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Winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday, July 28, 2023. Lottery drawing jackpot results
The Mega Millions game seeks 2023's seventh jackpot winner as the prize remains No. 8 among the largest U.S. lottery prizes of all-time and currently sits at No. 5 all-time on the Mega Millions top 10 jackpot list after nobody matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing.
Powerball also moved forward again after no one matched all six numbers from Wednesday night. The current Powerball jackpot is worth an estimated $60 million, with a cash option of $31.1 million.
Here are the numbers chosen for the Friday, July 28, lottery jackpot worth an $940 million with a cash option of $472.5 million.
Mega Millions, Powerball:What to do if you win the jackpot
Mega Millions numbers 7/28/23
Friday night's drawing will take place at 10 p.m. CT. The winning numbers for Tuesday night's drawing were 3, 5, 6, 44, 61, and the Mega Ball was 25. The Megaplier was 4X.
Did anyone win Mega Millions last night, Friday, July 28th, 2023?
Results are pending.
Powerball numbersResults for Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Lottery drawing jackpot at $60M
How many lotto numbers in Mega Millions do you need to win a prize?
You only need to match one number in Mega Millions to win a prize. However, that number must be the Mega Ball, worth $2.
What do I win if I get 2 lottery numbers on Mega Millions?
Matching two numbers won't win anything in Mega Millions unless one of the numbers is the Mega Ball. A ticket matching one of the five numbers and the Mega Ball is worth $4.
Mega Millions numbers you need to know:Commonly drawn numbers could help you win July 28
When is the next Mega Millions drawing?
Drawings are held two times per week at approximately 10 p.m. CT every Tuesday and Friday. You can watch drawings via YouTube.
How to play Mega Millions
Here's how to play Mega Millions:
Mega Millions, Powerball numbers:Want to win the massive Mega Millions jackpot? Here are the luckiest numbers, places to play
Mega Millions 2023 lotto jackpot winners
Here is the list of 2023 Mega Millions jackpot wins, according to megamillions.com:
- $1.35 billion — Jan. 13; Maine.
- $20 million — Jan. 17; New York.
- $31 million — Jan. 24; Massachusetts.
- $31 million — Jan. 31; Massachusetts.
- $483 million — April 14; New York.
- $20 million — April 18; New York.
Mega Millions numbers:Results for Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Lottery drawing jackpot at $910M
Top 10 Mega Millions lottery jackpots
Here are the all-time top 10 Mega Millions jackpots, according to megamillions.com:
- $1.537 billion — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
- $1.35 billion — Jan. 13, 2023; Maine.
- $1.337 billion — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
- $1.05 billion — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan.
- $940 million — July 28, 2023; TBD.
- $656 million — Mar. 30, 2012; Kansas, Illinois, Maryland.
- $648 million — Dec. 17, 2013; California, Georgia.
- $543 million — July 24, 2018; California.
- $536 million — July 8, 2016; Indiana.
- $533 million — Mar. 30, 2018; New Jersey.
Top 10 U.S. lottery jackpots
Here are the nation's all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:
- $2.04 billion, Powerball — Nov. 7, 2022; California.
- $1.586 billion, Powerball — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
- $1.537 billion, Mega Millions — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
- $1.35 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 13, 2023; Maine.
- $1.337 billion, Mega Millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
- $1.08 billion, Powerball — July 19, 2023; California.
- $1.05 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan.
- $940 million, Mega Millions — July 28, 2023; TBD.
- $768.4 million, Powerball — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million, Powerball — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023
Arthur Rinderknech will meet Jurij Rodionov in the ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023 semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
Compared to the underdog Rodionov (+110), Rinderknech is the favorite (-155) to advance to the final.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Match Information
- Tournament: The ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Tennisclub Zug
- Location: Zug, Switzerland
- Court Surface: Clay
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Arthur Rinderknech has a 60.8% chance to win.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Rinderknech took down Adrian Andreev 6-2, 6-2.
- Rodionov will look to stay on track after a 6-3, 7-5 victory over No. 158-ranked Zizou Bergs in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Rinderknech has played 25.1 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) in his 46 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces).
- Rinderknech has played seven matches on clay over the past year, and 26.6 games per match (22.0 in best-of-three matches).
- Rodionov has played 24 matches in the past year across all court surfaces, averaging 23.0 games per match (22.9 in best-of-three matches) and winning 48.8% of those games.
- Rodionov has averaged 23.8 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) and 9.5 games per set in 16 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- In two head-to-head meetings, Rinderknech and Rodionov have split 1-1. Rodionov came out on top in their most recent clash on February 11, 2023, winning 7-6, 6-1.
- In terms of sets, Rodionov has taken three versus Rinderknech (60.0%), while Rinderknech has captured two.
- Rodionov has bettered Rinderknech in 24 of 44 total games between them, good for a 54.5% winning percentage.
- In their two matches against each other, Rinderknech and Rodionov are averaging 22.0 games and 2.5 sets.
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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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Although storms moved through parts of Indiana earlier this morning, some spots received healthy and needed rain before the daytime heating took place. Because of that, parts of Central Indiana were a bit delayed in getting to the peak heat and humidity of the day.
By the time early evening came around, Indianapolis finally reached 90° for the seventh time in 2023 topping out at 91° for the daily high. Heat indices across the board between 93-117° made for another scorcher with oppressive humidity that’s rare to see in Indiana. Luckily, we’re going to bid farewell to this moist and humid airmass with our next cold front. That passage will change our airflow to come out of the northwest and give us much drier, more comfortable air.
Saturday will be the last day of the humid conditions, although it will not be as humid compared to today and yesterday. Dew points will start to drop off later Saturday after our highs approach the 90° mark once again. Dew points will be around 70° before the front passes through.
Before we see the drop off in humidity, there are storms we’re expecting to develop across Iowa and northern Illinois. There is a stationary front that’s sitting overhead that will help pop up some convective activity. Thanks to a very much favorable environment across Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, storms have the potential to be long-lived and organized.
For us here in Central Indiana, we’re under a level two Slight Risk for severe weather while areas north are under a level three Enhanced Risk. Drenching downpours and damaging winds are the main threats with peak coverage around 40% overnight. It will otherwise be very warm and humid. Be sure to have multiple ways to receive warnings while you’re sleeping if one gets issued. The storm threat will end shortly before daybreak.
Saturday will be mainly dry with the early showers getting out of here. It will be hot and humid with a shifting wind. It’s possible daytime heating could initiate a few PM showers and storms but the severe threat on those looks low at this time. After that, much less humid and quiet times are ahead to end the weekend and start next week. | https://cbs4indy.com/weather/another-scorcher-behind-us-with-storms-first-before-relief/ | 2023-07-29T00:05:40 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/weather/another-scorcher-behind-us-with-storms-first-before-relief/ |
NEWS
Peoria woman found dead from heat exposure; power had been turned off
Leslie Renken
Peoria Journal Star
PEORIA – A 53-year-old Peoria woman was found dead of apparent heat exposure at her Peoria apartment July 27.
Henrietta Moore was found by the building manager around 11:30 a.m. in her apartment in the 3400 block of Oakcrest Drive. Peoria has been experiencing a heat wave this week, and there was no air conditioning in the residence because power had been cut off July 7, according to a press release from Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood.
Moore was pronounced dead at 12:07 p.m. Thursday. Harwood said the cause of death was exacerbation of chronic medical conditions due to the excessive heat.
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Ladies Open Lausanne
Diane Parry will meet Clara Burel in the Ladies Open Lausanne semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
In this Semifinal matchup, Burel is favored (-125) against Parry (+100) .
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Match Information
- Tournament: The Ladies Open Lausanne
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
- Court Surface: Clay
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Clara Burel has a 55.6% chance to win.
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Trends and Insights
- Parry is coming off a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 70-ranked Alize Cornet in Friday's quarterfinals.
- In her most recent scheduled match, Burel was handed a walkover win over Ana Bogdan at the Ladies Open Lausanne.
- Parry has played 28 matches over the past year (across all court surfaces), and 21.9 games per match.
- On clay, Parry has played five matches over the past 12 months, totaling 22.8 games per match while winning 49.1% of games.
- Burel is averaging 23.2 games per match in her 28 matches played in the past year across all court types, winning 50.9% of those games.
- Burel has averaged 22.7 games per match and 10.0 games per set in 11 matches on clay courts in the past year.
- Parry and Burel have matched up once dating back to 2015, in the Mutua Madrid Open qualifying round. Burel was victorious in that matchup 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.
- Burel and Parry have faced off in three sets against each other, with Burel taking two of them.
- Burel and Parry have matched up in 33 total games, with Burel taking 18 and Parry claiming 15.
- Burel and Parry have squared off one time, and they have averaged 33.0 games and 3.0 sets per match.
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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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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg European Open
Laslo Djere will take on Zhizhen Zhang in the Hamburg European Open semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
Djere is getting -175 odds to earn a spot in the final over Zhang (+135).
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg European Open
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Laslo Djere has a 63.6% chance to win.
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Djere advanced past No. 18-ranked Lorenzo Musetti, 7-5, 6-3.
- Zhang will look to stay on track after a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 61-ranked Daniel Altmaier in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Through 57 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), Djere has played 25.4 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) and won 50.1% of them.
- Djere has played 21 matches on clay over the past 12 months, and 22.3 games per match (21.7 in best-of-three matches).
- In the past 12 months, Zhang has played 46 total matches (across all court surfaces), winning 50.0% of the games. He averages 25.7 games per match (23.7 in best-of-three matches) and 10.1 games per set.
- In 14 matches on clay courts in the past year, Zhang has averaged 26.7 games per match (26.6 in best-of-three matches) and 10.7 games per set, winning 50.0% of the games.
- Dating back to 2015, Djere and Zhang have not competed against each other.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023
Arthur Rinderknech will meet Jurij Rodionov in the ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023 semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
Compared to the underdog Rodionov (+110), Rinderknech is the favorite (-155) to advance to the final.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Match Information
- Tournament: The ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Tennisclub Zug
- Location: Zug, Switzerland
- Court Surface: Clay
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Arthur Rinderknech has a 60.8% chance to win.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Rinderknech took down Adrian Andreev 6-2, 6-2.
- Rodionov will look to stay on track after a 6-3, 7-5 victory over No. 158-ranked Zizou Bergs in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Rinderknech has played 25.1 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) in his 46 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces).
- Rinderknech has played seven matches on clay over the past year, and 26.6 games per match (22.0 in best-of-three matches).
- Rodionov has played 24 matches in the past year across all court surfaces, averaging 23.0 games per match (22.9 in best-of-three matches) and winning 48.8% of those games.
- Rodionov has averaged 23.8 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) and 9.5 games per set in 16 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- In two head-to-head meetings, Rinderknech and Rodionov have split 1-1. Rodionov came out on top in their most recent clash on February 11, 2023, winning 7-6, 6-1.
- In terms of sets, Rodionov has taken three versus Rinderknech (60.0%), while Rinderknech has captured two.
- Rodionov has bettered Rinderknech in 24 of 44 total games between them, good for a 54.5% winning percentage.
- In their two matches against each other, Rinderknech and Rodionov are averaging 22.0 games and 2.5 sets.
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg
In the final of the Hamburg on Saturday, Noma Noha Akugue (ranked No. 207) takes on Arantxa Rus (No. 60).
Rus is the favorite (-300) to win the title against Noha Akugue (+240).
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg
- Round: Finals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Arantxa Rus has a 75.0% chance to win.
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Trends and Insights
- By taking down No. 101-ranked Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-3 on Friday, Noha Akugue reached the finals.
- In the semifinals on Friday, Rus clinched a victory against No. 225-ranked Daria Saville, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
- Noha Akugue has played 12 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), and 22.5 games per match.
- On clay, Noha Akugue has played seven matches over the past 12 months, totaling 25.3 games per match while winning 50.8% of games.
- Rus has played 21 matches in the past 12 months across all court types, averaging 21.6 games per match and winning 53.2% of those games.
- Rus has averaged 20.6 games per match and 9.5 games per set through 12 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- Dating back to 2015, Noha Akugue and Rus have not competed against each other.
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Ladies Open Lausanne
Diane Parry will meet Clara Burel in the Ladies Open Lausanne semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
In this Semifinal matchup, Burel is favored (-125) against Parry (+100) .
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Match Information
- Tournament: The Ladies Open Lausanne
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
- Court Surface: Clay
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Clara Burel has a 55.6% chance to win.
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Trends and Insights
- Parry is coming off a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 70-ranked Alize Cornet in Friday's quarterfinals.
- In her most recent scheduled match, Burel was handed a walkover win over Ana Bogdan at the Ladies Open Lausanne.
- Parry has played 28 matches over the past year (across all court surfaces), and 21.9 games per match.
- On clay, Parry has played five matches over the past 12 months, totaling 22.8 games per match while winning 49.1% of games.
- Burel is averaging 23.2 games per match in her 28 matches played in the past year across all court types, winning 50.9% of those games.
- Burel has averaged 22.7 games per match and 10.0 games per set in 11 matches on clay courts in the past year.
- Parry and Burel have matched up once dating back to 2015, in the Mutua Madrid Open qualifying round. Burel was victorious in that matchup 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.
- Burel and Parry have faced off in three sets against each other, with Burel taking two of them.
- Burel and Parry have matched up in 33 total games, with Burel taking 18 and Parry claiming 15.
- Burel and Parry have squared off one time, and they have averaged 33.0 games and 3.0 sets per match.
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg European Open
Laslo Djere will take on Zhizhen Zhang in the Hamburg European Open semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
Djere is getting -175 odds to earn a spot in the final over Zhang (+135).
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg European Open
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Laslo Djere has a 63.6% chance to win.
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Djere advanced past No. 18-ranked Lorenzo Musetti, 7-5, 6-3.
- Zhang will look to stay on track after a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 61-ranked Daniel Altmaier in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Through 57 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), Djere has played 25.4 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) and won 50.1% of them.
- Djere has played 21 matches on clay over the past 12 months, and 22.3 games per match (21.7 in best-of-three matches).
- In the past 12 months, Zhang has played 46 total matches (across all court surfaces), winning 50.0% of the games. He averages 25.7 games per match (23.7 in best-of-three matches) and 10.1 games per set.
- In 14 matches on clay courts in the past year, Zhang has averaged 26.7 games per match (26.6 in best-of-three matches) and 10.7 games per set, winning 50.0% of the games.
- Dating back to 2015, Djere and Zhang have not competed against each other.
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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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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg
In the final of the Hamburg on Saturday, Noma Noha Akugue (ranked No. 207) takes on Arantxa Rus (No. 60).
Rus is the favorite (-300) to win the title against Noha Akugue (+240).
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg
- Round: Finals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Arantxa Rus has a 75.0% chance to win.
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Trends and Insights
- By taking down No. 101-ranked Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-3 on Friday, Noha Akugue reached the finals.
- In the semifinals on Friday, Rus clinched a victory against No. 225-ranked Daria Saville, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
- Noha Akugue has played 12 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), and 22.5 games per match.
- On clay, Noha Akugue has played seven matches over the past 12 months, totaling 25.3 games per match while winning 50.8% of games.
- Rus has played 21 matches in the past 12 months across all court types, averaging 21.6 games per match and winning 53.2% of those games.
- Rus has averaged 20.6 games per match and 9.5 games per set through 12 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- Dating back to 2015, Noha Akugue and Rus have not competed against each other.
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Abnormalities detected during heart screenings at London Strong run
The annual event aims to identify undetected heart conditions and purchase life-saving equipment
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 7:26 PM EDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WNEM) - The 6th annual London Strong”Set Your Dreams” 5K Run/Walk yielded some potentially life-saving results Thursday.
Free heart screenings were performed during the run at Creasey Bicentennial Park.
Tina Eisenbeis, founder of the London Strong Foundation, said three abnormal electrocardiograms (EKG) were discovered, potentially saving three young lives.
Eisenbeis’ 10-year-old daughter London died of an undetected heart condition six years ago, so detection is key.
Nearly 500 people walked or ran in the 5k, and six automated external defibrillators were given to organizations in both Genesee and Saginaw counties.
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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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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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Doctor accused of running over pro-life activist
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:50 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - A doctor is accused of running over a pro-life activist outside a local abortion clinic.
The Saginaw County Prosecutor said Dr. Theodore Roummel of the Women’s Center in Saginaw is charged with felonious assault, which is a four-year felony.
Roummel has two scheduled court dates next month.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023
Arthur Rinderknech will meet Jurij Rodionov in the ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023 semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
Compared to the underdog Rodionov (+110), Rinderknech is the favorite (-155) to advance to the final.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Match Information
- Tournament: The ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Tennisclub Zug
- Location: Zug, Switzerland
- Court Surface: Clay
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Arthur Rinderknech has a 60.8% chance to win.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Rinderknech took down Adrian Andreev 6-2, 6-2.
- Rodionov will look to stay on track after a 6-3, 7-5 victory over No. 158-ranked Zizou Bergs in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Rinderknech has played 25.1 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) in his 46 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces).
- Rinderknech has played seven matches on clay over the past year, and 26.6 games per match (22.0 in best-of-three matches).
- Rodionov has played 24 matches in the past year across all court surfaces, averaging 23.0 games per match (22.9 in best-of-three matches) and winning 48.8% of those games.
- Rodionov has averaged 23.8 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) and 9.5 games per set in 16 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- In two head-to-head meetings, Rinderknech and Rodionov have split 1-1. Rodionov came out on top in their most recent clash on February 11, 2023, winning 7-6, 6-1.
- In terms of sets, Rodionov has taken three versus Rinderknech (60.0%), while Rinderknech has captured two.
- Rodionov has bettered Rinderknech in 24 of 44 total games between them, good for a 54.5% winning percentage.
- In their two matches against each other, Rinderknech and Rodionov are averaging 22.0 games and 2.5 sets.
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Ladies Open Lausanne
Diane Parry will meet Clara Burel in the Ladies Open Lausanne semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
In this Semifinal matchup, Burel is favored (-125) against Parry (+100) .
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Match Information
- Tournament: The Ladies Open Lausanne
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
- Court Surface: Clay
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Clara Burel has a 55.6% chance to win.
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Trends and Insights
- Parry is coming off a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 70-ranked Alize Cornet in Friday's quarterfinals.
- In her most recent scheduled match, Burel was handed a walkover win over Ana Bogdan at the Ladies Open Lausanne.
- Parry has played 28 matches over the past year (across all court surfaces), and 21.9 games per match.
- On clay, Parry has played five matches over the past 12 months, totaling 22.8 games per match while winning 49.1% of games.
- Burel is averaging 23.2 games per match in her 28 matches played in the past year across all court types, winning 50.9% of those games.
- Burel has averaged 22.7 games per match and 10.0 games per set in 11 matches on clay courts in the past year.
- Parry and Burel have matched up once dating back to 2015, in the Mutua Madrid Open qualifying round. Burel was victorious in that matchup 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.
- Burel and Parry have faced off in three sets against each other, with Burel taking two of them.
