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AUGUSTA, Maine — A second arrest has been made in the investigation into a Maine corrections official accused of steering purchases to certain vendors in exchange for kickbacks in a long-running scheme, officials said.
Melanie Ann High, who was arrested Thursday in Florida, is accused of using kickbacks to induce Gerald E. Merrill, deputy superintendent at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston and Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport, to make repeated purchases from companies she controlled, according to court records.
High, 67, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was being held without bail Friday at a jail in Broward County, Florida, on Maine charges of theft by unauthorized taking and bribery in official and political matters, according to records.
The state charges against Merrill and High indicate the spending threshold of the crimes surpassed $10,000, but the actual amount of money transferred over a period of about 10 years is believed to be far higher. State Auditor Matthew Dunlap and Danna Hayes, the attorney general's spokesperson, declined Friday to say how much money was spent by Merrill.
It was unclear when High was going to be brought to Maine to face charges, or whether she had a lawyer. Merrill, 61, made his initial court appearance via Zoom on Wednesday.
Dunlap said the attorney general’s criminal investigation stemmed from a broader inquiry by his office of routine transactions using procurement cards, which are a modern equivalent of petty cash.
Merrill, who managed budgets at the two prisons, was found to have made an excessive number of procurement card purchases near the spending limit of $4,999, arousing the curiosity of an auditing team, Dunlap said. The purchases were for items that should've been covered by a master agreement instead of being handled by multiple, smaller purchases, he said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/courts-news/second-arrest-made-in-investigation-into-maine-corrections-official-accused-of-taking-kickbacks/97-ef7c1220-c164-4256-86ac-264c03c467aa | 2023-07-28T23:56:21 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/courts-news/second-arrest-made-in-investigation-into-maine-corrections-official-accused-of-taking-kickbacks/97-ef7c1220-c164-4256-86ac-264c03c467aa |
ELLSWORTH, Maine — The man facing charges in a deadly hit and run in Southwest Harbor in June made his first appearance in court Friday.
John Holdsworth, 31, of Hancock was arrested Wednesday and charged with manslaughter connected to the death of 35-year-old Amber Robbins of Tremont.
Holdsworth is facing a charge of felony manslaughter and could face up to 30 years in prison. Evidence will be presented before a grand jury in the upcoming weeks.
According to the affidavit filed in Hancock County District Court, Holdsworth allegedly struck Robbins in his vehicle on the evening of June 10. The incident was never reported by Holdsworth, the affidavit states.
Investigators reportedly noticed fibers that were identical to those from the sandals of Robbins, embedded on the wheel well of his truck. In addition, there were spatters of what is believed to be food Robbins was carrying, court documents say.
A passerby called law enforcement the following day to report the discovery of Robbins' body lying in a ditch on Main Street. Investigators ascertained the incident happened between Southwest Harbor Foodmart and Smuggler’s Den Campground.
According to the Affidavit, Holdsworth was partying with friends that night on Mount Desert Island, and they noticed damages to his pick-up truck, a truck they say was always in immaculate condition. Holdsworth mentioned that he thought he’d hit a deer.
Prosecutors believe Holdsworth tried to cover up the incident and later came forward to give statements to authorities.
In court on Friday, prosecutors asked to set bail at $35,000 while Holdsworth's counsel countered the request for bail at $5000. Due to being viewed by the judge as a low flight risk and having no prior criminal record, Judge James Murphy set bail at $10,000.
An autopsy revealed Robbins died from blunt force trauma, according to a report from the chief medical examiner.
The case is being prosecuted by the Hancock County District Attorney's Office. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/courts-news/suspect-in-fatal-hit-and-run-in-southwest-harbor-makes-first-court-appearance-john-holdsworth-crime-courts-maine-investigation/97-87efab7a-a0cc-481b-b905-e59002298e12 | 2023-07-28T23:56:27 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/courts-news/suspect-in-fatal-hit-and-run-in-southwest-harbor-makes-first-court-appearance-john-holdsworth-crime-courts-maine-investigation/97-87efab7a-a0cc-481b-b905-e59002298e12 |
When you get a stomachache, you may reach for a glass of ginger ale to help feel better. It is a common home remedy for nausea or other gastrointestinal issues. However, some people online are wondering if their mom’s go-to cure actually works.
THE QUESTION
Does ginger ale help with stomachaches?
THE SOURCES
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- A study published in Nutrients in 2020
- Emma Slattery, RDN, in a post on Johns Hopkins Medicine
- A blog post by Matthew Goldman, M.D., on Cleveland Clinic
- Seagram’s
- Schweppes
- Canada Dry
THE ANSWER
While ginger root can help stomachaches, many popular brands of ginger ale do not contain any real ginger. The sugar and high carbonation may also worsen digestive problems.
WHAT WE FOUND
Ginger ale could help relieve stomachaches for some people, but only if it contains real ginger. A scientific review of more than 100 studies on the effects of ginger show moderate effectiveness in relieving nausea.
Emma Slattery, a registered dietician at Johns Hopkins Medicine, explains in a blog post that “eating ginger encourages efficient digestion, so food doesn’t linger as long in the gut.” This can help you cut down on bloating and constipation as ginger improves “the rate at which food exits the stomach and continues along the digestive process.”
But while “ginger” may be in the name of the fizzy drinks you find in stores, many brands of ginger ale do not actually contain any real ginger.
VERIFY looked at the ingredients list of Seagram’s ginger ale and found that the soda contains “ginger extract with other natural flavors.” Schweppes, Canada Dry and Great Value ginger ale do not include ginger in their ingredient list and instead only say “natural flavors.” According to the FDA, “natural flavors” can refer to a wide variety of ingredients whose “significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
Ginger ale often contains large amounts of sugar, which may create further issues for your stomachache. In a blog post for the Cleveland Clinic, Matthew Goldman, M.D., says, “If a person has bloating, gas or indigestion, the carbonation and sugar may make it worse. Even diet ginger ale can be harmful because our bodies may not digest artificial sugars as well.”
Another aspect of ginger ale believed to assist with stomachaches is carbonation. But that might not be helpful for everyone.
Baptist Health explains, “Some people find that the bubbles in carbonated drinks help soothe an upset stomach, in part, by making it easier for them to burp and release stomach pressure. For others, gas and acidity can make matters worse.” Baptist Health recommends that you drink heavily carbonated drinks with caution if you are not sure how they affect you.
So how can you best take advantage of ginger’s soothing effects when you’re feeling sick? Cleveland Clinic recommends getting ginger root from the grocery store and mixing it with decaf tea or warm water.
Some ginger sodas do have real ginger in the ingredient list. Reed’s sells a ginger ale with 2 grams of ginger in a 12 oz bottle and ginger beer that contains 17 grams of ginger per bottle. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/verify/health-verify/ginger-ale-no-help-stomachache-because-no-ginger/536-b21c22d9-743a-4f5a-a9d6-a570ef090627 | 2023-07-28T23:56:33 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/verify/health-verify/ginger-ale-no-help-stomachache-because-no-ginger/536-b21c22d9-743a-4f5a-a9d6-a570ef090627 |
WASHINGTON — Morocco made its debut for the Women's World Cup on Monday with a match against Germany. It is one of eight teams making their first appearance at the tournament.
Viewers tuning into the match broadcasts may wonder why the country's abbreviation is listed as "MAR." The reason is actually pretty simple. While most of the scoreboard acronyms, also referred to as FIFA codes, come from the first three letters of a country's name in English, there are exceptions. Morocco is one of those exceptions.
The Arab team will face South Korea on Sunday, July 30 at 12:30 ET.
Why is Morocco 'MAR'?
While the country's English name is Morocco, it's known as Maroc in French.
According to a 2018 report from Slate, even though the official languages of the country are Arabic and Tamazight, French continues to have a powerful position there as a holdover from the colonial era.
Morocco isn't the only team in the Women's World Cup with a country code that differs from that English standard.
Other abbreviations that stand out in the tournament include Spain going by "ESP and South Korea referred to as "KOR."
Morocco’s debut game at the Women’s World Cup ended in a 6-0 loss to two-time champion Germany. The margin of defeat on Monday was the biggest so far at the tournament.
The national team’s Women's World Cup appearance comes less than a year after their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 | 2023-07-28T23:56:39 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 |
OWLS HEAD, Maine — In a bid to position itself as a green aviation hub, the Knox County Regional Airport will receive several electric plane chargers.
The effort is in collaboration with Beta Technologies, which makes the Alia aircraft, capable of traveling 250 miles on a 50-minute charge.
“The Installation of these chargers is going to change dramatically the relationship between the airport and our surrounding communities,” Jeremy Shaw, the manager of Knox County Regional Airport, said Friday.
Shaw hopes the chargers, and the aircraft that will eventually accompany them, could play a critical role in servicing the needs of residents who live off the coast of Knox County.
He adds, “Having the ability to have quiet aircraft delivering freight, groceries, [and] passengers to Maine’s island community really opens the door for operations we can’t do now.”
A key reason for Shaw’s optimism is the design of Beta’s Alia aircraft. With propellers that are positioned both horizontally and vertically, the plane can take off like a helicopter—not requiring a runway—but travel at speeds consistent with a small passenger plane.
Steve Turner is a commercial pilot out of Owls Head who had the opportunity to test out the Alia in a simulator at the company’s headquarters in Burlington, Vermont.
He says flying is customizable, adding, “It’s more like a helicopter if you want it to. You can slow it right down like a helicopter or fly it like an airplane. It’s just so much more maneuverable.”
And should Turner eventually fly the electric planes out of Knox County, he could be landing in more than just island communities.
Alan Lambert, the director of aviation at the Maine Department of Transportation, envisions the EV aircraft as a way to feed passengers to larger airports from smaller areas.
“You could go to a small general aviation airport, get on the EV, and fly to Logan in 45 minutes. And you’re on your way to Florida on your vacation," Lambert said.
Shaw expects the first electric plane chargers will be installed this fall, and the first Alia planes will land in spring 2024. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech/knox-county-to-install-electric-plane-chargers-in-hopes-of-becoming-green-aviation-hub-airplanes/97-b878abae-2a51-4ac8-823f-6fc126d41537 | 2023-07-28T23:56:45 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech/knox-county-to-install-electric-plane-chargers-in-hopes-of-becoming-green-aviation-hub-airplanes/97-b878abae-2a51-4ac8-823f-6fc126d41537 |
Woman dead after shooting at Arbor Creek Apartments
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:22 PM CDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - The Wichita Falls Police Department was sent to the Arbor Creek Apartments on Weeks Park Lane for a suspected shooting.
According to WFPD Sgt. Sheehan a woman suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
It is unknown if anyone else was harmed during this shooting.
The area is an active crime scene and is being investigated by WFPD.
Stick with News Channel 6 as we learn about this developing story.
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Upcoming City Council meeting to discuss possibly taking down old hotel
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - Wichita Falls city officials are hoping to buy the old hotel on Central E fwy. near the falls to turn the area into a public park.
Officials are hoping to reach an agreement with the hotel’s current owners during the Aug. 1 City Council meeting.
If no agreement is reached, the city will propose using the power of eminent domain to take over the property.
The hotel opened its doors in Oct. of 1985, but was nearly flooded during construction because it stands in a floodway.
In 2007 a major flood forced an evacuation of the entire building, and the hotel has been vacant since about 2012, becoming a hangout for drifters and the unhoused.
This could cause the City Council meeting to become a pricey one, with other agenda items set to move millions of dollars.
The city plans to allocate almost $2 million in funds, $1.2 million would be assigned from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, almost $500,000 would be used by HOME-American Rescue Plan funds, and $200,000 would be reallocated from the prior year’s CDBG funds.
However, it’s not all about spending and assigning money; the city is attempting to save some too.
The city manager will apply for a $1 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration Entitlement grants.
The city manager is also seeking a resolution to approve changing phase one of the Sewer Budget Utility Improvement Project for a decrease of more than $600,000.
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DICKSON CITY, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Sweet, silly, and a bit sassy, just a few words to describe a bubbly pre-teen who wants nothing more than to have a “picture-perfect family” for the rest of her life.
12-year-old Aniyalese or Niya is a girly girl who loves getting her hair and makeup done. And taking lots of pictures.
Electric City Selfie in the Viewmont Mall in Dickson City is the perfect place to express her personality. With many backdrops to choose from, she finds the right rooms to showcase her terrific traits.
“funny, silly, shy, a good friend,” said Niya.
Christine Hendricks, a recruiter for Diakon Adoption and Foster Care says this sweet pre-teen has a lot to offer.
“She is very bubbly. At times she’s a little shy. But she enjoys talking to people and once she gets started, she really is great with adults and children her own age,” stated Hendricks.
It’s not just glam that gets this girl going. She also loves being outside, going for walks, and playing sports, like basketball, and football.
“She told me she wants to be a football player. She doesn’t just watch football, she wants to be a football player,” Hendricks added.
Niya is also a great student who gets good grades in her classes. And she has many subjects that she enjoys learning.
“Math, Science, English, Art, and does lunch count,” said Niya.
Hendricks says Niya would prefer not to live in a city, but rather a suburban setting.
“Niya would do well in a 2 parent family. Possibly a brother or sister older or closer to her age,” Hendricks continued.
Even though she enjoys a good photo of herself, Niya would love nothing more than to have a forever family to complete her perfect picture.
“I would like them to be kind and give me privacy when I need privacy,” Niya continued.
If a forever family does come, I would like them to make sure I was ok,” said Niya.
To learn more about the Statewide Adoption Network visit their website or to check out more
A Little Love Stories. | https://www.pahomepage.com/community/a-little-love/a-little-love-meet-niya/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:14 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/community/a-little-love/a-little-love-meet-niya/ |
Scientists estimate that 800 great white sharks could be swimming in the waters off the Cape Cod, Mass., coastline, according to a study published Thursday.
From 2015 to 2018, researchers took 137 trips to Cape Cod and saw 393 sharks by using commercial spotter pilots and video cameras. Some sharks were left out of the count because videos of them were not crisp enough, they did not have distinct enough features to rule them out as duplicates or they did not return to the area year after year.
Researchers used the actual population counted and applied a model to reach the estimate.
Sharks go to that area to hunt seals, and they usually appear the most infrequently in June and July and peak in August and September, the study says.
Researchers encountered slightly more males, which could be because they are more easily identifiable by their reproductive organs. Most of the sharks were also juveniles and "subadults," the study said.
While great whites are known to hang around Cape Cod's waters, they have been difficult to track because of their elusiveness and smaller populations.
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Motorcyclist dies in Highway 214 crash southeast of Silverton
Oregon State Police say a 52-year-old Salem man died Wednesday night in a crash with a Toyota Tundra pulling a loaded trailer Highway 214 southeast of Silverton.
OSP said a preliminary investigation determined the southbound Toyota began a left turn into a driveway at about 9:07 p.m. just north of Starlight Drive NE when the crash with northbound Yamaha motorcycle occurred.
Jeremy Paul Flentge was declared dead at the scene after life-saving efforts by first responders, OSP said in a statement Friday.
State Police said they were assisted by Silverton Fire, Woodburn ambulance, the Marion County Sheriff's Department, the Marion County Medical Examiners Office, and the Oregon Deportment of Transportation.
Charles Gearing is a breaking news and public safety reporter. He may be reached at cgearing@gannett.com or at (708) 262-7626. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/07/28/motorcyclist-dies-in-highway-214-crash-southeast-of-silverton-oregon/70489317007/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:15 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/07/28/motorcyclist-dies-in-highway-214-crash-southeast-of-silverton-oregon/70489317007/ |
Lutheran Hospital CEO Clyde Wood is leaving the health network, Teri deMatas, vice president of marketing and community relations, confirmed Friday.
Wood’s last day at Lutheran will be Aug. 4. After his departure, Wood will become CEO at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, deMatas said.
She didn’t say when Lutheran plans to hire Wood’s replacement.
“(Wood) will work with the hospital administrative team to help ensure a smooth transition,” deMatas said in an email.
Lutheran officials announced June 30, 2022, that Wood would be the hospital’s CEO. He officially stepped into the role on July 26, 2022. Wood held roles at various hospitals in North Carolina and Tennessee before coming to Indiana.
Since Brian Bauer was fired in 2017, Lutheran has been led by several CEOs and interim CEOs, including Paula Autry, Tony Degina, Aaron Hazzard and Brady DuBois.
Lutheran Hospital is one of about 10 under the Lutheran Health Network umbrella. They include Lutheran Hospital at 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd., just east of Interstate 69, and Lutheran Downtown Hospital, which is about a block west of the old St. Joseph Hospital that it replaced.
Community Health Systems, a publicly traded company based in Franklin, Tennessee is the parent of Lutheran Health Network. | https://www.journalgazette.net/business/lutheran-ceo-to-leave-aug-4/article_f0a94bb2-2d86-11ee-8cec-c3ea4cfd6d37.html | 2023-07-28T23:59:15 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/business/lutheran-ceo-to-leave-aug-4/article_f0a94bb2-2d86-11ee-8cec-c3ea4cfd6d37.html |
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It was a hot night to be outside for Rockin’ the River. 28/22 News was at the popular event by the Susquehanna River as people enjoyed the music of the Badlees.
There’s a number of food and beverage trucks and the fun continues until 9:00 p.m.
Friday is the last night for the popular concert series, so if you get the chance to out and brave the heat, go check it out. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/last-night-to-rock-the-river-in-wilkes-barre/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:20 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/last-night-to-rock-the-river-in-wilkes-barre/ |
Comedian and actor Frankie Quiñones talks about the second season of the show This Fool, now streaming on Hulu.
Copyright 2023 NPR
Comedian and actor Frankie Quiñones talks about the second season of the show This Fool, now streaming on Hulu.
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Kotek signals likely bill veto that could stall plans for Salem streetcar
Plans to bring a rail streetcar back to Salem faced a setback Friday after Gov. Tina Kotek signaled her intention to veto a handful of budget items, including $250,000 to study the feasibility of developing a streetcar system.
In a statement, Kotek said she "does not believe this study is a top priority for the state at this time."
The funding was included in Senate Bill 5506, Section 74, and was directed to the Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Cherriots in order to collaborate with state agencies and other entities to study the feasibility of developing a streetcar system.
Kotek on Friday gave notice of the policy and budget items from the 2023 legislative session she planned to veto.
“My commitment to Oregonians is that I will dig into the details and ask hard questions to make sure our state government is delivering results,” Kotek said. “Over the last month, my team and I have been thoroughly reviewing every bill, agency budget, and appropriation. While I understand and support the intent behind several of the items I’m considering vetoing, I am weighing concerns about implementation and budget prioritization.”
She will announce final decisions on vetoes by Aug. 4.
Rep. Tom Andersen, D-Salem, and Sen. Deb Patterson, D-Salem, were the chief sponsors of House Bill 3224. The bill would have set the feasibility study of a rail streetcar into motion.
Andersen told the Statesman Journal the idea to bring back streetcars emerged from his time on Salem City Council.
A streetcar, which would be rails laid down on existing roads and sharing the street with vehicles, would remedy the traffic jams and increase access to both sides of the river, Andersen said.
People could commute from West Salem to downtown businesses, the Capitol or Salem Health.
"Salem's population is growing," he said. "We need more affordable and accessible options for getting around for all people that live in the city."
The proposal received support from Cherriots, Salem Health and Travel Salem. HB 3224 was still in committee upon adjournment, but funding for the study was included in SB 5506.
From 1889 to 1927, the Salem streetcar system shuttled people throughout Salem. A 5-mile trip from the state prison to Commercial and Hoyt streets in 1892 cost three cents.
Despite its popularity, changing ownership and troubles staying profitable led service of the streetcars to stop in 1927.
For questions, comments and news tips, email reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com, call 503-910-6616 or follow on Twitter at @wmwoodworth | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/07/28/tina-kotek-signals-likely-bill-veto-that-could-stall-salem-streetcar-plans/70489353007/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:21 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/07/28/tina-kotek-signals-likely-bill-veto-that-could-stall-salem-streetcar-plans/70489353007/ |
Two more men have been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting Tuesday morning.
Samuel Evans IV, 23, and Jesse Shears, 29, were arrested Thursday afternoon, according to a news release from the Fort Wayne Police Department. They were taken into custody in Gary and transported to Fort Wayne on murder charges.
The men are accused of involvement in the death of 40-year-old Dennis Starr who was found suffering from gunshot wound near the intersection of Lower Huntington Road and Kruge Drive. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Several agencies assisted in the arrest including the Lake County Sheriff's Office, United States Marshals, Indiana State Police, the Allen County Prosecutor's Office and Gary Police Department.
Shears and Evans were arrested without incident, according to the release. Their arrests follow the arrests of Samuel Evans III, 50, and Lexus Evans, 25, who were apprehended in a high-risk traffic stop Wednesday.
Samuel Evans III and Lexus Evans have also each been charged with a singular count of murder. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/2-more-suspects-arrested-in-fatal-tuesday-shooting-all-4-in-custody-at-allen-county/article_f6a709b8-2d5a-11ee-91a3-27a38d2ffaf8.html | 2023-07-28T23:59:21 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/2-more-suspects-arrested-in-fatal-tuesday-shooting-all-4-in-custody-at-allen-county/article_f6a709b8-2d5a-11ee-91a3-27a38d2ffaf8.html |
HOLLENBACK TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A crash in Luzerne County caused emergency crews to race to a rollover wreck Friday afternoon.
A pickup truck reportedly rolled over on West County Road in Hollenback Township.
There were reports several people may have been trapped inside the vehicle, but State Police on the scene did not make any official statement about the wreck.
So far there’s no word of any injuries and 28/22 news will have more information as it becomes available. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/pickup-truck-rolls-over-in-hollenback-township-crash/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:26 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/pickup-truck-rolls-over-in-hollenback-township-crash/ |
Trader Joe's has recalled its frozen falafel for potentially having rocks in it, after it recalled two of its cookie products for the same reason recently.
The company's supplier informed them of the concern, and Trader Joe's said in a statement Friday that "all potentially affected product has been removed from sale and destroyed."
Customers who purchased the product should discard it or return it to a Trader Joe's location for a full refund, the company said.
The falafel, which is fully cooked and frozen, has the SKU number 93935 and is sold in Washington, D.C., and 34 states.
Last Friday, Trader Joe's said rocks could also possibly be found in its Almond Windmill Cookies and Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies.
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A 25-year-old man might be required to testify against the mother of his children, whom he is accused of neglecting, leading to their 2-year-old daughter’s death.
Byron Hynes pleaded guilty Friday morning to neglect resulting in serious injury. Per a plea agreement, prosecutors will dismiss Hynes’ other charges of neglect resulting in death and four counts of neglect of a dependent by putting them in a situation that endangers them.
Hynes’ agreement calls for no more than nine years in prison. It also requires him to “provide all requested information and assistance in further investigation of this matter.”
The agreement outlines that Hynes may be required to testify against the mother of his four children, Madyson Conley, who has also been charged with neglect in the child’s death.
A urine smell was overwhelming before Fort Wayne Police Detective Roy Sutphin walked into Hynes and Conley’s apartment on May 1, 2022, the detective wrote in a probable cause affidavit. Once inside, he saw soiled floors, dirty dishes piled high and full garbage bags next to the children’s booster seats.
Upon further investigation of the home, Sutphin found unsecured firearms in a cabinet older children could reach, feces smeared on walls and a deceased 2-year-old on the floor as police processed the scene where the child spent her last moments. The next day, Allen County Coroner’s Office Dr. Scott Wagner found that the child had signs of pneumonia and ruled the cause of death as natural causes.
But, Wagner noted in his report, the natural death would have been preventable if the child was properly cared for, records show.
Sutphin found that Hynes and Conley had previously been accused of not providing adequate medical care to their children, records show. Department of Child Services reports highlighted allegations of improper medical care, specifically for the couple’s children who had cystic fibrosis.
A plan was put in place by the Department of Child Services during an investigation that began in 2021 and was completed in March 2022, records show. It required five things from the parents:
• Ensure the children were seen by a cystic fibrosis specialist and follow their recommendations;
• Ensure the children are provided enzymes, breathing treatments, medications and nutrition;
• Refrain from canceling medical appointments for the children;
• Maintain clean and stable housing with living essentials; and
• Obtain a high-frequency vest meant to treat cystic fibrosis and receive training in its use.
