previously published statement on the organization’s website about the latest edition of the book, Cooper said that book teaches, “applicable skills for teaching through developmentally appropriate practices that build brains during the critical first five years of life.”
Alabama’s First Class voluntary pre-kindergarten programs operates more than 1,400 classrooms across the state. The program has won high ratings from the National Institute for Early Education Research. | 2023-04-22T14:56:36+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/national/ap-us-news/alabama-education-director-ousted-over-woke-training-book/ |
Automaker named to Points of Light Civic 50 as one of the most community-minded companies in America for 2023
CAMDEN, N.J., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today released its 2022 Corporate Impact Report, detailing for the fifth year how they share the love with their customers, employees, environment, and community. One highlight not included within the report is the recent announcement that Points of Light has named Subaru a 2023 Civic 50 Honoree, recognizing the automaker as one of the 50 most community-minded companies in America, for the third consecutive year.
"We'd like to thank our retailers, employees, partners, and the entire Subaru family for helping us achieve and exceed our impact goals in 2022, as well as for providing the inspiration to accomplish even more together in the future," said Tadashi 'Tady' Yoshida, Chairman and CEO of Subaru of America, Inc.
The Subaru Corporate Impact Report details the ways in which SOA exemplified their mission to be More Than a Car Company® throughout the 2022 calendar year. Compiled as a result of broadened data collection and disclosure efforts, the report shares the who, what, where, when, and why of the automaker's efforts to positively impact every individual its work reaches — from new car buyers to longtime owners to retailers and partners, as well as those in the communities where Subaru employees live and work.
"At Subaru we take it to heart when saying we are More Than a Car Company, and know it comes with the responsibility of living out our pledge with a commitment to improving the world around us," said Jeff Walters, President and COO of Subaru of America, Inc.
The Subaru Love Promise® is the focal point of the report, extending into five pillars: Subaru Loves to Care, Subaru Loves the Earth, Subaru Loves to Help, Subaru Loves Learning, and Subaru Loves Pets. Milestones reached in 2022 include more than $1.9 million in philanthropic gifts to nonprofits in the Camden, New Jersey community where SOA is based, and over 10,000 hours employees spent volunteering across the nation.
Living Our Values
- Subaru of America Foundation partnered with SOA's Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to grant funding to nonprofits that support Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) outcomes.
- In 2022, over half of Subaru employees were involved in the company's ERGs, which bring its DEIB values to life.
- The talent management and acquisition team continued to benchmark their DEIB practices in the employee recruitment and retention process through partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the National Association of Black Accountants, Women of Color Automotive Network, and military organizations.
Subaru Love Promise Customer Commitment
- Received recognition by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for four vehicle models as a TOP SAFETY PICK+ and two as a TOP SAFETY PICK in 2022.
- Earned 'Superior' rating in front crash prevention from IIHS for all vehicle models when equipped with EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology.
- Received 2022 Best Cars for Teens award for Ascent and Forester from U.S. News & World Report.
- Named #20 on the list of the 100 most visible U.S.-based companies in the 2022 Axios Harris Poll 100 Reputation Ranking, based on a survey of more than 30,000 Americans.
- Sold all available Subaru Solterra models, the company's first fully electric vehicle, produced in 2022; demonstrating progress toward its goal to electrify 100% of Subaru vehicles by 2035.
Subaru Love Promise Community Commitment
- The annual Subaru Share the Love® Event reached the 15-year milestone of $256 million donated to national and hometown charities.
- More than 70% of SOA employees volunteered a total of 10,000+ hours in 2022.
- Most SOA employees (over 70%) participated in company sponsored volunteering efforts in 2022, achieving a total of 10,000+ volunteer hours.
- Subaru is one of the most fuel-efficient automotive brands in the United States, based on improvement in fuel economy per mile since 2009 as analyzed by the EPA.
- Subaru remanufactured 1,548+ tons of products in 2022.
In addition to highlighting how Subaru was More Than a Car Company in 2022, the report showcases how the automaker's 2022 corporate responsibility actions parallel the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
To learn more about Corporate Responsibility at Subaru of America, Inc., please visit www.subaru.com/about/corporate-responsibility.html.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile manufacturing plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA and the SOA Foundation have donated more than $300 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged nearly 88,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do. For additional information visit media.subaru.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Brooklinen, Zimasilk and Lilysilk silk pillowcase comparison
Many people wake up in the morning with frizzy, tangled hair. Others have issues staying cool at night. While you could mediate hair damage by using non-irritating laundry detergent to keep your tresses in order, it won’t necessarily maintain a lower temperature. One catch-all option for reducing hair frizz and keeping your skin cool is to use a silk pillowcase.
Silk is hypoallergenic and smoother than cotton, meaning it will reduce friction to tame hair frizz and minimize breakage. When purchasing a silk pillowcase, you should consider the silk grade and momme count. The grade starts at 2A, the least expensive option, and goes up to 6A for the highest-quality silk. Momme count indicates the weight, which goes up to 25 for the softest silk. We wanted to see if silk pillowcases helped manage frizz and kept us cool at night, so we tested three popular mulberry silk pillowcases: Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Zimasilk 100% Mulberry Silk Pillowcase and Lilysilk Silk Pillowcase. Here’s what we found.
What is the Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Pillowcase?
The Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Pillowcase is 100% pure mulberry silk. The high-quality silk is designed to be a breathable yet insulating fabric, making it cool to the touch and perfect for hot sleepers. In addition, it’s OEKO-TEX certified for chemical safety, meaning it’s made without formaldehyde and other heavy metals. Plus, it’s machine-washable and requires less maintenance than other silk pillowcases.
Our experience with the Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Pillowcase
The presentation of the Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Pillowcase was impressive, appearing high-end from the start. The ivory pillowcase looked crisp and felt very smooth. We had no trouble slipping it onto a queen pillow with little to no gaping left over. As far as feel, this is probably one of the smoothest pillowcases we have tried.
What we appreciated most was the reduction in frizzy hair and tangles. It was much easier to brush out hair after using a silk pillowcase, requiring less maintenance overall. The brand claims this pillow has a cooling effect, which we can attest to. After washing the pillowcase in the machine per the instructions multiple times, it still appeared like new. There was no discoloration, snags, tears or pilling.
The only improvement we would suggest for this pillowcase is a zipper closure. The combination of an envelope closure and slippery fabric often caused the pillow to start slipping out of the pillowcase in the middle of the night.
Where to buy the Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Pillowcase
The Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Pillowcase is available on the Amazon.
What is the Zimasilk 100% Mulberry Silk Pillowcase?
The Zimasilk Mulberry Silk Pillowcase is made of 100% Grade 6A mulberry silk and 19 momme count, which is one of the highest-quality silk combinations out there. The brand claims its breathable silk “allows your body to reduce cortisol levels, relax better and get you a better sleep quality.†Silk is also hypoallergenic, which is ideal for allergy sufferers.
Our experience with the Zimasilk 100% Mulberry Silk Pillowcase
We received the white Zimasilk Mulberry Silk Pillowcase. Even though the color wasn’t as bright as it was online, it was close enough to what we expected. When compared to other silk pillowcases, it’s a bit thinner, but we still were able to fall asleep quickly. We also appreciated the zipper closure, which kept the pillow in place overnight.
The washing process for this pillowcase requires more maintenance than a traditional cotton pillowcase, but that’s expected for a silk pillowcase. We simply hand-washed it with gentle soap and air-dried it to reduce wrinkles. We followed the washing instructions, and even after 10 days, the pillowcase still seemed like new. That said, it wasn’t necessarily cool and felt the same temperature as other non-silk pillowcases, but we did notice less frizzy hair and fewer tangles.
Where to buy Zimasilk 100% Mulberry Silk Pillowcase
The Zimasilk 100% Mulberry Silk Pillowcase is available on Amazon.
What is the Lilysilk Silk Pillowcase?
What separates the Lilysilk Silk Pillowcase from similar products is the pure silk upper side and premium cotton underside. This feature helps cut costs and keeps the pillow from slipping around inside the pillowcase. The brand claims the Grade 6A mulberry silk and 19 momme count reduces friction on the hair and face.
Our experience with the Lilysilk Silk Pillowcase
We immediately noticed this pillowcase is a little rougher than other silk pillowcases we’ve tried. It’s also slightly thinner. While the instructions state that it’s machine-washable or hand-wash, we opted to wash it by hand to preserve the quality. However, after multiple washes, the material seemed mildly rougher. That said, it didn’t impact our quality of sleep or negate the positive effects of the pillowcase.
Even though this pillowcase wasn’t necessarily cool, we still slept through the night without interruption and woke up with much less hair frizz in the morning. We appreciated the zipper closure, but the cotton side didn’t provide any significant difference compared to other silk pillowcases. Ultimately, we would have preferred it to be made entirely of silk.
Where to buy the Lilysilk Silk Pillowcase
The Lilysilk Silk Pillowcase is available on Amazon.
Other products worth considering
Since it’s made using the highest-quality Grade 6A long-fiber mulberry silk with a momme count of 22, this silk pillowcase is soft, thick and durable. It comes in over ten color options and is made with non-toxic dyes.
Sold by Sephora
This pillowcase is made from 100% Grade 6A pure mulberry silk with 19 momme count. The company focuses on low land impact and carbon footprint. Plus, it has a zipper closure to keep the pillow secure.
Sold by Amazon
This silk pillowcase has a hidden zipper closure design and is machine-washable. It’s made of 22 momme count and 100% mulberry silk.
Sold by Macy’s
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BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD/WIVB) – After a manhunt spanning multiple states and multiple days, a man wanted for questioning in the death of a New York mother earlier this month has been captured in South Carolina.
Michael Burham, 34, was wanted for questioning in the May 11 homicide of 34-year-old Kala Hodgkin in Jamestown, New York, Nexstar’s WIVB reported. Burham has several active warrants, including sexual assault, unlawful imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child, and arson, according to police.
As authorities searched for Burham, Jamestown police confirmed Sunday they were working with police in North Charleston, South Carolina after an elderly couple reported being kidnapped from their Pennsylvania home and driven to the city by Burham.
Late Tuesday, Burham was reportedly spotted near Broomstraw Hill Road following an hourslong search in the Francis Marion National Forest near Huger in Berkeley County, Kevin Wheeler, a South Carolina spokesman for the FBI, said.
Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office responded to Halfway Creek Road after receiving a report that a man matching Burham’s description had been spotted in the area. As they were speaking with the man, deputies said he became “real evasive,” Sheriff Duane Lewis said during a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
“At that point, they determined he was the suspect that all the law enforcement agencies in the Lowcountry [were] looking for,” said Sheriff Lewis. But, as they were reviewing Burham’s information, officials say he fled and managed to evade officers..
He was believed to be within a 10-mile radius of a wooded area near Halfway Creek Road and South Hampton Drive. Law enforcement saturated the surrounding areas on Wednesday amid their search.
Berkeley County officials said they received a tip Wednesday afternoon that a man matching Burham’s description had been spotted behind a home on United Drive, the same area where officials had searched Tuesday.
Law enforcement officials quickly moved search efforts back to Berkeley County, where Burham was taken into custody. Additional details about his arrest have yet to be released.
The FBI offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to Burham’s arrest. It’s not clear if that reward prompted Wednesday’s tip.
Authorities haven’t said why Burham arrived in the Charleston area, or what, if any, relationship he had with Hodgkin.
Family described Hodgkin as a caring person and loving mother of three children ages 8, 11 and 14. | 2023-05-25T16:22:02+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/crime/fbi-offers-10k-reward-as-multistate-manhunt-in-kidnapping-womans-death-continues/ |
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Miami Herald correspondent Jacqueline Charles about lawlessness in Haiti a year after the assassination of Prime Minister Jovenel Moise.