- Burel and Parry have matched up in 33 total games, with Burel taking 18 and Parry claiming 15.
- Burel and Parry have squared off one time, and they have averaged 33.0 games and 3.0 sets per match.
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg European Open
Laslo Djere will take on Zhizhen Zhang in the Hamburg European Open semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
Djere is getting -175 odds to earn a spot in the final over Zhang (+135).
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg European Open
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Prediction and Odds
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Djere advanced past No. 18-ranked Lorenzo Musetti, 7-5, 6-3.
- Zhang will look to stay on track after a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 61-ranked Daniel Altmaier in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Through 57 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), Djere has played 25.4 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) and won 50.1% of them.
- Djere has played 21 matches on clay over the past 12 months, and 22.3 games per match (21.7 in best-of-three matches).
- In the past 12 months, Zhang has played 46 total matches (across all court surfaces), winning 50.0% of the games. He averages 25.7 games per match (23.7 in best-of-three matches) and 10.1 games per set.
- In 14 matches on clay courts in the past year, Zhang has averaged 26.7 games per match (26.6 in best-of-three matches) and 10.7 games per set, winning 50.0% of the games.
- Dating back to 2015, Djere and Zhang have not competed against each other.
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg
In the final of the Hamburg on Saturday, Noma Noha Akugue (ranked No. 207) takes on Arantxa Rus (No. 60).
Rus is the favorite (-300) to win the title against Noha Akugue (+240).
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg
- Round: Finals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Arantxa Rus has a 75.0% chance to win.
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Trends and Insights
- By taking down No. 101-ranked Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-3 on Friday, Noha Akugue reached the finals.
- In the semifinals on Friday, Rus clinched a victory against No. 225-ranked Daria Saville, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
- Noha Akugue has played 12 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), and 22.5 games per match.
- On clay, Noha Akugue has played seven matches over the past 12 months, totaling 25.3 games per match while winning 50.8% of games.
- Rus has played 21 matches in the past 12 months across all court types, averaging 21.6 games per match and winning 53.2% of those games.
- Rus has averaged 20.6 games per match and 9.5 games per set through 12 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- Dating back to 2015, Noha Akugue and Rus have not competed against each other.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say a car crashed into the National Hispanic Cultural Center in southwest Albuquerque, causing a small fire and the evacuation of the building. An Albuquerque Police Department spokesperson said one person in the vehicle is in critical condition and was taken to a hospital as a result of the crash on Friday. Police say a male and female were arguing in the car prior to the crash. Officials say a car went completely inside the building after going through the front doors. The center's director says the only person present was in an adjacent building. It is unclear how much damage the crash caused the building.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A car crashed into the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Friday, causing a small fire in the building that sits along a busy street in southwest Albuquerque near the Rio Grande.
The crash also triggered an evacuation, but the center's director said that the only person present was in an adjacent building, according to the Albuquerque Police Department.
The male driver of the car is in critical condition and was taken to a hospital, according to APD spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos Jr. The male and a female were involved in a "confrontation" prior to the crash, with the female passenger telling the male driver to slow down. The female passenger was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to police.
The car went completely inside the building after going through the front doors, according to police.
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Lakeland's proposed budget would increase employee pay. Homeowners would pay a little more
LAKELAND — Lakeland commissioners are looking to keep the city's tax rate flat while providing significant pay raises to employees and investing in infrastructure.
The City Commission voted unanimously to advertise a proposed tax rate of $5.43 per $1,000 of assessed property value for fiscal year 2024, which starts Oct. 1. While the millage rate remains the same as the current year, the city will be required to advertise it as a tax increase under Florida law, as most property owners will pay more because of rising property values.
Lakeland Financial Director Mike Brossart said the city's total taxable property value has increased about 12.15% since last year to $10.68 billion, according to Polk County Property Appraiser's office. This is in part because of significant residential growth with commercial and industrial developments.
There is a healthy increase in overall property values in each of the city's Community Redevelopment Districts. There's been an uptick of 9% in Dixieland, Brossart said, with an estimated 15% in Downtown Lakeland and 17% in Midtown.
The city will collect about $1.4 million in new construction revenues and $4.9 million more in taxable value revenues at the proposed tax rate. Lakeland's rolled-back millage, or the tax rate at which it would collect the same property taxes, would be $5 per $1,000 in assessed value.
In addition to property taxes, Brossart said the city has $4.6 million revenue from higher half-cent sales tax than originally forecast. It has collected about $300,000 more in red-light camera revenue than expected and has saved roughly $12.16 million, largely because of unfilled positions.
Proposed budget boosts employee salaries
City Manager Shawn Sherrouse is looking to take a three-pronged approach to increase Lakeland's employee salaries to make the city more competitive with the current labor market and hopefully better equipped to retain skilled employees.
No appeals processLakeland's homeless are being trespassed from Munn Park
The city hired an outside consultant, Bolton, to perform an extensive wage study covering more than 1,266 full-time employees across 433 distinct job titles for wages and compensation. Based on this study, Sherrouse suggested several changes to wages and compensation for the city's general employees.
All general employees will receive a 3% across-the-board pay raise and then will be offered either a 2.5% or 3% merit increase, based on whether the individual is at the midpoint of their job title's pay range. City employees at the lower end of their job's pay range will be offered the 3% raise, and those above the midpoint would receive a 2.5% increase up to their position's maximum salary.
Those employees identified as being paid less than a competitive market rate will receive a pay adjustment, Sherrouse said, with the average individual adjustment being no greater than 5%. There appear to be some outliers, where particular individuals may receive up to a 20% adjustment, but Sherrouse said the average adjustment will be less than 5%.
Brossart said he roughly estimated the city's efforts to competitively adjust general employees' wages will cost $4 million, probably less.
Lakeland will be looking to add nine employees to its payroll in fiscal year 2024, adding 10 positions while eliminating one. The vast majority of the new positions are to meet service-delivery needs, Sherrouse said, from public safety and solid waste drivers to four water utility positions.
There is one downfall for city employees in the proposed fiscal year 2024 budget. The city's health insurance costs are expected to increase by 7.5%, resulting in higher premiums for employees, though there will be new plan options and some medication provided at no out-of-pocket cost.
What's in it for residents?
The city's proposed fiscal year 2024 budget contains funding for two targeted commission requests and two targeted infrastructural needs.
The commissioners plan to contribute $250,000 a year to Florida Southern College for its expansion of Polk Museum of Art for the next two years. The expansion will add more than 10,000 square feet of gallery, classroom and art laboratory space.
Officials also planned to earmark $1 million toward the construction of more affordable housing in Lakeland.
There's been $1 million designated for the city's purchase of property as a future site for Fire Station 8, Sherrouse said, as the city has been engaged in a long hunt for suitable property. Sherrouse has previously said it's been difficult to find an affordable site in North Lakeland. The city had funds in this year's budget for 12 additional firefighters to staff the station and has already purchase equipment, but still needs to identify a site.
Lakeland will take $1 million from its General Fund to be transferred to the Transportation Fund for road maintenance next year. Brossart said his calculations show the city will be about $188,000 short of its road maintenance schedule next year, and it's predicted to get worse with rising costs.
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Heath Frederick, the city's public works director, said the cost of milling down a road and resurfacing it have gone up by more than 40%.
"Our roads are aging," he said. "We have to do milling and resurfacing, which is much more expensive than preservation. That $1 million would help make a beneficial impact and help us keep the road standards where they are at."
Frederick said the city had already lowered its road quality standards in response to a question from the commission.
What's next?
The city will hold its first budget-adopting hearing 6 p.m. Sept. 7, which should include an overview of the full city budget. This will be followed by a second budget hearing 6 p.m. Sept. 21 where the commission will vote on whether to adopt the proposed budget. All budget hearings are scheduled to be held in the commission chambers at City Hall, 228 S. Massachusetts Ave.
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Florida offers a unique deer hunting experience. Bow season starts Saturday in S. Florida
Through binoculars from the tailgate of his Chevy, I watched as Harris Woodsby sneaked across the southwest Florida prairie, a bow in one hand and a collapsible deer silhouette decoy in the other.
That flat-as-a-pancake terrain offered little relief for hiding an extended approach on any animal with sharp senses, so my pessimistic nature was contemplating lunch as Woodsby inched his way across the void.
Perhaps distraction doomed the deer as the target was a young whitetail buck sniffing around the pasture, seeking does and pausing occasionally to browse. From the vehicle, his summer-orange coat would disappear for minutes at a time, lost in the distant dog fennel and a half-mile of August mirage.
Freshwater fishingBass biting at early light and late in the day in Polk County lakes
The plan was to intercept the buck at an irrigation ditch, using the decoy for concealment or maybe to entice the buck closer. Getting to the ditch was the problematic point, but Woodsby reached it without blowing all deer into the next county, another little buck actually joining the original during the stalk.
Both bucks were flirting with the limits of state-mandated antler restrictions. At that distance, my eight-power binoculars were practically useless for such close scrutiny but more than capable of watching as Woodsby released an arrow from behind his decoy as one deer scampered across the open and out of sight.
What Florida might lack in really large deer, we sure compensate for in the novelty and range of deer hunting possibilities. Nowhere is this more pronounced than in southwest Florida, where diminutive whitetails dwell in open fields rather than the thick swamp bottoms and scrubs most familiar to state hunters.
In Zone A, encompassing much of South Florida, archery season begins this weekend, and the bucks are already rutting and chasing does. Though they're easily spotted across the vistas, the range limitations of bowhunting tackle require creativity in order to score.
As alluded to above, Woodsby navigated slight terrain changes and used a lightweight decoy to close on his buck. But, just an hour before, I was in a traditional treestand set-up overlooking a pond, drawing an arrow on a legitimate Prairie Monarch but unable to get an ethical shot.
Pheasant tower shootIt isn't really hunting so it can't be fun, right? Oh so wrong
Back at the truck, Woodsby was confident of a solid hit but lost sight of the buck in a weedy depression marsh. We allowed the deer time to expire in the event of an errant shot, but with the heat, we couldn’t afford dawdling too long or the venison would be lost to spoil.
Fortunately, Woodsby accurately marked the point of impact, and soon we were loading the six-point into the bed, while the other buck watched from safely in the distance.
Southwest Florida in August is a land of biting bugs and gators and panthers and snakes and sweat. It also offers one of the most unique and earliest deer hunting experiences in the country. Private property access is difficult to acquire, and public land quota permits often require years to draw, but if you're serious about deer hunting, keep trying, and I promise you'll uncover a special adventure.
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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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- Date/time: August 12th, 10:00am to 2:00pm
- Venue: Eskenazi Health Center
- Address: W. 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN
Join the Eskenazi Health team at Eskenazi Health Center West 38th Street on Aug. 12 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine.
– Other free health screenings for blood pressure, diabetes, oral health and more will be provided.
– Free sports physicals for kids ages 10 – 18 will be available from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
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Lakewood apartment tenants still waiting on AC through heatwave
LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WOIO) - For weeks, residents at the Lakewood Center North Apartments have gone without air conditioning, enduring the heatwave without any relief at home.
People living there say the management company sent a mass email Friday, saying the computer board needed to fix the AC was in Canada.
“They did send an email out at 9:00 a.m. this morning informing us they have chartered a jet; they are going to go to Quebec to pick up the part and then bring it back here to the United States and install it,” said resident Tony Prusak.
But as for when the piece will actually be in Cleveland and when the air comes back on, that is still unclear.
Many tenants are looking for some compensation after two weeks in the heat and seemingly no clear end in sight.
Management organized a free smoothie truck for residents throughout Friday afternoon, but many are looking for financial compensation.
“They have indicated that there will be some type of financial abatement of rent; I don’t know what that number is; they have not given that to us, but I think that’s very fair, 14 days without any air in the major heat wave we’re having,” said Prusak.
Other frustrated residents are choosing to sleep elsewhere, even outside.
Kaitlyn Jones says her apartment is 86 degrees, and she sleeps on a friend’s balcony a few floors down instead of her home.
“These apartments are supposed to be luxury apartments, and it doesn’t feel very luxurious,” said Jones. “I told my coworkers at work about it {the smoothie truck}, and they said it gave pizza-party vibes instead of a raise.”
Tenants are also frustrated with a lack of clear communication as the wait on the AC continues.
19 News reached out to Kowit & Company Real Estate for comment but did not receive a response.
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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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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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Pickup truck collides with moving CSX train in Richfield County, OSHP says
SHARON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - The 80-year-old driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck had to be flown to the hospital after colliding with a moving CSX train in Sharon Township, the Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed.
Lt. Jason P. Murfield said the crash happened at approximately 1:58 p.m. on July 28 on Settlement East Road just west of Horning Road.
A 2014 Ford pickup driven by the 80-year-old Shelby man with a Mansfield man in the front passenger seat was crossing the tracks when it collided with the moving CSX train, according to Murfield.
The driver was flown to OSU Medical Center in Columbus for treatment, Murfield stated, but the severity of his injuries is unknown at this time.
Murfield said the passenger was treated for minor injuries at the scene and released.
Shelby Fire and EMS, along with Ronk’s Towing, assisted the Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol on scene.
Settlement East Road was shut down for “a short duration,” according to Murfield.
The crash investigation is ongoing.
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Robbie Grossman Player Prop Bets: Rangers vs. Padres - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:35 PM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
The Texas Rangers, including Robbie Grossman and his .483 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including five extra-base hits but no homers), take on starting pitcher Joe Musgrove and the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park, Friday at 9:40 PM ET.
In his last game, he collected two extra-base hits (2-for-5 with a double and a triple) against the Astros.
Robbie Grossman Game Info & Props vs. the Padres
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
- Stadium: PETCO Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Padres Starter: Joe Musgrove
- TV Channel: SDPA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -128)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +700)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +260)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +175)
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Robbie Grossman At The Plate
- Grossman is batting .225 with 13 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 26 walks.
- Grossman has reached base via a hit in 41 games this season (of 72 played), and had multiple hits in 11 of those games.
- He has hit a long ball in 9.7% of his games in 2023 (seven of 72), and 2.5% of his trips to the plate.
- Grossman has had at least one RBI in 29.2% of his games this season (21 of 72), with two or more RBI nine times (12.5%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- He has scored at least once 30 times this year (41.7%), including eight games with multiple runs (11.1%).
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Robbie Grossman Home/Away Batting Splits
Padres Pitching Rankings
- The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Padres pitching staff ranks 13th in the league.
- The Padres' 3.81 team ERA ranks third across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Padres rank 13th in baseball in home runs surrendered (117 total, 1.1 per game).
- The Padres will send Musgrove (9-3) to the mound to make his 17th start of the season as he tries for his 10th win. He is 9-3 with a 3.25 ERA and 92 strikeouts through 91 1/3 innings pitched.
- The righty's last time out came on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers, when he threw six innings, surrendering three earned runs while allowing seven hits.
- The 30-year-old has an ERA of 3.25, with 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings, in 16 games this season. Opponents are hitting .251 against him.
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Westlake nursing home employee credit cards stolen during work
Suspect is accused of stealing from other nursing homes in Northeast Ohio
WESTLAKE, Ohio (WOIO) - Several area police departments are looking for a credit card thief after a Westlake nursing home employee had her wallet stolen.
Westlake Police said on July 3 around about 2:40 PM an employee of a nursing home on Detroit Rd called to report that someone had stolen her wallet out of her purse which had been left in an office at the medical facility.
During the investigation, an officer discovered that the credit cards taken with the wallet had already been used several times including at the Walmart in Avon.
Police distributed photos of the suspect using the stolen cards at various stores to neighboring police departments.
According to police, the same female had stolen wallets from nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Toledo and Perkins Township. The thief was identified.
Felony warrants have been issued for the 37-year-old woman she still remains at large
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023
Arthur Rinderknech will meet Jurij Rodionov in the ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023 semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
Compared to the underdog Rodionov (+110), Rinderknech is the favorite (-155) to advance to the final.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Match Information
- Tournament: The ATP Challenger Zug, Switzerland Men Singles 2023
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Tennisclub Zug
- Location: Zug, Switzerland
- Court Surface: Clay
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Arthur Rinderknech has a 60.8% chance to win.
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Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Rinderknech took down Adrian Andreev 6-2, 6-2.
- Rodionov will look to stay on track after a 6-3, 7-5 victory over No. 158-ranked Zizou Bergs in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Rinderknech has played 25.1 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) in his 46 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces).
- Rinderknech has played seven matches on clay over the past year, and 26.6 games per match (22.0 in best-of-three matches).
- Rodionov has played 24 matches in the past year across all court surfaces, averaging 23.0 games per match (22.9 in best-of-three matches) and winning 48.8% of those games.
- Rodionov has averaged 23.8 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) and 9.5 games per set in 16 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- In two head-to-head meetings, Rinderknech and Rodionov have split 1-1. Rodionov came out on top in their most recent clash on February 11, 2023, winning 7-6, 6-1.
- In terms of sets, Rodionov has taken three versus Rinderknech (60.0%), while Rinderknech has captured two.
- Rodionov has bettered Rinderknech in 24 of 44 total games between them, good for a 54.5% winning percentage.
- In their two matches against each other, Rinderknech and Rodionov are averaging 22.0 games and 2.5 sets.
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the oldest intercollegiate Black fraternity in the United States, has decided to move its 99th General Convention and 119th Anniversary Convention from Florida in 2025. The fraternity cites Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' "harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black community" as the reason for the relocation. The event, originally scheduled to take place in Orlando, was expected to generate an economic impact of $4.6 million.
The decision to relocate the convention was influenced by a series of events that underscored the state's controversial stance on education and racial history. Governor DeSantis has been at the forefront of rejecting the College Board's new Advanced Placement course in African American studies and banning critical race theory in public schools, actions seen by many as attempts to suppress discussions on systemic racial inequality.
The final straw for Alpha Phi Alpha was the approval of a new set of standards for public schools' Black history curriculum, which critics argue downplays the dark legacy of slavery. Lonzer condemned the curriculum for suggesting that enslaved people "developed skills" for personal benefit, demanding a more accurate and respectful representation of history.
"Our intent is to ensure that, where we spend our dollars, we are going to be respected," declared Alpha Phi Alpha General President Willis L. Lonzer III. "We need to be clear that slavery was immoral, and anyone who suggests otherwise is either incredibly ignorant or grossly divisive or both. Our efforts are to really make sure that it's clear that we will not tolerate that level of disrespect."
The fraternity has a rich history of fighting for civil rights and includes notable members like civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and Adam Clayton Powell.
Alpha Phi Alpha joins other national Black organizations in protesting Florida's policies. The recent approval of the state's African American history standards has sparked fierce backlash from educators, political leaders, including Vice President Kamala Harris, and advocacy groups. Critics argue that the standards neglect Florida's role in slavery and the oppression of African Americans, victim-blame Black communities, and use outdated language.
Alpha Phi Alpha's conventions bring significant economic benefits to the hosting cities, and Orlando was projected to benefit from the convention's economic impact. However, due to the state's policies, the fraternity has decided to relocate to a more supportive location.