Conley told detectives she did not use the vest on the 2-year-old girl because the child did not like it. Conley is scheduled for a jury trial beginning Sept. 19.
Per Hynes’ plea agreement, he will not be sentenced until he has fully complied with the prosecutor’s request for assistance with Conley’s case. A judge could reject the plea agreement if Hynes doesn’t meet its conditions or if the agreement’s terms are not considered sufficient. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/25-year-old-man-pleads-guilty-to-neglecting-child-who-died-last-year/article_3f34ab14-2d73-11ee-929d-bbac33de09f4.html | 2023-07-28T23:59:27 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/25-year-old-man-pleads-guilty-to-neglecting-child-who-died-last-year/article_3f34ab14-2d73-11ee-929d-bbac33de09f4.html |
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — With the summer almost over back to school shopping is on the minds of many, and one organization in the area is helping kids prepare for the back-to-school season.
Earlier Friday, the United Way of Wyoming Valley held its Helping Kids Thrive Drive. Local companies and other nonprofits were showing their support all day through donations.
Back-to-school season is just around the corner. The United Way of the Wyoming Valley is giving kids a helping hand with filling their backpacks this year with its Helping Kids Thrive Drive.
“With one in every four kids growing up in poverty they may not have the items that they need,” said Bill Jones, president and CEO of the United Way of Wyoming Valley.
The Thrive Drive collected everything from crayons to toothbrushes for kids. The drive also collected personal care items and feminine hygiene products. All of these donations will benefit the United Way Nurse’s Pantry Program.
“The nurse’s pantry provides supplies hygiene items, school supplies, things like that, in 27 school buildings throughout eight school districts throughout the Wyoming Valley,” Jones explained.
26 different companies and organizations made donations to the drive.
“We are donating pencil boxes for our schools for the United Way to give out,” said Michaela Coolbaugh, a driver for Child Hunger Outreach Partners.
Coolbaugh says it’s nice to help out a fellow nonprofit’s cause.
“We all gotta stay together,” said Coolbaugh.
Other companies in the area also stopped by to make donations.
“We really take it personally because we are involved in all of our communities and we wanna see all of our communities do their best and thrive. We are fueling our future so this is a great way to take part in that,” said UGI community relations manager Ann Blaskiewicz.
Many individuals also made generous donations to the drive. United Way says they are still accepting supply donations even after the drive. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/united-way-held-helping-kids-thrive-drive-in-wilkes-barre/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:32 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/united-way-held-helping-kids-thrive-drive-in-wilkes-barre/ |
With more than 200 careers under her pink belt, Barbie has always been a hard worker. What can the types of professions Barbie's done tell us about women in the U.S. labor force? A lot, actually.
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A 40-year-old woman accused of shaking her infant stepdaughter pleaded guilty to aggravated battery Friday morning.
Denise Wallace was originally charged with battery to a person younger than 14 and neglect of a dependent after doctors found that the 9-month-old had injuries consistent with being shaken, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Fort Wayne Police Detective Roy Sutphin.
Wallace’s plea agreement calls for her to be incarcerated for seven years in exchange for pleading guilty to the aggravated charge. Prosecutors will dismiss her two felony charges.
When Allen Superior Court Magistrate Samuel Keirns asked what she did that made her guilty, Wallace said she “put her hands on” a child.
“I allegedly shook her,” Wallace said.
“This is the part where we’re no longer alleging things. Did you –” Keirns said before Wallace cut him off with an answer the magistrate found sufficient.
“Yeah, I shook her,” Wallace said. “I shook her.”
When the 9-month-old arrived at the hospital in March 2022, she had brain bleeds and bruised lungs, court records show. Dr. Tara Holloran, a Riley Children’s Health physician specializing in child abuse pediatrics, told Sutphin the injuries were “highly suspicious.”
Doctors found the child had an obvious motor impairment three months after the incident, documents show. Her developmental delays included not being able to hold things between her thumb and pointer finger, pull herself up to stand and roll or sit on her own.
Holloran told Sutphin the injuries were indicative of abusive head trauma, records show. The doctor said they were considered life-threatening.
Wallace’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 21. At that time, Allen Superior Court Judge David Zent may accept or reject the agreement. If Zent rejects the agreement, Wallace’s original plea of not guilty will stand. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/woman-40-admits-shaking-infant-stepdaughter-plea-agreement-calls-for-7-years/article_8fa71c36-2d54-11ee-8ef0-4b6f5585b647.html | 2023-07-28T23:59:34 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/woman-40-admits-shaking-infant-stepdaughter-plea-agreement-calls-for-7-years/article_8fa71c36-2d54-11ee-8ef0-4b6f5585b647.html |
BRISTOL, HARTFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – After a loss against Massapequa, NY 1-0 on Sunday, the North Pocono Little League Softball team has won three straight games to find itself in the championship game against the same New York team. They’re coming off a dominating 8-0 win over New Jersey yesterday.
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“I feel so mature, being in this room,” Ayanna Patterson said over the din of about 100 kids, most of them elementary schoolers, shooting hoops at the McMillen Park Community Center on Friday.
Patterson just completed her freshman year at UConn, but on this morning the Homestead grad, two-time Tiffany Gooden Award winner and 2022 Indiana Miss Basketball was the host of the inaugural EmPower Forward Basketball Skills Camp.
“It’s special for me, to be able to connect with this next generation, being in this room with all these 4-year-olds,” said Patterson, who explained that she felt like an adult in the room even though she hasn’t yet turned 20.
A special proclamation from the mayor might have contributed to that feeling.
Just ahead of lunchtime at Friday’s camp, Fort Wayne councilwoman Sharon Tucker read a mayoral proclamation from Tom Henry declaring Friday “Ayanna Patterson Empower Forward Weekend” in Fort Wayne in recognition for her on- and off-the-court accomplishments.
That notice was the cherry on top of an event that Patterson has been planning for months. She spent hours and hours of her childhood in the McMillen gym, where her father is the center’s manager and where she attended her first basketball camp.
Proceeds from the full-day event will go to the Autism Society of Indiana, which was presented with a $15,000 dollar check to support their services. After the basketball activities concluded at 3 p.m., there was also a family resource fair to highlight some of the services and opportunities available to people affected by autism in Fort Wayne.
Patterson said that she was inspired by her 11-year-old nephew, who was diagnosed with autism when he was very young.
“He is one-in-a-million, very smart,” Patterson said. “He learns a lot on his technology, and I love seeing his eyes light up when he’s on his iPad. He loves sorting colors.”
Patterson said that her nephew, like any other kid, wants to be able to do all the things his brother does. So in the future, she would like to host a low-sensory camp designated for kids with autism.
“I just want to see more things for kids with autism in our community,” Patterson said.
Mari Love, the senior director for events and engagement at the Autism Society of Indiana, said Patterson first reached out to the organization last year.
“Ayanna reached out to us and said, ‘I have this amazing idea, and I want you guys to be the beneficiaries of it, will you walk with me?’” Love said. “So we’ve been in this partnership for about a year now, and seeing this day happen has been amazing. We plan on being with her every year that she does this, and continue to increase these inclusive environments, especially in the world of sports.”
The money raised for the Autism Society of Indiana will help increase the sports opportunities for people with autism even before Patterson has a chance to host one herself.
“One of the major things that Ayanna wants to see happen is more inclusive sports camps and things like that, so that’s the first thing that we plan on doing, trying to find ways to include the autism community in different sports, not just basketball, but track, tennis and volleyball,” Love said. “Our plan next year is to have camps like that and increase the training and the resources for other camps to be more inclusive for the autism community.”
Although Patterson served as a leader for admiring boys and girls on Friday, she will soon return to UConn for her sophomore year, where she is still learning from her older teammates.
“The biggest change was being on the court with older people who have played college basketball for years. It was cool to be there and learn from Dorka (Juhász), Lou (Lopez Sénéchal) and all my other teammates who have played the game of basketball at a high level for many years,” Patterson said. “Being there is like being a sponge.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/ayanna-patterson-hosts-empower-forward-basketball-skills-camp/article_37257d94-2d7e-11ee-923b-2b1726369ac5.html | 2023-07-28T23:59:40 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/ayanna-patterson-hosts-empower-forward-basketball-skills-camp/article_37257d94-2d7e-11ee-923b-2b1726369ac5.html |
(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday made his first public remarks about his 4-year-old grandchild Navy, the daughter of his son Hunter Biden, after silence from the White House over the young girl amid legal disputes between her parents.
Biden said, in a statement exclusively provided to People, that his son and Lunden Roberts, the mother, are working to provide a life for her.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the president said. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
The New York Times earlier this month published a piece about the child, writing that she’s never met Hunter Biden or her grandfather. After that was published, the White House dealt with questions in the briefing room from reporters asking whether Biden accepted Hunter Biden’s daughter in Arkansas as his granddaughter.
Roberts, who is in Arkansas, filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in May 2019, and the younger Biden appeared in court this May. In June, he reached a settlement in his child support case after he was ordered to sit for a deposition under oath to answer questions about his finances.
An anonymous source told People that the president and first lady Jill Biden have been “giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out” and have been “following Hunter’s lead” throughout the legal proceedings involving the young girl.
Hunter Biden’s personal and legal troubles have been increasingly in the spotlight lately. He appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:44 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ |
DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Many across social media feel confused about Twitter rebranding its iconic bird logo to a simple “X” symbol. At his Albany, New York-area studio on Thursday, the artist behind the original logo talked about its creation and leaving the brand behind.
Phil Pascuzzo is hard at work in his quiet suburban home in Delmar, mainly designing the inviting covers that tempt you to pick up a good book. You’d never guess he’s the designer of the world-famous Twitter bird icon.
“It’s so interesting. Most people have no idea,” laughed Pascuzzo. “It’s kind of like how Milton Glaser created the ‘I love New York’ logo, but when you see the I ‘heart’ NY, it doesn’t feel like anybody did it. It’s just there.”
Pascuzzo has run Pepco Studio, his independent freelance design studio, for the last 20 years, but he said that his first graphic design job out of college was where he met Biz Stone, one of the three Twitter co-founders. “We were both junior designers, so we were lowest on the rank, but he would just after every subway ride have all these wild ideas and we would just talk about them,” Pascuzzo recollected with NEWS10’s Mikhaela Singleton. “I would do these little doodles on Post-it notes, and he just liked my drawings.”
He said that Stone approached him around 2005 looking for a unique bird-themed design. The iStock image by Simon Oxley that was used when Twitter first launched couldn’t be its official logo, as that would violate iStock’s terms of service.
“I started sketching different birds. We knew we were going with blue, which — it’s great for like, feeling optimistic, feels like the future, blue skies,” Pascuzzo explained. “[Stone] had a rough idea, but he really left it to me to get creative with. He’s got a great sense of humor so he had all these ideas for little things he wanted the bird to be doing.”
Pascuzzo said that first bird design took about 30 minutes and a chat between friends, landing him $500 for the work. “I was in an apartment in Arbor Hill at the time and thought, $500 will make rent so yeah let’s do it,” he said. “Twitter wasn’t some huge thing like it is now that everybody is on.”
For years, he continued creating many marketing items that helped Twitter take flight. Shifting the bird’s design to a silhouette, Pascuzzo then sold the design to the studio outright in 2010, when it took shape in the most recent version used from 2012 to 2023. He added that he did reapproach his friend and the company to renegotiate pay for the logo design when Twitter truly took off.
“When I realized the weight of what this icon had become, I went back with an intellectual property lawyer, and it was extremely cordial,” Pascuzzo said. “It didn’t give me anything close to Elon Musk money, but it was a down payment on a house.”
On the topic of Musk and the many changes since his takeover of the social media giant in October, Pascuzzo said the news to clip the bird’s wings for a simple “X” symbol came as a surprise. “I was like, ‘What?’ What is this white — because it’s just a Unicode symbol,” he said. “It’s not even a logo. Nobody even designed it.”
After 20 years in the business, he said that he’s learned not to get too attached to any creation, so he’s not sad to see the bird go. But he worries that Musk’s future for Twitter leaves behind much of what made the platform unique.
“He seems obsessed with the ‘X.’ I mean you look at his child with Grimes — X Æ A-Xii — he loves X. It’s everywhere. So in his world, it may make sense, but I think, in the Twitter world, it doesn’t really make much sense,” Pascuzzo concluded. “I feel he threw away a lot of brand equity. The name, the color, the language — it’s so ubiquitous. It’s part of our lexicon.” | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:50 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ |
(KTLA) – A labor union representing thousands of hotel housekeepers in Southern California is asking Taylor Swift to postpone her upcoming concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood until they are paid “a living wage.”
UNITE HERE Local 11 published an open letter to the pop star in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.
“We make beds, clean bathrooms, and take care of every guest need. Your shows make our hotels a lot of money,” the letter reads. “In Los Angeles, hotels are doubling and tripling what they charge because you are coming. They also add junk fees on rooms, just like Ticketmaster does. But we see none of it.”
Hotel workers have been staging labor actions in the Los Angeles area since the start of July as they negotiate for increased pay and benefits. They have also joined striking Hollywood writers and actors on the picket lines.
Experts predict Swift’s 52-night, 20-city tour will become the highest-grossing of all time. It is also having a notable economic impact on each city she visits with the surge of Swifties snatching up hotel rooms at jacked-up rates.
She is slated to perform six straight nights at SoFi Stadium beginning August 3.
Union leaders hope Swift will lend support to their cause.
“She has taken on corporate greed to make sure artists get fairly compensate and that those workers behind the scenes in her own music get the treatment they deserve,” Ada Briceno, co-president of UNITE HERE Local 11, said at a rally on Thursday outside of the Hyatt Regency at LAX.
There is no indication the pop star is considering postponing her Inglewood shows. KTLA’s request for comment on Thursday was not immediately returned. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-28T23:59:56 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
(WHTM) – The Pennsylvania state budget is now approaching a month late and there’s no end in sight to the stalemate.
There’s a lot of talk at the capital, some say lawmakers won’t be back until late September and the budget won’t be done until early October.
That would be a problem for some schools and social services that need the money.
The Senate’s top Republican told abc27 last week that she expects to bring her chamber back in August to sign the mostly agreed budget.
On Friday, abc27 spoke with Lehigh Valley House Democrat Mike Schlossberg and asked if the Senate does come back in August to pass budget-related code bills would the House come back to finish the job?
Even though they’re currently tied 101-101 with Republicans?
Schlossberg said, “Ultimately, it depends on what’s in the bill and if there’s a negotiated product. I do know the House and Senate that conversations have begun to try and craft a fiscal bill that’ll pass muster that passed the Senate passed the House and got to the governor’s desk and I think if there’s a product that achieves a bipartisan level of support we’ll come back as fast as humanly possible to get this done.”
Senate Republicans just released a statement saying negotiations with Governor Shapiro are moving forward, they understand the urgency and expect to complete the budget in August. The statement did add the quickest way forward is for Governor Shapiro to sign the budget as passed.
You can see the full interview with Representative Mike Schlossberg and abc27 analysts on This Week in Pennsylvania this Sunday, July 30, at 10 a.m. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/this-week-in-pennsylvania-house-democrat-mike-schlossberg/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:02 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/this-week-in-pennsylvania-house-democrat-mike-schlossberg/ |
(The Hill) – Carlos De Oliveira was indicted on three criminal charges alongside former President Trump and his longtime aide Walt Nauda in a superseding indictment Thursday, part of the classified document investigation at Trump’s Florida club.
De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s property manager, allegedly assisted Trump and Nauta in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal authorities.
He was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and lying to the FBI.
De Oliveira, 56, was hired as the Mar-a-Lago manager in January 2022, previously working there as a valet, according to the indictment.
Federal investigators claim De Oliveira helped Nauta move about 30 boxes of classified documents around Mar-a-Lago, and at one point told the club’s head of IT that “the boss” wants security camera footage deleted.
In October of last year, after federal investigators searched the club and found additional classified documents, De Oliveira allegedly drained one of the club’s pools causing flooding in the server room that contained the security camera footage. This happened not long after Trump told De Oliveira he would get him an attorney, the indictment says.
According to investigators, Nauta attempted to judge De Oliveira’s loyalty before that promise came, with De Oliveira telling him that nothing would get in the way of his relationship with Trump.
Trump now faces a total of 40 charges related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, with three of those added this week in the superseding indictment. Nauta faces eight charges.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the classified documents probe, is also investigating Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.
Smith met with Trump’s defense on Thursday and sent him a target letter earlier this month, raising speculation that he could be indicted again for that separate investigation soon. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:08 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ |
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A West Fork police officer has been arrested and faces a charge of negligent homicide after a man died following a tasing incident at a traffic stop on December 29.
Christopher David Cordeiro, 34, of Prairie Grove, was arrested Thursday for negligent homicide, a Class A misdemeanor. Cordeiro was booked at 5:12 p.m. and released from the Washington County jail at 5:38 p.m. on a $5,000 bond.
Officials with the Arkansas State Police said Friday that
According to an affidavit, Cordeiro was conducting a traffic stop on Dec. 29, 2022, for someone driving on a suspended license.
When Cordeiro opened the vehicle door and made contact with them, they were eating pasta out of a can. The victim explained that they were diabetic, that their blood sugar was low, and that they needed to finish their food.
Cordeiro reportedly told the victim multiple times to get out of the car, but they refused.
The affidavit says that Cordeiro then physically removed the victim, warning that he would use his Taser if they didn’t comply.
The victim then told the officer that they had a heart condition. The officer tased them when they didn’t put their hands behind their back, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit says the victim continued to not put their hands behind their back and was tased multiple times.
Cordeiro called for backup and the victim claimed that they couldn’t breathe.
The affidavit says that the last thing the suspect could be heard saying was that he was dying.
When backup arrived, the victim was face-down in a ditch. Their arms were restrained by Cordeiro, and his knee was on the victim’s upper back.
The victim was unresponsive and one of the backup officers checked for a pulse and found none.
The officers reportedly attempted lifesaving measures before paramedics arrived. He was pronounced dead.
An autopsy was performed and the medical examiner determined that a combination of heart disease and methamphetamine intoxication, along with physical exertion, struggle and restraint were all contributing factors to the victim’s death.
The medical examiner also stated that the victim had injuries consistent with the use of a Taser, which the examiner believes also played a role in the victim’s death.
A review of the Taser shows that it was deployed nine times; seven times for a total of five seconds each, one time for six seconds and one time for two seconds. | https://www.fox16.com/crime/west-fork-police-officer-arrested-for-negligent-homicide-after-tasing-incident/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:24 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/crime/west-fork-police-officer-arrested-for-negligent-homicide-after-tasing-incident/ |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved another over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray used to reverse opioid overdose on Friday.
RiVive, made by Harm Reduction Therapeutics, is the second nonprescription naloxone product the FDA has approved. But unlike other opioid overdose products, the 3 milligram treatment will be available for free or low cost, and its sales will bring no profit to its manufacturer.
"We are grateful that FDA granted RiVive approval so we can now achieve what most thought impossible and no other company has: broad delivery of a lower-cost nasal naloxone product without a prescription to save lives that could otherwise be lost to opioid overdose," said Dr. Michael Hufford, co-founder and chief executive officer of Harm Reduction Therapeutics, Inc.
Naloxone products are the standard treatment for rapidly reversing effects of an opioid overdose — a persistent public health issue in the U.S.
In 2020, nearly 75% of drug overdose deaths involved an opioid, according to CDC data. These types of overdose deaths have increased by more than eight times since 1999, and in the past decade, increases have been significantly linked to synthetic opioids mixed with illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
Because of these increased numbers and risks, the FDA has taken multiple steps to support harm reduction practices, like its work in advancing overdose reversal drugs.
In March, the FDA approved the first over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray, Narcan, and in May, it approved the first nalmefene hydrochloride nasal spray, Opvee. Nalmefene is an opioid receptor antagonist that possesses a longer duration of action than naloxone at the same dose, according to the National Institutes of Health. It requires a prescription, however, and is intended for use in health care and community settings.
The newly approved RiVive, according to Harm Reduction Therapeutics, will be available by early 2024, primarily to harm reduction organizations and state governments. But the nonprofit pharmaceutical company said it's looking for additional funding partners to make RiVive even more accessible.
The nonprofit said it's focused on supplying the cheaper option to communities who need it most, and to start, at least 200,000 doses — which is 10% of its projected first year of product production — will be available for free.
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Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” Biden said in a statement. It was his first acknowledgement of the child.
“This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter,” he said. “Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
Hunter Biden’s paternity was established by DNA testing after Roberts sued for child support, and the two parties recently resolved outstanding child support issues. The president’s son wrote about his encounter with Roberts in his 2021 memoir, saying it came while he was deep in addiction to alcohol and drugs, including crack cocaine.
“I had no recollection of our encounter,” he wrote. “That’s how little connection I had with anyone. I was a mess, but a mess I’ve taken responsibility for.”
An attorney for Roberts did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The president, who has made a commitment to family central to his public persona, has faced increasing criticism from political rivals and pundits for failing to acknowledge the granddaughter. According to a person familiar with the matter, he was taking the cue from his son while the legal proceedings played out. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private matters.
Hunter Biden has four other children, including a son, Beau, born by his wife Melissa Cohen in 2020. He was named after the president’s late son who died of cancer in 2015, leaving behind two children.
Biden’s grandchildren have played a distinctive role in his presidency, often accompanying the president or first lady on trips and making regular visits to the White House. The president has also credited his grandchildren with persuading him to challenge then-President Donald Trump for the White House in 2020.
Biden’s statement was first reported by People Magazine.
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JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Police are asking for help identifying several people who were seen driving up and down the ecologically sensitive Little Applegate River.
Oregon State Police said the vehicles were crawling through the river in four-wheel-drive vehicles, winching themselves up and around impassible locations.
The Little Applegate River is the last tributary before meeting the Applegate Dam and is an essential habitat for salmon.
According to OSP, possible charges include criminal mischief, placing offensive substances in waters, and committing unlawful damage with a Class II ATV.
OSP added a license plate caught on camera is not currently useful in the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call OSP’s TIP line at 1-800-452-7888.
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Former President Trump on Friday appealed a judge’s ruling that mandated his hush money criminal case be tried in state court in New York.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a President Clinton appointee, ruled last week that the 34-count indictment was not connected to Trump’s role as president, rejecting his request to move the case to federal court in favor of prosecutors’ objections.
Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles filed a notice of appeal Friday afternoon, the first step in taking the dispute to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Trump sought to remove the state case to federal court, arguing it must be transferred because it involves important federal questions, including whether he should face charges for alleged crimes that occurred while he was in office. Doing so would increase the potential jury pool, which is currently limited to the heavily-Democratic population of Manhattan.
“This case is unprecedented in our nation’s history,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in the nine-page filing when first seeking to remove the case in May. “Never before has a local elected prosecutor criminally prosecuted a defendant either for conduct that occurred entirely while the defendant was the sitting President of the United States or for conduct that related to federal campaign contribution laws.”
Hellerstein dismissed that argument when ruling on the case in July.
“The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the matter was a purely a personal item of the President — a cover-up of an embarrassing event. Hush money paid to an adult film star is not related to a President’s official acts. It does not reflect in any way the color of the President’s official duties,” he wrote.
Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over his alleged role in a hush money scheme ahead of the 2016 presidential election. He pleaded not guilty.
Hush money by itself is legal; Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) is prosecuting Trump over the manner in which he reimbursed his then-fixer, Michael Cohen, for making the $130,000 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Bragg is connecting the allegedly falsified records to purported violations of campaign finance laws.
When reached out to, Bragg’s office declined to comment.
A trial in the case is currently set for March 2024. Trump’s lawyers have a deadline late next month to file any motions in state court to dismiss the charges ahead of trial.
Earlier Friday, Bragg suggested during a radio interview on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show,” however, that the trial timeline could be delayed as a result of the other criminal investigations the former president faces.
“If our trial judge is reached out to by another judge, we will obviously consider everything in its totality,” Bragg said.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office charged Trump with three additional counts in the classified records federal case Thursday, and prosecutors have signaled an indictment could be close in their probe over the transfer of power following the 2020 election.
In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has signaled any charges against Trump would likely come in early August.
“In matters like this, judges will confer,” Bragg told WNYC.
