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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A new regulation that came into force in Poland Saturday requiring pregnancy information to be uploaded to the national digital system has raised concerns among women’s organizations that it could be another means for the conservative government to control women’s lives.
Women’s groups suggest the Health Ministry regulation would enable authorities to monitor pregnancies as another means of control in the country with a very strict anti-abortion law.
The ministry had denied this, saying the regulation stems from European Union directives and will help doctors treat patients by providing them with vital information quickly.
“In today’s Poland every change relating to reproduction, and especially when it calls for collecting of sensitive personal information, is met with suspicion of bad intentions,” says Krystyna Kacpura, head of the FEDERA, Foundation for Women and Family Planning.
FEDERA has called on women to remain calm but stay vigilant about the regulation that’s popularly referred to as “pregnancy register.”
Under Poland’s right-wing government, abortion is allowed in only if the pregnancy threatens the woman’s health or results from crime like rape or incest. Women are not penalized for abortions, only those performing or assisting in them.
A provision allowing abortion of fetuses with genetic defects was pronounced unconstitutional by a top court, the Constitutional Tribunal, whose rulings often fall in line with the ruling party’s views.
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2022-10-01T19:50:20+00:00
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Appeals court: Sen. Graham must testify in Georgia probe
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Updated: 5:51 PM CDT Oct 20, 2022
are two of the unsung heroes in this country, doing the hard, your proud service as an election worker took *** dramatic turn on the day that Rudy Giuliani publicized the video of you and your mother counting ballots on election night. President trump Rudy Giuliani and others claimed on the basis of this video that you and your mother were somehow involved in *** plot to kick out observers bring suitcases of false ballots for biden into the arena and then run them through the machines multiple times. None of that was true was it of Ruby Freeman and Shay Freeman Mars and one Other Gentleman quite obviously surreptitiously passing around USB ports as if their vials of heroin or cocaine. I mean it's it's it's obvious to anyone who's *** criminal investigator or prosecutor. They are engaged in surreptitious illegal activity again that day and after *** week ago and they're still walking around Georgia. Why should have been, they should have been uh, should have been questioned already. Uh, there are places of work, their homes should have been searched for evidence of balance, for evidence of USB ports, for evidence of voter fraud. When when I saw the video, of course the first thing that I said was like why why why why are they doing this? What's going on? And um, they, you know, just told me that trump and his allies were not satisfied with the outcome of the election. And they were getting *** lot of threats and um being harassed online and asked me, you know, have I been receiving anything. And I need to check on my mom and those horrible things that they include threats. Yes, *** lot of threats um wishing death upon me um telling me that you know I'll be in jail with my mother and saying things like Be Glad It's 2020 and Not 1920. Yes *** lot of these threats and and vile comments, racist in nature. *** lot of them were racist, *** lot of them were just hateful. Yes sir. In one of the videos we just watched Mr Giuliani accused you and your mother of passing some sort of USB drive to each other. What was your mom actually handing you on that video? *** ginger mint, tell us if you would of the other election workers shown in that state farm arena video and their supervisors, how many are still election workers in Fulton County? There is no permanent election worker or supervisor in that video that's still there. And did you end up leaving? You're leaving your position as well? Yes, I I left, there is nowhere I feel safe nowhere. Do you know how it feels to have the President of the United States to target you. The President of the United States is supposed to represent every american not to target one, but he targeted me. Lady ruby, *** small business owner, *** mother, *** proud american citizen who stand up to help Fulton County running the election in the middle of the pandemic
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Appeals court: Sen. Graham must testify in Georgia probe
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paves the way for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to bring Graham in for questioning as she tries to wrap up the investigation. She has said she hopes to be able to "send the grand jury on their way" by the end of the year.Graham could appeal the ruling to the full appellate court. An attorney for Graham deferred comment to a spokesman for the senator's office, which did not immediately comment on the ruling.Willis has said she wants to question the South Carolina Republican about phone calls he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the state's top elections official, in the weeks after the 2020 election. Raffensperger has said he interpreted questions about whether he could reject certain absentee ballots as a suggestion to reject legally cast votes.Graham has challenged his subpoena, saying his position as a U.S. senator protects him from having to testify in the state investigation. He has denied any wrongdoing.
COLUMBIA, S.C. —
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paves the way for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to bring Graham in for questioning as she tries to wrap up the investigation. She has said she hopes to be able to "send the grand jury on their way" by the end of the year.
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Graham could appeal the ruling to the full appellate court. An attorney for Graham deferred comment to a spokesman for the senator's office, which did not immediately comment on the ruling.
Willis has said she wants to question the South Carolina Republican about phone calls he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the state's top elections official, in the weeks after the 2020 election. Raffensperger has said he interpreted questions about whether he could reject certain absentee ballots as a suggestion to reject legally cast votes.
Graham has challenged his subpoena, saying his position as a U.S. senator protects him from having to testify in the state investigation. He has denied any wrongdoing.
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2022-10-22T14:59:53+00:00
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https://www.wisn.com/article/appeals-court-graham-testify-georgia-probe/41726950
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Troopers rescue bunny along Minnesota highway
Published: Apr. 6, 2023 at 11:53 AM CDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC/Gray News) - A pair of Minnesota state troopers found an unusual suspect on the side of a highway in Minnesota.
Troopers Andy Kutz and Chelsea Yeager found a bunny along U.S. Highway 169 about two miles north of Mankato on Monday.
The troopers took the bunny to the Blue Earth-Nicollet County Humane Society where he was taken care of overnight Monday. He was then taken to a nearby bunny rescue.
The bunny has since earned the nickname Mr. Trooper.
Mr. Trooper is believed to have been a pet rabbit that was dropped off along the highway.
If the owners aren’t found, the animal rescue will work on finding Mr. Trooper a good home.
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2023-04-06T17:31:04+00:00
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wlox.com
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https://www.wlox.com/2023/04/06/troopers-rescue-bunny-along-minnesota-highway/
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Southern Air Cenla Summer Camp: Many Tigers
MANY, La. (KALB) - The last time we have seen the Many Tigers, they were walking off the field at the Dome in a loss to Amite. Head Coach Jess Curtis said that the performance in the championship game does not take away from the success that they have had in recent years, but it is always tough when you lose a game.
“The last three years were special,” said Curtis. “Three straight championships appearances, one state championship win and coming up four quarters short last year was a bitter pill for us to swallow.”
That loss sparked a fire under the Tigers, and star senior Tackett Curtis said this season means a lot to him.
“The loss motivates me a lot every day,” said Curtis. “I think about that a lot of the time. But it’s more so about my senior year here at Many, and I will never be able to get this back. So, I’m kind of cherishing every moment with these guys, and I want to get it done and go out on top.”
This season they have it written all over their t-shirts: “Unfinished Business,” and this slogan is not new at all. Tylen Singleton said this was the word around the locker room when he won his first championship in 2020.
“This was the saying my freshman year when we lost in 2019,” said Singleton. “We won in 2020, and the term ‘unfinished business’ was being used in the locker room. Now, we just hope it happens again.”
The Tigers arguably may have the game of the year in their schedule when they play Newman on September 22. Curtis does have that game on his mind, but he plans to approach every game the same way.
“Every game is a big game,” said Curtis. “There are a few games in the back of my head that I think ‘man, I kind of want them,’ but I’m just taking it one week at a time.”
Coach Curtis’ goal is to end up hoisting a trophy in the Dome, and he is not settling for anything less. He says this team does have a tough road, but they are skilled enough to get the job done.
“The standard is the same,” said Curtis. “Our tradition doesn’t graduate here. We expect to be in that game at the end of the year in December, and we expect to be victorious. It’s going to be a hard road, some good teams coming in Class 2A this year, and we know we have a bullseye on our back, but we are going to be ready.”
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2022-08-24T04:33:15+00:00
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https://www.kalb.com/2022/08/24/southern-air-cenla-summer-camp-many-tigers/
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Blueliner Daniel Laatsch gets offensive in our look at Wisconsin men's hockey
MADISON – A weekly look at the Wisconsin men’s hockey team.
For the record
The Badgers dropped to 10-16 overall and 3-13 in the Big Ten following two losses to No. 20 Notre Dame. They lost, 5-3, on Friday, and fell, 3-1, on Saturday.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Daniel Laatsch gets offensive
If there was a highlight for UW as it was swept by the Fighting Irish, Laatsch was in the middle of it with assists on back-to-back goals to help the Badgers erase a 2-0 deficit during a wild first period Friday night.
The sophomore defenseman's first assist went to freshman Jack Horbach at the 9:51 mark. The second, which was initially credited as a goal for Laatsch, went to freshman Charlie Stramel at the 12:08 mark. On that goal, Laatsch fired the shot that got past the goalie but it was slightly deflected off Stramel, resulting in the change of credit.
One of the top defenders, the points marked Laatsch’s first multi-point game in college and gave the Badgers a moment of hope in what proved to be a tough series.
NOTABLE
Staying in a good frame of mind
Wisconsin coach Tony Granato, whose team is in last place in the Big Ten, was asked for his thoughts on the team's mind state.
“They still believe they’re a good team. They still like coming to the rink and like the opportunity we have in front of us to play at Michigan and the following week to play Minnesota. They’re excited,” he said. “As a coach is you want to make sure your guys still love coming to the rink, still love the challenges that are in front of them and still have the confidence to believe that we can still do some positive things.”
Luke LaMaster piles up penalty minutes
Junior Luke LaMaster's 22 penalty minutes Saturday were the second-highest single-game total in program history. He received a slashing call in the first period and two 5-minute majors for head contact, the second also resulted in a 10-minute game misconduct penalty.
None of the power plays that resulted from those penalties led to Notre Dame goals.
"On the two majors, we’re asking our boys to play physical and play hard,” Granato said. “Those are two hits that happened to be some head contact between helmet and helmet. Unfortunately, that is a major penalty.”
Two key Badgers still on the mend
Granato said senior Jack Gorniak and junior Anthony Kehrer, who each have upper body injuries, are improving but will not play this week against Michigan. The coach expects to have senior Dominick Mersch to return to action after not finishing the game Saturday after blocking a shot.
Mersch is a captain. Gorniak and Kehrer are alternate captains. That left Mathieu De St. Phalle as the only member of the leadership team on the ice by the end of the series.
“Those are three of our captains,” Granato said. “On Saturday you lose Mersch. You had Gorniak out, Kehrer out already and you’re losing three of your experienced captains and leadership. They’ve done a job I’ve praised them on all year, but when you lose them all at one time it does have an impact on your leadership group.”
BY THE NUMBERS
5 Power plays goals allowed against Notre Dame last week.
5.92 Penalties per game for Michigan, UW's opponent this week. That is the most in the Big Ten.
COMING UP
Badgers head to Wolverine Country
At No. 6 Michigan, 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday: Wisconsin gets another chance at a quality opponent and a team the Badgers almost swept during their early December series. Wisconsin won the first game, 6-3, and was tied heading into the final period of the second game before losing, 4-2. Since the start of the new year, the Wolverines (16-9-1, 8-8 Big Ten) split series with then-No. 8 Ohio State and then-No. 2 Minnesota before sweeping then-No. 6 Penn State last week.
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2023-02-02T23:17:03+00:00
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jsonline.com
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https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2023/02/02/daniel-laatsch-gets-offensive-in-our-look-at-wisconsin-badgers-hockey/69865717007/
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CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Thousands of anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Moldova’s capital Sunday to express their dismay over alleged government failings amid an acute winter energy crisis and skyrocketing inflation.
The protesters converged in the capital, Chisinau, and chanted slogans as they marched toward the Constitutional Court. They called for an early election and the resignation of Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu.
Moldova, a former Soviet republic sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine with 2.6 million people, has taken a distinctly Western-oriented path over the last year. But in the past two months, a series of protests initiated by the populist Shor Party have rocked the country.
The Shor Party’s leader, Ilan Shor, is a Moldovan oligarch currently in exile in Israel. He is implicated in a $1 billion bank theft and was recently named on a U.S. State Department sanctions list as working for Russian interests.
The U.S. says Shor is working with “corrupt oligarchs and Moscow-based entities to create political unrest in Moldova” and to undermine the country’s push to join the European Union. In June, Moldova was granted E.U. candidate status along with war-torn Ukraine.
On Thursday, Moldova’s government filed a request to the country’s Constitutional Court to declare the Shor Party illegal. Moldova’s anti-corruption prosecutors’ office is also investigating the financing of the protests, which prosecutors say involves at least some Russian money.
The protests have hit Molodva’s government as it grapples with a serious winter energy crisis and rapidly rising inflation. Russia, whom Moldova relies on entirely for its natural gas, recently halved its supply to Moldova, Europe’s poorest nation.
President Sandu says Moscow’s decision to cut gas supplies was “political blackmail,” and has accused pro-Russia political forces in Moldova of “cynically exploiting people’s hardships and the discontent … (to) generate chaos and turn us back from our European path.”
On Thursday, E.U. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen paid an official visit to Moldova, where she pledged 250 million euros from the bloc to help the country tackle the energy crisis and support its most vulnerable people.
“Moldova is part of our European family,” she said. “And family must stick together when the times are getting tough.”
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McGrath reported from Sighisoara, Romania.
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2022-11-14T13:14:19+00:00
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upmatters.com
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https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-moldova-anti-govt-protesters-return-amid-energy-crisis/
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How to Watch the Guardians vs. Cardinals Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for May 27
Published: May. 27, 2023 at 1:11 PM CDT|Updated: 57 minutes ago
Jose Ramirez and the Cleveland Guardians hit the field on Saturday at Progressive Field against Jack Flaherty, who is starting for the St. Louis Cardinals. First pitch is set for 7:15 PM ET.
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Guardians vs. Cardinals Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, May 27, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Venue: Progressive Field
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Guardians Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Guardians have hit the fewest home runs in MLB play this season (30).
- Cleveland's .338 slugging percentage is the lowest average in MLB.
- The Guardians are 28th in MLB with a .224 batting average.
- Cleveland is the lowest scoring team in MLB action, averaging 3.5 runs per game (173 total).
- The Guardians rank 29th in MLB with a .296 on-base percentage.
- Guardians batters strike out 7.1 times per game, the fewest strikeouts in MLB.
- Cleveland's pitching staff ranks 29th in MLB with a collective 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Cleveland has a 3.86 team ERA that ranks ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the 11th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.274).
Cardinals Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Cardinals' 72 home runs rank fifth in Major League Baseball.
- St. Louis is fifth in MLB with a .436 slugging percentage this season.
- The Cardinals have a team batting average of .260 this season, which ranks seventh among MLB teams.
- St. Louis has scored 266 runs this season, which ranks fifth in MLB.
- The Cardinals have an on-base percentage of .334 this season, which ranks fourth in the league.
- The Cardinals are one of the most disciplined teams at the plate this season, ranking 10th with an average of 8.2 strikeouts per game.
- St. Louis averages the 14th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the majors this season.
- St. Louis has the 17th-ranked ERA (4.34) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined 1.445 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-highest in MLB.
Guardians Probable Starting Pitcher
- Tanner Bibee gets the start for the Guardians, his sixth of the season. He is 1-1 with a 3.18 ERA and 25 strikeouts through 28 1/3 innings pitched.
- The righty last appeared on Sunday against the New York Mets, when he went six innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up seven hits.
- Bibee is seeking his third quality start in a row.
- Bibee will aim to go five or more innings for his third straight appearance. He's averaging 5.6 innings per outing.
Cardinals Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Cardinals will hand the ball to Flaherty (3-4) for his 11th start of the season.
- The right-hander's last start was on Sunday, when he tossed 4 2/3 innings while giving up three earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- He has earned a quality start two times in 10 starts this season.
- In 10 starts this season, Flaherty has lasted five or more innings seven times, with an average of 5.1 innings per appearance.
Guardians Schedule
Cardinals Schedule
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2023-05-27T19:08:46+00:00
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MIAMI (AP) — Win Game 1, lose Game 2, win Game 3.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat have followed the same path to 2-1 leads in their respective first-round series — and on Monday night, both will hope to break that win-one-lose-one trend and grab command of their matchups.
The seventh-seeded Lakers play host to the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in Game 4 of their Western Conference series, while the eighth-seeded Heat — who lost Victor Oladipo for the season in Saturday’s win — play host to the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in Game 4 of that Eastern Conference matchup.
“You have to respect championship DNA. They have it,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of the Bucks on Sunday. “They have guys that have been through the battle, have been through the wars. It’s not like they’re going to get sick at sea because they’re down 2-1. They’ll just go and focus on doing what they have to do to try to get tomorrow and that’s what our focus is as well. It’s competition. You got to put yourself out there and do we have to do.”
The Bucks are waiting to see if Giannis Antetokounmpo — who bruised his lower back in the first half of Game 1, then didn’t play in Games 2 or 3 — can play Monday. The Bucks didn’t practice Sunday, but Antetokounmpo did some on-court work in an effort to determine what he might be able to do in Game 4.
“He is the constant. He is the key and he always wants to make himself available,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said Sunday.
No final decision is expected on Antetokounmpo until Monday.
Miami used a 19-0 early run to take control of its win on Saturday night. The Lakers — quite possibly steamed a bit by some comments Memphis’ Dillon Brooks made about LeBron James — left no doubt right away, grabbing a 38-9 lead to open the game.
“I don’t need to make statements,” James said.
Correct, but he and the Lakers made one anyway — and they can make an even bigger one with a win on Monday.
“The way our guys fought for quarters two, three, and four showed a lot of great resiliency,” Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said, noting that his team erased most of the 29-point deficit and made things a bit interesting before losing 111-101. “We’ve got to learn and get better from this. Adversity’s going to get the best out of us.”
BUCKS AT HEAT
Miami leads 2-1. Game 4, 7:30 p.m. EDT, TNT.
— NEED TO KNOW: This is the 12th time that a No. 8 seed has taken a 2-1 lead over a No. 1 seed in this playoff format; the higher seed rallied to win in seven of the previous 11 such situations.
— KEEP AN EYE ON: The 3-point line. Milwaukee has made 125 3-pointers in seven games against Miami this season — outscoring the Heat by 123 points in that span from beyond the arc. But the Heat have won four of the seven games so far.
— INJURY WATCH: Milwaukee is waiting to see if Antetokounmpo (lower back contusion in Game 1) can play or will sit a third consecutive game. He has played 53 of a possible 336 minutes against Miami this season. Oladipo (torn left patellar tendon in Game 3) is out for the rest of the season for Miami, as is Tyler Herro (broken right hand in Game 1). Jimmy Butler (bruised glute in Game 3) indicated that he will play Monday.
— PRESSURE IS ON: Milwaukee. Going down 3-1 to Butler and the Heat would be a bad plan, even for a No. 1 seed.
GRIZZLIES AT LAKERS
Los Angeles leads 2-1. Game 4, 10 p.m. EDT, TNT.
— NEED TO KNOW: The Grizzlies had the second-worst road record among the NBA’s 16 playoff teams, and they started horrifically in their road playoff opener. After falling behind by 29 in the second quarter of Game 3 and managing to get within only nine before losing, Memphis faces the prospect of a 3-1 series deficit, something this franchise has never overcome.
— KEEP AN EYE ON: Brooks. The Grizzlies’ self-appointed bear-poker avoided suspension for poking James in a sensitive place in Game 3, but Brooks was playing terribly even before he got ejected. His performative aggression is comical and detrimental unless he can contribute something positive.
— INJURY WATCH: Ja Morant’s sore right hand didn’t stop him from dropping 24 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter of Game 3. He shrugged off the pain afterward, saying he simply has to play through it.
— PRESSURE IS ON: Memphis. A huge series deficit would be daunting, but the Grizzlies also need to show their resilience and to demonstrate their depth after relying solely on Morant’s brilliance to make up any ground in Game 3.
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AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham in Los Angeles contributed.
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2023-04-24T14:53:06+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/sports/ap-sports/heat-lakers-have-chance-to-take-3-1-first-round-leads/
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HBCU medical schools to tackle organ transplant disparities
By KAT STAFFORD
Associated Press
A coalition including the four medical schools at the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities has announced a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients. The initiative plans to create new opportunities for Black medical and nursing students to shadow organ procurement organizations and transplant centers and collaborate with partner HBCUs. The initiative was created by the Consortium of HBCU Medical Schools, the Organ Donation Advocacy Group and Association of Organ Procurement Organizations.
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2022-05-05T17:39:27+00:00
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keyt.com
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https://keyt.com/news/2022/05/05/hbcu-medical-schools-to-tackle-organ-transplant-disparities/
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UPDATE 3:31 p.m. — Police said during an update that two men had a “verbal exchange” with two women and another man before leaving the mall. One of the men turned around and started firing a gun, hitting the three others.
Police said that the two women are in serious condition. The man is still in critical condition.
There were two on-duty and one off-duty officer in the mall who were able to respond to give aid. Another officer responded from a different location.
Witnesses told police that the two men fled on foot and were wearing some sort of face covering. Police do not believe that this was a random shooting.
A part of the mall was shut down during the investigation.
UPDATE (6/10/22) 2:25 p.m. — Police identified the victims as all adults — two women and one man.
The male victim is in critical condition, according to Prince George’s County Police.
The women suffered what are considered non-life-threatening injuries.
The shooting took place around 12:45 p.m. at the entrance of the mall.
Stick with WDVM for updates on this developing story.
TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (WDVM) — Three people were transported after a shooting at The Shops at Iverson on Friday afternoon.
Police are still working to locate the suspect or suspects and said that there is no active shooter. The three victims have what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
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2022-06-10T20:08:35+00:00
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cenlanow.com
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https://www.cenlanow.com/news/three-injured-after-shooting-at-prince-georges-county-mall/
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(The Hill) – Falling water levels in lakes and rivers across the globe have caused great concern among climate experts, and they have also led people to stumble upon a range of newly uncovered relics, from sunken ships to human remains.
Nearly half our Europe is facing drought warnings, while dry conditions in the American West, the worst in more than 1,000 years, led to water allocation cutbacks last week for states along the Colorado River.
An EU-commissioned report from the Global Drought Observatory released this month found that 47 percent of Europe is in drought warning conditions, and 17 percent of the region meets the threshold for alert conditions.
As policymakers bring new urgency to addressing droughts in the U.S. and across the globe, here are five of the weirdest things exposed by lakes and rivers that are drying up:
Nazi warships
The drought has brought the Danube River, the second-longest in Europe, to some of the lowest water levels seen in nearly a century.
The levels have threatened shipping, especially in the Serbian section of the river, where officials have begun dredging to keep vessels moving through the waterway.
Near the port town of Prahovo, locals have found the hulks of dozens of Nazi warships, raising concerns about potential unexploded ammunition still aboard, Reuters reported last week.
“The German flotilla has left behind a big ecological disaster that threatens us, people of Prahovo,” local resident Velimir Trajilovic told Reuters.
The outlet reported the vessels were once operated by Nazi Germany’s fleet in the Black Sea and passed through the Danube River as they were retreating from Soviet forces.
Dinosaur tracks
At Texas’s Dinosaur Valley State Park, 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks are preserved in the riverbed. They are typically covered by water and sediment, hindering their visibility.
But recent dry conditions this summer have lowered water levels at the park, located near Fort Worth, leading visitors last week to see the ancient tracks more exposed than ever.
Recent rains have since improved conditions, but the park wrote on its Facebook page it was not enough to fill the Paluxy River, which runs through the park.
Jeff Davis, the state park’s superintendent, told Nexstar, The Hill’s parent company, that employees who have worked at the site for upwards of 10 years have never seen the tracks so clearly.
“You won’t find them anywhere in the world,” Davis said. “You can actually see their individual toes, their individual claw marks. You can even see where they slipped as they were running.”
Hunger stones
The Guardian reported late last week that low water levels in the Czech Republic section of the Elbe River have revealed a sharp warning inscribed in German centuries ago: “Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine.”
The phrase translates to “If you see me, then weep.”
The inscription was written as a famine warning to future generations. This particular hunger stone was found near the town of Děčín, located in the northern region of the Czech Republic close to the country’s border with Germany.
The recent drought isn’t the first time such inscriptions have been visible in recent years. NPR reported a hunger stone was visible in Děčín in 2018 during a separate drought and heat wave, and many additional hunger stones exist throughout the region.
Spanish ‘Stonehenge‘
Many are familiar with Stonehenge in the U.K., but the recent drought has once again revealed the so-called “Spanish Stonehenge” in the Valdecanas reservoir, located in western Spain.
Reuters reported the prehistoric stone circle is now visible for the fourth time since the area was flooded in 1963 as part of a rural development project. The arrangement is officially called the Dolmen of Guadalperal and is believed to have been created close to 5,000 BC.
“It’s a surprise, it’s a rare opportunity to be able to access it,” archaeologist Enrique Cedillo told Reuters.
Unexploded bomb
BBC reported that a group of fisherman found an unexploded bomb from World War II on the banks of the Po in Italy last month.
Italian military officials said the bomb, which weighed roughly 1,000 pounds, contained 530 pounds of explosives, BBC reported.
The object was found near Borgo Virgilio, located in the Lombardy province in the northern region of Italy.
Italy’s executive branch last month declared a state of emergency for five provinces until the end of the year in response to the drought and low water levels in the Po and the Eastern Alps. The move provided 36.5 million euros to the affected areas.
“For the Po basin, this is the most serious water crisis of the last seventy years, according to analysis by the Po River District Basin Authority,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at a press conference in late June.
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2022-08-24T23:15:24+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/five-of-the-weirdest-things-exposed-by-drying-lakes-and-rivers/
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man is dead after a hit-and-run Saturday evening on the city’s near north side and his death was being investigated as a homicide, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says.
At 4:14 p.m. Saturday, IMPD was dispatched to a report of a pedestrian struck at West 16th Street at Capitol Avenue and located a man just east of the intersection. The hit-and-run happened next to the construction of the new Indiana Health Methodist Hospital.
Medics arrived and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
“Preliminary information leads detectives to believe a vehicle which was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes intentionally swerved up onto the sidewalk and struck an adult male before returning to the westbound lanes and fleeing the scene,” IMPD said in a statement late Saturday.
The name of the man has not been released and police have not identified any possible suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Tony Johnson at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by e-mail.
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2023-02-12T14:06:18+00:00
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wishtv.com
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https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/impd-man-dies-in-hit-and-run-after-car-swerves-onto-sidewalk/
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Parry Labs has successfully flown their Edge Compute Micro (EC Micro) with a baseline Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) software operating environment, Stratia, on the Griffon Aerospace Valiant platform.
EC Micro was designed as a versatile, ruggedized computing device to provide a unique combination of processing and precision time. This milestone proves EC Micro, powered by Stratia, can provide industry leading processing power into Group 2, 3 and 4 vehicles at the edge, previously not available. It allows for integration capabilities of enhanced payloads, advanced artificial intelligence applications, resilient communication, and dynamic networking both on the ground and in the air, working from a single common operating picture, bringing significant digital capability enhancements to smaller Unmanned Systems.
The EC Micro provides significant reduction in size and weight from Parry Lab's previous fielded systems, while still providing over 200 discrete signals, an atomic scale clock for synchronization, and advanced GPUs for Artificial Intelligence Applications.
"We are excited to partner with Griffon to provide a MOSA mission system," said Parry Labs CEO John Parkes. "EC Micro and Stratia software allows platforms such as Valiant to enable the next generation of close air support, situational awareness, and fires, and provide seamless digital interoperability with other US Army Aviation assets."
"This is what the Government has been asking for – UAS platforms that enable modular and interchangeable payloads with edge computing at little to no integration time or cost," commented Jordan French, Valiant Program Manager, at Griffon Aerospace. "Griffon's platforms have always been payload and software agnostic, but the Parry Labs systems provide an architecture that allows us to be even more efficient when it comes to integrations. We are honored to be the first to fly the EC Micro on our new tactical Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) UAS platform. Leveraging small business innovation and agility, Griffon and Parry look forward to providing MOSA-compliant solutions," French added.
Parry Labs is proud to support Griffon Aerospace in their UAS endeavors and provide cutting edge technology to the warfighter.
About Parry Labs, LLC
Parry Labs redefines the edge for the modern battlespace with digital systems integration that delivers rapid capability deployment and a decisive combat advantage. The company combines open software architecture and mission-proven hardware to create a common framework that's integrated, agile and designed to deliver the most mission-critical technology at mission relevant speed. For more information about Parry Labs, visit: www.parrylabs.com and follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parrylabs/
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2023-06-19T20:33:14+00:00
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kxii.com
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2023/06/19/edge-compute-micro-flies-griffons-valiant-tactical-unmanned-aerial-system-uas/
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ICE arrests and deportations increased in fiscal year 2022
Arrests and deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) increased in fiscal year 2022 after plummeting to record-low levels in 2021, according to a government report released Friday.
During fiscal year 2022, a 12-month span between Oct. 2021 and Sept. 30, 2022, ICE deportation agents carried out 142,750 immigration arrests and 72,177 deportations, increases of 93% and 22%, respectively, compared to the previous fiscal year.
While the number of deportations in fiscal year 2022 is the second-lowest tally recorded by ICE, it represents a notable increase from 2021, when arrests and deportations by the agency plunged due to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on operations and new Biden administration policies that narrowed the population of deportable immigrants agents were instructed to prioritize for deportation.
Those rules, which prioritized the arrest of immigrants convicted of serious crimes, those deemed to pose a national security threat and migrants who recently entered the U.S. illegally, were struck down in federal court in June due a lawsuit by Republican-led states. The Supreme Court is set to decide in 2023 whether the Biden administration can reinstate the policies.
Founded in 2003, ICE’s immigration enforcement division is charged with monitoring, arresting, detaining and deporting immigrants who are deportable under U.S. law, including those convicted of certain crimes and migrants transferred by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The increase in ICE arrests and deportations in 2022 was mostly a result of the unprecedented levels of unauthorized crossings recorded along the U.S.-Mexico border over the past year, the statistics published Friday show.
In fiscal year 2022, U.S. officials along the southern border reported a record 2.3 million migrant interceptions. Over 1 million of those detentions led to migrants being expelled to Mexico or their home country under a pandemic-related measure known as Title 42, according to federal data.
More than 96,000, or 67%, of the arrests ICE carried out in fiscal year 2022 involved immigrants without criminal convictions or charges, compared to 39% in 2021, a shift the agency attributed to the large number of migrants and asylum-seekers it received from border authorities. Nearly 44,000, or 61%, of the migrants deported in fiscal year 2022 were initially processed by U.S. border officials, Friday’s report said.
Over the past year, 1,000 of ICE’s 6,000 deportation officers were assigned to process and transport migrants arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border. The agency also carried out 117,213 expulsions of migrants processed under the Title 42 border restrictions. Because those expulsions were carried out under a public health law, they were not counted in ICE’s formal deportation tally.