While a new location for the 2025 convention is yet to be announced, the fraternity is committed to standing strong in their protest until Florida's policies change. The decision to move the convention is not taken lightly, but Alpha Phi Alpha believes that it is essential to send a clear message against harmful policies and support marginalized communities.
Governor DeSantis' office has dismissed the fraternity's decision as a "stunt." However, civil rights groups and leaders have condemned the state's policies, and travel advisories have been issued, warning that Florida has become a hostile state for people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
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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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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."
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Ladies Open Lausanne
Diane Parry will meet Clara Burel in the Ladies Open Lausanne semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
In this Semifinal matchup, Burel is favored (-125) against Parry (+100) .
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Match Information
- Tournament: The Ladies Open Lausanne
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
- Court Surface: Clay
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Clara Burel has a 55.6% chance to win.
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Diane Parry vs. Clara Burel Trends and Insights
- Parry is coming off a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 70-ranked Alize Cornet in Friday's quarterfinals.
- In her most recent scheduled match, Burel was handed a walkover win over Ana Bogdan at the Ladies Open Lausanne.
- Parry has played 28 matches over the past year (across all court surfaces), and 21.9 games per match.
- On clay, Parry has played five matches over the past 12 months, totaling 22.8 games per match while winning 49.1% of games.
- Burel is averaging 23.2 games per match in her 28 matches played in the past year across all court types, winning 50.9% of those games.
- Burel has averaged 22.7 games per match and 10.0 games per set in 11 matches on clay courts in the past year.
- Parry and Burel have matched up once dating back to 2015, in the Mutua Madrid Open qualifying round. Burel was victorious in that matchup 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.
- Burel and Parry have faced off in three sets against each other, with Burel taking two of them.
- Burel and Parry have matched up in 33 total games, with Burel taking 18 and Parry claiming 15.
- Burel and Parry have squared off one time, and they have averaged 33.0 games and 3.0 sets per match.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has criticized fellow Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for supporting new standards that require teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”
“What slavery was really about was separating families, about mutilating humans and even raping their wives. It was just devastating,” Scott, the sole Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters on Thursday after a town hall in Ankeny. “So I would hope that every person in our country — and certainly running for president — would appreciate that.”
“People have bad days,” Scott added. “Sometimes they regret what they say. And we should ask them again to clarify their positions.”
DeSantis has been facing criticism from Florida teachers, civil rights leaders and President Joe Biden’s White House on the school standards. Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first Black vice president, traveled to Florida last week to condemn the curriculum.
Scott’s comments came as he and DeSantis stumped in Iowa ahead of the state Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner, a gathering at which 13 candidates in the GOP presidential primary field, including front-runner Donald Trump, will be addressing an expected 1,200 activists on Friday. Scott, part of the GOP’s most diverse presidential field ever, was asked for his take on the standards hours after DeSantis defended them during a gaggle with reporters as he campaigned.
“At the end of the day, you got to choose: Are you going to side with Kamala Harris and liberal media outlets or are you going to side with the state of Florida?” DeSantis told reporters, citing Democrats’ criticism of the language. “I think it’s very clear that these guys did a good job on those standards. It wasn’t anything that was politically motivated.”
Responding on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to reporters’ posts of Scott’s video, a super PAC supporting DeSantis on Thursday night called the posts “incredibly sloppy or intentionally disingenuous,” reposting video of DeSantis’ defense of the curriculum earlier in the day. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/world_national/scott-criticizes-desantis-over-his-support-for-florida-s-slavery-curriculum-as-they-stump-in/article_819c4a40-2d6c-11ee-b223-bb2a67c80337.html | 2023-07-29T00:08:02 | 1 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/world_national/scott-criticizes-desantis-over-his-support-for-florida-s-slavery-curriculum-as-they-stump-in/article_819c4a40-2d6c-11ee-b223-bb2a67c80337.html |
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.
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Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff has experienced an astounding number of bad weeks since taking charge of the conference in the summer of 2021. This was one of his worst.
It began last Friday at the Pac-12’s preseason showcase in Las Vegas, where he did not unveil a new media rights deal and instead uttered a few comments that were questionable in the moment and looked clueless a few days later.
His problems grew exponentially Thursday, when Colorado announced its departure for the Big 12, becoming the third school to exit under Kliavkoff’s watch.
Granted, Kliavkoff inherited a difficult situation because of massive strategic mistakes made by his predecessor, Larry Scott. But Colorado’s defection was a clear vote of no confidence in the current leadership.
The next month likely will determine whether the 108-year-old conference survives past the coming college sports season.
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Nobody asked, but the Hotline has a few strategic suggestions.
1. Get a win
Kliavkoff has fewer victories in the past year than Colorado's football program. He needs to provide stakeholders inside and outside the conference with reason to believe he's up to the challenge.
The university president and athletic directors met with Kliavkoff (remotely) on Thursday night to plot strategy in the wake of Colorado’s exit. Soon after, the Pac-12 released a statement that expressed unity among the nine remaining schools:
“We remain committed to our shared values and to continuing to invest in our student-athletes. Today’s decision by the University of Colorado has done nothing to disrupt that commitment.”
It also vaguely addressed the next steps:
“We are focused on concluding our media rights deal and securing our continued success and growth. Immediately following the conclusion of our media rights deal, we will embrace expansion opportunities and bring new fans, markets, excitement and value to the Pac-12.”
Two reactions:
• This latest show of unity, like its predecessors, is meaningless until the presidents sign a grant-of-rights agreement that binds their media revenue to the conference. And that won’t happen until Kliavkoff presents an acceptable media deal.
• Time is precious. Presidential patience is eroding, and the football season is approaching. A media rights deal "must be done before kickoff,” one athletic director told us.
If Kliavkoff cannot produce an acceptable deal in the next week or two, he should turn to the next best thing: expansion.
The Pac-12 long ago performed due diligence on several schools, including San Diego State and SMU, and needs a 10th team in time for the 2024 football season in order to avoid a costly reconfiguration of the conference schedule. (It cannot stick to the nine-game rotation if there are only nine teams.)
Why not move on the membership issue now, before the media deal?
“The Pac-12 should look to expand ASAP to stay relevant and refresh the media rights conversations with networks,” said a source in the sports media industry, who added that a quick strike would "show remaining members that the Pac-12 is focused on growth.”
2. Move on SMU
From here, the Mustangs are the obvious candidate for the 10th slot and, in several regards, would constitute an upgrade over Colorado.
They bring exposure to a far larger media market (Dallas) and are located in one of the most talent-rich regions in the country. Their academic profile easily clears the Pac-12’s bar. They would give the conference a presence in the Central Time Zone (for kickoffs) and a foothold in Texas for future undergraduate applicants — an important component for university presidents.
And unlike San Diego State, the Mustangs have a cleaner, cheaper path into the Pac-12 next summer.
The Aztecs would owe the Mountain West about $34 million and, by their own admission, aren’t equipped to handle the amount.
The Mustangs would owe the American Athletic Conference $18 million — if recent history is an accurate guide — and are fully capable of covering the cost.
3. Be bold
The Pac-12 presidents have long prided themselves on knowing “where the puck is going,” in the words of former Oregon boss Michael Schill, who hired Kliavkoff. But for all the talk, the board of directors sure doesn’t think big.
The presidents could have changed commissioners in the late 2010s and avoided many of the current problems.
They could have partnered with the Big 12 on any number of occasions in the past. (We suggested it in 2019.)
They could have added Houston (and other teams from the Big 12 footprint) in the summer of 2021.
And they could have urged Kliavkoff to move quickly on expansion and the media rights deal last fall.
Instead, they did none of those things.
This feels like a good time to follow the advice of noted "Seinfeld" sage George Costanza: “I used to sit here and do nothing and regret it for the rest of the day. So now, I will do the opposite, and I will do something.”
The presidents need to disregard their instincts. They need to act with bold strokes and a broad view.
How bold? Here’s one option to seriously consider: Gonzaga.
The Zags are there for the taking and would instantly elevate the level of Pac-12 basketball, give Kliavkoff a win and show stakeholders that the conference cares about brands.
The Zags don't play football and thus wouldn’t require a full revenue share. (The financial calculation changes without a 10th full-share member, Colorado, involved.) Their TV ratings trump those of the existing Pac-12 schools, and they would set up the conference to take advantage of future increases in March Madness revenue.
In football, an even number of teams is vital for scheduling, so adding either SMU or San Diego State makes sense.
But basketball has no such numeric encumbrance. The Zags could slide in as the 11th team.
The Pac-12 doesn’t have many viable options for adding brand-name schools in either major sport. Why not consider grabbing one of the few that’s readily available?
"If every instinct you have is wrong," Jerry told George that fateful day in the coffee shop, "then the opposite would have to be right."
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg European Open
Laslo Djere will take on Zhizhen Zhang in the Hamburg European Open semifinals on Saturday, July 29.
Djere is getting -175 odds to earn a spot in the final over Zhang (+135).
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg European Open
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Laslo Djere has a 63.6% chance to win.
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Laslo Djere vs. Zhizhen Zhang Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Djere advanced past No. 18-ranked Lorenzo Musetti, 7-5, 6-3.
- Zhang will look to stay on track after a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 61-ranked Daniel Altmaier in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Through 57 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), Djere has played 25.4 games per match (23.6 in best-of-three matches) and won 50.1% of them.
- Djere has played 21 matches on clay over the past 12 months, and 22.3 games per match (21.7 in best-of-three matches).
- In the past 12 months, Zhang has played 46 total matches (across all court surfaces), winning 50.0% of the games. He averages 25.7 games per match (23.7 in best-of-three matches) and 10.1 games per set.
- In 14 matches on clay courts in the past year, Zhang has averaged 26.7 games per match (26.6 in best-of-three matches) and 10.7 games per set, winning 50.0% of the games.
- Dating back to 2015, Djere and Zhang have not competed against each other.
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The Miami Dolphins were hit with a potential major setback on the second day of training camp, as star cornerback Jalen Ramsey suffered an apparent left knee injury during practice on Thursday.
Ramsey, a six-time Pro Bowler acquired by the Dolphins this offseason in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams, went down clutching his knee after defending a pass play against wide receiver Tyreek Hill. He was able to limp off the field but quickly dropped to the ground in pain on the sideline.
Trainers immediately tended to Ramsey before bringing out a cart to transport him to the locker room. Ramsey carefully hopped aboard without putting any weight on his left leg.
Ramsey was expected to form an elite cornerback duo in Miami with four-time Pro Bowler Xavien Howard after helping the Rams win the Super Bowl last season. The 28-year-old was brought in via a blockbuster trade and signed a 3-year, $55 million contract extension with $35.5 million guaranteed.
The Dolphins are hoping to make a deep playoff push this season behind an upgraded defense coordinated by new hire Vic Fangio. A significant injury to Ramsey would be a major setback to those efforts.
Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel on Friday confirmed that Ramsey injured his meniscus and will undergo knee surgery at 1 p.m. ET on Friday.
"The length of this rehabilitation is kind of dictated on a couple of things that could occur in the surgery," McDaniel told reporters. "The exact timeline is a little to be determined. What I can tell you is I don't think the beginning of the regular season is really a part of the scenario. It's going to be into the season and how deep that is depends kind of on what happens today."
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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:
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New York, NY 10006
United States
Attn: Corporate Actions
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 430-3774
Toll free +1 (855) 654-2014
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg
In the final of the Hamburg on Saturday, Noma Noha Akugue (ranked No. 207) takes on Arantxa Rus (No. 60).
Rus is the favorite (-300) to win the title against Noha Akugue (+240).
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg
- Round: Finals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Arantxa Rus has a 75.0% chance to win.
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Noma Noha Akugue vs. Arantxa Rus Trends and Insights
- By taking down No. 101-ranked Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-3 on Friday, Noha Akugue reached the finals.
- In the semifinals on Friday, Rus clinched a victory against No. 225-ranked Daria Saville, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
- Noha Akugue has played 12 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), and 22.5 games per match.
- On clay, Noha Akugue has played seven matches over the past 12 months, totaling 25.3 games per match while winning 50.8% of games.
- Rus has played 21 matches in the past 12 months across all court types, averaging 21.6 games per match and winning 53.2% of those games.
- Rus has averaged 20.6 games per match and 9.5 games per set through 12 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- Dating back to 2015, Noha Akugue and Rus have not competed against each other.
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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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WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — The 2023–2024 school year is right around the corner. Listed below are the first day of school dates in the Ark-La-Miss.
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — The 2023–2024 school year is right around the corner. Listed below are the first day of school dates in the Ark-La-Miss. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/2023-back-to-school-dates-in-the-arklamiss/ | 2023-07-29T00:09:08 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/2023-back-to-school-dates-in-the-arklamiss/ |
Damian Lillard has made it very clear he wants to play for the Miami Heat. The NBA would prefer he be a little less clear.
The league issued a memo to all 30 teams Friday saying it had interviewed the Portland Trail Blazers star and his agent Aaron Goodwin about past public comments from Goodwin saying Lillard would only play for the Heat.
The memo, obtained by Yahoo Sports' Jake Fischer, said Goodwin denied a report that he had warned other teams against trading for Lillard because he wanted to land with the Heat and that he and Lillard both affirmed the player would suit up for any team that trades for him. It also mentioned the relevant teams described their communications as similar to what Goodwin told the league.
Lillard and Goodwin were reportedly warned that any future comments, public or private, suggesting Lillard would only play for the Heat will subject him to NBA discipline. The National Basketball Players Association was also reportedly told similar behavior from any other players or agents could see discipline as well.
The public comments that got Goodwin in trouble likely came in this article from the Miami Herald, in which he made the situation pretty clear:
"I do what I should for my client. Some teams I did call. Other teams have called me," Lillard's agent, Aaron Goodwin, told the Miami Herald on Thursday in his first public comments since his client asked for a trade. "It's a respectful relationship with most teams. Truthfully, he wants to play in Miami. Period."
He also told The Oregonian that it's "not fair" to allow teams to negotiate a trade for Lillard that could be "futile in the end."
Where things stand for Damian Lillard, the Blazers and the Heat
Lillard issued his trade request on July 1 and reportedly hasn't spoken with Blazers general manager Joe Cronin since.
Fischer reported earlier this month that Lillard's price has been compared to what it took the Phoenix Suns to land Kevin Durant: two blue-chip young players in Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, plus four first-round picks. That is obviously a high price when Lillard, as great a fit as he is for Miami, is 33 years old and owed $216.2 million over the next four seasons.
If the Heat think they're the only team with a real chance of landing Lillard, they have no reason not to try out and wait the Blazers.
The other issue is that Portland is apparently not interested in Tyler Herro from the Heat, so the Blazers are looking for a third team willing to pony up a first-round pick in exchange for the reigning NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
NBA's full Damian Lillard memo
Recent media reports stated that Damian Lillard's agent, Aaron Goodwin, called multiple NBA teams to warn them against trading for Lillard because Lillard's only desired trade destination is Miami. Goodwin also made public comments indicating that Lillard would not fully perform the services called for under his player contract if traded to another team.
We interviewed Goodwin and Lillard and also spoke with several NBA teams to whom Goodwin spoke. Goodwin denied stating or indicating to any team that Lillard would refuse to play for them. Goodwin and Lillard affirmed to us that Lillard would fully perform the services called for under his player contract in any trade scenario. The relevant teams provided descriptions of their communications with Goodwin that were mostly, though not entirely, consistent with Goodwin's statements to us.
We have advised Goodwin and Lillard that any future comments, made privately to teams or publicly, suggesting Lillard will not fully perform the services called for under his player contract in the event of a trade will subject Lillard to discipline by the NBA. We also have advised the Players Association that any similar comments by players or their agents will be subject to discipline going forward. | https://www.star945.com/news/national/nba-issues-memo/VYBTDE7BMPTBRAINX3XN7K6E54/ | 2023-07-29T00:09:14 | 1 | https://www.star945.com/news/national/nba-issues-memo/VYBTDE7BMPTBRAINX3XN7K6E54/ |
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens’ offense has been the talk of the offseason amongst fans, analysts and coaches waiting to see how Lamar Jackson and new offensive coordinator Todd Monken work together, but the defense has largely been impenetrable throughout the early portion of training camp.
Defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, now entering his second year with the team, appears to have this unit replicating their late-season form where they were one of the best defenses in the league.
According to Ben Baldwin of The Athletic, the Ravens ranked fifth in expected added points per play on defense (-0.078) from Week 9 through the end of the regular season last year. With linebacker Roquan Smith now in town for the entire offseason, the Ravens are locked and loaded for what is one of the most star-studded defenses in the NFL.
“He's obviously an incredible player and great personality,” Macdonald said about Smith. “He's one of our top leaders, and to his credit, he was here just like we talked about in the offseason. Guys gravitate toward him.”
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Smith leads a group that features one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL in Marlon Humphrey, arguably the best safety duo in the league between Marcus Williams and Kyle Hamilton, and a top-flight secondary linebacker in Patrick Queen. Hamilton and Williams were all over the place during the first few days of non-contact practice, but it’s clear that those two — and Hamilton in particular — are going to be leaned on in a big way for the upcoming season.
“Kyle has had a great three days and really, we're asking our guys back there to have production on the football, and he's been there,” Macdonald said about his second-year safety. “...The game's slowing down for him for sure. He's taking a commanding presence back there making calls, so [I'm] very pleased with where he's at."
As Macdonald noted, it's not always easy to get the best looks in training camp before the pads come on, but these are still valuable reps to learn from. The offense that Monken is installing is being run at an uptempo pace, which is certainly a challenge for players getting back to practice for the first time in a couple months in sweltering heat. The Ravens aren't hitting, nor is any team without full pads on, but Macdonald noted there are ways even the defensive linemen can improve their game.
“It's hard, you know. You look at it right now, we're looking for technique, effort, execution, [and] that sort of thing,” Macdonald said. “In terms of the pass rush — balancing the rush, executing the moves — that sort of thing, but in terms of finishing, you kind of leave that to when the pads come on and get the reps in preseason.”
Baby steps so far, but the Ravens defense is showing off the familiarity with the scheme and each other as they enter their second year in this defense. If the offense can match the performance they’ve shown throughout the first few camp sessions, the AFC North needs to watch out. | https://www.star945.com/news/national/ravens-offense/BLDX7BYSYTHNO7ZDZZSZKPLAPA/ | 2023-07-29T00:09:21 | 0 | https://www.star945.com/news/national/ravens-offense/BLDX7BYSYTHNO7ZDZZSZKPLAPA/ |
NEW YORK — A Florida woman has been sentenced to over four years in prison and three years of supervised release after a multiple-year scheme where she stole millions of dollars from a Holocaust survivor’s life savings.
In a news release, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced that Peaches Stergo, 36, was sentenced to 51 months in prison in connection with a scheme that lasted for years to defraud an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor of his life savings.
Stergo pleaded guilty in April to wire fraud and reportedly admitted that she drained the man’s life savings, according to The Associated Press.