“And I take a very broad lens on justice,” he continued. “We’ll obviously follow the directives of our court but won’t sit on ceremony in terms of what was charged first or things like that, if and when that’s presented.” | https://www.fox16.com/hill-politics/trump-appeals-decision-keeping-hush-money-case-in-state-court/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:26 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/hill-politics/trump-appeals-decision-keeping-hush-money-case-in-state-court/ |
Reflection on 20 Years of Resiliency: The Shift from Pillowtex to Community Revitalization
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, along with city government, workforce development agencies, business partners and others, helped the community shift from challenge to triumph
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (WBTV) - On July 30, 2003, the news spread that Pillowtex had shuttered operations at textile plants in the United States and Canada, leaving nearly 4,000 residents of Cabarrus and Rowan counties suddenly unemployed and well aware that the region would never be the same.
In the days that followed, as workers pondered their futures without the mill that was the hallmark of Kannapolis and the surrounding region, few could see prosperity on the horizon. But a determined regional partnership that still exists today was already looking forward, with Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, local government officials, and workforce development agencies collaborating to provide help and hope to those who had lost their jobs.
Although the closure of Pillowtex marked the largest one-day job loss in North Carolina history, the regional response to retrain and re-employ displaced workers became a model for other towns to address mass layoffs.
“The College is, and for sixty years has been, ready and able to respond to workforce development needs in our community,” said Dr. Carol S. Spalding, president of Rowan-Cabarrus. “From helping displaced employees determine their next steps to creating programs to train workers for the specific needs of companies new to our region, one of our top priorities is to meet people where they are and prepare them for successful employment.”
As Kannapolis formed around Cannon Mills beginning in the early 1900s, many of the town’s residents joined the mill prior to completing a high school diploma or went straight to work at the mill after graduating high school. Others went off to college and returned home to work in supervisory or leadership positions. People enjoyed a comfortable life in a thriving mill town, and even after several company sales – first to billionaire businessman David Murdock, then to Fieldcrest Mills, and finally to Pillowtex Corporation – no one wanted to consider a reality in which the mill would not exist as the town’s major employer. Even amid bankruptcy rumors and the looming possibility of layoffs in the months prior, the closure announcement stunned the entire region.
“People were in shock,” remembers Kannapolis Mayor Darrell Hinnant, who was new to the Kannapolis City Council at the time of the closure. “They had tears dripping off of their chins. Some were collapsing on the sidewalk. They had no clue what they were going to do.”
As community agencies set up sites to assist people with basic living needs, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College focused on helping displaced workers with employment services ranging from updating resumes and learning computer skills to going back to the classroom to earn their high school diplomas.
Rowan-Cabarrus team members worked at satellite offices in Kannapolis to serve thousands of people with varying needs, and the project became the catalyst for what is now the Rowan-Cabarrus R3 (Refocus, Retrain, Re-employ) Career Services Center, which still offers services tailored to the needs of job seekers. Today’s R3 team assists the public with job counseling, resumes, interviewing, career readiness certifications, computer fundamentals, and more.
“We meet people where they are, helping them build the skills they need and connecting them with employers,” Spalding said. “In the event that there is ever a company closing or a mass layoff, we are part of the response team, working closely with partners including the Centralina Workforce Development Board, NCWorks, local government officials, and others. We hope it never happens, but if it does, we are here to give people the hope they need in a time of uncertainty.”
As a reflection on the 20th anniversary of Pillowtex and to celebrate the award-winning progress that the Kannapolis area has experienced in the decades since with major companies now in the area such as Amazon and Gordon Food Service, Spalding recently sat down for a recorded conversation with Kannapolis Mayor Darrell Hinnant and Jeanie Moore, who was then Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s Vice President of Corporate and Continuing Education. Watch the full interview at www.rccc.edu/pillowtex-20th/.
“I can’t believe it’s been 20 years,” Moore said. “We thought it would be a fleeting project, but it became a defining mission for us. People changed their perspective of the community college.”
Then, as today, Rowan-Cabarrus was able to deliver a variety of options for education and job transition from short-term training for positions in healthcare, manufacturing and construction trades, to GED and English as a Second Language instruction. Programs such as welding technology and heating and refrigeration experienced large enrollment increases then and still enjoy popularity among students of all ages today.
“As we honor our history, I am proud that Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s involvement with the Pillowtex response made a positive impact on the health of both the community and the College,” Moore said. “It is gratifying to acknowledge our collective success and survival.”
The partnership between the community college and the city continued as the mill was demolished and the North Carolina Research Campus was built on its former site. As the city spearheaded revitalization efforts that culminated with the positioning of the Cannon Ballers minor league baseball stadium at the center of a vibrant downtown, Rowan-Cabarrus now has two buildings located at the research campus, where it offers high-tech advanced technology and healthcare career education along with a hub for international business training.
“One of the first questions I hear when recruiting businesses to come here is, ‘Do you have workers to fill the jobs?’” Hinnant said. “I say, ‘Yes, we have people ready to go to work, and if they need training, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College will train them.’ Without that answer, we would not have the success we have.”
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s effective work to retrain former Pillowtex workers earned the College a prestigious Outstanding Workforce Development Provider Award from the U.S. Department of Labor in 2005. The longstanding partnership has continued for decades and in 2019, the State Board of Community Colleges awarded the 2019 Distinguished Partner in Excellence Award to Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, the City of Kannapolis, and Castle & Cooke, Inc. in recognition of their unique collaboration in support of economic development.
“At Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, ‘community’ is our middle name, and we are committed to our role of providing forward-thinking leadership, workforce development, and educational opportunities for all,” Spalding said. “We learn from the past and look toward the future. Our mission, as it was 20 years ago, is to meet people where they are, regardless of their background or experience, and help them achieve their goals and create a better life.”
To watch the video conversation with Spalding, Hinnant and Moore, please visit https://www.rccc.edu/pillowtex-20th/.
For more information about Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, please visit www.rccc.edu or call 704-216-RCCC (7222).
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Emotions are expected to run high next week when Lori Vallow Daybell is sentenced for the deaths of two of her children and her fifth husband’s previous wife.
Lori faces up to life in prison when she is sentenced on July 31.
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Back in May, the so-called "Doomsday Cult Mom" was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 9-year-old JJ Vallow, and for conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell.
She was also found guilty of grand theft. The childrens' bodies were found buried on Chad Daybell's Fremont County, Idaho property in 2020. Prior to trial, Lori's case was severed from Chad's. Chad is expected to go on trial on April 1, 2024.
Last month, Fremont County District Judge Steven Boyce ruled that only immediate family members of the victims would be permitted to speak at the sentencing hearing.
Expected to speak
The following family members are expected to speak on behalf of the victims:
-Colby Ryan, who is Lori’s oldest son and Tylee and JJ’s older brother.
-Kay Woodcock, who is JJ’s grandmother and JJ’s designated representative.
-Summer Shiflet, who is Lori’s sister and Tylee’s designated representative.
-Samantha Gwilliam, who is Tammy’s sister.
Other loved ones expressed interest in speaking on behalf of the victims, but Judge Boyce decided not to allow it because they were not immediate family members.
Tammy’s aunt, Vicki Hoban, was granted special permission to speak because Tammy’s mother passed away in June, but Lori’s legal team argued that an aunt is not a victim in this context, under Idaho law, and therefore should not be permitted to speak.
A hearing on the matter is set for July 26.
Daybell may speak in court
Daybell will also have an opportunity to speak before Judge Boyce reads the sentence.
She faces 10 years to life in prison on each charge of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Daybell could also receive between 1 and 20 years in prison on a grand theft charge.
She will not be sentenced to death, as Judge Boyce took that option off the table back in March. While she awaits sentencing, Lori is being housed at the Madison County Jail. After sentencing, she’s expected to be transferred to the custody of the Idaho Department of Correction.
It is believed that she will then serve out her time at the Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center. Lori also faces separate charges in Arizona in connection to the death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow; as well as for allegedly conspiring to kill her ex-nephew-in-law, Brandon Boudreaux.
This story was originally published by Katie McLaughlin at Court TV, which will have live coverage of Lori Vallow Daybell's sentencing on July 31.
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(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday made his first public remarks about his 4-year-old grandchild Navy, the daughter of his son Hunter Biden, after silence from the White House over the young girl amid legal disputes between her parents.
Biden said, in a statement exclusively provided to People, that his son and Lunden Roberts, the mother, are working to provide a life for her.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the president said. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
The New York Times earlier this month published a piece about the child, writing that she’s never met Hunter Biden or her grandfather. After that was published, the White House dealt with questions in the briefing room from reporters asking whether Biden accepted Hunter Biden’s daughter in Arkansas as his granddaughter.
Roberts, who is in Arkansas, filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in May 2019, and the younger Biden appeared in court this May. In June, he reached a settlement in his child support case after he was ordered to sit for a deposition under oath to answer questions about his finances.
An anonymous source told People that the president and first lady Jill Biden have been “giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out” and have been “following Hunter’s lead” throughout the legal proceedings involving the young girl.
Hunter Biden’s personal and legal troubles have been increasingly in the spotlight lately. He appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:26 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ |
TAMPA, Fla. — In the early part of the 20 century, Belmont Heights in East Tampa was home to one the largest Black communities in the Tampa Bay area. Many African Americans raised in the area reminisce over their childhoods in that historic community, but now, the community is trying to retain its identity after hearing of a proposal to change the name of their neighborhood.
“This was a wonderful place to grow up,” said Fred Hearns, who was raised in Belmont Heights. Hearns told me about how life was back then for African Americans living in this community. “Historic Belmont Heights had many of those small areas where people lived, went to school together. We knew each other, we worked together, and I have nothing but great memories growing up in historic Belmont Heights,” said Hearns.
A graduate of Middleton High School, Fred scans a list of names on a wall remembering the scholars who attended the original school back then, many of whom were his friends in this community that served as a safe haven for African Americans during segregation.
Just down the street, Coach James Anderson was getting ready for little league practice. When he was a kid, back in the 80s, he was a utility player and pitcher for the Belmont Heights Little League team.
“It’s the only little league in America where we produce more professional athletics, baseball players in MLB than any other little league in the history of the world," Anderson said.
Though this neighborhood has a rich history, recently, people in the community became concerned after hearing about a proposed name change.
“This petition is for here, created for people to sign so that we can preserve the history of historic Belmont Heights and the boundaries and, so, we have the petition here for people to read and sign, and we are getting signatures on Saturday because, we, as a community want to keep our history. We want to keep our community intact,” said Norene Miller, a community member.
They held a community meeting Thursday evening to discuss how they can preserve the legacy of this neighborhood. They also planned their first annual neighborhood reunion.
“I’m excited about meeting and greeting the members I grew up with. I grew up in the 50s and we had plenty of fun,” said Cynthia O. Keeton, a community member.
The Director of Community Engagement at the City of Tampa told ABC Action News the proposal for a name change was made by a now-defunct neighborhood association. The city said there are no plans to change the name of Belmont Heights.
On another positive note, the controversy has brought the community together. The Belmont Heights reunion will take place at Cyrus Greene Park on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/residents-in-one-historically-black-community-in-tampa-say-theyre-trying-to-retain-their-communitys-identity | 2023-07-29T00:00:26 | 0 | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/residents-in-one-historically-black-community-in-tampa-say-theyre-trying-to-retain-their-communitys-identity |
Healthy snacking company That's it. aims to simplify back-to-school nutrition with curated shopping lists
LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The new school year is approaching, and with it, parents are preparing for the accompanying stress of the back-to-school season. Amongst the biggest stressors for parents of school-aged children? Managing after school activities (24%), followed by finding healthy snack options (23%) and packing lunches / food prep (20%)1.
With 43% of parents' top stressors coming in as nutrition-related, That's it. has partnered with childhood nutrition expert Rachel Rothman, MS, RD, CLEC to take the guesswork out of shopping for healthy back-to-school snacks by creating two curated snack shopping lists for Target and Walmart. (Seventy percent of parents indicated that they will do the majority of their back-to-school shopping at one of these two retail giants2.)
"The best part about these snacks is the variety of ingredients and nutrients," said Rothman. "They all contain key nutrients, and are made from whole foods, without the use of flavors or additives. These snacks are all shelf-stable and can be eaten as a quick, nutritious snack, or as part of a more diverse meal to keep your kids fed as the weather cools off and fall schedules heat back up."
Keep reading for Rothman's hand-selected healthy picks:
Target:
- That's it. Mango & Blueberry Mini Fruit Bars
- Whisps Cheese Crisps
- Chomps Snack Sticks
- Simple Mills Crackers
- Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame
Walmart:
- That's it. Apple + Strawberry Mini Fruit Bars
- Terra Sweet Potato Chips
- Kars Nuts Second Nature Wholesome Medley Trail Mix
- BOOMCHICKAPOP Sea Salt Popcorn
- Wild Planet Wild Albacore Tuna pouches
That's it. Mini Fruit Bars are made from two ingredients: Fruit + fruit. These shelf-stable Mini Fruit Bars contain no juices, purees, concentrates or added sugars, and are all-natural, gluten-free, non-GMO, and free from all top food allergens – making them the perfect back-to-school snack for the whole family.
About That's it.
That's it. makes delicious, convenient, plant-based super snacks from only the purest ingredients, and completely free from the top 12 allergens. Since 2012, it has been innovating the natural foods category in the United States with its portfolio of simple and nutritious snacks made from real, whole foods. All That's it. products transparently contain six real ingredients or less, and absolutely no natural or artificial flavors, sugar alcohols, or artificial colors. Its flagship Fruit Bars, now the #1 fruit bar in America, contain only two ingredients: fruit + fruit. You can find That's it. nationwide at your local Starbucks, at major retailers such as: Target, Whole Foods, Costco, Sam's Club, 7-Eleven, Walmart, VONS, CVS and Kroger, and online at Amazon and www.thatsitfruit.com. Learn more on Instagram and TikTok.
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1 About Suzy Survey:
The "Parents' Plates" study surveyed 1,000 parents of school-aged children in the U.S. in July 2023. Survey was conducted via real-time consumer insights platform Suzy.
2 About Suzy Survey:
The "Back-to-School" study surveyed 2,706 parents of school-aged children in the U.S. in June 2023. Survey was conducted via real-time consumer insights platform Suzy.
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DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Many across social media feel confused about Twitter rebranding its iconic bird logo to a simple “X” symbol. At his Albany, New York-area studio on Thursday, the artist behind the original logo talked about its creation and leaving the brand behind.
Phil Pascuzzo is hard at work in his quiet suburban home in Delmar, mainly designing the inviting covers that tempt you to pick up a good book. You’d never guess he’s the designer of the world-famous Twitter bird icon.
“It’s so interesting. Most people have no idea,” laughed Pascuzzo. “It’s kind of like how Milton Glaser created the ‘I love New York’ logo, but when you see the I ‘heart’ NY, it doesn’t feel like anybody did it. It’s just there.”
Pascuzzo has run Pepco Studio, his independent freelance design studio, for the last 20 years, but he said that his first graphic design job out of college was where he met Biz Stone, one of the three Twitter co-founders. “We were both junior designers, so we were lowest on the rank, but he would just after every subway ride have all these wild ideas and we would just talk about them,” Pascuzzo recollected with NEWS10’s Mikhaela Singleton. “I would do these little doodles on Post-it notes, and he just liked my drawings.”
He said that Stone approached him around 2005 looking for a unique bird-themed design. The iStock image by Simon Oxley that was used when Twitter first launched couldn’t be its official logo, as that would violate iStock’s terms of service.
“I started sketching different birds. We knew we were going with blue, which — it’s great for like, feeling optimistic, feels like the future, blue skies,” Pascuzzo explained. “[Stone] had a rough idea, but he really left it to me to get creative with. He’s got a great sense of humor so he had all these ideas for little things he wanted the bird to be doing.”
Pascuzzo said that first bird design took about 30 minutes and a chat between friends, landing him $500 for the work. “I was in an apartment in Arbor Hill at the time and thought, $500 will make rent so yeah let’s do it,” he said. “Twitter wasn’t some huge thing like it is now that everybody is on.”
For years, he continued creating many marketing items that helped Twitter take flight. Shifting the bird’s design to a silhouette, Pascuzzo then sold the design to the studio outright in 2010, when it took shape in the most recent version used from 2012 to 2023. He added that he did reapproach his friend and the company to renegotiate pay for the logo design when Twitter truly took off.
“When I realized the weight of what this icon had become, I went back with an intellectual property lawyer, and it was extremely cordial,” Pascuzzo said. “It didn’t give me anything close to Elon Musk money, but it was a down payment on a house.”
On the topic of Musk and the many changes since his takeover of the social media giant in October, Pascuzzo said the news to clip the bird’s wings for a simple “X” symbol came as a surprise. “I was like, ‘What?’ What is this white — because it’s just a Unicode symbol,” he said. “It’s not even a logo. Nobody even designed it.”
After 20 years in the business, he said that he’s learned not to get too attached to any creation, so he’s not sad to see the bird go. But he worries that Musk’s future for Twitter leaves behind much of what made the platform unique.
“He seems obsessed with the ‘X.’ I mean you look at his child with Grimes — X Æ A-Xii — he loves X. It’s everywhere. So in his world, it may make sense, but I think, in the Twitter world, it doesn’t really make much sense,” Pascuzzo concluded. “I feel he threw away a lot of brand equity. The name, the color, the language — it’s so ubiquitous. It’s part of our lexicon.” | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:28 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ |
(KTLA) – A labor union representing thousands of hotel housekeepers in Southern California is asking Taylor Swift to postpone her upcoming concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood until they are paid “a living wage.”
UNITE HERE Local 11 published an open letter to the pop star in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.
“We make beds, clean bathrooms, and take care of every guest need. Your shows make our hotels a lot of money,” the letter reads. “In Los Angeles, hotels are doubling and tripling what they charge because you are coming. They also add junk fees on rooms, just like Ticketmaster does. But we see none of it.”
Hotel workers have been staging labor actions in the Los Angeles area since the start of July as they negotiate for increased pay and benefits. They have also joined striking Hollywood writers and actors on the picket lines.
Experts predict Swift’s 52-night, 20-city tour will become the highest-grossing of all time. It is also having a notable economic impact on each city she visits with the surge of Swifties snatching up hotel rooms at jacked-up rates.
She is slated to perform six straight nights at SoFi Stadium beginning August 3.
Union leaders hope Swift will lend support to their cause.
“She has taken on corporate greed to make sure artists get fairly compensate and that those workers behind the scenes in her own music get the treatment they deserve,” Ada Briceno, co-president of UNITE HERE Local 11, said at a rally on Thursday outside of the Hyatt Regency at LAX.
There is no indication the pop star is considering postponing her Inglewood shows. KTLA’s request for comment on Thursday was not immediately returned. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:29 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Police are working to identify three people they believe were involved in an armed robbery at a jewelry store Friday afternoon.
Police said around 1 p.m., a gray Nissan Altima with a paper tag was seen driving around the parking lot outside Liberty Jewelers. A woman entered the store around 1:21 p.m. and walked around the store for a few minutes before leaving.
According to TPD, the woman came back and held the door open for two men who entered the store. The first man entered wearing a black hoodie and was armed with a hammer. He approached the display case and smashed the glass before grabbing multiple items.
The second man, armed and wearing a yellow jacket, stood in the doorway and pointed the gun into the store.
Police said as the second suspect armed suspect pointed the gun toward employees and customers, an employee fired a gun at the suspects. Authorities said the suspects fled, and the bullet struck an uninvolved, unoccupied vehicle in the parking lot.
Officials said no one was injured in the robbery.
Detectives are asking for help identifying the people in the video below.
Anyone with any information on this event is asked to call Tampa Police at 813-231-6130. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/watch-police-search-for-jewelry-store-armed-robbery-suspects | 2023-07-29T00:00:30 | 1 | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/watch-police-search-for-jewelry-store-armed-robbery-suspects |
Provides military services, DOD agencies with access to zero-trust technology
FORT MEADE, Md., July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded a follow-on production other transaction authority (OTA) agreement for Thunderdome, DISA's zero trust network access and application security architecture.
Thunderdome will harden the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) networks and help warfighters defend against adversarial activity by employing network and resource access tools along with segmentation technologies. DISA's Thunderdome capabilities work in concert with identity and endpoint cybersecurity capabilities, and align to the president's Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity and the DoD's Zero Trust Strategy.
"Awarding this Thunderdome production agreement is an important step on our zero-trust journey and furthers DISA's mission to provide warfighters with a more secure operating environment," said Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, DISA director and Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network Commander. "While DISA leverages these capabilities on our cyber terrain, this full-scale production agreement can be used to assist the military services and other DoD components in implementing key zero-trust activities."
This follow-on agreement to Booz Allen Hamilton is to broadly implement and operate Thunderdome's zero trust network access and application security architecture and comes after successful completion of an 18-month prototype. The period of performance for this follow-on OTA is for a one-year base period, with four one-year option periods for a total agreement lifecycle of five years (August 2023 through August 2028).
"The experience gained in partnership with industry as we implemented the prototype solution over the last 18 months has been invaluable, and we believe this award positions the department to meet critical zero trust adoption timelines in support of our warfighters" said Christopher Barnhurst, DISA deputy director. "We look forward to accelerating implementation activities and partnering across the department to expand access to the zero-trust capabilities Thunderdome provides."
For more information and pricing details, please contact DISA's Mission Partner Engagement Office.
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The U.S. Labor Department has released new data showing that wage and salary increases for workers in the United States have slowed in recent months.
A report from the DOL on Fridayshowed that wage and salary growth slowed during the quarter from April to June. This is an indication that employers were feeling less pressure to increase pay for workers.
SEE MORE: US economy grew in 2nd quarter even as interest rates rose
As the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates to try to curb inflation, the central bank said it has also been looking at the employment cost index, which is a gauge of pay.
This spring both pay and benefits rose about 1% in the second quarter, according to government data. That was down from about 1.2%, the rate of growth for the first three months of this year.
Policymakers have actually said they worry that rapidly rising wages could have a negative impact on their work to reduce inflation.
The hope from economists is that in trying to cool the economy down, gains in salaries and wages — along with price hikes — will slow, but not cause a jump in the unemployment rate.
The Labor Department said compensation cost increases for the 12-month window that ended in June of this year was at around 4.1% for construction and natural resources, along with maintenance jobs.
That same figure went up by about 5.3% for service jobs.
Lester Jones of the National Beer Wholesalers Association told the New York Times, "Labor's still a problem, the labor market's still tight out there, but firms are starting to figure out how to make do with what they have."
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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla., July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Icahn Enterprises L.P. (Nasdaq:IEP) announced today that it will discuss its second quarter 2023 results on a webcast on Friday, August 4, 2023 - 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the webcast, viewers should go to this link (webcast). We encourage viewers to access the webcast 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. A replay of the webcast will also be available for at least twelve months at Icahn events and presentations.
Icahn Enterprises L.P., a master limited partnership, is a diversified holding company engaged in seven primary business segments: Investment, Energy, Automotive, Food Packaging, Real Estate, Home Fashion and Pharma.
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NEW TRENTON, Ind. (WISH) — Two stranded kayakers were rescued from an island on the Whitewater River on Friday, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
At 5 a.m., first responders were sent to an island on the river near the unincorporated community of New Trenton in Franklin County.
Upon their arrival, they rescued 47-year-old Andrew Wissing and 39-year-old Katy Noonan of Sardinia, Ohio.
According to an initial investigation, the two had been kayaking on Thursday when they stopped for the night on the island.
Storms hit the area causing water levels to rise and wash their kayaks away.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing. | https://wibc.com/155637/indiana-dnr-rescues-2-people-stranded-on-the-whitewater-river/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:42 | 0 | https://wibc.com/155637/indiana-dnr-rescues-2-people-stranded-on-the-whitewater-river/ |
(The Hill) – Carlos De Oliveira was indicted on three criminal charges alongside former President Trump and his longtime aide Walt Nauda in a superseding indictment Thursday, part of the classified document investigation at Trump’s Florida club.
De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s property manager, allegedly assisted Trump and Nauta in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal authorities.
He was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and lying to the FBI.
De Oliveira, 56, was hired as the Mar-a-Lago manager in January 2022, previously working there as a valet, according to the indictment.
Federal investigators claim De Oliveira helped Nauta move about 30 boxes of classified documents around Mar-a-Lago, and at one point told the club’s head of IT that “the boss” wants security camera footage deleted.