The average number of immigrants held in ICE’s network of county jails and for-profit prisons increased slightly to 26,000, also driven by transfers of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border. Moreover, ICE’s caseload of immigrants awaiting a decision on their deportation cases outside of detention facilities grew to over 4.7 million cases — a 29% increase from 2021.
Due to insufficient levels of resources and personnel, however, ICE was only closely monitoring 321,000 immigrants in deportation proceedings at the end of fiscal year 2022 through its alternatives to detention program, which uses facial recognition technology, phone calls and GPS systems to track immigrants.
During a call with reporters on Friday, a senior ICE official who only agreed to answer questions anonymously said the agency would continue to help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) respond to the “irregular mass migration that’s occurring on the southwest border” in the coming year.
While the Biden administration’s ICE enforcement priorities have been held up in court, agency officials said they are still prioritizing the arrest and deportation of certain categories of deportable immigrants.
“All law enforcement agencies have always allocated their resources to different priorities and different functions. We will continue to focus on national security and public safety threats, and we will continue to focus our efforts to those that undermine the integrity of the immigration process,” the senior ICE official said.
Arrests and deportations of immigrants with criminal records remained at similar levels as 2021. ICE arrested 46,396 immigrants with criminal convictions or charges in fiscal year 2022, up from 45,432 in 2021. It also deported 44,096 immigrants with criminal convictions or charges, compared to 44,933 in 2021.
Among those deported in fiscal year 2022, ICE said, were 2,667 suspected or known gang members, 56 suspected or known terrorists and 7 human rights violators, whom the agency labeled as high-priority removals.
President Biden’s administration moved to reshape ICE’s practices soon after he took office in Jan. 2021, scrapping Trump-era rules that broadened the population subject to deportation and expanded immigration detention. The administration also tried to enact an 100-day moratorium on most deportations, but that effort was blocked in federal court.
While its rules to generally exempt unauthorized immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for years from arrest if they have clean records are currently held up in court, the Biden administration has issued other policies to limit the scope of ICE enforcement operations.
The administration has instructed the agency to discontinue mass work-site arrests and the long-term detention of families with minor children, and to refrain from arresting pregnant women, victims of serious crimes and military veterans.
Republican lawmakers have strongly criticized the changes at ICE, as well as the low number of interior deportations, accusing the Biden administration of not fully enforcing U.S. immigration laws amid record levels of migrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border.
But the Biden administration has argued its policies are designed to make the best use of ICE’s limited resources by prioritizing the arrest of those deemed to pose the greatest threats to the country’s national security, public safety and border security.
Beyond ICE’s immigration branch, the agency also oversees Homeland Security Investigations, a law enforcement office that focuses on fighting transnational crime like migrant and drug smuggling, human trafficking and child exploitation.
In its report Friday, ICE said the work of its Homeland Security Investigations branch in fiscal year 2022 led to nearly 37,000 criminal arrests, more than 13,000 convictions, $5 billion in seized currency and assets and 9,382 weapon confiscations.
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2022-12-30T21:48:33+00:00
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wsgw.com
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https://www.wsgw.com/ice-arrests-and-deportations-increased-in-fiscal-year-2022/
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STEVENS POINT (WKOW) -- While Madison duo Jerry Kelly and Steve Stricker entered Sunday within arm's reach of the lead, they both knew surpassing Bernhard Langer was going to be a tough challenge.
Langer capped off his stellar U.S. Senior Open play with a 70 on Sunday which put him at -7 on the weekend. This victory also gave the German golfer his 46th PGA Tour Champions victory, breaking his tie with Hale Irwin for most all-time.
The 43rd U.S. Senior Open was held at SentryWorld Golf Course in Stevens Point. This is the second time Wisconsin has hosted the major event.
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2023-07-03T02:08:16+00:00
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wqow.com
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https://www.wqow.com/sports/bernhard-langer-wins-u-s-senior-open-kelly-stricker-finish-in-top-3/article_113578e4-193a-11ee-9273-535f03bba043.html
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"Salah Bachir has the biggest Lebanese heart of anyone I know" - Legendary filmmaker Norman Jewison
Published on October 17, 2023, by Signal,a division of Penguin Random House Canada
A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the book will be donated by Bachir to Human Rights Watch
NEW YORK, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Penguin Random House is proud to be publishing First to Leave the Party: My Life with Ordinary People... Who Happen to be Famous by renowned arts patron, activist and philanthropist Salah Bachir on October 17, 2023. In a groundbreaking stride to normalize discussions about gender identity and the sharing of pronouns, the intimate, celebrity-studded memoir is one of the first books to feature an author's pronouns on the cover.
"I had never seen the use of pronouns on a book cover before. I wanted to use my pronouns on the cover out of courtesy and respect because I believe the only way to normalize sharing our pronouns is by doing it as often as possible," said Bachir. "When we all share our pronouns, it takes a weight off the shoulders of trans and non-binary people. I was surprised that I had never seen pronouns included on a book cover before."
The book is a marvelous and compulsively readable collection of stories (some short, some long, some surprising, others juicy, and all fascinating) from the unconventional life of Salah Bachir. Bachir has raised hundreds of millions of dollars to advance the arts, human rights, and social justice causes. Bachir was once compared to Cosimo de' Medici by The Globe and Mail for his role as an art patron.
As a highly respected publisher and business executive in the film and home video world for over four decades, Bachir has been given front-row access to Hollywood's biggest stars. However, it is his sheer joy of life, art, giving back, and human interaction, that has endeared him to some of the most famous and creative people in recent times. Salah's personal charm and kindness, his overall style (think hats, scarves, brooches, pearls, diamonds) and deep involvement in the art world has made him a friend, companion, confidante, and/or lover to so many — including Marlon Brando, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Eartha Kitt, Elizabeth Taylor , Mary Tyler Moore, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Edward Albee, Orson Welles, Aretha Franklin, Norman Jewison, and Ella Fitzgerald — although it's true that Katharine Hepburn once turned him down, very politely.
'Salah Bachir's encounters with stars who have passed through his beloved Toronto over the years opens on a backyard garden barbecue with Marlon Brando, and bread continues to be broken with icons as fascinating and seemingly disparate as Muhammad Ali and Liberace, Margaret Atwood and Cesar Chavez, Andy Warhol and Princess Margaret, to name just a few. But the true literary coup is that the biggest, brightest star we encounter is the author himself.' - Alan Cumming
'Sweetly and directly, Salah recounts his amazing life, entwined with so many amazing lives. I'm honoured to be included! (And happy that Marlon Brando comes out of it well!)' - Margaret Atwood (tweeted on June 18, 2023)
'Salah is the patron saint for all of us who are full of curiosity, hungry for celebration, horny for fun, and who won't stop until every need is fulfilled. His appetite and passion for life is voracious. His ability to transform those passions into making life better for others is even more impressive.' - Atom Egoyan
Salah Bachir is a successful entrepreneur, executive, publisher, producer, author, and patron of the arts. He has created and built several successful businesses and set up some of the most creative and innovative programs in the media and sponsorship worlds. He has used the same passion and drive, along with his extensive network, to become one of Canada's most outstanding fundraisers and philanthropists, helping to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for public health causes, the arts, diversity and inclusion, the 2SLGBTQ+ community, social justice, and more. Bachir has received many awards for humanitarianism, volunteerism, and entrepreneurship, and has received several lifetime achievement awards. He is the recipient of both the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario, in recognition of "his leadership as an entrepreneur and for his commitment to the arts and to social justice." He was inducted into the Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame in 2017. He has also been awarded 5 honorary doctorates.
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Happy Pride!
First to Leave the Party: My Life with Ordinary People... Who Happen to Be Famous
By Salah Bachir (He/Him)
Published by Signal/Penguin Random House Canada
October 17, 2023
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Biographies & Memoirs
336 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780771006111
Hardcover $26.95
PUBLISHER'S PAGE: Penguin Random House
A word from Alan Cumming
A word from Atom Egoyan
Prologue
MARLON BRANDO stops by for a barbecue
ELLA FITZGERALD likes my mom's kibbe
ELIZABETH TAYLOR tries on my pearls
KATHARINE HEPBURN turns me down
JESSYE NORMAN makes a pact with me
Eggs Benedict with TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY bewitches, bothers, and bewilders
ARETHA FRANKLIN doesn't disappoint
EARTHA KITT is not for sale
ORSON WELLES gives a master class
PHYLLIS DILLER's business plan
PRINCESS MARGARET lights my cigarette
DIAHANN CARROLL makes me break into song
DORIS DAY, my secret love
PAUL NEWMAN and JOANNE WOODWARD: inseparable, incomparable
PRINCESS DIANA shows how it's done
ANDRÉ LEON TALLEY makes an entrance
BETTE DAVIS towers over us all
SACHEEN LITTLEFEATHER takes a stand
DONALD SUTHERLAND: a touch of caviar
CESAR CHAVEZ teaches me a lesson
NORMAN JEWISON tells a story or three
GINGER ROGERS makes a pit stop
Wooing GREGORY PECK
STEPHEN SONDHEIM: anyone can whistle
CÉLINE DION doesn't make the cut
HARVEY MILK sets me free
BEN VEREEN sings me a song
SEAN CONNERY takes it on the chest
JIMMY STEWART writes me a letter
MARY TYLER MOORE shoots up with me
MUHAMMAD ALI tells it like it is
LIBERACE touches me—a lot
MIA FARROW: a flight of grace
TALLULAH BANKHEAD, dahling
PATRICIA NEAL: you really, really would have loved her
BRIAN BEDFORD teaches me stuff
PIERRE TRUDEAU has a file on me
CHRISTOPHER REEVE: sometimes a kiss is just a kiss
MARLENE DIETRICH: we'll always have Paris
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR.: a class act
JOHN HUSTON dashes my Ireland fantasy
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER is eager to leave
EDWARD ALBEE: no topic off the table
JOAN RIVERS: Can we really talk?
VAN JOHNSON learns to fly
CELESTE HOLM joins us for an Uncle Vanya
MARGARET ATWOOD is for the birds, literally
MARY WILSON, always supreme
Finding OMAR SHARIF after a sandstorm
LIZA MINNELLI comes through
KEITH HARING does New York
ANDY WARHOL: your signature is just as good as mine
k.d. lang sings at our wedding
Letters & Messages
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2023-06-21T14:58:49+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2023/06/21/first-leave-party-my-life-with-ordinary-peoplewho-happen-be-famous-by-salah-bachir-hehim-breaks-ground-one-first-books-feature-author-pronouns-cover/
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DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana has entered the player assistance program of the NHL and NHL Players’ Association.
The league and the union made the announcement Wednesday. They did not specify why he entered the program.
Vrana will be paid while he is receiving treatment. The program administrators will determine when he’s cleared to compete for the Red Wings.
The 26-year-old Vrana had a goal and an assist in Saturday’s win at New Jersey. Two days later, the team said he did not play in a home game against the Los Angeles Kings due to personal reasons.
Vrana, who is from the Czech Republic, has 98 goals and 91 assists in 323 career regular-season games. He was selected by Washington with the No. 13 pick in the 2014 draft.
The Red Wings acquired Vrana in a trade with the Capitals in April 2021, along with Richard Panik, a first- and second-round pick in exchange for Anthony Mantha. A little more than a year ago, the Red Wings gave him a three-year contract worth $5.25 million per season.
The NHL and NHLPA started the player assistance program in 1996, giving players access to a confidential phone line and counselors in each city in the league. The jointly funded group assists players and their families with mental health, substance abuse and other matters.
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2022-10-20T08:22:38+00:00
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fox17online.com
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https://www.fox17online.com/sports/red-wings-jakub-vrana-enters-nhl-nhlpa-player-assistance-program
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Kayla Day 2023 French Open Odds
Kayla Day has reached the French Open round of 128 and will meet Kristina Mladenovic. Day currently has +50000 odds to win this tournament at Stade Roland Garros.
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Day at the 2023 French Open
- Next Round: Round of 128
- Tournament Dates: May 21 - June 10
- Venue: Stade Roland Garros
- Location: Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
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- Day beat No. 134-ranked Avanesyan 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 on Thursday to reach the .
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- Over the past year (across all court types), Day has played 17 matches and 23.4 games per match.
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2023-05-27T03:40:48+00:00
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live5news.com
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https://www.live5news.com/sports/betting/2023/05/21/kayla-day-french-open-betting-odds/
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces used ground- and air-fired missiles, rocket launchers and weaponized drones to bombard the provinces of Ukraine it has illegally annexed but doesn’t fully control, causing casualties, building damage and power outages Friday.
The Ukrainian military said Russian forces launched 18 airstrikes, five missile strikes and 53 attacks from multiple rocket launchers between Thursday and Friday mornings.
According to the General Staff statement, Russia was concentrating the bulk of its offensive operations in Ukraine’s industrial east, focusing on the cities and towns of Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka in Donetsk province.
Most of Friday’s battlefield reports concerned the four Ukrainian provinces Russia annexed in September: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to gain complete control of the provinces, while Ukraine has indicated it will soon launch a counteroffensive to take back more territory.
Russia also annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world also regarded as illegal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to regain all Russian-occupied areas.
Looking ahead to how the war might end, Ukraine’s defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, told Cypriot state broadcaster CyBC ahead of talks with his Cypriot counterpart on Friday that his country would negotiate peace with Russia only after its occupied territory is liberated. He said Zelenskyy has made clear he would negotiate only with Putin’s successor to ensure peaceful coexistence.
Regarding armament procurement, Reznikov said Ukraine’s top priority is for antiaircraft systems, followed by artillery ammunition, infantry vehicles, tanks and electronic warfare equipment, including drones and anti-drone technology.
In the latest fighting, the Ukrainian military said it downed a Russian Su-25 ground attack jet near Marinka. A video showed a big explosion as the plane slammed into the ground, with its pilot descending on a parachute. The Russian military, in keeping with its general silence on losses, didn’t confirm the warplane’s downing.
British military officials said in their latest daily analysis that Russian forces have likely advanced into the center of Bakhmut and captured the western bank of the Bakhmutka River. Russia’s eight-month campaign to take Bakhmut and Ukraine’s determination to defend the city have produced the longest and potentially bloodiest battle of the war that Putin started on Feb. 24, 2022.
The U.K. Defense Ministry said Russia’s progress, which had largely stalled since the end of March, had regained momentum. According to British intelligence, Ukraine’s key supply route to the west of Bakhmut was under threat, with Russia using artillery more effectively and benefiting from reinforcements by regular forces that likely include airborne troops.
British military officials noted also that regular military commanders and those from the Wagner Group, a private Russian military company that has sent its soldiers to fight in multiple African countries, had probably improved cooperation and put on hold their “feud.”
The Wagner Group, which has appeared to take the lead in the Bakhmut fighting, has frequently complained about the regular Russian military’s strategy as well as its failure to provide sufficient ammunition and other support.
The Wagner Group’s owner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Ukrainians continued to put up fierce resistance in Bakhmut.
“The enemy is not going anywhere,” Prigozhin wrote in a Telegram messaging app post Thursday. “They organized defense inside the city, first by rail, then in the area of high-rise buildings in the western quarter of the city.”
Also in Donetsk province, Russia launched a missile attack on the city of Sloviansk, destroying residential buildings, while one civilian was wounded during fighting in Bakhmut. Donetsk regional Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said Friday morning that 15 cities and villages on the front line were shelled in the region. The Moscow-installed mayor of Donetsk city, Aleksei Kulemzin, said Ukrainian shelling killed one person and wounded six.
Russia’s Defense Ministry reported inflicting dozens of casualties on Ukrainian forces and destroying drones and other Ukrainian weapons and combat vehicles in several battlefront hot spots in the annexed provinces.
Each side tends to report only the losses it inflicts on its enemy, and their claims are generally impossible to verify independently.
In southern Ukraine’s partially occupied Kherson province, seven people were wounded in 24 hours, regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said Friday. Writing on Telegram, Prokudin said that Russia had carried out 46 attacks on the province, including seven attacks on the regional capital, also called Kherson, with heavy artillery and aircraft fire.
A 10-year-old girl, a 3-year-old boy and 30-year-old woman were wounded Friday in Russian shelling of the village of Stanislav in the province, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office Andriy Yermak, reported.
Earlier, debris from Russian ammunition killed a 36-year-old resident of Beryslav, another city in Kherson province. Residential areas of Kherson city were shelled seven times, damaging energy facilities and residential buildings. A drone attack on the village of Zmiyivka wounded six people.
Shells hit Nikopol and Marhanets – across the Dnieper River from the occupied and shut-down Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk province, damaging power lines.
Further north, shelling in the Novhorod-Siverskyi district of the Chernihiv region left four towns and villages without electricity, authorities reported. Mortar fire damaged residential buildings in the town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv province, near the border with Russia. A 39-year-old man was killed in Russian shelling in the border village of Borysivka, Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.
At a mosque on the outskirts of Kyiv, Zelenskyy met Ukrainian Muslim soldiers on Friday to celebrate Iftar, the evening meal marking the end of the Ramadan fast, and to underscore that Kyiv won’t give up on Crimea, a historic homeland of the Crimean Tatars, a Muslim ethnic minority. He noted that Russia began its campaign against Ukraine with the 2014 annexation of Crimea, and vowed: “Where the path of evil began, victory awaits us there, I am sure. Victory over this evil. The liberation of Crimea has no alternative.”
Crimean Tatars were deported en masse from their historic homeland of Crimea to Central Asia by the Soviets 70 years ago. They began returning to Crimea in the 1980s. ___
Associated Press reporters Hanna Arhirova, Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia and Menelaos Hadjicostis in Nicosia, Cyprus, contributed to this report.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine-war
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2023-04-07T22:29:58+00:00
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wboy.com
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https://www.wboy.com/news/world/russia-hits-illegally-annexed-ukraine-areas-from-ground-air/
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Aussie surfer sets record with mammoth 30-hour surfing session, then goes back for more
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN
A quick dip in the surf can be refreshing at any time of the day, but one Sydney man has taken it to the extreme, setting a new world record in the process.
Surfing coach Blake Johnston smashed the previous world record of 30 hours and 11 minutes early Friday morning, but rather than drying out, he went straight back into the water for 10 more hours.
The former pro surfer is trying to raise 400,000 Australian dollars ($268,000) for youth mental health, 10 years after his father took his own life.
Blake’s brother, Ben Johnston, co-founder of the Chumpy Pullin Foundation, a partner in the world record, commended his sibling’s effort to draw attention to mental health issues.
“We’re just so immensely proud of what he’s done and what he’s setting out to achieve. This is all about honoring the legacy of our amazing dad,” he told CNN Affiliate Sky News.
Crowds gathered on Cronulla beach in southern Sydney throughout the mammoth surfing session that started at 1 a.m. on Thursday and was due to end at 5 p.m. Friday.
After breaking the 30-hour record, Blake Johnston told CNN Affiliate Nine News he was “cooked,” Australian slang meaning he was exhausted.
By early Friday, Johnston had ridden around 550 waves, and more were to come as supporters stood on the beach and cheered him on during a hot and sunny day in Sydney.
“He’s a big part of the Cronulla community and he’s got so many people around him, I think he’s probably running on adrenaline,” said Ben Johnston.
Under the rules of the record-breaking effort, paramedics were on standby and every hour the former pro surfer could come to shore — if he wished — to eat and drink.
Johnston had originally intended to run 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) to raise money, but after spending seven hours in a wave pool in Melbourne, he searched for information on the world record and found it was “only” 30 hours, according to his fundraising website.
“Blindness, infected ears, dehydration, sleep deprivation, hypothermia, sharks, drowning, and big ideas are all possible challenges that lie ahead in the unknown of surfing for the world record,” the website added.
A shark mitigation plan had been put in place, Ben Johnston told Sky News, though he said jellyfish had already posed problems.
Johnston said he and others had joined Blake for a surf on Thursday night and they were all stung by jellyfish, but that’s “part and parcel” of surfing, he added.
Money raised will support initiatives to help young people with mental health issues, through the Chumpy Pullin Foundation.
Chumpy Pullin was a two-time world champion Australian snowboarder who died while spearfishing in July 2020. He competed in three Olympics and held the flag for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
His partner, Ellidy Pullin, gave birth to their baby 15 months after his death.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge has denied a request from attorneys for one of seven sheriff’s deputies charged in the death of a mental patient to prevent the man’s body from being released until they decide whether they will seek an independent autopsy.
Dinwiddie Circuit Court Joseph Teefey Jr. ruled Wednesday that defense attorneys could instead ask for an independent examiner to be present during the autopsy currently being performed by the state medical examiner’s office.
Irvo Otieno died on March 6 while he was being admitted to Central State Hospital. Dinwiddie Commonwealth's Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill has said that Otieno was suffocated to death, but an autopsy has not been completed. Video released this week shows the deputies and hospital employees pinning the 28-year-old Black man to the floor for more than 10 minutes.
Defense attorneys have said that the deputies and hospital employees were trying to restrain Otieno after he became combative during the transfer process from a Henrico jail to the hospital.
Otieno’s family said he had longstanding mental health struggles and was brutally mistreated at the hospital and in jail. He was initially taken to a Richmond-area hospital by police for psychiatric care on March 3. But after authorities said he became combative, he was charged with three counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer and transferred to the jail. His family says he was denied access to needed medication during his time there.
In their motion, attorneys for Sgt. Kaiyell Sanders of the Henrico County Sheriff's Office asked that Otieno's body be preserved as physical evidence. They said it would be “highly unlikely” that they would ask for a second autopsy, but because the cause of death “will be an essential element” of the state's case against Sanders, their request to preserve Otieno's body is “imminently reasonable.”
“Without an order from this Honorable Court ordering the preservation of the physical evidence, namely the body of Irvo N. Otieno, the Defendant will be unjustly deprived of his ability to inspect the physical evidence through an independent autopsy,” Sanders' attorney, W. Edward Riley IV, wrote in the motion.
Riley did not immediately return a call Thursday seeking comment on the judge's denial of the request.
WRIC-TV reports that during a bond hearing in court Wednesday, Sanders’ attorneys said the state medical examiner informed them it could be up to 12 weeks before the autopsy report is released.
Mark Krudys, an attorney for Otieno's family, did not respond to an email seeking comment on the defense request.
In denying the motion, Teefey said the defense request was “speculative in nature," WRIC reported.
“We're not talking about a T-shirt or a vial of blood,” Teefey said. “We're talking about the dignity of a human body.”
A total of 10 people have been charged in the case. All have been granted bond and have pre-trial hearings scheduled in court in April and May.
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2023-03-23T21:33:39+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/judge-denies-defense-bid-to-prevent-release-of-17856823.php
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WASHINGTON – The federal agency tasked with screening passengers before they get on planes says officers this year have stopped a record number of guns brought by passengers attempting to go through airport security checkpoints.
The Transportation Security Administration said in a news release Friday that officers have stopped 6,301 firearms so far this year, and the agency is anticipating that number will rise to 6,600 by the end of the year. That's nearly a 10% increase over last year, which was already a record, the agency said. Nearly 90% of the weapons caught so far were loaded, the agency said. The agency considers a weapon to be loaded if the passenger has access to both the gun and the ammunition.
In response, the agency said it is increasing the maximum civil penalty for firearms violations to $14,950. Passengers caught with a weapon also lose their TSA PreCheck status — a security program that allows passengers that go through prescreening to bypass some airport security measures like taking their shoes off — for at least five years, the agency said.
“Firearms are prohibited in carry-on bags at the checkpoint and onboard aircraft. When a passenger brings a firearm to the checkpoint, this consumes significant security resources and poses a potential threat to transportation security, in addition to being very costly for the passenger," TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in the news release.
With the exception of 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic caused air traffic to plummet, the number of guns intercepted at airport checkpoints has steadily climbed every year since 2010, the agency said.
People caught with weapons in their carry-on bags can also face criminal charges depending on which state they live in, the agency said.
The agency's website lists a string of incidents across the country where screening officers have caught guns going through X-ray machines. Guns are allowed on planes but only as checked baggage and they have to be declared to airlines.
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2022-12-17T00:11:43+00:00
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wsls.com
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https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2022/12/17/tsa-finds-record-number-of-guns-on-passengers-at-checkpoints/
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AC Direct Sensing Represents AmberSemi's Third Pillar of Core, Demonstratable Technologies, and the First Focused on Digital Awareness of Electricity
DUBLIN, Calif., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amber Semiconductor, Inc. (AmberSemi™), a leading technology developer of patented, innovative technologies for AC Direct digital management of electricity in silicon chip architecture, today formally introduces its AC Direct Sensing™ engine, the third pillar of its core technologies. AmberSemi's AC Direct Sensing is a predictive analysis and sensing software engine in semiconductor architecture for delivery of real-time and continuous sensing and analysis of AC Mains electricity – representing another breakthrough in the digital control of electricity with the potential to transform existing, outdated electrical infrastructure as we know it.
AmberSemi's AC Direct Sensing essentially digitizes electricity, sampling over 4,000 times per second, 64 times per electricity sine wave cycle. It can deliver full sensing, at all times, of normal and abnormal states of the AC Mains, powering continuous electricity awareness and enabling instantaneous decision making. It detects transient events, such as inductive kickback, over-current, over-voltage, ground fault, and arc-fault, the typical anomalies behind life-threatening electrical events such as electrocution risk and electrical fires. With its predictive nature, AC Direct Sensing can detect false events and virtually eliminate occurrences like false trips, which can disrupt the flow of electricity during important circumstances. This comprehensive analysis offers detailed monitoring and reporting of dangerous electrical fault signatures in microseconds – while ignoring harmless anomalies. Monitoring and fault recognition data may be fed into a microcontroller as a sub-system of a product or combined with MOSFETs and Amber's proprietary gate drivers to create a wide range of electrical fault protection devices.
"Our AC Direct Sensing engine is the third core pillar of our technology breakthrough and a major strategic development, both when integrated with our other two technologies and as a standalone solution," said Thar Casey, Founder and CEO of Amber Semiconductor, Inc. "We initially viewed our breakthrough of digital control of electricity in semiconductor architecture as largely about 'management' of electricity, until we discovered that the core software for sensing and analysis could be broken out separately and productized into a silicon chip. The AC Direct Sensing engine in semiconductor architecture brings a range of advantages to GFCIs, surge protectors, outlets, circuit breakers (traditional electromechanical products) and AmberSemi-powered fully solid-state products."
AmberSemi's AC Direct Sensing engine can be integrated as a standalone solution in a silicon chip. It leverages AmberSemi's AC Direct DC Enabler™ for DC extraction directly from AC Mains, and together delivers smaller form factor advantages for sensing and DC power, which gives designers and engineers maximum flexibility to meet a wide range of product applications and is ideally suited for space-constrained environments.
Additionally, it is programmable and includes native intelligence to reduced false trips, along with other advantages. It is also integrated into AmberSemi's AC Direct AC Switch Controller™, for robust self and downstream transient protections and switching thousands of times faster than conventional switches. This totally programmable architecture allows for programmable trip thresholds, warning levels, data logging, remote resets, and much more. AmberSemi's AC Direct Sensing technology will be physically demonstratable in three forms beginning now into this summer:
- Within AmberSemi's lighting control platform – an Indestructible AC Switch Controller derivative, currently in evaluation by key customers
- Within AmberSemi's Indestructible AC Switch controller evaluation platform, slated for availability to select customers
- As a standalone evaluation platform for showcasing one specific transient Ground Fault sensing, also slated for select customers
The AmberSemi AC Direct Sensing engine is showcased operating within the Indestructible AC Switch Controller in this Video demonstration - click to view) of an oscilloscope test. This demo video show the Amber Indestructible AC switch™ with Infineon silicon MOSFETs successfully suppressing 450 inductive load surges over 15 minutes to just 260V each.
AmberSemi also has a fully demonstratable evaluation platform for its AC Direct DC Enabler™ delivering DC extraction directly from AC Mains from a silicon chip, without requiring the use of transformers, rectifiers, or filtering. While this technology does not directly leverage the AC Direct Sensing technology, this technology along with the AC Direct Sensing™ and AC Direct AC Switch Controller™ is a core pillar of AmberSemi's breakthrough and is currently in evaluation by key customers, including several category leaders.
Amber Semiconductor, Inc is a leading developer of patented, innovative solid-state technologies for the digital control of electricity. The company's disruptive breakthroughs change the electrical landscape forever for buildings and appliances worldwide, and it has received 24 patent grants around the company's core technologies, vertical applications and data analytics. These technologies upgrade power management from 1950's era electro-mechanical to safer, more reliable silicon architecture with embedded intelligence. Based in Dublin, California, the company is leveraging the expertise of Silicon Valley professionals to deliver a disruptive enhancement to the value and functionality of the world's electrical endpoints and infrastructure. For more information visit www.ambersi.com.
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2022-06-28T17:28:19+00:00
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https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/06/28/ambersemi-announces-ac-direct-sensing-silicon-chip-architecture/
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Thursday, October 28th 2021, 8:43 am
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers say a teen is dead after being pinned for nearly two hours following a rollover crash along West 34th Street South near Berryhill.
According to Troopers, 19-year-old Gwyneth Huffman was driving along West 34th Street South with passenger Addison Inhofe around 10:37 p.m. on Wednesday when they lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a creek bed.
Troopers say Inhofe died after being pinned by the vehicle for nearly two hours.
Huffman was pinned for more than an hour and was eventually rescued by emergency crews and transported to a nearby hospital where she was treated for her injuries and released.
OHP says the crash is now under investigation.
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2023-07-22T13:52:05+00:00
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newson6.com
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https://www.newson6.com/story/617aaafdb0e9a40befc8b3e6/ohp:-teen-dies-after-being-pinned-by-vehicle-for-nearly-2-hours
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Ohio Democrats are scrambling for a victory in high stakes Senate seat
Democrats across Ohio are pleading for help in the state's Senate contest, afraid they may lose a winnable election unless national party leaders make major investments in the coming days.
So far, the most powerful groups in Democratic politics have prioritized Senate pickup opportunities in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania over Ohio, once a perennial swing state that veered right in the Trump era. But on the eve of the 2022 midterms, some public polls suggest Ohio is as competitive as the other swing states, leaving many Democrats here wondering why their party isn't backing Senate contender Tim Ryan more forcefully.
"Ohio’s just not a priority anymore. It’s a daunting task that we have to navigate," said state Rep. Dontavius Jarrells, a Ryan ally. "The reality is that without federal investments, he may not win."
Ryan, a 10-term congressman, said in an interview that party leaders who believe he can't win "have no idea what’s going on out here."
"I’ve come to terms with the fact that we’re probably not going to get any help. I’m playing with the team we got on the field," Ryan said. "I can’t think of anything more Ohio than us taking on the entire political establishment at this point."