It started in May 2017 and went through October 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, according to WPEC.
Stergo reportedly met the victim on a dating website about seven years ago, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, according to the news outlet.
Stergo had asked the victim to borrow some money to pay for a lawyer who had been refusing to release the payout for an injury settlement, prosecutors said, according to the AP. The victim gave her $25,000 in May 2017 and over the following few years, the man wrote her 62 checks that added up to around $2.8 million.
Stergo used fake letters from a bank employee and lies to get him to send $50,00 at a time, according to the AP.
Prosecutors said that Stergo had traveled to New York to visit the victim and told him she was a nanny in Florida named “Alice.” According to the AP, she did not share that she was in a long-term relationship with a man and that she had two children.
The victim lost his life savings and had to give up his apartment. Prosecutors said, according to the AP, that Stergo however lived luxuriously with fancy trips abroad, living in a gated community, had a boat and multiple cars. In addition, she spent money on jewelry, bars, and designer clothing.
“Stergo callously defrauded an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor who was simply looking for companionship. She used the millions of dollars in fraud proceeds to live a life of luxury at the victim’s expense. But she did not get away with it. As today’s sentence demonstrates, perpetrators of romance scams will be held to account for their crimes,” Williams said in the news release.
The victim wrote a letter to the judge, the AP reported. He wrote: “As a Holocaust survivor, I have endured unspeakable pain and loss in my life, but never did I imagine that I would be subjected to such a heartless betrayal in my old age.”
According to the AP, the victim lost both of his parents at the age of 6 in the Holocaust and moved to the United States when he was in his 20s.
In addition to the 51 months in prison, Stergo was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of the amount of $2,830,775, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. She will forfeit the same amount including the house in the gated community and over 100 luxury items. | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/woman-convicted-stealing-millions-holocaust-survivor-gets-sentenced-51-months-prison/W44RUBIEZRAZTLH77HFXJ7XDYY/ | 2023-07-29T00:09:28 | 0 | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/woman-convicted-stealing-millions-holocaust-survivor-gets-sentenced-51-months-prison/W44RUBIEZRAZTLH77HFXJ7XDYY/ |
Astroworld tragedy report: Houston police release 1,266-page document, say investigation is complete
HOUSTON - The Houston Police Department has released their 1,266-page report into the Astroworld tragedy that resulted in the deaths of 10 people in 2021.
In a statement Friday, HPD said their investigation into the deadly incident on Nov. 5, 2021, is complete.
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"Following the conclusion of grand jury proceedings regarding the Travis Scott Astroworld Concert, the Houston Police Department pledged to publicly release the investigative report detailing HPD’s investigation into the incident," HPD stated.
HOUSTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 05: Travis Scott performs during 2021 Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 05, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Erika Goldring/WireImage)
The document includes interviews with witnesses, answers to questionnaires, and investigators’ notes. Police say some information – like dates of birth, social security numbers and addresses – have been redacted in accordance with applicable law and privacy concerns.
"We continue to pray for the victims and families affected by the Astroworld tragedy," HPD said in the statement.
*Click here to read the full report.
Last month, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said that a grand jury had issued six no-bills in the case, meaning no criminal charges would be filed in the incident. The grand jury declined to indict six people, including Travis Scott. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/astroworld-tragedy-report-houston-police-release-1266-page-document-say-investigation-is-complete | 2023-07-29T00:09:42 | 0 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/astroworld-tragedy-report-houston-police-release-1266-page-document-say-investigation-is-complete |
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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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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Burn ban in effect for unincorporated areas of Tarrant County
FORT WORTH, Texas - Burn bans are active across a large part of North Texas with drought conditions getting worse during this extended stretch of hot, dry weather.
In Tarrant County, the burn ban for unincorporated areas is also part of a disaster declaration.
That declaration is a temporary step until the county commissioners approve longer-term restrictions on outdoor burning.
Tarrant County Fire Marshal Randy Renois has called for the second declaration of disaster in two weeks.
"It has a baking effect. We’re not getting any moisture. And when you get lower humidity, the temperature takes the moisture out of the ground and takes the moisture out of the vegetation," he said. "What you see in the cities a lot of times are small fires where cigarettes flick out, but it can still burn fast enough towards a structure to catch it on fire."
Renois says it’s necessary until the county commission meets again on Tuesday to consider a longer-term prevention tool.
"That seven days wouldn’t take me to the court agenda, so I had to ask him for another seven days until I can get to Tuesday for a 90-day burn ban."
On July 19, the Bonds Ranch Road grass fire that jumped the roadway is an example of what the fire marshal hopes to prevent.
The disaster declaration means residents in unincorporated areas can face fines for certain outdoor burn activities.
Renois says everyone should take heed.
"We have outdoor cooking guidelines on our webpage. We have welding guidelines on our webpage so that we are not limiting people to having fun. I cook. Like, I cook almost every night outside, but I have a gas grill. It’s on concrete, and it has a cover," he said.
The fire marshal points out that the drought index since June 19th has been on a steady climb.
"Our drought index was at 288 that day. Today, we are at 672. So in the last two weeks, we’ve just climbed, climbed, climbed, climbed, and we are starting to see more grass fires," he said. "Sometimes, there’s nothing you can do about it, but you can still prepare. And if you can stop people from burning outside, then that’s about 80%, maybe 85% of the fires we see." | https://www.fox4news.com/news/burn-ban-in-effect-for-unincorporated-areas-of-tarrant-county | 2023-07-29T00:09:43 | 1 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/burn-ban-in-effect-for-unincorporated-areas-of-tarrant-county |
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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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Summer Swimming Safety
Experts hope locals will keep these tips in mind before diving in this summer.
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The summer for many families means lakes, beaches, and pools. But before you make a splash this summer there are some tips experts want you to keep in mind.
“It can just happen like that and people are like what happened this person was an experienced swimmer. It just doesn’t matter sometimes when things come up,” said Red Cross Certified Lifeguard Instructor Marsha Wattenbarger.
With summer fun, comes a range of water-related injuries and in some cases casualties.
Red Cross Registered Instructor Marsha Wattenbarger hopes the power of education can help stop preventable accidents.
“Never swim alone, not an adult, not the most experienced swimmer. You never know when a medical emergency might come up. Where you have cramps, we have had people have heart attacks. There are just so many things that you don’t think about,” said Wattenbarger.
Officials emphasize the importance of a Coast Guard Approved Life Jacket in any deep body of water. As well as seeking help instead of jumping in, in the case of a drowning.
Wattenbarger hopes that with these tips, swimmers can be ready for any accident waiting in the water this summer.
“The thing you have to remember is that an accident can just happen in a split second. We can have a kid jump off in water that he can’t touch in, and never resurface. It’s so important to be an arm’s length away from your child or whoever you’re taking care of,” said Wattenbarger.
So before diving this summer grab a buddy, a life jacket, and keep these tips in mind for a fun and safe swim.
For more tips on how to stay safe in the water this summer, visit the American Red Cross Website.
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Marine Corps Artillery detachment welcomes new leadership on Fort Sill
FORT SILL, Okla. (KSWO) - A Marine Corps Artillery detachment on Fort Sill is under new leadership.
Colonel Christopher Roberson is headed out the door as Colonel Jarrod Stoutenborough assumes command.
Both Colonels attended Fort Sill in the 90′s for the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, so it’s come full circle for both of them. Colonel Roberson says he will now head to Parris Island in South Carolina to train the next generation of recruits. he says he’ll always miss the community that welcomed his Marines with open arms.
“Sometimes, the Mayor is out here, I did not see him today, but he’s got a saying that there’s a sense of community here, a sense of family, something great or something like that I’m probably butchering his terms right now, but it really is,” said Col. Roberson. “Because once we get here, it is a community and inside that community, you have a family. And it’s truly a family here.”
Colonel Stoutenbourough says he is ready to hit the ground running and get right to work with the Marines on post.
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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.
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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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Chief Marketing Officer
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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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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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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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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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Friends and family of a Fort Liberty soldier say they're mourning after he was killed in a Fayetteville crash. The soldier was riding his motorcycle when he with an SUV Thursday night.
Police confirmed Friday that the person killed was 21-year-old Aaron Rathmann of New York.
Overcome with grief, Aaron Rathmann's friend, Jacob Wright struggled to speak as he reflected on his friend.
"Anytime that he said something, it was with purpose, and it left a powerful message for me."
"No matter who he was around, he treated everyone the exact same. He was the sweetest person to every single person he'd ever met," Lauren Spiess, another friend said.
In fact, Rathmann's friends say that to know him was to have a best friend. Rathmann, a member of the 82nd Airborne at Fort Liberty, was known for being open, charismatic, and an integral part of his community. Wright said he made his friends laugh by tattooing their initials on his leg and was a proud fan of the Buffalo Bills.
"He was just the life of the party, you know like it didn't matter what mood you were in before it. It didn't matter, because the second that Aaron showed up, all the negativity went out the window," Wright said.
Rathmann's loved ones tell ABC11 they're still adjusting to the reality that the 21-year-old was killed while riding his beloved motorcycle.
Meanwhile, friends say they're holding on to their best memories of him.
"Now that I think back," Rhiannon Wright, said. "I wish I would have been around more, or I wish I would have said yes to hanging out."
Rathmann's friends say they're holding a celebration of life at his favorite place, the Cadillac Ranch Dance Hall on Fort Bragg Road, to do what he did best. The celebration starts at 9 pm.
Fayetteville police are still investigating the crash. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Officer C. Biggerstaff at 910-751-1382. | https://abc11.com/nc-solider-killed-aaron-rathmann-motorcycle-crash-fort-liberty-82nd-airborne/13565167/ | 2023-07-29T00:11:14 | 0 | https://abc11.com/nc-solider-killed-aaron-rathmann-motorcycle-crash-fort-liberty-82nd-airborne/13565167/ |
BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — Cassandra Black Elk was charged with child neglect in February 2022 after she awoke to find her three-week-old daughter unresponsive. Police alleged that Black Elk was too intoxicated to care for her daughter, resulting in the baby’s death.
Black Elk eventually pleaded guilty to the crime, but later sought post-conviction relief. At a court hearing, Black Elk testified that she repeatedly asked to see the autopsy results but did not receive them prior to her guilty plea. She also testified that her attorney at the time, James Loraas, advised her that pleading guilty would be the best outcome for her.
KX News reached out to Loraas for this story, but we did not hear back.
District Court Judge Daniel Borgen ruled in favor of Black Elk on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim and vacated her conviction in January. But the State is appealing the decision to the North Dakota (ND) Supreme Court.
“This whole prosecution, from the moment she was arrested until the moment she pled, was substantially flawed,” said Mark Bradford, attorney for Black Elk, at the ND Supreme Court hearing.
A report of death obtained by KX News shows the autopsy findings were finalized on May 27, 2022, just a little more than a week after Black Elk’s guilty plea on May 16.
The report of death, signed by Dr. Barrie Miller, showed the infant’s cause of death to be unexplained sudden death. The baby’s manner of death is undetermined.
In a letter to Black Elk’s attorney, Dr. Mary Sens, chair of pathology at UND, writes in part, “All four forensic pathologists at UND fully and unconditionally support Dr. Miller in this case. This death is NOT abuse. This death is a sudden unexplained death. We do not know what caused it or if this death could have been prevented. “(emphasis in original)
Miller performed the autopsy on February 22, 2022, the same day Black Elk was formally charged with child neglect. Miller testified at a court hearing that initial autopsy results found no evidence of foul play or recent significant trauma in the infant. Miller also said there were several people present when the autopsy was performed, including Burleigh County State’s Attorney Julie Lawyer.
“I don’t want it to be lost on the court that at the time that the State presented Ms. Black Elk with this plea agreement asking her to plead to the maximum of five years with all but 18 months suspended, it had knowledge for the last three months from the pathologist that there were no signs of injury to this child,” Bradford said at the ND Supreme Court hearing.
KX News reached out to Lawyer regarding that. Lawyer provided the following statement via email:
“Ms. Black Elk was charged with Child Neglect. Per the charge in the Information, the State was required to prove the defendant failed to provide proper parental care of control., subsistence, education as required by law, or other care or control necessary for the child’s physical, mental, or emotional health or morals; specifically, the defendant, parent of S.B. (YOB 2022), failed to provide proper parental care or control for S.B. by consuming alcohol to a level that impaired her ability to care for S.B. and S.B. died due to the lack of appropriate care.
She was not charged with any crime that involved infliction of injury to the child.
Please see court filings in case 08-2022-CR-00436 for more information.“
But in her letter addressed to Black Elk’s attorney, Dr. Sens noted, “There is no objective quantitation for the allegation of drinking; this may have been minimal or excessive. It does NOT contribute to the death of this child. This death is a tragic, unexplained loss of an infant. This death could not have been prevented based on the knowledge we have today.”
In the appeal to the ND Supreme Court, former Assistant State’s Attorney David Rappenecker argued that District Court Judge Borgen only relied on Black Elk’s account of what her former defense attorney told her.
“If we’re judging an attorney’s performance based on words he spoke, that we’re now going to come in and say those words are unreasonable, I feel like the safeguard of credibility- the way to guard credibility would be to just bring him in and say what did you say? Why’d you say it? In what context did you say it?”, said Rappenecker at the ND Supreme Court hearing.
KX News reached out to the Bismarck Police Department (BPD) to inquire whether Black Elk’s blood alcohol level was tested during the investigation into her daughter’s death. A BPD spokesperson declined to comment since the case is on appeal. However, Black Elk testified at an earlier court hearing that she was administered a breathalyzer test at the time of her arrest. She went on to say that she was not provided the results of that test.
At the ND Supreme Court hearing, Black Elk’s attorney stated that an affidavit of probable cause signed by a BPD officer falsely attributed a statement to Black Elk regarding how much she drank the evening prior to her daughter’s death.
“We have a statement in the affidavit of probable cause that’s demonstrably false. There’s an allegation that Ms. Black Elk admitted that she went to the liquor store that night and consumed more alcohol,” said Bradford.
The ND Supreme Court heard arguments in the case in late June, but has not yet issued a decision on the matter.
Should the ND Supreme Court uphold the district court’s decision to vacate Black Elk’s conviction, she is scheduled to go on trial for the child neglect charge in September. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/guilty-or-wrongly-accused-the-case-of-a-mother-charged-with-child-neglect/ | 2023-07-29T00:11:20 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/guilty-or-wrongly-accused-the-case-of-a-mother-charged-with-child-neglect/ |
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.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.apr.org/2023-07-28/a-study-estimates-800-great-white-sharks-are-swimming-off-the-cape-cod-coast | 2023-07-29T00:11:20 | 1 | https://www.apr.org/2023-07-28/a-study-estimates-800-great-white-sharks-are-swimming-off-the-cape-cod-coast |
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.
Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.kasu.org/arts-culture/arts-culture/2023-07-28/hulus-this-fool-gives-a-working-class-perspective-of-life-in-los-angeles | 2023-07-29T00:11:20 | 0 | https://www.kasu.org/arts-culture/arts-culture/2023-07-28/hulus-this-fool-gives-a-working-class-perspective-of-life-in-los-angeles |
(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.kxnet.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T00:11:26 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
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.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kasu.org/environment-infrastructure/2023-07-28/a-study-estimates-800-great-white-sharks-are-swimming-off-the-cape-cod-coast | 2023-07-29T00:11:27 | 1 | https://www.kasu.org/environment-infrastructure/2023-07-28/a-study-estimates-800-great-white-sharks-are-swimming-off-the-cape-cod-coast |
That NJ parking lot nightmare you’ve most likely experienced
Welcome to New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the nation. A place where dealing with hectic situations is just a way of life.
It's something we're all used to living in the Garden State. Not only do we live fairly close to one another, but that crowdedness also shows when it comes to our roadways.
And not just our roads, but our parking lots as well. Think about how crowded our parking areas get from time to time.
Those of us who drive in the Garden State are all too familiar with this. But is it just drivers who deal with that stress and anxiety?
Apparently not. And out of all people, my very own son had a nightmare involving a New Jersey parking lot.
Now for context, my son is almost 8 years old. It just goes to show that even our youngest citizens take note of the chaos that sometimes happens throughout the state.
What made this one interesting though is that a very similar situation occurred to us that directly related to what he dreamt.
He said he remembered being stuck inside a parking lot with no way out. He remembered being in a car that was just trying to find an exit, but could never find its way.
He also remembered the parking lot being very crowded, with cars driving fast everywhere. People also walking everywhere and carts everywhere they shouldn't be.
It was so intense apparently, that it got to a point of panic that there would be no way out. So crazy that an almost 8-year-old would even dream that.
But that was essentially it. Being stuck in a parking lot with people driving and walking like maniacs and carts all over with no exit in sight.
And if you really think about it, how many of us can relate to that when it comes to certain parking lots here in New Jersey?
But wait, it got better. We had to drive up to Edison recently to take care of some business involving work on our home.
We had both our sons with us since it was just easier to take them as opposed to finding a sitter for a short period of time. And on our way home, we decided to make a quick stop for a few items at the local Walmart.
Well, this particular parking lot didn't make it easy to get out of. It had a bunch of entrances but only seemed to have one exit.
It was a fairly large plaza, also home to a Costco. But after we got what we needed and went to leave, I couldn't easily find my way out of that parking lot.
Everywhere I went that I thought would be an exit, turned out to either be just an entrance or no outlet whatsoever.
And being I wasn't familiar with this particular plaza, I didn't know exactly where all the exits were located. This went on long enough to where my son mentioned how this was like his nightmare.
It was kinda funny in a sense. Here we are stuck in our own parking lot nightmare that paralleled what he dreamt only days earlier.
If there were multiple ways out, then they sure did a good job of hiding them. This was quite the journey of trying to figure it out.
But that did change when we finally realized where the way out was. And as I mentioned earlier, it appeared to be the only one for this plaza.
And to top it off, there was a fairly long line of traffic trying to exit. That line of traffic, by the way, was mostly courtesy of a long red light that only added to the length of time we spent inside the parking lot.
So not quite the same nightmare my son had, but similar enough. Some drivers were still driving a bit more aggressively than they should've been and people were walking throughout the lot without looking.
And that delayed wait trying to get out was almost like an exit with no escape. A whole line of cars that never leave.
Almost like checking into the Hotel California. The only difference is, we did eventually leave.
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The post above reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5 Sunday morning host Mike Brant. Any opinions expressed are his own. | https://nj1015.com/that-nj-parking-lot-nightmare-youve-most-likely-experienced/ | 2023-07-29T00:11:31 | 0 | https://nj1015.com/that-nj-parking-lot-nightmare-youve-most-likely-experienced/ |
NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — Wetlands have been used for agriculture for thousands of years, and according to North Dakota Game and Fish, there are more than one million wetlands and lake basins in North Dakota.
In Friday’s Eye on Ag and Energy, brought to you by the Lignite Energy Council, we take a look at the farmable wetlands program in our state.