In October of last year, after federal investigators searched the club and found additional classified documents, De Oliveira allegedly drained one of the club’s pools causing flooding in the server room that contained the security camera footage. This happened not long after Trump told De Oliveira he would get him an attorney, the indictment says.
According to investigators, Nauta attempted to judge De Oliveira’s loyalty before that promise came, with De Oliveira telling him that nothing would get in the way of his relationship with Trump.
Trump now faces a total of 40 charges related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, with three of those added this week in the superseding indictment. Nauta faces eight charges.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the classified documents probe, is also investigating Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.
Smith met with Trump’s defense on Thursday and sent him a target letter earlier this month, raising speculation that he could be indicted again for that separate investigation soon. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:45 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ |
LIMERICK, Ireland, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NAC Aviation 29 Designated Activity Company (the "Company") today announced amendments to (i) its previously announced offer to purchase an amount up to the Tender Cap (as defined below) of its 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due June 30, 2026 (the "Notes") at a purchase price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for cash (the "Notes Offer") as set forth in the Company's amended Offer to Purchase and dated July 28, 2023 (as amended hereby, the "Amended Offer to Purchase") and (ii) the concurrent purchase by way of assignment from lenders (the "TLB Lenders"), of loans (the "TLB Loans") under its term loan B credit agreement dated as of June 1, 2022 between, among others, the Company as a borrower, the financial institutions named therein as original lenders and Wilmington Trust (London) Limited as agent for the lenders (as amended from time to time, the "Term Loan B Credit Agreement" and, together with the Notes, the "NAC 29 Debt"), on substantially the same economic terms as the Notes Offer (the "TLB Offer" and, together with the Notes Offer, the "Debt Purchase Transactions"). The maximum aggregate amount (at face value) of NAC 29 Debt to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the Debt Purchase Transactions is $80,000,000 (the "Tender Cap").
The Company is hereby amending the Amended Offer to Purchase to (1) amend the Early Tender Premium component of the Total Consideration (both as defined in the Amended Offer to Purchase) from $30.00 to $10.00 per $1,000 principal amount for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase by the Company, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the settlement date; (2) extend the Early Tender Time and the Withdrawal Deadline (both as defined in the Amended Offer to Purchase) from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 7, 2023 to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 10, 2023; and (3) a clarificatory change to the table on the second page of the Amended Offer to Purchase. These amendments apply to both the Notes Offer and the TLB Offer.
The change in the Early Tender Premium has been made to ensure compliance with the requirements as set out in Clause 4.3 of side letter no. 2 to the intercreditor agreement that was entered into by, among others, the Company on 18 July 2023.
No further action is required to be taken by holders who have already validly tendered and not validly withdrawn their NAC 29 Debt in order to receive the Total Consideration, including the amended Early Tender Premium. Except as described herein, other terms of the previously announced Debt Purchase Transactions remain unchanged.
The complete terms and conditions of the Notes Offer are described in the Amended Offer to Purchase, dated July 28, 2023, a copy of which may be obtained from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the tender agent and information agent (the "Tender and Information Agent") for the Notes Offer, by telephone at +1 (855) 654-2014 (U.S. toll free) and +1 (212) 430-3774 (collect), in writing at 65 Broadway – Suite 404, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Actions.
The complete terms of the TLB Offer are described in the Amended Auction Notice dated July 28, 2023, a copy of which may be obtained from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as purchase agent (the "Purchase Agent") for the TLB Offer by telephone at +1 (855) 287-1922 (toll-free) or +1 (212) 250-7527 (collect), or in writing at One Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Liability Management Group.
The Company has engaged Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. to act as the dealer manager (the "Dealer Manager") in connection with the Notes Offer and as Purchase Agent in connection with the TLB Offer. Questions regarding the terms of the Debt Purchase Transactions may be directed to the Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. by telephone at +1 (855) 287-1922 (toll-free) and +1 (212) 250-7527 (collect).
Cautionary Statement
None of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Purchase Agent, the Tender and Information Agent or the trustee for the Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, is making any recommendation as to whether holders and/or lenders should or should not tender any NAC 29 Debt in response to the Debt Purchase Transactions or expressing any opinion as to whether the terms of the Debt Purchase Transactions are fair to any holder or lender. Holders and/or lenders must make their own decision as to whether to tender any of their NAC 29 Debt and, if so, the principal amount of NAC 29 Debt to tender and the bid price at which to tender. Holders of Notes should refer to the Amended Offer to Purchase for a description of the offer terms, conditions, disclaimers and other information applicable to the Notes Offer, and TLB Lenders should refer to the TLB Auction Notice for a description of the offer terms, conditions, disclaimers and other information applicable to the TLB Offer.
This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The Notes Offer is being made solely by means of the Amended Offer to Purchase. The Debt Purchase Transactions are not being made to holders of securities in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require any Debt Purchase Transactions to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Debt Purchase Transactions will be deemed to be made on behalf of the Company by the Dealer Manager or Purchase Agent (as applicable) or one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
About Nordic Aviation Capital
NAC is a global leader in regional aircraft leasing and is expanding into larger narrowbody aircraft leveraging its world-class asset management platform. The firm is based in Ireland and currently has offices also in Singapore, Denmark, Toronto and Beijing.
Forward Looking Information Disclaimer
Some of the statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include statements regarding the Company's intent and belief or current expectations and may be identified by the use of words like "anticipate", "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "will," "should," "seek," the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, without limitation, the Company's ability to consummate the Debt Purchase Transactions, as well as matters beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, results or events.
Contacts:
Nordic Aviation Capital:
Media contact: marketing@nac.dk
Global Bondholder Services Corporation:
65 Broadway – Suite 404
New York, NY 10006
United States
Attn: Corporate Actions
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 430-3774
Toll free +1 (855) 654-2014
Email: contact@gbsc-usa.com
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NEW YORK, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Official Committee of Talc Claimants (the "Committee"), which has been tirelessly pursuing justice for its constituency of talc victims' injury by Johnson & Johnson's ("J&J's") talc products, is pleased with the court's decision to dismiss the second bankruptcy attempt. We believe the decision of the Honorable Chief Judge Kaplan was thoughtful, well-reasoned, and well-supported by the facts and law. This outcome now frees tens of thousands of victims to seek their justice through the tort system either before juries of their peers or by settlement on terms acceptable to them. The Committee has consistently contended the tort system is the rightful place for these claims to be resolved. Today's ruling validates the Committee's belief that J&J manipulated the bankruptcy system by using the "Texas Two-Step" legal maneuver and wrongfully sought to manufacture financial distress in its "Legacy Talc Liabilities" (LTL) Management subsidiary, solely to carry out a bad faith bankruptcy case. The company will now face the full weight of its conduct in the appropriate judicial forums.
"This ruling sends a clear message: multibillion-dollar, wholly solvent companies like J&J should not be allowed to use and in fact abuse bankruptcy laws to avoid accountability," said Brown Rudnick's David Molton, one of the co-counsels representing the Committee. "We are reassured by the Bankruptcy Court's reaffirmation that it will not allow solvent corporations to abuse the system and impose coercive, low-value and cram-down solutions on nonconsenting claimants. Justice should and now will triumph over corporate greed and legal chicanery."
"The claimants have waited long enough. Untold numbers of cancer victims have died while Johnson & Johnson attempted to manipulate the bankruptcy system to limit its liabilities," added Molton. "Now victims and their families can seek justice through the tort system – by presenting their case before a jury of their peers in courts of their own choosing."
The TCC filed its motion to dismiss on April 24, 2023, alongside several other movants, including the Office of the United States Trustee, numerous State Attorneys General, and other plaintiff groups, who shared a vision for this outcome. Chief Judge Kaplan's Opinion can be viewed on the case docket, available at: https://document.epiq11.com/document/getdocumentbycode?docId=4202926&projectCode=LCN&source=DM
About The Official Committee of Talc Claimants
The Official Committee of Talc Claimants (TCC), appointed by the Office of the United States Trustee (UST), an arm of the US Department of Justice, represents and acts as a fiduciary for all mesothelioma and ovarian cancer victims, as well as all subrogation claimants who have claims based on or derivative to the victims' talcum powder claims. For more information about the TCC, please view our website at https://www.ltltalccommittee.org/
The TCC is advised by counsel, an investment banker, a financial advisor, and claims estimation experts well-versed in mass tort, asbestos, talc, bankruptcy, and victim advocacy. These entities include Genova Burns L.L.C., Brown Rudnick L.L.P., Otterbourg PC, Massey & Gail L.L.P., Miller Thomson L.L.P., MoloLamken L.L.P., Compass Lexecon, FTI Consulting, and Houlihan Lokey.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Legacy admissions, in which universities give students related to alumni preference, could be on the chopping block after the U.S. Department of Education agreed to investigate the practice at Harvard University.
The Lawyers for Civil Rights advocacy group filed the complaint that prompted the investigation.
“It’s harmful to applicants of color,” Michael Kippins of the organization said of legacy admissions. “Donor and legacy preference overwhelmingly favor white applicants and many of them are not as qualified as applicants of color.”
Lawyers for Civil Rights’ complaint alleges applicants related to wealthy Harvard donors are seven times more likely to be admitted.
“This complaint targets Harvard specifically; however, the Department of Education has very broad power to ensure … programs and organizations that receive federal funding not discriminate,” Kippins said.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said the practice is among many being examined to ensure equal access to higher education.
“Historically, universities have separated the haves and have-nots,” Cardona said. “We have to do better.”
Harvard said that following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision limiting affirmative action, it is working to ensure all its policies fall in line with the law.
U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., and the Congressional Black Caucus are pushing a bill that would end all legacy admissions.
“Now without affirmative action, these discriminatory actions cannot be tolerated,” Scott said.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., agreed legacy admissions don’t make sense, calling it a “silly policy.” But he said Congress should be focused on the biggest obstacle for all applicants: the high cost of tuition. | https://www.fox16.com/washington/washington-dc/dept-of-education-looks-into-legacy-admissions/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:51 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/washington/washington-dc/dept-of-education-looks-into-legacy-admissions/ |
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented collaborative endeavor, Slovenia's Ministry of Environment, Climate and Energy, in partnership with Global Footprint Network, announces a critical date for the planet: this year's Earth Overshoot Day lands on August 2nd.
The date, calculated by Global Footprint Network each year using National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts, marks when humanity's demand for biological resources exceeds the Earth's capacity to regenerate them within that year. To spotlight this issue, the Ministry and Global Footprint Network are organizing a high-level event on August 1st, held in Ljubljana and online, to discuss the implications of overshoot. The high-level event enjoys support from key figures including President of the Republic of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 and IUCN President Razan Al Mubarak, and Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel at UNEP Dr. Janez Potočnik.
"Slovenia, as the first EU country, joins the ranks of countries such as Ecuador, Japan, the Philippines, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates, leveraging Ecological Footprint data and officially endorsing the metric as a useful tool to steer environmental policy," affirms Bojan Kumer, Slovenia's Minister of the Environment, Climate and Energy. He further elucidates that efforts to reduce Slovenia's Ecological Footprint by 20% by 2030 will spur greater opportunities for the country amid a future marked by climate change and resource constraints.
Razan Al Mubarak notes the Ecological Footprint's utility, "With this metric in hand, any country, region, city, or company can assess its current standing and determine how it can contribute to postponing this date (Earth Overshoot Day)." It provides valuable insights for forward-thinking strategies that address resource security and enable the transition towards a sustainable economy.
Earth Overshoot Day coincides with the European Parliament's recent vote on the Nature Restoration Law. The persistence of overshoot has led to land and soil degradation, fish stock depletion, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas accumulation. These symptoms are becoming more prominent every day across the planet, with unusual heat waves, wildfires, droughts, and floods, exacerbating the competition for food and energy.
"The biggest risk, apart from ecological overshoot itself, lies in complacency towards this crisis. Entities that act now are not just safeguarding the environment but future-proofing their economy and the wellbeing of their residents," underlines Steven Tebbe, CEO of Global Footprint Network.
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TONIGHT: Skies will remain clear overnight as temperatures fall into the mid to upper 70s.
TOMORROW: Saturday will be another hot, humid, and mostly dry day. A Heat Advisory is in effect for much of the state on Saturday. Temperatures will warm into the upper 90s with heat index values in the triple digits. One or two pop-up showers cannot be ruled out, however, the chance for rain is only about a 10% chance.
EXTENDED: A slightly better chance for pop up showers and storms will arrive on Sunday, around 20% chance as heat and humidity continue. The heat wave looks to continue into next week with a few end rain chances. | https://www.fox16.com/weather/weather-forecasts/arkansas-storm-team-forecast-hot-and-humid-weekend-ahead/ | 2023-07-29T00:00:58 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/weather/weather-forecasts/arkansas-storm-team-forecast-hot-and-humid-weekend-ahead/ |
Comedian and actor Frankie Quiñones talks about the second season of the show This Fool, now streaming on Hulu.
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Comedian and actor Frankie Quiñones talks about the second season of the show This Fool, now streaming on Hulu.
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With more than 200 careers under her pink belt, Barbie has always been a hard worker. What can the types of professions Barbie's done tell us about women in the U.S. labor force? A lot, actually.
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With more than 200 careers under her pink belt, Barbie has always been a hard worker. What can the types of professions Barbie's done tell us about women in the U.S. labor force? A lot, actually.
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Attacks against postal carriers are up, and so are mail thefts. The U.S. Postal Service has a new safety plan, but is it strong enough? This is occurring as the USPS tries to recruit more workers.
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Attacks against postal carriers are up, and so are mail thefts. The U.S. Postal Service has a new safety plan, but is it strong enough? This is occurring as the USPS tries to recruit more workers.
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Inflation battle: Federal Reserve hikes interest rate for 11th time
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The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17 months as part of its ongoing drive to curb inflation. But it provided little guidance about when – or whether – it might hike rates again.
Wednesday’s move raised the Fed’s benchmark short-term rate from roughly 5.1% to 5.3% – its highest level since 2001. Coming on top of its previous hikes, the Fed’s latest action could lead to further increases in the costs of mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, and business borrowing.
Speaking at a news conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell was noncommittal about any expectations for future rate hikes. Since it began raising rates in March 2022, the Fed has often telegraphed its upcoming action. This time, though, Mr. Powell said the Fed’s policymakers may or may not raise rates again at their next meeting in September.
“It is certainly possible that we will raise rates again at the September meeting,” he said. “And I would also say it’s possible that we would choose to hold steady at that meeting.”
Mr. Powell sent a mixed message about whether he thinks the Fed will eventually need to further raise rates or instead just keep the current level of rates in place for a prolonged period.
“It was about as clear as mud, and I think that was the point,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at accounting giant KPMG. “They don’t want to declare victory too soon. They know inflation moves in fits and starts.”
Mr. Powell acknowledged that the economy has proved surprisingly resilient despite the Fed’s rapid rate hikes, with growth continuing and companies still adding jobs. He also revealed that the Fed’s staff economists no longer foresee a recession. In April, the minutes of the central bank’s March meeting had said that staff economists envisioned a “mild” recession later this year.
And he said he still thinks that a “soft landing” – in which inflation would fall back to the Fed’s 2% target, without causing a deep recession – is still possible.
“My base case is that we will be able to achieve inflation moving back down to our target without the kind of really significant downturn that results in high levels of job losses,” the Fed chair said. “We do have a shot at a soft landing.”
Though inflation has reached its slowest pace in two years, Wednesday’s hike reflects the concern of Fed officials that the economy is still growing too fast for inflation to fall back to its 2% target. With consumer confidence hitting its highest level in two years, Americans keep spending – crowding airplanes, traveling overseas, and flocking to concerts and movie theaters. Most crucially, businesses keep hiring.
Year-over-year inflation in June was 3%, according to the government, down sharply from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022. Yet a “core” inflation measure that is preferred by the Fed, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, was still up 4.6% in May from a year earlier.
Mr. Powell said he welcomed, in particular, a milder-than-expected report on inflation for June. But he said additional such data would be needed to show that inflation is declining in a sustained way.
“We’re going to be careful about taking too much signal from a single reading,” he said.
The key question swirling around the Fed is whether Wednesday’s increase will or won’t be its last. Mr. Powell made clear that the fight against inflation isn’t over. The Fed’s rate hikes, he said, have “not been restrictive enough for long enough” to exert their full effect.
“We want core inflation to be coming down,” Mr. Powell said. “Core inflation is still pretty elevated. And so we think we need to stay on task.”
He stressed that the Fed’s policymakers will assess a range of incoming economic data in determining what action, if any, to take at their next meeting. When the officials last met in June, they signaled that they expected to raise rates twice more. By the time they meet again on Sept. 19-20, Mr. Powell noted, they will have much more data in hand: two more inflation reports, two reports on hiring and unemployment, and updated figures on consumer spending and wages.
Some economists think the Fed might decide to forgo a rate increase in September before weighing a possible hike at its meeting in November.
In recent weeks, several Fed officials have said they worry that the still-brisk pace of job growth will lead workers to demand higher pay to make up for two years of inflationary prices. Sharp wage gains can perpetuate inflation if companies respond by raising prices for their customers.
At the same time, the steady easing of inflation pressures has lifted hopes that the Fed can bring down inflation without a recession.
Durable consumer spending has been a key driver of growth. Many Americans still have savings stemming from the pandemic, when the government distributed stimulus checks and people saved by spending less on travel, restaurants, and entertainment.
And hiring has remained healthy, with employers having added 209,000 jobs in June and the jobless rate reaching an ultra-low 3.6%. That’s about where it was when the Fed began raising rates in March 2022 – a sign of economic resilience that almost no one had foreseen.
Some Fed officials, including Christopher Waller, an outspoken member of its Board of Governors, and Lorie Logan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, have said they think the cumulative effects of the previous rate hikes have already been baked into the economy. With inflation still above the Fed’s target, they think additional hikes may be needed to further slow price pressures.
Some analysts caution that the drop in year-over-year inflation from roughly 9% to 3% was the relatively easy part. Getting it down to the Fed’s 2% target will be harder and take longer.
Other experts say they think the recent mild inflation readings can be sustained. Rental cost increases, which have already fallen, should drop further as more apartment buildings are completed.
Though the Fed began tightening credit before central banks in many other developed countries did, most others are now following suit. The European Central Bank is expected to announce its own quarter-point rate hike on Thursday. Though inflation has declined in the 20 countries that use the euro, it remains higher there than in the United States.
The Bank of Japan is expected to keep its policies unchanged when it meets next week even though prices there are creeping higher after roughly two decades of declining prices. The Bank of England has been among the most aggressive in Europe, having raised its key rate last month by a half-point to a 15-year high of 5%. Year-over-year inflation in the U.K. reached a painful 8.7% in May.
This story was reported by The Associated Press. | https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2023/0727/Inflation-battle-Federal-Reserve-hikes-interest-rate-for-11th-time | 2023-07-29T00:01:16 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2023/0727/Inflation-battle-Federal-Reserve-hikes-interest-rate-for-11th-time |
MESA, Ariz. — After recently finding an ‘excess amount’ of marshmallows, Salt River Tubing is banning the tasty treat at the river and transportation services.
SRT officials said they are banning the food “in an attempt to protect our tubers from potential littering citations from law enforcement and protect the beautiful area.”
The ban takes effect this weekend.
William Jinks took over ownership of the company on March 30. He also owns JET Limousines, a transportation company near Sky Harbor.
The river is about 40 minutes from downtown Phoenix in Mesa, where visitors go mainly for tubing, beautiful scenery and views of wild horses.
Salt River Tubing has received four National Take Pride in America awards for the company’s conservation efforts in the Tonto National Forest.
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Betty Boop is looking for her forever home
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:39 PM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - It’s our favorite part of the week, it’s time for Pet of the Week.
Ken Johnson joined Emily’s Legacy Rescue in the studio to talk about Betty Boop, a bluish-grey cat looking for her forever home.
The adoption fee for cats is $100 but that covers all shots, spay, or neutering, and it gets the animal a microchip in case they ever get lost.
For more information, you can visit the Emily’s Legacy Rescue website or Facebook page.
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WASHINGTON — Morocco made its debut for the Women's World Cup on Monday with a match against Germany. It is one of eight teams making their first appearance at the tournament.
Viewers tuning into the match broadcasts may wonder why the country's abbreviation is listed as "MAR." The reason is actually pretty simple. While most of the scoreboard acronyms, also referred to as FIFA codes, come from the first three letters of a country's name in English, there are exceptions. Morocco is one of those exceptions.
The Arab team will face South Korea on Sunday, July 30 at 12:30 ET.
Why is Morocco 'MAR'?
While the country's English name is Morocco, it's known as Maroc in French.
According to a 2018 report from Slate, even though the official languages of the country are Arabic and Tamazight, French continues to have a powerful position there as a holdover from the colonial era.
Morocco isn't the only team in the Women's World Cup with a country code that differs from that English standard.
Other abbreviations that stand out in the tournament include Spain going by "ESP and South Korea referred to as "KOR."
Morocco’s debut game at the Women’s World Cup ended in a 6-0 loss to two-time champion Germany. The margin of defeat on Monday was the biggest so far at the tournament.
The national team’s Women's World Cup appearance comes less than a year after their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. | https://www.12news.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 | 2023-07-29T00:01:18 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 |
SEATTLE (AP) — A man who hit two protesters with his car, killing one of them, during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020 in Seattle has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies.
Dawit Kelete, 30, pleaded guilty on Thursday to vehicular homicide in the death of 24-year-old Summer Taylor, The Seattle Times reported. He also pleaded guilty to vehicular assault and reckless driving charges. Attorneys as part of the plea deal have agreed to recommend a sentence of more than six years in prison and 18 months of probation. Kelete is set to be sentenced in September.
On July 4, 2020, the Washington State Patrol said Kelete drove the wrong way onto Interstate 5, around a barricade of parked vehicles, and struck Taylor and Diaz Love.
Taylor later died and Love was hospitalized with multiple injuries.
Kelete was arrested shortly afterward and told police he was withdrawing from the narcotic pain medication Percocet and struggled with an “untreated addiction,” court documents said.
Francisco Duarte, Kelete’s attorney, said Kelete asked about the victims from the beginning and has shown remorse. Duarte also claimed authorities were negligent and failed to protect the public and protesters.
An attorney for Taylor’s family, Karen Koehler, on Thursday lamented the years it’s taken for the case to move through the court system, and said the family is focused on remembering Taylor, KING-TV reported.
“While it was a relief to know they wouldn’t have to go to court, there’s a lot of very sad, grieving people still,” Koehler said. “They are... resigned, that this is the best that can be done.”
Love, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, fractures, lacerations, and other physical wounds, is suing the state, city and Kelete. A trial date has been scheduled for next February.
The lawsuit says Kelete was driving negligently and that state and city agencies failed to block all access ramps to I-5 and refused to protect vulnerable protesters. The State Patrol had closed the freeway during the demonstration, which was part of a run of nightly protests over the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
Family described Taylor as someone who was dedicated to justice. They had been demonstrating and rallying in support of Black Lives Matter nearly every day of the protests. | https://www.knkx.org/law/2023-07-28/man-pleads-guilty-to-vehicular-homicide-in-death-of-black-lives-matter-protester-in-seattle | 2023-07-29T00:01:18 | 1 | https://www.knkx.org/law/2023-07-28/man-pleads-guilty-to-vehicular-homicide-in-death-of-black-lives-matter-protester-in-seattle |
Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” Biden said in a statement. It was his first acknowledgement of the child.
“This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter,” he said. “Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
Hunter Biden’s paternity was established by DNA testing after Roberts sued for child support, and the two parties recently resolved outstanding child support issues. The president’s son wrote about his encounter with Roberts in his 2021 memoir, saying it came while he was deep in addiction to alcohol and drugs, including crack cocaine.
“I had no recollection of our encounter,” he wrote. “That’s how little connection I had with anyone. I was a mess, but a mess I’ve taken responsibility for.”
An attorney for Roberts did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The president, who has made a commitment to family central to his public persona, has faced increasing criticism from political rivals and pundits for failing to acknowledge the granddaughter. According to a person familiar with the matter, he was taking the cue from his son while the legal proceedings played out. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private matters.
Hunter Biden has four other children, including a son, Beau, born by his wife Melissa Cohen in 2020. He was named after the president’s late son who died of cancer in 2015, leaving behind two children.
