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Head Start hosts Staff Wellness Day in Jackson
JACKSON, Tenn. — Tennessee’s 29 Head Start programs serve more than 20,000 children and their families every year with comprehensive educational, social, and health programs for children. That is also with programs for family and community development.
Friday, a welcome back-to-school picnic was held for those who keep it going.
The event honored staff members with more than 40 vendors at the Jackson Fairgrounds on Friday.
Through their Staff Wellness Day, the staff were connected with information, karaoke, pedicures, manicures and more!
One or more Head Start classrooms are operated by government, private, faith-based, and charitable organizations in every county in the state.
Head Start is aimed specifically at high-risk children, typically those from low-income families where parents are out of a job or working, single parents.
“They are appreciated, and we care about their wellbeing. We’re going to continue to plan activities to show our appreciation for them,” said Rakaya Humphreys, Head Start/EHS Director.
In all, Head Start operates 936 classrooms in 367 preschool centers.
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Heat Continues this Weekend, Sunday Morning Rain Chance
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
The heat advisory remains in effect this evening and has been extended into Saturday across West Tennessee. There is a front that will pass on Sunday cooling things down some. A few showers and storms will be possible Saturday night in our northern counties and few may linger into the day on Sunday as the front passes. We will have the latest on just how hot things are going to get this weekend and more on who is most likely to see a shower or storm coming up here.
TONIGHT:
The heat was intense on Friday and rain showers or clouds didn’t show up to cool us down at all. Highs reached the mid to upper 90s and it was another humid day. Most of us felt between 105-110° but some places were near 115° on the heat index this afternoon.
Skies were full of sunshine and the winds came out of the southwest during the day. Friday night lows will fall down to the mid 70s again. The heat will continue into the weekend so take it easy if you have to spend any time outdoors.
THE WEEKEND:
A very hot weekend looks to be in store for West Tennessee and all of the Mid South. Highs look to reach the mid to upper 90s and the humidity will be a factor as well. Heat advisories have been issued for Saturday and might be for Sunday as well depending on the timing of the cold front. Low temperatures may only fall down to the mid 70s for both nights.
Skies will be mostly sunny to sunny on Saturday but some partly cloudy skies could move in late in the day on Saturday into Sunday morning. The winds will start of the southwest but could transition to the west as the weekend goes on. The winds will shift to the northwest late Sunday after the front makes it through our area. The front that will move through on Sunday and could usher in a few showers or weak storms Saturday night into Sunday morning, but confidence in significant rainfall as of now appears to be low. We will keep an eye on the late weekend cold front as the system gets a little closer. We cannot rule out a couple gusty storms so please stay weather aware this weekend.
NEXT WEEK:
Behind the cold front late Sunday temperatures are expected to cool down a bit as we kick off next week. It will still be hot with highs reaching the low 90s. It will be less humid as the week begins as well because the winds are forecast to come out of the north for Monday and Tuesday. Southwest winds will return for the middle of the week and that will allow temperatures to reach back up in the mid to upper 90s and the humidity will begin to become a factor again too. Morning lows will start the week in the low 70s but will increase as the week rolls on. Chances for a few showers will be possible early Monday and maybe some pop up showers or storms will also return in the middle of the week. Skies will be partly cloudy in general most of next week.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Highs are expected to stay very high through the weekend. The rain and storm chances are low but a few cannot be ruled out later in the weekend. You need to stay alert to changing weather patterns and monitor the forecasts closely for heat and the potential for some isolated storms this week. We got you covered in the WBBJ 7 Storm Team Weather Center as always.
For tips on preparing for the storms, click here. To download the WBBJ 7 Weather app, click here.
Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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Luncheon held for healthcare workers in Hardeman County
BOLIVAR, Tenn. — Hardeman County and Bolivar expressed their appreciation to West Tennessee Healthcare’s Medical Center EMS on Friday.
Midnight on Monday, July 3, Bolivar’s contract with West Tennessee Healthcare will end, reverting emergency medical service back to the Hardeman County Ambulance Service.
West Tennessee Healthcare has been providing one and half units to the area since 2021 due to a shortage of local staff.
In that time, the city reports that West Tennessee Healthcare responded to over 4,000 emergency calls and completed over 3,000 transports.
“West Tennessee Healthcare is not just a big hospital to us, it’s family. They’re family, they’re friends, they’re neighbors. I can never express what they mean to us and what they’ve done for Bolivar and Hardeman County. Everything from providing not only just EMS coverage, but also providing a hospital here,” said Bolivar Mayor Julian McTizic.
In an interview with WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News and in a news release on the City of Bolivar’s Facebook page, McTizic expressed concerns over Hardeman County Ambulance Service taking over.
In the news release, it states in part:
“The county currently staffs two-to-three ambulance units for the entire county while Medical Center EMS currently staffs two ambulance units just for the City of Bolivar.”
The release goes on to say in part:
“I have every confidence in the staff at the Hardeman County Ambulance Service. The staff are knowledgeable and provide great care for our county. However, I am not confident in the county’s management of EMS services. I am not confident that the county has adequately staffed the ambulance service nor am I confident that they are prepared to take on the additional call volume that will be added when West Tennessee Health Care’s contract ends on July 31, 2023.”
You can read the full news release from the City of Bolivar on their Facebook page here.
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Ford late on Thursday revealed the new Mustang Dark Horse R race car together with an associated one-make series known as the Mustang Challenge. The series starts in 2024 and will be sanctioned by IMSA.
Pricing for the turnkey race car starts at $145,000 and deliveries will begin in time for the first season of the Mustang Challenge. Ford hasn’t said how much a season of the Mustang Challenge will cost.
Ford said it designed the Mustang Dark Horse R to also be eligible for competition in “numerous” grassroots racing series, making the car ideal for up-and-coming drivers.
As the name suggests, the Mustang Dark Horse R is based on the Mustang Dark Horse, a track-focused but road-legal sports car that will join the rest of the redesigned 2024 Mustang range in showrooms this summer. A Mustang Dark Horse S track car is also planned at some point.
The Dark Horse R shares most of its parts with the regular Dark Horse, including a 500-plus-hp version of the Coyote 5.0-liter V-8. Also borrowed from the road car is the 6-speed manual transmission, Torsen limited-slip differential with a 3.73 final drive ratio, and aerodynamics package.
Key upgrades for racing include tow hooks and reinforced jacking points, improving cooling for the drivetrain, a Borla high-flow exhaust system, Multimatic DSSV dampers, adjustable front camber plates, adjustable anti-roll bars, Brembo racing brakes up front (stock Brembos remain at the rear), and custom 19-inch wheels wrapped in slick tires from Michelin.
The Dark Horse R’s cabin also comes stripped of features not required for track use. In place of these are an FIA-certified roll cage, safety nets, a race seat with safety belts (front passenger seat available), and a steering wheel with quick disconnect. A Motec data display and logging system also replaces the stock dash displays.
Ford hasn’t published a calendar for the first season of the Mustang Challenge but said the season will last 10-12 rounds, with some rounds coinciding with race weekends of other series. Each round will feature two practice sessions, one qualifying session, and two sprint races, with cash prizes awarded to top finishers.
The Dark Horse R is one of several racing versions of the latest Mustang. Others include the Mustang GT3, Mustang GT4, and Mustang GT Supercar. That last one is designed for Australia’s Supercars touring car series. Still coming is a new Mustang NASCAR race car that will compete starting in 2024.
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McCaig’s Movie Mayhem: Haunted Mansion
WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News’ very own Eli McCaig is here with a review of Disney Pictures’s Haunted Mansion.
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
The movie is available in theaters.
Find more entertainment stories here.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States’ 1-1 draw against the Netherlands in the Women’s World Cup drew 7.93 million viewers, making it the largest combined English- and Spanish-language audience for a group stage match involving the American women.
The first U.S. match on Friday night against Vietnam had a combined audience of 6.26 million.
The game on Thursday afternoon in Wellington, New Zealand, which kicked off at 9 p.m. EDT Wednesday night, averaged 6,429,000 viewers on Fox, making it the most-watched group stage telecast since Fox started covering it in 2015. Fox and Nielsen said the audience peaked at 8.45 million for the final 15 minutes.
The previous U.S. English-language Women’s World Cup group stage mark was 5,337,000 in 2019 for a game against Chile.
Wednesday night’s match ranks seventh in most viewers for a Women’s World Cup match on Fox, ABC or ESPN. It is the third most-watched, non-final, surpassed only by the 2015 and 2019 U.S. semifinal matches.