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First quarter revenue of $27.8 million, net GAAP loss of $(29.0) million and Adjusted EBITDA of ($1.4) million; Mined 1,531 Bitcoin, a 132% increase over same prior year period
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CleanSpark, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSK) (the "Company"), America's Bitcoin Miner™, today reported financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2022.
"We have reliably grown, quarter over quarter, as we execute an operational strategy that we believe makes us one of the fastest growing, most reliable, and most efficient publicly traded bitcoin miners in North America," said Chief Executive Officer Zach Bradford. "While we faced headwinds due to depressed bitcoin prices during most of our fiscal first quarter, we persisted and grew. Our average hashrate rapidly increased, outpacing global hashrate, and we mined the most bitcoin ever in a single quarter. Last month we had our highest monthly production ever, at nearly 700 bitcoins. We are starting to see all the hard work we put in during our last quarter pay off and we expect to continue to deliver on our goals as we work toward our calendar year end guidance of 16 EH/s."
"Exactly one year ago we shared our vision and strategy for being a top five miner. Not only did we achieve that goal rather quickly, but we have also set the tone for other miners about what a proper and prudent business model looks like in this industry," said Chief Financial Officer Gary A. Vecchiarelli. "We have been thoughtful and calculated buyers in this market, seeking out accretive acquisitions and efficiently deploying capital. We have been successful in sourcing and closing transactions which not only grow our percentage of the total global hash rate, but also produce meaningful bitcoin and cash flow while still paying down what little debt we have. Despite recent macro headwinds in our first quarter, we are excited for 2023 as a year of continued execution and growth."
Q1 Financial Highlights
Financial Results for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2022
- Revenues for the quarter were $27.8 million, a decrease of $9.3 million, or 25%, from $37.1 million for the same prior year period.
- The Company recognized a net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2022, of $(29.0) million, compared to net income of $14.5 million for the same prior year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA* decreased to ($1.4) million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $25.1 million from the same prior year period.
- The Company saw sequential revenues increase in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 compared to the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022. Revenues increased $1.6 million, or 6%, from the preceding fourth quarter. Net loss for the first quarter was ($29.0) million, decreasing $13.3 million from the fiscal 2022 fourth quarter net loss of ($42.3) million. Adjusted EBITDA was ($1.4) million, compared to $2.9 million in the preceding fourth quarter.
Balance Sheet Highlights as of December 31, 2022
Assets
- Cash: $2.1 million
- Bitcoin: $3.9 million (based upon a per bitcoin price of approximately $17,000 at December 31, 2022)
- Total Current assets: $21.2 million
- Total Mining assets(including prepaid deposits & miners, net of accumulated depreciation): $349.0 million
- Total Assets: $487 million
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
- Current Liabilities: $41.6 million
- Total Liabilities: $59.8 million
- Total Stockholders' Equity: $427.0 million
The Company's liquidity, in cash and bitcoin, was approximately $6.0m as of December 31, 2022. The Company's debt totaled $19.6 million at December 31, 2022, as the Company paid down $1.6 million or approximately 8% of its outstanding debt in the fourth quarter.
*See "Non-GAAP Measure" below.
Investor Conference Call and Webcast
The Company will hold its first quarter 2023 earnings presentation and business update for investors and analysts today, February 9, 2023, at 1:30p.m. PT / 4:30p.m. ET.
Webcast URL: https://www.cleanspark.com/investor-relations/clsk-earnings
The webcast will be accessible for at least 30 days on the Company's website and a transcript of the call will be available on the Company's website following the call.
About CleanSpark
CleanSpark (NASDAQ: CLSK) is America's Bitcoin Miner. Since 2014, we've helped people achieve energy independence for their homes and businesses. In 2020, we transitioned that expertise to develop sustainable infrastructure for Bitcoin, an essential tool for financial independence and inclusion. We strive to leave the planet better than we found it by sourcing and investing in low-carbon energy, like wind, solar, nuclear, and hydro. We cultivate trust and transparency among our employees, the communities we operate in, and the people around the world who depend on Bitcoin. CleanSpark holds the 44th spot on the Financial Times' 2022 List of the 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas and ranks thirteenth on Deloitte's Fast 500. For more information about CleanSpark, please visit our website at www.cleanspark.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to statements regarding the Company's future results of operations and financial position, industry and business trends, strategy, plans and market growth and its objectives for future operations. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "could," "intends," "targets," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "forecasts," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are only predictions. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its business, financial condition and results of operations. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause its actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: the success of the Company's bitcoin mining activities; the volatility of bitcoin value and energy prices; disruptions in the crypto asset markets; increased risk of legal proceedings and government investigations; market perception of the Company's business and the crypto asset markets generally; increasing difficulty rates for bitcoin mining; bitcoin halving; new or additional governmental regulation; the anticipated delivery dates of new miners; the ability to successfully deploy new miners; the dependency on utility rate structures and government incentive programs; dependency on third-party power providers for expansion efforts and power rates; the expectations of future revenue growth may not be realized; ongoing demand for the Company's software products and related services; the impact of global pandemics (including COVID-19) on logistics and shipping; and other risks described in the Company's prior press releases and in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 and any subsequent filings with the SEC. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon information available to the Company as of the date of this press release, and such information may be limited or incomplete, and the Company's statements should not be read to indicate that it has conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.
Except as required by applicable law, the Company does not undertake any obligations to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, whether as a result of any new information, future events or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Measure
The Company presents Adjusted EBITDA, which is not a measurement of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"). The Company's non-GAAP "Adjusted EBITDA" represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization that excludes (i) impacts of interest, taxes, and depreciation; (ii) share-based compensation expense, unrealized gains/losses on securities, and, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration in respect of previously completed acquisitions, all of which are non-cash items that the Company believes are not reflective of its general business performance, and for which the accounting requires management judgment, and the resulting expenses could vary significantly in comparison to other companies; (iii) non-cash impairment losses related to long-lived (including goodwill) and digital assets, which include the company's bitcoin for which the accounting requires significant estimates and judgment, and where the resulting expenses could vary significantly in comparison to other companies; (iv) realized gains and losses on sales of bitcoin and equity securities, the amounts of which are directly related to the unrealized gains and losses that are also excluded; (v) legal fees related to litigation and various transactions, which fees management does not believe are reflective of the Company's ongoing operating activities; (vi) gains and losses on disposal of assets, majority of which are related to obsolete or unrepairable machines that are no longer deployed; and (vii) gains and losses related to discontinued operations that would not be applicable to the Company's future business activities. The Company's management believes that providing a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes these items allows for meaningful comparisons between what the Company's management considers to be the Company's core business operating results and those of other companies, as well as providing the Company's management with an important tool for financial and operational decision making and for evaluating its own core business operating results over different periods of time. In addition to management's internal use of non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA, the Company's management believes that this non-GAAP financial measure is also useful to investors and analysts in comparing the Company's performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis. The Company's management believes the foregoing to be the case even though some of the excluded items involve cash outlays and some of them recur on a regular basis (although management does not believe any of such items are normal operating expenses necessary to generate our bitcoin related revenues). For example, the Company expects that share-based compensation expense, which is excluded from Adjusted EBITDA, will continue to be a significant recurring expense over the coming years and is an important part of the compensation provided to certain employees, officers, and directors. The Company has also excluded impairment losses on assets, including impairments of its bitcoin in its non-GAAP financial measures, which may continue to occur in future periods as a result of the Company's continued holdings of significant amounts of bitcoin.
The Company's Adjusted EBITDA measure may not be directly comparable to similar measures provided by other companies in its industry, as other companies in its industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently. The Company's Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to operating income (loss) or any other measure of performance derived in accordance with GAAP. Although, the Company's management utilizes internally and presents Adjusted EBITDA, the Company only utilizes that measure supplementally and does not consider it to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results.
Accordingly, the Company's non-GAAP financial measure is not meant to be considered in isolation of, and should be read in conjunction with the information contained in the Company's consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.
See below for a reconciliation of non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable performance measure presented in accordance with GAAP (i.e., net loss).
Investor Relations Contact
Matt Schultz, Executive Chairman
ir@cleanspark.com
Media Contacts
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Sheriff: Suspect in 5 S.C. murders caught after armed robbery
INMAN, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - The sheriff of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, said a suspect is in custody after five people were killed in the “largest single murder in Spartanburg County.”
The Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office, the sheriff’s office and the Inman Police Department responded to an emergency call at a home Sunday evening.
The coroner said four men were found shot to death in the home, and one man with gunshot wounds passed away in surgery at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
The coroner identified the victims as:
- 37-year-old Thomas Anderson of Bobo Drive
- 32-year-old Adam Morley of Bobo Drive
- 59-year-old Mark Hewitt, who was staying at the house at the time of the incident
- 49-year-old James Derek Baldwin, who was also staying at the house at the time of the incident
- 19-year-old Roman Christean Megael Rocha, the victim who passed away during surgery following the incident
WRDW reports that the suspect, James Douglas Drayton, entered a convenience store near Waynesboro, Georgia, around 4:25 a.m. on Monday while armed with a gun and took a clerk from the kitchen to the cash register, where he demanded money, according to authorities.
He fled with cash and was spotted by Burke County, Georgia, law enforcement, who chased him, authorities said.
Officials said Drayton wrecked his car and led them on a “lengthy foot chase.”
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said after the quintuple homicide, Drayton admitted to committing an armed robbery in Burke County with the murder weapon. He is facing multiple charges for the incident.
Officials said Drayton had been living at the house where the victims were found for about two weeks before the incident.
When Drayton was apprehended, he told law enforcement he had been using methamphetamine and hadn’t slept in four days. Wright added that Drayton fully confessed to the incident and was able to give specific details about the victims.
Wright said he hopes the case against Drayton, who is charged with five counts of murder, fits the criteria for the death penalty.
Drayton is currently charged with four counts of homicide and four counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. According to his warrants, he reportedly shot each of the victims multiple times.
He is currently being held in the Burke County detention center. It is unknown when he will be extradited back to Spartanburg County.
Copyright 2022 WHNS via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. WRDW contributed to this report. | 2022-10-12T02:52:51+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/2022/10/12/sheriff-suspect-5-sc-murders-caught-after-armed-robbery/ |
NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA) between May 29, 2020 and May 9, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 18, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased PEGA securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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The truth regarding PEGA's fraudulent conduct was revealed after the close of the markets on May 9, 2022, when PEGA issued a press release announcing that the jury in the Appian Litigation had awarded Appian more than $2 billion for PEGA's misappropriation of trade secrets. In response to this news, PEGA's stock price fell 21%, from a closing price of $65.93 per share on May 9, 2022, to a closing price of $52.25 on May 10, 2022. As the market continued to digest the verdict, PEGA's stock price dropped another 8% to close at $48.07 per share the following day.
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ANADARKO — A Caddo County man is accused of assaulting his disabled roommate, kidnapping his girlfriend and putting up a kicking fight against police, including a K-9 officer.
Ethan Dwayne Muse, 31, of Apache, made his initial appearance Monday in Caddo County District Court where he received felony charges of kidnapping, two counts of battery/assault and battery on a police officer, domestic abuse — assault and battery, prisoner placing body fluid on a government employee, interfering with a police dog or horse and resisting police, records indicate.
Due to his prior felony convictions, he is looking at up to life in prison.
Apache Police Officer Ben Lehew was called shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday to 215 E. Anderson regarding an assault. The victim, a 51-year-old disabled man, said his roommate, Muse, had attacked him, the probable cause affidavit states. The man was bleeding from a cut to his eye.
“Officer Lehew is very familiar with Ethan Muse as he is an active registered Violent Offender who is currently on active probation from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for violent offenses involving domestic and child abuse cases from Caddo County,” the affidavit states.