Wetlands provide food and clean water for livestock, and they help farms retain good soil and nutrients.
According to the USDA, the Farmable Wetlands Program is designed to restore previously farmed wetlands to improve both vegetation and water flow.
North Dakota farmers must agree to restore the wetlands, establish plant cover, and not use enrolled land for commercial purposes.
“The water quality that flows out of a wetland is better than the water quality when it was entering a wetland. Also, a lot of people see wetlands as wildlife habitat. They see them as habitat for waterfowl,” said Dan Keesee, USDA, NRCS.
Thousands of acres in North Dakota qualify for the Farmable Wetlands Program and our state’s Farm Service Agency can help you locate them. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/state-news/the-farmable-wetlands-program-helps-north-dakota-land/ | 2023-07-29T00:11:32 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/state-news/the-farmable-wetlands-program-helps-north-dakota-land/ |
Seniors get their own 'prom night' at Downtown Civic Center
A bit of liberty with a quaint gospel song ...
“All God’s children in their senior years, got a place in the prom
“Some dance slow, some dance fast, some just glide to the music
“And some just smile or grin at those on the dance floor …”
Rose Gray, senior programming coordinator for the Gadsden Parks and Recreation Department, organized the inaugural Senior Prom Night for some to remember the one they attended many years ago, for those who never got to attend one and for some who had no idea what a prom was.
“All God’s children in their senior years, got a place in the prom
“Dancing in the nighttime, dancing in the day
“When the band plays and the beats are on their way
“While the drummers drum and the guitarists strum”
The dress for the July 14 affair at the Downtown Civic Center on Broad Street was left up to attendees. There were some in evening wear — formal dresses and tuxedos — some women in Sunday dress, men in coat and tie and some in casual wear.
But they were all there to enjoy fellowship, great music that spanned a lot of years gone by and an overall good time.
The highlight of the evening was the crowning of the prom’s king and queen: Ted Townsend and Glenda Whiteside.
Line dancing for seniors is held at 4:30 p.m. on Mondays and regular dancing at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Friday nights of each month at the center.
For more information, contact Gray at 256-651-1511. | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/2023/07/28/gadsden-parks-and-recreation-hosts-senior-prom-night/70469269007/ | 2023-07-29T00:11:47 | 0 | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/2023/07/28/gadsden-parks-and-recreation-hosts-senior-prom-night/70469269007/ |
Man sentenced for deadly 2019 DWI crash
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two local families have been living without their loved ones for years now. The people they lost made a responsible decision, but they’re gone because someone else didn’t.
Christina Martinez and Robbie Gallegos were killed in a car crash over Memorial Day weekend in 2019. Police say Joseph Urvanejo was speeding and driving drunk when he crashed into the couple’s Uber.
“He did everything he was supposed to,” Gallegos’ sister told KOB 4 after the crash. “He was being responsible wearing seatbelts and took an Uber. He wanted to have fun but he knew how to do it responsibly and this still happened.”
On Friday, Urvanejo was in court for sentencing. He gave a statement directed toward the families, asking for forgiveness.
“I understand that the accident that took place on May 24, 2019 was all my fault,” Urvanejo said. “I understand that the victims were doing everything right by taking an Uber. As for me deciding to get behind the wheel driving drunk, I was doing everything wrong. My soul will have to live with what feels like the heaviest weight of guilt and painful memories that have stemmed from this accident.”
At the time of the crash, police found his blood alcohol level was .13. Now, after COVID delays and many painful years for everyone involved, the judge sentence Urvanejo to 11 years in prison and five years of probation.
The judge said she knows the decision won’t ease the loss for the families, but she hopes it can start giving them at least a little bit of closure. | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/man-sentenced-for-deadly-2019-dwi-crash/ | 2023-07-29T00:11:54 | 0 | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/man-sentenced-for-deadly-2019-dwi-crash/ |
How to choose the best bike shorts
Whether you’re a casual cyclist or ride competitively, a pair of bike shorts are an essential part of your attire when out on the open roads or in the backcountry. A good pair of bike shorts offers support, flexibility and ventilation in all the right places to keep you riding for hours. Plus, with options like gel cushioning, you can ride in comfort without losing out on performance.
If you’re in the market for a new pair of bike shorts, here are some of the best options available.
Best bike shorts for men
[ Assos Men’s Cento EVO Bib Short ]
These high-quality cycling bibs are designed with performance in mind. They are moisture-wicking, fast-drying and comfortable with chamois technology that prevents chafing and keeps the material from awkwardly bunching up as you ride. These bib shorts are perfect for endurance or long-distance rides.
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[ Sponeed Men’s Cycling Shorts ]
These form-fitting cycling tights are made with quick-drying material and have four-way stretch for optimal performance and long-term comfort. The material is highly breathable, durable and stretchy enough to keep up with even competitive cyclists. Plus, these shorts are tailored with the right amount of padding for men.
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[ Louis Garneau Men's Gel Cycling Shorts ]
With a supportive fit and active gel chamois, these moisture-wicking cycling shorts offer flexibility and comfort during long rides. They also have anti-chafing seams and silicone leg grippers to keep them in place without causing discomfort. The reflective properties make them great for evening rides as well.
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[ Sportneer Men’s Cycling Shorts ]
Affordable and comfortable, these bike shorts offer triple-layer padding at the seat and maximum saddle support to eliminate strain during long rides. The foam padding is absorbent and breathable, which prevents moisture from building up and chafing. On the whole, these shorts are designed for maximum efficiency and comfort. They also have a reflector for visibility in poor lighting.
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[ KPSUN Men’s Mountain Bike Shorts ]
With 3D padding and UPF 50+ protection, these bike shorts are lightweight and baggy, which makes them great for casual riders or those who need a little extra ventilation. Made for mountain biking specifically, these shorts offer superior shock absorption. Plus, the material is moisture-wicking and antibacterial.
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Best bike shorts for women
[ Baleaf Women’s High-Waist Biker Shorts ]
Versatile enough for biking, running and other types of exercise, these shorts hold up against both light and strenuous workouts. With a gusseted crotch and elastic material, these shorts are non-restricting, breathable and comfortable. They also have a handy pair of side pockets for valuables.
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[ Pearl Izumi Women’s Interval Bib Short ]
Made from the elastic material, Lycra, these shorts offer compression support, flexibility and comfort. They also have a near seamless fit to minimize chafing and maximize performance. The seven-panel construction keeps these shorts from restricting movements, while the chamois is supportive and breathable for long bike rides. Plus, these shorts have a drop-tail back design that is open and convenient for quick rest stops.
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Stretchy and with a perfect fit, these bike shorts are made for casual cyclists, yogis and runners. They come with a secure inner pocket and side pockets for small things like a cell phone or keys. These shorts come in several different colors for those who want to add a little variety to their wardrobe. Every pair of shorts also has four-way stretch for optimal flexibility and movement. Plus, they're non-see-through, moisture-wicking and quick-drying.
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[ Louis Garneau Women's Gel Cycling Shorts ]
With the right level of active gel chamois padding and anti-chafing seams, these shorts provide maximum comfort and support without weighing you down while you ride. They are form-fitting, which makes them convenient for layering as well. The reflective logos increase visibility on dark roads for added safety.
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[ Santic Women’s Cycling Shorts ]
These capri-style bike shorts are aerodynamic, anti-skid, form-fitting and highly breathable. They have a padded seat and ventilation at the thighs. Near the calves are two reflective lines for those who prefer evening rides.
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Best bike shorts for kids
Made from a stretchy, breathable material, these unisex shorts for kids are simple but effective. The material is UPF 50+ for added protection from the sun, while the reflective logo increases visibility during rides with low lighting. With an inner silicone gripper, these shorts stay in place during everything from casual rides to triathlons.
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How to dress for bike riding
Even if you prefer short, casual rides, it’s important to dress appropriately for the activity and the weather conditions. Doing so will make the experience more enjoyable and, for those who cycle competitively, it will maximize performance.
Here are some tips on what to wear when cycling.
- Depending on the weather conditions, you may need to layer up. Layer a pair of tight-fitting bike shorts or cycling underwear underneath a baggier outer layer like bike pants. This will provide support and warmth without causing chafing.
- When wearing layers, choose clothes with built-in ventilation and moisture-wicking, breathable material. This will prevent moisture from getting trapped between the clothes and the skin.
- Don't wear just any shorts for biking. Bike shorts are specifically designed to allow freedom of movement during rides. What's more, they usually come with a padded liner at the crotch and other key areas that need extra support.
- During hotter days when you need to keep cool, choose a pair of bib shorts. These don't come up quite as high as other shorts, so they can help prevent overheating during rides.
- In cold-weather cycling, wear a base layer, middle layer and outer layer. The base layer should be moisture-wicking to keep sweat or other moisture from your skin. The middle and outer layers can be insulated but shouldn't be too heavy.
- For the top layer, choose something aerodynamic, well-ventilated and breathable. Particularly, materials like polyester and Lycra are generally good options.
Consider getting a pair of bike gloves and socks. Both will prevent blisters from forming and add another layer of protection while riding. Plus, bike gloves add extra grip while cycling.
- Bring a pair of cycling glasses to protect you from the sun and wind. Consider helmet compatibility if you choose goggle-style sunglasses.
- Wear a pair of bike shoes with cleats or a clip that's compatible with your bike to keep your feet on the pedals.
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Sunport eyes more space for bicycle storage
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The City of Albuquerque may soon make it easier to get to the Sunport on two wheels instead of four.
For people like Patrick Martin, who commute from Nob Hill to work and everywhere else, something like that is a revelation.
“I’ve been riding my bike in most scenarios for about 10 years,” he said.
Martin doesn’t have a car and never had one since college. Getting to the Sunport has been challenging for him and other full-time bikers.
“When I go to the airport, I don’t take my electric bike. I take my normal bike because all we have at the airport are bike racks and those are exposed. If I’m leaving for a few days, I don’t really want to have my expensive e-bike out in the open,” he explained.
Currently, Rail Runner stations in the Albuquerque metro have bike lockers. Four lockers can fit about eight bikes and you can rent them out on a monthly basis.
With all of that in mind, Martin tagged the Sunport in a tweet asking, “When are y’all getting bike lockers like the Rail Runner has?”
Sunport officials are now developing bike storage for people to use.
“We can’t necessarily say that it will be a locker or what kind of system it would be. That’s because we still have to study it,” said Manny Enriquez, a Sunport spokesperson. “We are very interested in looking at how we can better support our biking community. We’ll definitely address that as a new project.”
If you tried to park your car in the parking structure lately, you’ve probably experienced congestion. That’s another reason having an option for bicyclists is a priority.
“If more people can bike to the airport, all the better, right? I mean, I think everybody’s seeing it now. The parking lot is full, our airport parking lot is full,” Enriquez said. “We’re seeing the volume of passengers really recovering to very close to 2019. That is pre-pandemic levels.”
Now as it heads to its planning stages, the biking community can continue to hope the wheels keep turning on this project at the Sunport. | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/sunport-eyes-more-space-for-bicycle-storage/ | 2023-07-29T00:12:00 | 1 | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/sunport-eyes-more-space-for-bicycle-storage/ |
What we know
Offensively and defensively, the strength of the team will be the line.
With two first-team All-District starters returning in Kaine Olivier and Trace McHugh and two other starters with a lot of experience in Dylan Singleton and Owen Broussard.
Defensively, Olivier and Singleton on the line and McHugh at linebacker sets up the Tigers well on that side of the ball.
"Singleton has the potential to be playing along a college offensively line," LHS coach Terry Martin said about his 6-3, 280-pound junior.
While the Tigers will be running back by committee, that group is well represented with Josh Polk, Ridge Honore and Blake Delcambre, all at tailback and Maddox Savoy at fullback.
"All run will and we are going to count on all of them at some point this season," Martin said.
Also on defense, Martin said the secondary all returns experienced players maybe not as fast or quick as former players Zy Alexander or Calep Jacob but they can cover the field.
What we don't know
The receiving corps for the Tigers is new and untested so Loreauville may not be throwing the ball as much in the early part of the season while they get accustomed to playing varsity football.
Loreauville also needs to work on finding a quarterback. Martin will start the season with two alternating at the position in junior Hayden Benoit and senior Trevor Dooley.
"Trevor was the starters last year but has those lingering back issues that were more series that we originally thought," Martin said. "Hayden is back with a year of experience under his belt.
"Both are going to play at the beginning of the year and if one separates himself then he'll start but it's a good problem to have because we have two with game experience and both throw the ball well."
How we see it
If Loreauville can follow that old football adage, Run the ball and stop the run. and the two quarterback system can take some pressure off the running game, the Tigers have the potential to make some noise in an always tough District 8-2A and maybe have a good run in the Non-select Division II playoffs.
Players to watch
Hayden Benoit QB, 6-0, 185, Jr.
Benoit returns after seeing multiple game as the starter for the Tigers in 2022 replacing Trevor Dooley who was battling injuries. He as the size and a bigger arm that Dooley and will be a part of a two quarterback platoon this season.
Trevor Dooley QB, 5-8, 165, Sr.
Dooley is back after dealing with back issues in 2022. He is faster than Benoit but doesn't have the size of the junior. As Martin said however, "They are both solid high school quarterbacks."
Kylon Polk
WR/FS, 5-8, 155, Jr.
According to Martin, Polk has been the guy that has stood out early in the summer and fall. "He's not a speed guy but he's ultra-competitive. He makes plays on both sides of the ball."
Kaine Olivier T/DE, 6-3, 200, Sr.
Returning first-team All-District lineman who is a two-year starter and is one of two anchors on the offensive line with Trace McHugh on the right side of the ball.
Trace McHugh G/LB, 5-8, 190, Jr.
A first-team All-District players on both sides of the ball who with Olivier anchors the right side of the offensive line and patrols the defense as linebacker, equally adept in run defense or pass coverage.
Projected Starters
Offense
WR Gavin Judice (5-10, 160, Jr.)
WR Kylon Polk (5-9, 155, Jr.)
TE Jack David Martin (6-0, 195, Sr.)*
OT Owen Broussard (6-1, 255, Jr.)*
OG Dylan Singleton (6-3, 280, Jr.)
C Carlos Martin Jr. (5-9, 205, Jr.)*
OG Trace McHugh (5-8, 190, Jr.)*
OT Kaine Olivier (6-3, 215, Jr. )*
QB Hayden Benoit (6-0, 185, Jr.)*
RB Joshua Polk (5-8, 155, Sr)
RB Blake Delcambre Jr. (5-6, 165, Soph.)
Defense
DE Caiden Carline (6-3, 195, Soph.)
DT Dylan Singleton (6-3, 280, Jr.)*
DT Evan Kilsby (6-1, 235, Sr.)
DE Kaine Olivier (6-3, 200, Sr.)*
LB Jack David Martin (6-0, 195, Sr.)
LB Trace McHugh (5-8, 190, Jr.)*
LB Brayden Burch (5-7, 155, Sr.)*
CB Blake Delcambre Jr. (5-6, 165, Soph.)
CB Joshua Polk (5-8, 155, Sr)*
FS Kylon Polk (59, 155, Jr.)*
SS Gavin Judice (5-10, 160, Jr.)
Coaches
Head coach: Terry Martin
Assistant coaches: Derwin Antoine, Darrell Caesar, Trent Delahoussaye, Jude Dugas, Ross Durke, Jacoby Ford, Eric Howard, James Knatt, Jamar Lewis, Rob Segura, Patrick Vital.
2023 Schedule
Aug. 31 ERATH
Sept. 8 DeQuincy
Sept. 15 VERMILION CATHOLIC
Sept. 21 North Vermilion
Sept. 29 Welsh
Oct. 6 WEST ST. MARY
Oct. 13 FRANKLIN
Oct. 20 Ascension Episcopal
Oct. 27 CATHOLIC-NI
Nov. 3 Delcambre
Home game in all caps
2022 Results
Beat Erath 20-15
Beat DeQuincy 39-2
Lost Vermilion Catholic 28-0
Lost North Vermilion 35-21
Lost Welsh 20-16
Beat West St. Mary 57-6
Beat Franklin 46-20
Lost Ascension Episcopal 24-0
Beat Catholic-NI 20-17
Beat Delcambre 49-16
Playoffs
Beat Vidalia 50-6
Lost St. James 41-14
Past 5 years
2022: 7-5
2021: 11-1
2020: 8-1
2019: 8-5
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Which vegan snacks are best?
Whether you've been fully vegan for years or you're just trying to cut back on dairy, eggs and meat, finding delicious plant-based snacks is a great place to start. And the good news is that with the rising trend of vegan eating, there are plenty of crunchy, crispy, sweet and savory vegan snacks to try.
Top vegan snacks
Best cheese puffs
[ Outstanding Foods Outstanding Cheese Balls - Chedda ]
These crunchy, airy cheese balls are the stuff of childhood nostalgia, without any dairy. They’ll even turn your fingers orange, but you won’t mind as you dive back into the bag for more.
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Best veggie crisps
[ Rhythm Organic Cauliflower Bites ]
You'll look forward to eating your veggies when they're as crisp and addicting as these air-dried cauliflower florets. These are lightly seasoned with sea salt, but if you prefer a bolder flavor, opt for the Buffalo Ranch version.
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Best snack clusters
[ Clusterbucks Grain-Free Superfood Clusters ]
The Snickerdoodle flavor of these crunchy buckwheat clusters is subtly sweet and nicely spiced. This is a great healthy snack that will satisfy your sweet tooth without sending you headed for a sugar crash. The clusters are big, but there are always plenty of smaller pieces in the bottom of the bag that make a great yogurt topping.
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Best lupini beans snack
[ Brami Lupini Beans Variety Pack ]
If you haven’t tried lupini beans, prepare to fall in love. These soft, nutty beans are marinated in mild spices and come packed with plant-based protein. Each little pouch from Brami has just 60 calories and 7 grams of protein. They’re great on their own or as a salad topper.
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Best vegan superfood popcorn
[ Azzizah’s Herbal Green Popcorn - Original Savory Cheddar ]
Don’t let the green color throw you off: all of that seasoning means tons of flavor. This crunchy corn is covered in a spicy blend of nutritional yeast, curry powder, herbs, cayenne, garlic, and of course, spirulina. Spirulina is derived from algae and not only tastes great, but it’s also full of B vitamins, which can be difficult to incorporate into a vegan diet.
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Best crackers
[ Simple Mills Organic Seed Crackers - Everything ]
These buttery crackers get their rich flavor and crumbly texture from a blend of gluten-free flours, including sunflower, pumpkin and flax seeds, cassava and tapioca. They’re flavored with a classic everything bagel seasoning for a nice garlicky taste that’s great with anything from a slice of vegan cheese to guacamole.
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Best spicy vegan jerky
[ Beyond Meat Plant-Based Jerky - Original and Teriyaki Variety Pack ]
You’ll love all of the flavors of this meaty, savory plant-based jerky from meat alternative giant Beyond Meat. The protein is made from peas and mung beans and is free of soy, gluten and GMO ingredients. Plus, there are a whopping 10 grams of protein per serving.