The Spanish-language audience of 1.51 million across Telemundo, Peacock, Universo and Telemundo streaming platforms was the second-largest Women’s World Cup audience regardless of round. It was just shy of the 1.55 million that viewed the 2019 final, which was also between the Americans and the Dutch.
Telemundo is a division of Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal.
Ratings for the next U.S. match on Tuesday against Portugal are likely to show a marked decrease because it will kick off at 3 a.m. EDT.
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Rachel Tucker appointed as USJ’s new Director of After School and Camp Bruins
JACKSON, Tenn. — The University School of Jackson announces Rachel Tucker has been appointed as the new Director of After School and Camp Bruins.
A press release states Tucker brings a wealth of experience to the role, with an impressive background in coordinating child care and customer service.
A graduate of Union University, Tucker has previously worked as an After School Care Worker at USJ, and most recently served as an Economic Development Coordinator at the Greater Jackson Chamber of Commerce.
“We are thrilled to welcome Rachel Tucker as the Director of After School at the University School of Jackson,” said Lower School Director Courtney Burnette. “Her extensive experience in education, child care, and project management, combined with her genuine dedication to the well-being of students, make her the ideal candidate for this role. We are confident that Rachel will lead our After Care program to new heights of excellence, creating a nurturing and engaging environment for all students.”
The release states Tucker will “work closely with administration, parents, and the broader school community to ensure the after-school program aligns with USJ’s mission of providing comprehensive educational experiences.”
Click here to read the full press release on Tucker’s appointment, or here to learn more about USJ.
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Hamstring pulls, ligament tears and ankle sprains can be as formidable an opponent for NFL teams as a high-scoring offense or stingy defense.
“There’s a 100% injury rate in the NFL,” seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady once said.
Navigating those injuries could make the difference between a squad seeing its season sink or beating the odds and making the playoffs.
Here’s a look at some of the most common injuries suffered by NFL players throughout the season:
ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURES
The Achilles is the longest and strongest tendon in the body and stretches from the heel to the calf. It’s a springy band located behind the ankle and just above the heel that helps players push off their feet, jump and accelerate.
Due to overuse or excessive force placed on the tendon, it can tear or rupture. Surgery is typically necessary to reconnect the ends, sidelining a player for several months due to the extensive rehabilitation needed.
ACL/PCL/MCL/LCL TEARS
The anterior cruciate, posterior cruciate, medial collateral and lateral collateral ligaments are all located in the knee and serve different purposes.
The ACL connects the thigh bone to the shin bone in the front of the knee. While a sprain could sideline a player for a few weeks, a tear can end a season.
The PCL is located behind the ACL, crisscrossing it to form an “X” in the center of the knee. The MCL connects the thigh bone to the shin bone on the inner side of the knee, while the LCL connects the thigh bone to the top of the lower leg, or fibula, and is located on the outer side of the knee.
CONCUSSIONS
A concussion is a brain injury caused by a hit to the head or a sudden movement that causes the head and brain to shake violently. Symptoms may include headaches, neck pain, nausea, dizziness and feeling sluggish.
The NFL has been regularly testing helmets for players to help reduce the risk of concussions. In April, the league and the NFL Players Association approved the use of a helmet specifically for quarterbacks to reduce the severity of helmet-to-ground impacts, which the NFL says accounts for half of quarterback concussions.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and can only be diagnosed posthumously. It can cause memory loss, depression and violent mood swings.
HAMSTRING INJURIES
The hamstring is a group of four muscles that run along the back of the thigh, stretching from the hip to the knee, and they help a person bend their leg at the knee. These injuries vary in severity, and in turn, their timetable in sidelining a player.
A mild pull of one of the muscles, commonly referred to as a Grade I injury, can sideline a player for a few days to a couple of weeks and can be a lingering condition if not sufficiently rested and healed. A Grade II hamstring injury involves a partial tear, while a Grade III injury is a complete tear of the hamstring that could require surgery and is likely season ending.
HIGH ANKLE SPRAINS
When a player suffers a high ankle sprain, the ligaments above the ankle — which connect the tibia to the fibula — are affected rather than the ligaments outside the ankle in a low ankle sprain.
High ankle sprains take much longer to recover from — six to eight weeks, and sometimes longer — than a classic ankle sprain, which might sideline a player for several days to a couple weeks.
HIP POINTERS
It could sideline a player for a week or a couple of months, depending on the severity. A hip pointer is bruising in the pelvis and abdomen area, usually caused by blunt force, such as a hard tackle. The bleeding can affect several other muscles in the area, making it difficult for a person to run or even walk.
LISFRANC INJURIES
A serious foot injury that can be career-threatening because of its complexity. A Lisfranc sprain or fracture is an injury in the middle of the foot in which at least one (or sometimes, all) of the small bones (or metatarsals) is broken or the ligaments that support the foot in that area are torn. Even a minor sprain not requiring surgical repair could take six to eight weeks to heal.
MENISCUS TEARS
The meniscus is a crescent-shaped rubbery disc of cartilage that serves as a shock absorber on the inside and outer edges of the knee. Both help a person balance weight across the knee. When a meniscus is torn, the knee can lock up and swell. A minor tear can be treated with rest, but a severe tear could require surgery that may sideline an athlete for several weeks or months.
OBLIQUE STRAINS
An oblique strain involves the muscles on the side of the body between the ribs and pelvis. This type of injury can occur when a player takes a hard hit to the waist area, or from overuse or sudden use of the muscles — for instance, a quarterback throwing a pass or a defensive back turning to defend a receiver. Oblique strains are usually treated with rest and could take a few weeks to heal, or could become a lingering issue otherwise.
PATELLAR TENDON INJURIES
The patellar tendon allows a person to straighten a leg by acting with the quadriceps. Technically, it’s a ligament because it connects the kneecap to the shin bone. Complete tears or ruptures often need to be surgically sewn back together and recovery is typically at least four to six months.
PLANTAR FASCIITIS
An injury that affects the bottom of the foot and can lead to intense heel pain. Plantar fasciitis occurs when the ligament supporting the arch of the foot — the plantar fascia — is strained and worsens when small tears develop in the ligament. The injury can sap players of speed while they deal with it. Rest, icing of the arch and finding new footwear are among the typical treatments. It can linger for months.
TURF TOE
An extremely painful injury that can sideline players for a few months. It occurs when the ligaments under the joint of the big toe are sprained or ruptured as a result of the toe being hyperextended. It makes it extremely difficult to push off and cut while running.
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Shoppers enjoy saving extra as tax free weekend kicks off
JACKSON, Tenn. — Shoppers are out and about gathering some needed resources as school is approaching fast!
Tax free, for approved items, began at 12:01 this Friday morning, and shoppers are already taking advantage of the discount of 9.75%.
“You know, that takes off a lot,” said shopper Rebecca Neely. “So let’s just call it 10%, right, so to me $20, $30 of tax, right, that’s a tank of gas for me or about a tank of gas. So we’ve done this for a couple years now ever since tax free weekend has been out, and it’s been great. It saves money and then that way, I can budget for other things or put that gas in my tank.”
The sales tax holiday is broken up into three major categories: clothing, school supplies, and computers. And some of the many stores welcoming customers locally include Kohl’s and Academy Sports + Outdoors.
“Already, people are already looking for the backpacks, and we have all the brands: North Face, Nike, Adidas, Jansport. They’re looking for the shoes. Again, we have all the brands: Brooks, Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, and then the all the apparel,” said Academy’s Store Director Steve Johnson.
When it comes to clothing, it is important to look for general apparel that costs $100 or less per item. And school supplies have the same rule of keeping the individual items under $100.
“Clothes is definitely a big thing,” Neely said. “We got the backpacks already, again trying to be on a budget, right, so handed down a few backpacks here and there and things, and reusing, you know, what we have to try to save money, but definitely the clothes, they have a fun time with that and then I have a fun time saving.”
And with the high temperatures outside, some clothing may not seem relevant now, but will come in handy soon.
“You know, they are already buying fleece, believe it or not,” Johnson said. “But you know, it’s a great time to buy that stuff even though you may not want it right now. Tax free is a great time to take advantage of the price.”
And if you are shopping for a computer, it would need to be for personal use, and $1,500 or less.
Plus, a last reminder before getting ready to shop.