When Muse and his girlfriend returned about 30 minutes later, the officer stated he called for backup before knocking at the door.
Muse opened the door, then slammed it shut when ordered to the ground, causing Lehew to force his way inside. The officer fired a Taser dart into Muse’s upper abdomen, according to the affidavit. Muse removed it, threw it on the floor and went to his knees, as if to comply, Lehew stated.
While holstering the Taser and unholstering the handcuffs, Lehew stated Muse charged, shoved him to the ground and got on top, the affidavit states. First unable to unholster his gun, Lehew drew his weapon and threatened to shoot, which caused Muse to get up and run out the front door.
The officer temporarily lost communications and couldn’t call for backup while running after Muse. Eventually he was able to get Muse’s name and description out to other law enforcement.
During a search for Muse, Lehew found footprints down an alley that led to a foot pursuit, the affidavit states. A K-9 officer arrived to assist. Muse was found under a vehicle and forcibly retrieved, Lehew stated.
While being put into a police unit, Muse is accused of kicking one officer and spitting on another. He started hitting his head and barking at the cage for the K-9 officer, causing the dog to become aggressive, according to the affidavit. Muse was put into a spit mask and leg irons.
Lewhew stated during the arrest, Muse threatened to kill the officers “several times.”
Muse’s girlfriend told investigators they had been hiding during the initial police response. She said when she tried to leave, he held her down on the ground, the affidavit states.
Held on $100,000 bond, Muse returns to court at 9 a.m. Thursday for a preliminary hearing conference on the two open cases.
Along with being the columnist of Soundemonium Musaic, Scott Rains is also a police, fire, Native Affairs and roller derby reporter for The Lawton Constitution.
You can email him at: scott.rains@swoknews.com. | 2023-01-11T08:10:43+00:00 | swoknews.com | https://www.swoknews.com/news/round-of-violence-lands-caddo-county-man-in-jail/article_18084c8b-9a63-5bb9-b81c-20dceb9350e4.html |
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina lacrosse team dropped a tight contest with No. 18 Duke on Wednesday evening in Johnson Stadium. Ellie Bromley scored four goals in the game and despite being face-guarded for most of the game, Frances Kimel managed a trio of goals and one assist.
If a team can learn anything from a loss, what ECU (8-2, 1-0 AAC) can learn from this one is: Belief. The Pirates are good enough to play with anyone and they showed it on Wednesday.
Duke (5-5) got out of the gates early, leading 6-1 in the first quarter before the Pirates began to climb back into it. It was a game that, despite that healthy first-half advantage for the Blue Devils, was decided by only a handful of plays. One such play came at the end of the first half when Duke ended an ECU run to push their lead back to three going into the break.
After 19 first-half goals for the two teams, the defenses locked in in a goalless third quarter, setting up a high-intensity final 15 minutes. Bromley scored to open that fourth quarter before the Blue Devils managed a pair unanswered. Leah Bestany’s late goal came a little too late and Duke held on for the 13-10 victory.
It was a battle all game. Maddie Jenner dominated on the draw as she has done for her entire career with 13 draw controls – but ECU mitigated her efforts well in the second half. Duke scored some less-than-spectacular goals in less-than ideal situations for the Pirates – but the team donning Purple and Gold found answers to keep themselves in the game.
It was a loss, but it was a top-25 loss and the Pirates remain a stout 8-2 through their first 10 games.
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The Pirates won’t have to wait long to get back after it as they host Mercer on Saturday at 12 p.m. in Johnson Stadium. | 2023-03-23T03:41:45+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/ecu-pirates/pirates-fall-short-against-no-18-duke-13-10/ |
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court on Friday sentenced Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to 10 years in prison, the latest move in a yearslong crackdown on dissent that has engulfed the ex-Soviet nation since 2020.
The harsh punishment of Ales Bialiatski and three of his colleagues was delivered in response to massive protests over a 2020 election that gave authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a new term in office.
Lukashenko, a longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who backed Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, has ruled the ex-Soviet country with an iron fist since 1994. More than 35,000 people were arrested, and thousands were beaten by police amid the protests, the largest ever held in the country.
Belarus is an outlier in its support of the year-old Russian invasion, with other countries in the region not backing Moscow publicly.
Bialiatski and his colleagues at the human rights center he founded were convicted of financing actions violating public order and smuggling, the center reported Friday.
Valiantsin Stefanovich was given a nine-year sentence; Uladzimir Labkovicz seven years; and Dzmitry Salauyou was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.
During the trial, which took place behind closed doors, the 60-year-old Bialiatski and his colleagues were held in a caged enclosure in the courtroom. They have spent a year and nine months behind bars since their arrest.
In the photos from the courtroom released Friday by Belarus’ state news agency Belta, Bialiatksi, clad in black clothes, looked wan, but calm.
All four activists have maintained their innocence, the Human Rights Center Viasna said after the verdict. Viasna is Belarusian for “spring.”
In his final address to the court, Bialiatski urged the authorities to “stop the civil war in Belarus.” He said it became obvious to him from the case files that “the investigators were fulfilling the task they were given: to deprive Viasna human rights advocates of freedom at any cost, destroy Viasna and stop our work.”
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called the verdict “appalling.”
“We must do everything to fight against this shameful injustice (and) free them,” Tsikhanouskaya tweeted Friday.
Memorial, the prominent Russian human rights group that shared the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize with Bialiatski and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties, in an online statement denounced the verdict as “an undisguised lawless reprisal for their human rights activities as part of a campaign of terror against civil society and the entire people of Belarus.”
Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Memorial, attempted to fly to Minsk to support Bialiatski on Friday, but was prevented from boarding the flight, with airline representatives telling him Belarus had barred him from entering the country. “Crimes are better committed without witnesses,” Orlov remarked.
Volodymyr Yavorsky from the Center for Civil Liberties told The Associated Press that Ukrainian human rights advocates express solidarity with Bialiatski and demand his release.
“This verdict shows that the highest level of repression in Europe is in Belarus,” Yavorsky said. “Ukraine is currently resisting the very totalitarian model that the Kremlin tries to impose on the entire former Soviet space.”
The punishment also elicited outrage in the West.
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee, a nongovernmental human rights organization, said that it was “shocked by the cynicism behind the sentences.”
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock labeled the trial and sentencing “a farce.”
“This is just as much a daily disgrace as Lukashenko’s support for Putin’s war,” Baerbock tweeted Friday. “We call for the end of political persecution and freedom for the more than 1,400 political prisoners.”
Condemnations of the verdict also came from the Council of Europe rights watchdog and the U.N. Human Rights spokesperson.
Bialiatski is the fourth person in the 121-year history of the Nobel Prizes to receive the award while in prison or detention.
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Associated Press writers Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark; Geir Moulson in Berlin; Lorne Cook in Brussels and Jamey Keaten in Geneva contributed to this report. | 2023-03-03T23:21:06+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/ap-nobel-laureate-bialiatski-sentenced-to-10-years-in-belarus/ |
The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Friday:
6-7-3
(six, seven, three)
7-5-7
(seven, five, seven)
1-1-3-8
(one, one, three, eight)
8-3-2-6
(eight, three, two, six)
17-25-30-33-38
(seventeen, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $145,000
2-2-5
(two, two, five)
0-9-1
(zero, nine, one)
4-1-6-1
(four, one, six, one)
1st:4 Big Ben-2nd:11 Money Bags-3rd:3 Hot Shot, Race Time: 1:49.04
(1st: 4 Big Ben, 2nd: 11 Money Bags, 3rd: 3 Hot Shot; Race Time: one: 49.04)
04-11-27-38-39
(four, eleven, twenty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine)
12-14-15-28-29
(twelve, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine)
1-4-2
(one, four, two)
3-3-4
(three, three, four)
2-3-1, WB: 7
(two, three, one; WB: seven)
4-2-5-5, WB: 7
(four, two, five, five; WB: seven)
10-13-14-23-31-34
(ten, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three, thirty-one, thirty-four)
Estimated jackpot: $60,000
1-3-4
(one, three, four)
2-3-9
(two, three, nine)
2-6-3-1
(two, six, three, one)
9-8-4-5
(nine, eight, four, five)
2-4
(two, four)
2-0
(two, zero)
9-8-6
(nine, eight, six)
3-4-6
(three, four, six)
7-4-8-9
(seven, four, eight, nine)
0-9-8-1
(zero, nine, eight, one)
9-4-3-2-4
(nine, four, three, two, four)
1-9-1-0-3
(one, nine, one, zero, three)
5-8, FB: 3
(five, eight; FB: three)
5-7, FB: 8
(five, seven; FB: eight)
6-7-7, FB: 3
(six, seven, seven; FB: three)
8-5-8, FB: 8
(eight, five, eight; FB: eight)
0-3-6-1, FB: 3
(zero, three, six, one; FB: three)
9-1-1-0, FB: 8
(nine, one, one, zero; FB: eight)
8-1-5-8-3, FB: 3
(eight, one, five, eight, three; FB: three)
9-8-6-8-4, FB: 8
(nine, eight, six, eight, four; FB: eight)
5-2-5
(five, two, five)
9-1-9
(nine, one, nine)
5-6-6-0
(five, six, six, zero)
9-3-0-6
(nine, three, zero, six)
7-0-5-4-4
(seven, zero, five, four, four)
0-9-7-9-6
(zero, nine, seven, nine, six)
8-7-6
(eight, seven, six)
1-3-4
(one, three, four)
2-1-2-3
(two, one, two, three)
2-0-4-8
(two, zero, four, eight)
04-06-24-26-28
(four, six, twenty-four, twenty-six, twenty-eight)
02-09-10-22-38
(two, nine, ten, twenty-two, thirty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $1,350,000
05-08-14-16-21-23-25-29-33-39-40-44-50-52-55-63-65-68-70-79, BE: 44
(five, eight, fourteen, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-nine, thirty-three, thirty-nine, forty, forty-four, fifty, fifty-two, fifty-five, sixty-three, sixty-five, sixty-eight, seventy, seventy-nine; BE: forty-four)
5-5-6, SB: 3
(five, five, six; SB: three)
3-9-5-5, SB: 3
(three, nine, five, five; SB: three)
5-5-6
(five, five, six)
3-9-5-5
(three, nine, five, five)
0-6-5
(zero, six, five)
6-0-1
(six, zero, one)
1-1-1
(one, one, one)
9-9-9-4
(nine, nine, nine, four)
09-12-23-24-35, Bonus: 32
(nine, twelve, twenty-three, twenty-four, thirty-five; Bonus: thirty-two)
7-4-5
(seven, four, five)
2-4-0
(two, four, zero)
6-4-7-2
(six, four, seven, two)
2-2-6-0
(two, two, six, zero)
0-6-8-7-2
(zero, six, eight, seven, two)
5-2-1-3-4
(five, two, one, three, four)
13-19-22-28-29
(thirteen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-eight, twenty-nine)
2-7-0-3
(two, seven, zero, three)
3-7-8-0
(three, seven, eight, zero)
05-08-19-29-38
(five, eight, nineteen, twenty-nine, thirty-eight)
6C-8D-3H-7S-9S
(6C, 8D, 3H, 7S, 9S)
6-7-9
(six, seven, nine)
7-6-3-5
(seven, six, three, five)
8-7-6
(eight, seven, six)
1-4-5-6
(one, four, five, six)
08-22-27-34-35
(eight, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-four, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $105,000
07-08-11-12-15-20-26-33-35-37-40-41-43-46-47-59-66-71-72-75-79-80
(seven, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, twenty, twenty-six, thirty-three, thirty-five, thirty-seven, forty, forty-one, forty-three, forty-six, forty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty-six, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-five, seventy-nine, eighty)