The tension is a reflection of the difficult decisions Democratic leaders are facing about how to invest limited financial resources in the final weeks before the Nov. 8 election. With a razor-thin Senate majority, any move could carry longterm consequences. If Republicans gain even one seat, they would take control of the Senate — and with it, gain power to control judicial nominations and President Joe Biden's legislative agenda.
And if Ryan comes up short by just a few points, there will likely be an intense round of post-election questions about whether the party could have done more to win.
The financial disparities in the race are stark. Republican JD Vance, a venture capitalist and author of "Hillbilly Elegy," is the beneficiary of more than $30 million from outside Republican groups. They include organizations aligned with former President Donald Trump and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. By contrast, Ryan has benefited from less than $4 million in outside spending so far.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, who has built a reputation as a progressive Democrat who can still win over working class voters in places like Ohio, said the party should do more.
"If we want to win in Ohio, we need to invest in Ohio," he said. "Tim Ryan is running a great campaign because he’s showing voters that he is the candidate who’s on their side. That’s how you win elections."
David Bergstein, the spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is the official campaign arm for Senate Democrats, said the organization was "proud" to support Ryan’s campaign with a coordinated investment of roughly $1 million in television spending that allowed the campaign to take advantage of lower advertising rates for candidates.
There is still a chance Democrats will find some additional money to help Ryan.
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 20: U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, speaks at the UAW Local 12 union rally in Toledo, Ohio on Saturday, August 20, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The Senate Majority PAC, by far the most influential super PAC in Senate Democratic politics, is not ruling out significant Ohio investments over the election’s final days, although the group has spent little there so far compared with other key states. On Thursday, the group announced an additional $4 million investment in North Carolina television advertising, bringing its total spending in the state to $15 million and counting.
"Tim Ryan is running a remarkably strong campaign that is resonating with Ohio voters of every political persuasion and putting Republicans on defense, while Vance’s weak candidacy has become a serious liability for the GOP," said JB Poersch, Senate Majority PAC president. "We’re going to continue making strategic, effective decisions that put us in the best position possible to accomplish our mission: defending our Democratic Senate majority."
Another pro-Democrat group, the Save America Fund, has already spent $2.5 million on television ads designed to help Ryan since August. The group has been discussing more significant buys with other PACs.
"We are having lots of conversations about how Tim Ryan can win this race," said Eric Hyers, a former colleague of Ryan’s campaign manager who is running the Save America Fund. "We are all in on this."
But there are no easy options for Democratic groups deciding where to dedicate their final round of resources.
Democrats are defending vulnerable incumbent senators across Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and New Hampshire. They have also been investing heavily in flipping Republican-held seats across Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
Democratic officials privately note that Trump has twice won Ohio by 8 points, reflecting the Republican leanings of the state. By comparison, Trump won North Carolina by less than 1 percentage point and lost Wisconsin by just over 1 percentage point.
National Democratic strategists also note that Ohio's large working-class population has shifted sharply away from Democrats in recent years, despite Ryan's best efforts to appeal to such voters.
That sentiment has led to a sense among Democrats in Ohio that their national party is abandoning them.
"There's a lot of frustration," said Ohio-based Democratic strategist Cliff Schecter, conceding that national Democratic leaders have a difficult job. "Tim Ryan doesn’t need a lot -- just something. Do what you gotta do. Find a little bit of extra money. This race is incredibly winnable."
Some Republicans privately see Vance as an underwhelming candidate, although most expect him to win because of the state’s recent Republican shift. He has badly trailed Ryan in fundraising, typically an important gauge of a candidate’s strength. Ryan has raised more than $21.5 million on his own, compared with Vance’s $3.6 million.
As the race moves into its final weeks, Vance is leaning on Trump’s continued popularity in the state to maintain momentum, particularly among undecided working-class white voters. Donald Trump Jr., one of Vance’s strongest supporters, campaigned alongside the Ohio Republican last week.
But Vance's relationship with Trump is complicated.
Vance was initially a so-called "Never Trumper" before Trump won the president. The former president then botched Vance’s name at a rally during the spring primary. And at Trump's most recent Ohio rally for Vance, the former president quipped that Vance "is kissing my a—" for political support.
Ryan echoed that comment during a debate this week, calling Vance an "a— kisser." In the interview, Ryan said he's considering renaming his campaign bus "The A— Kicker Express."
He also made clear that while he'd welcome national Democratic dollars, he doesn't want Biden to campaign on his behalf.
"It’s nothing personal. It's just like, I’m running in Ohio. I know Ohio. I know the message," Ryan said. "There’s nobody that can express that better than me. And every time you bring people in, you take on their enemies, they may not say the things way you want it to be said, and we've run a very disciplined campaign for the last year and a half. I just want to make sure that I’m the face, I’m the voice."
Ryan added, "And I want Ohioans to know I stand on my own."
Yet many Ryan allies continue to clamor for help from the national party.
Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper said the DSCC needs to step up and support Ryan now, who’s "fighting as effectively as anybody could" without national money.
"It’s so similar to what happened in ’16, it’s kind of hard to watch," Pepper said, referencing former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland’s loss to Republican Sen. Rob Portman in that year’s Senate race. "It’s when polls are tied, our candidate has more money and is a stronger candidate and, when Republicans throw a punch, we walk away. It’s a terrible signal to send."
In 2016, Strickland ultimately lost to Portman by 21 points. Next door in Pennsylvania, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey won by less than 2.
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2022-10-14T23:44:48+00:00
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fox10phoenix.com
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https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/ohio-democrats-are-scrambling-for-a-victory-in-high-stakes-senate-seat
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TORONTO, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CATALYST today announced that it is enabling simplified access to earth data through Microsoft's critical initiative, AI for Earth. This collaboration has allowed Microsoft to leverage CATALYST's trusted science to derive foundational, terrain corrected Sentinel-1 imagery to researchers and decision makers around the world, through the Planetary Computer.
Microsoft and CATALYST share the common goal to leverage earth observation by putting in the hands of decision makers who can make more informed decisions and drive change in how we manage activities.
"Microsoft's Planetary Computer provides unrivalled access to earth observation information. Our teams worked closely together to deliver global access to radiometrically terrain corrected imagery for the complete Sentinel-1 archive," says June McAlarey, President and CEO at CATALYST. "We leveraged our proven science and deployed it seamlessly on Microsoft Azure, creating tens of thousands of concurrent processing instances, to complete processing the archive within days."
"The access to data that CATALYST is providing through Microsoft's Planetary Computer can help users make more informed decisions and drive our world to incorporating more sustainable practices,"says Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuno, Microsoft Planetary Computer program director, Microsoft Corp.
In addition to the work with Microsoft's Planetary Computer, CATALYST has also made its industry leading image processing suite available through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace to allow others to leverage powerful image analysis capability along with Azure compute capability.
About CATALYST: CATALYST is a PCI Geomatics brand that delivers scalable business solutions using the power of Earth Observation (EO) data and analytics. We work closely with our clients to implement business friendly solutions that allow decision makers to make more informed and faster decisions about their assets, operations, risk, and sustainability efforts.
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2022-09-27T16:04:28+00:00
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Marijuana violations have taken over 10,000 truck drivers off the road this year, adding more supply chain disruptions
(Stacker) - Delayed packages, bare grocery store shelves, and inflated prices have become the norm for American consumers over the past two years. While the COVID-19 pandemic has been the catalyst, there are other challenges causing supply chain issues, including a lack of truck drivers to transport goods from one place to another. In late 2021, the American Trucking Associations reported that the driver shortage had risen to an all-time high of 80,000, partly due to the aging population and shrinking wages.
In response, the Biden administration vowed in December to get more truck drivers on the road by boosting recruitment efforts and expediting the issuing of commercial licenses. However, that won’t have an effect on another hurdle: disparate marijuana laws across the U.S. that are contributing to an increase in violations. In 2022, a growing number of truckers are being taken off the job, which could soon worsen the already suffering supply chain.
As more states legalize recreational marijuana—four of which did so in the past year and three more are expected to by the end of 2022—more truck drivers have tested positive for the substance. As of April 1, 2022, 10,276 commercial vehicle drivers have tested positive for marijuana use. By the same time in 2021, there had been 7,750 violations. That’s a 32.6% increase year over year.
Truck drivers who travel cross-country face inconsistent state regulations as 19 states have legalized recreational marijuana and 37 states permit it for medicinal purposes. But even if a driver used marijuana or hemp-based products like CBD while off duty in a state where those substances are legal, they could still be faced with a violation due to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) zero-tolerance policy at the federal level.
“While states may allow medical use of marijuana, federal laws and policy do not recognize any legitimate medical use of marijuana,” a DOT handbook for commercial vehicle drivers reads. “Even if a state allows the use of marijuana, DOT regulations treat its use as the same as the use of any other illicit drug.”
Stacker looked at what’s causing thousands of truckers to be removed from their jobs, and the looming domino effect of the continued supply chain disruptions.
Truck drivers are being tested more and the consequences for drug-related violations have increased
Under regulations set forth by the DOT, truck drivers are tested for drug use—including marijuana—prior to starting a new job. They can also be tested at random, as well as after accidents. In January 2020, the DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration also upped the random drug testing rate from 25% of the average number of driver positions to 50%. Truck drivers are mainly screened for drug use via urinalysis, but there are now new saliva tests being proposed as well.
At worst, if a driver fails just one drug test, that can be grounds for termination under DOT regulations. At best, they are temporarily taken off the road and required to complete an evaluation with a substance misuse professional who determines their rehabilitation process, which can sometimes take months.
As of January 2020, employers are also required to list commercial drivers who fail a drug test in the FMCSA’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse. These violations remain searchable for five years. Potential employers are also required to check the Clearinghouse to see if a commercial driver had any previous violations, which would prevent them from being hired.
Differing marijuana laws by state are causing confusion among truck drivers
In recent years, more states have legalized both recreational and medical marijuana, making it more widely available and used. However, marijuana use is still prohibited for commercial truck drivers, state laws and medical prescriptions aside. According to the FMCSA, “a driver may not use marijuana even if [it] is recommended by a licensed medical practitioner.” The DOT has maintained its zero-tolerance stance for marijuana use even as it’s become legalized, saying, “Legalization of marijuana use by States and other jurisdictions also has not modified the application of U.S. Department of Transportation drug testing regulations.”
A commercial driver could use marijuana while off-duty, not driving, and in a state where marijuana is legal, but still test positive for the substance for up to a month later and be taken off the road. The American Addiction Centers says for infrequent marijuana users—meaning those who use the substance less than two times a week—it can show up in their urine for up to three days. Someone who uses marijuana several times a week can test positive for up to three weeks, and those who use marijuana even more frequently can “test positive for a month or longer.”
Truck drivers with violations tend to not return, adding to the shortage and supply chain woes
Shortages, factory closures, and goods waiting to be unloaded at ports are just some of the current issues affecting the supply chain across America. Trucking transports 72% of products within the U.S., according to a report from the White House, but a growing number of commercial drivers are sidelined for marijuana use.
The return-to-duty process that commercial vehicle drivers must undergo once faced with a marijuana violation can keep them from returning to work at all. According to the FMCSA’s monthly report, 89,650 commercial drivers are currently in prohibited status as of April 1, 2022, but 67,368 of them have not begun the RTD process.
If violations continue at the current rate, the truck driver shortage will further disrupt the supply chain, which means higher prices not just for commodities but the cost of living at large.
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2022-05-19T15:39:49+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/05/19/marijuana-violations-have-taken-over-10000-truck-drivers-off-road-this-year-adding-more-supply-chain-disruptions/
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BELFAST – The Waldo County Republican general meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 26 at the Belfast Common.
Meet Steven Hemingway, candidate for District 39 (Belfast, Northport and Belmont) and Todd Boissert, candidate for county sheriff (speaking on drug abuse). Raffle drawing. Bring a chair and snack to share. In case of rain, meet at the WCRC office at 230 Searsport Avenue in Belfast. For more, please call 207-992-3172.
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2022-05-12T17:17:58+00:00
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bangordailynews.com
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https://bangordailynews.com/2022/05/12/bdn-maine/waldo-county-republicans-meet-may-26/
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Ex-Miami congressman Rivera arrested in Venezuela probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government has been arrested in connection to an ongoing federal criminal investigation, law enforcement officials said.
David Rivera, a Republican who served from 2011 to 2013, was arrested Monday at Atlanta’s airport, said Marlene Rodriguez, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami. She said Rivera was indicted by a Miami grand jury last month, but that document remains sealed and she could not discuss the charges.
She said Rivera had an initial appearance Monday in Atlanta federal court. The U.S. Marshal’s Service said he bailed out of jail Monday afternoon.
An attorney for Rivera, Jeffrey Feldman, declined to comment, telling The Associated Press in a text message that he had “not seen the indictment.”
Pressure has been building on Rivera for more than two years after it emerged he received the massive contract from a U.S. affiliate of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company at the same time President Nicolas Maduro was trying to curry favor with the White House in the early days of the Trump administration
Rivera’s Interamerican Consulting was sued in 2020 by PDV USA — a Delaware-based affiliate of Venezuelan-owned Citgo — alleging the former congressman performed no work as part of the contract he signed in 2017 for three months of “strategic consulting” meant to build bridges with key U.S. stakeholders.
Rivera, 57, has maintained his innocence and has countersued PDV USA alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment for its failure to pay $30 million he says he is still owed.
Although Rivera’s contract was with a U.S. entity, any work he performed on behalf of Maduro’s government or Venezuelan business interests would’ve required him to register as a foreign lobbyist, which he did not.
Records that emerged as part of the lawsuit show that Rivera’s consulting work was done in concert with Raul Gorrin — a Venezuelan insider and media tycoon who has been sanctioned and indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges.
Correspondence introduced in court as part of the lawsuit reference show Rivera and Gorrin attempted to coordinate a meeting between Venezuela’s foreign minister and executives from the U.S. oil company Exxon. As part of that charm offensive, they also roped in Rep. Pete Sessions, whose former Dallas district was home to Exxon.
Rivera and Gorrin also discussed the changing price of concert tickets that attorneys for PDV USA stated were coded references to a bribe.
Before being elected to Congress, Rivera was a high-ranking Florida legislator, serving from 2003 to 2010 in the House. During that time he shared a Tallahassee home with current U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who eventually became Florida House speaker.
Rivera has been embroiled in several election-related controversies since then, including orchestrating the stealth funding of an unknown Democratic candidate to take on his main rival in a South Florida congressional race and a state investigation into whether he hid a $1 million contract with a gambling company. That probe also involved possible misuse of campaign funds to pay for state House activities already reimbursed by the state.
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Spencer reported from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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2022-12-05T22:40:35+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/2022/12/05/ex-miami-congressman-rivera-arrested-venezuela-probe/
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MONROEVILLE, Pa., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Giorgio Coraluppi, 88, President and Founder of Chorus Call, Compunetix, and Compunetics, passed away peacefully on September 28th, surrounded by family and loved ones.
Dr. Coraluppi founded Compunetics and its affiliates in 1968 and had held the position of President and CEO ever since. Dr. Coraluppi was a brilliant engineer, a mathematician, and an inventor, who was recently recognized for inventing the modern conference call.
Born in L'Aquila, Italy, in 1934, he pursued his studies in Milano where he received the Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 1958. Prior to Compunetics, Dr. Coraluppi joined the Electronic Research Laboratory at Olivetti in 1961, where he worked in circuit development and in numerical control of machine tools. In 1964 Dr. Coraluppi joined the Space-Defense Division of the American Optical Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he headed up projects for a special purpose digital computer controlling the NASA-Lewis Flight Simulator, and design and project engineering responsibility for a satellite attitude simulator now installed at NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.
Compunetics
was founded in 1968 and, six months after inception, they had their first customer, the U.S. Navy followed shortly afterwards by NASA. What set Compunetics apart was Dr. Coraluppi's seminal "Compunetics Switching Network" invention. It made it possible for thousands of people, in this case engineers, technicians and astronauts, to join one call. It was all done digitally and automatically by a computer chip. This invention led to Compunetics' technology being sought after across multiple industries.
At this point, Dr. Coraluppi's success as a business owner had earned him regional, state, and national recognition. After much success, Compunetics spun off two affiliate corporations, Compunetix as a product subsidiary and Chorus Call
as a local conferencing service provider.
Dr. Coraluppi received many patents and professional awards over the years, including the Pittsburgh Technology Council CEO of the Year Award in 2013 and induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame in 2020. The Giorgio Coraluppi Headship in Electrical and Computer Engineering was established at Carnegie Mellon University in 2022.
"On behalf of Chorus Call, I would like to express our appreciation for the immeasurable contributions Giorgio Coraluppi has made to our company, the communities in which we serve, and countless industry organizations he helped found," commented Michael Hockenberry, Vice President of Chorus Call. "In his 54 years at the helm of Compunetix, Chorus Call, and Compunetics, Dr. Coraluppi built a diversified organization that provides jobs to over 600 employees in Pennsylvania and numerous other countries around the globe. He was a man of honor and integrity, and his Chorus Call/Compunetix/Compunetics family will miss him greatly. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, family and his many friends."
Dr. Coraluppi's life had a profound impact on the world and on the Pittsburgh technology community, through his many inventions and advancements in technological communications.
For more information visit the Chorus Call website at www.choruscall.com, and the Compunetix website at www.compunetix.com.
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2022-10-07T18:14:32+00:00
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ksla.com
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https://www.ksla.com/prnewswire/2022/10/07/chorus-call-is-saddened-announce-passing-president-founder-dr-giorgio-coraluppi/
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Noah Baumbach started re-reading Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” in the early days of the pandemic. The 1985 novel, a biting satire about a blended middle-class family in suburban America, didn’t feel like a period piece. It felt relevant and familiar.
So Baumbach, known for directing original films like “The Squid and the Whale” and “Marriage Story,” started working on his first-ever adaptation.
“White Noise” is opening the Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday night, where it is playing in competition.
The film stars Adam Driver as Jack Gladney, a college professor focused on the study of Adolf Hitler. He lives with his wife, Babette (Greta Gerwig) and their children and stepchildren, Heinrich (Sam Nivola), Denise (Raffey Cassidy) and Steffie (May Nivola).
Like the book, the film is divided into three sections, “Waves and Radiation,” “The Airborne Toxic Event” and “Dylarama,” and how the family deals with various dangers and threats on macro and micro levels.
“The movie is about life and death and how we have to acknowledge that they’re the same, rather than exist as two separate things,” Baumbach said in Venice on Wednesday. “The movie is about how we create these rituals and strategies to hold off danger and death … and sometimes it comes for us and we don’t know how to react.”
Driver, Gerwig and co-stars Jodie Turner-Smith and Don Cheadle, who play Jack’s colleagues at the university, joined Baumbach to discuss the film before its world premiere.
Gerwig, who shares a child with Baumbach and has starred in and co-written several films with him, said she started re-reading the book when he did.
“It makes you, while you’re reading it, want to look up and say ‘listen to this.’ It had a performative quality to it. It seemed to be emotional and intellectually exciting,” she said.
Long rehearsals, she added, helped make the characters become real people and less abstract.
Driver, who was reuniting with Baumbach after “Marriage Story,” said he liked getting to play a character who was “so stressed” but “pretending not to be stressed.”
The part of Jack also required some physical transformations, including a wig to simulate a receding hairline and some actual weight gain.
“I’m very satisfied where things are going,” Driver said about seeing himself on screen as Jack. “We had a backup stomach. We didn’t need the backup stomach.”
Some have already noted to Baumbach that the film is a departure for him, stylistically and tonally. He said the material had never called for it before, and DeLillo’s material did. The novel’s 1980s setting inspired the look, feel and sound of the film, which was shot on 35mm anamorphic film in Ohio.
The score was done by Danny Elfman, who Baumbach encouraged to revisit some of his own scores from the time period that he had long put to bed — like “Midnight Run” — to inform the music.
“White Noise” also features LCD Soundsystem’s first new song in five years, “New Body Rhumba.” Baumbach said he told the band’s front man James Murphy to “write a really catchy fun song about death” as though he were writing a song in the 80s. He wanted something to go with a dance in a supermarket.
“The story is the story of American culture and being surrounded by American culture,” Baumbach said.
The next stop for “White Noise” is the New York Film Festival, where it will also be the opening night film. Netflix is debuting the film in theaters first on Nov. 25, before it is streamlined on Dec. 30.
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2022-08-31T19:58:15+00:00
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kron4.com
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https://www.kron4.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-for-noah-baumbach-white-noise-is-about-life-and-death/
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday said the $250,000 cap on deposit insurance should be reexamined to better suit small business and nonprofit organizations.
“I think that we should reexamine, just overall, about why we have limits at $250,000 of protection,” she said on CNBC’s “Squawk Street.”
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures up to $250,000 for each depositor if a bank fails. Warren said this insurance was meant for individuals, and a similar level of protections would help small businesses and nonprofit organizations have more confidence when depositing money into a bank.
“Some small business, some nonprofit, needs a place to manage its money,” she said. “They need to be able to make payroll, they need to be able to pay the utility bills, and they need a safe place to have that money where somebody’s going to keep it safe.”
“They shouldn’t be in the business of having to examine the books of the bank to say ‘I’m worried that this bank is a little too risky’ or ‘I’m worried that another bank has has taken on a certain kind of risk,’ ” she continued.
Warren and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) introduced a bill to place banks with at least $50 billion in assets back under strict Federal Reserve oversight and make them subject to Dodd-Frank Act stress tests. This would repeal a Trump-era banking regulation rollback that raised the threshold to $250 billion, exempting dozens of banks — including Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — from the strongest federal oversight.
Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by federal regulators on Friday and marked the biggest bank failure since the 2008 banking crisis. Warren on Wednesday repeated her belief that the banks would not have collapsed if the regulations had not been rolled back.
“What we have is a problem that starts with Congress by opening the door to weaker regulations then goes to the regulators that very much weakened those regulations, and then to the executives who thought that you could run a bank like any other business and that they could load up on risk in order to improve profitability for the shareholders and boost their own salaries and bonuses,” she said.
“We have to shut that down. Shutting that down starts with Congress, tightening up regulations to begin with,” she added.
Warren wrote an opinion piece published in The New York Times on Monday echoing similar sentiments, saying Congress was to blame for “entirely avoidable” bank failure.
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2023-03-15T17:32:18+00:00
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cenlanow.com
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https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/warren-says-250000-cap-in-deposit-insurance-for-banks-should-be-reexamined/
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How to Watch the Braves vs. Rockies Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for June 15
AJ Smith-Shawver starts for the Atlanta Braves on Thursday at Truist Park against Nolan Jones and the Colorado Rockies. First pitch is at 7:20 PM ET for the first game of a four-game series.
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Braves vs. Rockies Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023
- Time: 7:20 PM ET
- TV Channel: BSSE
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Venue: Truist Park
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Braves Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Braves average 1.7 home runs per game to rank second in MLB action with 114 total home runs.
- Atlanta's .468 slugging percentage ranks second-best in MLB.
- The Braves' .264 batting average is third-best in MLB.
- Atlanta scores the fourth-most runs in baseball (355 total, 5.2 per game).
- The Braves rank third in baseball with a .334 on-base percentage.
- The Braves' 8.4 strikeouts per game rank 11th in baseball.
- Atlanta's pitching staff is third in MLB with a collective 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Atlanta has a 3.86 team ERA that ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Braves have the 15th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.284).
Braves Probable Starting Pitcher
- Smith-Shawver (0-0) makes the start for the Braves, his second of the season.
- The righty last pitched on Friday against the Washington Nationals, when he went 5 1/3 innings, allowing no earned runs while giving up three hits.
- He is looking to keep a streak of two games without giving up an earned run alive.
Braves Schedule
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2023-06-15T19:00:47+00:00
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wlox.com
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https://www.wlox.com/sports/betting/2023/06/15/braves-vs-rockies-mlb-live-stream-tv/
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Elon Musk is not buying Manchester United.
The billionaire caused a frenzy online after tweeting he was buying the professional soccer club.
However, he later clarified that his tweet was a "long-running joke." He added that he's not buying any sports teams.
"Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U," Musk tweeted. "They were my fav team as a kid."
According to Forbes, Manchester United is valued at $4.6 billion.
Musk is currently locked in a legal battle over the purchase of Twitter. He offered to buy the company for $43 billion. However, he has since said he wants out of the deal because he claims Twitter isn't providing him information about how many fake accounts are on the platform. Twitter says it has provided Musk with all the necessary information.
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2022-08-17T15:00:29+00:00
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wkbw.com
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https://www.wkbw.com/news/national/elon-musk-says-tweet-about-buying-manchester-united-was-a-joke
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NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KLAS) – A speeding woman is accused of driving under the influence of cocaine and alcohol when she crashed into another car, killing its driver who was under the influence of methamphetamine, police said.
Summer Butler, 37, faces charges of DUI resulting in death, reckless driving and being in possession of a controlled substance in connection with the fatal crash in January, court documents say.
On Jan. 14, North Las Vegas police reported a two-car crash near Cheyenne Avenue and Civic Center Drive. Police said a car was making a U-Turn in a center lane, causing the front of another car, which Butler was driving, to collide with it. The driver and the passenger in the first car were both ejected from the vehicle, police said.
Butler’s car traveled about 150 feet before it stopped in some landscaping, police said.
All three people involved were taken to the hospital. There, police said Butler “was acting erratic [and] had to be sedated by medical staff,” a report said.
While a trauma paramedic was attending to Butler’s injuries, “a small baggie containing a white substance fell out of the left side of her bra,” police said. Police confirmed the substance was cocaine.
Nearly two weeks after the crash, blood tests confirmed Butler had cocaine and cannabinoids in her system. The blood draw also found Butler had an alcohol level of .102, which is above the legal limit.
The victim who died in the crash had a blood alcohol level more than three times above the legal limit. The person also had a substantial amount of methamphetamine in their system, police said.
Data from Butler’s car showed she was traveling 70 mph just seconds before the collision, police said. One second before impact, Butler was driving at 73 mph, according to police.
The speed limit in the area is 40 mph.
A records check revealed Butler had previously pleaded guilty to DUI in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2017.
Police issued a warrant for Butler’s arrest in June. A judge released her on $15,000 bail on Aug. 29, ordering her to stay away from all drugs and alcohol.
Records show Butler remained at the Clark County Detention Center as of Tuesday. The victim’s name was not readily available.
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2022-09-07T15:10:05+00:00
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wric.com
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https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/speeding-woman-on-cocaine-kills-drunk-driver-high-on-meth-in-north-las-vegas-police-say/
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On Tuesday, a gunman targeted a fourth-grade classroom at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., killing 21 people, 19 of them children. On May 14, a gunman shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo. On April 12, a gunman shot 10 people in a Brooklyn, N.Y. subway station. We’re 145 days into the year and there have already been 213 mass shootings in the United States.
The problem is them, over there; it’s their fault that the kids keep getting killed.
Wrong. The problem is you.
Way back in 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was castigated for saying that some Americans “cling to guns,” and for suggesting that this was unreasonable or unhealthy. The evidence — which is to say the pileup of bodies year after year — suggests he was correct.
But other politicians, seeing the backlash, learned what not to say. They learned not to point fingers, because they knew that they, too, would be accused of hating freedom, loving tyranny, overreaching in pursuit of control. They understood that they would be shouted down and then perhaps voted out.
They learned not to say the obvious: These mass shootings aren’t acts of God. The status quo is bad. Our lack of action on guns is killing people, and someone is to blame.
But who?
You. It’s your fault.
You, the gun-obsessed minority who lord over our politics and prevent change from being made. You, who mumble “thoughts and prayers” but balk at action.
You, the constitutional absolutist who believes that “the right to bear arms” — written in the late 1700s, when a state-of-the-art weapon was the flintlock musket — should be expanded to include modern-day, high-capacity automatic rifles, at the cost of children’s lives.
You, the “shooting hobbyist” or “gun enthusiast” who advocates against gun control because you think anything that makes your weekend amusement even the slightest bit more difficult to participate in is not to be borne.
You, the performative patriot who believes that background checks, age limitations, training requirements — any reasonable regulations that could help keep people safe — are insufferable limitations on your freedom.
You, the sophist who says “guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” as if those people aren’t killing others using guns, as if it isn’t obvious that the havoc they wreak would be much reduced had they not been given easy access to weapons of mass murder.
You, the pundit who sneers that your opponents “don’t want a solution” and then refuses to provide your own, preferring to use a tragedy to build your brand.
You, who would rather forget about the children murdered and the families broken, because if we thought about them too much you’d feel bad and might have to give something up.
Lest I be accused of being one-sided, let’s not stop the finger-pointing there. If it’s a “you” problem, it’s an “us” problem, too — the United States and its culture writ large, right and left included.
A country that defines itself by its freedom — and has, over decades, fetishized a misguided ideal of “liberty” that values the individual over everyone and everything else.
A country that touts its dynamism yet dithers, its leaders wringing their hands and offering empty platitudes — “we have to find solutions,” “we must take action” — as if the solutions aren’t obvious, as if the actions one could take haven’t been modeled for us by other countries for decades.
A country that exports democracy but whose politicians pretend that their jobs are meaningless, who believe that when it comes to gun control, “legislation doesn’t work” — despite the fact that they were elected to write it.
It’s easy to find excuses for why this keeps happening. We’ve done it for decades. But the comforting fictions have worn thin, to the point of transparency.
It’s time to stop feigning helplessness. To stop pretending we are the ones under attack. To stop gaslighting the real victims, who have already suffered tragedy enough.
It’s time to admit that we — we Americans, and the rationalizations we tolerate — are to blame. Only then can we shoulder the responsibility to act.
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2022-05-26T12:16:48+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/26/uvalde-mass-shooting-inaction-on-guns-to-blame/
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(The Hill) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said former first lady Melania Trump felt “very violated” after the FBI executed a search warrant at their Mar-a-Lago home last month.
“She felt very violated. I mean, this is a terrible thing. They go into her closet, they go through her dresses, and who knows what else. And it wasn’t left the way it—they found it,” Trump said during a phone interview with Newsmax.
“I didn’t walk into mine and say, ‘Oh, this is exactly so nice, the way they put it back,’” he added.
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The former president called the search a “disgrace” and continued to assert that he had done no wrong by keeping classified documents at his Palm Beach, Florida, resort after the end of his presidential term.
FBI agents through the search recovered over 100 classified documents and dozens of empty folders marked classified, taken from the White House.
“You take a look at the Presidential Records Act. That’s what you have to go by, I guess. I mean, that’s what I’m told,” Trump said.
The Presidential Records Act requires the preservation and return of documentary materials relating to the president’s political activities to the National Archives when the leader leaves office.
Trump’s defenses for keeping the classified material at his personal home have varied.