“Really important before you come here, just to look at the tennessee.gov tax page and see what is acceptable and not acceptable to be tax free,” said Johnson. “Because there’s some confusion from time to time, some things just aren’t tax exempt. So just look at that page before you come so you have a good idea.”
The sales tax holiday ends Sunday, July 30 at 11:59 p.m. Tennessee’s three-month grocery tax holiday will then run from August 1 to October 31.
For more information on clothing, school supplies, or computers that do or do not qualify, click here or here.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia is now using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar for international financial transactions in the region.
Between May and July of this year, Bolivia conducted financial operations amounting to 278 million Chinese yuan ($38.7 million), which accounts for 10% of its foreign trade during that period, Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro said on Thursday.
“We’re already using the yuan. It’s a reality and a good start,” Montenegro said during a news conference. “Banana, zinc, and wood manufacturing exporters are conducting transactions in yuan, as well as importers of vehicles and capital goods.” These electronic transactions are carried out through the state-owned Banco Unión.
“The amount being used in yuan is still relatively small, but it will increase over time,” Montenegro said.
With these transactions, Bolivia joins other countries in South America, most notably Brazil and Argentina, which are using the yuan. The three countries are ruled by leftist or left-leaning governments.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the use of the yuan is growing especially “in those countries that are looking to establish stronger ties with China, that view themselves as in some way politically aligned on this particular objective on decreasing their overall reliance on the dollar and on the U.S. in general,” said Margaret Myers, director of the Asia & Latin America Program at the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue.
The use of the yuan comes at a time when China’s footprint in the region is increasing with rising trade and investment.
“There is a lot of anxiety in Washington about threats to the special role of the dollar in regions like Latin America,” Benjamin Gedan, director of the Latin America Program at the Washington-based Wilson Center, said. “China’s new role as a lender of last resort in Argentina, and the use of the yuan for international trade by Bolivia, are a sign of the times.”
Earlier this year, Argentina’s government unveiled a plan to use the yuan to pay for imports from China as a way to preserve its dwindling foreign reserves and it has raised the possibility of paying off debts with the International Monetary Fund using the Chinese currency. In Brazil, the yuan surpassed the euro as the second most important currency in its foreign reserves at the end of 2022, when 5.37% of the central bank’s holdings were in the Chinese currency, compared to 4.74% for the euro.
In Bolivia, the yuan started to be used after months of severe dollar shortages that have been impacting the country’s economy since February.
Some analysts and members of the opposition have questioned the move to use the yuan.
“It is not a long-term solution, and it seems more like an attempt to cover up economic problems,” said José Gabriel Espinoza, an economics professor at Bolivia’s Catholic University.
The manager of the Chamber of Exporters of Bolivia, Marcelo Olguín, dismissed the criticism, characterizing the use of the yuan as merely “an alternative to operate.”
Beyond political considerations, looking for alternatives to the U.S. dollar that has become more expensive amid rising interest rates also makes economic sense, said Rebecca Ray, senior academic researcher at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.
“They’re all facing the same global macroeconomic conditions, and the most important part of that is the US dollar is really expensive and hard to get a hold of. So there’s basically a global dollar shortage among current central banks,” Ray said. “Central banks everywhere are looking for alternatives.”
Bolivia’s President Luis Arce said earlier this month the Andean country was looking for alternatives amid a “dollar liquidity crisis.”
During a visit to China in April, Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva questioned the omnipresence of the U.S. dollar in foreign trade.
“Who was it that decided that the dollar was the currency after the disappearance of the gold standard?” he said.
Beijing is welcoming this new dynamic after years of a concerted effort to push for the yuan to be used more widely on the international stage.
“China clearly wants to challenge the global dominance of the dollar, both for practical and symbolic purposes,” Gedan said.
Now that is starting to be more appealing to more countries.
“China has been wanting to internationalize (its currency) for many years. What is new is that other countries are receptive to the idea because the current situation isn’t sustainable,” Ray said.
Experts agree though that any large-scale shift to the yuan is unlikely in the near future.
“I think there’s a sort of natural limit that most countries will hit,” Myers said. “So many transactions still need to be done using the dollar.”
The “primary limitation here is the fact that the Chinese financial system is still relatively closed,” Myers added.
Gedan added that at least “for now, there is generally more faith in the Fed than in China’s central bankers.”
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Thursday that he has offered to buy an American company’s Caribbean coast property for about $385 million to end a bitter, years-long dispute.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a formal offer would be presented to Alabama-based Vulcan Materials. The company operated gravel extraction pits at the Yucatan peninsula site before López Obrador’s administration closed them.
The company said it had not yet received the president’s proposal or responded to the idea. In papers filed for a case before an international arbitration panel, Vulcan Materials valued the almost 6,000-acre (2,400 hectare) property, located just south of the resort town of Playa del Carmen, at $1.9 billion.
López Obrador said his much lower offer was fair and based on a government assessment. He said the most attractive part of the property was the freight shipping dock, which he plans to turn into a dock for cruise ships.
As the only significant port facility on that stretch of the Caribbean coast, the dock would also be useful for transporting gravel and cement for the president’s massive train construction project, known as the Maya Train.
López Obrador said he also wants to use the flooded gravel pits that the company dug out of hundreds of acres of the limestone soil as “swimming pools” or an “ecotourism” area that would be operated as a concession by a private operator.
The huge pits are inhabited by crocodiles, which are a protected species in Mexico.
López Obrador left open a vague threat of seizing the property if the offer wasn’t accepted by the time he leaves office in September 2024.
“Before I leave (office), this is going to be resolved, one way or another,” he said, adding that the company would have to agree to drop its damages-seeking cases before the arbitration panel as part of the deal.
In 2021, Mexico’s environment ministry closed Vulcan’s limestone quarry and forbade the company from exporting stone that was long used in U.S. and Mexican building projects. The president accused the company of extracting rock and exporting it without proper permits. Vulcan said it had the needed permits.
In March, the U.S. State Department said it was “concerned about the fair treatment of our companies in Mexico” after Mexican police seized the cargo terminal on Vulcan’s property.
Police held the port and used it to unload cargo from a Mexican cement and aggregates company, Cemex.
The president has publicly sparred with Vulcan for over a year. The dock at Punta Venado would allow cement, crushed stone and other materials to complete the Maya Train project to reach the area. Because there aren’t any local supplies of crushed stone needed to stabilize the tracks, López Obrador has been forced to import the stone, known as ballast, from Cuba.
Ships carrying the Cuban ballast have had to dock at the port of Sisal, on the Gulf of Mexico side of the Yucatan peninsula, and have their cargo trucked about 180 miles (300 kilometers) to some train construction sites.
The only private freight dock on the Caribbean side that could handle the Cuban shipments, and other shipments of cement and steel, is the one owned by Vulcan.
The 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) Maya Train line is meant to run in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, connecting beach resorts and archaeological sites.
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New charges — and a new defendant — added to the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump underscore how the Mar-a-Lago investigation is still very much ongoing, even as the focus has been on an expected indictment in a separate case related to the 2020 election.
In an updated indictment handed down Thursday, prosecutors allege that Trump asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into his possession of classified documents.
The indictment includes new counts of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information. Prosecutors also added a third defendant to the case: Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira, who they say schemed with Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta, to conceal the footage from investigators.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing, and a spokesperson dismissed the new charges as “nothing more than a continued desperate and flailing attempt” by the Biden administration “to harass President Trump and those around him” and to influence the 2024 presidential race.
Here’s the latest on Trump’s new charges and where his other legal cases stand:
‘THE BOSS’ SAID TO DO IT
The new indictment alleges that Trump demanded that security footage at his Mar-a-Lago estate be deleted after investigators visited in June 2022 to collect classified documents he took with him after the left the White House.
The indictment says that in late June 2022, De Oliveira took another employee to a small room known as an “audio closet” and told the other employee the conversation should remain between the two of them. De Oliveira asked the employee how many days the server retained surveillance footage and said “the boss” wanted the server deleted. When the employee said he didn’t believe he was able to do that, De Oliveira insisted the “boss” wanted it done, asking, “What are we going to do?”
The coded language and talk about needing to carry out the boss’ wishes is reminiscent of how others, including former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, have described life inside Trump’s inner circle. Once Trump’s fixer, Cohen has likened Trump to a mob boss, who would bully others into doing his bidding but would speak in “code” and never directly tell them to do something wrong.