Biden’s grandchildren have played a distinctive role in his presidency, often accompanying the president or first lady on trips and making regular visits to the White House. The president has also credited his grandchildren with persuading him to challenge then-President Donald Trump for the White House in 2020.
Biden’s statement was first reported by People Magazine.
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Local bonds that heal after a war
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For more than a year, warring factions in Yemen and their foreign backers have sought how to end nearly a decade of conflict. The civilians aren’t waiting. Yesterday 42 community groups and professional associations issued their own road map for a society built on inclusivity, equality, and rule of law. “Sustainable and lasting peace can only be achieved by welcoming reconciliation through justice,” they declared.
The moral strength of that appeal rests in the examples set by the coalition, which includes women and youth, educators and health care providers, lawyers and journalists. Through scores of small-scale projects to rebuild communities and livelihoods, the coalition is showing that empathy and compassion nurture peace and dissolve division.
“Women and civil society organizations working at the grassroots level are accepted by local communities and enjoy their trust because they are responsive to their needs,” wrote Kawkab al-Thaibani, founder of the Yemen-based She4Society Initiative, in the online journal Democracy in Exile.
Many of the projects are simple. Most arise from needs compounded by war. Ethar Farea, a young woman in Aden, developed a plan to turn organic waste into fertilizer for farming. “Having such programmes is a glimmer of hope and an opportunity for youth for the desired change,” she told the United Nations Development Program.
Projects like that are gaining new momentum. The war, which erupted between government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in 2014, severely restricted the ability of civil society groups to work. A truce brokered by the U.N. last year has gradually reopened that space. While the two sides attempt to resolve their political and economic disagreements, international development agencies have begun to empower local organizations.
Something similar is starting to happen in Ethiopia, a country that is currently caught between a stalled peace agreement and formal processes of rebuilding. In that country, several smaller factions and a neighboring army were drawn into a two-year conflict between the government and a dissident faction in the northern state of Tigray. The peace agreement called for a national process of reconciliation.
While that has yet to begin, a group called the Tigray Youth Association has begun countering conflict through dialogue with youth from other ethnic groups. With help from the U.N., it held a reconciliation and trust-building workshop in April. The African Union hosted a similar exercise last October. A youth festival in April sponsored by the United States brought 20,000 young people together from around the country.
In Yemen, a potent unifying moment came last month when the country’s under-17 boys’ soccer club made it to the quarterfinals in the AFC U17 Asian Cup. The team’s players came from across the country – and so did the nation’s response. One Yemen coach’s post-tournament reflections carried a larger message. “We are all working hard and hoping that things remain stable,” Miroslav Soukup told Deutsche Welle. “If there can be a more normal football situation, then there is potential. There is a long way to go, but we are taking small steps.”
Societies emerging from conflict often need models of courage in forming a lasting peace. In Yemen and Ethiopia, those models have already started. | https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0727/Local-bonds-that-heal-after-a-war | 2023-07-29T00:01:22 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0727/Local-bonds-that-heal-after-a-war |
Mexican heirloom corn poised for a renaissance in American cuisine
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| Ixtenco, Mexico
On the slopes of the Malinche volcano, Juan Vargas starts the dawn routine he’s had since childhood, carefully checking stalks of colorful native corn. For years, Mr. Vargas worried that these heirloom varieties – running from deep red to pale pink, from golden yellow to dark blue – passed down from his parents and grandparents would disappear. White corn long ago came to dominate the market and became the foundation of Mexicans’ diet.
But now, the heirloom corn Mr. Vargas grows is in vogue. It accounts for 20 of the 50 acres on his farm in Ixtenco, in the central state of Tlaxcala. Mr. Vargas remembers just one acre reserved for it in 2010, when demand was virtually zero and prices low. Fueled largely by foreign demand, the corn in its rainbow of colors has become more profitable for him than the white variety.
Mr. Vargas is among farmers in Mexico who’ve been holding on to heirloom strains for generations, against a flood of industrially produced white corn. They’re finding a niche but increasing market among consumers seeking organic produce from small-scale growers and chefs worldwide who want to elevate or simply provide an authentic take on tortillas, tostadas, and other corn-based pillars of Mexican food.
Corn is the most fundamental ingredient of Mexican cuisine, and it’s never far from the national conversation. Amid President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s move to ban the importation of genetically modified corn and his imposition of a 50% tariff on imported white corn, some scientists, chefs, and others are advocating for the value of the old varieties in an increasingly drought-stricken world.
Heirloom varieties make up far less than 1% of total domestic corn production in Mexico. But for the first time in years, Mr. Vargas and others are hopeful about the crop. Some in the academic and public sectors hope to increase their production.
Mr. Vargas’ heirloom corn sells for around $1.17 per kilogram abroad, more than three times the price for his white. If demand keeps growing, he’ll plant more. He boasts about his colorful “little corn” that travels the globe.
“People abroad validated us,” he said.
In Brooklyn, Mexican chef Zack Wangeman and his wife, Diana, have been running their tortilla shop and restaurant, Sobre Masa, since 2021. Their dishes and corn masa, which they sell to other New York restaurants, are made with heirloom Mexican corn from small farms.
Mr. Wangeman believes tortillas made from that corn have gained a foothold because for many they evoke a “country flavor ... that taste of toasted corn” that is uniquely Mexican.
“When you use hybrid corn, genetically modified corn, or whatever other option there is, it doesn’t give you that nostalgic flavor,” said Mr. Wangeman, who was born in the southern state of Oaxaca.
He was drawn to the corn by a chef friend who returned from a food fair raving about it. Mr. Wangeman got in touch with Tamoa, a company that since 2016 has promoted the heirloom corn grown by about 100 families in central and southern Mexico to foreign markets.
Across Mexico, about 60,000 tons of heirloom corn is produced annually. It’s a tiny fraction of the 23 million tons of white corn grown on an industrial scale to meet domestic demand for human consumption and the 16.5 million tons of yellow corn that Mexico imported last year – mostly from the United States – for industrial and animal feed use.
It’s unclear how much of the heirloom corn goes abroad – Mexico doesn’t keep export data for the crop. But Rafael Mier, director of the Mexican Corn Tortilla foundation, said it’s clear exports of heirloom corn are growing based on the increasing number of tortillerias and restaurants buying it, especially in the U.S.
In Las Vegas, chef Mariana Alvarado said she began getting native corn through Tamoa and Los Angeles-based Masienda for tortillas, tostadas, tamales, and the masa she sells in markets and online about four years ago.
At the time, she said, maybe 20 chefs in the U.S. used native corn – she estimates that’s now doubled.
Little by little, Ms. Alvarado said, she built a client list of Latinos and fans of Mexican cuisine looking for “organic, clean, healthy food.” She doesn’t believe this is a passing fad – in fact, she expects the distinction between Mexican food that uses modified corn and more authentic fare made with heirloom strains to grow.
“Smelling them, trying them – they realized that the taste is totally different from the tortillas they were used to here in a supermarket,” Ms. Alvarado said of U.S. customers.
This year, Ms. Alvarado pointed out, a Kansas City, Missouri, tortilleria that uses native Mexican corn won the Outstanding Bakery prize at the James Beard Awards – the Oscars of the food world.
“We’re making noise as tortilla-makers here in the United States, bringing native corn,” Ms. Alvarado said.
Under a blazing sun and large sombrero, agronomist Gerardo Noriega gave final instructions to a group of technicians and researchers as they sowed hundreds of native corn seeds in a recently plowed field in Apizaco, Tlaxcala. Noriega, of Chapingo Autonomous University, uses the field as a large, open-air laboratory to study the benefits of native versus hybrid – crossbred – corn varieties.
Mr. Noriega’s project is one of several efforts nationwide to promote organic agriculture among small producers. The hope is to get more growers into crops that draw higher prices and help ensure the survival of Mexico’s 59 native corn varieties. At least 12 are grown in Tlaxcala, where some 232,000 acres of the 355,000 planted with corn are growing heirloom varieties.
Mr. Noriega told the group that by taking up the genetic material – seeds, plants, tissue – naturally selected over centuries in Mexico, “you can start to produce those corn varieties on a massive scale, the yellows, multicolored, reds, blues, pinks, and even whites, and we would not need to mess with genetically-modified.”
The native varieties have exceptional yield and can stand 50 days of drought, he said: “There isn’t a hybrid that can tolerate those conditions.”
But most Mexican farmers are accustomed to planting crossbred corn and using fertilizer and other chemicals to improve its yield.
Heirloom corn won’t be an easy sell for farmers like Isidro Caporal. He entered the Chapingo University program last year but still has crossbred corn fed with chemical fertilizers planted on most of his 25 acres.
“This corn is way ahead,” said Mr. Caporal as he walked down a row of hybrid corn, already 5 feet tall. He said his crop yields more than double that of native varieties and requires less of his time.
He conceded that this year’s drought hit his hybrid corn hard. “I know that I won’t be able to sell those cobs because they were really small, but it doesn’t matter,” he said. “I can hold onto them to eat at home.”
For others, President López Obrador’s argument about potential health risks of genetically modified corn rings true. His move to ban the importation of GMO corn – modified in the lab to resist pests and herbicides – prompted a trade tiff with the U.S. and Canada.
The World Health Organization has said generally that genetically modified foods “on the international market have passed safety assessments and are not likely to present risks for human health.”
But Berenice Pérez believes the heirloom corn varieties she grows are healthier, as well as tastier. She left Mexico’s capital three years ago and moved to rural Las Mesas in Tlaxcala. Her mother had died of cancer, and she sought a healthier lifestyle.
“A lot of people say we’re crazy,” Ms. Pérez said. “We’re not going to become millionaires, but I think that wealth isn’t so much found in the economic as in nutrition and in what we leave for those who come after us.”
This story was reported by The Associated Press. | https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Food/2023/0727/Mexican-heirloom-corn-poised-for-a-renaissance-in-American-cuisine | 2023-07-29T00:01:28 | 0 | https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Food/2023/0727/Mexican-heirloom-corn-poised-for-a-renaissance-in-American-cuisine |
Climate resilience in the US: Biden unveils plan for soaring temps
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| Washington
With millions of Americans facing broiling heat across the Southwest, President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to announce new steps to protect workers, improve weather forecasts, and make drinking water more accessible, the White House says.
He’ll be joined by the leaders of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the heat wave as “a difficult time” and said Mr. Biden was treating climate change with “the urgency it requires.”
The Democratic president is directing the Department of Labor to increase inspections of potentially dangerous workplaces such as farms and construction sites. He also wants heightened enforcement of heat safety violations.
As part of the initiative, the department will issue a hazard alert notifying employers and employees about ways to stay protected from extreme heat, which has killed 436 workers since 2011, according to federal statistics.
The Mr. Biden administration plans to spend $7 million to develop more detailed weather predictions to anticipate extreme weather like heat waves, plus $152 million to boost drinking water infrastructure and climate resilience in California, Colorado, and Washington.
The mayors of Phoenix and San Antonio, two cities that have suffered from the heat waves, are expected to participate in the White House event virtually.
Phoenix has seen at least 27 days in a row of temperatures exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Maricopa County, where the city is located, reported recently that there were 18 heat-associated deaths between April 11 and July 15. Another 69 deaths remain under investigation. There were 425 heat-associated deaths in the county last year.
San Antonio saw at least 15 straight days of 100-plus-degree weather. At least 13 deaths in Texas have been blamed on the extreme heat.
Thursday’s announcement follows other steps that the Mr. Biden administration has taken to adapt to increasing threats from extreme heat. Among those it is highlighting:
The Department of Labor is developing a standard for how workplaces deal with heat. The proposed rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would require employers to provide adequate water and rest breaks to outdoor workers, as well as medical services and training to address signs and symptoms of heat-related illness. OSHA is holding meetings this summer to hear comments on how the heat standard would affect small businesses.
To keep low-income populations cool, the Department of Health and Human Services expanded its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to provide more access to air conditioning and cooling centers such as libraries, senior centers, or other public buildings. The Environmental Protection Agency also has provided assistance to help communities develop cooling centers within schools.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been helping cities and towns map “heat islands” with dense buildings and fewer trees, and the Department of Agriculture issued guidance for creating more tree canopy coverage, which helps with cooling environments.
In addition, the administration launched a website called heat.gov with interactive maps, weather forecasts, and tips for keeping cool amid record-breaking heat.
More than 100 members of Congress, led by Democratic Reps. Greg Casar and Sylvia Garcia of Texas and Judy Chu of California have called on the administration to implement the new heat standard for outdoor workers as quickly as possible.
“We know extreme weather events such as heat waves are becoming more frequent and more dangerous due to climate change. Urgent action is needed to prevent more deaths,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter Monday.
The United Farm Workers and other groups also called on OSHA to immediately issue a nationwide rule protecting outdoor workers after farm worker deaths this month in Florida and Arizona.
“Farm workers need and deserve the access to shade, water, and paid breaks,’’ said UFW President Teresa Romero. “How many more workers will we let dangerous heat and callous employers kill before this nation acts?”
Douglas Parker, assistant Labor secretary for occupational safety and health, called heat illness prevention a top priority. As OSHA works toward a final rule, the agency is enhancing enforcement efforts “to make sure employers and workers understand the dangers of heat illness and how to prevent it,’’ Mr. Parker said in a statement.
Mr. Casar, a freshman lawmaker from Austin, staged a “thirst strike” on Tuesday outside the U.S. Capitol, forgoing water breaks for nearly nine hours, to protest a new Texas law that bans local governments from requiring water breaks and other safety measures for outdoor workers. Mr. Casar called the law “insane” and accused Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of being “on the wrong side of history.” Republican lawmakers and other supporters of the law say it eliminates a patchwork of local regulations that are burdensome to businesses, and they say it won’t stop workers from taking breaks.
At least 42 workers died in Texas between 2011 and 2021 from environmental heat exposure, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Democrats are going to stand up for common sense and for working people,” Mr. Casar said.
Ladd Keith, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona who studies heat policy and governance, said the record-breaking heat much of the nation is experiencing “is very much in line with climate change projections.” While not surprising, “they’re certainly a continuation of a concerning trend of climate impacts that we’ve seen,” he said.
Despite the recent headlines, rising temperatures have typically not received the same level of attention as other climate risks, such as flooding and wildfires, Mr. Keith said.
“Heat has just not been a topic at the national level or local level that we’ve even considered addressing until the last couple of years,” he said.
However, Mr. Keith said the administration has ramped up its focus because of searing weather events, such as the heat dome in the Pacific Northwest in 2021 that prompted record temperatures and dozens of deaths across the region.
OSHA fined a Florida farm supervisor last month for exposing workers to excessive heat after a worker from Mexico died at a farm in Parkland, Florida. Investigators determined the worker’s death could have been prevented if a labor contractor had followed established safety practices regarding heat-related hazards.
This story was reported by The Associated Press. | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2023/0727/Climate-resilience-in-the-US-Biden-unveils-plan-for-soaring-temps | 2023-07-29T00:01:34 | 0 | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2023/0727/Climate-resilience-in-the-US-Biden-unveils-plan-for-soaring-temps |
What does US know about UFOs? Former military testify before Congress.
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| Washington
The United States is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects, a former Air Force intelligence officer testified Wednesday to Congress. The Pentagon has denied his claims.
Retired Maj. David Grusch’s highly anticipated testimony before a House Oversight subcommittee was Congress’ latest foray into the world of UAPs – or “unidentified aerial phenomena,” which is the official term the U.S. government uses instead of UFOs. While the study of mysterious aircraft or objects often evokes talk of aliens and “little green men,” Democrats and Republicans in recent years have pushed for more research as a national security matter due to concerns that sightings observed by pilots may be tied to U.S. adversaries.
Mr. Grusch said he was asked in 2019 by the head of a government task force on UAPs to identify all highly classified programs relating to the task force’s mission. At the time, Mr. Grusch was detailed to the National Reconnaissance Office, the agency that operates U.S. spy satellites.
“I was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program to which I was denied access,” he said.
Asked whether the U.S. government had information about extraterrestrial life, Mr. Grusch said the U.S. likely has been aware of “non-human” activity since the 1930s.
The Pentagon has denied Mr. Grusch’s claims of a coverup. In a statement, Defense Department spokeswoman Sue Gough said investigators have not discovered “any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.” The statement did not address UFOs that are not suspected of being extraterrestrial objects.
Mr. Grusch says he became a government whistleblower after his discovery and has faced retaliation for coming forward. He declined to be more specific about the retaliatory tactics, citing an ongoing investigation.
“It was very brutal and very unfortunate, some of the tactics they used to hurt me both professionally and personally,” he said.
Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., chaired the panel’s hearing and joked to a packed audience, “Welcome to the most exciting subcommittee in Congress this week.” But members of both parties asked Mr. Grusch about his study of UFOs and the consequences he faced.
“I take it that you’re arguing what we need is real transparency and reporting systems so we can get some clarity on what’s going on out there,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.
Some lawmakers criticized the Pentagon for not providing more details in a classified briefing or releasing images that could be shown to the public. In previous hearings, Pentagon officials showed a video taken from an F-18 military plane that showed an image of one balloon-like shape.
Pentagon officials in December said they had received “several hundreds” of new reports since launching a renewed effort to investigate reports of UFOs.
At that point, “we have not seen anything, and we’re still very early on, that would lead us to believe that any of the objects that we have seen are of alien origin,” said Ronald Moultrie, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security. “Any unauthorized system in our airspace we deem as a threat to safety.”
This story was reported by The Associated Press. | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0726/What-does-US-know-about-UFOs-Former-military-testify-before-Congress | 2023-07-29T00:01:40 | 0 | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0726/What-does-US-know-about-UFOs-Former-military-testify-before-Congress |
As heat rises, so too does pushback on green initiatives
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| London
Just as almost the whole Northern Hemisphere was baking in record-high temperatures, there are signs that governments are having second thoughts about how much they are prepared to do in order to usher in a low-carbon green economy.
The phenomenon has been dubbed “greenlash.”
Why We Wrote This
A story focused onGovernments are facing dueling pressures on climate policies: addressing searing new climate challenges responsibly amid a rising “greenlash” against pushing too far, too fast.
An election on the outskirts of London, for example, unexpectedly went to the ruling Conservative Party. The reason: The city’s Labour Party mayor is planning to charge drivers of diesel cars that are more than 20 years old $15 a day to operate in a soon-to-be-expanded ultralow emissions zone.
The result set off political shock waves, shaking a broad consensus among all the major parties in favor of strong climate change policies.
In Europe, the leaders of France and Belgium recently raised the idea of a pause in climate change legislation. The German government has softened the terms of a phaseout of internal combustion vehicles under pressure from the auto industry. It has also faced resistance to plans to phase out gas boilers for home heating without sufficient financial incentive to homeowners.
The United States has been less affected by the trend, a result perhaps of carrots versus sticks. Even climate-skeptic officials have been won over by the hundreds of billions of dollars for clean energy projects that the Inflation Reduction Act contains.
It was a most unlikely setting for a watershed moment in the world’s response to climate change.
Yet a special election in the constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, on the northwest edge of London, has served notice that the arguments around protecting our overheating planet are changing. They are focused less on the reality of global warming and governments’ ambitious commitments to stanch rising temperatures. Instead, there are signs of pushback against the measures needed to deliver on those pledges.
“Greenlash,” the phenomenon is being dubbed.
Why We Wrote This
A story focused onGovernments are facing dueling pressures on climate policies: addressing searing new climate challenges responsibly amid a rising “greenlash” against pushing too far, too fast.
It is coming largely from the businesses, communities, and individual citizens who stand to be most directly affected by the transition to a greener economy.
But it’s being magnified by world economic conditions – slowing growth, rising fuel costs, and squeezing living standards – caused by the twin shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
And it’s being amplified by politicians. Not just longstanding opponents of climate action, but also some more mainstream figures concerned about the economic and political consequences of pushing too far, too fast.
That is why the Uxbridge election mattered, not just for leaders in Britain, but also for those in other countries responsible for most of the carbon emissions that fuel global overheating: the 27 members of the European Union, China, and the United States.
Do they stay the course, which will mean finding the funds to cushion those industries and individuals who will lose out financially in a transition to a clean economy? Or do they slow down, pare back, or even jettison key aspects of their climate change policies?
The Uxbridge election provided unexpectedly stark confirmation of a shift that is noticeable in other developed economies.
The ruling Conservative Party won by a whisker by highlighting a single issue: a decision by the Labour Party mayor of London to extend the city’s ultralow emissions zone to the outer suburbs. Drivers of pre-2005 diesel vehicles in the zone will have to pay around $15 a day.
The result set off political shock waves, shaking a broad consensus among all the major parties in favor of strong climate change policies.
Leading Labour figures blamed London’s mayor for the Uxbridge loss. The result bolstered those who want to pull back from the party’s other green pledges, such as an end to further development of Britain’s North Sea oil and gas.
Some Conservative politicians, meanwhile, saw Uxbridge as a template for holding on to other seats at next year’s national election, by taking aim at the Labour Party’s climate policies and rowing back on key aspects of their own, such as an end to sales of new gas and diesel vehicles by 2030.
It’s still unclear whether either party will rewrite, or abandon, its plans to deal with climate change. But the political climate is clearly changing, even though a new scientific analysis this week concluded the current heat wave would have been “virtually impossible” without the effects of “human-induced climate change.”
The politics of climate change are also changing in a number of countries in the EU, which has adopted a range of ambitious climate policies and earmarked some $300 billion in post-pandemic recovery funds for green initiatives.
In an Uxbridge-like jolt, a new farmers party won a provincial election in the Netherlands recently by opposing nitrogen-emission limits on agriculture.
In Germany, the government has softened the terms of a phaseout of internal combustion vehicles under pressure from the auto industry. It has also faced resistance to plans to phase out gas boilers for home heating without sufficient financial incentive to homeowners.
The leaders of both France and Belgium, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, recently raised the idea of a pause in climate change legislation.
And in China, the world’s largest carbon emitter, leader Xi Jinping declared on the heels of last week’s visit by U.S. climate envoy John Kerry that China, alone, would decide the “pathway and means ... tempo and intensity” of its green policies.
Translation: Though Mr. Xi has overseen world-leading investment in electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind power, a slowing economy and the impact of searing heat on the electric grid mean he will continue expanding the use of carbon-intensive coal power.
So does this foreshadow a full-scale retreat from world climate commitments?
Not necessarily, or at least not yet.
There could be a shift toward a more-carrot-than-stick approach, of the sort taken by U.S. President Joe Biden, whose 2022 Inflation Reduction Act offers hundreds of billions of dollars to clean energy projects.
Even that has met resistance – in part, perhaps, because most of the subsidies are intended for rural areas won by Republican candidate Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
But there’s less sign of what might be called Uxbridge anger in the areas being offered this funding, as a recent Washington Post piece explained.
One former Ohio county commissioner, who gave the green light to a major renewable energy project, explained why he’s been urging fellow Republican officials to follow suit.
“We have new parks; the school systems are flourishing with all the additional revenue; the roads are in the best condition they’ve been in,” he said. “I am a die-hard conservative, but I support renewables because they’ve just been amazing for us financially.” | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2023/0727/As-heat-rises-so-too-does-pushback-on-green-initiatives | 2023-07-29T00:01:46 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2023/0727/As-heat-rises-so-too-does-pushback-on-green-initiatives |
In Zimbabwean language, ‘Animal Farm’ takes on new meaning
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| Johannesburg
When novelist Petina Gappah first read “Animal Farm” as a 13-year-old, she was transfixed. Years later, reading it with her teenage son, she connected the cycles of revolution and betrayal with the political turmoil in her own country, Zimbabwe, and decided to translate it into the language Shona.
Ms. Gappah and Tinashe Muchuri, a poet, led a team of Zimbabwean writers to transform “Animal Farm” into “Chimurenga Chemhuka” – literally, “Animal Revolution.”
Why We Wrote This
A story focused onAcross Africa, English is touted as the language of modernity while African tongues are treated as historical relics. By translating a literary classic into Shona, a group of Zimbabwean authors seeks to change such perceptions.
“We wanted to show that you can read the classics in Shona, and nothing is lost because this is a modern language too,” Ms. Gappah says.