The former president has attempted to paint the Mar-a-Lago search as politically motivated, criticizing the Justice Department and the FBI for authorizing and conducting it.
The former president said Sunday that he’s returning to Mar-a-Lago to “see for myself” the impact of the raid.
“I’ll soon be heading to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal Raid and Break-In of my home in Florida, Mar-a-Lago. I’ll be able to see for myself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house,” Trump said Sunday on his Truth Social platform.
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2022-09-20T18:00:01+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/news/national/trump-says-melania-felt-violated-by-fbi-raid/
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Top Lakers vs. Grizzlies Players to Watch - NBA Playoffs Game 3
LeBron James and Ja Morant are two players to watch when the Los Angeles Lakers (43-39) and the Memphis Grizzlies (51-31) go head to head at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday. Tip-off is scheduled for 10:00 PM ET.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to look out for in this matchup, which you can watch on ESPN with a seven-day free trial to Fubo!
How to Watch Lakers vs. Grizzlies
- Game Day: Saturday, April 22
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
- Arena: Crypto.com Arena
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Lakers' Last Game
The Grizzlies beat the Lakers, 103-93, on Wednesday. Xavier Tillman poured in a team-high 22 points for the Grizzlies, and chipped in 13 rebounds and three assists. James had 28 points, plus 12 rebounds and three assists, for the Lakers.
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Grizzlies' Last Game
Lakers Players to Watch
- Davis posts a team-leading 12.5 rebounds per contest. He is also averaging 25.9 points and 2.6 assists, shooting 56.3% from the floor.
- James paces the Lakers with 28.9 points per contest and 6.8 assists, while also posting 8.3 rebounds.
- D'Angelo Russell paces his team in assists per contest (6.2), and also posts 17.8 points and 3 rebounds. Defensively, he averages 1 steal and 0.4 blocked shots.
- Jarred Vanderbilt posts 7.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest, shooting 54.6% from the floor.
- Malik Beasley puts up 12.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
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Grizzlies Players to Watch
- Morant is the Grizzlies' top scorer (26.2 points per game, 10th in NBA) and assist man (8.1, fifth in NBA), and averages 5.9 rebounds.
- The Grizzlies receive 18.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1 assists per game from Jaren Jackson Jr..
- The Grizzlies receive 21.5 points, 5 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game from Desmond Bane.
- The Grizzlies get 10.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game from Tyus Jones.
- Dillon Brooks gives the Grizzlies 14.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. He also averages 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
Top Performers (Last 10 Games)
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2023-04-22T21:27:32+00:00
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uppermichiganssource.com
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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/sports/betting/2023/04/22/lakers-vs-grizzlies-players-to-watch-nba-playoffs/
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LAS VEGAS, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Credit One Bank, a data-driven financial services company, has received the United States Postal Service's (USPS) 2022 "Partnership for Growth" Award at the 2022 National Postal Forum in Phoenix. Award winners are selected annually by the Postmaster General and their executive team, seeking companies that continue to provide innovation and growth through the USPS.
Credit One Bank was recognized by the USPS for its swift and inventive response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its utilization of Marketing Mail. At the onset of the pandemic and beyond, some consumers needed credit more than ever, and Credit One Bank was there to help with intelligently targeted direct mail offers. The Bank implemented innovative strategies involving retargeting prior Credit One Bank card members as well as integrating Informed Delivery campaigns and Informed Visibility data to measure the effect of Direct Mail campaigns. The Bank achieved a measurable return on investment for customer acquisition by effectively utilizing these tools.
"It is an incredible honor to be presented with this award from the United States Postal Service," remarked Ed Ng, senior vice president of marketing and account acquisition at Credit One Bank. "Throughout the many changes we've seen in our industry over the years, the USPS has continued to support us in spreading our message. We are proud to work with the USPS and their Strategic Account Manager Diane Young, and we will continue to utilize USPS's services in the future to drive innovation in our industry."
Credit One Bank is a leader in the credit card industry, offering Visa®, Mastercard®, and American Express® credit cards to millions of cardmembers nationwide.
About Credit One Bank:
Credit One Bank, N.A. is a financial services company based in Las Vegas. Driven by data, Credit One Bank offers a spectrum of products for people in all stages of their financial life, including credit cards through the Visa®, Mastercard®, and American Express® networks. Founded in 1984, Credit One Bank is one of the fastest-growing credit card providers in the United States. Credit One Bank is the Official Credit Card of NASCAR®, the Las Vegas Raiders, the Vegas Golden Knights, and Best Friends Animal Society®, and is a proud partner of WWE® and Six Flags®. Learn more at CreditOneBank.com and on social media (@CreditOneBank) on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
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2022-05-19T17:06:17+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/05/19/united-states-postal-service-honors-credit-one-bank-with-partnership-growth-award/
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Hurricanes vs. Islanders: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs First Round Game 1
Published: Apr. 17, 2023 at 9:46 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Game 1 of the NHL Playoffs First Round features the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders playing at 7:00 PM ET on Monday, April 17 on . Oddsmakers give the Hurricanes -165 moneyline odds in this matchup against the Islanders (+140).
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Hurricanes vs. Islanders Game Info
- When: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel:
- Where: PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Hurricanes Betting Insights
- The Hurricanes have won 47 of their 71 games when listed as a moneyline favorite this season (66.2%).
- Carolina has gone 34-15 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -165 or shorter (69.4% win percentage).
- Based on this matchup's moneyline, the Hurricanes' implied win probability is 62.3%.
Islanders Betting Insights
- This season the Islanders have won 16 of the 39 games, or 41.0%, in which they've been an underdog.
- New York is 6-8 this season when entering a game as an underdog by +140 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this contest implies a 41.7% chance of victory for the Islanders.
Hurricanes vs. Islanders Rankings
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Hurricanes Advanced Stats
- Carolina has not hit the over in its past 10 contests.
- In their past 10 games, the Hurricanes have scored 1.9 fewer goals per game than their average on the season.
- The Hurricanes are ranked 15th in the league with 262 goals this season, an average of 3.2 per contest.
- On defense, the Hurricanes are one of the best units in league competition, allowing 210 goals to rank second.
- The team's goal differential is seventh-best in the league at +52.
Islanders Advanced Stats
- The Islanders and their opponents hit the total once over New York's last 10 contests.
- In their past 10 games, the Islanders and their opponents are scoring 0.5 fewer goals per game than their season-long game scoring average, 7.7.
- The Islanders' 242 total goals (3.0 per game) rank 22nd in the league.
- The Islanders' 217 total goals given up (2.6 per game) are the fifth-fewest in the league.
- Their 12th-ranked goal differential is +25.
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2023-04-17T15:52:19+00:00
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wnem.com
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https://www.wnem.com/sports/betting/2023/04/17/hurricanes-vs-islanders-nhl-playoffs-first-round-game-1-nhl-betting-trends-stats/
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EAGAN, Minn. (AP)The Minnesota Vikings signed rookies Andrew Booth Jr. and Ed Ingram to complete their draft-class contracts Sunday as players began to report to training camp.
Booth, a cornerback, was a second-round pick out of Clemson, 42nd overall. Ingram, a guard, was a second-round selection out of LSU, 59th overall. The Vikings signed their eight other draft picks earlier this summer.
The Vikings announced 31 players who reported to team headquarters. The first wave included all rookies, some inexperienced returners, some players recovering from injuries and all three quarterbacks on the roster: Kirk Cousins, Sean Mannion and Kellen Mond. The remainder of the players must report by Tuesday.
The first full-team practice is Wednesday at the TCO Performance Center, where the team shifted training camp in 2018.
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2022-07-25T07:43:59+00:00
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valleycentral.com
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https://www.valleycentral.com/nfl/nfl-dallas/vikings-sign-booth-ingram-finish-rookie-deals-before-camp/
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LONDON — Prosecutors rested their sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey in a London courtroom Wednesday after four men testified in the past two weeks that the Oscar winner preyed on them.
The defense is scheduled to begin presenting its case Thursday in Southwark Crown Court. The stakes are high, with Spacey facing a possible prison term if convicted.
The 63-year-old American actor has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges that include sexual and indecent assault counts and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
The allegations date from 2001 to 2013 when Spacey was working at the Old Vic Theatre.
None of the alleged victims knew each other but each testified that they went to police after Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct in the U.S. in 2017 as the #MeToo movement gained momentum.
The accusations at the time crippled Spacey’s once-stellar career. He won a best supporting actor Academy Award for the 1995 film “The Usual Suspects” and a lead actor Oscar for the 1999 movie “American Beauty.” He was fired from the TV series “House of Cards” and most of his work dried up.
Three of the men said Spacey had a reputation of being drawn to good-looking young men and one said he had been warned to avoid him.
“It was well known he was up to no good,” the man testified.
One man said Spacey made racially offensive remarks to him and then “ like a cobra coming out and getting hold,” grabbed his penis when they were alone backstage at a charity event.
An aspiring actor who reached out to Spacey for advice said he regretted meeting up with him for a late-night drink. He said he ended up at Spacey’s flat near Waterloo station and — after falling asleep or passing out — woke up with the star performing oral sex on him.
A fourth man who had gone out for a night of heavy drinking with the actor said Spacey later gave him an awkward hug and kissed his neck before grabbing his crotch.
Spacey denied doing anything nonconsensual and said he didn’t remember meeting two of the men.
Spacey told police last year that the fourth man who came forward had “reimagined” their time together and concocted false allegations.
Defense lawyer Patrick Gibbs suggested the men were motivated by money. Several of them have filed lawsuits against the star and one testified that an American lawyer had said he could win him $10 million.
Gibbs suggested witnesses were lying, that one of the men had obstructed the investigation by resisting efforts to let officers view phone data and social media accounts and that some of the men were later ashamed of what they’d consensually done with Spacey.
Spacey, who owns homes in London and the U.S., is free on unconditional bail.
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2023-07-12T15:07:05+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/12/kevin-spacey-sexual-assault-trial-london-prosecutors/c39dd126-20b9-11ee-8994-4b2d0b694a34_story.html
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As the Biden administration pushes Congress to raise the debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that millions of Americans might not see their full Social Security payments if lawmakers don’t raise the U.S. debt limit.
Yellen has projected that the federal government will reach its debt limit by as early as June 1. Once the government reaches its debt limit, the U.S. would not be able to payout all of its obligations fully.
The effect of the U.S. not being able to pay its commitments fully could have wide-ranging impacts.
“Treasury finds itself in the position where we’re unable to pay all of the bills that come due that day. And this would be really the first time in the history of America that we would fail to make payments that are due,” Yellen told ABC’s "This Week." "And, you know, whether it’s defaulting on interest payments that are due on the debt or payments due for Social Security recipients or to Medicare providers, we would simply not have enough cash to meet all of our obligations."
Yellen and the Biden administration would have to decide what payments it can make. The administration could opt to pay Social Security benefits fully but opt not to pay for other programs. Another option is only to send out partial Social Security and Medicare payments.
SEE MORE: Lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue blame game as debt ceiling looms
According to data from the Social Security Administration, the agency will make over $1 trillion in payments this year to nearly 67 million Americans. That includes 48.6 million retirees and 7.6 million disabled workers. Dependents and survivors account for 9.8 million recipients.
Shai Akabas, director of economic policy with the Bipartisan Policy Center, said there are still many questions about the impact on average Americans if the U.S. reaches the debt ceiling.
“We have never been there as a country,” Akabas said. “What would occur, likely, is an economic downturn, which could affect pocketbooks of Americans in a number of different ways. First, we could see delayed payments that Americans are anticipating from the federal government in the form of programs and other assistance. We could see significant increases in interest rates.”
The Bipartisan Policy Center noted that quarterly tax payments are due June 15. If the U.S. can reach that point without reaching the debt ceiling, it likely will also make it to another critical date of June 30 when nearly $145 billion in extraordinary measures funds can become available. The organization noted that this would potentially allow the U.S. to pay its obligations into July.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com
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2023-05-10T16:03:11+00:00
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wkbw.com
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https://www.wkbw.com/yellen-social-security-payments-could-be-interrupted-in-debt-crisis
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Colorado City Post Office closes, prompting shuttle service to Pueblo for mail pickup
Colorado City’s 2,800 residents are currently without U.S. mail service, but a shuttle starts Saturday to help residents make the 52-mile round trip to Pueblo to get their mail.
The post office, located in the 9000 block of South Interstate 25, closed Monday. A sign on the door directs residents to pick up their mail at the Pueblo Main Post Office, 1022 Fortino Blvd.
“The United States Postal Service was notified late last week that the contract holder has chosen to unexpectedly terminate their contract and their responsibilities in operating the Colorado City Post Office,” said James Boxrud, a Denver-based spokesman for the postal service. "Contracting officials are aggressively working on an emergency placement and are hopeful to have a replacement soon.”
Until that replacement is found, the Senior Resource Development Agency in Pueblo is coming to the city's aid with a weekly shuttle service.
According to driver Rick Eriksen, he and another driver will offer the shuttle every Saturday until Colorado City gets a new post office. The shuttle will pick up residents at the swimming pool parking lot, 5000 Cuerno Verde Blvd., between 9 and 10 a.m., and will take them to Pueblo to get their mail and return to Colorado City once everyone gets their mail.
“Right now, the shuttle can hold 10, but if we get more we will have to get more shuttles,” Eriksen explained.
Even government agency staff like those in the Colorado City Metro District have to figure out ways to get to Pueblo to receive their business mail.
“We are trying not to waste time or energy by sending someone to get the mail when they have to go to Pueblo for something like taking in water samples,” said Jim Eccher, district manager. “We usually don’t get the mail until later in the day instead of in the morning, but we are working through it.”
Until an emergency contract is in place, Colorado City residents can pick up their mail at the Pueblo Main Post Office from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays or from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays. There is a separate retail line for Colorado City residents only, Boxrud said.
“We apologize for this inconvenience. This is only a temporary solution until we can evaluate our options for Colorado City,” Boxrud said.
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Chieftain reporter Tracy Harmon covers business news. She can be reached by email at tharmon@chieftain.com or via Twitter at twitter.com/tracywumps.
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2022-08-05T23:23:14+00:00
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chieftain.com
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https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2022/08/05/colorado-city-post-office-closes-mail-shuttle-to-pueblo-starts-saturday/65393546007/
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde says bank is “not pausing” after slowing pace of interest rate hikes.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde says bank is “not pausing” after slowing pace of interest rate hikes.
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2023-05-04T13:54:31+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/alert-european-central-bank-chief-christine-18078421.php
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Frankie Muniz, best known as ‘Malcolm,’ starts NASCAR career
(AP) – There might be a reboot on the horizon for actor Frankie Muniz, one aptly titled “Malcolm in the Middle of a Pileup.”
Muniz, who starred in “Malcolm in the Middle” and “Agent Cody Banks,” announced this week that he’s competing as a full-time race car driver in the ARCA Menards Series. It’s a low-level feeder series for NASCAR — one that typically features less-experienced drivers — and will serve as a starting point for Muniz’s stock-car career.
The 37-year-old Muniz got behind the wheel of the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing during a test session Friday at Daytona International Speedway and said, “I wanted this my entire life.”
His first of 20 scheduled races in 2023 will come at Daytona on Feb. 18.
“I want to prove to people that like I’m here to take it seriously,” Muniz said during a half-hour Zoom with reporters. “I’m not just here for a fluke. I’m not just here for publicity. I wanted this my entire life, you know what I mean?
“I’m mad I waited 12 years after my last racing experience to get here. I want people to look at me and see me on track and go, ‘Wow, he belongs,’ and I’m ready to prove to everyone that I do. Hopefully I do.”
A longtime racing enthusiast, Muniz drove the pace car for the 2001 Daytona 500 — a race in which seven-time Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt was killed on the final lap. Coincidentally, the chassis of the car Muniz is scheduled to drive at Daytona in the ARCA season opener was driven by Sterling Marlin that fateful day more than two decades ago.
Muniz said Earnhardt signed his jacket before the race and even told him how much he loved “Malcolm in the Middle.”
“He said, ‘Your show has brought me and my daughter so much closer together. I love your show,’” Muniz recalled. “And it was like insane to me that Dale Earnhardt is telling me that.”
Muniz has long been a racing enthusiast and first started thinking about becoming a professional driver in 2004 after competing in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, California. He’s also raced in Formula BMW events as well as the Champ Car Atlantic Series.
His last full-time season came in 2009. He said he broke his back, broke an ankle and had a pin inserted into his hand following a crash. He has raced sporadically since.
Instead of getting back in a race car immediately, he became drummer of the indie rock band Kingsfoil. More recently, he married Paige Price and they had a son in 2021.
“I just took longer to heal than I thought,” Muniz said. “Not that you have to essentially start over, but I missed an entire season and I got an opportunity to be in a band. I know that sounds crazy. I was touring the world playing drums, so a lot of things just kind of took over my life and I dove in 100%.
“I’ve always thought in the back of my mind I was going to go back racing. As the years have gone on, it felt further and further away. So when I had my son 19 months ago, it honestly made me go, ‘What am I? Who am I? Who do I want to be to my son or what I want him to see me doing?’”
Muniz decided he wanted to race again.
“That’s what I’ve always said I felt like I was the most comfortable doing. … Realistically I’m old to be getting started in the racing world,” he said. “But in that same sense, it motivates me that I’ve got to take advantage of the opportunity I have today.
“I don’t have time to wait. So hopefully that helps the progression, go a little quicker because I have the motivation. I’m in the right mindset.”
He expects plenty of “Malcolm in the Middle” jokes during races, so much so that he’s considering making T-shirts to sell at events.
“I’m going to capitalize on that before someone else does,” he said.
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2023-01-13T22:16:06+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/2023/01/13/frankie-muniz-best-known-malcolm-starts-nascar-career/
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ATHENS, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — In the Gulf Coast, April is the peak time for millions of migratory songbirds, raptors, and shorebirds to return from Central and/or South America.
Birders of all types dream of coastal “fall-outs,” when strong winds from the north force vast numbers of birds migrating from the south to ditch into coastal wood-lots. We dream of hearing the woods filled with singing thrushes and warblers.
Every birder’s fancy turns to spring; some also turn to Claritin.
To choose April’s bird of the month, Louisiana Ornithological Society’s Facebook page members. And with their input, this month’s selection is the Hooded Warbler, Setophaga citrina.
Picture a bright, all-yellow bird wearing a black balaclava, and then you can easily
imagine the adult male Hooded Warbler. And thanks to Louisiana bird photographer Rickey Aizen, you have a great illustration of this guy.
The adult female Hooded Warbler is very similar to the male, but she has a much less extensive hood, along with a throat of all yellow with no black at all.
Both sexes have white outer tail feathers, and when they display or get fussy, they flare them, which is the Hooded Warbler version of either a Marvin Gaye song or an angry face emoji, depending on the situation.
Although undeniably beautiful, Hooded Warblers usually stay concealed in low, thick vegetation
and aren’t often seen clearly by humans. But they are very abundant in the region.
Learning the Hooded Warbler’s song is vital to understanding how many are hiding in the woods, and if you drive through mixed, open woods with a dense understory of shrubs, you can detect dozens of these birds.
North American warblers are known for their bright colors and beautiful melodic songs, and they sing frequently.
Like some other species, Warblers have a specialized “dawn song” or “alternate song” that is a bit more complex than their usual song. Warbler songs are not only complex musically, but they can also be socially complex, as well.
According to the Cornell Ornithology Lab’s birdsoftheworld.org, adult male Hooded Warblers return to the exact locations each year to breed, nest, and establish territory. This practice is known as “site fidelity” and is a common strategy of many migratory bird species. The Hooded Warblers also learn the songs of their neighboring Hooded Warblers, which also return to the same spots.
Now, to us, these songs sound the same.
So to create a human equivalent, it would be like you learning your neighbors’ voices so that if you hear the unfamiliar voice of a stranger in the neighborhood, you’d be quickly aware of a possible threat. This way, the males don’t have to spend so much energy defending their nesting territories. They hear another male singing nearby and think, “Oh, that’s just Frank singing Van Halen songs again.”
So, yes, Warblers are pretty. And, yes, they sing more beautifully than my karaoke version of “Sweet Caroline.” But another important reason to focus on the Hooded Warbler this month is to
spread awareness of Warbler land conservation and management.
Hooded Warblers and dozens of other species rely heavily on coastal chénier (pronounced “shin EARS”) during spring and fall migration.
A chénier is an underground mountain of salt, the top of which nears the soil surface. When a chénier lies under a marsh or the near the coast, it creates a dry, more stable land area. You can spot them easily in south Louisiana because you’ll find small stretches of dry land with Live Oaks and houses, but it’s all surrounded by marsh.
Well, this forested, drier area sits on top of the chénier because it can’t develop in a
marsh, right?
Ever been to Avery Island? It’s a chénier.
And all those oak trees and saltbush shrubs on chénier create the only reliable wood lots for birds when they reach or depart from the coast. If we don’t protect these areas, these birds will disappear.
Hooded Warblers are neotropical migrants who spend only half their time here and the other half in Central and/or South America. And so if we practice conservation with only half their range, do we only lose half the birds? No. We still lose them all.
Not to complicate things, but Hooded Warblers and several other neotropical migrants have
developed sexual segregation in their wintering ranges.
It may sound too good to be true to many married readers, but what I’m getting at is that the mated pairs of these birds live separately during the winter.
In the spring and summer, they mate and raise the kids. But for the rest of the year, they’re legally separated. The good news? Hooded Warblers only need “his” and “hers” towels half the year. The bad news? It’s up to us to protect the habitats where the males live and the habitats where the females live because it only takes a decline in one sex to lead to a decline in the species itself.
Your conservation efforts must be as diversified as your investment portfolio. Humans aren’t the only ones who worry about their nest eggs.
Dillon is a regional reviewer for Cornell University’s www.ebird.org and is on the Louisiana Bird Records Committee. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Briarwood Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, teaches English Literature at Minden High School, and is the Minden High School Nature Club, founder. And a little birdie told KTAL that Dillon was recently awarded the Jimmy D. Long Louisiana Scholars’ College Distinguished Alumni Award at NSU.
Read more of John Dillon’s work and you’ll learn to recognize the birds of our area in no time!
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2023-03-31T23:22:06+00:00
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cenlanow.com
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https://www.cenlanow.com/state-news/hooded-warblers-travel-to-louisiana-to-date-mate-when-live-separately-in-winter/
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Leaders of seven countries, including the United States, met in Japan for the annual G7 summit from May 19-21.
Some people on social media, including an account managed by the Republican National Committee (RNC), shared a viral video on May 21 where President Joe Biden tells G7 leaders that he formed an organization called the Quad.
“...I doubt many people in this audience or any other audience would have said that two years after being elected, I’d be able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea,” Biden says in the video.
But those posts claim that Biden did not form the group and that President Donald Trump actually re-established it.
THE QUESTION
Did President Biden form the Quad coalition between the United States, India, Australia and Japan, as he claimed?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, President Biden did not form the Quad coalition between the United States, India, Australia and Japan. However, he did facilitate the first in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit in 2021.
WHAT WE FOUND
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, which is often referred to as the Quad, is a “four-country coalition” made up of the United States, Japan, India and Australia, that “claims a common platform of standing for a rules-based order, protecting freedom of navigation and promoting democratic values in the region,” according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
The RNC and others were correct when they said Biden did not form the Quad, as he claimed at the G7. The group was formalized in 2007 by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to the Associated Press and the CRS. Experts say the Quad was then reestablished during former President Donal Trump’s administration.
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the four countries that make up the Quad “first formed a ‘core group’ during the joint response to the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami” in the Indian Ocean.
“This cooperation provided the basis for the first iteration of the Quad; it met briefly in 2007 before coming apart in 2008,” the CSIS says.
China denounced the series of Quad meetings in 2007 as “an attempt to encircle it.” The group’s efforts then “dissipated amid member leadership transitions, concerns about economic repercussions from China and attention to other national interests,” according to the CRS.
Revitalization of the Quad coalition began during the Trump administration in 2017 and “has accelerated since 2020,” the CRS says. The CSIS also mentions that the Quad “reformed in 2017 and began convening on a bimonthly basis.”
While Biden did not form the Quad, his administration did facilitate the first Quad Leaders’ Summit in 2021.
Biden hosted the first-ever in-person leaders’ summit at the White House on Sept. 24, 2021, bringing together Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan.
“The President made the decision to take the Quad to the leader level shortly after he took office, extending invitations to his Quad counterparts for the first-ever Quad leaders summit in March 2021,” a spokesperson for the president’s National Security Council told VERIFY. “Previously, Quad engagements had only been held at the foreign ministerial level.”
The CRS also credited the Biden administration with boosting the Quad’s profile “as a centerpiece of Indo-Pacific Strategy aimed at strengthening the United States’ commitment to the region.”
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2023-05-24T23:19:12+00:00
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wgrz.com
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https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/verify/joe-biden/did-joe-biden-form-quad-coalition-us-india-australia-japan-fact-check/536-544c6ce5-aa2f-4036-ae22-e2c484ee54d7
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Anheuser-Busch is planning to lay off hundreds of employees months after gaining attention for a partnership with a trans influencer, which garnered backlash from some customers, according to multiple reports.
Scripps News has yet to confirm the layoffs independently.
The Wall Street Journal reported the layoffs would affect about 2% of its 18,000-person workforce.
“While we never take these decisions lightly, we want to ensure that our organization continues to be set for future long-term success,” Anheuser-Busch Chief Executive Brendan Whitworth said in a written statement to the Wall Street Journal. “These corporate structure changes will enable our teams to focus on what we do best — brewing great beer for everyone.”
It is unclear whether the layoffs were caused by the partnership as Anheuser-Busch's stock value has been on an overall decline for several years.
The company's stock value peaked at $120 in 2015 and 2016, but generally has fallen since. Its stock is now worth about half as much as it was seven years ago.
SEE MORE: What lessons should brands take away from the 'Bud Light Effect'?
The company was criticized by some for its partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer. Mulvaney posted a sponsored video on Instagram in April touting the beer.
The partnership was panned in right-wing circles, which have been targeting transgender rights. Days after Mulvaney posted her video, Kid Rock posted his own video on social media. It featured him with a high-powered rifle shooting at cans of Bud Light.
Then last month came news that Bud Light is no longer the No. 1-selling beer in the U.S., as it was replaced by Modelo Especial. The Mexican lager had the most U.S. retail beer sales in the month that ended on June 3, according to Nielsen data analyzed by Bump Williams, making up 8.4% of sales, while Bud Light fell to second with 7.3%.
Anheuser-Busch also took criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates who say businesses should "reject and speak out against anti-LGBTQ+ extremism."
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com
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2023-07-27T17:40:24+00:00
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kivitv.com
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https://www.kivitv.com/anheuser-busch-lays-off-employees-after-bud-light-loses-sales
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Basketball coach starts petition to remove fans from select events amid racism allegations
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW/Gray News) - A coach in Kansas has started a petition to remove fans from select sporting events following what’s being called a racist incident.
On Tuesday, Topeka High School Basketball Coach George “Geo” Lyons started the petition to remove fans from Valley Center School District High School sports.
In the petition, Lyons detailed his team’s recent away game against Valley Center where “Employees from Valley Center High School failed to protect Topeka High from racial slurs, threats and disgusting taunts.” Lyons’ petition currently has more than 8,600 signatures.
According to Lyons, players and spectators were called “the N-word” and threatened to be lynched along with further derogatory chants.
Students from Valley Center were also reportedly seen passing around a “naked Black doll” and waving it at Topeka High School players.
Lyons said that administration and staff from Valley Center did not address any of the actions after being informed while the game was happening.
Officials with Valley Center said the school district sent an apology to Topeka Public Schools and Superintendent Tiffany Anderson.
The district said it was also made aware of a student bringing her class-issued doll to the game for an assignment. However, the administration noted that the doll was equipped with an internal recording device and was being passed around between students during the game.
On Wednesday, Valley Center administration decided to cancel classes at all of its schools in the district due to threats of violence that stemmed from the situation.
Topeka Public Schools and the Valley Center School District have since released the following joint statement:
“As both districts work in a unified manner to investigate matters related to the athletic events on Saturday, we as superintendents are both committed to ensuring a safe and respectful climate at school events.
Incidents that occurred when individuals did not conduct themselves in ways that reflect our commitment to supporting students have been handled, and there are investigations that are ongoing.
We will work together to ensure the appropriate individuals are held accountable and work together to prevent such incidents in the future.
It’s important all parties allow for investigations to occur and that we model for students ways to address adversity when it arises.
As superintendents, we are working jointly to address the issues and uncover the facts about what occurred so that inaccurate information and rumors are not circulated.
The incident that occurred is concerning and we both need community support and grace to allow us to complete the investigation.
We are continuing discussions between the principals and superintendents as we investigate the issues. We do not support or condone violence or any language or behavior that promotes violence and we both remain prepared to hold individuals accountable if threatening language or behavior is displayed disrupting the school environment.
Thank you for allowing the districts to work together to fully investigate matters and address the issues in cooperation with the athletic association.
Be assured that we both have the best interests of each other’s students and communities at heart in our conversations and decisions.”
Copyright 2022 WIBW via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2022-12-08T16:10:55+00:00
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kttc.com
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https://www.kttc.com/2022/12/08/basketball-coach-starts-petition-remove-fans-select-events-amid-racism-allegations/
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A high-profile film production is now underway in New Mexico. “The Informant,” directed by Michael Oblowiz and produced by Daniel Cummings, is in Las Cruces filming this week.
The movie stars Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth, Dominic Purcell and Nick Stahl. “The Informant” is story about an undercover cop who is terminally ill and conspires with his partner and a junkie informant to stage his own death to help his family.
“We’re thrilled to welcome ‘The Informant’ to Las Cruces and bring new opportunities to our local film crew and small businesses,” Las Cruces film liaison, Jon Sepp said. According to the New Mexico State Film Office, the movie will employ 30 New Mexico crew members, two local principal actors and local background talent.
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2022-07-20T17:29:48+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/movie-starring-mel-gibson-begins-filming-in-new-mexico/
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CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency posted air quality alerts for several states stretching from Montana to Ohio on Sunday because of smoke blowing in from Canadian wildfires.
“Air Quality alerts are in place for much of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and northern High Plains,” the National Weather Service said. “This is due to the lingering thick concentration of Canadian wildfire smoke over these regions. While the concentration of smoke in the atmosphere should begin to wain by Monday, there is still enough smoke to support unhealthy air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups in parts of these regions into the start of the upcoming week.”
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The U.S. EPA’s AirNow air quality page rated the air in Chicago as “unhealthy” as of 9 a.m. CDT Sunday. And in Michigan, state environmental officials said the air “is unhealthy for sensitive groups.”