Cohen, who served time in prison in another special counsel’s investigation, testified as a key prosecution witness in the unrelated New York hush-money case against Trump.
An attorney for De Oliveira declined to comment Thursday.
CHANGE IN APPROACH
The new charges against Trump include an additional count of willfully retaining national defense information related to a presentation about military activity in another country. Investigators say Trump showed off that document during July 2021 meeting at his Bedminster, New Jersey, resort with the writer and publisher of the memoir of his former chief of staff Mark Meadows. Details about that document and the meeting were included in the original indictment, but none of the charges had related to it until now.
Trump had returned that document to the government on Jan. 17, 2022 — nearly a year after he left office, according to the indictment.
Bringing the charge marks a shift in the prosecution’s approach, with the Justice Department charging him with holding onto a document they say he knew was highly sensitive after he left office, but returned to the government before the FBI opened its criminal investigation in March 2022.
The charges Trump was already facing stemmed from documents prosecutors say Trump was illegally hoarding at Mar-a-Lago after the federal grand jury investigation began.
Prosecutors allege that during the July 2021 meeting at Bedminster, Trump had waved around the classified attack plan to his guests. “This is secret information,” he said, according to a recording cited in the documents, claiming that, “as president I could have declassified it” but hadn’t.
Trump has since denied he had secret documents before him when he spoke.
TRIAL DELAY?
The addition of a third defendant could impact the trial date, which has already been a source of contention in the case.
Trump’s lawyers have claimed that he can’t get a fair trial before the 2024 election, while prosecutors had wanted the case to go to trial in December.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, in a compromise last week, scheduled the trial to begin in May. If it holds that date could mean a trial will not start until deep into the presidential nominating calendar, and probably well after the Republican nominee is clear — though before that person is officially nominated at the Republican National Convention.
But adding De Oliveira to the case may lead to that getting pushed back.
“It will be just about impossible to keep all of the scheduled deadlines with a new defendant coming in,” said David Oscar Markus, a criminal defense attorney in Miami who is not involved in the case.
In a separate court filing Thursday, prosecutors wrote that the new charges “should not disturb” the May trial date, “and the Special Counsel’s Office is taking steps related to discovery and security clearances to ensure that it does not do so.”
But Trump will likely use the new charges — and new evidence prosecutors say they have against him — in a renewed effort to delay the trial.
MORE POTENTIAL CHARGES LOOMING
News of the indictment came just hours after Trump’s attorneys met with members of special counsel Jack Smith’s team ahead of the expected indictment over the former president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. Trump said on his Truth Social network that his attorneys “had a productive meeting” and that “no indication of notice was given during the meeting.”
Trump disclosed earlier this month that he had received a letter from the Justice Department advising him that he was a target of the agency’s election-related investigation. Such letters often precede criminal charges.
The status of the secretive grand jury proceedings remained unclear Thursday, despite building speculation that a criminal case could be near. In a sign of heightened expectations, police officers were photographed gathered outside the courthouse.
MORE LEGAL WOES ON THE HORIZON
The federal investigations are far from Trump’s only legal worries.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said any indictments resulting from her two-year investigation into whether Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia would likely come next month.
In October, a civil trial is scheduled to begin in New York state court, where New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued Trump and the Trump Organization, alleging they misled banks and tax authorities about the value of assets including golf courses and skyscrapers to get loans and tax benefits.
Trump scheduled to stand trial in March in a New York hush money case. He’s pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, which are linked to a series of checks that were written to his lawyer Michael Cohen to reimburse him for his role in paying off porn actor Stormy Daniels, who alleged a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a massive annual defense bill that would deliver a 5.2% pay raise for service members and keep the nation’s military operating, avoiding partisan policy battles with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote.
Senate passage, 86-11, sets up a clash with the House, which passed its own version of the annual defense bill along party lines earlier this month after pointed debates over social issues like abortion access and diversity initiatives. The sharply partisan arguments over the House legislation veered from a bipartisan tradition of finding consensus on national defense policy.
The strong bipartisan vote for the legislation in the Senate Thursday evening, just before the Senate left for its August recess, could give it momentum as the two chambers next look to settle their differences in the fall.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said there is a “glaring contrast” between the two chambers’ defense bills. The Senate had no “animus or acrimony,” in contrast to the House’s partisan battles, he said.
Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that “I don’t think either party got exactly what they wanted” in the Senate bill. But he said the legislation would help the military improve recruitment and prevent conflict.
The two chambers will now have to write a final bill, a test of the deeply divided House, in particular, as the traditionally bipartisan legislation was swept up in the disputes over race, equity and women’s health care that have been political priorities for the Republican party.
Wicker said talks with the House will start “very soon” and he feels confident they will be able to pass the legislation, as Congress has annually since 1961.
“We always have,” Wicker said.
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Armed Services panel, predicted the bipartisan Senate approach would mostly prevail.
“The fact that we’re going to have a strong bipartisan approach on it says that we’re probably closer to where we’re going to end up than what the House has done on a partisan basis,” said Rounds.
The massive Senate defense bill would set defense spending levels at $886 billion for the coming year, similar to President Joe Biden’s budget request. Congress has to pass separate spending legislation to allocate the money, but the defense legislation lays out budget and policy for the Pentagon.
The House debate earlier this month was marked by amendments from hardline conservatives that were adopted and pushed the bill to the right — including proposals to roll back diversity and inclusion measures at the Pentagon and to block some medical care for transgender personnel.
In the Senate, where most amendments need 60 votes to pass, additions to the bill were bipartisan and more focused on military policy, with many focused on countering potential American adversaries like Russia and China.
One bipartisan provision would require two-thirds of the Senate to approve if a U.S. president tries to withdraw from NATO. Former President Donald Trump, who is running again for his old office, has been deeply critical of the military alliance and repeatedly questioned its value to the U.S.
Rounds also joined with Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana to successfully push an amendment to the bill that would prevent agents of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from purchasing agricultural land in the U.S. Another bipartisan duo, Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas and Bob Casey, D-Pa., pushed an amendment to increase Treasury Department oversight of U.S. investment into Russian and Chinese technology firms that work with “sensitive technology,” such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
Another provision that won support from both parties would allow the Treasury Department to use sanctions against people and organizations involved in the international fentanyl trade.
Also included is language sponsored by Schumer requiring the government to collect records relating to “ unidentified aerial phenomena ” — the official term the U.S. government uses instead of unidentified flying objects — and review whether they need to stay classified. The amendment would allow the release of some of those records over time.
Still unresolved, though, is Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s refusal to allow the quick confirmation of hundreds of military nominations and promotions in the Senate. Tuberville is protesting the Defense Department’s abortion policy, which covers the cost of travel for service members seeking abortion and reproductive care.
Tuberville has shown little interest in backing down even as some of his fellow Republican senators have encouraged him to drop it. He is preventing quick action on over 260 nominations of senior military officers, including a commandant for the U.S. Marine Corps and others, frustrating leaders at the Pentagon and his own colleagues.
The House bill contains a provision that would end the Defense Department’s new abortion policy. But that would not pass the Democratic-led Senate.
Biden called Tuberville’s hold “outrageous” in a speech at the National Archives Thursday evening.
“There is a growing cascade of damage and disruption all because of one senator from Alabama,” Biden said.
Biden’s administration did appear to work out a deal on nominations with a different Republican senator late Thursday. After meetings with State Department officials during the day, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul released his holds on several department nominees. The Senate later confirmed more than a dozen ambassadors, including former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell as ambassador to Italy.
Hours earlier, Paul told reporters he was working with the department to receive more information on projects in China that were funded by the U.S. government.
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DALLAS — The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M-A-S-H” sold at auction Friday for $125,000.
Alda held onto the boots and dog tags for more than 40 years after the show ended but decided to sell them through Heritage Auctions in Dallas to raise money for his center dedicated to helping scientists and doctors communicate better.
The buyer’s name wasn’t released.
Alda, 87, said he wore the boots and dog tags for the 11-season run of the show about a Korean War medical unit. His character, Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, was a talented surgeon who helped ease the stress of working in a war zone with quips and practical jokes. The show’s final episode, which aired in 1983 and was written and directed by Alda, was the most watched TV show in U.S. history.
The boots and dog tags, given to him by the costume department, “made an impression on me every day that we shot the show,” said Alda, who won five Emmys for his work on the sitcom.
Alda said auctioning off the dog tags and boots now made sense. “I saw this as a chance to put them to work again,” he said.