17-27-34-35-47
(seventeen, twenty-seven, thirty-four, thirty-five, forty-seven)
Estimated jackpot: $570,000
02-11-14-17-21
(two, eleven, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $110,000
1-8-9
(one, eight, nine)
8-4-5
(eight, four, five)
2-9-7
(two, nine, seven)
0-2-7-2
(zero, two, seven, two)
8-5-4-2
(eight, five, four, two)
09-22-27-36-37
(nine, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-six, thirty-seven)
20-24-28-31, Bonus: 10
(twenty, twenty-four, twenty-eight, thirty-one; Bonus: ten)
Month: 6, Day: 2, Year: 5
(Month: six; Day: two; Year: five)
7-8-2, Fireball: 5
(seven, eight, two; Fireball: five)
9-7-8-6, Fireball: 5
(nine, seven, eight, six; Fireball: five)
3-6-9
(three, six, nine)
8-0-9-2
(eight, zero, nine, two)
01-03-23-33-38
(one, three, twenty-three, thirty-three, thirty-eight)
9-6-6
(nine, six, six)
3-3-1-7
(three, three, one, seven)
01-02-07-16-18-25-26-27-34-37-42-56-62-63-64-71-72-74-77-80
(one, two, seven, sixteen, eighteen, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-four, thirty-seven, forty-two, fifty-six, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-four, seventy-seven, eighty)
5-9-2, Lucky Sum: 16
(five, nine, two; Lucky Sum: sixteen)
4-3-3-8, Lucky Sum: 18
(four, three, three, eight; Lucky Sum: eighteen)
5-9-1
(five, nine, one)
3-1-1
(three, one, one)
3-7-9-5
(three, seven, nine, five)
2-7-4-7
(two, seven, four, seven)
3-4-9-0-3
(three, four, nine, zero, three)
8-6-9-8-0
(eight, six, nine, eight, zero)
17-22-25-36-39
(seventeen, twenty-two, twenty-five, thirty-six, thirty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $100,000
07-08-16-21-29
(seven, eight, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-nine)
6-6-8
(six, six, eight)
02-05-12-14-18-23-27-29
(two, five, twelve, fourteen, eighteen, twenty-three, twenty-seven, twenty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $18,000
9-5-0-0
(nine, five, zero, zero)
8-4-6-6
(eight, four, six, six)
2-8-5-8
(two, eight, five, eight)
06-16-26-32-42
(six, sixteen, twenty-six, thirty-two, forty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $640,000
03-08-21-26-29-36
(three, eight, twenty-one, twenty-six, twenty-nine, thirty-six)
Estimated jackpot: $800,000
1-8, Wild: 6
(one, eight; Wild: six)
6-7, Wild: 2
(six, seven; Wild: two)
8-0-1, Wild: 6
(eight, zero, one; Wild: six)
0-6-3, Wild: 2
(zero, six, three; Wild: two)
9-4-3-4, Wild: 6
(nine, four, three, four; Wild: six)
7-6-3-3, Wild: 2
(seven, six, three, three; Wild: two)
1-1-7-5-3, Wild: 6
(one, one, seven, five, three; Wild: six)
6-1-1-1-4, Wild: 2
(six, one, one, one, four; Wild: two)
03-04-05-19-21
(three, four, five, nineteen, twenty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $12,000
2-3-7-9
(two, three, seven, nine)
6-0-5-1
(six, zero, five, one)
02-16-20-21-29, Extra: 1
(two, sixteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-nine; Extra: one)
Estimated jackpot: $109,000
02-06-09-26-37, Power-Up: 2
(two, six, nine, twenty-six, thirty-seven; Power, Up: two)
7-9-9, FB: 5
(seven, nine, nine; FB: five)
3-3-6, FB: 8
(three, three, six; FB: eight)
3-8-5-5, FB: 5
(three, eight, five, five; FB: five)
6-2-4-5, FB: 8
(six, two, four, five; FB: eight)
7-1-7, Wild:
(seven, one, seven; Wild: zero)
1-9-1, Wild:
(one, nine, one; Wild: zero)
2-7-1, Wild: 6
(two, seven, one; Wild: six)
5-6-1-0, Wild: 9
(five, six, one, zero; Wild: nine)
4-2-3-2, Wild: 9
(four, two, three, two; Wild: nine)
4-1-7-9, Wild: 8
(four, one, seven, nine; Wild: eight)
02-03-04-07-09-10-12-15-18-19-20-24
(two, three, four, seven, nine, ten, twelve, fifteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-four)
01-02-03-04-07-10-11-13-14-15-19-20
(one, two, three, four, seven, ten, eleven, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, nineteen, twenty)
02-03-04-11-12-13-14-18-19-22-23-24
(two, three, four, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four)
3-4-0-4, FIREBALL: 3
(three, four, zero, four; FIREBALL: three)
5-7-8-6, FIREBALL: 1
(five, seven, eight, six; FIREBALL: one)
9-3-9-4, FIREBALL: 7
(nine, three, nine, four; FIREBALL: seven)
9-9-6, FIREBALL: 6
(nine, nine, six; FIREBALL: six)
6-7-1, FIREBALL: 9
(six, seven, one; FIREBALL: nine)
2-6-4, FIREBALL: 2
(two, six, four; FIREBALL: two)
6-1-6, FB: 5
(six, one, six; FB: five)
3-8-0-5, FB: 1
(three, eight, zero, five; FB: one)
01-05-14-16-20-24
(one, five, fourteen, sixteen, twenty, twenty-four)
8-2-0
(eight, two, zero)
3-2-0-4
(three, two, zero, four)
02-03-04-06-07-09-10-12-13-18-19
(two, three, four, six, seven, nine, ten, twelve, thirteen, eighteen, nineteen)
8-4-8
(eight, four, eight)
7-8-6-6
(seven, eight, six, six)
03-14-17-21-23-36, Doubler: N
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Russian-speaking hackers knock US state government websites offline
Russian-speaking hackers on Wednesday claimed responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states — the latest example of apparent politically motivated hacking following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Related video above: FBI announces charges in Iran-sponsored hacking that targeted Boston Children's Hospital
The Kentucky Board of Elections' website, which posts information on how to register to vote, was also temporarily offline on Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear what caused that outage. The board of elections' website is also managed by the Kentucky government, though the hackers did not specifically list the board as a target.
The websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi were sporadically available Wednesday morning and afternoon as administrators appeared to try to bring them online.
It's an example of the type of digital disruption or distraction that U.S. officials and election officials are preparing for ahead of the November midterm elections. Websites like that of the Kentucky Board of Elections are not directly involved in the casting or counting of votes, but they can provide useful information for voters.
"The [hacking] campaign does not appear to specifically target U.S. elections infrastructure, though election-related websites can be indirectly or directly impacted through the broader operation," the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing & Analysis Center (EI-ISAC), a nonprofit-backed threat-sharing center, said in an email to election officials obtained by CNN.
The hacking group claiming responsibility for Wednesday's website outage is known as Killnet and stepped up their activity after Russia's February invasion of Ukraine to target organizations in NATO countries. They are a loose band of so-called "hacktivists" — politically motivated hackers who support the Kremlin but whose ties to that government are unknown.
The group also claimed responsibility for briefly downing a U.S. Congress website in July, and for cyberattacks on organizations in Lithuania after the Baltic country blocked the shipment of some goods to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad in June.
Multiple states have confirmed intermittent connection issues to their websites following suspected cyberattacks, according to the notice from EI-ISAC, which works closely with the federal government on election security.
By Wednesday afternoon, the websites of Mississippi and Kentucky, including Kentucky's Board of Elections, were back online. The Colorado state website was still struggling to load.
The Colorado governor's Office of Information Technology said it took a state web portal offline "due to a cyberattack claimed by an anonymous suspected foreign actor."
"All other State of Colorado websites and essential state government services are online and available," the statement said. The state has a temporary website to provide Coloradans with information on state services, the statement said, adding that there was no timetable for the original website's restoration.
CNN has requested comment from U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which works with states on election security.
"Some Kentucky.gov state websites have been experiencing abnormal traffic, resulting in intermittent interruptions," Carlos Luna, general manager of Kentucky Interactive, a contractor that manages Kentucky government websites, said in a statement to CNN. "We continue to investigate and are working with the Commonwealth to mitigate the issue."
A Mississippi government spokesperson did not return a request for comment by publication time.
Officials at the FBI and CISA reiterated this week that any efforts by hackers to breach election infrastructure are "unlikely to result in largescale disruptions or prevent voting."
Killnet thrives off of public attention and bravado, and cybersecurity experts have to strike a balance between being mindful of Killnet's online antics and not hyping a low-level threat.
"We do not want to build up this group or convey a false sense of doom to scare people or give Killnet unwanted publicity," Jason Passwaters, chief operating officer of security firm Intel 471, previously told CNN. "This group is capable of causing disruptions, but it's up to organizations to understand what kind of risk Killnet actually poses to their operations." | 2022-10-06T13:54:49+00:00 | kcci.com | https://www.kcci.com/article/russian-speaking-hackers-knock-us-state-government-websites-offline/41536044 |
Stories of buried treasure and ancient shipwrecks have captivated for centuries, from pirate tales to Hollywood blockbusters. For one team of explorers, however, legend became reality when they uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 350-year-old sunken Spanish galleon -- including coins, gemstones and priceless jewels once belonging to seafaring knights.
The Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (or Our Lady of Wonders) sank in 1656 after it collided with another boat from its fleet and crashed into a coral reef off the Bahamas. The vessel was carrying a haul of treasure, some of which was reserved as royal tax for King Philip IV, from Cuba to Seville, Spain. The 891-ton ship contained more cargo than usual, as it had also been tasked with transporting treasure retrieved from another ship that had sunk two years earlier.
There have already been several successful attempts to retrieve the ship's cargo, with almost 3.5 million items recovered between 1650s and 1990s, according to shipwreck specialist Allen Exploration, which carried out a two-year expedition from 2020.
But the latest discoveries, which are going on display this month at the new Bahamas Maritime Museum, offer fresh insight into life aboard the vessel. Working with local divers, archaeologists and other experts, the researchers are also in the process of "reconstructing the mystery of how the ship was wrecked and fell apart," project marine archaeologist James Sinclair said in a press release.
Using remote-sensing technology, such as sonar and magnetometers, Allen Exploration tracked "a long and winding debris trail of finds" scattered over a 13-kilometer stretch of ocean floor, founder Carl Allen added in a statement.
Among the discoveries was a 1.76-meter-long gold filigree chain and several bejeweled pendants that once belonged to knights of the Order of Santiago, a centuries-old religious and military order. One of the gold pendants features a large oval Colombian emerald and a dozen smaller emeralds, which experts believe may represent the 12 apostles, alongside the Cross of St. James. Three other knightly pendants were also discovered, including one shaped to look like a golden scallop shell.
"When we brought up the oval emerald and gold pendant, my breath caught in my throat," Allen said, adding: "How these tiny pendants survived in these harsh waters, and how we managed to find them, is the miracle of the Maravillas."
Other recovered artifacts shine a light on daily life on the Maravillas, which sailed during the "Spainish Golden Age," including Chinese porcelain and olive jars, as well as a silver sword handle. Some of the galleon's valuable contents may also have been contraband for the purpose of "illegally greasing the palms of Spanish merchants and officials," Allen said.
The items discovered by Allen's team will be permanently housed at the Bahamas Maritime Museum, which opens August 8 in the Caribbean nation's second-largest city, Freeport.
And Sinclair believes that there may yet be more discoveries to be made.
"The ship may have been obliterated by past salvage and hurricanes ... But we're convinced there are more stories out there," he said.