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services advised people in the state to check the Air Quality Index regularly to decide if they should be participating in outdoor activities.
The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability issued a Knozone Action Day for Sunday, saying people throughout central Indiana should avoid time spent outdoors as much as possible, especially active children, the elderly, anyone who is pregnant, and those with asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas), emphysema, heart disease or COVID-19. Sensitive groups should remain indoors Sunday and refrain from activities that degrade indoor air quality, including burning candles and vacuuming.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Sunday that unhealthy air from the wildfires in Canada was expected to hit parts of New York state again Monday, mostly in northern and western parts of the state. She said the air quality index was forecasted to be 100 to 150 in those areas, when 0 to 50 is the norm. Her comments came at a news conference about heavy rain and flooding.
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“As if the rain coming out of the sky isn’t enough, if you start looking up tomorrow you’re going to see a similar situation to what we had a couple of weeks ago because of the air quality degradation resulting from the wildfires in Canada,” she said. “We’re likely to be issuing a air quality alert for portions of our state. It seems to be projected to be mostly around western New York and the North Country at this time. But as we saw, it can shift very quickly and start developing in more populated areas.”
Health officials have recommended people can stay safe by taking steps such as wearing a mask, staying indoors and keeping indoor air clean.
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2023-07-16T19:51:17+00:00
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bostonglobe.com
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/16/nation/smoke-canadian-wildfires-creates-unhealthy-conditions-montana-ohio/
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San Diego State vs. Charleston (SC): Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits - First Round
The No. 5 San Diego State Aztecs (27-6) are 5.5-point favorites to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament when they take on the No. 12 Charleston (SC) Cougars (31-3) on Thursday, tipping off at 3:10 PM on truTV. Here's everything you need to know about this 5-12 matchup before filling out your bracket. The over/under is 141.5 for the matchup.
San Diego State vs. Charleston (SC) Odds & Info
- Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023
- Time: 3:10 PM ET
- TV: truTV
- Where: Orlando, Florida
- Venue: Amway Center
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San Diego State vs Charleston (SC) Betting Records & Stats
- The Aztecs are 15-15-0 against the spread this season.
- San Diego State has a record of 18-1, a 94.7% win rate, when it's favored by -225 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The oddsmakers' moneyline implies a 69.2% chance of a victory for the Aztecs.
- Charleston (SC) has gone 18-12-0 ATS this year.
- The Cougars have been listed as an underdog of +185 or more on two occasions this season and split those games.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies Charleston (SC) has a 35.1% chance of walking away with the win.
San Diego State vs. Charleston (SC) Over/Under Stats
Additional San Diego State vs Charleston (SC) Insights & Trends
- San Diego State is 6-4 against the spread and 9-1 overall in its last 10 games.
- In the Aztecs' past 10 contests, they have gone over the total once.
- Charleston (SC) has gone 10-0 in its last 10 contests, with a 7-3 record against the spread during that span.
- In their past 10 contests, the Cougars have gone over the total six times.
- The Aztecs average 72.1 points per game, only 4.7 more points than the 67.4 the Cougars give up.
- When San Diego State scores more than 67.4 points, it is 11-8 against the spread and 19-2 overall.
- The Cougars' 80.8 points per game are 17.2 more points than the 63.6 the Aztecs allow to opponents.
- When it scores more than 63.6 points, Charleston (SC) is 16-11 against the spread and 28-3 overall.
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2023-03-16T02:47:10+00:00
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ksla.com
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MUSKEGON, Mich (AP) — A Michigan judicial candidate is facing domestic assault charges partly based on video footage suggesting he hit his girlfriend repeatedly with a belt, prompting local domestic violence advocates to actively speak out against his candidacy.
The candidate's girlfriend and his attorney deny that he actually struck her.
According to the Detroit Free Press, Jason Kolkema was arraigned on the misdemeanor charges in mid-September. Kolkema, a 51-year-old attorney running for Muskegon County’s 14th Circuit Court judicial seat, contends he was striking a chair with a belt and not his girlfriend as suggested by the video shot by an office worker in a building neighboring Kolkema's apartment.
“I understand that the optics are bad. I understand the anger and disappointment, especially from the people who voted for me and supported me ... All of the facts will be revealed in due time,” Kolkema wrote on Facebook in response to a comment.
Kolkema has declined to comment to the newspaper, instead referring questions to his girlfriend. His attorney, Terry Nolan, told WOOD-TV in September that Kolkema did not strike his girlfriend and said the incident shouldn't disqualify him from seeking a seat on the bench.
The woman, who is not identified in the Free Press reporting, told the newspaper she was wearing a headset and that Kolkema struck the chair’s armrest to get her attention. The woman said she took some blame for the incident, writing to the Free Press that “it was rude of me to ignore him.”
The newspaper found court and police records describing earlier violent confrontations involving Kolkema and his girlfriend.
One incident came two days before the videotaped belt strikes. According to Ottawa County court records, Kolkema allegedly spit at the woman's 12-year-old daughter, threw water on them followed by a Gatorade bottle which missed them but hit a lamp.
Three months earlier, the woman reported to Fruitport police that Kolkema had slapped her. When officers arrived, the girlfriend recanted and Kolkema told police that she “gets like this when she is drunk ... and makes things up.”
The woman told the Free Press that Kolkema has never hurt her or her daughter.
“He never beat me,” she wrote. “He's not scary or threatening as a person ... Just boisterous, animated.”
Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson, whose office charged Kolkema with misdemeanor domestic assault in the filmed Aug. 18 incident, said it doesn't matter if Kolkema actually struck his girlfriend that day.
“Domestic violence includes violence that can either be physical, or threatened," he told the newspaper. "Contact is not required.”
Kolkema’s trial is not scheduled to begin until nearly two weeks after the Nov. 8 election. The footage and subsequent media attention have triggered intense debate in western Michigan.
“I cannot imagine a victim sitting in front of a ‘Jason Kolkema’ and asking him to protect her from an assailant,” said Muskegon resident Heather Fry, who is a domestic abuse survivor and victim’s advocate.
Whatever happened, the scene that unfolded on the video shows “a violent act meant to instill fear," Fry said.
Supporters on Kolkema's social media pages have offered support, saying that he deserves the presumption of innocence and that his life should not be destroyed for “one mistake.”
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2022-10-08T22:19:17+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Domestic-violence-arrests-casts-shadow-over-17496207.php
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military said it used long-range missiles Wednesday to destroy a depot in the western Lviv region of Ukraine where ammunition for NATO-supplied weapons was being stored, and the governor of a key eastern city acknowledged that Russian forces are advancing amid heavy fighting.
Those strikes came as fighting raged for the city of Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas area, the focus of Russia’s offensive in recent weeks.
Russia-backed separatists accused Ukrainian forces of sabotaging an evacuation of civilians from the city’s besieged Azot chemical plant, where about 500 civilians and an unknown number of Ukrainian fighters are believed to be sheltering from missile attacks. It wasn’t possible to verify that claim.
A humanitarian corridor from the Azot plant had been announced a day earlier by Russian officials, who said they would take civilians to areas controlled by Russian forces, not Ukrainian ones.
Many previously announced planned evacuations from other areas of fighting in Ukraine have failed, with each side blaming the other. Some Ukrainians have been reluctant to evacuate to Russian-held territory.
The Ukrainian governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai, told The Associated Press that “heavy fighting in Sievierodonetsk continues today as well.” The situation in the city is getting worse, Haidai admitted, because Russian forces have more manpower and weapons.
“But our military is holding back the enemy from three sides at once,” Haidai said. “The enemy is advancing because of significant advantage in artillery and people, but the Ukrainian army is holding on to its positions in the city.”
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian forces used high-precision Kalibr missiles to destroy the depot near the town of Zolochiv in the Lviv region near the border with NATO member Poland.
Konashenkov said shells for M777 howitzers, a type supplied by the United States, were being stored there. He said four howitzers were destroyed elsewhere in fighting and that Russian airstrikes also destroyed Ukrainian “aviation equipment” at a military aerodrome in the southern Mykolaiv region.
There was no immediate comment on the Zolochiv strike from the Ukrainians.
While focusing most of their attacks on eastern Ukraine, where they are trying to capture large swaths of territory, Russian forces have also been hitting more specific targets elsewhere in the country, using high-precision missiles to disrupt the international supply of weapons and destroy military infrastructure.
Civilian infrastructure has been bombarded as well, even though Russian officials have claimed they’re only targeting military facilities.
The latest attacks came as Ukraine keeps up its pressure on Western countries to deliver more arms and as NATO countries pledge more heavy weapons for Ukraine.
In recent days, Ukrainian officials have spoken of the heavy human cost of the war, with the fierce fighting in the east becoming an artillery battle that has seen Kyiv’s forces outgunned and outnumbered.
“The losses, unfortunately, are painful, but we have to hold out,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Tuesday in his nightly video address. “The more losses the enemy suffers there, the less strength it will have to continue the aggression. Therefore, the Donbas is key to determining who will dominate in the coming weeks.”
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy, tweeted Wednesday that he gets a daily message from the Ukrainian defenders in the east saying: “We are holding on, just say: when to expect the weapons?” He said that’s the same message he has for NATO leaders.
Meanwhile, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council who is a former Russian president, ominously suggested that Russia appears intent on not just claiming some territory but eliminating Ukraine as a nation.
In a Telegram post, he wrote that he saw reports in which Ukraine wants to receive liquified natural gas from its “overseas masters” with payment due in two years.
He added: “But there’s a question. Who said that in two years Ukraine will even exist on the map?”
Reacting to Medvedev’s comments, Podolyak said on Twitter: “Ukraine has been and will be. Where will Medvedev be in two years, that’s the question.”
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MORE STORIES ON THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Mines are killing people in Ukraine even after the fighting leaves their areas
— NATO defense ministers discuss sending more weapons to Ukraine
— Germany says a reduced flow of Russian gas appears to be a political move
— Russia’s economic forum takes place but with fewer participants
__ French president suggests he will visit Kyiv to show support for Ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said it may be possible to create secure corridors to transport Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea without the need to clear sea mines near Ukrainian ports.
Cavusoglu’s comments Wednesday came a week after he discussed with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov a U.N. plan to open up Odesa and Ukraine’s other Black Sea ports to allow millions of tons of grains to be shipped to world markets.
Russia has demanded that Ukraine remove mines from the Black Sea before grain exports can resume by ship. Ukraine rejects the proposal, insisting it would leave its ports vulnerable to attacks.
Cavusoglu told reporters that since the location of the mines are known, it would be possible to establish “secure corridors” that avoid them.
Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Turkey, Russia and Ukraine have appointed high-ranking military officers and set up a telephone hotline to try and overcome hurdles over crop exports.
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Russia’s Gazprom announced a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline for the second day in a row Wednesday, hours after Germany’s vice chancellor said its initial move appeared to be political rather than a result of technical problems.
The state-owned energy giant said on Twitter that deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany would be cut again Thursday, bringing the overall reduction through the undersea pipeline to 60%.
The new cut came a day after Gazprom said it would reduce flows by 40% after Canadian sanctions over the war in Ukraine prevented German partner Siemens Energy from delivering overhauled equipment. It blamed the same issue for the additional reduction.
Gazprom also told Italian gas giant Eni that it would reduce gas through a different pipeline by roughly 15% on Wednesday. The reason for the reduction has not been made clear, and the Italian company said it was monitoring the situation.
The reduced flows follow Russia’s previous halt of natural gas supplies to Bulgaria, Poland, Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark as Europe works to reduce its dependence on Russian energy amid the war in Ukraine. Gas demand has fallen after the end of the winter heating season, but European utilities are racing to refill storage ahead of next winter with prices high and supplies uncertain.
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A U.N. delegation investigating war crimes in Ukraine has visited areas of the country which were held by Russian troops and says there is evidence that could support war crimes allegations.
The delegation chaired by Erik Møse, a Norwegian judge, visited sites including the Kyiv suburbs of Bucha and Irpin, where Ukrainian authorities have accused Russia of mass killings of civilians.
“At this stage we are not in a position to make any factual findings or pronounce ourselves on issues of the legal determination of events,” Møse said.
“However, subject to further confirmation, the information received and the visited sites of destruction may support claims that serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, perhaps reaching war crimes and crimes against humanity, have been committed in the areas,” he said.
With Ukrainian and international organizations investigating war crimes cases, Møse expressed concern at the risk of investigations “overlapping” or causing witnesses more trauma by going over the same events repeatedly.
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The West must step up weapons deliveries to Ukraine and prove its commitment to helping the country’s military fight along a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line in a grinding war of attrition with Russia, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.
Opening a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels on supporting Ukraine, Austin urged more than 45 participating nations to demonstrate “our unwavering determination to get Ukraine the capabilities that it urgently needs to defend itself.”
“We must intensify our shared commitment to Ukraine’s self-defense, and we must push ourselves even harder to ensure that Ukraine can defend itself, its citizens and its territory,” he said.
Increased arms supplies can’t come soon enough for the Ukrainian forces battling to keep Russia from taking control of their country’s industrial east after more than 3½ months of war.
In his nightly address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded Tuesday for more and faster deliveries of Western arms, specifically asking for anti-missile defense systems.
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Russia’s war in Ukraine is spreading a deadly litter of mines, bombs and other explosives. They are killing civilians, disrupting planting, complicating the rebuilding of homes and villages, and will continue taking lives and limbs long after the fighting stops.
Often, blast victims are farmers and other rural workers with little choice but to use mined roads and plow mined fields, in a country relied on for crops that feed the world.
Vadym Schvydchenko, a 40-year-old driver who hit a tank mine that blew up his truck, said he’ll steer clear of dirt tracks for the foreseeable future, although they’re sometimes the only route to fields and rural settlements. Mushroom-picking in the woods has also lost its appeal to him.
“I’m afraid something like this can happen again,” he said.
Ukraine is now one of the most mined countries in Europe. The east of the country, fought over with Russia-backed separatists since 2014, was already contaminated by mines even before Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion multiplied the scale and complexity of the dangers both there and elsewhere.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service says 300,000 square kilometers (115,000 square miles) — the size of Arizona or Italy — need to be cleared of mines. The ongoing fighting will only expand the area.
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Karmanau reported from Lviv.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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2022-06-15T16:09:17+00:00
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wdtn.com
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https://www.wdtn.com/news/ap-top-headlines/russia-targets-ammunitions-depot-in-western-ukraine/
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Updated May 17, 2023 at 6:00 PM ET
House Republicans blocked Democrats' effort to expel scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos from Congress less than a week after the first-term Republican congressman pleaded not guilty to fraud charges.
Democrats pushed a resolution to expel Santos, but Republicans instead voted along party lines 221 to 204 to send the matter to the House Ethics Committee. Seven Democrats voted present, including several on the House Ethics panel to head off concerns of a conflict of interest.
The one-sentence resolution introduced on Tuesday by California Rep. Robert Garcia was largely a symbolic one; the measure was widely expected to fail but forced House Republicans to go on the record about their colleague from New York.
"He's already admitted to lying and defrauding, he is an embarrassment to the House and to the country," Garcia told reporters earlier on Wednesday, days after Santos confessed to stealing a checkbook in Brazil to buy goods in 2008. "People want better from us and they want honest and ethical government."
The motion was a privileged resolution, which when offered by a rank-and-file House member triggered a procedural vote in the next two days. Any motion to expel required a two-thirds vote.
Santos, whose office has not immediately responded to an NPR inquiry about his reaction to the resolution, has rejected a series of allegations and insisted he will remain in Congress.
Santos, who has been facing calls from members of his own party to resign, pled not guilty last week to federal fraud charges. He faces 13 counts of criminal wrongdoing, including wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.
"This indictment seeks to hold Santos accountable for various alleged fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations," said U.S. Attorney Breon Peace in a statement.
"Taken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himself," he added. "He used political contributions to line his pockets, unlawfully applied for unemployment benefits that should have gone to New Yorkers who had lost their jobs due to the pandemic, and lied to the House of Representatives."
Santos was released on a $500,000 bond.
One day after Santos pled not guilty, he appeared remotely in a criminal court for a separate case in Brazil. The New York Times first reported that the embattled congressman signed a deal with Brazilian prosecutors that he would confess to stealing checks to buy clothing and other goods in 2008 and pay almost $5,000 in fines.
In January, Santos voluntarily stepped down from his committee amidst outcry over his fabricated biography and ongoing questions surrounding his personal and campaign finances.
At the time, Santos told his GOP colleagues in a closed-door conference meeting that he was not pressured to do so by Speaker McCarthy, but felt staying on the committees was a distraction for his colleagues.
In March, the House Ethics Committee announced it was opening a formal investigation to examine whether Santos "engaged in unlawful activity" during his 2022 campaign. Democrats are forcing a vote before the ethics panel has concluded their investigation. Typically, expulsion recommendations come from an investigative panel on the House ethics committee and are reserved for severe misconduct. The last lawmaker expelled from the House was Rep. Jim Traficant, D-Ohio, in 2002 and his ousting came after he had been convicted of several crimes and an official recommendation came from the ethics committee to do so.
McCarthy said last week he would not support a reelection bid from Santos and said he would call on him to resign pending the results of the ongoing ethics investigation.
On Tuesday, McCarthy said he wants to see the Ethics Committee "move rapidly on this."
"Everybody in America is able to have due process," Mccarthy told reporters after his meeting at the White House with President Biden and other top congressional leaders on the debt limit. "I don't want to wait around for the courts to act. What I would like to do is have the House take action and have a process here."
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2023-05-17T22:56:14+00:00
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It seems Gunna has undergone a lifestyle change since accepting his plea deal. A new photo has surfaced online and he has lost some serious weight.
As per HipHopDX the College Park, Georgia native has kept a very low profile since taking a plea deal. While it remains to be seen whether he and Young Thug are still on good terms or if he is signed to Young Stoner Life Records; it seems he has recently prioritized his health. This week a photograph leaked online showing the “Pushin P” MC with hanging with some assumed friends. While he wasn’t front and center in the group shot it is apparent he lost some weight and added some muscle definition in the process.
Naturally his leaner frame caused a stir prompting folks to compare him to Gucci Mane; another Atlanta star who got in shape. “They cloned Gunna like they did Gucci Mane,” one user tweeted. As expected some used the opportunity to get a joke off at the rapper’s expense. “Lost the auntie hips!” another user responded. “The rest of the wide hipped men should follow.” The new photo spotting comes on the heels of Gunna teasing his comeback to music. Last week Gunna responded to a fan page on Instagram saying “I’m on the way.”
Young Thug is currently on trial fighting a 56-count Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) indictment filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. He has plead not guilty to all the charges.
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2023-05-18T17:43:40+00:00
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wtlcfm.com
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https://wtlcfm.com/3519624/gunna-has-been-in-the-gym-since-plea-deal-as-per-new-photo-that-surfaced-online/
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(NEXSTAR/WXIN) – Disney+ began streaming its first-ever R-rated content over the weekend, debuting the superhero flicks “Deadpool,” “Deadpool 2” and “Logan” on the streaming platform Friday.
All three films, produced by 20th Century Fox, are based on characters from Marvel Comics — but they wade into much more violent and sexual territory than most Disney-produced Marvel films would dare.
“Hurry and stream your copy of Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan on @DisneyPlus starting this Friday, before someone comes to their senses and they go back in the vault forever,” the official account for the “Deadpool” film franchise tweeted in response to the news.
Previously, Disney+ had focused on family-friendly content, including only films with PG-13, PG or G ratings in its streaming library. Even some of those films, which may have included negative depictions of certain cultures or racist stereotypes, were accompanied by an additional disclaimer warning viewers of problematic content.
For instance, “The Aristocats” is preceded by an advisory because of a “racist caricature of East Asian peoples,” and “Peter Pan” got one because its portrayal of Native Americans “reflects neither the diversity of Native peoples nor their authentic cultural traditions,” the Walt Disney Company explained.
In other cases, certain content was censored — including Daryl Hannah’s nude buttocks in “Splash,” which were digitally covered up when they appeared on Disney+.
Disney+, however, began paving the way for more mature content back in March, according to Deadline, by expanding “into TV-MA/R territory by updating its existing Parental Controls in the U.S.” Along with the new parental controls, Disney+ added several Marvel series to its library, including the TV-MA-rated “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones” and “Luke Cage,” among other Marvel series that were previously on Netflix, the outlet reported.
While the streaming service’s newest content might delight “Deadpool” and “Logan” fans, one group decidedly not so delighted includes the Parents Television and Media Council, which claims that Disney+ broke its “promise” to parents.
“While Disney+ points subscribers to its parental controls, the mere presence of R-rated and TV-MA rated content violates the trust and sensibilities of families,” Tim Winter, the organization’s president, said in part in a statement released Friday. “What took decades to build is now taking mere months to erase.”
The stars of “Deadpool” and “Logan,” meanwhile, had a bit of a different take.
Hugh Jackman, the star of “Logan,” posted a picture of him and “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds hugging on the set of the latter, with the caption, “Thank you @disneyplus for adding brothers-in-arms @deadpoolmovie and #Logan as the first R-Rated movies on the platform. While your choice is questionable, we’ll take it.”
Reynolds also responded on social media, sharing a comical post that suggested several other “family-friendly” Disney films — including “Bambi,” “Old Yeller” and even “The Lion King,” are much more gruesome than they might seem.
“We’re supposed to announce Logan and Deadpool will soon be the first R-Rated movies on Disney+,” Reynolds wrote. “But we all know some Disney movies should already be rated R for irreversible trauma.”
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2022-07-26T17:20:01+00:00
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nwahomepage.com
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https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/disney-adds-3-r-rated-movies-to-platform/
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DUBLIN, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mallinckrodt plc (OTCMKTS: MNKPF) ("Mallinckrodt" or the "Company"), a global specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has appointed Susan Silbermann to its Board of Directors, effective October 5, 2022. With the addition of Ms. Silbermann, the Mallinckrodt Board will expand to nine directors, eight of whom are independent.
"Susan is a highly respected and deeply experienced global executive in the healthcare industry, and we are pleased to welcome her to Mallinckrodt's Board," said Paul Bisaro, Chairman of the Mallinckrodt Board of Directors. "Susan brings an important perspective, with decades of leadership experience across established and unique healthcare brands. We look forward to benefiting from her deep expertise and insights as we continue to strengthen the organization, sharpen our execution and deliver innovative therapies for patients."
"I am excited to join the Mallinckrodt Board at this transformative moment for the Company," said Ms. Silbermann. "With a strong platform in place, I see compelling opportunities ahead to grow the business, develop the pipeline and, most importantly, serve the many patients who can benefit from Mallinckrodt's products. I look forward to helping the Company deliver on its patient-first business priorities as we generate long-term value for Mallinckrodt shareholders."
During her 34-year career at Pfizer, Ms. Silbermann held numerous positions of increasing responsibility spanning public health, marketing, commercial development and general management in U.S. and international markets. As Chair of the Pfizer Global COVID-19 Task Force, she developed and led an organization-wide task force overseeing the safety and well-being of 100,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries. Alongside this role, Ms. Silbermann served as Global President, Emerging Markets from 2018 to 2020, with operational and managerial responsibility for the entire Pfizer portfolio in China, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, including the initial supply of COVID-19 vaccines in these regions. From 2012 to 2018, she served as President and General Manager, Pfizer Vaccines, creating the basis for much of Pfizer's current vaccine pipeline and portfolio and establishing and leading one of three inaugural global business units at Pfizer. Previously, Ms. Silbermann held the titles of Regional President, Latin America and Senior Vice President, Commercial Development at Pfizer.
Ms. Silbermann currently serves on the boards of LianBio and HilleVax, Inc. She also serves on the board of IAVI, an NGO focused on advancing vaccines and medicines for HIV-AIDS and other emerging infectious diseases, and is a board member for Meet the Writers, an education non-profit.
Ms. Silbermann holds a B.S. in Biology and French from Tufts University, an M.B.A. in Marketing and International Business from New York University and a Master of Administration degree in French Social and Political Sciences from New York University.
Mallinckrodt is a global business consisting of multiple wholly owned subsidiaries that develop, manufacture, market and distribute specialty pharmaceutical products and therapies. The Company's Specialty Brands reportable segment's areas of focus include autoimmune and rare diseases in specialty areas like neurology, rheumatology, hepatology, nephrology, pulmonology, ophthalmology and oncology; immunotherapy and neonatal respiratory critical care therapies; analgesics; cultured skin substitutes and gastrointestinal products. Its Specialty Generics reportable segment includes specialty generic drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients. To learn more about Mallinckrodt, visit www.mallinckrodt.com.
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2022-10-06T12:25:06+00:00
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waff.com
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2022/10/06/mallinckrodt-announces-appointment-susan-silbermann-its-board-directors/
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The SkillUp Coalition, a national collaboration among nonprofits, training providers, and employers, is commemorating two years of impact, supporting 1 million workers across the nation to date. A newly released Impact Report spotlights milestones since the nonprofit launched in July 2020.
- 5,642 job placements
- Over $750,000,000 in wages/earnings into the pockets of SkillUp job-seekers (over 100:1 ROI)
- 29,650 referrals to employers
- 20,455 referrals to training partners
- $1,835,000 in scholarships and grants awarded to SkillUp workers
SkillUp launched from the urgent need to help displaced workers upskill, and since then has built a thriving coalition to include 17 diverse and passionate staff members and more than 90 leading training and education providers, employers, technology companies, job readiness nonprofits, philanthropies, and others.
Two years in, SkillUp's core ethos remains a "Learning Lab" mentality that's allowed SkillUp to evolve in tune with the rapidly changing labor market.
"SkillUp has had to evolve over the past two years, and quickly. At the outset, it was about getting a job for the millions displaced by Covid. Now, we're laser-focused on our Mission: to provide a guided and supported path to ensure every worker has high opportunity employment," says Executive Director, Steve Lee.
Key to SkillUp's evolution and direct-to-worker support has been its partners across various regions and industries. These include strategic partnerships branded as "LevelUp" Bay Area, Los Angeles, Florida, Louisiana, Northern Nevada, Philadelphia, New York City, and GRIT Ohio (with more to come in 2022 and 2023 including Kentucky and Dallas).
"Through SkillUp, I learned how to make myself marketable and build my career path. I found the resources to interview, negotiate, and secure a job immediately after completing my IT certificate with Merit America," says Eric Torres, LevelUp Los Angeles.
These also include strong relationships with numerous Fortune 100 companies. Through SkillUp's expanding "Earn and Learn" Initiative, SkillUp helps job seekers fill open roles with partner employers that offer robust education-as-a-benefit opportunities. Current national partners include UC Health, Verizon, Bright Horizons, and TTEC, among others. The newly formed SkillUp Employer Network, a result of the Hire Opportunity Coalition (HOC) merger with SkillUp, now includes more than 70 HR, DE&I, and CSR leaders across nearly 30 national employers.
Ongoing collaborations with leading operating, outreach, and funding partners in the education and workforce space, including JFF, Guild Education, Opportunity@Work, OneTen, Strada Education, Charles Koch Foundation, Stand Together, Walmart Foundation, Google, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Workday Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Macquarie Group Foundation, and others continue to build direct-to-worker resources that scale training program enrollments, job placements, and career coaching for SkillUp users.
In two years, SkillUp has built a thriving coalition to support millions of workers across the country. Read stories of worker impact and view the comprehensive Skillup Coalition 2020-2022 Impact Report here.
Founded in July 2020, SkillUp Coalition is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects workers with the right tools, resources, and support so they can make confident career shifts, find quality living-wage jobs, and position themselves for promising career growth. The SkillUp ecosystem provides career exploration, training & employer connections, career coaching, and resources to support workers at any stage of their career journey.
SkillUp proudly advocates for an affordable, equitable, upskilling ecosystem that ensures every worker has high opportunity employment. For more information, please visit www.skillup.org or follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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2022-09-07T14:47:42+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/09/07/skillup-coalition-showcases-5600-workers-new-jobs-impact-report-celebrates-two-year-anniversary/
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Giants first. Luis Gonzalez homers to right field. Mike Yastrzemski walks. Evan Longoria grounds out to second base. Mike Yastrzemski out at second. Joc Pederson grounds out to shallow right field, Yu Chang to Michael Chavis.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 1, Pirates 0.
Giants fourth. Joc Pederson homers to right field. Brandon Belt walks. Thairo Estrada reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Brandon Belt out at second. Tommy La Stella lines out to shortstop to Ke'Bryan Hayes.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 2, Pirates 0.
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2022-06-18T03:21:29+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/San-Francisco-Pittsburgh-Runs-17250229.php
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(NerdWallet) – The Supreme Court might strike down President Joe Biden’s sweeping student debt relief plan in the coming weeks — but the more than 40 million borrowers eligible for up to $20,000 in loan cancellation could still have hope if the White House pursues a “Plan B.”
The Higher Education Act, or HEA, could unlock an alternate route for broad student debt cancellation. Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, the landmark legislation laid the foundation of the modern U.S. college funding system. It established and governs grants, federal loans and other programs to help students pay for school, and it empowers the secretary of education to “compromise, waive, or release” federal student loans.
The HEA “has changed over time to reflect the needs of society,” says Twinette Johnson, a law professor and interim dean at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law. But even as the HEA has expanded, Johnson says, it must continue to serve its core purpose: “to make higher education more accessible and to remove the blocks that may impede that access.”
But the White House hasn’t yet announced a student debt cancellation Plan B via the HEA or otherwise — so borrowers should prepare as if bills will resume on their total loan balance, sans relief.
The HEA’s debt cancellation history
Two major lawsuits currently pending a Supreme Court ruling have derailed Biden’s Plan A, which would cancel debt via the Heroes Act of 2003. Passed by Congress in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, this law allows the secretary of education to “waive or modify” student debt obligations for borrowers affected by a war, military operation or national emergency. In August, the White House argued that the pandemic was a national emergency worthy of loan cancellation.
Though the HEA allows the secretary to “compromise, waive, or release” federal student loans, it doesn’t include specific requirements like a national emergency.
The government has called on the HEA to cancel student debt before, albeit in narrower cases. It allowed policymakers to roll out Public Service Loan Forgiveness and income-driven repayment programs, which erase student debt after eligible borrowers make payments for a set number of years. Around 615,000 borrowers were approved for $42 billion in loan forgiveness under the PSLF program between October 2021 and May 2023, the Education Department said.
The HEA was also behind the recent $6 billion Sweet v. Cardona settlement, in which some 300,000 borrowers who’d been defrauded by their schools will get their debt discharged and past loan payments reimbursed, says Luke Herrine, an assistant law professor at the University of Alabama and former legal director of The Debt Collective, a debtors’ union fighting for student loan cancellation.