The translation appealed to Mr. Muchuri because author George Orwell’s brand of allegory has parallels in Zimbabwean storytelling. “Our culture often uses animals to tell stories about people and society,” he says.
In “Chimurenga Chemhuka,” Old Major, the boar who inspires the animals of the farm to rebel, speaks in Karanga, the same dialect as Zimbabwe’s current president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Squealer, the spin doctor, speaks a form of Shona from eastern Zimbabwe that is flecked with English terms, “because this character loves fancy words and spinning stories,” Ms. Gappah says.
Mr. Muchuri says the writers are turning their attention to other translations that will be equally relevant for Zimbabweans – they hope to tackle “Julius Caesar” next.
When Zimbabwean novelist Petina Gappah first read George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” as a lonely 13-year-old at boarding school, she was transfixed. The story of a group of animals who overthrow an unjust regime only to be betrayed by their leader “made me sob,” she remembers.
Years later, she revisited the novel as a university student and learned that the book had been written as an allegory for the Russian Revolution. “I respected it on a new level,” she says.
But it was only when she read the book a third time many years later, with her teenage son, that she realized that the book’s cycles of revolution and betrayal were “such a Zimbabwean story.” That thought prompted another: The book should be translated into Shona – one of Zimbabwe’s dominant languages.
Why We Wrote This
A story focused onAcross Africa, English is touted as the language of modernity while African tongues are treated as historical relics. By translating a literary classic into Shona, a group of Zimbabwean authors seeks to change such perceptions.
Over the next several years, Ms. Gappah and Tinashe Muchuri, a poet, led a team of Zimbabwean writers to transform “Animal Farm” into “Chimurenga Chemhuka” – literally, “Animal Revolution” – which was published earlier this year. The goal, they say, is to reach a new generation of Zimbabwean readers with the classic story, but also to upend the way African languages are often seen in literature.
“Japan developed in Japanese. China developed in Chinese. But there’s a dissonance in Zimbabwe – and a lot of other African countries – where we feel English is the language of modernity and our mother tongue is the language of the ancestors,” Ms. Gappah says. “We wanted to show that you can read the classics in Shona, and nothing is lost because this is a modern language too.”
This is far from the first foreign work of literature to be translated into Shona, of course. When Zimbabwe achieved independence from its brutal white-minority government in 1980, its writers clamored to join “the pan-African intellectual circuit,” says Tinashe Mushakavanhu, a scholar of African and comparative literature at the University of Oxford.
Encouraged by their bookish new head of state, a schoolteacher-turned-revolutionary named Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean writers began translating works of African literature – like Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s “A Grain of Wheat” – into Shona. “These translation projects were part of a much bigger political project” to open Zimbabwe to the world, Dr. Mushakavanhu says. “It was a way of collapsing borders.”
But as Mr. Mugabe’s politics – like those of porcine dictator Napoleon in “Animal Farm” – grew increasingly paranoid and parochial, the country’s literary space shriveled. Although not specifically harassed and imprisoned in the same way as journalists, fiction writers also fell victim to the country’s increasing isolation – and economic collapse – in the 1990s and early 2000s. By the time Mr. Mugabe entered his third decade in power at the turn of the 21st century, most major Zimbabwean writers were publishing – and often living – outside the country.
Among them was Ms. Gappah, who was working as a lawyer in Geneva when she published her first collection of short stories, “An Elegy for Easterly” (which was later shortlisted, fittingly, for the Orwell Prize).
In 2015, she dashed off a post on Facebook about her idea to translate “Animal Farm” into Shona.
“A group of friends and I thought it would be fun to bring the novel to new readers in all the languages spoken in Zimbabwe,” she wrote. “This is important to us because Zimbabwe has been isolated so much in recent years, and translation is one way to bring other cultures and peoples closer to your own.”
Two dozen writers put their hands up, and the group began experimenting. But ultimately, it was Ms. Gappah and Mr. Muchuri, who writes in Shona, who took over the project.
The translation appealed to him, Mr. Muchuri says, because Orwell’s brand of allegory had so many parallels in Zimbabwean storytelling.
“Our culture often uses animals to tell stories about people and society,” he says. One modern example is writer NoViolet Bulawayo’s 2022 novel “Glory,” an “Animal Farm”-inspired satire about the fall of a dictator named Old Horse – an equine stand-in for Mr. Mugabe. The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.
To give “Chimurenga Chemhuka” its own Zimbabwean flair, the translators made creative use of Shona dialects. While the book’s text was narrated in a standard form of the language, the characters have different regional accents.
Old Major, the boar whose stirring speech inspires the animals of the farm to rebel against their human master, speaks in Karanga, the same dialect as Zimbabwe’s current president, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Squealer, the spin doctor who serves as Napoleon’s propaganda minister, speaks a form of Shona from eastern Zimbabwe that is flecked with English terms, “because this character loves fancy words and spinning stories,” Ms. Gappah says. The sheep, meanwhile, speak in slang.
The result, says Dr. Mushakavanhu, is a translation that draws out the book’s dark comedy.
“One of the results of the closing of Zimbabwe in the last 25 years is that our writers have been forced to become political, to always explain the evils of our political system,” he says. “We lost that space to be playful in language and find humor.”
Now that “Chimurenga Chemhuka” is finished, Mr. Muchuri says the writers are turning their attention to other translations that will be equally relevant for Zimbabweans.
“People learn better in their own language, and we want people to know that there is nothing lost or missing when they read in Shona,” he says. “Next, we would like to do ‘Julius Caesar.’” | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2023/0727/In-Zimbabwean-language-Animal-Farm-takes-on-new-meaning | 2023-07-29T00:01:52 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2023/0727/In-Zimbabwean-language-Animal-Farm-takes-on-new-meaning |
Stability restored? Niger coup refuted by president, neighbors.
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| Niamey, Niger
Niger’s foreign minister called for mutinous soldiers to release the president on Thursday, a day after members of the presidential guard declared they had seized power in a coup over the West African country’s deteriorating security situation.
While many people in the capital of Niamey went about their usual business, it remained unclear who was in control of the country and which side the majority might support. A statement tweeted by the army command’s account declared that it would back the coup in order to avoid a “murderous confrontation” that could lead to a “bloodbath.” It was not possible to confirm that the statement was genuine.
Support appeared strong, meanwhile, among political parties for President Mohamed Bazoum, who was detained at his residence but managed to tweet a message of defiance on Thursday. Several political groups have called the coup attempt “suicidal and anti-republican madness.”
“There was an attempted coup, but of course, we cannot accept it,” Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massoudou told news network France 24 in an interview.
“We call on all Nigerien democratic patriots to stand up as one to say no to this factious action that tends to set us back decades and block the progress of our country,” he said.
He also called for the president’s unconditional release and said talks were ongoing. Benin President Patrice Talon, head of the Economic Community of West African States, is expected to lead mediation efforts.
Mr. Bazoum, who was elected in 2021 in Niger’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since its independence from France, is a key ally in the West’s efforts to battle jihadists linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group in Africa’s Sahel region. Extremists in Niger have carried out attacks on civilians and military personnel, but the overall security situation was not as dire as in neighboring nations.
The fight against extremism in the region has become a major arena in which the West and Russia have vied for influence.
Mr. Bazoum was seen by many as the West’s last hope for partnership in the Sahel after Mali turned away from former colonial power France and instead sought support from the Russian mercenary group Wagner. Wagner appears to be making inroads in Burkina Faso as well.
Western countries have poured aid into Niger, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited in March, seeking to strengthen ties. American, French, and Italian troops are currently stationed in Niger to train its soldiers, while France also conducts joint operations.
But the threat to Mr. Bazoum has raised concerns that Niger could also turn away from the West.
On Thursday, several hundred people gathered in the capital of Niamey and chanted support for Wagner while waving Russian flags. A day earlier, protesters had voiced support for Mr. Bazoum.
Underscoring the importance of Niger to the West, Mr. Blinken said Thursday that he had spoken with the president, saying that he “made clear that we strongly support him as the democratically elected president of the country.”
Mr. Blinken, who was in New Zealand, repeated the U.S. condemnation of the mutiny and said his team was in close contact with officials in France and Africa.
On Wednesday morning, members of the presidential guard surrounded Mr. Bazoum’s house and detained him.
The mutinous soldiers, who call themselves the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, took to state television and announced they had seized control because of deteriorating security and poor economic and social governance in the nation of 25 million people. They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions, and closed all the borders.
The attempted coup was reportedly led by the head of the presidential guard, General Tchiani, who the president had planned to relieve from his position, Niger analysts say.
According to someone close to the president who spoke on condition of anonymity, because they were not authorized to speak about the situation, the president has not and will not resign and is safe in his residence.
“The hard-won achievements will be safeguarded. All Nigeriens who love democracy and freedom will see to it,” Mr. Bazoum tweeted early Thursday morning.
In their statement Wednesday, the group of Nigerien political groups said the “country, faced with insecurity, terrorism and the challenges of underdevelopment, cannot afford to be distracted.”
In an interview with the Associated Press in December, Mr. Bazoum said that while there’s always the possibility of a coup in the face of the extremist threat, Niger had the situation under control. “We are doing well in managing our own situation,” he said.
The international community strongly condemned the coup Thursday.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna tweeted that France is concerned about the events in Niger and following the situation closely. France “firmly condemns any attempt to take power by force,” the minister said.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, tweeted that Niger is “an essential partner” for the EU in the Sahel and that the region’s “destabilization would serve no one’s interests.” He reaffirmed the EU’s full support of Mr. Bazoum.
Associated Press reporters Tracy Brown in Washington and John Leicester in Paris contributed. | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2023/0727/Stability-restored-Niger-coup-refuted-by-president-neighbors | 2023-07-29T00:01:58 | 0 | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2023/0727/Stability-restored-Niger-coup-refuted-by-president-neighbors |
Russian attacks on grain exports challenge Ukraine, and the world
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| PAVLIVKA, Ukraine
Amid the distinct smell of burnt grain, it is the piles of mangled fragments of Russian missiles that attest to the importance of one family-owned, small-to-midsize Ukrainian grain storage site.
The facility 75 miles southwest of the Black Sea port of Odesa was targeted by Moscow less than a week ago as Russia stepped up its bombardment of Ukraine’s port and agricultural facilities. It was hit before dawn with three rockets, then with two more rockets an hour later.
Why We Wrote This
A story focused onRussia has launched near-nightly attacks on Ukrainian export facilities since it withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Tons of grain have burned and prices have surged, reviving concerns for worsening global food security.
Warehouses were blasted, machinery melted, and 120 metric tons of dried peas and barley burned.
The United Nations and many African and Middle Eastern nations, especially, depend upon the vast grain harvest in Ukraine, which produces 10% of the world’s wheat and 15% of the world’s corn. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called on Russia to return to the agreement because of the impact on “vulnerable countries struggling to feed their people.”
“We never expected such things to happen to us,” says Olha Romanova, who built up the Willow Farm facility from her family’s small plot in 1996. “You should count your importance by the number of rockets they send. We can’t fit it into our heads; there is no military logic.”
Amid the distinct smell of burnt grain, it is the piles of mangled fragments of Russian missiles that attest to the importance of one family-owned, small-to-midsize Ukrainian grain storage site.
The facility 75 miles southwest of the Black Sea port of Odesa was targeted by Moscow less than a week ago as Russia stepped up its bombardment of Ukraine’s port and agricultural facilities. It was hit before dawn with three rockets, then with two more rockets an hour later.
Warehouses were blasted, machinery melted, and 120 metric tons of dried peas and barley burned.
Why We Wrote This
A story focused onRussia has launched near-nightly attacks on Ukrainian export facilities since it withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Tons of grain have burned and prices have surged, reviving concerns for worsening global food security.
Beside a wrecked loading platform, two missile tail pieces spill with barley, an incongruent image created by the Russian campaign to crush Ukraine’s grain export capability.
The United Nations and many African and Middle Eastern nations, especially, depend upon the vast grain harvest in Ukraine – it produces 10% of the world’s wheat and 15% of the world’s corn – to feed millions of people.
“We never expected such things to happen to us,” says Olha Romanova, who built up the Willow Farm facility from her family’s small plot in 1996. “You should count your importance by the number of rockets they send. We can’t fit it into our heads; there is no military logic.”
Ms. Romanova says the official Russian justification for the strike was so absurd – that a clandestine drone-making factory was hidden in her storage buildings, in the heart of a rural farming community – that she just cried when she heard it.
Today, workers use shovels to separate burnt barley from clean, drag away destroyed vehicles, and load remaining stocks onto trucks – when they aren’t marveling at the remnants of the Russian missiles that turned their lives upside down. They estimate that only 30% of the facility is repairable.
“The situation is changing every day,” says Ms. Romanova, who notes that the facility will, for the time being, have to “sell from the wheels” – a term that means loading the harvested grains directly onto trucks for transshipment, without storing at all.
And this family business is not alone, as Ukraine struggles to recalibrate its export strategy in the midst of Russian bombardment and a potential blockade.
Since Russia withdrew last week from the Black Sea Grain Initiative – which for one year ensured the safe export of food from Ukraine – it has launched near-nightly waves of missiles and drones against Ukrainian ports and export facilities. On Thursday Ukrainian military officials said a missile fired overnight from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea struck the port in Odesa, killing a port employee.
Ukrainian officials estimate that some 100,000 metric tons of grain (one metric ton is 1,000 kilograms, or 2,200 pounds) have now been destroyed across the Odesa region – including 60,000 metric tons at the Chornomorsk port alone – and the targeting of Black Sea ports and smaller ports on the Danube River has raised doubts about shipping safety.
Grain prices have surged nearly 20% since Russia pulled out of the deal, and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called on Russia to return to the agreement because of the impact on “vulnerable countries struggling to feed their people.”
“Some will go hungry; some will starve; many will die as a result of these decisions,” the U.N. aid chief, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council last week.
Alla Stoianova, the Ukrainian official in charge of agriculture for the Odesa region, says stopping the smooth transfer of grain to export facilities early in the harvest season is Russia’s main aim. Some 2 million metric tons of grain are ready for export, she says, and another 1 million metric tons are “waiting on farms to be loaded.”
Yet Russia appears to be planning more than attacking grain transfer logistics on land. Moscow announced in recent days that it will consider any vessel attempting to reach Ukraine to be a “potential carrier of military-purpose cargoes” – and therefore subject to attack.
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense reported Wednesday that Russia’s Black Sea fleet had “altered its posture” to blockade Ukraine and to patrol shipping lanes between Odesa and Turkey’s Bosporus.
Ms. Stoianova has the estimated losses of grain and export capacity from each Russian strike at the tip of her tongue. She notes that more than $500 million in Ukrainian state funds have been earmarked to insure ships that export grain, even in the absence of the Black Sea grain deal.
And she suggests an additional security measure.
“We are sure that NATO and the U.S. have the ability to escort ships and protect them” in the Black Sea, she says.
“We definitely received signals of them wanting to help us, but there are some formalities and rules, and players and powers,” says Ms. Stoianova. She says Ukraine also understands that NATO has a “long line” of other priorities, and that Ukraine is not yet an alliance member.
“But the situation with Ukraine now is exceptional and is not the same as in other countries,” she says. “Today we are literally the protection from aggression for all of Europe, so we really hope this exception can be made for Ukraine, because the consequences can be disastrous.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin is convening a summit this week with 21 African heads of state in St. Petersburg (down from 45 at a Russia-Africa summit in 2019 in Sochi), some of whom have complained that Russia’s blockade of Ukraine threatens their food supplies. In his speech to the gathering Thursday, Mr. Putin said Russia – also a big grain exporter, which expects a record harvest this year – can fill any gaps and would provide free grain to at least six African nations.
The Black Sea grain deal was originally negotiated by the U.N. and Turkey to ensure that the most vulnerable nations, such as Somalia, Yemen, Egypt, and Afghanistan, received enough food. Indeed, under the grain deal, the U.N.’s World Food Program had grown by this month to depend upon Ukraine for 80% of its global wheat for distribution, up from 50% in 2021 and 2022, according to U.N. figures.
“We produce five to six times more food than we consume; we will not go hungry, no matter what,” says Ms. Stoianova. “But what it [a stoppage] means for the world is a question of food security. A large number of people of the world are now not receiving our grain.”
Her anger becomes palpable regarding recent Russian strikes that have burned grain supplies at dockside and that she considers cynical.
“Russians don’t need Ukrainians; they need our land and resources,” she argues. “They don’t care about Africans, or other suffering countries. They want control over food security.”
On Monday, the Russian campaign crept closer to NATO member Romania. Drone strikes before dawn on the Reni port, on the Danube River, destroyed an estimated 3,500 metric tons of grain waiting to be loaded.
Reni is one of two Soviet-era ports on the Danube that Ukraine has been expanding in order to ship grain directly to Europe by barge, to bypass the Black Sea. In 2022, it exported 16 million metric tons of grain and has now achieved that same volume in the first seven months of this year.
Targeting that port is considered a sign of Russian resolve to disrupt exports from Ukraine, since it lies just a few hundred yards across the river from Romania.
“No one knows what is next; Russia is trying to press European countries, all our friends, to pressure Ukraine to make compromises,” says Eugene Postovik, an Odesa-based marine and cargo surveyor with Svertilov Marine Consulting.
Immediately after the drone attack on Reni, clients were asking for fresh risk assessments, he says. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis strongly condemned Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure “very close to Romania” and warned of “serious risks” to Black Sea security.
An earlier attack on the Izmail port, also on the Danube, damaged one large crane and hit two storage silos.
Mr. Postovik says that while many people are focused on how many tons of grain are being destroyed in the attacks, a far bigger problem is the damage to port facilities, noting, “It takes one year to rebuild a terminal, to get it to the same capacity.”
There is gratitude for the tough statements against Russia at the U.N., but “they are only complaints. We need solutions,” he says.
Further inland, at Ms. Romanova’s damaged grain storage facility, an air raid siren sounds and 15 or so workers rush to evacuate the site, waiting out the alarm on shaded grass.
“We never did that before,” says Ms. Romanova, of heeding the frequent air raid sirens. “But since we have been given a second chance, now we react to each one.
“This damage we can fix, but the most precious thing that can’t be replaced are human lives.”
Reporting for this story was supported by Oleksandr Naselenko. | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/0727/Russian-attacks-on-grain-exports-challenge-Ukraine-and-the-world | 2023-07-29T00:02:16 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/0727/Russian-attacks-on-grain-exports-challenge-Ukraine-and-the-world |
‘Florida’s sweetest attraction’ Mixon Fruit Farms closes doors after more than 80 years
BRADENTON, Fla. - Mixon Fruit Farms in Bradenton has been called "Florida's sweetest attraction," and it has drawn thousands from across the country and beyond.
But after more than 80 years in Manatee County, the Mixon's are closing their doors, but they're hoping their legacy continues.
Many who have been to Mixon Fruit Farms can recall a favorite memory.
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"I’ve been coming since I can remember, since I was little," said Paul Mason.
Mason stopped by the farm one last time for a cuban, ice cream and ambrosia.
"It’s very important to this community," said Mason. "I mean every time, every winter they just fill up with tourists and Northerners. They love coming and getting the lunch at the lunch shop. It’s wonderful here. It will be missed," said Mason.
The closing of Mixon Fruit Farms is a bittersweet countdown for the owner, Janet Mixon.
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"Everybody that comes in has a story," she said. "It’s like that’s what we love the fact that this place has provided such memories."
With citrus greening, disease and rising insurance, the Mixon’s made the difficult decision to put the property up for sale. Their shop and café closes on Saturday, July 29.
The Mixon’s church plans on buying the main building, while Manatee County officials have explored purchasing the 39-acre property for a park with storm water ponds.
"It needs to be a place where people can still come and still get married here and have a community garden and have trails that they can walk and still do the animals," said Mixon. "That is our dream, that they vote, that it will happen. We don’t know what will happen."
Janet Mixon said back in 1849, the United States' government sold the land to Joseph Braden, which Bradenton was named after. It’s a piece of property, Mixon hopes will remain.
"Hopefully, everybody will let the county know that that’s important. We don’t need more condos. We just want this to happen," said Mixon.
She said she is planning to open a food truck that’ll serve up their famous orange ice cream and other popular items on their café menu. An auction of items from the Mixon Fruit Farms will be held September 7-9.
They’ll open their café for those three days. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/floridas-sweetest-attraction-mixon-fruit-farms-closes-doors-after-more-than-80-years | 2023-07-29T00:02:52 | 0 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/floridas-sweetest-attraction-mixon-fruit-farms-closes-doors-after-more-than-80-years |
One year later Ryan Jensen reflects on his journey back to the NFL
TAMPA, Fla. - As Buccaneers center Ryan Jensen sat in front of the media, he opened up about what he endured while dealing with a gruesome knee injury occurring during last year’s training camp.
Eventually, he reached the chapter of this story when he arrived home on the day of his injury. A teary-eyed Jensen began to break down while recalling the conversation with his son, Wyatt.
"Yeah, it was hard," Jensen said with a shaky voice. "I remember when I came home, after that day, having to explain that to him. 'Hey, Dad got hurt today. I'm not going to be able to play football this year.' And then ten minutes later he's like 'Hey can we go play?' It was hard, you know, to walk through that and see him broken-hearted for me."
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There was a time when Jensen was unsure if he would ever be able to return to the field. Initially, there was concern that the injury may have been career-ending.
Ryan Jensen reflects on his devastating injury last year.
"In that moment for me, it was some clarity on what's truly important," Jensen said. "You know, football is important, but family is everything."
Today, with his son in the stands, Jensen joined his teammates as Bucs fans got their first look at the 2023 roster.
After practice, Jensen was accompanied by Wyatt as the two entered the media tent, looking over towards his five-year-old son as he ruminated on the horrors he and his family had to deal with last season.
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July 28, 2023 marks 365 days since the devastating injury. One year ago, he was the victim of a freak play where another Buccaneer was blocked into his left knee, where he suffered three ligament tears, multiple fractures and a meniscus injury.
Today, Jensen credits his experience for making him a better father while rejuvenating a love for the game as he enters the 2023 season.
"It's football, people get hurt and that's the way things roll," Jensen shared. "But being a guy who'd been healthy most of my career, you can take that for granted at times. When you do get hurt, it can either re-energize you or it can crush you and for me, it re-energized me."
Jensen says telling his son about his injury was one of the hardest parts.
As he continues to rehab, Jensen finds ways to stay in good spirits. Today, he reminded the training staff what day it was.
"I joked around with Bobby (Slater) and the trainers, and they were like, 'Just don't even say it! Just don't even say it!' You kind of find some humor and some comedy behind it just because it is what it is," Jensen said. "You can't live in the past, you can't have anger and fear towards it. You just have to attack every day like a new day."
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Jensen miraculously competed in the Buccaneers final game of the 2022-2023 season where they hosted the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the playoffs. This moment brought Jenson all the way back to his rookie year.
"It brought me back to the first time I had ever ran out of the tunnel. You kind of take advantage of that, you take that for granted at times. For me, running out there for the playoff game, it re-energized me. It brought me back to that 21-year-old kid that got drafted and really reignited that fire and that passion. It just reminded me of, you know, how fast it can be over with."
One year ago, Jensen was the victim of a freak play. Courtesy: Twitter/@mrbuscnation/James Hill
It is hard to imagine the struggle that Jensen has gone through, but he hopes to pass on the lessons he has cultivated to Wyatt as he continues to grow as an athlete.
"Right now, he loves hockey. It was kind of funny because the other day, he hadn't been on skates in about three months," Jensen said. "We got back and took him over to the Ice Plex over in Brandon, and he got on the ice and was struggling to skate. He came off upset after like two minutes saying, 'I can't skate fast anymore, I can't do this,' like truly upset. Just the ability to talk to him and be like 'OK, well when daddy got hurt, it's just a step-by-step thing. You haven't done it in a minute! It's going to take a minute for you to get back.' To see him just go back out on the ice and attack it with some passion and enthusiasm and continue to get better, I hope that's something that he sees me do every day that leads him into that position as well."