The money raised from the auction will go to the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York, which aims to help scientists and doctors communicate better through the use of improvisational exercises and other strategies.
Associated Press writer Ken Miller in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government acted unlawfully when it routinely housed newly arrived unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels, the High Court ruled Thursday.
A child protection charity brought legal action against Britain’s Home Office and local authorities in Kent, on England’s southern coast, over their treatment of unaccompanied migrant children, saying the temporary housing arrangements deny the youngsters the statutory child protection safeguards to which they are entitled.
Justice Martin Chamberlain ruled that authorities breached legal duties of care owed to all children who require looking after, irrespective of their immigration status.
“Ensuring the safety and welfare of children with no adult to look after them is among the most fundamental duties of any civilized state,” the judge said.
Every Child Protected Against Trafficking, or ECPAT, the charity that brought the lawsuit, said hundreds of children had gone missing, with many potentially trafficked for criminal exploitation, as a result of the failures by government.
The judge said Home Office officials had been accommodating children in hotels for over two years.
Placing asylum-seeking children in hotels for “very short periods in true emergency situations” was acceptable, he said, but “it cannot be used systematically or routinely in circumstances where it is intended, or functions in practice, as a substitute for local authority care.”
The Home Office and Department for Education had opposed the legal challenges, saying the hotel use was “a matter of necessity.”
“It remains a child protection scandal that so many of the most vulnerable children remain missing at risk of significant harm as a consequence of these unlawful actions by the Secretary of State and Kent County Council,” said Patricia Durr, the charity’s chief executive.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government has pledged to crackdown on asylum-seekers arriving by small boats that make the risky journey across the English Channel from northern France. He has stressed that “stopping the boats” is his key priority in office.
More than 45,000 people arrived in Britain by crossing the Channel last year, and so far this year more than 12,000 others have made the crossing.
Earlier this month Parliament passed the government’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill, which will bar anyone who reaches the U.K. by unauthorized means from claiming asylum. Under the new law, officials can detain and then deport refugees and migrants to their home country or a “safe third country,” such as Rwanda.
The bill has been widely criticized by rights groups as unethical and in violation of the U.K.’s international human rights obligations.
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Three-run home runs by Ben Nulton and Trever Cunningham highlighted a nine-run fifth inning as Back Mountain National rallied past DuBois 10-4 Friday afternoon in an elimination game at the Little League Major Baseball state tournament at Newtown Edgmont Little League.
Back Mountain National will play in an elimination game at 5 p.m. Saturday against either Mifflinburg or East Side. Those teams played later on Friday.
After managing one run and missing some opportunities through four innings, Back Mountain National’s offense exploded in the fifth. The first six batters reached base and Back Mountain National had 15 players bat.
Down 4-1, Carter Samanas opened the fifth with a double. Johnny Comitz then doubled to score him. Dominic Smacchi then bunted his way aboard and Nulton followed with a three-run homer to center to give Back Mountain National a 5-4 lead.
The hits kept coming as Thomas Fostock and Jack Oliver both singled. They were bunted over a base by Michael Viglone. Cunningham then homered to center to make it 8-4. Back Mountain National immediately loaded the bases on singles by Gavin Bayer and George Rolland and a walk by Lorenzo Zangardi. An error on a grounder by Landon James scored Bayer. Comitz brought in the ninth run of the inning with an RBI single to left.
James pitched the sixth for Back Mountain National. He gave up a lead-off single to Brycen Buzard, but then got two fielder’s choices and a strikeout to end the game. Oliver picked up the win in relief. He pitched two innings, striking out four and surrendering a single.
DuBois struck first, scoring two runs on an error in the first inning. Back Mountain National got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Cunningham scored on an error on Rolland’s grounder.
DuBois built its lead to 3-1 in the second as Brady Baronick doubled and later scored on a wild pitch. The lead bumped to 4-1 in the third. Tyler Farrell opened the inning with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. He scored on an error on Buzard’s infield single.
If Back Mountain National wins Saturday, it will still need to win three more games for the state championship and a spot in the Mid-Atlantic tournament Aug. 6-11 in Bristol, Connecticut.
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DETROIT (AP) — Shohei Ohtani threw his first shutout in Major League Baseball in one game and hit two homers in the next, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers twice on Thursday to sweep a three-game series.
Ohtani, though, gave the Angels a scare when he left the second game of the doubleheader due to cramps that led to him grimacing after hitting his 38th homer in the fourth inning.
“He’ll get some fluids in him and he’ll be fine,” manager Phil Nevin said.
He had a one-hitter and struck out eight as the Angels beat Detroit 6-0 in the first game and then cleared the fences twice in an 11-4 victory for the surging team’s ninth win in 11 games.
Ohtani became the first major league player to throw a shutout in one game of a doubleheader and hit a homer — much less two — in the other.
“He probably had the greatest day of baseball that anybody’s ever seen today,” said right-hander Matt Manning, who gave up both homers to Ohtani. “It’s incredible.”
Ohtani (9-5) did not allow a baserunner until the fifth inning of his start and walked three batters on the same day the Angels confirmed they’re not trading him.
The two-way superstar, who will be a free agent after the season, didn’t budge on his approach to avoid talking about next year despite the recent developments.
“In season, I don’t really like to think about the long-term stuff, just focus on the season and every game that’s in front of me,” Ohtani said through a translator after the first game. “Obviously, I’ve been with the Angels my whole career here, and I love the fans. I love the team, no complaints.”
The hard-throwing righty with wicked off-speed pitches threw 111 pitches, 71 for strikes.
“I got to save the bullpen,” said Ohtani, who had previously finished eight innings five times.
Michael Lorenzen (5-7) gave up three runs and five hits while walking one and striking out seven over five innings in what might have been his final start with Detroit.
The 31-year-old Lorenzen signed a one-year deal with the rebuilding Tigers, who are likely hoping they can acquire assets for a pitcher with experience as a starter and reliever before the trade deadline Tuesday.
The Angels, aiming for their first playoff appearance since 2014, sent a message to their players and fans that they’re in a win-now mode with a significant trade that essentially confirmed Ohtani is staying at least through the season.
The Ohtani-led pitching staff was bolstered Wednesday night when the Angels acquired right-handers Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López from the Chicago White Sox.
“This team deserves a chance to win,” Angels general manager Perry Minasian said. “To acquire two pitchers, we think that really helps.”
While Ohtani went 0 for 5 at the plate and struck out twice in the first game, his teammates provided plenty of offense. Trey Cabbage’s sacrifice fly in the second inning was his first of three RBIs and Taylor Ward hit two homers.
Ohtani kept Detroit off balance, blowing fastballs that neared 100 mph past them and leaving them flailing at sliders and splitters.
“It looked like he had the guys guessing,” Tigers catcher Jake Rogers said.
In the second game, the right-handed hitter sent a two-run homer to left in a five-run second inning. Ohtani and Eduardo Escobar hit solo shots in the fourth. Hunter Renfroe added another homer in the sixth to help the Angels pull away.
Patrick Sandoval (6-7) gave up two runs in five innings for the win in the second game and Manning (3-2) took the loss after allowing seven runs over five innings.
MOVING ON
The Angels designated 2021 All-Star slugger Jared Walsh for assignment. Walsh hit .119 with one homer and five RBIs in 28 games this season as he has struggled with headaches and insomnia, coming off an injury-stunted 2022.
CABRERA WATCH
Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera went 1 for 4 in the second game and his single was the 3,134th hit of his career and his 5,309th total base to put him into a 14th-place tie with Adrian Beltre in major league history.
SLUMPS & STREAKS
Angels catcher Chad Wallach ended an 0-for-38 drought with a single in the seventh.
“In the dugout, it was a good eruption when he got that hit,” Nevin said.
Mickey Moniak extended his career-best hitting streak to 16 games with a double in the first inning of the second game.
UP NEXT
Giolito (6-6, 3.79) is expected to make his Angels debut Friday night against Toronto, where the Blue Jays plan to start RHP Kevin Gausman (7-5, 3.18) in the first game of the series.
Detroit travels to Miami, where Tigers RHP Reese Olson (1-4, 4.53) and Marlins LHP Braxton Garrett (5-3, 4.32) are the probable pitchers on Friday night.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The person once known as the “baddest man on the planet” stood between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford at Thursday’s news conference, and just the mere presence of Mike Tyson further cemented the magnitude of their showdown.