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CLAY COUNTY, Iowa (KCAU) – An Iowa woman found dead in a ditch outside her home died as the result of multiple dog bite injuries, authorities have confirmed.
According to a release from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, authorities received a 911 call Monday afternoon from a person who believed he had come across a motorcycle incident south of Rossie, Iowa.
The caller said he found a woman in the ditch but could not get close to her due to several big dogs near her. Deputies arrived and found the woman, identified as 43-year-old Mindy Kiepe, dead. Kiepe, 43, was a resident of rural Rossie, Iowa.
The incident occurred just a short distance from her farm residence driveway, authorities said.
Kiepe was taken to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The State Medical Examiner ruled on Wednesday that Kiepe’s death was due to multiple dog bite injuries and not a motorcycle crash.
After further investigation, it was determined that five Great Danes owned by Kiepe had caused her death. With the assistance of a veterinarian, the five dogs were euthanized.
Additional details about the incident, including what may have prompted the dogs to fatally bite Kiepe, have not been released. The Sheriff’s Office declined to provide further information to Nexstar’s KCAU. | 2022-08-18T20:01:20+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/sheriff-5-dogs-euthanized-after-iowa-woman-found-dead-in-a-ditch-with-multiple-bites/ |
State of the Union: President Biden aims to deliver reassurance in address
President Joe Biden is ready to offer a reassuring assessment of the nation's condition rather than roll out flashy policy proposals as he delivers his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night, seeking to overcome pessimism in the country and concerns about his own leadership.
President Biden's address begins at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday. You can watch it live in the video player above.
His speech before a politically divided Congress comes as the nation struggles to make sense of confounding cross-currents at home and abroad — economic uncertainty, a wearying war in Ukraine, growing tensions with China among them — and warily sizes up Biden's fitness for a likely reelection bid.
The president will stand at the House rostrum at a time when just a quarter of U.S. adults say things in the country are headed in the right direction, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About three-quarters say things are on the wrong track. And a majority of Democrats don't want Biden to seek another term.
He will confront those sentiments head-on, aides say, while at the same time trying to avoid sounding insensitive to Americans' concerns.
Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, said Biden would "acknowledge and meet American people where they are," realizing their "economic anxiety is real."
"I think the core message is: We have to make more progress, but people should feel optimism," he added.
Chapman University presidential historian Luke Nichter said the closest parallel to Biden's present circumstance may be the 1960s, when global uncertainty met domestic disquiet. Biden, he said, has an opportunity to be a "calming presence" for the country.
"Usually we're looking for an agenda: 'Here's what he plans to do.' I don't know that that's really realistic," Nichter said. "I think Americans' expectations are pretty low of what Congress is actually going to achieve. And so I think right now, sentiment and tone, and helping Americans feel better about their circumstances, I think are going to go a long way."
Video above: Biden to tout wins, tease 2024 run in SOTU address
The setting for Biden's speech will look markedly different from a year ago, when it was Democratic stalwart Nancy Pelosi seated behind him as House speaker. She's been replaced by Republican Kevin McCarthy, and it's unclear what kind of reception restive Republicans in the chamber will give the Democratic president.
McCarthy on Monday vowed to be "respectful" during the address and in turn asked Biden to refrain from using the phrase "extreme MAGA Republicans," which the president deployed on the campaign trail in 2022.
"I won't tear up the speech, I won't play games," McCarthy told reporters, a reference to Pelosi's dramatic action after President Donald Trump's final State of the Union address.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who gained a national profile as Trump's press secretary, was to deliver the Republican response to Biden's speech.
With COVID-19 restrictions now lifted, the White House and legislators from both parties invited guests designed to drive home political messages with their presence in the House chamber. The parents of Tyre Nichols, who was severely beaten by police officers in Memphis and later died, are among those expected to be seated with first lady Jill Biden. Other Biden guests include the rock star/humanitarian Bono and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month's Monterey Park, California, shooting.
Biden is shifting his sights after spending his first two years pushing through major bills such as the bipartisan infrastructure package, legislation to promote high-tech manufacturing and climate measures. With Republicans now in control of the House, Biden is turning his focus to implementing those massive laws and making sure voters credit him for the improvements.
The switch from touting fresh initiatives is largely by necessity. Biden faces a newly empowered GOP that is itching to undo many of his achievements and vowing to pursue a multitude of investigations — including looking into the recent discoveries of classified documents from his time as vice president at his home and former office.
At the same time, Biden will need to find a way to work across the aisle to keep the government funded by raising the federal debt limit by this summer. Biden has insisted that he won't negotiate on meeting the country's debt obligations; Republicans have been equally adamant that Biden must make spending concessions.
On the eve of the president's address, McCarthy challenged Biden to come to the negotiating table with House Republicans to slash spending as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
While hopes for large-scale bipartisanship are slim, Biden was to reissue his 2022 appeal for Congress to get behind his "unity agenda" of actions to address the opioid epidemic, mental health, veterans' health and fighting cancer. He was to announce new executive initiatives and call for lawmakers to act to support new measures to support cancer research, address housing needs and suicide among veterans, boost access to mental health care, and move to further crack down on deadly trafficking in fentanyl.
The White House said the president would call for extending the new $35 per month price cap on insulin for people on Medicare to everyone in the country. He would also push Congress to quadruple the one percent tax on corporate share buybacks that was enacted in Democrats' climate and health care bill passed last year known as the Inflation Reduction Act.
The speech comes days after Biden ordered the military to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew brazenly across the country, captivating the nation and serving as a reminder of tense relations between the two global powers.
Last year's address occurred just days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and as many in the West doubted Kyiv's ability to withstand the onslaught. Over the past year, the U.S. and other allies have sent tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to bolster Ukraine's defenses. Now, Biden must make the case — both at home and abroad — for sustaining that coalition as the war drags on.
"The president will really want to reinforce just what a significant accomplishment has already been achieved and then to reinforce how much more has to be done, how we are committed to doing it, and how we will ask for on a bipartisan basis the U.S. Congress to join us in doing that work," national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday.
While COVID-19 has eased at home, Biden will turn his sights to other national ills, including the deadly opioid epidemic, gun violence and police abuses.
The president spent much of the weekend into Monday reviewing speech drafts with aides at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.
Senior White House adviser Anita Dunn will preview broad themes of Biden's address to Democratic lawmakers throughout the day on Tuesday, starting with a breakfast with House Democrats on Capitol Hill.
McCarthy called on Biden to embrace the Republican effort to put the nation's finances on a path toward a balanced budget, which would require deep and politically unpopular reductions in federal spending that Biden and Democrats have vehemently resisted.
"We must move towards a balanced budget and insist on genuine accountability for every dollar we spend," McCarthy said.
He insisted cuts to Medicare and Social Security, the popular health and retirement programs primarily for older Americans, were "off the table" in any budget negotiation. The GOP leader also said "defaulting on our debt is not an option."
The White House has insisted Republicans cannot be trusted to protect the programs and blasted Republicans for "threatening to actively throw our economy into a tailspin with a default" by putting conditions on the debt limit.
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report. | 2023-02-07T21:19:38+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/state-of-the-union-2023/42790536 |
Northport man arrested for possession of homemade bomb
Published: Jul. 25, 2023 at 4:29 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
NORTHPORT, Ala. (WBRC) - A Northport man has been arrested after he was found to be in possession of a homemade destructive device.
Records show 27-year-old Briar Wilson was found in possession of a spray painted 16 oz mason jar, Tannerite nails and staples.
Wilson was also found in possession of a loaded AR-15 rifle.
He is now being charged with possession of a manufactured destructive device.
Wilson was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
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DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Valhi Inc. (VHI) on Thursday reported a loss of $9.4 million in its fourth quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had a loss of 33 cents.
The maker of titanium dioxide pigment posted revenue of $402.6 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported profit of $90.2 million, or $3.16 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.22 billion.
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Submission follows the U.S. FDA acceptance of the adagrasib New Drug Application for the same indication
SAN DIEGO , May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRTX), a clinical-stage targeted oncology company, today announced that it has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for adagrasib for the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring the KRASG12C mutation who have received at least one prior systemic therapy.
The MAA is supported by data from the registration enabling cohort of the Phase 2 KRYSTAL-1 study evaluating adagrasib 600mg BID in patients with advanced NSCLC harboring the KRASG12C mutation following prior treatment with immunotherapy and chemotherapy, either together or sequentially. The Company reported positive topline data from this cohort in September 2021 and plans to present detailed results at the upcoming 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
"The submission of our application to the EMA is a significant milestone for Mirati and brings us closer to expanding the potential availability of adagrasib to patients with KRASG12C-mutated lung cancer in the European Union, if approved," said Charles Baum, M.D., Ph.D., president, founder and head of research and development, Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. "Therapeutic options for KRASG12C-mutated lung cancer are limited, and this submission is an important step forward in our goal to deliver innovative, differentiated therapies in areas of high unmet need. We look forward to working with the EMA to potentially bring this therapy to patients. We also thank the patients and investigators who make our work possible by participating in clinical trials."
The adagrasib New Drug Application (NDA) is currently being reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Accelerated Approval (Subpart H) as a treatment for patients with NSCLC harboring the KRASG12C mutation who have received at least one prior systemic therapy. The application is being reviewed under the FDA Real Time Oncology Review (RTOR) pilot program, which aims to explore a more efficient review process that ensures safe and effective treatments are made available to patients as early as possible. Adagrasib has also achieved Breakthrough Therapy Designation in the U.S. as a potential treatment for patients with NSCLC harboring the KRASG12C mutation who have received at least one prior systemic therapy.
About Adagrasib (MRTX849)
Adagrasib is an investigational, highly selective, and potent oral small-molecule inhibitor of KRASG12C that is optimized to sustain target inhibition, an attribute that could be important to treat KRASG12C-mutated cancers, as the KRASG12C protein regenerates every 24–48 hours. Adagrasib is being evaluated as monotherapy and in combination with other anti-cancer therapies in patients with advanced KRASG12C-mutated solid tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer. For more information visit Mirati.com/science.
Mirati has an Expanded Access Program (EAP) for investigational adagrasib for the treatment of eligible patients with KRASG12C-mutated cancers, regardless of tumor type, in the U.S. Learn more about the EAP at Mirati.com/expanded-access-policy.
About Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to discover, design and deliver breakthrough therapies to transform the lives of patients with cancer and their loved ones. The company is relentlessly focused on bringing forward therapies that address areas of high unmet medical need, including lung cancer, and advancing a pipeline of novel therapeutics targeting the genetic and immunological drivers of cancer. Unified for patients, Mirati's vision is to unlock the science behind the promise of a life beyond cancer. For more information about Mirati, visit us at Mirati.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the business of Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. ("Mirati"). Any statement describing Mirati's goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs, development plans and the commercial potential of Mirati's drug development pipeline, including without limitation adagrasib (selective KRASG12C inhibitor), sitravatinib (TAM receptor inhibitor), MRTX1719 (MTA cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor), MRTX1133 (selective KRASG12D inhibitor), and MRTX0902 (SOS1 inhibitor), is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, particularly those challenges inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercialization of new drug products that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such drugs.
Mirati's forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although Mirati's forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors currently known by Mirati. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Mirati's programs are described in additional detail in Mirati's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K, which are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") available at the SEC's Internet site (www.sec.gov). Mirati assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 15, 2023
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
807 PM CDT Sat Apr 15 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Sabine
Parish, northeastern San Augustine and central Sabine Counties
through 830 PM CDT...
At 807 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
San Augustine, or 20 miles south of Center, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Milam, San Augustine, Hemphill, Macune, Bland Lake, Rosevine,
Negreet, Denning, Sexton, Columbus and Chinaquapin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern Louisiana...and eastern Texas.