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Best crunchy chickpeas
[ Saffron Road Organic Crunchy Chickpeas - Korean BBQ ]
These crispy seasoned chickpeas are great on their own or tossed into a salad. For added protein. They come in a range of flavors, including Buffalo, Chipotle, Sea Salt and Korean BBQ, to suit any taste buds.
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Best potato chips
[ Popchips Sea Salt Potato Chips ]
Get your fill of crispy potatoes without a grease overload. These light, airy chips are just as tasty straight from the bag as they are stuffed into a sandwich. Try the barbecue flavor if you like some heat.
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Best sweet-savory popcorn
[ LesserEvil Organic Popcorn, Himalayan Sweetness ]
This light, healthy popcorn is certified organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and has less fat and more fiber than traditional kettle corn, but all of the sweet-and-savory flavor you crave.
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Best vegan queso
[ Siete Dairy-Free Cashew Queso ]
This fluffy, smooth cheese-free queso dip is the perfect topping for nachos, tacos and pretty much anything that dips. It has a melty texture that’s great warm or cold and is flavored with tomatoes, carrots, pepper, and nutritional yeast for a bold, slightly smoky flavor.
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Best vegan cookie dough
[ Whoa Dough Edible Cookie Dough Bars Variety Pack ]
Soft, gooey and with flavors include Brownie Batter, Sugar Sprinkle and Chocolate Chip, it’s hard to beat these cookie dough bars. They’re shelf-stable but hold their soft, chewy texture like homemade dough.
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Best chocolatey vegan snack
[ Undercover Quinoa Crisps, Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt ]
These snacks are made of crispy puffed quinoa cakes coated in rich dark chocolate with a touch of sea salt. Other vegan flavors include dark chocolate and pumpkin spice and dark chocolate with blueberries for extra antioxidants.
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Best vegan graham crackers
[ Healing Home Foods Lemon Chia Graham Bites ]
These cute graham cracker-like bites taste homemade, with a buttery flavor and thick, crunchy texture that’s made for dunking in your favorite plant-based milk. They have a hint of brightness from lemon.
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Suspect in 4 rape cases appears in court
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After waiting more than 30 years, there may finally be justice for multiple women brutally attacked in the metro. Investigators arrested a local school bus driver after getting DNA from his steering wheel. On Friday, he faced a judge.
61-year-old Ralph Anthony Martinez is staying in custody, at least until his next hearing. Prosecutors want him held in jail until trial.
Martinez is facing rape charges after the District Attorney’s Office said they linked his DNA to four women he alleged raped from the late ’80s to the early ’90s.
Court documents say Martinez was violent in these incidents – breaking into victim’s homes, taking their weapons of self defense, and eventually sexually assaulting them.
These were cold cases up until a special unit within the DA’s office – who investigates cold cases – looked into this.
“Over the last ten years, the technology on DNA and the ability to match up is really moved forward dramatically, and so it’s really helped in these older type of investigations,” said Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman.
Martinez was an APS bus driver for the last five years, working with children. It was his own school bus where the DA’s office was able to collect his DNA from the steering wheel, gear and other areas of the bus that matched the DNA from those women’s cold cases.
“It doesn’t matter how long ago it happened, we’re going to hold them accountable,” Bregman said.
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What are the best ways to travel for cheap?
The world is an incredible place with so much to see and do, but traveling can seem like it's only for people with ample expendable income. Luckily, it's possible to see the world on a budget if you're willing to learn how to travel for cheap and are prepared to be flexible.
While traveling to far-flung reaches of the globe might seem exciting, there's more closer to home than you may realize. That's not to say international travel on a budget is impossible, you may just need to get creative with how you save money. Traveling for cheap is easier than you might think if you spend some time planning.
Consider staying local
We're not suggesting staying in a motel 10 minutes down the road from your house but instead staying in your home country rather than traveling internationally. Depending on where you live and where you want to go, this might mean a few hours' drive to your nearest beach town or a domestic flight. Either way, it's cheaper than traveling internationally.
Search for cheap flights
Booking directly from an airline's website isn't always the cheapest way to travel. Instead, it's best to use travel comparison sites that scan the web for the cheapest flights, a bit like a search engine, and display the results so you can easily see the cheapest flights for your route of choice. Popular comparison sites include Google Flights, Skyscanner and Kayak.
Bring a carry-on only
Some cheap airlines keep their costs down by charging extra for checked baggage, so you'll save money if you can get away with only bringing a carry-on. You should be able to pack enough for a week or two if you buy a roomy carry-on suitcase and take advantage of the personal item allowance to bring an extra bag that will fit under the seat in front of you. The Amazon Basics 21-Inch Hardside Spinner is an excellent yet affordable choice of carry-on luggage.
Fly at less popular times
Overnight flights or flights that arrive at your destination late at night are usually cheaper than flights that take off during the day. You'll also find that midweek flights are cheaper than those that depart on a Monday or the weekend. If you're willing to be flexible with the days and times at which you travel, you might just find yourself a bargain.
Travel off-season
Traveling at less popular times of the year not only beats the bulk of the tourists but also makes both travel and accommodation cheaper. It's often more pleasant visiting cities in the late fall or early winter when you won't spend your whole time roasting in the sun. Doing your research on your destination will help you find the best off-season travel time. For example, it's best to avoid visiting the Caribbean between June 1 and Nov. 30 due to hurricane season, but some islands, such as Grenada, are out of the hurricane belt and rarely hit, making them relatively safe to visit during this period and much quieter and cheaper than at peak times.
Keep accommodation costs down
Resourceful travelers can find plenty of ways to keep accommodation costs down or even to get completely free accommodation. Before you pack your luggage and head to the airport without a second thought, here are some ideas for cheap travel deals.
Use comparison sites
Much like their flight comparison counterparts, accommodation comparison sites — such as Trivago and Tripadvisor — search through different accommodation providers and booking sites to bring you the best deals. You can often find cheap travel deals this way and might find some hotels or other types of accommodation that you would never have discovered otherwise.
Stay in hostels
They aren't for everyone, but hostels are great for saving money. If you don't mind sharing a room with strangers, you'll get the cheapest deals, but some hostels also have private rooms. Hostels can vary in quality, so you may want to travel with a sleeping bag or sleeping bag liner in case the bedding isn't up to scratch.
Work for accommodation
You can often bag free accommodation if you're willing to work for it. Some hostels offer free beds in return for a couple of hours a day working at the reception desk or behind the bar. Fans of the outdoors can check out Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF), which is a platform that connects people willing to work on organic farms with farm owners who will provide free accommodation. If you have experience or qualifications, there are other options for you, some of which might pay in addition to providing accommodation, including teaching surfing or yoga. However, you'll need a work permit to take on paid work outside of the U.S.
House sit or pet sit
You can find people willing to let you stay in their homes for free in return for watching the house or taking care of their pets. You'll need to be flexible with dates, but it's an excellent way to get a place to stay for free. TrustedHousesitters is the biggest website that connects house sitters or pet sitters with people who need their services.
Stay in a self-catering accommodation
If you eat out for every meal while you're traveling, it soon adds up. Staying in self-catering accommodation lets you cook your own meals and save a bunch of cash. Of course, you don't want to cook the whole time you're on vacation, so consider supplementing with cheaper street food and casual dining options. When self-catering isn't an option, packing CLIF Bars or granola bars can at least take care of breakfast.
Visit cheaper cities
You'll find plenty of cheap places to travel in the U.S. and they can be cheaper for a range of reasons. For example, Washington, D.C., isn't the cheapest place to stay, but it contains loads of free museums and other attractions so you won't spend much on entertainment.
Atlanta is a huge hub for flights from all over the country, so it's often possible to travel there for cheap. Knoxville is smaller than other more popular Tennessee cities, such as Memphis and Nashville, but accommodations and food are significantly cheaper.
Think about flights, accommodation and expenses when looking for cheap places to travel outside of the States. If you want to go to Europe, for instance, tickets to Paris and Prague might be similar in price, but food, drink and accommodations are significantly cheaper in Prague.
Bring reusable cups and bottles
Instead of buying bottles of water while out and about, bring your own reusable water bottle — such as a Chilly's Reusable Water Bottle — and fill it up wherever you find water for free. You can also bring a reusable coffee cup as many coffee shops offer a discount when you bring your own. It might not seem like a huge money saver, but every little adds up, especially when traveling for an extended period of time.
Walk when possible
You can save money and see more of the place that you're staying by walking whenever possible, rather than paying for public transport or cab fares. Just make sure you pack a good pair of comfortable shoes so your feet don't hurt from all that walking.
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Automaker Tesla is opening more showrooms on tribal lands to avoid state laws barring direct sales
Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model.
Mohegan Sun, a casino and entertainment complex in Connecticut owned by the federally recognized Mohegan Tribe, announced this week that the California-based electric automaker will open a showroom with a sales and delivery center this fall on its sovereign property where the state’s law doesn’t apply.
The news comes after another new Tesla showroom was announced in June, set to open in 2025 on lands of the Oneida Indian Nation in upstate New York.
“I think it was a move that made complete sense,” said Lori Brown, executive director of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, which has lobbied for years to change Connecticut’s law.
“It is just surprising that it took this long, because Tesla had really tried, along with Lucid and Rivian,” she said, referring to two other electric carmakers. “Anything that puts more electric vehicles on the road is a good thing for the public.”
Brown noted that lawmakers with car dealerships that are active in their districts, no matter their political affiliation, have traditionally opposed bills allowing direct-to-consumer sales.
The Connecticut Automotive Retail Association, which has opposed such bills for years, says there needs to be a balance between respecting tribal sovereignty and “maintaining a level playing field” for all car dealerships in the state.
“We respect the Mohegan Tribe’s sovereignty and the unique circumstance in which they operate their businesses on Tribal land but we strongly believe that this does not change the discussion about Tesla and other EV manufacturers with direct-to-consumer sales, and we continue to oppose that model,” Hayden Reynolds, the association’s chairperson, said in a statement. “Connecticut’s dealer franchise laws benefit consumers and provide a competitive marketplace.”
Over the years in numerous states, Tesla has sought and been denied dealership licenses, pushed for law changes and challenged decisions in courts. The company scored a victory earlier this year when Delaware’s Supreme Court overturned a ruling upholding a decision by state officials to prohibit Tesla from selling its cars to directly customers.
At least 16 states have effectively changed their laws to allow Tesla and other direct-to-consumer manufacturers to sell there, said Jeff Aiosa, executive director of the Connecticut dealers association. He doesn’t foresee Connecticut changing its law, noting that 32 “original equipment manufacturers,” a list that includes major car companies like Toyota and Ford, currently abide by it.
“It’s not fair to have an unlevel playing field when all the other manufacturers abide by the state franchise laws and Tesla wants this exception to go around the law,” he said. “I would suggest their pivoting to the sovereign nation is representative of them not wanting to abide by the law.”
Tesla opened its first store as well as a repair shop on Native American land in 2021 in New Mexico. The facility, built in Nambé Pueblo, north of Santa Fe, marked the first time the company partnered with a tribe to get around state laws, though the idea had been in the works for years.
Brian Dear, president of the Tesla Owners Club of New Mexico, predicted at the time that states that are home to tribal nations and also have laws banning direct car sales by manufacturers would likely follow New Mexico’s lead.
“I don’t believe at all that this will be the last,” he said.
Tesla’s facility at Mohegan Sun, dubbed the Tesla Sales & Delivery Center, will be located at a shopping and dining pavilion within the sprawling casino complex. Customers will be able to test drive models around the resort. and gamblers will be able to use their loyalty rewards toward Tesla purchases.
Tesla also plans to exhibit its solar and storage products at the location.
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Summer school students from the Liberty Village Project were able to escape Baltimore’s heat waves and dive into the National Aquarium as a part of Field Trip Fridays.
Around 30 summer school students and their teachers visited the National Aquarium Friday as part of a grant-funded program that takes nonprofit organizations on field trips around the city. At the beginning of the summer, Baltimore City nonprofit youth organizations were invited to request tickets to extend their summer programs an extra day to explore some of Baltimore’s cultural institutions.
When the students were asked how many of them had visited the aquarium before, a majority of their hands shot up, but some shouted they had never been.
“A lot of our inner city youth have never left their neighborhoods. This gives them an opportunity to meet other folks, other folks and seeing and being exposed to, not only just the fish, but a different lifestyles,” said Simon Edwards, a junior NBA coach at Liberty Village. Edwards has been working with the project for almost a year teaching fundamentals of basketballs and life skills.
A majority of the students come from the West Baltimore area. Edwards was excited to expose his student-athletes to different parts of the city and its offerings. As their coach, Edwards said he tries to talk to them about looking for careers outside of just sports. “We try to encourage other careers. This is nice [being able to] expose them to [...] something great and give them ideas to live their dream.”
Before the start of the visit, the students gathered around the aquarium entrance, some talking with one another, others talking with the aquarium staff and Councilman Zeke Cohen about the aquatic animals they were excited to see.
Joseph Lee, 16, is a summer school camper at Liberty Village, who has been to the aquarium before. He found himself touching one of the Atlantic horseshoe crabs, but this time a different part of the animal than last time.
Taliah Johnson, 12, is in Timothy Banks’ and Tiffany West’s group working within the school’s greenhouse. As the group made their way through the rainforest part of the aquarium, Taliah was able to recognize the organisms growing on the plants in the exhibit.
“At first it was a little weird!” she said. “But then I saw stuff that I’ve seen before. I’m definitely coming back!”
Her teacher, Mr. Banks, and class aide Ms. West worry the students may not remember the lessons they go over from their greenhouse campus, but the field trip allowed some like Taliah to see the plant cycle in different stages in a more natural habitat.
“It was nice seeing things through their eyes,” said Mr. Banks.
At the greenhouse where Mr. Banks and Ms. West teach, campers learn how to grow plants and the plant life cycle. Ten out of 18 of their students attended the field trip.
“This is a great idea doing this,” said Ms. West. “A lot of kids don’t get a chance to experience stuff like this. This kind of opens their eyes to new things, see new things and learn new things. I can even learn new things.”
Afternoon Update
Since 2021, the city has operated summer programs four days a week, Monday through Thursday, to prevent teacher burnout. With the youth curfew and a shorter summer school week, local residents questioned where Baltimore City’s youth could turn to for safe and engaging environments.
In May, the program “Field Trip Fridays” was implemented as a compromise for the shorter school week by Councilman Zeke Cohen. Although Cohen credits the program as a partnership between the city and the school district, the school system emphasized that the program w as his initiative in a tweet .
In a collective effort with Baltimore’s Promise and the Fund for Educational Excellence, Field Trip Fridays was able to come to fruition, servicing 700 students in summer school programs. It is funded by grants, some of which came from the Baltimore nonprofit Open Society, and were split into microgrants of $1,500 to pay for lunches and busing, according to Cohen.
Tickets to these trips were donated directly by the 11 community institutions such as The National Aquarium, which has donated 250 tickets.
Another institution, Port Discovery Children’s museum, donated 500 tickets to the initiative to disperse among the students and their families.
“We’re a resource for children and families in Baltimore, Baltimore City, but also the surrounding counties, and we sort of like to make sure that our space is accessible and welcome for everyone,” said Carter Arnot Polakoff the president & CEO of Port Discovery.
“It’s just been this really beautiful thing, seeing cultural institutions come together to support our kids,” Cohen said to The Baltimore Sun. He pointed out that Baltimore’s Promise, a nonprofit organization that coordinates youth summer collaboratives, has been the backbone to this summer’s weeklong engagements. “We’ve just been really excited because I think it represents a spirit of collaboration that sometimes our city struggles with, but to see people really embrace this culture of collaboration has been very heartening.” | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/bs-md-ci-field-trip-fridays-liberty-village-20230729-n6vimrahlbgxpjalqwx6pbndeu-story.html | 2023-07-29T00:12:15 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/bs-md-ci-field-trip-fridays-liberty-village-20230729-n6vimrahlbgxpjalqwx6pbndeu-story.html |
Judge allows suit alleging that hospital ignored parents and performed fetal autopsy without consent
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that a Delaware hospital system performed an autopsy on a 16-week-old fetus despite the parents refusing to give their consent.
Superior Court Judge Patricia Winston denied a motion this week by Christiana Care Health Services and Christiana Care Health System to dismiss a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress filed by Maryland residents Meredith and Brandon Boas.
The couple had adequately stated a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, Winston said. The offense is defined as “extreme and outrageous conduct” that intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress to another.
Attorneys for the hospital system argued that performing a fetal autopsy without consent and against the express wishes of the parents does not rise to the level of being “beyond all possible bounds of decency.”
“Plaintiffs do not allege that the autopsy was performed in an indecent manner or that CCHS intentionally abused the fetus by dissecting and examining the fetus’ internal organs,” hospital lawyers wrote.
Meredith Boas began to experience fluid leakage in May 2021 when she was 16 weeks pregnant, according to the complaint. After being admitted to Christiana Care and diagnosed with preterm premature rupture of the membranes, she chose to have labor induced.
“She explicitly stated that she wanted her baby to remain whole and intact; that was why she chose to vaginally deliver him,” the lawsuit states. “She delivered her baby boy, Ronan, approximately three hours later. Meredith and Brandon held Ronan and took pictures with him and said hello and goodbye for many hours.”
Meredith specifically declined an autopsy when a nurse handed her autopsy consent paperwork, and the couple wanted private cremation and funeral services, the lawsuit states. The couple wanted placental pathology but “no fetal autopsy unless there are visual abnormalities,” a doctor’s note states. Discharge notes also indicated that the mother specifically declined an autopsy, according to the lawsuit.
“Meredith and Brandon left the hospital on May 6, 2021 believing their baby would be taken to the morgue and then the funeral home,” the lawsuit states. “Instead — behind her back he was taken to pathology and was disemboweled.”
The couple didn’t learn what happened until more than a month later, when Meredith found the pathology report in her medical records.
“She, a grieving mother, read the words ‘the fetus is eviscerated’ and read how they took him apart after she had seen her son for the last time as whole and intact,” according to the lawsuit.
The couple was later told that the hospital had a policy of performing autopsies on any babies who died under 20 weeks, “regardless of explicit parental directives to the contrary,” the complaint states.
It is unclear whether such a policy is still in effect and whether Christiana Care officials acted contrary to staff rule documents that are publicly available online. According to those documents, which date back several years, an autopsy may be performed “only with proper consent in accordance with state law and hospital policy.” The documents also state that consent for an autopsy is effective only if it is noted on a hospital form “signed by the appropriate legal representative of the patient.”
An informational page on Christiana’s website for parents who have experienced a miscarriage or pregnancy loss indicates that parents can “choose” to have an autopsy and that they have up to 24 hours to make that decision.
Hiran Ratnayake, a Christiana Care spokesperson, refused to say whether the policies were in effect in May 2021. He also declined to address the court ruling, saying Christiana Care does not comment on pending legal matters.