Legal roadmap could differ
If Biden’s debt cancellation plan went through the Higher Education Act instead of the Heroes Act, the legal rollout could look different.
There are several plausible scenarios, explains Herrine. If the Department of Education invokes the HEA’s “compromise and settlement authority,” it might need to issue a regulation, which would require a long, negotiated rulemaking and notice-and-comment period, he says.
“That usually takes over a year to do, and it would be subject to judicial review and so on,” Herrine says. Congress could also step in and block the regulation via the Congressional Review Act.
Alternatively, the Department of Education could issue an order, which is a “quasi-judicial act,” says Herrine. “That would potentially be subject to judicial challenge, but it would not be subject to the Congressional Review Act, and it would not require over a year of rulemaking.”
Either choice requires a slew of administrative law processes, says Herrine, but if the Department of Education is already preparing for a negative Supreme Court decision, it may be able to move quickly.
Ultimately, a Plan B success story could hinge on speed: “It’s harder for the court to undo cancellation than it is to prevent it in the first place,” adds Herrine.
Will Biden pursue a Plan B for student debt cancellation?
So far, the Biden Administration continues to stand behind Plan A — the Heroes Act — and has not publicly offered up any debt cancellation Plan B.
“Our Administration is confident in our legal authority to adopt this plan, and today made clear that opponents of the program lack standing to even bring their case to court,” said Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona in a statement immediately following the Feb. 28 Supreme Court oral arguments.
Some activists echoed this call. “We are hyper-focused on making sure that this plan as enacted by the president happens,” said Cody Hounanian, executive director of the Student Debt Crisis Center, a nonprofit borrower advocacy organization, after oral arguments. “We’re not engaging the administration on any type of Plan B yet. We think [Biden] has taken the right action.”
But even the president has expressed doubt on how the justices would rule: “I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law,” Biden told reporters on March 1. “I’m not confident about the outcome of the decision yet.”
Nobody has a crystal ball, but some experts remain hopeful that a Supreme Court decision against the current plan would not spell doom for broad student debt cancellation.
“The administration has done so much good work, especially targeting vulnerable student borrowers,” says Betsy Mayotte, founder and president of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, a nonprofit organization that offers free guidance to borrowers. “I think that if there’s a way to have a Plan B, they’ll aggressively try to do it.”
This doesn’t mean borrowers should count on debt cancellation yet, says Mayotte. Under current guidance, federal student loan bills will resume 60 days after June 30, or 60 days after the Supreme Court posts its final opinion — whichever comes first.
“Prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” Mayotte advises. “Make sure you know where your loans are, make sure you know what your payments will be when they resume. If they won’t be affordable, now is a great time to look at different payment options.”
Don’t wait for a Supreme Court decision; take action now. Reach out to your federal student loan servicer to learn about the relief available to you. Options like an income-driven repayment plan can lower your monthly payments once they restart and forgive your remaining debt after you make 20 or 25 years of monthly payments — no Plan A or B needed.
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2023-05-21T17:42:27+00:00
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wate.com
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https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/if-scotus-blocks-student-debt-relief-1965-law-could-be-plan-b/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that officers detained seven unauthorized people in a congressional office building Thursday night and charged them with unlawful entry.
The people identified themselves as being affiliated with CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Another person familiar with the matter provided the AP with a list of nine people who had been stopped by Capitol Police. They included several producers, along with Robert Smigel, the voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
The two people who spoke with the AP could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The incident Thursday night followed the third public hearing by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
Capitol Police said they received a call about a disturbance in the Longworth House Office Building around 8:30 p.m. “Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway,” the agency said in a statement. “The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been directed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day.”
The USCP statement said the case remains “an active criminal investigation, and may result in additional criminal charges.” Capitol Police, departing from standard practice, refused to provide the names of the people who were arrested.
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2022-06-18T07:00:33+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/ap-politics/7-arrested-in-house-office-building-linked-to-colbert-show/
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Decisions, Decisions: Ten Grand Prize Winners (per trip) Get the Chance to Choose Between Three Once in a Lifetime Adventures
CORONA, Calif., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monster Energy is rewarding their fans this summer with the chance to win an epic trip and all-inclusive backstage pass to either a UFC, MotoGP or Supercross event. All any Monster fan has to do to win a legendary experience is - keep drinking their favorite Monster! The more Monster Energy that fans purchase, the more chances they will have to win the experience of a lifetime.
"Monster is known for one-of-a-kind drinks, events and consumer promotions," said Dan McHugh, CMO of Monster Energy. "We're giving our fans the chance to gain access to the best athletes and events all over the world and to experience this up close and personal."
Created for the ultimate Monster fan, ten lucky winners (per trip) will be able to experience one of these unbelievable prizes:
Meet the UFC Athletes in Las Vegas, tour and workout at a UFC Facility, and experience all of UFC Fight Week with VIP Village Tickets. To make sure the winner arrives in style, they will also be receiving a custom Monster/UFC Gear package prior to their trip, and have their flights covered by Monster Energy.
Score the ultimate Monster MotoGP experience at the Monster Energy Barcelona-Catalunya Spanish Grand Prix, which includes VIP Village Tickets, an exclusive invite to the viewing gallery at the Monster compound, private access to a restricted Monster party and dinner in the paddock. The winner will also receive their very own MotoGP helmet.
Monster will fly the lucky fan out to Daytona where they receive pit passes to Monster Energy Supercross, track access and attendance to an exclusive Monster concert. Also included is the opportunity to meet the athletes in person and get a custom MEC helmet to take home.
Fit for any fan to live out the true Monster Energy life, these trips will provide the winner with a once in a lifetime opportunity. Alongside the grand prize, Monster Energy is also giving out 30 first prizes: 10 Team Yamaha/Monster Gear Packs, 10 Supercross Gear Packs and 10 UFC/Monster Gear Packs.
- Scan QR code at POS
- Create an account at allaccess.monsterenergy.com
- Purchase any Monster Energy product
- Upload photo of the receipt to Monster account to earn points
- Select the All-Access experience(s) you want to allocate points towards for a chance to win. (limit 24 points per day. 100 points overall.)
BONUS: The more you buy, the more chances you have to win!
All Monster Energy products are eligible. (Core, Juice, Java, Ultra, Hydro, Rehab)
See more about Monster Energy, including all its products, at www.monsterenergy.com.
Based in Corona, California, Monster Energy is the leading marketer of energy drinks and alternative beverages. Refusing to acknowledge the traditional, Monster Energy supports the scene and sport. Whether motocross, off-road, NASCAR, MMA, BMX, surf, snowboard, ski, skateboard, eSports or the rock and roll lifestyle, Monster Energy is a brand that believes in authenticity and the core of what its sports, athletes, gamers and musicians represent. More than a drink, it's the way of life lived by athletes, sports, bands, believers and fans. See more about Monster Energy including all of its drinks at www.monsterenergy.com.
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2022-05-31T12:44:26+00:00
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wcjb.com
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https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2022/05/31/win-ufc-motogp-or-supercross-all-access-pass-win-big-with-monster-energys-all-access-pass-promotion/
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Real vodka, real lemons and the real bold comedian are a perfect pairing to answer life's burning questions in new advertising campaign
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Do you prefer real sunsets or scrolling through pictures of sunsets? Loyal 9 Cocktails and Showtime Late-Night Talk Show Host & Comedian Ziwe answer: real ones, obviously. Today, the unapologetic comedian and equally bold, ready-to-drink vodka lemonade announce the brand's first-ever national campaign airing across digital and social media platforms. True to Ziwe's comedic style, her direct line of questioning in the Loyal 9 spots gives us a laugh, but really, we're hanging on to know the answer: What's your take on the word "fizz"?
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9077151-loyal-9-cocktails-and-ziwe-no-fizz-brand-campaign/
The answer: fizz makes no sense. Loyal 9 launched nationally this past year as a bold take on an American classic - Lemonade. In partnering with Ziwe for this campaign, the brand is doubling down on the proof points of its flavor profile: made with real vodka, real lemons and no fizz. It's no surprise that Ziwe can relate, the realness seeker has captured audiences with her not-so-subtle cross-examination interviews and hot takes that can only be truly appreciated by those who also respect realness.
"Keeping it real is definitely the way to go," says Ziwe. "I famously love real lemons and Loyal 9's commitment to vodka lemonade without carbonation"
The full-flavored vodka lemonade keeps it real with flavors including classic Lemonade, Mixed Berry Lemonade, Lemonade + Iced Tea, and Watermelon Lemonade — all of which have racked up accolades including: New York International Spirits Competition Gold (95 points) for Mixed Berry; SIP Awards Gold for Watermelon Lemonade; and SIP Awards Innovation Award for Mixed Berry and Lemonade + Iced Tea.
"Loyal 9 cocktails are made for people who aren't shy about what they like, and they love their lemonades bold and flavorful," said Loyal 9 Brand Director Nikhil Shah. "Working with Ziwe allows us to put that boldness on full display in playful, yet provocative ways while showcasing ingredients going into our beverages. For Loyal 9, it's always about real vodka and real lemons."
Available on shelves nationwide, Loyal 9 Cocktails are available in 4-packs of 12 oz cans with an ABV of 9% at a suggested retail price of $12.99. For more information about Loyal 9 and to find a retailer near you, follow @loyal9cocktails or #NoFizzSummer on social media or visit loyal9cocktails.com.
About Loyal 9 Cocktails
Launched in 2018 in Rhode Island and acquired by Diageo in 2021, Loyal 9's vodka-based ready to drink cocktails have quickly captured the hearts of consumers. Loyal 9 combines the appeal of indulgent full flavor lemonade with high-quality ingredients and 9% ABV. With a portfolio of great tasting flavors, including Lemonade, Mixed Berry Lemonade, Lemonade + Iced Tea, and Watermelon Lemonade, Loyal 9's canned cocktails are all gluten-free and produced with real fruit. The brand's light-hearted look and feel, delivered in a modern convenient format, embodies the spirit of relaxed, at-home and outdoor occasions.
About Diageo North America
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos, DeLeon and Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: DGE) and their products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world.
For more information about Diageo, their people, brands, and performance, visit diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice. Follow Twitter and Instagram for news and information about Diageo North America: @Diageo_NA.
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2022-08-23T15:36:43+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2022/08/23/loyal-9-cocktails-showtime-late-night-talk-show-host-amp-comedian-ziwe-keep-it-real-first-ever-national-brand-campaign/
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(CNN) — The National Rifle Association sued Maryland Gov. Wes Moore after he signed the Gun Safety Act of 2023 along with other gun safety measures into law Tuesday, court documents show.
The Gun Safety Act of 2023, or Senate Bill 1, prohibits “a person from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in certain locations,” according to its synopsis.
The signing came as the US struggles with an onslaught of mass shootings – which have nearly doubled from 2018 through the end of last year, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive. There have been more than 220 mass shootings in the US so far this year, according to the non-profit.
CNN and the GVA define a mass shooting as a shooting that injures or kills four or more people, not including the shooter.
The gun safety bill was one of several firearms-related bills signed Tuesday during a signing ceremony, according to the Democratic governor’s office.
Moore said the gun-control measures “will help keep our communities safe from gun crimes,” and “help get guns off our streets.”
“We are taking action to build a safer, brighter future for Maryland,” he added in a Twitter post.
The federal suit was brought by the Maryland State Rifle & Pistol Association – the state affiliate of the NRA – along with a regulated firearms dealer. It calls the newly signed bill “unconstitutional,” and claims that it “further restricts where ordinary, law-abiding Maryland citizens with a carry permit may exercise their right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home …”
The suit asks the court to declare that portions of the law that require carry permits violate the First, Second and 14th amendments, enjoin the state from enforcing those portions and award damages and attorney fees for bringing the suit.
“The NRA is suing because this is illegal under the U.S. Constitution, but it’s also important to note these laws defy common sense.
“You know who isn’t going to do all of this to get a permit? And who isn’t going to worry about where it’s legal to carry? Criminals. This law will only prevent law-abiding people from exercising their rights,” D.J. Spiker, the Maryland director of the legislative action arm of the NRA, said in a statement.
“The NRA thinks more guns on the street is the solution when that is actually the problem. Everyone believes these commonsense bills will protect Marylanders, and protect the rights of legal gun owners. We’re saving lives while they are politically posturing,” said Moore’s press secretary, Carter Elliott IV.
“Every Marylander has the right to feel safe in their own communities and the governor is committed to doing everything in his power to make Maryland a safer home for everyone,” Elliott added.
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2023-05-17T19:27:23+00:00
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wlfi.com
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https://www.wlfi.com/news/national/nra-sues-maryland-governor-after-he-signs-gun-safety-legislation/article_7b501506-3d64-5571-99f8-9aaf9f61fa48.html
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AKRON, Ohio — It's the place where Drew Linardi lost so much.
“It’s just surreal looking at the fire report; it brought back some memories of that day,” Linardi said.
That's why Linardi believes he’s owed far more than just an apology.
“When you lose everything, and you have to figure out your entire life all over again, there’s so much there that you don’t have the answer to," Linardi said.
Back in February, a fire tore through building 24 of the Timber Top Apartments in Akron for nearly four hours; fire officials deemed the building uninhabitable and condemned it, leaving dozens of residents displaced.
Linardi, who said he lost nearly $12,000 worth of belongings, said he was hopeful he’d be okay because he took the rental insurance through the apartment, but unfortunately, states a resident is still required to maintain personal liability coverage and the apartment would not be responsible for damages to personal property.
“For them not only to advertise and sell an insurance policy that doesn’t cover their tenants when they sign up for it and then expect those individuals post-fire to buy out their lease is just insane,” Linardi said.
We asked a Cleveland Civil Attorney, Tera Coleman, about any options for Linardi. Coleman said it depends on the cause of the fire and who is responsible.
“If the fire is because of negligence on part of the landlord, then they could ultimately be responsible for damages of your personal property even if that’s not covered in your renter's insurance," Coleman said.
But at this point, the Akron Fire Department still hasn’t revealed a cause; we reached out for an update and haven’t heard back.
Linardi is urging anyone impacted by the fire without insurance to seek legal counsel.
“There is a responsibility of the leasing office and property group to disclose that to these individuals prior to offering a renters insurance policy,” Linardi said.
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2023-07-13T01:04:36+00:00
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news5cleveland.com
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https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/timber-top-tenant-impacted-by-fire-urges-victims-to-seek-legal-action
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“1923″ — the prequel to “Yellowstone” — will air on Paramount+ on Sunday, Dec. 18.
The show will be available for streaming only on Paramount+. The platform offers a free trial to new users who are looking to sign up for an account.
“The latest installment in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone Expanded Universe arrives almost exactly one year after the debut of the previous prequel, 1883 and, like that series, will be a streaming exclusive. We’re going to guess that it’s set roughly 40 years after the latter (but not in 1932, as the new series was originally titled, which means that it will take place during Montana’s local economic downturn and not the nationwide Great Depression), and it will center on several additional generations of Duttons—including family members played by Harrison Ford (in his first regular TV role), Helen Mirren, Darren Mann, James Badge Dale, and Michelle Randolph. Non-Dutton regulars include a sheriff played by Robert Patrick and a wealthy and powerful local played by Timothy Dalton,” Metacritic reported.
“Yellowstone” also had a previous prequel called “1883.” The show follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey through the Great Plains to seek a better future.
See below to watch a trailer of “1923.”
What is Paramount+?
Paramount+ is a streaming platform that allows users to “stream thousands of episodes, live sports & exclusive originals – all in one place. Access hundreds of iconic movies, from award-winning classics to hit releases.” It also features breaking news and live sports.
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2022-12-18T21:59:00+00:00
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masslive.com
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https://www.masslive.com/shopping-deals/2022/12/how-to-watch-the-yellowstone-prequel-series-1923-for-free.html
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HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Hall County deputies are questioning a person of interest after nearly 10 vehicles believed to have been struck by gunfire on Interstate 985 northbound, was actually pellet rounds, officials told Channel 2 Action News.
County officials say they were first notified around 5 p.m. that someone was firing a pellet rifle at the interstate in the area of Friendship Road/Exit 8.
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When they arrived on scene, police located a person of interest where the gunfire was believed to have occurred. That person is currently being questioned by criminal investigators, officials said.
It is believed as many as 10 vehicles were struck by pellet gun fire. An occupant of one of the vehicles sustained a non-life threatening injury as a result, HCSO officials said.
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Investigators believe more vehicles could have been hit by the pellets.
Anyone who was traveling I-985 this evening between 5 and 5:30 p.m. and arrives home to find vehicle damage consistent with pellet fire is asked to contact Hall County Dispatch at 770-536-8812 to file a report.
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Charges have not been filed against the person of interest.
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2023-07-10T03:39:21+00:00
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wsbtv.com
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https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/hall-county/person-questioned-by-hall-county-deputies-after-firing-pellet-gun-vehicles-i-985/53PS34MKGZEORJ6JBZKE3OX6EE/
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Investors continued bailing on Hawaii bank stocks Thursday even as top executives of the publicly traded financial institutions banded together to assure consumers that their deposits are safe.
The financial meltdown that resulted in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank has created tremors across the industry with PacWest Bancorp possibly the next to fall after reports that it is talking with potential investors and partners. PacWest’s stock nose-dived 22.7% to $4.70 Thursday after reporting a 9.5% deposit decline last week.
Hawaii Bankers Association Executive Director Neal Okabayashi, responding on behalf of the Hawaii banks, issued a statement proclaiming that Hawaii banks are in sound financial condition. None of the five publicly traded local banks responded individually.
“The fundamentals of the Hawaii banking industry remain strong, as evidenced by the recent round of earnings performances by all of the local banks,” Okabayashi said. “We are fortunate to be insulated from the problems that impacted these mainland banks. Our depositors are more relationship focused with longer tenures.”
Okabayashi also said the sharp stock price drops are not reflective of the banks’ financial performance.
“Stock prices are being driven by factors impacting regional and community banks across the country and are not specific to the Hawaii market,” he said. “Finally, all of the local banks are well capitalized with stable balance sheets, profitability and capital ratios.”
Still, investors were selling their shares Thursday and asking questions later.
Bank of Hawaii, the state’s second-largest bank, saw its shares tumble 10.2% to $35.01 in bringing its decline for the year to 54.9%.
First Hawaiian Bank, the state’s largest, had its stock drop 4.2% to $15.62 for a year-to-date decline of 40%.
American Savings Bank’s parent company, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., saw it shares slip 1.3% to $37.13 to bring its loss for the year to 11.3%.
Central Pacific Bank, the state’s fourth largest, fell 2.2% to $13.70 to extend its decline for the year to 32.5%.
Territorial Savings Bank, the state’s fifth largest, rose 2.4% to $10.54 but is still down 56.1% for the year.
All the local banks’ stocks are hovering around multiyear lows except that of American Savings’ parent company, HEI, which can offset the bank’s performance because it owns the state’s largest utility.
Nashville, Tenn.-based banking analyst Brett Rabatin said a lot of regional banks are under selling
pressure with no buying support.
“There’s a few Western banks in particular where there’s questions about their deposits,” said Rabatin, managing director and director of research at
Hovde Group, which serves the banking and thrift
industry.
Rabatin said Hawaii banks are known for being fairly conservative with their balance sheets.
“Unfortunately, with rates having moved so much,
Hawaii banks — like the industry — have a long-dated asset base for fixed-income securities and mortgage-
backed securities,” he said. “Those two things are going to be a drag on profitability because there’s pressure to raise your deposit costs, but those are fixed-date assets and they don’t reprice for a while. So it will be a grind
for the industry as they get through fixed-rate assets of securities and residential mortgages. Those securities will eventually mature. In the meantime the banks will continue to experience margin pressure.”
Rabatin, offering Bank of Hawaii as an example, said the institution will have lower deposit rates relative to promotional rates by mainland banks.
“Through this interest rate cycle, their deposit base should prove to be much stickier than mainland peers. … They, like others, will have to deal with margin pressures and the lack of anyone looking to buy the stock. So I think that’s going to be a grind for the industry. There’s also questions about increased regulations from regulators. There’s just too many unknown variables that make it hard for investors to own what used to be viewed, like Bank of Hawaii, as a very well-run conservative institution.”
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2023-05-12T10:39:01+00:00
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staradvertiser.com
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/05/12/hawaii-news/isle-bank-execs-offer-reassurance-as-their-stocks-tank/
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Shows Support for Women's Prison Reentry Programming
MIAMI, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monday, August 1, 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise visit to LEAP's Dragonfly Thrift Boutique. LEAP (Ladies Empowerment & Action Program) is a nonprofit re-entry program providing transformational opportunities for women who have experienced incarceration. During her visit, the Vice President met with LEAP graduates, listened to their stories, and offered her support for the LEAP program and second chances.
"It was a momentous day for LEAP and all formerly incarcerated women who are desperate for a fresh start," said Executive Director Mahlia Lindquist. "Scant attention is given to the specific needs of women transitioning from prison. With her visit to LEAP, the Vice President changed that. She treated our women with respect, warmth and empathy. She listened to them. And in doing so, she shined a light on our women and how programs like LEAP help change lives and communities for the better."
LEAP Store Manager and Graduate Nancy DeNike showed the Vice President around the store, where she discussed the need for more reentry programs like LEAP. Dragonfly employees and program graduates Lori Collins, Danielle Estes, and Launa McMurry became emotional when meeting with the Vice President. They shared how the LEAP program has impacted their lives, and how they have reunited with their children, are in recovery, and living a life they never could have imagined thanks to LEAP.
"She gave us hope, she said she was proud of us and that she believed in us," said Cheyanne Guzy, Dragonfly Assistant Store Manager and LEAP Graduate. "It's hard to put into words what this visit meant to us. The Vice President of the United States took the time to listen to us."
Before leaving the Dragonfly, the Vice President purchased a set of appetizer plates. LEAP is a nonprofit organization in Miami, FL that empowers women who have experienced incarceration through in-prison programming, transformational opportunities, housing, employment, and advocacy. Dragonfly is LEAP's social enterprise and 100% of all proceeds support women who have experienced incarceration.
To learn more about LEAP, please visit our website. To support LEAP and shop for second chances, please visit the Dragonfly website.
CONTACT: Mahlia Lindquist, (786) 401-2070, mahlia@leapforladies.org
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2022-08-05T14:22:48+00:00
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wcjb.com
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https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2022/08/05/vice-president-kamala-harris-meets-with-leap-graduates/
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Marti Wronski made history on Friday when the Milwaukee Brewers promoted her to chief operating officer, making her the first woman to hold that post.
The promotion also makes her the only woman currently holding the COO title for an MLB team, the team said. The Brewers added that her move to COO makes her the team's highest-ranking female executive for the ballclub since Wendy Selig-Prieb served as president and chairman.
“I am excited to take on new challenges and continue to work with our dedicated Executive Team to creatively evolve our business practices and empower our people to contribute to the Brewers' ongoing successes," Wronski said in a statement. "I’m grateful for the tremendous opportunities the Brewers have provided me throughout my career and aim to continue in my efforts to champion aspiring women in the sports industry – and at the Milwaukee Brewers.”
Wronski, who's worked for the Brewers since 2003, has also served as the team's senior vice president of administration and general counsel.
The team said in a press release that the COO position had been vacant since 2018 after Rick Schlesinger was promoted to president of business operations.
Currently, the league has two women serving as president of business operations: Caroline O’Connor with the Miami Marlins and Catie Griggs with the Seattle Mariners, the Associated Press reported.
The Marlins also have a woman general manager, Kim Ng, who the team hired in November 2020, the news outlet reported.
According to the AP, the Marlins are the first U.S. major sports franchisee to have women serving as president and general manager.
Before joining the organization, she taught at Marquette's law school.
The Brewers also announced Friday that they promoted Jason Hartlund to executive vice president-chief commercial officer.
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2022-12-03T01:40:09+00:00
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tmj4.com
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https://www.tmj4.com/news/national/brewers-promote-marti-wronski-say-shes-mlbs-only-female-coo
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-4-2
(eight, four, two)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-4-2
(eight, four, two)
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2022-08-29T04:01:48+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17404170.php
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Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given.
“It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,” the band wrote on Facebook. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does. Please keep Dale, Mary, Annie and the entire Rossington family in your prayers and respect the family’s privacy at this difficult time.”
Rossington cheated death more than once, Rolling Stone reported. He survived a car accident in 1976 in which he drove his Ford Torino into a tree, inspiring the band's cautionary song "That Smell." A year later, he emerged from the 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, with two broken arms, a broken leg, and a punctured stomach and liver.
“It was a devastating thing," he told Rolling Stone in 2006. "You can’t just talk about it real casual and not have feelings about it.”
In later years, Rossington underwent quintuple bypass surgery in 2003, suffered a heart attack in 2015, and had numerous subsequent heart surgeries, most recently leaving Lynyrd Skynyrd in July 2021 to recover from another procedure. At recent shows, Rossington would perform portions of the concert and sometimes sat out full gigs.
Rossington was born Dec. 4, 1951, in Jacksonville, Florida, and raised by his mother after his father died. Upon meeting drummer Bob Burns and bassist Larry Junstrom, Rossington and his new friends formed a band, which they tried to juggle amid their love of baseball.
According to Rolling Stone, it was during a fateful Little League game, Ronnie Van Zant hit a line drive into the shoulder blades of opposing player Bob Burns and met his future bandmates. Rossington, Burns, Van Zant, and guitarist Allen Collins gathered that afternoon at Burns’ Jacksonville home to jam the Rolling Stone’s “Time Is on My Side.”
Adopting Lynyrd Skynyrd as the group’s name — both a reference to a similarly named sports coach at Rossington’s high school and to a character in the 1963 novelty hit “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” — the band released their debut album (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-’nérd) in 1973. A collection of country-tinged blues-rock and Southern soul, the album included now-classics like “Tuesday’s Gone,” “Simple Man” and “Gimme Three Steps,” but it was the closing track, the nearly 10-minute “Free Bird,” that became the group’s calling card, due in no small part to Rossington’s evocative slide playing on his Gibson SG.
Rossington told Rolling Stone that he never considered Skynyrd to be a tragic band, despite all the band's drama and death. “I don’t think of it as tragedy — I think of it as life,” he said upon the group’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2006. “I think the good outweighs the bad.”
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2023-03-06T04:44:42+00:00
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springfieldnewssun.com
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https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/lynyrd-skynyrd-founding-guitarist-gary-rossington-has-died/TGC5G5ZEZVEHLIAQZYV7I6GS5M/
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UPDATES FISCAL 2023 SALES & EARNINGS GUIDANCE
BERWYN, Pa., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE: TGI) ("TRIUMPH" or the "Company") today reported financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended June 30, 2022.
First Quarter Fiscal 2023
- Net sales of $349.4 million
- Operating income of $14.7 million with operating margin of 4%; adjusted operating income of $32.6 million with adjusted operating margin of 9%
- Net loss of $10.3 million, or ($0.16) per share; adjusted net income of $7.5 million, or $0.12 per diluted share
- Cash flow used in operations of $93.0 million; core cash used in operations of $72.0 million
Fiscal 2023 Guidance
- Net sales of approximately $1.3 billion
- GAAP earnings per diluted share of between $1.51 - $1.71
- Adjusted earnings per diluted share of between $0.28 - $0.48, down $0.12 due to a reduction in non-cash pension income
- Cash used in operations of ($30.0) million to ($40.0) million, includes core cash flow from operations of between $30.0 million - $45.0 million
"TRIUMPH generated organic sales growth in our continuing operations driven by improving commercial OEM and MRO demand." said Dan Crowley, TRIUMPH's chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Our actions to mitigate supply chain constraints and work with our customers and suppliers to ensure continuity and affordability continue to differentiate TRIUMPH. With a growing and profitable backlog, TRIUMPH is well positioned to benefit from continued strength across nearly all of our end markets."
Mr. Crowley continued, "Consistent with our strategic plan, TRIUMPH recently completed the divestiture of its last remaining large structures operation. Our first quarter results keep us on track to achieve our full year objectives, and with our goal to double profitability over fiscal years 2022 to 2025, driven by improved OEM production rates, expanded MRO volumes, enhanced pricing from recent contract extensions and a lower cost structure. We remain focused on investing in our people, operations, and products for the benefit of all stakeholders."
First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Overview
Excluding divestitures and exited programs, sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 were up 1% organically from the prior year period as increases in commercial narrow-body production offset decreased military rotorcraft volume.
First quarter operating income of $14.7 million includes $0.7 million of restructuring costs related to our structures facility exits and $17.2 million reduction of revenue for consideration payable to customer related to the Stuart divestiture. Cost of sales benefited from the Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Program by $5.0 million in the quarter. Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 was $10.3 million, or ($0.16) per share primarily due to the items noted above. On an adjusted basis, net income was $7.5 million, or $0.12 per diluted share.
TRIUMPH's results included the following:
The number of shares used in computing diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2023 was 65.3 million.
Adjusting for the impact of the Stuart divestiture, backlog, which represents the next 24 months of actual purchase orders with firm delivery dates or contract requirements, was $1.53 billion, up 7% from the prior year, primarily on commercial narrow body platforms.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2023, cash flow used in operations was $93.0 million.
Outlook
The Company's outlook reflects adjustments detailed in the attached tables.
Based on expected aircraft production rates, and the resulting demand on each of our facilities, the Company expects net sales for fiscal 2023 will be approximately $1.3 billion.
The Company expects GAAP fiscal 2023 earnings per diluted share of $1.51 to $1.71, up $1.11 from prior guidance due to impacts of the Stuart divestiture and our interim pension re-measurement. The Company expects adjusted earnings per diluted share of $0.28 - $0.48, down $0.12 due to a reduction in non-cash pension income.
The Company expects fiscal 2023 cash used in operations of ($30.0) million to ($40.0) million, including core cash flow from operations of approximately $30.0 million to $45.0 million and core free cash flow of approximately break-even to $15.0 million.
Conference Call
TRIUMPH will hold a conference call today, August 3rd, at 8:30 a.m. (ET) to discuss the first quarter of fiscal 2023 results. The conference call will be available live and archived on the Company's website at http://www.triumphgroup.com. A slide presentation will be included with the audio portion of the webcast, and the presentation has been posted on the Company's website at http://ir.triumphgroup.com/QuarterlyResults. An audio replay will be available from August 3rd to August 10th by calling (877) 344-7529 (Domestic) or (412) 317-0088 (International), passcode #8597845.
About TRIUMPH
TRIUMPH, headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls a broad portfolio of aerospace and defense systems, components and structures. The company serves the global aviation industry, including original equipment manufacturers and the full spectrum of military and commercial aircraft operators.