One of the Bucs media correspondents said that Wyatt was explaining that he also plays baseball and is very proud of his career so far. In terms of strapping up the shoulder pads, Jensen said that Wyatt will have to wait until seventh grade before he can start playing tackle football. | https://www.fox13news.com/sports/one-year-later-ryan-jensen-reflects-on-his-journey-back-to-the-nfl | 2023-07-29T00:02:58 | 1 | https://www.fox13news.com/sports/one-year-later-ryan-jensen-reflects-on-his-journey-back-to-the-nfl |
The 2023 Emmys Are Officially Postponed
If you were looking forward to catching the Emmys in September, it seems you're going to have to wait. The delay was expected by many since we're still in the throes of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. These strikes have an effect on a few different levels when it comes to awards shows. The actors who are taking part in the strike are expressly forbidden from promoting anything. Writers involved in the WGA strike aren’t permitted to do so much as write jokes for the hosts of the event.
With all of these factors coming together, the TV Academy and Fox have decided that there’s really nothing else they can do. Vendors were the first to be notified since there are tons of moving parts. While we see the ceremony itself on TV, it's a whole extended event. There are producers and event staff who also need ample time to make arrangements.
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The TV Academy recently released a statement on the decision to push everything back.
Like the rest of the industry, we hope there will be an equitable and timely resolution for all parties in the current guild negotiations. We continue to monitor the situation closely with our partners at Fox and will advise if and when there is an update available.
This marks the first time since 2001 that the Emmys have had to be postponed. Back in 2001, the Emmys were pushed back once as a result of the 9/11 attacks and then pushed back again. This year, it seems that the plan is to hold the ceremony in January 2024. At least for now. | https://wpst.com/2023-emmys-postponed/ | 2023-07-29T00:03:18 | 0 | https://wpst.com/2023-emmys-postponed/ |
Comedian and actor Frankie Quiñones talks about the second season of the show This Fool, now streaming on Hulu.
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Comedian and actor Frankie Quiñones talks about the second season of the show This Fool, now streaming on Hulu.
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GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A man is facing charges after a hit-and-run crash in Greene County.
According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report, the crash happened Friday afternoon on Interstate 81 South near mile marker 21.
The highway patrol said a Chevrolet Silverado driven by David Davis, 29, of Tennessee, rear-ended a Dodge Avenger.
When Davis tried to drive away, the driver and passenger in the Dodge tried to stop him.
Davis opened the driver’s side door, pushing the driver of the Dodge to the ground and injuring him, according to THP.
The report said Davis’ truck then hit the Dodge a second time as he left the scene. He was later found at the Pilot Travel Center at Exit 4 in Jefferson County.
Davis was charged with vehicular assault, driving under the influence, and leaving the scene. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/suspect-captured-after-hit-and-run-on-i-81-in-greene-county/ | 2023-07-29T00:03:44 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/suspect-captured-after-hit-and-run-on-i-81-in-greene-county/ |
LANSING, MI -- The fifth largest Mega Millions jackpot ever could be won tonight as the estimated grand prize for the drawing on July 28 is worth $940 million.
The cash option for tonight’s drawing is worth $472.5 million.
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MLive will be providing live results of tonight’s drawing and will update this story with the winning numbers as soon as they come in.
The Mega Millions drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the following TV stations throughout the state:
· WBKB-TV 11 (CBS)
· WDIV-TV 4 (NBC)
· WNEM-TV 5 (CBS)
· WXSP-TV (MyNetwork TV)
· WLAJ-TV 53 (ABC)
· WMKG-TV 38 (IND)
· WLUC-TV 6 (NBC/FOX)
· WGTU-TV 29/WGTQ-TV 8 (ABC)
Follow the drawing, MLive will publish an update in the morning that includes whether or not anyone won the jackpot.
For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games.
The last players from Michigan to win a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot is the Wolverine FLL lottery club which claimed a $1.05 billion jackpot in March 2021. With their winnings, the group plans to give back to the community.
And while they were lucky winners, it’s smart for players to check their tickets immediately as a winner worth $1 million sold in Warren in 2021 went unclaimed. The money instead went to the state’s School Aid Fund. | https://www.mlive.com/lottery/2023/07/live-mega-millions-numbers-for-072823-jackpot-worth-940-million.html | 2023-07-29T00:03:44 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/lottery/2023/07/live-mega-millions-numbers-for-072823-jackpot-worth-940-million.html |
Ump Show? Cardinals’ Mikolas ejected for plunking Happ as retribution for Contreras head injury
The Cubs beat the Cardinals 10-3 at Busch Stadium as the unexpected workload for the bullpen proved too much for St. Louis to overcome.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - It all started when Ian Happ’s backswing got away from him—and ended with the Cardinals’ starting battery and manager all leaving the game before the conclusion of the top of the first inning.
Happ’s exuberant attempt to connect with a Miles Mikolas breaking ball in the first inning between the Cardinals and Cubs at Busch Stadium Thursday night resulted in Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras getting bashed on the backside of the head with a baseball bat. After being tended to by the athletic training staff on the field, blood streaming from his head, Contreras left the game with what the team later called a “scalp laceration.”
Contreras told reporters after the Cubs’ 10-3 win over the Cardinals that he passed a concussion test and was hopeful that he would return to the lineup Friday.
Although former teammates Happ and Contreras engaged in a quick hug before the catcher departed the playing surface, demonstrating no ill will on the part of the batter, Mikolas still seemed to subscribe to Hammubari’s version of the unwritten rules.
With the first pitch following the resumption of play following Contreras’ injury, the Cardinal starter buzzed Happ inside with a fastball—in front of God, the Busch Stadium crowd, and the very umpire crew that elected not to issue a warning. It’s that final piece of the puzzle that had the Cardinals so fired up when Mikolas was ejected on the following pitch for plunking Happ in the backside.
“I was a little surprised,” Mikolas said. “I threw a pitch inside, it got ‘em. He was just going to take his base. There was no chirping or anything between the sides. He was going to take his base and I was waiting on the next ball, go get the next hitter. They had a meeting and they decided to toss me.”
Happ knew the deal and took his base without protesting the obviously intentional hit-by-pitch. But the umpires convened and tossed Mikolas for violating a rule that is, actually, written down.
If the umpire deems that you intentionally hit a batter with a pitch, you’re gone from the game. That’s the rule, officially. And since everyone in the stadium seemed to understand what Mikolas was doing after the second of two inside pitches found Happ’s flesh, the umpires stuck to the letter of the law.
“I could show you the scouting report in my locker,” Mikolas said. “I throw inside to a lot of guys. I threw one inside and it hit him. There was no warning. The umpires can believe whatever they want to believe. They had a meeting and that was their choice.”
“They believed there was intent there. That’s all the reasoning that umpires need.”
Of course, Mikolas did it. He can’t say it--MLB would gleefully fine him if he says the wrong thing after the game. But he did it. Yet, he did it in a way that has been universally accepted in baseball for a hundred years.
“You have got to be kidding me,” Bally Sports Midwest commentator Brad Thompson said after Mikolas was tossed. “Have a little feel for baseball. Have a little feel for the game.”
On the surface, it seemed Thompson had a point. Even Happ seemed to understand the situation, that despite his pure intentions, he injured the Cardinals starting catcher. Plunking Happ on the rear end effectively delivers a mild message—but one still valued by some players, clearly—that Mikolas has his catcher’s back.
It’s conceivable, then, that Mikolas was penalized for his inability to execute the hit on the first attempt. When he required a second pitch to plunk Happ instead of just getting it done on the initial try, he’s asking the umpires at that point to literally turn a blind eye to what an entire stadium had witnessed.
Though their own negligence in not issuing a warning after the first inside pitch to Happ allowed the situation to escalate, the umpires stepped in after the next delivery and enforced the rule. Mikolas was ejected, with Cardinals manager Oli Marmol following him back to the clubhouse, as well.
“If the explanation was that there was intent behind the first pitch, then I feel like there should have been a warning after the first pitch,” Oli Marmol said. “It could have saved everybody a lot of trouble.”
The Cardinals didn’t come away looking particularly rosy from the chirping that then ensued between the dugouts. Mikolas and Jack Flaherty both gestured and shouted with furor toward the Chicago side—while several Cubs appeared to laugh off the exchange.
“Guys weren’t happy about the other side just laughing about the situation,” Marmol said. “We had a catcher go down. He’s bleeding. They took offense to that. Umpire and Jack were having a conversation and it led to my ejection.”
Mikolas’ noble if misguided move to defend Contreras’ honor turned out to have been a decision with nightmarish consequences for the Cardinals as Dakota Hudson followed Mikolas into the game and poured gasoline on the fire.
Though the Happ at-bat occurred with two out and nobody on base in the first inning, the Cubs ended up scoring three runs in the frame. Hudson was charged with five earned runs, but Mikolas was charged a run when Happ came around to score, sealing the starter’s fate as the losing pitcher despite the hit batter representing the only base runner he allowed on the night.
Catcher Andrew Knizner enjoyed his first-ever multi-home run game in the big leagues after replacing Contreras in the clean-up spot. Tyler O’Neill was another rare bright spot offensively for St. Louis as the outfielder reached base four times, including a double.
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(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday made his first public remarks about his 4-year-old grandchild Navy, the daughter of his son Hunter Biden, after silence from the White House over the young girl amid legal disputes between her parents.
Biden said, in a statement exclusively provided to People, that his son and Lunden Roberts, the mother, are working to provide a life for her.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the president said. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
The New York Times earlier this month published a piece about the child, writing that she’s never met Hunter Biden or her grandfather. After that was published, the White House dealt with questions in the briefing room from reporters asking whether Biden accepted Hunter Biden’s daughter in Arkansas as his granddaughter.
Roberts, who is in Arkansas, filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in May 2019, and the younger Biden appeared in court this May. In June, he reached a settlement in his child support case after he was ordered to sit for a deposition under oath to answer questions about his finances.
An anonymous source told People that the president and first lady Jill Biden have been “giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out” and have been “following Hunter’s lead” throughout the legal proceedings involving the young girl.
Hunter Biden’s personal and legal troubles have been increasingly in the spotlight lately. He appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ | 2023-07-29T00:03:50 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ |
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Several Grand Rapids area neighborhoods will join communities across the country Tuesday night in participating in family-friendly activities for National Night Out, connecting with other residents and police.
National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 1, is an annual celebration that encourages neighbors to get out of their homes, interact with each other and local police to create connections to foster safer neighborhoods. Since 1984, the celebrations has been observed annually on the first Tuesday of August.
Officials say Grand Rapids police, firefighters and city officials will visit many of the community events planned throughout the evening.
Neighborhoods across the city of Grand Rapids are welcoming members of the Grand Rapids police, fire department and city leadership to their homes for family-fun activities to connect those living in the community to those working in them.
Free events will range across the evening, with free food and conversations among neighbors throughout the city as well as other Kent and Ottawa County communities including Rockford, Holland, Wyoming and Zeeland.
While many neighborhoods have activities planned like live entertainment and food trucks, the neighborhoods that don’t have activities are encouraged to sit on their porch and look to make meaningful connections with their neighbors.
Grand Rapids Police Captain Cathy Williams said they are looking forward to interacting with neighbors Tuesday like officers have done for decades since the event’s inception. She said the goal is to get people talking about the mission of the event: how they can work together to make their neighborhood safer and utilize their community resources.
“It’s an opportunity for families, neighbors, residents, community organizations, and city employees, those surrounding public safety, or elected officials to have these times in a fun space that’s family friendly, to get to know each other and learn how we can collaborate to reduce crime in our neighborhoods,” Williams said.
Williams said it’s rewarding to see the community wanting to learn more and participate in making their neighborhoods a safer place. She said the best part of the night is always engaging with children in the neighborhoods.
“I think that we have to start at a very young age with instilling in them the right mindset, the right principles and being a good role model,” Williams said.
Below is the list of Aug. 1 neighborhood events in Grand Rapids:
- Baxter Neighborhood Association, 6-9 p.m., 1011 Baxter SE, includes GRFD smoke house, live entertainment, information booths, free light bulb give away, food trucks, ice cream, chips, and water
- Fuller Area Neighbors/River City Scholars, 6-7:30 p.m., Fuller Ave Church parking lot, 1239 Fuller SE, serving chicken, chips, watermelon and ice cream
- Creston Plaza Apartments, 6-8 p.m., 1080 Creston Plaza Dr. NE, games for kids, serving hot dogs, chips and water
- Heritage Hill Association, 6-8 p.m., Pleasant Park, 400 Pleasant St. SE, neighborhood social gathering, children’s games and frozen treats
- John Ball Area Neighbors with West Grand Neighborhood Organizations, 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Park, Park Lodge Bldg., 1120 Bridge NW, resource tables, zoo animals, yard games, superheroes and food trucks
- Ottawa Hills, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Christian Elementary playground, 1050 Iroquois SE, kid’s activities and ice cream
- Roosevelt Park Neighborhood, 6-8 p.m., Roberto Clemente Park, 546 Rumsey St. SW, field games, kids’ activities, photo booth, live DJ, petting zoo, resource tables, food truck and ice cream.
- The Berkley Hills Church, 1670 Ball Ave. NE, will hold their Night Out on Saturday, August 19 instead from 5:30-8 p.m. with live music, a petting zoo, popcorn, cotton candy and ice cream.
“Every neighborhood has different needs, and they have to be the ones that can make that neighborhood safe,” Williams said. “I’m just one resource to help them get there, but really, it has to come from the neighbors in the community. That’s what National Night Out is all about.”
To further connect positively with area youth, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department is offering free admission to city pools Tuesday evening.
Participating pools include:
- Briggs Park, 5-8 p.m., 324 Knapp St. SE
- Martin Luther King Park, 5-8 p.m., 1200 MLK Jr. St. SE
- Richmond Park, 5-7 p.m., 963 Richmond St. NW
Grand Rapids areas suburbs have various events planned.
The city of Kentwood events will allow residents to explore police cruisers, fire engines and other emergency response vehicles while learning about important safety topics. McGruff the Crime Dog, the nation’s favorite crime prevention pup, will be making appearances for the smaller audiences.
Kentwood event locations:
- Ada Bible Church, 5-8 p.m., 1640 East Paris Ave. SE, food and activities
- Pentecostals Church, 6-8 p.m., 2627 44th St. SE
The city of Wyoming’s events will also encourage residents to check out law enforcement vehicles and offer meet and greets with the Wyoming Police Department K9 team at the following locations.
Wyoming event locations:
- Lamar Park, 6-8 p.m., 2561 Porter St. SW.
- Celebration Cinema, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m., 3728 Rivertown Pkwy.
- Grace Christian University, 5-7 p.m., 1011 Aldon St. SW, fire truck water activity at 5:45 p.m.
- Grace Christian Reformed Church, 6-7:30 p.m., 3030 Burlingame Ave SW.
- The Door Church, 5-8 p.m., 154 44th St. SW.
Holland
The city of Holland events on Aug. 1 are from 5:30-8 p.m. at Kollen Park, located at 240 Kollen Park Dr. Plans call for food trucks, a live DJ, community organizations, non-profits, and resource booths and ice cream from the Polar Patrol Ice Cream Truck.
Rockford
Rockford’s Department of Public Safety is holding family-friendly activities on the corner of Main and Bridge Street in downtown Rockford Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. There will be rime prevention booths as well as police and fire vehicles to explore.
Zeeland
Zeeland’s National Night Out will be from 6-8 p.m. at the splash pad in downtown Zeeland, located at S Elm St. The event includes root beer floats, firetrucks, police cars, giveaways and a chance to dunk public safety officials in the dunk tank.
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(KTLA) – A labor union representing thousands of hotel housekeepers in Southern California is asking Taylor Swift to postpone her upcoming concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood until they are paid “a living wage.”
UNITE HERE Local 11 published an open letter to the pop star in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.
“We make beds, clean bathrooms, and take care of every guest need. Your shows make our hotels a lot of money,” the letter reads. “In Los Angeles, hotels are doubling and tripling what they charge because you are coming. They also add junk fees on rooms, just like Ticketmaster does. But we see none of it.”
Hotel workers have been staging labor actions in the Los Angeles area since the start of July as they negotiate for increased pay and benefits. They have also joined striking Hollywood writers and actors on the picket lines.
Experts predict Swift’s 52-night, 20-city tour will become the highest-grossing of all time. It is also having a notable economic impact on each city she visits with the surge of Swifties snatching up hotel rooms at jacked-up rates.
She is slated to perform six straight nights at SoFi Stadium beginning August 3.
Union leaders hope Swift will lend support to their cause.
“She has taken on corporate greed to make sure artists get fairly compensate and that those workers behind the scenes in her own music get the treatment they deserve,” Ada Briceno, co-president of UNITE HERE Local 11, said at a rally on Thursday outside of the Hyatt Regency at LAX.
There is no indication the pop star is considering postponing her Inglewood shows. KTLA’s request for comment on Thursday was not immediately returned. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T00:03:56 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
HOLLAND, MI -- A Holland homeowner is crediting his dog with helping to alert his family about a quickly growing porch fire.
He said the dog, named Dixie, began barking in the West Ninth Street home’s kitchen about 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 28.
The homeowner, who didn’t want to be named, said he went to check on what caused the dog to bark. When he opened a back door, flames greeted him on the back porch.
He was then able to alert others in the house. Everyone escaped without harm.
The homeowner then went out another door, grabbed a garden hose and began dousing the flames. He ended up with singed eyebrows and a minor hand burn.
The cause of the fire, at West Ninth Street and Maple Avenue, is under investigation.
Holland Fire Captain Chris Tinney said damage was generally limited to the exterior of the home’s rear. He said the family would be able to continue occupying the house.
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(WJHL) – Tails and Paws highlights animals up for adoption at various animal shelters across the area.
Take a look at the animals up for adoption at the Washington County/Johnson City Animal Shelter.
If you see an animal you area interested in adopting, you can visit the shelter on north Roan Street in Johnson City. You can also call the shelter at (423) 926 8769 for more information. | https://www.wjhl.com/wjhl-weather/these-adorable-dogs-and-cats-need-to-find-a-forever-home-tails-and-paws-for-friday/ | 2023-07-29T00:04:02 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/wjhl-weather/these-adorable-dogs-and-cats-need-to-find-a-forever-home-tails-and-paws-for-friday/ |
Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” Biden said in a statement. It was his first acknowledgement of the child.
“This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter,” he said. “Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
Hunter Biden’s paternity was established by DNA testing after Roberts sued for child support, and the two parties recently resolved outstanding child support issues. The president’s son wrote about his encounter with Roberts in his 2021 memoir, saying it came while he was deep in addiction to alcohol and drugs, including crack cocaine.
“I had no recollection of our encounter,” he wrote. “That’s how little connection I had with anyone. I was a mess, but a mess I’ve taken responsibility for.”
An attorney for Roberts did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The president, who has made a commitment to family central to his public persona, has faced increasing criticism from political rivals and pundits for failing to acknowledge the granddaughter. According to a person familiar with the matter, he was taking the cue from his son while the legal proceedings played out. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private matters.
Hunter Biden has four other children, including a son, Beau, born by his wife Melissa Cohen in 2020. He was named after the president’s late son who died of cancer in 2015, leaving behind two children.
Biden’s grandchildren have played a distinctive role in his presidency, often accompanying the president or first lady on trips and making regular visits to the White House. The president has also credited his grandchildren with persuading him to challenge then-President Donald Trump for the White House in 2020.
Biden’s statement was first reported by People Magazine.
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INDIANAPOLIS — So far, 63 Indiana counties have signed up to receive their share of $225M in public health funds through the Health First Indiana Initiative. That’s according to the chairman of the Senate Health Committee.
“Our statistics are appalling,” State Sen. Ed Charbonneau said.
Sen. Charbonneau said Indiana ranks 45th nationwide in public health funding, and that every single county health department in the state is funded below the national average.
”Every other state in the country the trend is up, Indiana’s trending down with life expectancy,” Sen. Charbonneau said.
According to Sen. Charbonneau, Indiana ranks 42nd nationwide in infant mortality, 45th in percentage of smokers, and 46th in obesity.
He went on to say depending on where you live, your county health department could receive as much as $83 in funding per person, or as little as $1.25 per person.
That’s why he said the $225M provided in SB 4 is a “paradigm shift” for the state.
”Statistics show that money invested in prevention—the ROI is pretty large,” Sen. Charbonneau said.
The amount of money each county can receive will depend on the total number of counties that opt in. Counties that haven’t decided how they want to move forward have a month left to do so.
”Health is local, and it’s better delivered locally,” Madison Mayor Bob Courtney said.
Mayor Courtney is the only mayor on the Governor’s Public Health Commission. He said the money each county receives can be used for a variety of public health projects.
”We’re going to get more staffing, there’s a broad schedule of basic core services that would be delivered at the local level, and a lot of that is about preventative care and education,” Mayor Courtney said.
Although the commission did recommend more funds than what ended up in the budget last session, Sen. Charbonneau said this is the first step in what will be a long-term process.
”I would anticipate there’ll be more money to continue the program later on,” Sen. Charbonneau said.
If you’d like to see if your county is currently part of the initiative, click here, or visit http://www.healthfirstindiana.com. | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/two-thirds-of-indiana-counties-have-opted-in-to-225m-of-state-public-health-funding-so-far/ | 2023-07-29T00:04:52 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/two-thirds-of-indiana-counties-have-opted-in-to-225m-of-state-public-health-funding-so-far/ |
BMW Tupac Shakur was shot in is selling for $1.75 million
LAS VEGAS (CNN) - The BMW Tupac Shakur was riding in when he was shot is up for sale.
Shakur was gunned down on Sept. 7, 1996, while he was a passenger in the vehicle after leaving a boxing match at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas.
Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight was driving the leased vehicle at the time of the murder.
Now, Celebrity Cars in Las Vegas is selling the 1996 BMW for $1.75 million.
According to Celebrity Cars General Manager Ryan Hamilton, the vehicle has been fixed since the shooting and sold to the public multiple times, likely without those owners knowing its history.
That was until about four years ago, when a collector realized it was the vehicle Shakur was in after finding a hidden compartment on the side of the door.
The compartment was likely used to store a gun, Hamilton said.
Last week, Las Vegas police served a search warrant at an area home belonging to Duane Davis, the uncle of Orlando Anderson – the man police believe killed the rapper.
Police said they are planning to test firearm cartridges that were seized from the home.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Christmas came early for the children in Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent!
A “Christmas in July” party for young patients was hosted by the Ascension St. Vincent Foundation Young Professionals Board along with the Child Life team, according to a press release sent from the hospital.
At the extravaganza, kids were able to visit with Santa Claus, open presents, and play reindeer games.
“Bringing Santa Claus here and a little joy and a little gifts during their visit can just kind of lighten their day and bring in some brighter more happier memories of their time here,” said Katie Fischer RN, Ascension St. Vincent Foundation Young Professionals Board member.
“So we really hope they enjoyed themselves and just a little bright spot watching their smiles and their joy of turning the corner and seeing Santa has been really worth it,” said Fischer.
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First Alert Day: Isolated strong storms in Iowa; Nice weekend ahead
Severe threat south of I-90 Friday evening
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 5:54 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Another First Alert Day is in effect for areas south of I-90 because of the potential of strong to severe thunderstorms.
A severe thunderstorm watch continues for SE MN until 10 p.m. and 12 a.m. Saturday morning. The primary threat will be along and south of Hwy-18.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Students across central Indiana will be heading back to the classroom soon but transitioning from summer vacation to the school year can be tough both for parents and students alike.
“I just want her to succeed and be excellent in school,” said Richard Mackey.
Richard Mackey is one of many Hoosier parents getting the final preparations ready for a new school year for his kids.
But starting a new school year can be tough for many families like the Mackeys especially with the new record-breaking prices for school supplies.
“Inflation has been really terrible on us,” he said. “We are still surviving and trying to make the best of it but it’s been hard.”
According to the National Retail Federation, families will be spending a new record of nearly $900 on school supplies this year. That’s up $200 from just five years ago.
On top of the rising costs, another common concern among parents is the dynamic among students back inside the classroom walls.
“[My concern is] bullying,” said Greg Walden, another parent. “For the kids to say something, it’s just brushed off.”
“My problem is finding the good friends,” Mackey said. “There are different people out there putting stuff in your ears like it’s middle school now. Keep good friends around you.”
And that’s why parents say they want to be involved more this school year to help prevent problems in the classroom from getting out of hand.
“I am trying to be more involved and get her to go on the right track.” Mackey said.
But even with these shared concerns, Hoosier families say they are hopeful for another successful start to the academic year.