While allowing the lawsuit to proceed, the judge did dismiss a claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress. She said that claim could not remain because the parents themselves were not in a “zone of danger” in which negligent conduct causes a person to fear for his or her own safety.
“Plaintiffs claim defendants’ autopsy performance on their fetus, against their express consent, caused them emotional distress, and their fright arose when they read Mrs. Boas’s medical records,” Winston wrote. “Hence, plaintiffs’ fright arose from the peril of another, their fetus.”
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Baltimore’s warmest month is going out like it came in: With a heat wave. Saturday is expected to be the fourth straight day the temperature reaches at least 90 degrees. Stretches like this have happened nearly every year for decades — this would be the 71st time since 1940 there’s been a streak of at least four days — but climate change is making them more likely, experts say.
Past summers have seen as many as 25 consecutive days when the temperature hit 90 degrees. So far this summer, the longest stretch has been seven, from July 2 to July 8, followed by a four-day span from July 11 to July 15. AccuWeather considers three or more straight 90-degree days in Baltimore to be a heat wave.
While far from the longest, the current run has been severe. Baltimore saw a high of 97 degrees and a heat index of 106 degrees on Thursday. The wave is expected to peak on Friday, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees and the heat index reaching 110 degrees. Sunday is predicted to be slightly cooler, peaking at a temperature of 93 degrees and a heat index of 103, according to The National Weather Service. The heat index combines the air temperature with humidity levels to measure how hot it feels.
While it’s rare for a year to pass in Baltimore without stringing together at least three consecutive 90+ degree days, spates of them have become more common. Of the 12 years since 1940 that have had seven or more such stretches, eight of those occurred in the 21st century and six of them in the past decade.
During Baltimore’s first heat wave this month it was warm globally: July 3 and 4 broke the record for the hottest days on earth, according to estimates from University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the first three weeks of July were the warmest three-week period recorded on earth.
“The probability that we’re going to have 90 degree days in the summer is going to become increasingly likely,” said Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor and Associate Director for Research at The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. “That doesn’t mean we can’t have a cool day; it doesn’t mean we can’t have a cool month.”
The 25-day heat streak in 1995, which lasted from July 12 to August 5, was deemed responsible for at least nine deaths, poor air quality, the derailment of a Baltimore Metro train and harmed poultry, soy and corn businesses.
During the oppressive streak, residents flocked to water and snowball stands, and Daisy, a female rhino at what was then called The Baltimore Zoo, waded into her pool for the first time in three years.
During extreme heat it’s important to stay hydrated, limit time outside and take precautions if you do go outside. The young and elderly are at highest risk, especially those in areas with less tree coverage and more pavement.
While heat stroke and heat exhaustion are common heat-related illnesses, pre-existing chronic conditions can be exacerbated during heat waves, causing an excess in hospitalizations due to heat that are often undercounted, said Jaime Madrigano, associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
A recent report by the Center for American Progress estimated that in neighboring Virginia, heat events resulted in almost 7,000 additional emergency department visits and nearly 2,000 additional heat-related hospital admissions each summer.
Afternoon Update
What more frequent and intense heat waves could do to numbers like those, Madrigano suggested, means they’re no longer just a summer problem, but something decision makers need to be thinking about year-round.
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Count of ballots from Spaniards abroad gives edge to right-wing block and deepens the stalemate
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ballots from Spaniards living abroad were counted Friday, and they gave a new twist to the inconclusive results from the general election.
The conservative Popular Party gained an additional seat from Madrid’s constituency late in the day at the expense of the Socialist Workers’ Party. That change gives the right-wing coalition of the PP and the far-right Vox party 172 seats in the lower house of parliament and drops left-wing forces to 171.
Forming a stable governing coalition will require one of the blocks to have the support of 176 lawmakers in the 350-seat body, and it’s not clear that either side will be able to obtain enough backing from smaller parties.
The country’s main political parties had been waiting for the count in the hope they might win seats from opponents and recompose the final picture. Results coming in from different constituencies during the day showed no changes across Spain — until Madrid added the last-gasp surprise.
The switch likely will make it even tougher to cobble together a government.
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is considered the only leader with a chance to form a coalition, since the Popular Party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo is being shunned by other parties for allying with Vox.
But Sánchez does not have it easy. He needs help from secessionist parties in the Basque Country and Catalonia, and it could be politically risky to bid for support from the Catalan party Junts, which is headed by Carles Puigdemont, a leader of 2017’s failed secession bid in Catalonia.
His party has seven seats, but its goal of forcing Spain to allow a secession referendum is Catalonia is highly unpopular, including in Sánchez’s party.
The new parliament is to convene Aug. 17 and it will have three months to vote in a new prime minister. Otherwise, new elections would be called.
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Roy McGrath, the onetime chief of staff to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan who fled ahead of his federal corruption trial, died by two gunshots to the head — one was self-inflicted and the other came from a federal agent’s gun, authorities in Tennessee said Friday.
Because the shootings happened simultaneously and because McGrath, 53, lived for another 30 minutes after being shot, the medical examiner wasn’t able to determine a manner of death, meaning either suicide or homicide, according to the autopsy report obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
“One of the gunshot wounds was self-inflicted and the other gunshot wound was not,” the autopsy report said.
The autopsy report and a statement from the district attorney general’s office in Knox County, Tennessee, provide new insight into how authorities found McGrath and the last moments of his life.
McGrath, who briefly served as Hogan’s chief of staff before resigning amid an unfolding scandal, was set to stand trial in Baltimore in March on federal fraud charges stemming from a six-figure severance he allegedly doctored up. McGrath didn’t show up for his mid-March trial, triggering a multi-state, federal manhunt that ended when agents closed in on him in a parking lot of a Knoxville suburb on April 4 where he was ultimately shot dead.
Joe Murtha, McGrath’s defense attorney, called his client’s death “a tragedy.”
“We certainly don’t know what was going on in Roy’s mind other than that he believed that there were limited options and that his future was so bleak that living didn’t appear very inviting,” Murtha said.
William Brennan, a lawyer who represents McGrath’s widow, said prosecutors in Knox County contacted him before publicizing the autopsy report and their investigation’s conclusion Friday.
“She is very appreciative of the courtesy that was extended to her by the Knox County prosecutors in informing her of the results of the investigation and autopsy prior to making those documents available to the public,” Brennan said.
He had no further comment on her behalf.
The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, which was prosecuting McGrath, declined to comment through a spokesperson.
A resident of Naples, Florida, McGrath never got on a plane to go to Baltimore for his trial, as he’d told his attorney he would. Instead, he purchased a Cadillac SUV, got a gun and hit the road.
[ Roy McGrath: Coverage from The Baltimore Sun ]
The FBI learned McGrath was in the Knoxville area about three weeks later, according to a news release Friday from Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen. Asked by their counterparts in Baltimore to arrest McGrath on a fugitive warrant, agents with the FBI’s Knoxville field office approached McGrath at an area Costco. They attempted to stop him as he pulled out of the parking lot, but McGrath fled.
Agents gave pursuit, their vehicles’ lights flashing and sirens blaring, but McGrath kept driving, the news release said. With their vehicles, the agents boxed him in between an auto parts store and Sonic Drive-In. There, they approached his vehicle on foot, repeatedly yelled “FBI” and ordered McGrath to show his hands through the driver’s side window, according to the release.
“No,” McGrath replied, according to Knox County prosecutors. “I have a gun,” he said, “and it’s loaded.”
Agents told investigators they saw McGrath raise a handgun to his right temple.
“Simultaneously, McGrath fired his gun striking his right temple, and the agent fired one round striking McGrath’s left cheek,” Knox County prosecutors said in the release.”
Murtha said that order of events is “consistent’ with what he was told in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.
Afternoon Update
Sources initially told The Sun that McGrath had shot himself, but then the FBI walked back that claim in the hours following the shooting, saying the matter was under investigation, and declining for months to offer any further explanation.
Asked if McGrath’s actions with the gun were an attempt at “suicide by cop,” Murtha said it seemed that way.
“It clearly was an invitation for the agents to believe they were in danger and they had to protect himself,” Murtha said.
The FBI agents involved in McGrath’s shooting death won’t face criminal charges in Tennessee, the Knox County District Attorney General determined, according to its news release.
Knox County prosecutors said the agent who shot McGrath, who has not been identified by authorities, “acted in self-defense because he had a reasonable belief that McGrath posed a threat of imminent death or serious bodily injury.”
Shelley Orman, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Baltimore field office, declined to comment on the Knox County District Attorney General’s release and the autopsy report. Orman referred a reporter to a previous FBI statement, which said the agency’s internal review had not been completed, and that it was waiting for local and federal prosecutorial decisions before presenting the case to the FBI’s Shooting Incident Review Board.
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Mexico to set up center for third-country migrants and U.S. will take referrals for possible refuge
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government announced Friday it will take referrals of Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens from Mexico for possible resettlement as refugees in the United States.
Mexico announced earlier this week it will set up a service center offering jobs and resettlement for people from those four countries. It said the center will be on the southern border with Guatemala, but did not specify where or when it would open.
When the U.S. government began requiring asylum seekers to apply on line or from their home countries, many of them had already begun the journey to the U.S. border and wound up up stuck in Mexico. The Mexican center is meant to serve those people.
“We are announcing our full support for an international multipurpose space that the Government of Mexico plans to establish in southern Mexico to offer new refugee and labor options for the most vulnerable people who are currently in Mexico,” said
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the United States is supporting Mexico’s new center and will “accept refugee resettlement referrals from qualified individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who are already in Mexico.”
He gave no details on how the referrals would work or how many would be accepted.
The U.S. has a new policy to grant parole for two years to up to 30,000 people a month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela if they apply online with a financial sponsor and arrive at an airport. It was not clear whether referrals accepted from Mexico would have to have a financial sponsor.
On Wednesday, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said in a statement that the new center “would provide refugee services, and at the same employment options, to connect migrants with the big projects being built in the south southeast.”
Mexico is building a tourist train line, a string of industrial parks, an oil refinery and other projects in the area.
Mexico also has been pressing Washington to help finance two Mexican programs that it is seeking to expand to Central America. One pays farmers to plant and care for trees and the other is a system of youth job training and apprenticeships.
Mexico said Wednesday the U.S. has agreed to contribute $40 million to that effort in El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Cuba and Ecuador.
The U.S. government has physically blocked migrants from claiming asylum at land crossings with Mexico unless they have an appointment through the CBP One app.
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Mexican authorities have inspected Donald Lawson’s capsized sailboat in the Pacific Ocean, but did not find him aboard, according to a statement from Ray Feldmann, who is serving as spokesperson for Lawson’s wife, Jacqueline.
Jacqueline received an email from Mexican authorities Friday morning that Lawson’s sailboat was located and that it was “found without any crew members on board or anywhere in the vicinity of the boat,” the statement said.
Lawson, a Baltimore sailor who had been preparing to sail alone around the world, set out from Acapulco, Mexico bound for Baltimore earlier this month but lost engine power. He last communicated with his wife on July 12, she said in a previous statement, and Mexican and American authorities have been searching for his sailboat and for him for the past week. His last known position, on July 13, was about 300 miles south of Acapulco.
His boat had been spotted Sunday from a Mexican plane, but Thursday night was the first time a ship was able to locate and approach it. There had remained a possibility that Lawson was inside the capsized boat, but Mexican authorities evaluated it and determined the sailboat was, indeed, Lawson’s and that he was not aboard.
Because of the Mexican authorities search, the Coast Guard cutter Active, deployed this week to help in the search, did not inspect the sailboat. Instead, it is continuing to search the ocean for any signs of Lawson, said Coast Guard spokesperson Hunter Schnabel.
Afternoon Update
At this point, hope for Lawson’s survival likely hinges on him being on a life raft. His boat had two life rafts, a survival suit and other emergency equipment, he said last year.
“You can keep on going for a long, long time in survival scenarios,” said French sailor Conrad Colman, who has completed three circumnavigations, including one solo.
However, it is challenging to survive under such conditions.
Lawson last year acquired a 60-foot trimaran which he named Defiant. The sailboat is an ORMA 60, a classification of trimarans that are fast but also extremely difficult to handle, sailors say.
He had been on the West Coast with the boat and was planning to sail it through the Panama Canal to Baltimore, where he’d planned to embark on a record-setting solo circumnavigation of the globe.
“Jacqueline Lawson remains hopeful that her husband will be located and returned home safely,” Feldmann said in a Friday statement.
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Montana judge temporarily lifts ban on drag performances ahead of major Pride event
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana on Friday temporarily blocked a new law that restricts drag performances just days before thousands of people are expected to attend Montana Pride’s 30th anniversary celebration in Helena.
The way the law is written “will disproportionally harm not only drag performers, but any person who falls outside traditional gender and identity norms,” including transgender people, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris said.
The law seeks to ban minors from attending what it calls “sexually oriented” performances, and bans such performances in public places where minors might be present. However, it does not adequately define many of the terms used in the law, causing people to self-censor out of fear of prosecution, plaintiff’s attorney Constance Van Kley with Upper Seven Law argued Wednesday.
“Plaintiffs, along with the approximately 15,000 Montanans who wish to attend the (Montana Pride) events, cannot avoid chilled speech or exposure to potential civil or criminal liability,” without the temporary restraining order, Morris wrote.
The ruling will allow Montana Pride to advertise and hold some of its events in public places, said Kevin Hamm, president of Montana Pride. The annual LGBTQ+ celebration — which includes a parade, street dance and drag brunch — begins on Sunday and runs through Aug. 6.
“The language used in the (temporary restraining order) is both impressive and should serve as a warning to discriminatory actions by legislators in the future,” Hamm said.
A lawsuit filed on July 6 challenges its constitutionality, and seeks a preliminary injunction to block it. The complaint was later amended to add the city of Helena as a defendant and Montana Pride as a plaintiff in order to request the more urgent move for a temporary restraining order. Montana Pride worked with the city to get permits to hold its public events.
The city of Helena supported the restraining order, saying the law put the city in the position of infringing on Montana Pride’s constitutional rights of free expression by denying the permit, or subjecting city employees to civil and criminal liability included in the law if it granted the permit. The lawsuit allows a minor who attends a drag performance that violates the law to file a civil lawsuit against organizers or participants at any time over the following 10 years.
The complaint — whose initial plaintiffs include a transgender woman, two small theaters and a bookstore that holds drag queen reading events — calls the Montana law “a breathtakingly ambiguous and overbroad bill, motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ animus.”
Judge Morris found that the law did not adequately define actions that might be illegal and appears likely to “encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement.”
Montana’s law is flawed — like similar laws in Florida and Tennessee that have been blocked by courts — because it regulates speech based on its content and viewpoint, without taking into account its potential literary, artistic, political or scientific value, Morris found.
“Drag is definitionally political and artistic speech,” said Diana Bourgeois, president of the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana, an organization that puts on drag reading events and one of the plaintiffs. “The court’s order today protects our right to be commentators and artists and to create a safe, joyful and welcoming environment through our expression.”
Like many Republican-led states, Montana’s conservative lawmakers have passed other laws targeting transgender people. The state is among those to ban gender-affirming care for minors — which is also being challenged in court. It also passed a bill to define sex as only “male” or “female” in state law.
The law also made Montana the first state to specifically ban drag kings and drag queens — which it defined as performers who adopt a flamboyant or parodic male or female persona with glamorous or exaggerated costumes and makeup — from reading books to children in public schools or libraries, even though the performances do not have a sexual element.
The judge said the law does not define “flamboyant,” “parodic” or “glamorous,” among other terms.
Morris has scheduled an Aug. 26 hearing on the lawsuit’s request for a preliminary injunction, which could continue to block the law while the case moves through the courts.
“We look forward to presenting our written response and full argument at the upcoming preliminary injunction hearing to defend the law and protect minors from sexually oriented performances,” Emily Flower, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice, said in a statement.
The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Braxton Mitchell, has said that to him and his constituents, “keeping hyper sexualized events out of taxpayer funded schools and libraries” does not violate the First Amendment.
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Carroll County’s first plan for implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a sweeping statewide education reform plan with a decade-long rollout, was approved by the Maryland Accountability and Implementation Board on Thursday.
Carroll County Public Schools will use the 159-page plan to comply with mandates set by the 2021 law designed to radically transform the state public school system by funding billions of dollars of education initiatives.
The accountability and implementation board’s approval of Carroll’s plan will release state money allocated for fiscal 2024.
The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is designed to make Maryland’s schools among the highest performing in the country by providing more time for teachers to plan lessons and develop skills outside the classroom, offering universal prekindergarten for 3-year-olds, and redesigning the public education funding formula, among other initiatives.
Few changes were made to the implementation plan draft Carroll County submitted in March, said Assistant Superintendent of Operations Jon O’Neal, who is also Carroll’s designated Blueprint coordinator.
“We did anticipate getting approved, but it’s a relief at the same time because it’s a major part of the Blueprint process,” O’Neal said. “This was the very first year of that part of the process and that is the measure that the AIB is using to approve you or not. By approve, it means not only approve the plan, but also approve the full release of state funding for that fiscal year.”
The $442.6 million CCPS budget for fiscal 2024, which began July 1, is $36 million higher than the budget for fiscal 2023, accounted for by a $13.6 million increase in state funds and a $12.9 million increase in funds from Carroll County, plus a $7.2 million dip into reserve funds, $2.3 million from other sources.
The school system received feedback from the Maryland Department of Education, the accountability and implementation board, and members of the public before the revised plan was approved. O’Neal said changes from the original 158-page plan were minor.
Many of the revisions were clarifications or adding more depth to answers. The accountability and implementation board suggested that answers should be succinct, and O’Neal said Carroll County was a little too brief in the first iteration of the plan.
“One takeaway I had was there was such an emphasis on being as concise as possible,” O’Neal said, “but they actually were looking for a little bit more detail. We took that to be not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.”
Numerous Carroll County staff collaborated to produce the plan based on a state-issued 100-page template, O’Neal said. While the plan itself is 159 pages, it also includes embedded links to additional pages of data tables and information.
Meeting state benchmarks
While the Blueprint sets certain deadlines, such as requiring $60,000 starting salaries for all state teachers by July 1, 2026, it’s up to the school districts to plan how to attain those benchmarks, which might require hiring new staff to help manage the initiatives.
CCPS has appointed an executive leadership team of O’Neal, Superintendent Cynthia McCabe and Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Nick Shockney to oversee Blueprint implementation. School system leaders have been selected to make sure each of the Blueprint’s pillars is met.
According to the plan, Carroll will use high school spaces to provide pre-kindergarten services, partner with McDaniel College for workforce development initiatives and reinvent English and math curricula to promote problem-solving skills.
The Blueprint mandates pre-K be provided as part of a public-private partnership, in which half of students are served by accredited private entities and half are served by the school system. However, O’Neal said Carroll, like most counties, received a waiver for not meeting the 2023 benchmark of having 30% of pre-K capacity provided by private entities. That benchmark will increase by 5% every year until it reaches 50%.