LAT...LON 3141 9428 3161 9423 3158 9400 3157 9399
3158 9396 3152 9353 3125 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 281DEG 26KT 3149 9418
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GONZALES COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DEWITT AND SOUTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTIES...
At 808 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shiner, moving
southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Yoakum around 820 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Worthing, Koerth, Terryville, Mount Olive, Wied, Mont, Sweet Home and
Hope.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Friday, July 8, 2022
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158 FPUS54 KAMA 090731
ZFPAMA
Zone Forecast Product for The Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
TXZ012-017-100000-
Potter-Randall-
Including the cities of Amarillo, Bushland, Buffalo Lake, Canyon,
and Umbarger
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 104. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs around
90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ317-100000-
Palo Duro Canyon-
Including the city of Palo Duro Canyon State Park
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 103. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 107. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
around 70.
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TXZ002-100000-
Sherman-
Including the city of Stratford
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 103. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ007-100000-
Moore-
Including the cities of Dumas, Four Way, and Masterson
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming northeast in the morning, then, becoming
southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 104. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ003-100000-
Hansford-
Including the cities of Spearman and Gruver
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 103. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 105. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Highs
around 100.
$$
TXZ008-100000-
Hutchinson-
Including the city of Borger
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 106. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
around 70.
$$
TXZ004-100000-
Ochiltree-
Including the cities of Farnsworth, Perryton, Wolf Creek Park,
and Waka
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 105. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Not as warm. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ009-100000-
Roberts-
Including the cities of Codman, Lora, and Miami
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 106. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ005-100000-
Lipscomb-
Including the cities of Booker, Higgins, and Follett
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 105. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the
mid 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100.
$$
TXZ010-100000-
Hemphill-
Including the cities of Canadian, Glazier, and Lake Marvin
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 105. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around
70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Lows in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100.
$$
TXZ011-100000-
Oldham-
Including the cities of Vega, Wildorado, and Boys Ranch
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain less than 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain less than 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 103. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ016-100000-
Deaf Smith-
Including the cities of Dawn, Hereford, and Bootleg
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain less than 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 102. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows
in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ013-100000-
Carson-
Including the cities of Panhandle, Pantex, White Deer,
and Skellytown
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 104. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ018-100000-
Armstrong-
Including the cities of Claude, Washburn, Wayside, and Goodnight
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 105. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the
lower 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ014-100000-
Gray-
Including the cities of Kingsmill and Pampa
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 104. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Lows in the mid
60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ019-100000-
Donley-
Including the city of Clarendon
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 105. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the lower
90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ015-100000-
Wheeler-
Including the cities of Briscoe, Wheeler, Lela, Shamrock,
and Twitty
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 105. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the lower
90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100.
$$
TXZ020-100000-
Collingsworth-
Including the cities of Lutie, Wellington, Dozier, and Samnorwood
231 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 101. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 106. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100.
$$
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-07-09T08:42:02+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/weather/article/TX-Amarillo-TX-Zone-Forecast-17294212.php |
BEIJING (AP) — The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals Monday as China battles a major COVID-19 surge in its big eastern cities.
Shanghai has taken the brunt of the rise, with another 26,087 cases announced on Monday, only 914 of which showed symptoms. The city of 26 million is under a tight lockdown, with many residents confined to their homes for up to three weeks and concerns growing over the effect on the economy of China’s largest city.
The financial hub has seen international events canceled because of the crackdown, and local football club Shanghai Port has been forced to withdraw from the Asian Champions League because travel restrictions prevented it from attending games in Thailand.
No such lockdown has yet been announced for Guangzhou, a metropolis of 18 million northwest of Hong Kong that is home to many top companies and China’s busiest airport. Just 27 cases were reported in the city on Monday.
However, primary and middle schools have been switched to online after an initial 23 local infections were detected last week. An exhibition center was being converted into a makeshift hospital after authorities said earlier they would begin citywide mass testing.
Only citizens with a “definite need” to leave Guangzhou can do so, and only if they test negative for the virus within 48 hours of departure, city spokesperson Chen Bin said in a social media announcement.
China has stuck to its “zero-COVID” strategy of handling outbreaks with strict isolation and mass testing, despite complaints in Shanghai over shortages of food and medical services.
China’s government and the entirely state-controlled media are growing increasingly defensive about complaints over the COVID-19 prevention measures, censoring content online and rebuking foreign critics.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Sunday said China had “lodged solemn representations with the U.S.” after the State Department advised Americans to reconsider traveling to China due to “arbitrary enforcement” of local laws and COVID-19 restrictions, particularly in Hong Kong, Jilin province and Shanghai. U.S. officials cited a risk of “parents and children being separated.”
China was “strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to the U.S. side’s groundless accusation against China’s epidemic response,” Zhao said.
Despite that, and indications the hardline policy is being dictated by head of the ruling Communist Party Xi Jinping, China has rejected any notion that its response is political in nature. Xi has demanded social stability above all else in the runup to a key party congress later this year at which he is expected to bestow on himself an unprecedented third-term as party leader.
The English-language China Daily acknowledged that Shanghai’s measures are “far from perfect,” and pointed to the firing last week of three local officials for failing in their duties. But it said that shouldn’t become an “excuse to politicize the event and blame China.”
Zhao issued a further defense of China’s virus controls on Monday, saying they have “proven to be effective and in line with its national conditions and needs, and have made an important contribution to the global fight against the epidemic.”
Shanghai has brought in thousands of additional health workers from other cities, provinces and the military. Despite the large number of cases, no new deaths have been reported in the Shanghai wave, possibly because the omicron variant is less deadly than older variants.
City authorities also say they have secured daily supplies for residents, following complaints about deliveries of food and other necessities.
Residents have resorted to group buying of groceries because they are not allowed to leave their buildings, with only partial success in obtaining needed items.
Officials say they will begin relaxing restrictions beginning with areas where no new infections have been detected for two weeks. Residents will be allowed to move around their districts while remaining socially distanced.
A second category will be allowed to move around their neighborhoods, while others will remain isolated in their homes.
Chinese club Shanghai Port has been forced by the city’s COVID-19 lockdown to withdraw from the Asian Champions League, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said Monday.
Due to travel restrictions in the city, Port was unable to make the trip to Thailand for six Group J games.
Its first game was scheduled on Saturday against Vissel Kobe of Japan.
“The AFC acknowledged the travel restrictions faced by Shanghai Port FC as a result of the recent lockdown measures enforced in Shanghai,” the AFC said in a statement.
The capital, Beijing, has seen relatively few restrictions, although the Erjiefang neighborhood including the famed 798 art district has been cordoned off and classified as high risk after eight infections were reported there over the past two weeks.
China is facing one of its worst local outbreaks since the pandemic began. China is still mostly closed to international travel, even as most of the world has sought ways to live with the virus. | 2022-04-11T18:48:31+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/health/ap-health/china-closes-guangzhou-to-most-arrivals-as-outbreak-spreads/ |
Q. Slobberslob says: I have to admit that I panicked a little when Dowell Loggains left. (but not surprised) I can’t see any better hire than Morgan Turner, what do you think?
A. He’s higher rated as a tight ends coach that Loggains but when Loggains left there were predictions that Arkansas would lose 4-star tight end commitment Luke Hasz from Bixby, Oklahoma to Alabama and possibly 4-star commitment Jaden Hamm. Hamm decommitted on Sunday. Also Shamar Easter, Arkansas second highest rated commit, has visited South Carolina. He may flip with Loggains being there. But Haz is still listed as an Arkansas commit and there are indications that he plans to sign with Arkansas in the early signing period coming up.
So Turner has his work cut out for him in recruiting like right now. We’ll see if he can bring in some guys he was recruiting at Stanford.
Turner looks like a really good hire. He has more experience as a college tight ends coach than Loggains and his record at Stanford was impressive but it be a while before a comparison can be made to Loggains good or bad.
Q.redleg asks: What is the timeline for Coach Pittman to get a new DC hired? It seems there is a perception that Pittman is somehow being stonewalled in this endeavor to find a new DC.
A. This was a crazy search. Four different names were been offered up by some of the regular Razorback media. There were also several several fans who claimed inside knowledge and they were clearly wrong on at least three names.
Sam Pittman talked about this on Saturday pointing out that when he landed in Maryland on a recruiting visit suddenly the media and some of these fans were claiming that Pittman was talking to Maryland’s defensive coordinator about the job and he likely was going to take it. Pittman said he felt sorry for the guy who probably had to go to his head coach and explain that there was nothing to these reports.
Over the weekend Central Florida defensive coordinator Travis Williams emerged as yet another favorite to get the job and Monday morning he was introduced as the new DC in a press conference that also featured Turner.
We’ve been told that Williams was already recruiting for Arkansas several days ago. Just today one of UCF’s 4-star linebackers decommitted from UCF so maybe that’s good news for Arkansas.
As far as being stonewalled, it does look like Pittman was interested in fired Baylor defensive coordinator Ron Roberts but Auburn hired him. Some say Hugh Freeze stole him away from Pittman by offering more money. There is no proof of that.
Q. Stu wants to know: The new DC, thoughts?
A. Well Williams is young and a very good recruiter. That’s a priority for Pittman. Pittman also said he wants a defensive coordinator who uses multiple fronts to attack opposing offenses and Williams fits that bill. He’s a linebackers coach which might indicate that current LBs coach Michael Scherer, who is set to coach the Hogs in the Liberty Bowl, will join Barry Odom’s staff at UNLV as defensive coordinator there. But that would happen after the bowl game. Williams did say today, We will go to the ball hard. We will be ultra aggressive.
Q. Pigsfeat says: I understand the players leaving who were encouraged to leave or were not in line for playing time. I am completely baffled by the players leaving who have had plenty of playing time and in line for much more playing time. Is this all about NIL money?
A. That’s a big part of it. Sam Pittman chose his words very carefully but he did appear to be indicating that Arkansas was having to battle other schools to keep some of its players out of the portal. He also said that some of that stuff is against NCAA rules.
He’s referring to the fact that an NIL deal cannot be offered to a high school senior or a portal transfer until after that athlete signs a letter of intent with his new school. It’s also against the rules to contact a scholarship athlete at another school. That athlete is supposed to enter the portal and then contact other schools. I’m told that there are rampant violations of that rule right now. So far there is no indication that the NCAA is doing anything about it.
Q. Jim Reynolds asks: Is it possible for the NCAA to have athletes sign a contract to play in bowl games if the team qualifies before declaring for the professional draft or entering the transfer portal?
A. Something has to be done or the bowl system will continue to be of reduced interest to the fans. Also if this continues some teams might not have enough players to realistically compete in a bowl game, even if offered.
A LOI, or letter of intent, is a contract between an athlete and the school that athlete signs with. The NCAA could address a lot of these problems by specifying penalties for players opting out of their LOI before the contract ends.
It remains to be seen if that will happen.
Q. Marty Byrde’s proxy wants to know: Can you opine on the future of bowl games. In particular, after playoff expansion. There seems to be less interest than there once was in these games. It appears players are making their next move before the bowls, gutting a lot of teams.
A. When the playoffs go to 12 teams, the bowl system will take another hit, no question. Bowl games may end up being little more than an extra off season practice period with a game thrown in. It would help those teams get ready for the next season so there would be a value in that. Fans of each team involved would be interested but football fans in general will have little interest in bowl games. In the future some bowl games could end up getting streamed by ESPN 3 instead of being televised the traditional ESPN channels.
Q. Roadhog82 says: I’ve heard a few different explanations as to why the Little Rock basketball games aren’t televised or streamed. Can you give an explanation that makes sense? Thanks.
A. There are several components to this. You can start with the fact that Simmons Bank Arena is not set up for ESPN 3-type games that are streamed on the Internet.