Both undefeated fighters meet Saturday night, the winner unifying all four welterweight championships for the first time in boxing’s four-belt era that began in 2004.
Spence (28-0, 22 knockouts) already owns the WBC, WBA and IBF titles, and Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) holds the WBO belt. Crawford is a minus-146 favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
“I haven’t seen things like this in over 30 years — two of the best fighters in the world to decide who is truly the best,” Tyson said.
This fight has been compared in many corners to so many other classic welterweight matchups such as two between Robert Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980, Leonard and Thomas Hearns the following year, Pernell Whitaker and Julio Cesar Chavez in 1993 and Shane Mosley and Oscar De La Hoya in 2000.
The boxers understand the build-up to the fight, each saying a victory would be his career highlight.
“This is going to be legendary,” Spence said. “This is going to be iconic. People are going to talk about this fight 30, 40 years from now when they talk about legendary fights. When they talk about Leonard and Tommy Hearns and Marvin Hagler … they’re going to talk about this fight the same way.”
The fight sold out quickly, and on the secondary market, the cheapest tickets are well more than $300, especially if someone is interested in actually having a seat and not standing for three hours.
Much of the excitement leading into the fight was because of how long it took to come together, the appetite for this meeting building up with boxing fans for several years.
They always seemed destined to meet, though Spence twice survived serious car crashes. He was nearly killed in 2019 when he was ejected after losing control, and last year a 14-year-old hit him head on.
Somehow, Spence not only escaped serious injuries both times and successfully underwent surgery in 2021 for a detached retina, he was able to focus on his career. The 33-year-old who lives in DeSoto, Texas, won the IBF title in 2017, claimed the WBC championship in 2019 and took the WBA championship last year.
“I’ve been fighting the best for a long time,” Spence said. “When you see all the legends of the sport, they fought each other and made historic fights. That’s what I want to do. Terence is one of the best fighters in the world and I’m one of the best fighters in the world, so we had to make this happen.”
Spence faces an opponent in Crawford who is a knockout machine, having ended 10 fights in a row by KO, boxing’s second-longest active streak.
Crawford, 35, has won titles in super lightweight and lightweight in addition to welterweight, capturing the latter after moving up in 2018. Should he beat Spence, the Omaha, Nebraska, native will become the first male boxer to unify two titles.
“This fight means everything,” Crawford said. “This puts the cherry on top of my career. I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, and I can’t wait to get it on.”
Maybe both fighters will put on another memorable championship fight in Las Vegas. The hype has certainly been there for this bout.
No matter how it looks, one boxer will emerge as not only the king of the welterweight division, but will have a strong case as the best pound-for-pound fighter.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, who is working the corner for Giovanni Cabrera in the co-main event, said he slightly favors Crawford.
“I have wanted to see this fight for a long time,” Roach said. “I can tell Spence and Crawford have wanted it, too, which is another reason I have wanted to see this fight. They want to know, and prove, which one is the best. It will be a close fight. While on paper, it has the look of Leonard-Hearns, I think it could end up being better.”
In the co-main event, Cabrera (21-0, seven KOs) goes against Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (24-2-1, 17 KOs) in a WBC and WBA lightweight match that will have future championship ramifications.
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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.
SEE MORE: White House announces plan to fight fentanyl laced with xylazine
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TEMPE — Andrea Albornoz is pleading for help to find her service dog after the dog vanished from her hotel room in Tempe, calling it a "life and death situation.'
“She’s gone. Lani got stolen,” Albornoz told ABC15, in tears.
Albornoz was having a hard time getting the words out, at times too emotional to even speak.
“Aside from being trained to aid me for my illness, she’s literally everything that I have. She’s my life. She is all I have,” she added.
Albornoz’s family is in Ecuador and she lives in California.
She’s in town for work. One morning, as she was getting ready to go to the Arizona Health Care Conference, she came back to an empty room.
“I went to go grab coffee from the lobby and the door didn’t latch all the way. I mean, within minutes, she was taken away from this room,” said Albornoz.
Lani’s food is right where Albornoz left it. The water is untouched.
“I’m still waiting for her…that she’s going to come back,” she told ABC15.
Albornoz says finding Lani is a matter of life and death.
“I need this dog because I have seizures and my dog is trained to save my life. She needs to come back to me,” she said.
While multiple agencies are actively working on this case, Albornoz isn’t wasting any time.
“I have 350 of these [flyers] printed. I have posters of her all over the city of Tempe. All over the city of Glendale.”
She added that she isn't going to stop until Lani is found.
“I am offering a very large reward for her.”
A $20,000 cash reward is being offered for anyone who helps bring Lani back, and she isn’t looking to press charges.
As for Andrea, she says she’s not leaving Arizona without her dog.
“I really need to find Lani. It is a life-threatening situation that she’s missing,” said Albornoz.
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“Lani” was taken on 07/26/23 from the Double Tree Hotel located at 2100 S. Priest Dr. in Tempe.
Detectives are seeking information to help locate Lani & reunite her with her owner.
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The U.S. Labor Department has released new data showing that wage and salary increases for workers in the United States have slowed in recent months.
A report from the DOL on Fridayshowed that wage and salary growth slowed during the quarter from April to June. This is an indication that employers were feeling less pressure to increase pay for workers.
SEE MORE: US economy grew in 2nd quarter even as interest rates rose
As the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates to try to curb inflation, the central bank said it has also been looking at the employment cost index, which is a gauge of pay.
This spring both pay and benefits rose about 1% in the second quarter, according to government data. That was down from about 1.2%, the rate of growth for the first three months of this year.
Policymakers have actually said they worry that rapidly rising wages could have a negative impact on their work to reduce inflation.
The hope from economists is that in trying to cool the economy down, gains in salaries and wages — along with price hikes — will slow, but not cause a jump in the unemployment rate.
The Labor Department said compensation cost increases for the 12-month window that ended in June of this year was at around 4.1% for construction and natural resources, along with maintenance jobs.
That same figure went up by about 5.3% for service jobs.
Lester Jones of the National Beer Wholesalers Association told the New York Times, "Labor's still a problem, the labor market's still tight out there, but firms are starting to figure out how to make do with what they have."
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CAZENOVIA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Admirers of the Lorenzo State Historic Site in Cazenovia won’t want to miss out on this opportunity!
Friends of Lorenzo have announced they are hosting the Caroga Arts Ensemble Concert on August 13 at 2:00 p.m. on the front lawn at Lorenzo on 17 Rippleton Road.
The concert is free to the public and concert goers can bring their own seating and snacks.
“Founded and directed by cellist Kyle Price, the Caroga Arts Ensemble is comprised of top professional musicians from around the country who perform regularly at the heralded Caroga Lake Music Festival (CLMF). As part of its “CLMF on Tour” series, Caroga Arts Ensemble will make its first appearance at Lorenzo. Members of the ensemble include leading soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral musicians who have won national prizes and attended America’s most coveted music conservatories,” stated Lorenzo State Historic Site.
Lorenzo State Historic Site is operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, which oversees 180 State Parks and 35 historic sites that are visited by over 60 million people annually.
The house has lots of history as it’s the 1807 Federal-style home of John Lincklaen, Holland Land Company agent and founder of Cazenovia.
Lorenzo was continually occupied by the Lincklaen/Ledyard family until the property and contents were conveyed to New York State in 1968. The imprint of all of Lorenzo’s residents, including enslaved people, servants and the many employees required to run the estate, can be found at every turn.
Now, the non-profit organization, Friends of Lorenzo is dedicated to preserving and promoting Lorenzo. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/classical-music-to-return-to-the-lawn-at-cazenovias-lorenzo-state-historic-site/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:10 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/classical-music-to-return-to-the-lawn-at-cazenovias-lorenzo-state-historic-site/ |
HOMER, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The Route 90 Garage Sale has become an annual tradition for people near and far. Carl hicks has been participating for a long time.
“My guess would be somewhere around 25 years,” Hicks said.
He loves the challenge of it and he has all types of items from clothes to appliances to furniture.
“What normally happens, people donate stuff to us and we make it, we turn around and sell it to make money, a profit for the church,” Hicks explained.
Across the street is Jeff Grummons’ tent. What he has to offer has grown from when he first moved to town about 20 years ago.
“We saw all these people setting tables out and different things,” Grummons recalled. “We never heard of the Route 90 sale before and then we said, we have some knick-knacks. We set them up on the porch, that’s how we started that little table up there.”