In the current distribution, 88% of pre-K seats are public and 22% are private provider seats. Carroll County has 420 pre-K seats across all elementary schools except for Freedom Elementary School, representing four eligible classrooms and 17 classrooms going through the accreditation process. Two eligible private providers would add roughly 60 additional seats, according to the document.
To address pre-K enrollment, the school system will translate documents to meet the needs of English learner families, make pre-K program information available through special education case managers, and have pupil personnel workers serve as enrollment liaisons for homeless families with eligible students, according to the document.
Diverse teachers and leaders
Carroll County Public Schools also plans to partner with higher education institutions to fulfill Blueprint’s pillar of establishing high-quality and diverse teachers and leaders. During the next two years, McDaniel College in Westminster will provide professional learning modules and offer one-credit graduate courses for some school system staff.
The school system and McDaniel have surveyed teachers in 10 schools across all levels to determine the most relevant and needed topics, and a McDaniel program funded by the Teacher Collaborative Grant will allow cohorts of students to receive National Board certification, a three-semester course of study designated by the Blueprint as a best practice for teacher excellence.
Afternoon Update
Carroll County Public Schools plans to recruit new teachers by partnering with colleges and universities to inform students about subject areas where instructors are in short supply and available Blueprint incentives. The school system also will provide education-oriented service learning, offer opportunities to become substitute teachers and collaborate with higher education institutions to align curricula with workforce expectations.
The plan also aims to recruit a more diverse teacher pool by partnering with historically Black colleges and universities and universities that serve large populations of Hispanic students. Focus groups will be used to determine other best practices to recruit and hire diverse teachers.
New math curriculum
Carroll’s plan would also update school curricula and will implement a comprehensive mathematics plan spanning all grade levels, to be created this summer by a team of mathematics teacher leaders. Under the new math curriculum, geometry will provide more opportunities for experiential learning through project- and problems-based instruction. Additionally, 11th grade English will be redesigned to be more project- and research-based to promote college and career readiness.
In order to improve students’ career readiness, an Individualized Career Plan will be created for any student who has not met college and career readiness standards by the end of 10th grade. A framework for Carroll County Public School students to be able to dual enroll in an unlimited number of Carroll Community College classes for free has already taken effect.
“We now have one year down and some experience,” O’Neal said. “We’ll look to see what their criteria are for next year’s plan and work on that, probably as soon as the school year opens.”
O’Neal said he appreciates all public awareness, feedback and participation in the Blueprint implementation process.
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Cardinals’ Mikolas suspended 5 games and fined for intentionally throwing at Cubs’ Happ
NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas was suspended for five games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Friday for intentionally throwing at Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs.
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol was suspended for one game and fined as a result of Mikolas’ actions Thursday night. Mikolas appealed his penalties, while Marmol served his suspension Friday night against the Cubs.
In the first inning in the Cardinals’ 10-3 loss, Happ bloodied St. Louis catcher Willson Contreras when he hit him in the head with a long follow-through on a swing, then was soon hit himself by a pitch from Mikolas.
Andrew Knizner took over behind the plate for Contreras, and Mikolas brushed back Happ with the first pitch when play resumed to run the count to 3-1. With the next pitch, Mikolas hit Happ in the rear end.
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Carroll County commissioners created a school impact fee that would charge developers of new housing developments in the county $3,000 per single-family home beginning Sept. 1, in order to help pay for new school construction or additions.
Commissioners voted 3-2 at their meeting Thursday to enact the fee. Commissioners Ed Rothstein of District 5; Ken Kiler of District 2; and Joseph Vigliotti of District 1 voted in favor of enacting the fee; Commissioners Tom Gordon III of District 3 and Michael Guerin of District 4 voted against the measure.
Rothstein, who made the motion to increase impact fees from zero to $3,000 per home, said it’s a tool needed to bring revenue into the county’s coffers for new schools.
“It’s another solution to a problem that’s in front of us,” he said.
Impact fees are one-time payments imposed by local governments on a property developer. The fee is meant to offset the financial impact a new housing development will have on public infrastructure, such as roads, parks, recreational facilities, water, sewage and schools.
An impact fee will also be charged to developers of town houses and condominiums, but the amount has not been determined. Impact fees are not charged on the resale of homes. Typically, impact fee revenue should be used within six years of being collected; if the money is not used, it must be returned to the developer.
“The risk is having a project within a reasonable amount of time, which equates to six years being put in place,” Rothstein said. “It’s not overwhelming and overbearing. I think this fee sends the right message that we are focused on growing Carroll County appropriately, but having safeguards put in place. It’s for new residential growth.”
The new East Middle School in Westminster is on schedule to open next month at a cost of $65.9 million. Construction began in the summer of 2021. The old building opened in 1936 and served as Westminster High School for about 35 years. It has been a middle school for nearly 50 years.
Ted Zaleski, director of the county’s Department of Management and Budget, stated in an email after the meeting that depending on the number of building permits developers apply for, the money collected from the new impact fee will generate between $600,000 and $900,000 annually for new school projects.
The reason the county has not charged an impact fee until now, Zaleski said, is because the fee is tied to the need for capacity and a growing student enrollment.
“For about a decade we’ve had the school impact fee set at zero because we either had declining enrollment or more recently stagnant enrollment,” Zaleski said during the meeting.
Last school year, Carroll County Public Schools had an increase of more than 700 students, so Zaleski said it was time to discuss bringing back an impact fee.
“The core idea of impact fees is that you’re collecting the money and using it to provide the same level of service that existed before a population increase,” he said. “In this case what we’re talking about is to provide enough capacity to service students. It could be an addition, it could be a new school.”
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Zaleski suggested imposing a $6,000 impact fee for each single-family home at the commissioners’ July 13 meeting. Commissioners seemed uncomfortable with that number.
Kiler suggested Thursday to start with half the proposed amount, and next year consider increasing the fee to $6,000 or even taking it back down to zero.
“My concern is that if we don’t do something now like this it’s just going to force us ... to have to raise taxes on everybody,” he said. “I go back and forth with this. I don’t know that in Carroll County new houses are being built by young families that have school kids.”
Guerin said he wanted to leave the impact fee at zero.
“The data on new housing construction strongly suggests that an impact fee would not have an impact,” he said. “Now is not the time. If we want to revisit it next year we certainly can. I think we have to. I think we have to take a look at this every year.”
Gordon said he was concerned because student enrollment changes each year. And though there were more than 700 students added this past school year, it may be different another year. Gordon also said that the cost of the impact fees will ultimately be passed from the developer to the homebuyer.
“I do think it’s going to have an impact, and I don’t think it’s the one you want,” he said. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cc-carroll-commissioners-school-impact-fees-developers-20230728-4k5cpynntzec5fqeksd4ry644y-story.html | 2023-07-29T00:12:47 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cc-carroll-commissioners-school-impact-fees-developers-20230728-4k5cpynntzec5fqeksd4ry644y-story.html |
The Town of Bel Air is appealing a court ruling that said the municipality was wrong to deny a petition for a referendum on a zoning ordinance that could impact a possible downtown development.
Harford County Circuit Judge Paul Ishak ruled on July 21 that the town failed to verify the petition signatures and that the town’s charter does “not contain specific provisions directing the method by which the Town Board of Commissioners can deny a Petition for Referendum for reasons other than where an insufficient number of signatures appear on the petition,” according to a court memorandum.
The town’s decision to appeal was confirmed by Town Administrator Edward Hopkins.
“Because the case remains in litigation, I am unable to comment any further,” Hopkins said Friday.
A petition was submitted in 2022 to put up for referendum a town ordinance to change the zoning of downtown Bel Air properties that could potentially clear the way for an expansion of the Klein’s Shop-Rite supermarket. The ordinance would have rezoned 13 properties, but the petition for referendum only included five of those properties.
The ordinance was passed on May 2, 2022, and the petition was submitted on May 23, 2022. Two days later, the Town Board of Election Judges said the petition was “legally insufficient and invalid,” according to the court memorandum.
After speaking with the town’s counsel, a new petition was submitted on June 10, 2022, to include the ordinance number and the term “petition for referendum” with 1,977 signatures — more than the required 20% of the town’s 1,481 voters.
According to the Town Charter, a petition for referendum must be submitted with the signatures of at least 10% of the town’s voters within 20 days of an ordinance’s passage, or at least 20% within 40 days. If the petition is approved, the ordinance would not take effect, and the matter would be sent to referendum.
In the July 21 ruling, Ishak said the ordinance in question has not taken effect and that the Town of Bel Air had 45 days to verify the signatures submitted with the June 10, 2022, petition. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ag-bel-air-appeal-harford-petition-20230728-b3xydakeynhovpdfjgcvqb7jwy-story.html | 2023-07-29T00:12:53 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ag-bel-air-appeal-harford-petition-20230728-b3xydakeynhovpdfjgcvqb7jwy-story.html |
The small plane that crashed Tuesday evening in Havre de Grace was piloted by a high-ranking Army general from Aberdeen Proving Ground, according to an Army news release.
Army Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne Potts, 59, of Aberdeen, was at the controls of the single-engine plane when it crashed around 7:15 p.m. in the 3600 block of Old Level Road. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Harford County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. No passengers were on board.
Potts was a major general and most recently the program executive officer for the Army’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO-C3T), based at Aberdeen Proving Ground, from June 2022 to June 2023, according to his Army biography. A decorated veteran, he had served in the military since 1986.
“Maj. Gen. Potts completed over 36 years of distinguished service, most recently serving as Program Executive Officer, Command, Control and Communication (Tactical), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland,” Army spokesperson Ruth Castro said in an email. “The entire U.S. Army is grateful for his service, and we extend our deepest and most sincere condolences to the entire Potts family.”
Potts earned a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Murray State University in 1986, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in Army Aviation. He earned a master’s of business administration from the University of Kentucky and a master’s of strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.
Potts served as an attack helicopter platoon leader in Germany, and as commander of the Army’s AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter Training Company, among other positions. He was a rated AH-64 Apache instructor pilot with a combat tour in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm and numerous deployments to the Balkans, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the biography said.
The Federal Aviation Administration identified the downed plane as a Piper PA-28, a fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft. The plane is registered to Jentone Aviation LLC., Potts’ company, at his home address on base. Potts was certified as a commercial and private pilot, specifically for the kind of plane he was flying, and as a flight instructor.
The FAA is investigating the crash with the National Transportation Safety Board, the aviation agency said. NTSB investigators arrived Wednesday. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ag-plane-crash-fatal-anthony-potts-update-20230728-32zemt4rcfaq3c7p7sxi3yjmom-story.html | 2023-07-29T00:12:59 | 0 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ag-plane-crash-fatal-anthony-potts-update-20230728-32zemt4rcfaq3c7p7sxi3yjmom-story.html |
More than 70 students have applied for spots in Howard County’s pilot program for full-time virtual public school for ninth graders.
The Howard County Public School System is accepting applications for up to 90 spots in a no-cost, full-time virtual program option called Innovative Pathways for students entering or repeating ninth grade this school year, which begins Aug. 28.
During the 2022-2023 school year, the total number of ninth-graders enrolled in the school system was 5,084, according to communications director Brian Bassett.
An online interest form opened in May and applications will be accepted until Aug. 1. Students who fill out the form after that date may participate only if space is available, due to limited staffing, the form states.
The program can accommodate between 50 and 90 students with eight full-time staff members, including one special education teacher. If deemed successful, it may be expanded to other grades, said Bob Cole, the school system’s digital education coordinator.
In the program, enrolled students will receive live, real-time (synchronous) instruction from county public school Innovative Pathways teachers. Classes will meet four days per week via Google Meet. Students also may work on assignments outside of virtual class time and have individual conferences with a teacher one day per week.
Students enrolled in the full-time virtual program will continue to be enrolled in their assigned home school and have access to the same programs, services and extracurricular activities at those schools as those who attend in person.
Innovative Pathways administrator Kenny Porritt said some students may attend all classes online while others may choose to attend some online and others in person.
“We’ll be looking at it individually to kind of prioritize [their] schedule and make sure it works for the individual student,” POrritt said. “So, not every student’s schedule may look similar.”
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country experienced an increase in demand for online learning options. In 2020, 20% of school districts reported having already adopted – or were planning to adopt – virtual schooling after the pandemic, according to the National Center of Education Statistics.
A Maryland State Department of Education report revealed that more than 12,000 students were enrolled in virtual learning as of June 2022.
“There is an increasing need or demand for students that needed the majority of their instruction to be virtual,” Cole said. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ho-howard-county-public-schools-virtual-program-20230728-ge35ipgz4jccjgeji3rynixk4y-story.html | 2023-07-29T00:13:05 | 0 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ho-howard-county-public-schools-virtual-program-20230728-ge35ipgz4jccjgeji3rynixk4y-story.html |
Tuesday’s trade deadline is fast approaching, and the Orioles are buyers for the first time in six years.
It’s uncharted territory for Mike Elias as the Orioles’ executive vice president and general manager. He considered buying at last year’s deadline but ultimately maintained the status quo of the Orioles’ rebuild rather than make a push for a playoff spot. A year later, Baltimore owns the best record in the American League and is atop an AL East that is on pace to be one of the best divisions in the history of the sport.
When Elias took over a rebuilding club in November 2018 coming off a 115-loss season, he didn’t envision less than five years later he’d be leading a club on pace to win nearly 100 games.
“I’d like to say I set out to be in first place five years from starting, especially with everything that we went through, but I did not. I never sat down and wrote that out,” Elias said during a news conference four days before MLB’s trade deadline Tuesday at 6 p.m. “I’m very happy with the spot that this organization’s in right now. … But it’s very clear to me that this season’s not over, and we have a lot of work left to do. We haven’t won anything yet.”
Elias touched on a wide range of topics Friday, from the evolving deadline to what he could add to the Orioles’ roster to his willingness to trade prospects. Here are three takeaways:
A delicate balance
When asked if the Orioles, as currently constructed, are good enough to compete for a World Series in 2023, Elias had a simple response: “Yes, I do,” he said.
However, that doesn’t mean the fifth-year general manager is automatically going to rest on his club’s laurels and sit on his hands as the circuit’s other top teams gobble up the top players on the market.
“That doesn’t mean we don’t want to improve,” Elias continued. “The [Los Angeles] Dodgers are pretty good, too, and they’re bringing some extra help in [trading for Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lance Lynn and reliever Joe Kelly and Cleveland Guardians shortstop Amed Rosario], so obviously we’re looking at that. I think very clearly this team has revealed itself to be as capable as anyone in arguably all of baseball right now to make a playoff run.
“We’re right there with anyone I think.”
But there’s a delicate balance Elias and executives of other deadline buyers are attempting to strike, calculating what is the right amount to give up to bolster the 2023 club. The Orioles entered the season with a 10.4% chance of making the playoffs, according to FanGraphs. Those odds are now 82.9%, with a 3.4% chance to win the World Series.
“We’re trying to win, we’re in first place, it’s awesome,” Elias said. “We want to make a deep playoff run, we want to get in the World Series. Whatever you want to call it, we want to do that. But unless we have information that the world is ending in November, a big part of my job is worrying about the overall health of the team over the next several years.”
Baltimore owns the sport’s No. 1 farm system, according to Baseball America, with seven players inside the publication’s top 100 prospects. How many of those players — and, even more difficult to discern, whom to part ways with — is the question for Elias in the coming days.
“I think with the position that our players have put us in right here and how well things are going so far and where we are, I think it’s fair to say that if we get within reach of something, we’re going to reach for it a little bit to help this team,” Elias said.
With that said, though, Elias added: “We can’t set the minor league system on fire just because we’re in first place. It’s just our job to balance all that.”
A push for pitching
The Orioles have already made one trade this month, acquiring right-handed reliever Shintaro Fujinami from the Oakland Athletics. Fujinami’s potential is perhaps as high as anyone in the Orioles’ bullpen not named Félix Bautista, but the Japan native has mostly struggled in his first MLB season.
Elias, whose news conference Friday was his first since the club acquired Fujinami, said he hopes the hard-throwing pitcher becomes a high-leverage reliever for the Orioles, joining All-Stars Yennier Cano and Bautista.
Elias said he “would bet heavily” that any additions the Orioles make at the deadline would be for another pitcher — whether that’s a starter or a reliever.
“I think it’s no secret that that would be the areas of the team where we could, A, either use more depth, or B, look for upgrades. So we’re working on that right now,” he said.
While the Orioles lack a top-line starting pitcher like most of the best teams have, the price for one is much higher than for another bullpen arm. Elias said he views Baltimore’s middle relief as an area for improvement.
“We’ve got a great back half of the bullpen, but there’s a couple of spots that are in flux,” Elias said. “Any team can improve the middle part of their part of their bullpen. … Obviously, we’ve got the best closer in the game right now, and relative to him, the middle spots are an area that we can look around for and we’re doing that in addition to the Fujinami trade.”
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The Orioles’ potential need for a starting pitcher could also be greater considering three of the members of their rotation — Tyler Wells, Dean Kremer and Grayson Rodriguez — are within 20 innings of their single-season highs for innings pitched at any level. Elias said those starters’ workloads are a consideration, but added that there isn’t “any science” that proves innings limits keep pitchers healthy.
A plethora of prospects
An argument for the Orioles to make a splash at the deadline is based on the fact that they have such a rich farm system to pull from. After left-hander Cade Povich’s promotion to Triple-A, 10 of the Orioles’ top 17 prospects, according to Baseball America, are with the Norfolk Tides. That list includes third baseman Coby Mayo, outfielder-first baseman Heston Kjerstad, shortstop Joey Ortiz and second baseman Connor Norby — all of whom are or were ranked among the sport’s top 100 prospects.
Much of Elias’ first four years were spent on talent acquisition, and that system has worked in developing a potent pipeline. That hard work, though, doesn’t make it harder to part ways with those players if that’s what it takes to get a deal done at the deadline, Elias said.
“That’s not going to make us hug those guys more than we should because we did a good job scouting and developing them,” he said. “I don’t believe that’s going to make us any more reluctant to make a trade. I think we’re making trades because we feel that the value that we’re getting back in a different way, shape and form is worth the value that we’re losing.”
“It’s tough trading away young players,” he later added. “But I think what’s nice for us is we have some players that we rate really, really highly in our system and they’re also on the top 100 lists and stuff. It’s not like us overrating our own guys.”
Elias described the state of the deadline as “thin” with few “pure sellers,” creating a “seller’s market.” However, that could change this weekend.
“There’s a couple really interesting teams right now that still haven’t declared what they’re doing,” Elias said. “We’re talking to a lot of them and kind of have some eyes on some stuff. We’ll see what they end up doing. We may end up having waited and they don’t sell.” | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/bs-sp-orioles-mike-elias-trade-deadline-takeaways-20230728-rmbriwh2ongfnlnxtsdckt5zua-story.html | 2023-07-29T00:13:12 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/bs-sp-orioles-mike-elias-trade-deadline-takeaways-20230728-rmbriwh2ongfnlnxtsdckt5zua-story.html |