“I don’t stress about it, just [focused on] my kids advancing in their academics, honor rolls, etc.,” said Breshonte Lee, another parent.
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MN Republicans call for special session to halt cannabis legalization
ST. PAUL -- 20 Minnesota House Republicans penned a letter to legislative leaders and Governor Tim Walz on Friday, urging the state to hold a special session regarding cannabis.
Possession of the drug is set to become legal next Tuesday, Aug. 1.
Friday, a letter from Minnesota State Republicans laid out concerns over the state’s new cannabis laws. The letter details certain elements of the law that Republicans took issue with.
Two of the issues were brought up during the regular legislative session. One of those was a push for local control on whether cannabis can be sold in a city. The other was a call to close the gap between the time cannabis is legalized and the time legal sales will begin.
The main issue presented in the letter, however, is a new one.
GOP Representative Peggy Scott (R-Andover), who authored the letter, emphasized that the bill should contain penalties for possession for minors.
“I don’t think it’s the right message to allow no consequences to underage kids who possess,” said Scott.
Scott’s claim that the law contains no consequences for kids isn’t necessarily accurate.
The letter begins: “We write to express deep concern with recent news stories suggesting that House File 100, a top priority for Minnesota Democrats, effectively legalized marijuana for children.”
The “news stories” in question are likely referring to an article published by MinnPost earlier this week. Initially, the article seemed to suggest that there were no penalties for minors under the new law.
A later correction to that same article clarified that existing state statute still makes it a petty misdemeanor for minors to possess the drug.
A note now at the top of the article reads:
“An earlier version of this story and headline have been replaced after new information came to light about default penalties that exist in Minnesota for statutes that don’t expressly define them. As such, it appears law enforcement in Minnesota could cite someone under 21 years of age possessing or using marijuana with a petty misdemeanor. For transparency, MinnPost’s original story — containing incorrect information from multiple sources — has been left intact at the bottom of this story.”
Under already-standing state law, possession and distribution of cannabis to minors is illegal, something which will not change with the new law.
Even though MinnPost clarified their article, Scott said she stands by her argument that penalties are not harsh enough.
“[A petty misdemeanor] is not going to act as a deterrent of any kind for these, these minor kids. So that’s, that’s my concern. It’s not a stiff enough penalty for young people,” she said.
Only the Governor can declare a special session, and it seems unlikely that Tim Walz will entertain the idea.
Spokespeople with the governor’s office issued the following statement Friday: “It’s illegal for minors to use marijuana today and it will be illegal for minors to use marijuana after this law goes into effect. Any minor caught consuming or possessing marijuana could be charged with a petty misdemeanor, and any adult caught selling marijuana to a minor could be subject to jail time. This group of Republican legislators should stop implying otherwise.”
Senator Lindsey Port (DFL - Burnsville) who authored the bill in the Minnesota Senate, issued a statement Friday as well, decrying the GOP’s framing of the issue as dishonest:
“Prohibition of cannabis has failed to keep cannabis out of the hands of young people, ensure a well-regulated product, or make our communities safer. The legalization of adult-use cannabis was the culmination of decades of thoughtful work by advocates, experts, and legislators. With over 60 hours of committee input including dozens of GOP amendments, this bill allows adults to responsibly use cannabis, invests in community resources through local tax revenue, and begins to unwind the racist and damaging results of criminalization. To insinuate that this legislation in any way supports, promotes, or encourages the use of cannabis by children is as reckless as it is foolish, and is simply wrong: beginning on August 1, possession of adult-use cannabis will be legal for Minnesotans 21 and older.
Criminalizing and incarcerating young people for cannabis possession is neither a deterrent nor a path that helps teens to avoid graver consequences later in life. Every state that has legalized adult-use cannabis has seen an increase in the age of first use of cannabis and a decrease in the frequency of use by teens as cited in the Cannabis Legalization and Public Health Outcomes study of 2022. Minnesotans asked for action, and the DFL trifecta responded by ending the policy of criminalizing cannabis possession and implementing methods that work to decrease use, like millions of dollars in youth peer-to-peer education, public service information about driving while intoxicated, and unprecedented investments in prevention, treatment and recovery resources. Additionally, with the passage of HF 100, the penalty for possession by an individual under 21 is a petty misdemeanor, despite Republican misinformation that there is no possible legal consequence.
While decriminalizing many aspects of cannabis use, some of the strictest legal penalties in the bill exist for those who sell to minors. Criminalizing young adults for possession maintains a cycle of harm, while aggressively going after those who illegally sell potentially unsafe products, especially to minors, provides the strongest path to eliminating the illicit market. A legal market, with age verification, testing, labeling, and education requirements is the best path forward for Minnesotans, and that’s exactly what HF 100 does. DFL legislators listened to Minnesotans and we stand by our work to deliver for you this year.
A call for a special session on this issue is outrageous and is simply an attempt to use fearmongering and misinformation to stall the implementation of this bill. I encourage residents of Minnesota to follow along at https://cannabis.mn.gov/ for accurate and useful information.
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(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday made his first public remarks about his 4-year-old grandchild Navy, the daughter of his son Hunter Biden, after silence from the White House over the young girl amid legal disputes between her parents.
Biden said, in a statement exclusively provided to People, that his son and Lunden Roberts, the mother, are working to provide a life for her.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the president said. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
The New York Times earlier this month published a piece about the child, writing that she’s never met Hunter Biden or her grandfather. After that was published, the White House dealt with questions in the briefing room from reporters asking whether Biden accepted Hunter Biden’s daughter in Arkansas as his granddaughter.
Roberts, who is in Arkansas, filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in May 2019, and the younger Biden appeared in court this May. In June, he reached a settlement in his child support case after he was ordered to sit for a deposition under oath to answer questions about his finances.
An anonymous source told People that the president and first lady Jill Biden have been “giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out” and have been “following Hunter’s lead” throughout the legal proceedings involving the young girl.
Hunter Biden’s personal and legal troubles have been increasingly in the spotlight lately. He appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:10 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ |
Par for The Course: Bunkers 101 at The Jewel Golf Club
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:44 PM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
LAKE CITY, Minn. (KTTC) – This week our crews took a trip up 63 to Lake City where Julian got a bunkers lesson from the Head Pro at The Jewel Golf Club.
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DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Many across social media feel confused about Twitter rebranding its iconic bird logo to a simple “X” symbol. At his Albany, New York-area studio on Thursday, the artist behind the original logo talked about its creation and leaving the brand behind.
Phil Pascuzzo is hard at work in his quiet suburban home in Delmar, mainly designing the inviting covers that tempt you to pick up a good book. You’d never guess he’s the designer of the world-famous Twitter bird icon.
“It’s so interesting. Most people have no idea,” laughed Pascuzzo. “It’s kind of like how Milton Glaser created the ‘I love New York’ logo, but when you see the I ‘heart’ NY, it doesn’t feel like anybody did it. It’s just there.”
Pascuzzo has run Pepco Studio, his independent freelance design studio, for the last 20 years, but he said that his first graphic design job out of college was where he met Biz Stone, one of the three Twitter co-founders. “We were both junior designers, so we were lowest on the rank, but he would just after every subway ride have all these wild ideas and we would just talk about them,” Pascuzzo recollected with NEWS10’s Mikhaela Singleton. “I would do these little doodles on Post-it notes, and he just liked my drawings.”
He said that Stone approached him around 2005 looking for a unique bird-themed design. The iStock image by Simon Oxley that was used when Twitter first launched couldn’t be its official logo, as that would violate iStock’s terms of service.
“I started sketching different birds. We knew we were going with blue, which — it’s great for like, feeling optimistic, feels like the future, blue skies,” Pascuzzo explained. “[Stone] had a rough idea, but he really left it to me to get creative with. He’s got a great sense of humor so he had all these ideas for little things he wanted the bird to be doing.”
Pascuzzo said that first bird design took about 30 minutes and a chat between friends, landing him $500 for the work. “I was in an apartment in Arbor Hill at the time and thought, $500 will make rent so yeah let’s do it,” he said. “Twitter wasn’t some huge thing like it is now that everybody is on.”
For years, he continued creating many marketing items that helped Twitter take flight. Shifting the bird’s design to a silhouette, Pascuzzo then sold the design to the studio outright in 2010, when it took shape in the most recent version used from 2012 to 2023. He added that he did reapproach his friend and the company to renegotiate pay for the logo design when Twitter truly took off.
“When I realized the weight of what this icon had become, I went back with an intellectual property lawyer, and it was extremely cordial,” Pascuzzo said. “It didn’t give me anything close to Elon Musk money, but it was a down payment on a house.”
On the topic of Musk and the many changes since his takeover of the social media giant in October, Pascuzzo said the news to clip the bird’s wings for a simple “X” symbol came as a surprise. “I was like, ‘What?’ What is this white — because it’s just a Unicode symbol,” he said. “It’s not even a logo. Nobody even designed it.”
After 20 years in the business, he said that he’s learned not to get too attached to any creation, so he’s not sad to see the bird go. But he worries that Musk’s future for Twitter leaves behind much of what made the platform unique.
“He seems obsessed with the ‘X.’ I mean you look at his child with Grimes — X Æ A-Xii — he loves X. It’s everywhere. So in his world, it may make sense, but I think, in the Twitter world, it doesn’t really make much sense,” Pascuzzo concluded. “I feel he threw away a lot of brand equity. The name, the color, the language — it’s so ubiquitous. It’s part of our lexicon.” | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:16 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ |
36 Blitz: Anderson County Bearcats
David Buchanan prepares for his first season as head coach at Anderson County
LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (WTVQ) – There are new beginnings for the Anderson County football team. The Bearcats enter this season with fresh energy led by new head coach David Bunchanan. He and his staff are eager to push the program forward.
“The thing is if we need to be a full house or a power offense, we can do that,” first year head coach David Buchanan explained. “If we need to go five wide receivers, we can do that. We’re going to have those elements all be a part of our offense. We’ll emphasize whatever we think we have the best in personnel.”
“We’re really hitting the weights hard doing a lot of super sets,” Anderson County senior offensive and defensive lineman Ty Meacham said. “Just getting our minds and bodies right that way when we get to the fourth quarter, we don’t shutdown. We keep on churning and going.”
“I’m really excited because the coaches have new programs,” junior running back and wide receiver Nehemiah Wilson said. “They’re getting us bigger and stronger. This is the most comfortable I’ve ever felt with football.”
Establishing a relationship with the players was the first thing on Coach Buchanan’s list once taking the job and it’s already shown this off season. He’s leaned heavily on his more experienced players to help the team buy in as a whole.
“Our leaders are also our best players,” Buchanan said. “When those two things line up, it’s good. It’s tough when your character and talent aren’t in the same body. The character and talent are in the same body here and that really helps make things go.”
“It allows you to focus more on football cause if you don’t have it it’s like well who’s going to be the leader?” Meacham said. “Then you’re waiting for someone to step up and no one does. When coach says these are you leaders and who you look up to it makes it so much smoother.”
The past four seasons haven’t been the Bearcats’ best. Last season, the team finished with a 2-9 record, but this is a program with a history of success. This year’s team takes pride in the opportunity of being the group to restore Anderson County to its winning ways.
“I’m familiar with what they’ve had here,” Buchanan said. “Bob Weir in the 60’s. I think it’s been a rough three or four seasons but I feel good about where we are heading.”
“A lot of people have left, and it feels like an honor to play here now,” Wilson said. “After so many people left the real guys are here. Now we’re going to build and be something great.” | https://www.wtvq.com/36-blitz-preview-anderson-county-bearcats/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:17 | 0 | https://www.wtvq.com/36-blitz-preview-anderson-county-bearcats/ |
Joey Gallo Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:35 PM CDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
On Friday, Joey Gallo (.207 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 82 points below season-long percentage) and the Minnesota Twins play the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Brady Singer. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-3) against the Mariners.
Joey Gallo Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brady Singer
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -133)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +270)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Joey Gallo At The Plate
- Gallo is batting .173 with nine doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 35 walks.
- Gallo has picked up a hit in 40.0% of his 80 games this year, with multiple hits in 7.5% of those games.
- Looking at the 80 games he has played this season, he's hit a home run in 16 of them (20.0%), and in 6.5% of his trips to the dish.
- In 23.8% of his games this year, Gallo has had at least one RBI. He's picked up more than one in 8.8% and driven in three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- In 28 of 80 games this year, he has scored, and three of those games included multiple runs.
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Joey Gallo Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Royals pitching staff is 27th in MLB with a collective eight strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (5.21).
- Royals pitchers combine to rank 21st in baseball in home runs given up (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- The Royals are sending Singer (6-8) to the mound for his 21st start of the season. He is 6-8 with a 5.55 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 108 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Saturday, the right-hander went six innings against the New York Yankees, allowing two earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB action this season, the 26-year-old ranks 57th in ERA (5.55), 57th in WHIP (1.472), and 47th in K/9 (7.5).
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(KTLA) – A labor union representing thousands of hotel housekeepers in Southern California is asking Taylor Swift to postpone her upcoming concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood until they are paid “a living wage.”
UNITE HERE Local 11 published an open letter to the pop star in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.
“We make beds, clean bathrooms, and take care of every guest need. Your shows make our hotels a lot of money,” the letter reads. “In Los Angeles, hotels are doubling and tripling what they charge because you are coming. They also add junk fees on rooms, just like Ticketmaster does. But we see none of it.”
Hotel workers have been staging labor actions in the Los Angeles area since the start of July as they negotiate for increased pay and benefits. They have also joined striking Hollywood writers and actors on the picket lines.
Experts predict Swift’s 52-night, 20-city tour will become the highest-grossing of all time. It is also having a notable economic impact on each city she visits with the surge of Swifties snatching up hotel rooms at jacked-up rates.
She is slated to perform six straight nights at SoFi Stadium beginning August 3.
Union leaders hope Swift will lend support to their cause.
“She has taken on corporate greed to make sure artists get fairly compensate and that those workers behind the scenes in her own music get the treatment they deserve,” Ada Briceno, co-president of UNITE HERE Local 11, said at a rally on Thursday outside of the Hyatt Regency at LAX.
There is no indication the pop star is considering postponing her Inglewood shows. KTLA’s request for comment on Thursday was not immediately returned. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:22 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
Family recalls woman who died in Carlisle flood
CARLISLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A woman killed during flooding in Nicholas County Friday morning was identified as 52-year-old woman Rosa Rowland.
This family lost their matriarch today. The woman they looked up to is now gone.
The flood waters came early this morning.
The family of Rosa says she called for help five times as the water continued to rise.
We didn’t show the family much on camera; they are grieving a devastating loss, and we respect that.
But the pictures we can show you, in the video above, tell the tragic story — with the worst ending.
Carlisle police received the distress calls from Rosa but couldn’t get to her home because of the water and downed power lines.
Search teams got the call and quickly found her body about 3/4 of a mile from this property in a field.
Her family said she lived a hard life — but was a champion for her family, especially her two daughters.
Now, all the family can do is clean up and go on — they know that’s what Rosa would have wanted. | https://www.wtvq.com/family-recalls-woman-who-died-in-carlisle-flood/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:23 | 1 | https://www.wtvq.com/family-recalls-woman-who-died-in-carlisle-flood/ |
Ryan Jeffers Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:34 PM CDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
The Minnesota Twins, including Ryan Jeffers (.364 batting average in his past 10 games), take on starter Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-3) against the Mariners.
Ryan Jeffers Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brady Singer
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +130)
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Ryan Jeffers At The Plate
- Jeffers has eight doubles, a triple, five home runs and 20 walks while batting .277.
- Jeffers is batting .438 with one homer during his last games and is riding a seven-game hitting streak.
- Jeffers has recorded a hit in 29 of 54 games this year (53.7%), including 11 multi-hit games (20.4%).
- In 9.3% of his games this season, he has hit a long ball, and 2.7% of his trips to the plate.
- In 12 games this season (22.2%), Jeffers has picked up an RBI, and in three of those games (5.6%) he had two or more.
- He has scored in 18 of 54 games this season, and more than once 4 times.
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Ryan Jeffers Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The eight strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 27th in MLB.
- The Royals' 5.21 team ERA ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Royals pitchers combine to allow 126 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (to rank 21st in baseball).
- Singer (6-8 with a 5.55 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 108 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Royals, his 21st of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the New York Yankees, when he threw six innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up five hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season, the 26-year-old ranks 57th in ERA (5.55), 57th in WHIP (1.472), and 47th in K/9 (7.5).
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(The Hill) – Carlos De Oliveira was indicted on three criminal charges alongside former President Trump and his longtime aide Walt Nauda in a superseding indictment Thursday, part of the classified document investigation at Trump’s Florida club.
De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s property manager, allegedly assisted Trump and Nauta in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal authorities.
He was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and lying to the FBI.
De Oliveira, 56, was hired as the Mar-a-Lago manager in January 2022, previously working there as a valet, according to the indictment.
Federal investigators claim De Oliveira helped Nauta move about 30 boxes of classified documents around Mar-a-Lago, and at one point told the club’s head of IT that “the boss” wants security camera footage deleted.
In October of last year, after federal investigators searched the club and found additional classified documents, De Oliveira allegedly drained one of the club’s pools causing flooding in the server room that contained the security camera footage. This happened not long after Trump told De Oliveira he would get him an attorney, the indictment says.
According to investigators, Nauta attempted to judge De Oliveira’s loyalty before that promise came, with De Oliveira telling him that nothing would get in the way of his relationship with Trump.
Trump now faces a total of 40 charges related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, with three of those added this week in the superseding indictment. Nauta faces eight charges.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the classified documents probe, is also investigating Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.
Smith met with Trump’s defense on Thursday and sent him a target letter earlier this month, raising speculation that he could be indicted again for that separate investigation soon. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:28 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ |
Hot and stormy into the weekend but a break from the heat is not far off!
A frontal boundary will drop through the commonwealth this weekend bringing storms followed by less humid air
The heat and humidity stayed cranked up on Friday as expected across Central and Eastern Kentucky with afternoon highs in the low and mid-90s. Humidity levels were sky high so our heat indices were between 100 and 105 degrees in most locations so it was a challenging day to be outside for any length of time. With a leftover boundary to focus on, big storms cranked up across Northern and Northeastern Kentucky producing torrential rain, gusty winds and frequent lightning. The rain cooled air took the edge off the heat in our Eastern Kentucky counties so that was an unexpected bonus not dealing with the oppressive conditions.
We aren’t out of the woods just yet heading into the weekend as the hot and muggy air stay in place on Saturday as a frontal boundary slowly drops through the Ohio Valley. Afternoon highs should be in the low 90s with heat indices around 100 degrees but our temperatures will be impacted by the timing of the expected storms heading into the afternoon hours. If the storms arrive earlier, a few spots may not make it out of the 80s. We do have a low end Level 1 severe risk (out of 5) from the Storm Prediction Center on Saturday. The primary threat will be damaging winds, but torrential rain and frequent lightning may cause some issues as well.
There is some good news on the horizon as we finally get a break from the big heat and humidity as we close out July and kick off August. An area of high pressure drifting into the Great Lakes will help push the front to the south of Kentucky late Sunday. With a pleasant north to northeast breeze pushing less humid and more comfortable air into the region, next Monday and Tuesday will feel great. Afternoon highs will be in the mid-80s, which is slightly below average and more importantly our “muggy meter” takes a tumble as dew-point temperatures drop from the tropical 70s into the 50s so it should feel really nice to begin August!
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
FRIDAY NIGHT: Warm and muggy, a few storms. Lows in the low to mid-70s.
SATURDAY: Hot and humid, scattered storms. Highs in the low-90s.
SATURDAY NIGHT: More storms, still muggy. Lows in the low-70s. | https://www.wtvq.com/hot-and-stormy-into-the-weekend-but-a-break-from-the-heat-is-not-far-off/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:29 | 1 | https://www.wtvq.com/hot-and-stormy-into-the-weekend-but-a-break-from-the-heat-is-not-far-off/ |
Willi Castro Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:32 PM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
The Minnesota Twins and Willi Castro, who went 1-for-4 with a double last time out, battle Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his previous game (1-for-4) against the Mariners.
Willi Castro Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brady Singer
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +190)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Willi Castro At The Plate
- Castro is batting .244 with 11 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 19 walks.
- Castro has gotten a hit in 41 of 75 games this season (54.7%), with more than one hit on 14 occasions (18.7%).
- Looking at the 75 games he has played this year, he's homered in four of them (5.3%), and in 1.9% of his trips to the plate.
- Castro has an RBI in 18 of 75 games this year, with multiple RBI in three of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- In 37.3% of his games this year, he has scored at least once. And he's had five games with multiple runs (6.7%).
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Willi Castro Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective eight K/9, the fourth-worst in MLB.
- The Royals have a 5.21 team ERA that ranks 28th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Royals rank 21st in baseball in home runs allowed (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Singer gets the start for the Royals, his 21st of the season. He is 6-8 with a 5.55 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 108 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last time out came on Saturday against the New York Yankees, when the right-hander went six innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up five hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 26-year-old's 5.55 ERA ranks 57th, 1.472 WHIP ranks 57th, and 7.5 K/9 ranks 47th.
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | https://www.kttc.com/sports/betting/2023/07/28/willi-castro-mlb-player-prop-bets/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:31 | 1 | https://www.kttc.com/sports/betting/2023/07/28/willi-castro-mlb-player-prop-bets/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — The 2023 Indiana State Fair is open and there’s something for everyone, including carnival rides, midway games and more food than you can dream of.
Even though it’s been rainy, hot, and humid, it hasn’t stopped people from coming to opening day.
“We love coming to the fair. Opening Day has been a tradition in my family. My dad took us every year,” said Gretchen Andrews, one of several hundred people who attended opening day. “So, we wanted to come and keep that alive with our kids.”
Some people come to enjoy some classic foods while others are looking to try something new.
“We have a Barbie funnel cake. It has pink icing on it and it has sprinkles,” said Susan Freund, owner of Kings Funnel Cake.
While this year’s theme is “basketball” to honor the Hoosier state’s favorite sport, discovering new foods is also a favorite pastime.
“We do this every year and we love the Indiana State Fair,” said Freund.
There are plenty of rides to choose from as well, including the Teacup, Ferris Wheel, roller coasters, and a Merry-Go-Round.
The traditions are back and people love to come to see the ponies, pigs and even lamas.
“Lamas are unique but it really is kind of cool to show. They’re doing the obstacles and things that typical livestock wouldn’t do,” said Amanda Mehl, a state fair visitor.
The fair runs until Sunday, Aug. 20. So, there is still plenty of time to come out and get in on the fun. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/opening-day-at-the-indiana-state-fair-is-a-family-affair/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:34 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/opening-day-at-the-indiana-state-fair-is-a-family-affair/ |
Power outage in Paris affects local businesses
Paris, Ky (WTVQ) — For 17 hours time stood still for business owners on Thursday afternoon.
According to locals– those with Kentucky Utilities lost power.
One shop owner, Lyria Miller of Lil’s Coffee House, lost power and had to close early. She said her main worry was the food in her fridge.
“Was hoping that it would flicker back on within the hour, it didn’t,” said Miller. “So then we closed the doors obviously and started thinking about today. Because my refrigerators can hold temperature for about 6 hours at the most. So after about 3 hours, I started calling friends and family. Who has empty refrigerators.”
Lyria and her staff then spent the next four hours loading up the food and taking it to friends’ refrigerators and filling them up. In the morning they did the opposite, loading and bringing the food back to the restaurant.
Jessica Mattingly, at Happy People Coffee, was not so lucky.
“Yes we did lose some because we have a lot of food and beverages that have to stay very very cold,” said Mattingly. “So, we pretty much took care of that this morning. We put ice in all of the refrigerators and most of it kept.”
And while not all businesses lost products, the majority lost business because they had to close early.
Stores downtown stayed open as long as they could. One even gave people flashlights while they shopped.
“We had flashlights like this and they were able to walk around for a little while and look at things,” said Lyn Laton, owner of Loch Lea Antiques.
One thing they all wished they could have, should this happen again is a generator.
All things were back to normal today.
The city of Paris declined to comment on what caused the power outage. | https://www.wtvq.com/power-outage-in-paris-affects-local-businesses/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:35 | 1 | https://www.wtvq.com/power-outage-in-paris-affects-local-businesses/ |