The only way a game is going to be televised there is if one of the networks has an interest in televising it all over the country. Games like Arkansas vs. Bradley don’t fit the bill.
Alabama vs Gonzaga, which was played Saturday in Birmingham, was televised by CBS which brought it’s own equipment in.
If Arkansas scheduled a game like that it would more than likely be played in BWA because of the extra revenue of 19,000 seats, no arena rental fee, and 100% of the revenue from concessions and parking. Also BWA offers a better home court advantage than Simmons Bank Arena.
Considering the fact that Arkansas’ winning percentage in NLR is barely above .500 but is around 80% in Bud Walton it’s not hard to see why the school does not schedule big time games in Simmons Bank.
Basically playing there is a PR move by the school to allow Central Arkansas fans to come out once a year and see the team play. Most of those people don’t go to Fayetteville games. They have fun. It’s a nice event
The problem is, especially with a top 10 team program like Arkansas has under Eric Musselman, a lot of fans get mad because the game is not on TV.
It’s one game out of a 30 plus game TV schedule. It’s hard to understand why it’s such a big deal. I was off on Saturday so I stayed here in Fayetteville and listened to it on the radio. I enjoyed listening to Chuck Barrett and Coach Zimmerman. They do a great job of describing a game. I highly recommend it.
Q. roegner asks: Why does the University promote the off campus games so much more than the NWA games? From coach Muss to Hunter Yurachek, the NWA ticket holders are made to feel like second class fans. Very sad that our flagship university has split the fan base! Why?
A. The only reason the one Little Rock game is promoted so much is they want to fill that place up. Also, since it’s just one game a year they want to make sure central Arkansas fans know it’s coming up.
During basketball season there is usually at least one game a week in Bud Walton and sometimes two. I’ve never felt like those games a under promoted. The sports media here in Arkansas is dominated by the Razorbacks. Between TV, radio, newspapers and the Internet I’ve never been under the impression that BWA games are underpromoted or that the one central Arkansas game is more important to the athletic department.
Q. Hogdogger says: You listed your top recruiting coaches for football. Do you think that Muss is the best basketball recruiter for the Hogs
A. Honestly I’d have to say yes. Nolan was one hell of a recruiter and some would give him he edge because he went to three final fours, won a national championship and was national runner up. Muss has not done any of that yet. But it we’re talking strictly recruiting I’d have to say that even Nolan never had three McDonald’s All Americans in one class or the number two class in the country. I’d call them 1 and 1-A in recruiting with Eddie Sutton a distant third.
Q. LostinSwine wants to know: Has Van Horn gotten past the time when his recruits for the #1 class of 2023 can be poached by the MLB. And did we lose anyone to the draft?
A. No. Anytime you get commitments from potential first or second round MLB draft choices you can lose them. It really depends on the kid. DVH has to sell the guys on the idea of passing up good money now to make make great money in two years. Also explaining to them the difference between college baseball and minor league ball. The lifestyle is much better for college athletes. And of course, getting two years down the road toward a college degree.
Van Horn is handling it well. As I recall he lost just two signees to the draft in last year’s class.
Q. RazorAlex88 says: Devastated about Mike Leach’s passing. He was a precious gem to the college football world and there most likely won’t be anyone like him. I honestly don’t remember a time when the college football world was rocked and united in support of Coach Leach.
A. I’ve been surprised at the almost universal outpouring of love for Leach. I knew the media that has covered him loved the guy. I knew that fans at Texas Tech, Washington State and Mississippi State were all in on him. But when you get fans from rival schools going on the Internet and almost crying about what a loss it is to college football, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like it.
Q. jbcarol asks: Your personal thoughts on the passing of Mike Leach and his life and career including any first-hand (or second-hand) stories.
A. A good friend of mine in Lubbock, who knew how much I admired Leach, found out that he was going to do a book signing in Lubbock for a book Leach co-authored when he was at Washington State. It was a biography of the famous Indian war chief Geronimo. So he waited in line for an hour and a half to get Leach to sign a copy of the book which he gave to me on my 70th birthday.
He told Leach that I knew Hal Mumme. (who was one of Leach’s best friends in the coaching business) He mentioned that Mumme and I were both Davy Crockett fans going back to when we were kids. That we would compare notes on the battle of the Alamo.
Leach loved conversations like that. My friend said they held up the line while they talked and eventually he had to excused himself. Be he said Leach told him that I was lucky to have a friend like him. And I am. | 2022-12-20T02:46:39+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/sports/pig-trail-nation/ask-mike/ask-mike-new-coaches-portal-woes-no-tv-in-nlr/ |
Country singer Kenny Chesney has a soft spot in his heart for rescue dogs. That’s because his own pit bull Ruby, who recently passed away, was a rescue.
In honor of Ruby, Chesney has released a song he wrote about her, and all proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit Stray Dogs of St. Louis in Missouri. Called “Da Ruba Girl” (Ruba is pronounced like “roob-eye”), the acoustic guitar-heavy tune lasts a little over six minutes.
It includes sweet lyrics like, “You needed her, she needed you/To hold, to help fill a space/Last in line, last cage at the rescue/It was a love that no one could replace,” and mentions Ruby’s best friend Poncho; her love of Frosty Paws popsicles and chasing away squirrels, turkey, and deer; and her dislike of the lawnmower.
Chesney tweeted the announcement on Dec. 8, the day before releasing the song.
“No one had a bigger, bolder heart than Ruby,” he wrote. You can see the full message below.
No one had a bigger, bolder heart than Ruby. I'm proud to say #DaRubaGirl will be available to download and stream for the first time Friday. All proceeds from the song will go to @StrayRescue.
Pre-save/pre-add & donate to this great organization: https://t.co/EJ6hl4dQ2Z pic.twitter.com/tRdLvso3yl
— Kenny Chesney (@kennychesney) December 8, 2022
Chesney had not previously released “Da Ruba Girl,” but played it on his SiriusXM No Shoes Radio channel where it became popular.
“People loved the song, I think, because they all knew a dog who had the same kind of spirit or heart, you know, the kind who was an underdog, who wasn’t the obvious choice,” he told People.
Chesney chose to donate to a dog rescue because he says stray dogs can be harder to find adoptive homes for.
But when they do, the singer said, “it seems like they rescue their people far more than they’re actually rescued. They give so much love, so much joy and loyalty. People don’t realize that, so these dogs have a much harder time getting adopted.”
On Dec. 9, Chesney also posted a photo of his beloved dog, writing, “Losing Ruby has left a hole there are no words for.”
Losing Ruby has left a hole there are no words for… To honor her life, it only made sense to let "Da Ruba Girl," the song she inspired, pay it forward by helping the incredible people at Stray Rescue of St. Louis. #DaRubaGirl is out now. Listen here: https://t.co/2DxK1LrQ1m pic.twitter.com/NKrNMiZ5OH
— Kenny Chesney (@kennychesney) December 9, 2022
When Ruby passed, Chesney wrote about how his longtime girlfriend, Mary Nolan, was the one to pick her out from the shelter.
“Ruby lived her life never holding anything against anybody. She had an ancient, calming soul. She was honest and authentic,” he posted to Instagram. “Ruby loved the sun and how it felt on her face. She and I had that in common. Today I know Ruby is sitting somewhere with the sun on her face happy and grateful to have slipped her skin and body that was full of cancer.”
You can hear the song on YouTube.
You can buy the song on any streaming music service. If you’d like just to donate you can go to Chesney’s website.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | 2022-12-13T16:09:25+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/kenny-chesney-releases-song-honor-his-late-dog |
Two people are facing decades in prison and multi-million dollar fines for trafficking fentanyl into the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, Havre and Great Falls as Montana officials work to contain record-breaking seizures of the synthetic opioid which is now a public health crisis on a national scale.
Chantel Marie Azure, 33, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, while a federal jury convicted 37-year-old Aaron Ramirez Espinoza of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. The two separate cases involved fentanyl and were heard in U.S. District Court.
“There’s no question that fentanyl is now the number one public safety threat facing Montana. Mexican drug cartels are pushing it across the border, flooding it into our state at an unprecedented rate — and killing Montanans,” Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said in a press release earlier this week.
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Seizures of fentanyl made by state and federal law enforcement so far in 2022 have dwarfed those of years past. Agents with the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task forces reported 111,611 fentanyl "dosage units" seized, which includes pill-sized doses and loose fentanyl powder, according to a statement from the Montana Attorney General’s Office. Last year ended with 60,577 dosage units seized. Those figures do not include seizures made by state agencies outside of the task force.
Synthetic opioids have contributed to the overall increase in overdoses nationwide between 2020 and 2021, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdoses from substances like fentanyl went from around 58,000 in 2020 to just over 71,000 the next year.
In Montana, the state crime lab reported 49 fentanyl-linked overdoses last year, per the Attorney General’s Office, up from just four in 2017. Preliminary lab data shows 34 deaths related to fentanyl so far this year. Surges in overdoses have been reported out of Miles City, Helena, Great Falls and Billings throughout 2022. In May, the Blackfeet Nation declared a state of emergency after 17 overdoses and four drug-related deaths occurring in the span of a week within its borders.
In the past two years, county and federal courts have also issued lengthy sentences for those guilty of trafficking the powerful opioid. Most recently, Eric Charles Swan and Elizabeth Ardell Grace Ronshaugen were sentenced in June to eight and four years in prison, respectively. Officers found the two in a vehicle carrying thousands of fentanyl pills, along with meth, cocaine and other drugs on a return trip from Denver. They reached an agreement with federal prosecutors, with both pleading guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
Azure, who is from Billings, admitted Aug. 15 in federal court to trafficking fentanyl and meth into Havre and the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Havre police and federal agents traced a fentanyl purchase to Azure in January 2021, according to court documents. Police stopped Azure in her vehicle. She was riding with two passengers, who were carrying fentanyl pills and meth. Agents were granted a search warrant for Azure’s Facebook account, where they found further evidence of drug trafficking.
She is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 1, and faces up to 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine.
Espinoza, of Washington, was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday of dealing drugs on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and in Great Falls. Officers identified Espinoza in May 2021 as part of a group of men from Yakima, Washington, who were trafficking drugs into Montana, according to court documents. Police arrested him at a Great Falls gas station a year later. He was carrying meth and two bags of fentanyl pills.
He initially told officers the drugs were for personal use, according to a statement from the Department of Justice, before saying he was planning to meet someone who never showed up. Espinoza said he was “trying to make a living.”
Espinoza is also set to be sentenced Dec. 1, and faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, along with a $10 million fine. | 2022-08-20T00:53:32+00:00 | billingsgazette.com | https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/two-guilty-in-separate-fentanyl-cases-on-rocky-boys-reservation/article_824f2f48-2016-11ed-9a03-a3f04beb2f8d.html |
Important Regulatory Milestone Provides Runway to Move DK210 (EGFR) into the Clinical Phase
GERMANTOWN, Md., Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Deka Biosciences, Inc. (Deka), a biotech company focused on developing novel cytokine therapies to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases, announced the submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 23, 2022. The IND application supports Deka's DK210 (EGFR), a promising new cancer treatment that combines normal interleukin-2 with a high affinity interleukin-10, that is designed to accumulate in tumors by binding to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).
"With no dual cytokine therapy currently approved for the treatment of cancer, this IND application brings us one step closer to fulfilling our mission – to bring cures to patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases," said John Mumm, CEO & Co-Founder of Deka. "We are thrilled to advance DK210 (EGFR) to the clinical phase and anticipate beginning our Phase 1 trial as soon as possible after the FDA's acceptance of our IND."
The IND filing comes nearly 18 months after the discovery of DK210 (EGFR), and the company is projecting to dose its first patient in early 2023.