More information about TRIUMPH can be found on the Company's website at www.triumphgroup.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements under the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements of expectations of or assumptions about financial and operational performance, revenues, earnings per share, cash flow or use, cost savings and operational efficiencies and organizational restructurings. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could affect the Company's actual results and could cause its actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company. Further information regarding the important factors that could cause actual results to differ from projected results can be found in Triumph Group's reports filed with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022.
FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED) ON FOLLOWING PAGES
FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(dollars in thousands)
Non-GAAP Financial Measure Disclosures
We prepare and publicly release quarterly unaudited financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") guidance on Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, we also disclose and discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures in our public releases. Currently, the non-GAAP financial measure that we disclose is Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP, which is our net income before interest, income taxes, amortization of acquired contract liabilities, curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits, legal settlements, loss on divestitures, share-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization and Adjusted EBITDA, less pension & other postretirement benefits. We disclose Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP on a consolidated and Adjusted EBITDAP an operating segment basis in our earnings releases, investor conference calls and filings with the SEC. The non-GAAP financial measures that we use may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Also, in the future, we may disclose different non-GAAP financial measures in order to help our investors more meaningfully evaluate and compare our future results of operations to our previously reported results of operations.
We view Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP as operating performance measure and as such we believe that the GAAP financial measure most directly comparable to it is net income. In calculating Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP, we exclude from net income the financial items that we believe should be separately identified to provide additional analysis of the financial components of the day-to-day operation of our business. We have outlined below the type and scope of these exclusions and the material limitations on the use of these non-GAAP financial measures as a result of these exclusions. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as a measure of liquidity, as an alternative to net income (loss), income from continuing operations, or as an indicator of any other measure of performance derived in accordance with GAAP. Investors and potential investors in our securities should not rely on Adjusted EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDAP as substitutes for any GAAP financial measure, including net income (loss) or income from continuing operations. In addition, we urge investors and potential investors in our securities to carefully review the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP to net income set forth below, in our earnings releases and in other filings with the SEC and to carefully review the GAAP financial information included as part of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Annual Reports on Form 10-K that are filed with the SEC, as well as our quarterly earnings releases, and compare the GAAP financial information with our Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP is used by management to internally measure our operating and management performance and by investors as a supplemental financial measure to evaluate the performance of our business that, when viewed with our GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliation, we believe provides additional information that is useful to gain an understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business. We have spent more than 25 years expanding our product and service capabilities partially through acquisitions of complementary businesses. Due to the expansion of our operations, which included acquisitions, our net income has included significant charges for depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP exclude these charges and provide meaningful information about the operating performance of our business, apart from charges for depreciation and amortization. We believe the disclosure of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP helps investors meaningfully evaluate and compare our performance from quarter to quarter and from year to year. We also believe Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP is a measure of our ongoing operating performance because the isolation of non-cash income and expenses, such as amortization of acquired contract liabilities, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation and non-operating items, such as interest and income taxes, provides additional information about our cost structure, and, over time, helps track our operating progress. In addition, investors, securities analysts and others have regularly relied on Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP to provide a financial measure by which to compare our operating performance against that of other companies in our industry.
FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(dollars in thousands)
Set forth below are descriptions of the financial items that have been excluded from our net income to calculate Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP and the material limitations associated with using this non-GAAP financial measure as compared to net income:
- Divestitures may be useful for investors to consider because they reflect gains or losses from sale of operating units. We do not believe these earnings necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash earnings related to our operations.
- Consideration payable to a customer related to a divestiture may be useful for investors to consider because it reflects consideration paid to facilitate the ultimate sale of operating units. We do not believe these charges necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash earnings related to our operations.
- Non-service defined benefit income (inclusive of certain pension related transactions such as curtailments, settlements, early retirement or other incentives) may be useful to investors to consider because they represent the cost of post-retirement benefits to plan participants, net of the assumption of returns on the plan's assets and are not indicative of the cash paid for such benefits. We do not believe these earnings (expenses) necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash earnings related to our operations.
- Amortization of acquired contract liabilities may be useful for investors to consider because it represents the non-cash earnings on the fair value of below market contracts acquired through acquisitions. We do not believe these earnings necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash earnings related to our operations.
- Amortization expense and nonrecurring asset impairments (including goodwill, intangible asset impairments, and nonrecurring rotable inventory impairments) may be useful for investors to consider because it represents the estimated attrition of our acquired customer base and the diminishing value of tradenames, product rights, licenses, or, in the case of goodwill, other assets that are not individually identified and separately recognized under U.S. GAAP, or, in the case of nonrecurring asset impairments, the impact of unusual and nonrecurring events affecting the estimated recoverability of existing assets. We do not believe these charges necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash charges related to our operating cost structure,
- Share-based compensation may be useful for investors to consider because it represents a portion of the total compensation to management and the board of directors. We do not believe these charges necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash charges related to our operating cost structure.
- Depreciation may be useful for investors to consider because they generally represent the wear and tear on our property and equipment used in our operations. We do not believe these charges necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash charges related to our operating cost structure.
- The amount of interest expense and other we incur may be useful for investors to consider and may result in current cash inflows or outflows. However, we do not consider the amount of interest expense and other to be a representative component of the day-to-day operating performance of our business.
- Income tax expense may be useful for investors to consider because it generally represents the taxes which may be payable for the period and the change in deferred income taxes during the period and may reduce the amount of funds otherwise available for use in our business. However, we do not consider the amount of income tax expense to be a representative component of the day-to-day operating performance of our business.
Management compensates for the above-described limitations of using non-GAAP measures by using a non-GAAP measure only to supplement our GAAP results and to provide additional information that is useful to gain an understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business.
FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(dollars in thousands)
Non-GAAP Financial Measure Disclosures (continued)
Adjusted income from continuing operations, before income taxes, adjusted income from continuing operations and adjusted income from continuing operations per diluted share, before non-recurring costs have been provided for consistency and comparability. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as alternatives to income from continuing operations before income taxes, income from continuing operations and income from continuing operations per diluted share presented in accordance with GAAP. The following tables reconcile income from continuing operations before income taxes, income from continuing operations, and income from continuing operations per diluted share, before non-recurring costs.
FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(dollars in thousands)
Non-GAAP Financial Measure Disclosures (continued)
Adjusted Operating Income is defined as GAAP Operating Income, less expenses/gains associated with the Company's transformation, such as restructuring expenses, gains/losses on divestitures, impairments of goodwill and other assets. Management believes that this is useful in evaluating operating performance, but this measure should not be used in isolation. The following table reconciles our Operating income to Adjusted Operating income as noted above.
Cash provided by operations, is provided for consistency and comparability. We also use free cash flow as a key factor in planning for and consideration of strategic acquisitions and the repayment of debt. This measure should not be considered in isolation, as a measure of residual cash flow available for discretionary purposes, or as an alternative to operating results presented in accordance with GAAP. The following table reconciles cash provided by operations to free cash flow.
Fiscal 2023 outlook includes cash used in operations, core cash from operations and core free cash flow. We use core cash from operations and core free cash flow to measure performance of our continuing operations. The following table reconciles cash used in operations to core cash flow from operations and core free cash flow.
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2022-08-03T11:00:00+00:00
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kmvt.com
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https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2022/08/03/triumph-reports-first-quarter-fiscal-2023-results/
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WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
220 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest California, including the following
county, Los Angeles.
* WHEN...Until 515 PM PST.
* IMPACTS...Heavy rainfall could trigger shallow debris flows in and
near recent wildfire burn scars, including the Route, Fish,
Bobcat, and Ranch2. Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 215 PM PST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated moderate to locally heavy rain moving into the
area. Rainfall rates have been observed ranging from a
quarter to half inch per hour. Local rates up to 1 inch per
hour are possible across favored upslope locations. Minor
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the
advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Santa Clarita, Long Beach, Malibu, Acton, Burbank, Pasadena,
Hollywood, Downtown Los Angeles, Mount Wilson, Beverly Hills,
Northridge and Santa Monica.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move away from recently burned areas. The rain will may trigger
shallow mud and debris flows, minor rock falls, and flooding capable
of localized damage, especially in steep terrain in and near burn
scars.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
At 223 PM PST, Doppler radar and nearby rainfall gauges report
moderate to heavy rainfall in the Morongo Basin area has diminished.
However, some flooding of roads and low-lying areas may still be
occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding of several roadways in the Morongo Basin
area.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
IMPACT...Potentially life-threatening flash flooding of low-water
crossings, creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and Morongo Valley.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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2022-11-08T23:55:27+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-LOS-ANGELES-Warnings-Watches-and-17568976.php
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) leads former President Trump by 23 points among Republicans in a hypothetical GOP presidential primary, according to a poll released Tuesday.
The USA Today-Suffolk University poll found that 56 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning voters prefer DeSantis, while only 33 percent would support Trump. More than 60 percent said they want a nominee who will continue Trump’s policies but is not Trump, while 31 percent want the former president to run.
“Republicans and conservative independents increasingly want Trumpism without Trump,” said David Paleologos, the director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center.
Trump became the first major candidate to jump in the race for the White House in 2024 last month, but some signs have indicated his control over the GOP may be weakening.
He has received blame from members of his own party for the GOP’s disappointing performance in the midterm elections. Many of the candidates he endorsed in key races lost after defeating primary opponents who were seen as more electable but less loyal to Trump.
Trump has also received backlash from some Republicans over his dinner with rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, both of whom have espoused antisemitic conspiracy theories.
Trump said he did not know about Fuentes’s views before meeting with him.
The poll also found Trump’s favorable rating among Republicans dropping from 75 percent in October to 64 percent in December. His unfavorable rating has also risen from 18 percent to 23 percent in that time.
Pollsters found President Biden leading a hypothetical head-to-head match-up with Trump, 47 percent to 40 percent. DeSantis led Biden in the poll by about 4 points, 47 percent to 43 percent.
Almost two-thirds of GOP and GOP-leaning voters want DeSantis to run for president in 2024, while only 24 percent do not want him to.
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2022-12-13T16:57:05+00:00
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wnct.com
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https://www.wnct.com/hill-politics/desantis-tops-trump-by-23-points-among-republicans-in-new-poll/
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The new world of college athletes getting paid for endorsements has created a rapidly expanding pop-up industry: Brand new nonprofits that set up athletes to promote charities for a fee.
The nonprofits are pitched as feel-good partnerships, but they also raises questions. Is their mission to support charities and their communities or do they exist primarily to funnel money to athletes — in some cases tens of thousands of dollars — and give a school's donors a tasty tax break?
“That’s the ultimate question,” said Brian Mittendorf, an Ohio State accounting professor with a focus on nonprofits. His school is one of dozens across the country with affiliated nonprofit “collectives” setting up athletes with deals to work with charities.
“We are certainly in gray areas about it. Is this existing to benefit the public through a charity, or is it existing to benefit the athletes?" Mittendorf said. “My default on this is skepticism.”
There's enough skepticism that a bipartisan effort in Congress has been started to try to limit the tax deductions that would be available to those bankrolling nonprofit NIL collectives. A bill filed this week by Sens. John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, and Ben Cardin, a Massachusetts Democrat, would eliminate the tax deduction for individuals and for specific contributions that are then paid to athletes for name, image and likeness deals.
Thune and Cardin said they don't want to prevent athletes from signing so-called NIL deals.
“We also have an obligation to protect taxpayer funds, which means that charitable deductions should be reserved for charitable activities," Cardin said. "Purposefully blurring the line between private expenses and charitable contributions dilutes both these efforts.”
The new entities often exist right next to for-profit collectives that pool money to align athletes with business deals and offer contributor perks such as VIP-level access to athletes.
The number of nonprofits supporting athletes appears to growing, with at least two dozen in place and more launching on an almost weekly basis. They were born out of t he massive change that hit college sports in 2021 when athletes were allowed to earn money in ways that had been prohibited for decades.
Among the first was Horns With Heart, a nonprofit set up for offensive linemen at the University of Texas. It launched in December 2021 just before the national signing day for football recruits as coach Steve Sarkisian was trying to land a highly-rated recruiting class.
Horns With Heart caused an immediate uproar with a promise of $50,000 per year for each scholarship offensive lineman. Critics said it pushed the boundaries of the NCAA's ban on "play for pay” deals, but it was just the start. By April, Texas rival Oklahoma had the 1Oklahoma nonprofit promising Sooners football players up to $50,000 a year for work supporting charities.
Horns With Heart founder Rob Blair said there’s no gray area about the mission at his organization: Help players cash in and help charities tap into local star power to raise their profile.
“Our intention throughout,” Blair said, “was to accomplish both tasks.”
Horns With Heart now has every Longhorns offensive lineman signed to their first $50,000, Blair said. The work they’re expected to do for charities can include social media promotions, in-person appearances at events and public service announcements.
The group has announced partnerships with a children’s hospital, a support group for active military and veterans, football camps and a foundation run by former Longhorns and NFL linebacker Derrick Johnson to remodel and update school libraries.
“In life, everyone is searching for win-win scenarios,” Blair said. “We want to show the world that NIL can be utilized to make a true positive impact for everyone.”
Blake Lawrence, chief executive of Opendorse, a company that partners with dozens of schools to help initiate, track and monitor NIL deals, noted that boosters are used to getting tax dedications for their donations to athletic department foundations. Many he said, have made it clear they won't be switching that money to NIL collectives without a similar return on investment.
“It’s not the only reason why, but the main reason why is that the biggest contributors to collectives are asking for their contributions to be tax deductible," he said. "And that is only possible if the collective has 501(c)(3) status.”
Mit Winter, a sports law attorney in Kansas City, Missouri, who has been tracking issues in the college athlete market place, agreed. He said the nonprofits may be able to lure the savvy, larger donors who want something even more valuable: the tax deduction Sens. Thune and Cardin are trying to eliminate.
“They are used to donating to universities, which are nonprofits,” Winter said. “And they are used to get something in return.”
Thilo Kunkel, director of the Sport Industry Research Center at Temple, questioned how the nonprofits can place a dollar value on an athlete's efforts on behalf of a charity that could range from something as simple as a tweet to a visit with sick children to delivering meals to the elderly.
He also noted that in some instances, a star athlete just showing up to an event has an impact that cannot be measured, certainly not by dollars or cents. A win-win? It's possible, Kunkel said.
“So we’re now saying, ‘Yes, we’ll give you $5,000. But you need to show up at this training camp for kids to then do a motivational speech' that’s disguised as a charitable act," Kunkel said. “So they’ll run a camp for inner-city kids, but it’s basically just a way for them to pay the to pay the kids who are running the camp. I guess the kids, the inner-city kids still benefit. They still benefit. So the inner city kids still get the access to the athlete. And they still get the motivation."
At Kansas, a group of Jayhawks basketball players was paid to attend a fund-raising event for a group that combats homelessness. The players ended up contributing $17,000 of their own money.
“I think people were surprised," player Jalen Wilson, who donated $5,000 that night, told the Lawrence Journal-World. “I just felt the need to do it and if I have it or I can help I’m going to do it every time.”
Whether these nonprofits are simply payment avenues to athletes could be spelled out in the documents they will have to file with the federal government in the months and years to come. Those are public record and charity watchdog groups also pay attention.
Eventually, the marketplace will determine the nonprofits' future if donors decide their money could be better used elsewhere, Lawrence said. For now, donors can feel like they are helping their favorite teams and charities do their work as the same time.
“There’s something that feels right about seeing a student athlete interacting with kids as compared to seeing a student athlete promoting a Mercedes or BMW or an expensive sports car, right?” Lawrence said.
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2022-09-30T17:01:34+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/College-athletics-sees-surge-in-nonprofits-paying-17478212.php
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Eddie Rosario Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Phillies - May 28
Published: May. 28, 2023 at 5:26 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Sunday, Eddie Rosario (hitting .156 in his past 10 games) and the Atlanta Braves play the Philadelphia Phillies, whose starting pitcher will be Dylan Covey. First pitch is at 7:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-4) against the Phillies.
Eddie Rosario Game Info & Props vs. the Phillies
- Game Day: Sunday, May 28, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Truist Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Phillies Starter: Dylan Covey
- TV Channel: ESPN2
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -227)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +115)
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Eddie Rosario At The Plate
- Rosario is batting .230 with nine doubles, a triple, five home runs and seven walks.
- In 57.8% of his 45 games this season, Rosario has picked up at least one hit. He's also had nine multi-hit games.
- He has hit a long ball in 11.1% of his games in 2023 (five of 45), and 3.1% of his trips to the plate.
- Rosario has an RBI in 12 of 45 games this year, with multiple RBI in four of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored a run in 13 games this season, with multiple runs three times.
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Eddie Rosario Home/Away Batting Splits
Phillies Pitching Rankings
- The 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Phillies pitching staff ranks fourth in the league.
- The Phillies have a 4.58 team ERA that ranks 23rd across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Phillies surrender the ninth-fewest home runs in baseball (54 total, one per game).
- Covey makes his first start of the season for the Phillies.
- The 31-year-old right-hander has appeared out of the bullpen two times this season.
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2023-05-28T12:11:58+00:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke quickly killed four people asleep in apartments above the burning store.
As the ubiquity of e-bikes has grown, so has the frequency of fires and deaths blamed on the batteries that power them — sparking a push to better regulate how the batteries are manufactured, sold, reconditioned, charged and stored.
Consumer advocates and fire departments, particularly in New York City, are urging the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish national safety standards and confiscate imports that don’t comply with regulations at the border, so unsafe e-bikes and poorly manufactured batteries can be taken off the streets and out of homes.
The matter comes under discussion when the commission convenes a public hearing Thursday in Washington.
“We’ve been sounding the alarm for months,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said a day after an exploding battery ignited the Chinatown e-bike shop fire last month. “We need real action, not only on the state level, but on the federal level.”
With some 65,000 e-bikes zipping through its streets — more than any other place in the U.S. — New York City is the epicenter of battery-related fires. There have been 100 such blazes so far this year, resulting in 13 deaths, already more than double the six fatalities last year.
Nationally, there were more than 200 battery-related fires reported to the commission — an obvious undercount — from 39 states over the past two years, including 19 deaths blamed on so-called micromobility devices that include battery-powered scooters, bicycles and hoverboards.
New York’s two U.S. Senators, Democrats Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, introduced legislation last month that would set mandatory safety standards for e-bikes and the batteries that power them.
Because mandatory standards don’t exist, Schumer said, poorly made batteries have flooded the U.S., increasing the risk of fires.
Earlier this year, New York City urgently enacted a sweeping package of local laws intended to crack down on defective batteries, including a ban on the sale or rental of e-bikes and batteries that aren’t certified as meeting safety standards by an independent product testing lab.
The new rules also outlaw tampering with batteries or selling refurbished batteries made with lithium-ion cells scavenged from used units.
Meanwhile, New York City officials also announced they had received a $25 million federal grant for e-bike charging stations across the city — which fire marshals hope will reduce the risk of fires.
These aren’t typical fires, said New York City Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh. The batteries don’t smolder; they explode.
“When they fail, they fail quite spectacularly,” said Kavanagh, who will speak at Thursday’s forum and advocate for national safety standards and stronger measures against possibly dangerous devices. “Once one of these ignites, there is a huge volume of fire, often so much so that the person in their home can’t get out and the firefighters can’t get in to get them.”
Such was the case in April when two siblings, a 7-year-old boy and his 19-year-old sister, died when a scooter battery ignited a fire in Queens.
Because of the fire hazard, some residential buildings have banned e-bikes. Last summer, the New York City Housing Authority sought to prohibit tenants in all of its 335 developments from keeping or charging e-vehicles in their units, only to back down a few months later after protests from delivery workers.
Use of motorized bicycles grew dramatically in the city during the COVID-19 pandemic as homebound people turned more to food delivery workers for meals and groceries.
With the rash of fires, delivery workers like Lizandro Lopez say they are now more mindful about precautions.
“As soon as the battery is charged, I disconnect it. You shouldn’t leave it charging for too long,” Lopez told The Associated Press in Spanish, “because if you leave it on there too long, that’s when you can cause a fire.”
Los Deliveristas Unidos, which represents app-based delivery workers in the New York area, estimates that fewer than 10% of e-bikes sold in the city have been deemed safe by a third-party evaluator, such as UL Solutions, a product testing company that certifies safety compliance for a host of electrical products, including Christmas lights and televisions.
E-bike batteries rely on the same chemistry to generate power as the lithium-ion batteries in cellphones, laptops and most electric vehicles — products that were initially prone to overheating.
Tighter regulations, safety standards and compliance testing drastically reduced the risk of fires in such devices, according to Robert Slone, the senior vice president and chief scientist for UL Solutions.
The same can happen with e-bike batteries, he said, if they are made to comply with established safety standards.
“We just need to make them safe, and there is a way to make them safe through testing and certification,” Slone said, “given the history that we’ve seen in terms of fires and injuries and unfortunately, deaths as well — not just in New York, but across the country and around the world.”
In London, the fire brigade says lithium batteries are the city’s fastest-growing fire risk, with one fire erupting about every two days. Last year, there were a total of 116 fires involving e-bikes and e-scooters. At least one death has been attributed this year to an overheated battery.
In San Francisco, there have been at least 21 battery fires so far this year — compared with just 13 battery-related fires in 2017, according to an analysis by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Last year, some 1.1 million e-bikes were imported into the U.S., according to the Light Electric Vehicle Association, an industry group. In 2021, more than 880,000 e-bikes came into the country — about double from the year before and triple the number in 2019.
Many of the batteries now on the road are aftermarket products that are cheaply made and popular with delivery workers because of their lower prices.
“But that product is so cheap because it hasn’t gone through those design and testing. … It doesn’t meet a standard, so that’s why they’re inexpensive,” said Matt Moore, the general and policy council for the PeopleForBikes Coalition, which will also take part in the forum. “Even if there was a regulation, there will still be the ability of foreign sellers and manufacturers to send these products into the United States.”
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2023-07-27T10:37:26+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/health/as-e-bikes-proliferate-so-do-deadly-fires-blamed-on-exploding-batteries/
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Wall Street closed lower again, though a rally for Microsoft and some other Big Tech stocks helped limit the losses.
The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Wednesday after erasing an earlier gain. The index is coming off its worst day in a month, hurt by concerns about the strength of U.S. banks. The spotlight has been harshest on First Republic Bank, which lost another 30% after nearly halving the day before.
Microsoft helped stanch the market’s losses after it surged following a stronger profit report than analysts expected. Treasury yields were mixed.
On Wednesday:
The S&P 500 fell 15.64 points, or 0.4%, to 4,055.99.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 228.96 points, or 0.7%, to 33,301.87.
The Nasdaq composite rose 55.19 points, or 0.5% to 11,854.35.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 15.54 points, or 0.9%, to 1,730.41.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is down 77.53 points, or 1.9%.
The Dow is down 507.09 points, or 1.5%.
The Nasdaq is down 218.11 points, or 1.8%.
The Russell 2000 is down 61.09 points, or 3.4%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 216.49 points, or 5.6%.
The Dow is up 154.62 points, or 0.5%.
The Nasdaq is up 1,387.87 points, or 13.3%.
The Russell 2000 is down 30.83 points, or 1.8%.
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2023-04-26T21:58:05+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/how-major-us-stock-indexes-fared-wednesday-17920681.php
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Partnership will empower Pathway customers to lower consumer debt burdens and further strengthen the path to homeownership
DALLAS, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pathway Homes ("Pathway"), a real estate platform with a mission to create more homeowners, announced today it is partnering with impact tech company Savi to offer a tool to help Pathway customers manage their debt burden through easily accessible Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and repayment plans.
More than 43 million people in the United States are impacted by federal student loan debt, making homeownership inaccessible for so many. In fact, according to the National Association of Realtors, 60% of millennials say their student debt has been a major factor in their decision to delay purchasing a home. Savi's innovative platform helps student loan borrowers better understand their debt, optimize their repayment options, and enroll in the best plan for their financial needs. As debt cancellation is now on pause, it is critical for student loan borrowers to stay informed on these programs, changes, and what the best course of action is for them. With Savi, Pathway customers can receive updates as they navigate their student debt as well as help accessing government repayment and forgiveness programs that can help lower monthly payments and potentially eliminate their loan obligation altogether.
"In working with our customers, it became clear how significant the barrier of student debt has become to homeownership, especially for young working professionals," said K.C. Cleary, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Pathway Homes. "We are committed to achieving our mission of creating more holistic and accessible homeownership opportunities, and through this new partnership with Savi, we can now empower our customers to tackle the burden of student debt and start building a future of generational wealth for years to come."
Pathway is Savi's first partner truly focused on advancing homeownership, and now adding the benefit of student debt forgiveness assistance to its customers. In addition to enrollment programs, Pathway customers will be granted access to work with student loan experts and advocates, along with webinars and customer-friendly tools to help borrowers manage their debt. On average, Savi users save $1,800 a year on their student loan payments, providing Pathway customers the opportunity to save more towards a downpayment.
"Our team is excited to partner with Pathway to help solve the two major challenges Americans face today – purchasing a dream home and an overwhelming amount of student debt," said Aaron Smith, co-founder of Savi. "With research showing that student debt has become a barrier to buying a home, this partnership addresses an important need and boosts overall financial health."
Pathway Homes is currently available to consumers living in the Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix markets. For details on Pathway and Savi's partnership visit yourpathway.bysavi.com. Be sure to stay up-to-date on all housing and program news on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
About Pathway Homes
Pathway Homes is a real estate platform with a mission to create more homeowners. Pathway's innovative housing solutions provide consumers with different product offerings designed to bridge the gap between renting and owning. Pathway is backed by real estate industry leaders Regis, Invitation Homes and Fifth Wall, and combines best practices from residential real estate with proptech innovation. The Pathway team brings deep platform building experience and awareness of industry pain points. Pathway's products and team members support the customer at each step toward homeownership.
About Savi
Savi is a social impact technology startup in Washington, D.C. working to solve the student debt crisis affecting 46 million borrowers by helping them discover new repayment and loan forgiveness options. Founded by long-time student loan experts and advocates, Savi is a public benefit corporation that works with employers, membership organizations, and financial institutions to provide their service as a unique student loan benefit.
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2022-11-18T15:17:20+00:00
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newschannel10.com
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https://www.newschannel10.com/prnewswire/2022/11/18/pathway-homes-savi-partner-address-student-loan-debt/
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BEIJING, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China's leading liquor maker Wuliangye participated in the 19th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), which kicked off on Friday in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
As one of the strategic partners of the event, the Chinese Baijiu producer aspires to share new opportunities brought by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), as well as contribute to building a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
The well-decorated exhibition area of Wuliangye, featuring Chinese-style elements, such as traditional screen and Chinese painting scroll, was equipped with interactive touch screen technology, to fully present its unique brewing techniques and global footprints.
Chinese Baijiu products with varied flavors were displayed there, attracting many domestic and foreign merchants, who spoke highly of the excellent taste of Wuliangye liquor and the company's pursuit of better quality.
Apart from the exhibition, Wuliangye would also hold a slew of activities, including products promotion, business development and brand collaboration, in order to deepen cooperation with global industrial players, embrace new opportunities under the RCEP, and further explore the international market.
In fact, as a representative of Chinese Baijiu brand, Wuliangye has made great efforts to promote Chinese Baijiu in the world by actively participating in major global events, such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, and China International Import Expo (CIIE), building worldwide marketing network and setting up local stores in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Dusseldorf.
This year marks the first year of the mega-regional trade deal RCEP, under which China and ASEAN countries would build version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN free trade area.
The 19th China-ASEAN Expo is being held online and offline with theme of "Sharing RCEP New Opportunities, Building a Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area", setting up boutique exhibitions centering on the ASEAN and the RCEP for the first time.
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2022-09-19T10:41:09+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/09/19/xinhua-silk-road-chinese-liquor-maker-wuliangye-shines-19th-china-asean-expo/
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After more than a month of construction, the campground at Mitchell State Park is almost ready for campers again.
The campground’s closure was met with angry business owners and disappointed campers, as the campground was empty for Memorial Day weekend and has sat empty since.
The Unit Supervisor for Mitchell State Park, Ben Dietrich says Memorial Day weekend did look a little different this year, and says it’s been challenging not having campers at the park.
“The campers miss us being open and we miss having the campers, but we hope it’s been worthwhile, and they’ll really appreciate it once we open,” Dietrich predicted.
Mitchell State Park was among many state campgrounds to start the summer under construction. The construction comes after the Department of Natural Resources received $250 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to spend the next three years making improvements to infrastructure at state parks and trails.
The President of the Friends of Mitchell State Park, Kathleen Kelso is also the Manager of the gift shop that sits across the street from the campground. She says campers make up around 80% of their shoppers, and with the campground’s closure she says the gift shop was now empty too.
“Money wise we haven’t done real well,” Kelso admitted. However, she says she’s hopeful the improvements at the campground will pay off in the long run.
“We’re looking forward to the rest of the summer and we’ll hopefully make some of that up,” Kelso said.
The DNR says crews are right on schedule as they’ve paved roads, installed ten new jug fillers and are nearly complete with the new toilet-shower building.
“Both projects have went pretty good. There’s been some material shortages here and there, but for the most part both projects have kind of plugged right along and have stayed right on schedule,” Dietrich explained.
Dietrich says the campground is set to reopened June 30 as he says they’ll have everything completed and ready to go just in time for campers.
“We’re just as bummed as the public is that we were closed. We love having campers, so we’ll be really anxious to get open and show everybody all the improvements that we’ve made,” Dietrich said.
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2023-06-14T11:16:41+00:00
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9and10news.com
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https://www.9and10news.com/2023/06/14/mitchell-state-park-campground-construction-nearly-complete/
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Mr. Lloyd Patrick Perry
Mr. Lloyd Patrick Perry, 61, died Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson.
With social distancing restrictions in place, services will be Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 1:00 P. M. at Rawls Funeral Home in Brownsville. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville. There will be a visitation Saturday from 12:00 Noon until time of service at Rawls Funeral Home.
Rawls Funeral Home-Brownsville
(731) 772-1472
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2023-04-12T01:06:50+00:00
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wbbjtv.com
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https://www.wbbjtv.com/2023/04/11/mr-lloyd-patrick-perry/
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WATCH: Duran's blunder leads to Blue Jays inside-the-park grand slam originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The second half of the Boston Red Sox' 2022 season is off to a dismal start.
After limping into the All-Star break with 14 losses in their last 20 games, the Red Sox desperately needed a spark in Friday's series opener vs. the Toronto Blue Jays. Instead, they picked up right where they left off.
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Boston trailed the Blue Jays 6-0 when disaster struck in the third inning. Toronto's Raimel Tapia stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and hit a fly ball toward Jarren Duran in center field. The ball landed behind Duran after he, like his teammate Christian Arroyo earlier this month, lost the ball in the lights. Even worse, the 25-year-old didn't bother hustling to retrieve the ball when it landed near the center field fence.