This event spans 54 miles on one end in Montezuma and the other stretch right here in Homer, where there’s just about everything.
“I call them couches,” Hicks said about his futon. “Yeah the futon, I’ve got two of them.”
They sold fast.
“I just bought a futon, my husband’s going to be really happy about that,” said Stephanie Reif.
Reif is a regular and offered this advice for any first timers.
“You got to take your time. The good deals are always hidden, you got to go through the piles and you got to turn things over, you got to do some wheeling and dealing,” Reif said.
Whether you’re buying or selling, it’s not just about the things. For Jeff Grummons it’s also about, “the people, the people.”
And he’s met so many over the years and looks forward to meeting many more this weekend.
The garage sale goes through Sunday and it’s free to attend. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/lots-to-pick-from-at-the-route-90-garage-sale/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:16 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/lots-to-pick-from-at-the-route-90-garage-sale/ |
Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices in response to increased scrutiny of their activities beyond the bench.
“I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it. No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court—period,” Alito said in an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal opinion pages. An account of the interview, which the paper said took place in New York in early July, was published Friday.
Democrats last week pushed Supreme Court ethics legislation through a Senate committee, though the bill’s prospects in the full Senate are dim.
All federal judges other than the justices already adhere to an ethics code that was developed by the federal judiciary. But the Supreme Court’s unique status — it’s the only federal court created by the Constitution — puts it outside the reach of those standards that apply to other federal jurists.
Democrats first sought to address that after ProPublica reported earlier this year that Justice Clarence Thomas participated in lavish vacations and a real estate deal with a top Republican donor — and after Chief Justice John Roberts declined to testify before the committee about the ethics of the court.
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Since then, ProPublica also revealed that Alito had taken a luxury vacation in Alaska with a Republican donor who had business interests before the court. The Associated Press reported in early July that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, aided by her staff, has advanced sales of her books through college visits over the past decade.
The 73-year-old Alito, who joined the court in 2006, has rejected the idea that he should have disclosed the Alaska trip or stepped away from cases involving the donor, hedge fund owner Paul Singer. Alito penned his own Wall Street Journal op-ed, which was published hours before ProPublica posted its story.
Alito said that he is unwilling to leave allegations unanswered, though he acknowledged judges and justices typically don't respond to their critics.
"And so at a certain point I’ve said to myself, nobody else is going to do this, so I have to defend myself,” he said in the newest column.
While no other justice has spoken so definitively about ethics legislation, Roberts has raised questions about Congress' authority to oversee the high court.
In his year-end report in 2011, Roberts wrote that the justices comply with legislation that requires annual financial disclosures and limits their outside earned income. “The Court has never addressed whether Congress may impose those requirements on the Supreme Court. The Justices nevertheless comply with those provisions,” Roberts wrote.
The justices have so far resisted adopting an ethics code on their own, although Roberts said in May that there is more the court can do to “adhere to the highest standards” of ethical conduct, without providing specifics.
The column is co-written by James Taranto, the paper's editorial features editor, and David Rivkin, a Washington lawyer. Rivkin represents Leonard Leo, the onetime leader of the conservative legal group The Federalist Society, in his dealings with Senate Democrats who want details of Leo's dealings with the justices. Leo helped arrange Alito's trip to Alaska.
Rivkin, in a letter Tuesday to leading Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the request was politically motivated and violates Leo's constitutional rights. Rivkin also wrote that a congressionally imposed ethics code for the Supreme Court would falter on constitutional grounds. Separately, Rivkin represents a couple whose tax case will be argued before the court in the fall.
Alito talked with the Taranto and Rivkin for four hours in interviews in April and July, they wrote. They published an account of the earlier interview in April. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/justice-alito-says-congress-lacks-the-power-to-impose-an-ethics-code-on-the-supreme-court/3305839/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:20 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/justice-alito-says-congress-lacks-the-power-to-impose-an-ethics-code-on-the-supreme-court/3305839/ |
(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday made his first public remarks about his 4-year-old grandchild Navy, the daughter of his son Hunter Biden, after silence from the White House over the young girl amid legal disputes between her parents.
Biden said, in a statement exclusively provided to People, that his son and Lunden Roberts, the mother, are working to provide a life for her.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the president said. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
The New York Times earlier this month published a piece about the child, writing that she’s never met Hunter Biden or her grandfather. After that was published, the White House dealt with questions in the briefing room from reporters asking whether Biden accepted Hunter Biden’s daughter in Arkansas as his granddaughter.
Roberts, who is in Arkansas, filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in May 2019, and the younger Biden appeared in court this May. In June, he reached a settlement in his child support case after he was ordered to sit for a deposition under oath to answer questions about his finances.
An anonymous source told People that the president and first lady Jill Biden have been “giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out” and have been “following Hunter’s lead” throughout the legal proceedings involving the young girl.
Hunter Biden’s personal and legal troubles have been increasingly in the spotlight lately. He appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:22 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ |
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. | https://www.wsls.com/business/2023/07/28/automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:24 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/business/2023/07/28/automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales/ |
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.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/07/28/bmw-tupac-shakur-was-shot-is-selling-175-million/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:24 | 0 | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/07/28/bmw-tupac-shakur-was-shot-is-selling-175-million/ |
BARCELONA – 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. | https://www.wsls.com/news/2023/07/28/count-of-ballots-from-spaniards-abroad-gives-edge-to-right-wing-block-and-deepens-the-stalemate/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:26 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/2023/07/28/count-of-ballots-from-spaniards-abroad-gives-edge-to-right-wing-block-and-deepens-the-stalemate/ |
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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BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – Back-to-school festivities continue around the region this weekend.
Solomon’s Mission will host a Back to School Day in Botetourt County on Saturday.
The sheriff’s office, fire and EMS plan to be there.
There will be free back-to-school shopping at the thrift store, including clothes, school supplies and hygiene items.
Plus, there will be activities for kids to enjoy from food to games and music.
“It’s more than just school supplies, it is to build community relationships with people in the community, with students, with children,” Director at Solomon’s Mission Teresa Rothwell said. “Our kids nowadays just need to see love.”
The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/28/botetourt-county-back-to-school-event-planned-for-saturday/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:26 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/28/botetourt-county-back-to-school-event-planned-for-saturday/ |
Thousands of people are without power throughout the southwestern region of Virginia as storms moved through Friday evening.
A Weather Authority Alert has been issued and is in effect through Saturday. Click here for updates.
Below is a breakdown of the worst outages in our region, organized by power company and county, unless noted as city, as of 8:15 p.m. Friday.
- Amherst: 1,130
- Bedford: 505
- Bland: 205
- Botetourt: 1,663
- Craig: 150
- Franklin: 433
- Giles: 320
- Henry: 501
- Lynchburg: 1,857
- Montgomery: 361
- Nelson: 400
- Roanoke: 1,459
- Alleghany: 449
- Botetourt: 759
- Halifax: 252
- Lexington: 1,257
- Rockbridge: 141 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/28/list-power-outages-in-southwest-central-virginia-on-july-28/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:27 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/28/list-power-outages-in-southwest-central-virginia-on-july-28/ |
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.
Investor Contact:
Ted Papapostolou, Chief Financial Officer
IR@ielp.com
(800) 255-2737
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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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(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.localsyr.com/news/national/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:28 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Cellphone video shows people chanting “protect trans kids” while one person was taken away in handcuffs at Thursday night’s Roanoke County School Board meeting.
Shortly after, you see the person behind the camera, Benjamin James, approach School Board Chairman Brent Hudson.
After a heated exchange, James was taken into custody.
A Roanoke County Police spokesperson identified those arrested as 37-year-old Shannon “Dan” Clawson and 39-year-old Ben James. Both were charged with trespassing.
On Friday, free from the handcuffs, James says he was surprised things escalated.
“It was pretty interesting to me that I was put in handcuffs and taken out of building and they couldn’t tell me why. So that was a little rough,” James said.
James says he attended the meeting as a Roanoke County native and ally of the transgender community.
“I didn’t feel like I had done anything that I should have been arrested for,” James said. “It kind of seems like they just were tired of people being there in opposition to what they wanted to accomplish, is what it felt like to me.”
According to Roanoke County Public Schools’ policy, “The chair is responsible for the orderly conduct of the meeting and rules on such matters as the appropriateness of the subject being presented and length of time for such presentation.”