DK210 (EGFR) is the first of many experimental therapeutics developed as part of Deka's platform of molecules. Each Diakine™ in Deka's platform consists of two complementary cytokines coupled together via attachment to a single chain variable fragment that enables the cytokines to accumulate more specifically in targeted tissues. The combination of the two cytokines increases potency and reduces toxicity while the targeting system also improves the drug's efficacy, safety, and manufacturability. Deka has also identified genetic markers that are related to the differentiated responses to each Diakine™. These markers will be evaluated in early clinical trials with the hope of using them as potential diagnostic tools to match patients with the most effective Diakine™ treatment in later stage trials.
Deka Biosciences is a biotech company led by entrepreneur Dr. John Mumm, who is backed by a team of experienced academic, biopharma and CDMO innovators with expertise in drug discovery, product development, characterization, and testing. Deka has developed disease specific Diakines™ designed to maximize patient benefits through improved pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) function by the targeted accumulation of dual and complimentary cytokines into affected tissues. Through developing a better understanding of each patient's immune response to different Diakines™, Deka hopes to maximize the impact of its Diakines™ by building these targeted therapies for everyone.
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Retail sales flat in Sept. as inflation takes toll on American households
NEW YORK (AP) — The pace of sales at U.S. retailers was unchanged in September from August as rising prices for rent and food chipped away at money available for other things.
Retail sales were flat last month, down from a revised. 0.4% growth in August, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Retail sales fell 0.4% in July.
Excluding sales of automobiles and at gas stations, retail sales rose 0.3%. Excluding gas sales, spending was up 0.1%
While the report showed the resilience of the American consumer, the figures are not adjusted for inflation unlike many other government reports. In fact, sales at grocery stores rose 0.4%, helped by rising prices in food.
Evidence that the Fed’s fight to cool the economy may be taking hold can also be seen, particularly with big-ticket items. Sales at auto dealers fell 0.4% last month, and shoppers continued to pull back on appliances, electronics and furniture, all categories that did well during the early part of the pandemic. Business at consumer electronics and appliance stores fell 0.8%.
Sales at clothing stores rose 0.5%, while business at department stores rose 1.3% That indicates a solid back-to-school season but adjusted for inflation, spending was modest, analysts said. Business at restaurants rose 0.5%, while online sales ticked up at the same pace.
Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail said the report was “representative of an economy that is tightening and of a shopper that is becoming more discerning and cautious about what they buy.”
Consumer spending accounts for nearly 70% of U.S. economic activity and Americans have remained mostly resilient even with inflation near four-decade highs. Yet surging prices for everything from mortgages to rent have upped the anxiety level. Overall spending has slowed and shifted increasingly toward necessities like food, while spending on electronics, furniture, new clothes and other non-necessities has faded.
“Even if people are employed and on paper look reasonably comfortable they are not feeling comfortable, and they are very concerned about what’s to come next,” said Joel Rampoldt, a managing director in the retail practice at AlixPartners.
Inflation in the United States accelerated in September, with the cost of housing and other necessities putting more pressure on households, eliminating pay gains and almost guaranteeing that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates aggressively.
Consumer prices, excluding volatile food and energy costs, jumped 6.6% in September from a year ago — the fastest such pace in four decades. And on a month-to-month basis, core prices surged 0.6% for a second straight time, defying expectations for a slowdown and signaling that the Fed’s multiple rate hikes have yet to ease inflation pressures. Core prices typically provide a better picture of underlying price trends.
Overall prices rose 8.2% in September compared with a year earlier, down slightly from August, the government said Thursday in its monthly inflation report.
It is a crucial period for retailers as they prepare for the holiday shopping season, which accounts on average for 20% of the industry’s annual sales. Inflation is already changing shopper habits, causing them to trade down to cheaper stores like Walmart and dollar stores and within aisles, switching to cheaper brands.
Walmart and Target are among others that are pushing deals earlier while others are offering new financing for customers.
Conn’s HomePlus, a Texas furniture and mattress chain that caters to households at the lower end of the economic scale, launched a new layaway program that caters to the 20% to 25% of the chain’s applicants not eligible to qualify for other financing.
“(Shoppers’) ability to spend on discretionary is more limited than it was before, " said CEO Chandra Holt. Sales on things like deluxe coffee makers other consumer electronics have faded, she said. .
A slew of holiday forecasts from various research and consulting firms point to a sales slowdown from last year, but adjusted for inflation, retailers could actually see a decline. AlixPartners predicts holiday sales to be up anywhere from 4% to 7% from last year, which was up 16%, according to its calculations. The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, hasn’t released its holiday forecast.
Janet Barnes, a 42-year-old College Park, Maryland resident, says she’s trading down and going to cheaper stores for groceries as prices spike. Instead of Wegmans or Whole Foods, she now heads to the discount chain Lidl and said she saves about 40% in groceries. Thrift stores have replaced Nordstrom, she said.
“We are creatures of habit, said Barnes. “But it is not a bad deal to see what else is going on — and test something else.”
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AP Economics Writer Chris Rugaber in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-14T14:43:27+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/10/14/retail-sales-flat-sept-inflation-takes-toll-american-households/ |
- The two aircraft delivered will accelerate CMA CGM AIR CARGO's development.
- CMA CGM orders two additional Boeing 777 Freighters, with the aim to have 12 aircraft by 2026.
- As an international air cargo company, CMA CGM AIR CARGO offers complete and agile solutions to the Group's customers.
MARSEILLE, France, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The CMA CGM Group, a global leader in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, announce today the delivery of its two first Boeing 777 Freighters and the purchase of two more.
Four Boeing 777 Freighter will join the CMA CGM AIR CARGO fleet
At a ceremony signing held in Everett, WA, CMA CGM AIR CARGO took delivery of its second Boeing 777 Freighter, after the reception of its first Boeing 777 Freighter on May 31st. These planes both come from the order CMA CGM AIR CARGO placed in Spring 2021. The purchase of two Boeing 777 Freighters was the first direct order since the CMA CGM Group announced the launch of its dedicated air cargo transportation division in February 2021.
CMA CGM AIR CARGO also officially disclosed an order for two additional Boeing 777 Freighters. When delivered, the new planes will complete a fleet of at least 12 Boeing and Airbus aircraft by 2026. This additional order means that the CMA CGM Group will have a total of four Boeing 777 Freighters in its fleet.
A cost-effective investment
The Boeing 777 Freighter will provide CMA CGM AIR CARGO the flexibility to deploy the aircraft across its growing air freight network in Europe, North America and Asia, as the Group pursues its commitment to offer its customers a complete range of transportation and logistics solutions.
As the world's largest, longest range, and most capable twin-engine freighter, the aircraft can carry a maximum payload of 107 tons. With a range of 9,200 kilometers, this plane will allow CMA CGM AIR CARGO to grow its air freight service by offering more international destinations and choice.
The 777 Freighter is Boeing's top-selling freighter of all time. Customers from around the world have ordered more than 300 since the program began in 2005. The market leader in air cargo aircraft, Boeing provides more than 90% of the worldwide dedicated freighter capacity, including new production and converted aircraft.
CMA CGM AIR CARGO provides end-to-end solutions for CMA CGM customers
Launched in March 2021, CMA CGM AIR CARGO is the Group's new division dedicated to air freight. It represents another step forward in the CMA CGM strategic direction set by Rodolphe Saadé, CMA CGM Chairman and CEO, of providing the Group's customers with an offering that harnesses the tight fit between shipping and logistics.
CMA CGM AIR CARGO fleet currently consists of 4 aircraft. By 2026, CMA CGM AIR CARGO fleet will go up to 12, including the 4 B777 Freighters.
Olivier Casanova, CEO of CMA CGM AIR CARGO stated: "The reception of our first two Boeing 777 Freighters, and this new order of two additional aircraft represents a milestone in our fleet expansion. With four Boeing 777 Freighters by 2024, complementing our existing fleet of 4 aircraft, CMA CGM Air Cargo will enlarge its network, linking Europe, Asia and America and provide a tailor-made range of transportation and logistics solutions to our clients, thanks to a modern, technically and environmentally efficient fleet".
Ricardo Cavero, Vice President Europe, Israel & Turkey Sales & Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes said: "We are delighted that CMA CGM AIR CARGO has placed an incremental order for two new Boeing 777 Freighters. With the delivery of its first two freighters, CMA CGM AIR CARGO will deliver on its promise to its customers to provide end-to-end logistics solutions. The Boeing 777 Freighter unrivalled operating efficiency will allow CMA CGM to operate the airplane across an extensive, global air freight network."
About CMA CGM
Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, serves more than 420 ports around the world across 5 continents, with a fleet of 580 vessels. The Group transported 22 million TEU containers (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2021. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a global logistics player which transported 474,000 tons of air cargo and more than 21 million tons of inland freight, and its air cargo division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is constantly innovating to provide customers a comprehensive and increasingly efficient offering, thanks to new shipping, inland, air freight and logistics solutions.
Firmly committed to the energy transition in shipping and a pioneer in its use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a Net Zero-Carbon target for 2050.
Each year, via the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group supports thousands of children as part of its efforts to promote education for all and equal opportunities. The CMA CGM Foundation also intervenes in humanitarian crises requiring an emergency response by calling on the Group's shipping and logistics expertise to deliver humanitarian supplies around the world.
Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs 150,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseille where its head office is located.
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As someone who adores books, especially old ones, it always pains me to see them being thrown away. I realize that sometimes it’s the only thing that can be done with them because they may be moldy or ruined from getting wet or being chewed on by a puppy, but oftentimes it’s books that are in perfectly fine shape that are being tossed.
Libraries and used bookstores can’t absorb all the books that people want to get rid of, so many books end up in the trash. Before you throw out those old books, though, I’d like you to consider turning them into art. After all, we know the adage that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, and you might be able to turn an old book into an item that someone will treasure.
First, here are a few simple ideas. If it’s a hardback book, you can cut a square out of all the interior pages to create a keepsake box. If you know some basic origami, you could then create cute little shapes like paper cranes out of those square pieces you removed from the interior of the book. If you enjoy folding paper, you could also learn how to fold the edges of the pages of an old book to spell a word like “love” or “smile” or “family.” You can also bind a few books together to serve a variety of uses from holding kitchen knives between the pages when the books are standing upright to being a simple decorative piece on a side table under a small lamp.
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For the more artistically minded people, here are a few ideas. First, you can simply remove the pages of an old book and paint on them. You can shred the pages and use them for papier-mâché projects. You can use a jigsaw tool to cut the entire hardback book into the shape of a letter. You can use the pages of a book, folded in various fashions, to create a wreath. You can turn the spines of old books into bookmarks, make mobiles out of interesting illustrations, clip passages for “found poems,” or cut the interiors of the books into any number of interesting shapes.
If you have a lot of hardback books, you can turn them into ottomans or larger pieces of furniture, and if you are good at stacking them just right, they can be used as a Christmas tree or any other unique form you can then decorate or add lights to. The pages of many books can even be turned into clothing such as wedding dresses with elaborately folded pages serving as a train.
There are so many things you can make out of old books. To find ideas, simply look online. Pinterest is chock-full of photos to help you visualize what you could do with those old books besides throw them away.
Naturally, I will always be in favor of leaving books in their original form and simply finding new homes for them if you don’t want them anymore because a book, in my opinion, is already a piece of art. However, if you don’t want the books anymore and can’t find anyone to take them off your hands, consider getting creative with some of them before you throw all of them away.
Contact Marshall at tamreader@gmail.com.
This month’s reading selection is “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius. | 2022-08-07T14:01:53+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/lifestyles/marshall-what-to-do-with-old-books/article_93542212-1652-11ed-8391-4f499e223356.html |
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