Tapia cleared the bases with an inside-the-park grand slam, giving Toronto a 10-0 lead. Watch the bizarre sequence below.
It's a new low for a Red Sox team that has had its fair share of brutal moments over the last month. They lost southpaw Chris Sale to a fractured left pinkie finger just before the All-Star break and were outscored 37-3 over their last 21 innings following Tapia's grand slam.
If Boston can't turn it around soon, Chaim Bloom and the front office may have no choice but to sell at the Aug. 2 trade deadline. The team's performance on Friday may have made the decision for them.
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2022-07-23T07:36:01+00:00
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nbcmiami.com
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https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/blue-jays-get-inside-the-park-grand-slam-on-jarren-durans-blunder/2818593/
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Monday is a federal holiday, but as a Sun Sentinel story pointed out last week, there remains a “lack of awareness of the meaning or significance of Juneteenth.” Sort of like Presidents Day, that “optional” federal holiday whose purpose grows more nebulous with the passage of time.
But the importance of Juneteenth isn’t so difficult to understand: It symbolizes the final salvo in the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, two months after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate troops, a Union general arrived in Texas, a refuge for slave holders at the end of the war, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation that freed enslaved African-Americans.
It was a culminating chapter in a historic victory for the American military and the nation — headlines of the day should have proclaimed V-S Day. But here we are, 157 years later, and some of your friends have a three-day weekend and some don’t. We’ll figure it out some day.
Fête de la Musique
7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, North Beach Bandshell, Miami Beach; free; NorthBeachBandshell.com
A global musical celebration of the Summer Solstice that began in Paris, Fête de la Musique is an annual event at the North Beach Bandshell on Miami Beach presented by French Cultural Services and The Rhythm Foundation. This year’s gathering features an 8 p.m. performance by Delgres, an entrancing Paris-based Delta blues power-trio led by guitarist Pascal Danaë, who has shared stages with Harry Belafonte, Neneh Cherry, Peter Gabriel, Gilberto Gil, Youssou N’ Dour and others. DJ Sombra opens the night at 7 p.m.
Summer Sips & Sounds
6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum; $40 (members $30) at BocaHistory.org
This is the first of three concerts in a new series inspired by Boca Raton history, opening with music written and performed during the transition from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age, when local icon Addison Mizner was at work. Highlights include works by Claude Debussy, George Gershwin and Mizner favorite Louis Armstrong. The evening, which begins with a 6 p.m. cocktail reception sponsored by the Seagate Hotel, will feature Darren Matias on keyboards, Jeff Kaye on trumpet, violinist Yasa Poletaeva and saxophonist Scott Klarman.
Backstreet Boys
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach; $24.75+ (with lawn four-pack) at LiveNation.com
On a recent visit to Noblemen’s Cut & Shave in downtown Fort Lauderdale’s rising Progresso neighborhood, the hip vibe of the barbershop was energized by a loud remix (Pandora, I assume) of the Backstreet Boys’ “That’s the Way I Like It,” as co-owner Greg Young (way cooler than me or you) bobbed his head, along with seemingly every other guy in the place. If you had told me 25 years ago, when the song was released, that this would be happening in 2022, I’d have said, uh, not. But the people, and their stylish heads, have spoken.
Joe Jackson
8 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, The Parker, Fort Lauderdale; $37.50+ at ParkerPlayhouse.com
The so-called new wave movement of the 1980s produced some of the most intelligent and inventive lyricists in the history of pop music, including Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Chris Difford (Squeeze), Graham Parker and the under-appreciated Joe Jackson. Beginning with his 1979 debut album, “Look Sharp!,” Jackson produced a string of treasured hits that bounced from propulsive pop to poignant introspection, all of which stand the test of 40 years’ time. His 2022 Sing You Sinners! Tour setlist has included most of them: “Is She Really Going Out with Him?,” “Sunday Papers,” “One More Time,” “Fools in Love,” “I’m the Man,” “It’s Different for Girls,” “Steppin’ Out,” “Breaking Us in Two” and more.
The Orange Constant
8 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, Crazy Uncle Mike’s, Boca Raton; $10+ (standing room) at CrazyUncleMikes.com
8 p.m. Thursday, June 23, Funky Buddha Brewery, Oakland Park; free; FunkyBuddhaBrewery.com
The Orange Constant is one of those jammy, indie bands from the South that you see in Asheville or Nashville and wish they’d play here. Well, here they come. In warmup dates for next weekend’s AthFest Music & Arts Festival in Athens, Ga., the quintet will play two shows in South Florida.
Theo Von
8 p.m. Thursday, June 23, Hard Rock Live, Hollywood; $45+ at MyHRL.com
Theo Von is a popular podcaster (“This Past Weekend”), comedian (multiple Netflix specials, most recently 2021′s “Regular People”) and sometimes mullet wearer. But his official resume at TheoVon.com somehow sells him short, neglecting to mention his captivating acting role as a child predator in the 2018 music video for the song “Trust Me,” starring rapper Bhad Bhabie, also known as Boynton Beach’s Danielle Bregoli, and former Pembroke Pines’ Disney star turned adult-film director Bella Thorne (Ty Dolla $ign is in there somewhere, too). You. Can. Not. Look. Away.
Train
The Weekender - South Florida Events
6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach; $20+ at LiveNation.com
One of the quintessential summer-concert bands, Pat Monahan and Train come to West Palm Beach armed with music from “AM Gold,” their first studio album in five years, along with enduring singalongs such as “Hey, Soul Sister,” “Drops of Jupiter,” “Marry Me,” “Calling All Angels” and, a personal favorite, “Mississippi.” Jewel and Blues Traveler open the night.
Northwood Village Art, Dine and Design
6-9 p.m. Friday, June 24, Northwood Road and Spruce Avenue, West Palm Beach; free; Facebook.com/NorthwoodVillageArtDineAndDesign
The developing scene in West Palm Beach’s Northwood Village gets a push with this monthly street party that gathers local restaurants, shops, artists and performances by Chucka Riddim and the band Antares on two stages.
Joe Gatto
7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday, June 24, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Dania Improv, Dania Beach; $40+ at DaniaImprov.com
For a decade, Joe Gatto was a member of the comedy quartet on the hit TV romp “Impractical Jokers” — we thought of him as the George Harrison of the group — who aired their Season 10 premiere last Thursday without him. Of course, there were distraught social-media posts from surprised Gatto fans, who somehow missed his admirable explanation on Instagram in December: He is taking time to reorient his personal life after separating from his wife and to spend time with his children. South Florida fans can get their Joe Gatto fix this weekend.
Staff writer Ben Crandell can be reached at bcrandell@sunsentinel.com.
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2022-06-20T16:30:52+00:00
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ATLANTA (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court says former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows must testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
The state high court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling last month ordering Meadows to appear before the panel. The former Republican congressman is the latest Trump associate to lose a legal fight over a summons to testify.
The South Carolina Supreme Court opinion says the justices reviewed Meadows’ arguments and found them to be “manifestly without merit.”
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who’s leading the investigation, has said Meadows is an important witness. Because he doesn’t live in Georgia, she had to use a process that involved getting a judge in South Carolina, where Meadows lives, to order him to travel to Atlanta to testify.
Meadows had originally been ordered to testify Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether that would be rescheduled.
In a petition seeking his testimony, Willis wrote that Meadows attended a Dec. 21, 2020, meeting at the White House with Trump and others “to discuss allegations of voter fraud and certification of Electoral College votes from Georgia and other states.”
The next day, Willis wrote, Meadows made a “surprise visit” to Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, where an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes was being conducted. He asked to observe the audit but wasn’t allowed to because it wasn’t open to the public, the petition says.
Meadows also sent emails to Justice Department officials after the election alleging voter fraud in Georgia and elsewhere and requesting investigations, Willis wrote. And he took part in a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, during which Trump suggested that Raffensperger, the state’s top elections official and a Republican, could “find” enough votes to overturn the president’s narrow loss in the state.
An attorney for Meadows had argued that executive privilege and other rights shield him from testifying. He previously invoked that privilege in a fight against subpoenas issued by the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Meadows has been fighting investigations into the violent 2021 insurrection since last year and has so far avoided having to testify about his role and his knowledge of the former president’s actions. He turned over thousands of texts to the House Jan. 6 committee before eventually refusing to do an interview.
The House held Meadows in contempt of Congress for defying the subpoena, but the Justice Department declined to prosecute.
Special grand juries in Georgia cannot issue indictments. Instead, they can gather evidence and compel testimony and then can recommend further action, including criminal charges, in a final report. It is ultimately up to the district attorney to decide whether to seek an indictment from a regular grand jury.
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2022-11-30T19:46:56+00:00
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MALMÖ – MALMÖClimate activist Greta Thunberg will appear in court on Monday on a charge of disobeying police at a protest in southern Sweden last month.
Local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported that Thunberg and other activists were detained after they stopped traffic in the oil terminal of the port in Malmö on June 19.
Thunberg was charged because she refused to comply with police orders to leave the scene during the protest, according to Swedish Prosecution Authority spokeswoman Annika Collin and a statement from prosecutors.
Prosecutor Charlotte Ottosen told the newspaper that the crime of disobedience is typically punishable with fines.
Thunberg inspired a global youth movement demanding stronger efforts to fight climate change after staging weekly protests outside the Swedish Parliament starting in 2018.
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2023-07-24T08:30:22+00:00
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Health reported nine more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, including one person under 20 years old.
The COVID-19 death toll is now at 2,928, up from the previous Wednesday (2,919). The nine new deaths include five men and four women in the following age ranges: 10-19 (1); 60-69 (1); 70-79 (1); 80+ (6). New deaths were reported in Brookings (1); Clark (1); Davison (1); Hand (1); Minnehaha (2); and Pennington Counties (3).
Active cases are now at 1,470, up from the previous report (1,246).
As of May 25, 37 of South Dakota’s 66 counties are listed as having “high” or “substantial” community spread. “High” community spread is 100 cases or greater per 100,000 or a 10% or greater PCR test positivity rate.
There are now 30 people hospitalized due to COVID-19, down from last week (33). Throughout the pandemic, there have been 10,841 total people who have been hospitalized.
There were 595 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported.
The state’s total case count is now at 239,704, up from last week (239,110). That total does not include at-home positive results as those are not required to be reported to the state.
The latest seven-day PCR test positivity rate for the state is 12.9% for May 17 – 23.
The number of recovered cases is at 235,306.
There have been 1,720 Delta variant cases (B.1.617.2 and AY lineages) detected in South Dakota through sentinel monitoring. There have been 176 cases of the B.1.1.7 (Alpha variant), 4 cases of P.1. (Gamma variant) and 2 cases of the B.1.351 (Beta variant).
The number of Omicron cases is now at 1,166. The state is also reporting 34 Omicron BA.2 cases.
For COVID-19 vaccines, 73.05% the population 5-years-old and above has received at least one dose while 59.68% have completed the vaccination series. For booster doses, 34.41% of those eligible have completed their booster dose.
There have been 709,276 doses of the Pfizer vaccine administered, 493,502 of the Moderna vaccine and 38,071 doses of the Janssen vaccine.
There have been 177,246 persons who have completed two doses of Moderna. There have been 262,648 persons who have received two doses of Pfizer.
As for booster doses, 122,725 people have received a 3rd Pfizer shot, 94,399 people have received a 3rd Moderna dose and 2,751 have received a Janssen booster.
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2022-05-25T18:46:28+00:00
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In 2014, Central Wyoming College faculty member Jacki Klancher and two colleagues began leading students on remote field expeditions in Wyoming through the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Expedition program (ICCE).
ICCE combines high-elevation wilderness travel with hands-on field research and education in glacier, geospatial, archaeological and environmental science.
At noon on March 2, Klancher presents a free lecture discussing the glacier research at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Coe Auditorium. The talk, titled "Glaciers, Graduates, and Geospatial Science: Planning for an Uncertain Future While Engaging Students in Scientific Research," is part of the Draper Natural History Museum’s monthly Lunchtime Expedition lecture series.
Those who prefer to attend virtually via Zoom webinar may do so by registering at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xbno0WRzROe-xArGoT7EkQ.
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Klancher will also share the role this work has engaging undergraduate students as well as next steps for the research and the program.
Klancher has been leading mountain expeditions since the early 1990s through her work with the National Outdoor Leadership School based in Lander, Wyoming. In 2014, she began combining backcountry travel with scientific research.
Over the past decade, Klancher has worked with several partners to design research expeditions that take undergraduates across the globe — from Wyoming to Tanzania, and most recently to Everest Base Camp. Though the destinations are distant from each other, the complex challenges facing high-elevation environments are not dissimilar.
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2023-02-23T23:48:03+00:00
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Native Hawaiians are concerned by a new telescope slated for the big island Published July 26, 2022 02:04 AM Facebook Twitter The prospect of a new telescope on Mauna Kea poses a problem for some who believe the Hawaiian volcano is sacred. Copyright 2022 NPR
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2022-07-26T09:16:30+00:00
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Writer who accused Trump of 1990s rape files new lawsuit
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape filed an upgraded lawsuit against him Thursday in New York, minutes after a new state law took effect allowing victims of sexual violence to sue over attacks that occurred decades ago.
E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer filed the legal papers electronically as the Adult Survivor’s Act temporarily lifted the state’s usual deadlines for suing over sexual assault. She sought unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for pain and suffering, psychological harms, dignity loss and reputation damage.
Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, first made the claim in a 2019 book, saying Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Manhattan luxury department store in 1995 or 1996.
Trump responded to the book’s allegations by saying it could never have happened because Carroll was “not my type.”
His remarks led Carroll to file a defamation lawsuit against him, but that lawsuit has been tied up in appeals courts as judges decide whether he is protected from legal claims for comments made while he was president.
Previously, Carroll had been barred by state law from suing over the alleged rape because too many years had passed since the incident.
New York’s new law, however, gives sex crime victims who missed deadlines associated with statute of limitations a second chance to file a lawsuit. A window for such suits will open for one year, after which the usual time limits will be reinstated.
At least hundreds of lawsuits are expected, including many filed by women who say they were assaulted by co-workers, prison guards, medical providers or others.
In her new claims, Carroll maintains that Trump committed battery “when he forcibly raped and groped her” and that he defamed her when he denied raping her last month.
Trump said in his statement that Carroll “completely made up a story that I met her at the doors of this crowded New York City Department Store and, within minutes, ‘swooned’ her. It is a Hoax and a lie, just like all the other Hoaxes that have been played on me for the past seven years.”
Carroll’s new ability to sue Trump for rape could help her sidestep a potentially fatal legal flaw in her original defamation case.
If the courts ultimately hold that Trump’s original disparaging comments about Carroll’s rape allegation were part of his job duties, as president, she would be barred from suing him over those remarks, as federal employees are protected from defamation claims. No such protection would cover things he did prior to becoming president.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who presides over the defamation lawsuit Carroll filed three years ago, may decide to include the new claims in a trial likely to occur in the spring.
Trump’s current lawyers said this week that they do not yet know whether they will represent him against the new allegations.
Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, who is not related to the judge, said at a court hearing this week that the new claims should not require much additional gathering of evidence. She already put a copy of the new claims in the original case file last week. Trump and Carroll also have already been deposed.
In a statement regarding the new lawsuit, Kaplan said her client “intends to hold Donald Trump accountable not only for defaming her, but also for sexually assaulting her, which he did years ago in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman.”
“Thanksgiving Day was the very first day Ms. Carroll could file under New York law so our complaint was filed with the court shortly after midnight,” she added.
Attorney Michael Madaio, a lawyer for Trump, said at the hearing that the new allegations are significantly different than the original defamation lawsuit and would require “an entirely new set” of evidence gathering.
A lawyer for Trump did not respond to a message seeking comment on Wednesday. Another message seeking comment was sent to the lawyer after the lawsuit was filed less than 10 minutes into the new day.
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2022-11-24T07:46:12+00:00
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state Rep. Robert Reives of Chatham County was picked on Monday by fellow Democrats to remain the party's state House leader for the next two years.
New and returning Democrats who won their House elections last month met and selected Reives as the chamber's minority leader.
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Reives, an attorney, first became Democratic leader two years ago, succeeding then-Rep. Darren Jackson of Wake County.
Democrats will hold just 49 of the 120 House seats come January — two fewer compared to the past two-year session. But Republicans still fell one seat short of gaining a majority large enough to vote to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes if they remain united.
Reives pointed to the Democrats' ability to uphold Cooper's vetoes during the past two years in the news release announcing his selection.
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“I appreciate this vote of confidence in my leadership from the House Democratic Caucus,” Reives said.
Other leadership positions within the caucus will be elected in the coming weeks, the release said.
House Republicans agreed last month to nominate Rep. Tim Moore of Cleveland County for a fifth term as speaker. The entire House will vote for the speaker's post on Jan. 11, when the next session convenes.
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2022-12-05T21:29:31+00:00
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NEW ORLEANS, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until September 6, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset" or the "Company") (NasdaqGS: OM), if they purchased the Company's shares between September 15, 2020 and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
If you purchased shares of Outset as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-om/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by September 6, 2022.
Outset and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On May 5, 2022, the Company disclosed negative results for 1Q2022, which, among other things, analysts attributed to the untested nature of Tablo, its flagship product which is a dialysis machine that purifies tap water and then artificially purifies and removes toxins from the blood of patients suffering from kidney failure. On this news, shares of Outset fell more than 40% over the three trading days that followed, from a closing price of $39.94 per share on May 4, 2022, to a closing price of $23.06 per share on May 9, 2022.
Then, on June 13, 2022, the Company disclosed a hold on all shipments of Tablo for home use by the FDA until proper regulatory clearance was received. The Company subsequently disclosed that the "ship hold" had been in place for weeks before investors were informed and that as a result of the hold, the Company was "suspending our prior full-year and long-term guidance.". On this news, shares of Outset fell another 33%, from a closing price of $20.41 per share on June 13, 2022, to a closing price of $13.46 per share on June 14, 2022.
The case is Plymouth County Retirement Association v. Outset Medical, Inc., 22-cv-04016.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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Miami vs. Drake: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - NCAA Tournament First Round
The No. 5 seed Miami Hurricanes (25-7) and the No. 12 seed Drake Bulldogs (27-7) will meet on Friday at 7:25 PM in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The matchup airs on TBS.
You can take a look at odds, spreads, over/unders and more across multiple sportsbooks for the Miami vs. Drake matchup in this article.
Miami vs. Drake Game Info
- When: Friday, March 17, 2023 at 7:25 PM ET
- Where: MVP Arena in Albany, New York
- How to Watch on TV: TBS
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Miami vs. Drake Odds, Spread, Over/Under
Take a look at the odds, spread and over/under for this matchup across several sportsbooks.
Miami vs. Drake Betting Trends
- Miami has covered 17 times in 31 chances against the spread this season.
- So far this season, 14 out of the Hurricanes' 31 games have hit the over.
- Drake is 15-18-0 ATS this season.
- Bulldogs games have gone over the point total 15 out of 33 times this year.
Miami Futures Odds
- Odds to win the national championship: +10000
- Miami is 29th in the country in terms of its odds to win the national championship (+10000), much higher than its computer rankings (36th).
- The Hurricanes' national championship odds are the same now (+10000) compared to the beginning of the season (+10000).
- The implied probability of Miami winning the national championship, based on its +10000 moneyline odds, is 1%.
Drake Futures Odds
- Odds to win the national championship: +60000
- Sportsbooks have moved the Bulldogs' national championship odds down from +25000 at the start of the season to +60000. Among all teams in college basketball, that is the 14th-biggest change.
- Based on its moneyline odds, Drake has a 0.2% chance of winning the national championship.
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Carl's Jr. Will Be the Official Burger of UFC in Australia and New Zealand Through the End of 2022
FRANKLIN, Tenn., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc., parent company of Carl's Jr.®, and UFC, the world's premier mixed martial arts organization, are teaming up for a knockout partnership that brings together two renowned, global brands.
Known for their bold, craveable burgers, Carl's Jr. is launching a full creative campaign with a mix of local and national media across traditional and digital channels, including social media and print. Later this year, a limited-edition UFC-inspired burger will launch in celebration of this iconic partnership. Customers will also have the chance to enter to win various prizes including access to UFC event hospitality & ticketing, UFC Fight Pass subscriptions, UFC Store Gift Cards, Carl's Jr. swag, and other prizes through December 2022.
"We are thrilled to announce that Carl's Jr. Australia is the "Official Burger of UFC." UFC and Carl's Jr. are two global powerhouses, and we know this partnership will enable both brands to unlock new audiences," said Mike Woida, President of International at CKE Restaurants Holdings. "As we continue to grow our business in Australia, we look forward to getting our delicious burgers into the hands of UFC fans across the region and around the world."
To build excitement leading up to the UFC's first-ever Fight Night in Paris, Carl's Jr. Australia is giving one lucky customer the chance to win an Ultimate Prize Package – a VIP trip to a UFC Event in Las Vegas. More details will be posted via Carl's Jr. Australia and UFC ANZ social channels within the next month, so make sure to stay tuned.
"We're delighted to partner with such an iconic and beloved brand like Carl's Jr. Australia and welcome them as our first Official Quick Service Restaurant partner within the ANZ region," said Nick Smith, Vice President of Global Partnerships, UFC. "Much like UFC, Carl's Jr. recognizes the appetite and growth opportunities within this region, and we could not be more eager to collaborate and engage with new audiences and fans within this category."
With custom co-branded creative, guests will be able to enjoy a taste of the UFC and celebrate the newest star in the octagon!
Follow Carl's Jr. Australia and UFC ANZ on social media for the latest news and promotional offers.
Twitter: @CarlsJrAU and @UFCANZ
Instagram: @CarlsJrAU and @UFCANZ
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarlsJrAU
CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. ("CKE"), a privately held company based in Franklin, Tennessee, in the United States, runs and operates Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, two beloved regional brands, known for one-of-a-kind premium and innovative menu items such as 100 percent Black Angus Thickburgers®, Freshly Baked Biscuits and Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™. With both a US and international footprint, Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC and Hardee's Restaurants LLC have nearly 4,000 franchised or company-operated restaurants in 44 US states and over 35 international markets and U.S. overseas territories. For more information about Carl's Jr. Australia visit https://carlsjr.com.au/. For information about CKE, please visit https://ckefranchise.com/ or its brand sites at www.carlsjr.com and www.hardees.com.
UFC® is the world's premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 688 million fans and 198 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world, while broadcasting to nearly 900 million TV households across more than 170 countries. UFC's athlete roster features the world's best MMA athletes representing more than 75 countries. The organization's digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world's leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is owned by global entertainment, sports and content company Endeavor, and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok: @UFC.
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2022-06-28T23:38:17+00:00
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Sony plans to make 2 million units of the PlayStation VR2 headset by March next year, people familiar with the matter said, setting an ambitious outlook that defies the global economic malaise.
Mass production of the virtual reality goggles began in September and hasn’t yet faced supply chain constraints, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. The production figure could be adjusted depending on the device’s sales momentum once it’s released early next year.
VR goggles remain a largely unproven category several years into the wide availability of commercial offerings from the likes of HTC Corp. and Oculus, now a part of Meta. Sony’s roadmap for the PSVR2 anticipates much greater popularity than the company’s preceding PlayStation VR goggles for the PlayStation 4 — which took eight months to reach a million sales. Meta’s Quest 2, the most popular VR headset today, shipped 2.8 million units in its first quarter of availability, according to IDC figures.
Sony has yet to give an official price or release date for the PSVR2. Its current plan to start selling the headset in early 2023 will coincide with expected relief of the supply chain bottlenecks that have hampered availability of the PlayStation 5 console since its launch in late 2020, the people said. That would give the company sufficient inventory of both headsets and consoles for a big marketing push. Users will need a PS5 console to use the VR headset.
A spokesperson for Sony Interactive Entertainment declined to comment.
“A key to success is the quality of the games Sony will be able to develop,” said Tokyo-based analyst Serkan Toto of Kantan Games. “The other critical point will be the price: spec-wise, the PSVR2 is a beast, and some users already expect it to cost as much as a PS5 itself.”
Game developers remain skeptical about the VR segment because of its relative lack of market penetration, especially on Sony’s home turf of Japan. Meta’s Quest 2 is estimated by IDC to have shipped 17 million units to date and is lauded as the high water mark for the sector, but pales in comparison to other products in the console, mobile and PC gaming arenas.
The economic slowdown and increased materials costs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have also hit the VR sector. Meta raised the Quest 2’s price in August in response to the rising cost of production.
“The increasing cost of living is making many consumers wary of spending on non-essential items,” said IDC vice president of data and analytics Francisco Jeronimo. “If the economic crisis deepens, Sony may need to cut production.”
Sony’s suppliers and partners are uncertain about how long the Japanese company will maintain its high-paced production schedule after launch.
Sony plans to boost the PSVR2’s launch with new titles designed for VR from its popular in-house franchises, such as Horizon, and has said there are more than 20 titles in development for the device from internal and third-party game developers.
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2022-10-10T14:01:38+00:00
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WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden was quick to hail Thursday’s strike-averting rail agreement as a win for America, it was also a big win for him politically, allowing Democrats to sidestep what could have been an economic debacle before November’s midterm elections.
Pressured to choose between labor and business, the president pushed hard for them to work together.
Prodded by a strategic late-night phone call from Biden — and fortified with Italian takeout — corporate and union negotiators spent 20 hours in intense talks at the Labor Department. They reached wee-hours common ground following an appeal to act in the shared interests of the nation, avoiding a strike that would have shut down railroads across the country.
By keeping the trains running, Biden overcame a major economic threat that doubled as a political risk. His fellow Democrats already face a difficult fight to maintain their narrow hold on power in Congress amid soaring inflation. Biden’s own approval rating, though improving, is still underwater.
The tentative deal, which still requires approval from a dozen unions, would raise members’ pay 24% over five years and improve work schedules and health care in a way that Biden said recognizes “the dignity of their work.” Railroad companies could continue vital operations and avoid a costly shutdown, while being in a better place to recruit and retain employees.
“This agreement allows us to continue to rebuild a better America with an economy that truly works for working people and their families,” Biden said Thursday in celebratory remarks in the Rose Garden. “Today is a win, I mean it sincerely, a win for America.”
Members of one union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 19, voted to reject the tentative agreement, but the IAM agreed to delay any strike by its members to allow more time for possible additional negotiations and for other unions to vote.
White House officials had worried that a rail shutdown, no matter how long, would have perilous economic consequences just as voters make up their minds ahead of the November elections. The settlement, instead, now provides Biden an opportunity to show his administration is delivering for voters, as dire news coverage yields to relief at the cost of only a few canceled Amtrak trains.
Through the talks, Biden managed to avoid the disruption without offending either labor or corporate constituencies. Biden, his advisers and Democrats across the country know the broadest possible coalition is needed to help candidates compete in midterms that have historically favored the party out of political power.
Biden intentionally chose not to dictate the terms of the agreement to either side, said Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.
“The president’s focus was making sure that a contract was done that is satisfactory to everybody — and also prevented a major disruption to our economy,” said Walsh, who moved the last six hours of negotiations into his office.
What initially appeared to be a worst-case scenario ultimately turned into a collective sigh of relief.
“This is the best outcome the Biden administration could have hoped for,” said Jake Rosenfeld, a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis who has researched the labor movement. He noted that the unions’ requests for sick leave and reliable scheduling aligned with Biden’s own values.
“Unlike in past labor disputes involving the railroads, the administration never had to put real pressure on the unions, but instead could act like an honest broker looking for a compromise between management and union positions,” Rosenfeld said. “That keeps the administration in good graces with labor more broadly.”
Business interests also praised the administration’s efforts. John Drake, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce vice president of transportation policy, said Walsh came to the table with a level of expertise and the trust of stakeholders. That made it easier to finalize a deal.
“The ramifications of a rail strike were so catastrophic that we couldn’t even begin to catalog it,” Drake said. “This is 100% a win.”
Not everyone celebrated. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell had proposed a measure on Wednesday that would have forced the unions to accept a contract. He criticized Senate Democrats for blocking his proposal, only to have aides stay silent on Thursday when asked whether the agreement was good for the economy.
Biden has gone out of his way to champion organized labor, often having members of local unions introduce him for speeches across the country.
UAW Local 598’s Ryan Buchalski, introduced Biden on Wednesday at the Detroit auto show as “the most union- and labor-friendly president in American history” and someone who was “kickin’ ass for the working class.” Buchalski harked back to pivotal sitdown strikes by autoworkers in the 1930s.
In the speech that followed, Biden recognized that he wouldn’t be in the White House without the support of unions such as the UAW and the IBEW electrical workers, saying that autoworkers “brung me to the dance.”
About 16% of voters in the 2020 election came from union households, which backed Biden 56% to 42% in the narrowly decided race, according to AP VoteCast.
The president’s approval took a major hit starting last year because of inflation worsened by supply chain disruptions for autos, furniture and other basic goods coming out of the pandemic recession. The problems intensified this year with a baby formula shortage and diminished supplies worldwide of food, oil and natural gas after Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine. Consumer inflation hit a 40-year high in June, only to start drifting down in the two months since.
Biden’s popularity has been regaining ground as gasoline costs have declined. A new poll by AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows his approval improving from a low of 36% in July to 45% in the most recent survey.
Estimates put the daily cost of a railroad shutdown at $2 billion. A stoppage would have left stranded raw materials for factories, fuel and even the chemicals needed to treat wastewater. That would have been a potentially debilitating blow just eight weeks before Election Day, which could determine control of the House, Senate and state governments.
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said the deal will ultimately have an impact on the midterm elections because workers want officials who will stand up for them. The mix of the pandemic, high prices and economic inequality has left many workers at the breaking point and they want a different social contract, she said.
“That’s what this election is all about — rewriting the rules of the economy,” Shuler said.
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AP Writer Christopher Rugaber contributed to this report.
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valleycentral.com
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https://www.valleycentral.com/green-living/top-story/ap-top-headlines/ap-biden-dems-see-both-political-economic-wins-in-rail-deal/
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Ex-Iowa police officer pleads guilty to sexual abuse of girl
Published: Jun. 15, 2022 at 11:49 AM CDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A former eastern Iowa police officer has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl last year while he was on duty.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says in a news release that 24-year-old Andrew Patrick Denoyer pleaded guilty Tuesday in Scott County District Court to three counts of third-degree sexual assault.
Denoyer faces up to 30 years in prison when he’s sentenced July 29.
His arrest in September came a day after he resigned from his job as an Eldridge police officer and four days after law enforcement launched an investigation into allegations that Denoyer had had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in May 2021 while he was on duty.
Copyright 2022 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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https://www.kcrg.com/2022/06/15/ex-iowa-police-officer-pleads-guilty-sexual-abuse-girl/
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