After clearing the room, Hudson had this to say: “I don’t care what gender someone claims to be, we’re going to give that child or staff member, or anybody else, the support that they need to be successful in Roanoke County Public Schools. Every square inch of our buildings is a safe space,” he said.
Tiffany Sandifer, a mom of two Roanoke County students who spoke at the meeting, says she’s organizing a school board recall vote.
“All of these folks that are speaking out at the school board meetings love our schools,” Sandifer said. “We love our students. We love our community and we want it to be the best that it can be. And that means removing extremist elements from our school board.”
Despite the charge, James says he wouldn’t do anything differently.
“There’s a lot of us here that care about our trans community,” James said. “I don’t regret anything that I did.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/28/man-arrested-for-trespassing-at-chaotic-roanoke-county-school-board-meeting-i-dont-regret-anything-that-i-did/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:28 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/28/man-arrested-for-trespassing-at-chaotic-roanoke-county-school-board-meeting-i-dont-regret-anything-that-i-did/ |
Rene Pinto Player Prop Bets: Rays vs. Astros - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 7:35 PM EDT|Updated: 49 minutes ago
Friday, Rene Pinto and the Tampa Bay Rays face the Houston Astros and Cristian Javier, with the first pitch at 8:10 PM ET.
He returns to action for the first time since July 22, when he went 0-for-2 against the Orioles.
Rene Pinto Game Info & Props vs. the Astros
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Astros Starter: Cristian Javier
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: +110)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +270)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +200)
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Rene Pinto At The Plate (2022)
- Pinto hit .213 with three doubles, two home runs and two walks.
- In 13 of 25 games last season (52.0%) Pinto had at least one hit, and in four of those contests (16.0%) he picked up more than one.
- Registering a plate appearance in 25 games a season ago, he hit two homers.
- In eight of 25 games last year (32.0%), Pinto drove in a run, including two games with two or more RBIs.
- He crossed home in four of 25 games a year ago (16.0%), including one multi-run game.
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Rene Pinto Home/Away Batting Splits (2022)
Astros Pitching Rankings (2022)
- The Astros pitching staff was third in the big leagues last season with a collective 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Astros had the second-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (2.89).
- The Astros surrendered the second-fewest home runs in baseball (134 total, 0.8 per game).
- Javier (7-2) gets the starting nod for the Astros in his 20th start of the season. He's put together a 4.32 ERA in 102 2/3 innings pitched, with 94 strikeouts.
- The righty's most recent appearance came on Sunday against the Oakland Athletics, when he went 5 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up only one hit.
- The 26-year-old has an ERA of 4.32, with 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings, in 19 games this season. Opponents are hitting .238 against him.
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President Joe Biden on Friday publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild for the first time, while adding that his granddaughter Navy is "not a political issue."
In a statement first reported by People that was obtained by NBC News, Biden said that he and first lady Jill Biden wanted the best for all of their grandchildren, "including Navy."
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward," the president said. "This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts last month settled a paternity case over their daughter Navy in an Arkansas court.
For more on this story, go to NBC News. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/president-biden-publicly-acknowledges-7th-grandchild-for-first-time/3305800/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:33 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/president-biden-publicly-acknowledges-7th-grandchild-for-first-time/3305800/ |
There’s no greater honor for an athlete than having their number retired by a team. Actually, there is … having their number retired by more than one team.
That’s an honor that has been bestowed upon only 16 players in NBA history.
LeBron James one day will join that list, with his numbers likely to be retired by each of the three NBA teams he has played for to this point in his illustrious career.
He is the Cleveland Cavaliers’ all-time leader in most key statistical categories and delivered the franchise its first championship in 2016. He took his talents to South Beach and helped the Miami Heat win back-to-back titles. He’s now in Hollywood, where he so far has won one championship with the Los Angeles Lakers and became the league’s all-time leading scorer.
Lakers owner Jeanie Buss recently said James already has done enough in gold and purple to have his number raised to the rafters in Los Angeles. And it will happen once he's inducted into the Hall of Fame.
"When he does so, then we will retire his jersey," she said in an interview with Mark Medina of Sportskeeda. "Knowing that he will make it into the Basketball Hall of Fame, he will have his Lakers jersey retired, no doubt about it."
But which one? LeBron has worn No. 23 and No. 6 with the Lakers.
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If the team decides to retire both digits, as they did with Kobe Bryant's No. 8 and No. 24, James could become the first player in NBA history to have four retired numbers by teams he played for. That, of course, is assuming the Lakers do retire his No. 6, which has already been immortalized league-wide for Bill Russell, similar to how the New York Yankees did so with Mariano Rivera’s No. 42 that had already been retired across the league for Jackie Robinson.
Either way, quite a few numbers across the country will be out of circulation in the NBA because of LeBron James.
Here are the 16 NBA players who already have their numbers retired in multiple cities.
Bill Russell - Celtics, all NBA teams
Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell received the ultimate number-retirement honor when the NBA announced after his passing in July of 2022 that his No. 6 would be permanently retired throughout the league. Russell, an 11-time NBA champion and a civil rights pioneer, became the first player to have his number retired league-wide. The Celtics retired Russell’s No. 6 in 1972.
Wilt Chamberlain - Warriors, 76ers, Lakers
Only one player in NBA history has had his number retired by three teams that he played for: Wilt Chamberlain. The four-time MVP and seven-time scoring champion spent six seasons playing for the Warriors, beginning when the team was based in Philadelphia. He scored more than 20,000 career points with the team, including his 100-point performance. He then spent four seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and five with the Lakers, winning championships with each organization.
Chamberlain’s No. 13 was retired by all three teams. The Warriors did so in 1999 after Chamberlain died, making him the first and only player to receive the honor from three teams. He’ll likely remain so until LeBron James inevitably has his numbers retired by the Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat.
Pete Maravich - Hawks, Jazz, Pelicans
Pete Maravich also had his number retired by three teams, but he never played for one of them. The Pelicans, in 2002 after the then-Hornets relocated to New Orleans, honored Louisiana legend “Pistol Pete” by retiring the No. 7 he wore as a member of the New Orleans Jazz. The Jazz, of course, moved from New Orleans to Utah in 1979, keeping the ill-fitting team nickname, and also retired Maravich’s number. The Hall of Fame guard also had his No. 44 retired by the Atlanta Hawks, where he spent the first four seasons of his career.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Bucks, Lakers
No surprise that the NBA’s former leading scorer had his No. 33 retired by both teams he played for. Abdul-Jabbar spent his first six seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, averaging 30.4 points per game. He played 14 seasons with the Lakers, with whom he scored 24,176 of his 38,387 career points.
Charles Barkley - 76ers, Suns
Kids today might not realize that before Charles Barkley was a lovable television analyst, he was a very good basketball player. “The Round Mound of Rebound” had his No. 34 retired by the Sixers, where he spent the first eight seasons of his Hall of Fame career, and the Phoenix Suns, whom he led to the NBA FInals in his first of four seasons with the team.
Kobe Bryant - Lakers, Mavericks
The two chapters of Kobe Bryant’s 20-year Hall of Fame career are divided by two numbers: 8 and 24. Both of those numbers have been retired by the Los Angeles Lakers in honor of Bryant, who won five championships with the team and became one of the greatest scorers in the history of the sport. On the day Bryant died at the age of 41 years old in a helicopter accident in 2020, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban released a statement saying, “Kobe’s legacy transcends basketball, and our organization has decided that the number 24 will never again be worn by a Dallas Maverick.”
Clyde Drexler - Blazers, Rockets
Clyde “The Glide” Drexler spent 12-plus seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, leading the team to two appearances in the NBA Finals. He was dealt to Houston during the 1994-95 season and helped the Rockets capture a second consecutive NBA championship. The Hall of Famer had his No. 22 retired by both teams.
Julius Erving - Nets, 76ers
Julius Erving had his number retired by two different teams … in two different leagues. Before the NBA merged with the ABA in 1976, “Dr. J” won three straight MVP awards and two championships with the New York Nets. He was dealt to the Sixers, winning a championship during his 11 years with the team. During his final season with Philadelphia in 1987, the then-New Jersey Nets retired the No. 32 Erving wore in the ABA. The Sixers later retired his No. 6.
Michael Jordan - Bulls, Heat
You were expecting the Washington Wizards? With all due respect to “His Airness,” Michael Jordan probably shouldn’t be on this list. Make no mistake, based on his dominance and overall importance to the game of basketball, he is worthy of having his No. 23 retired by the Chicago Bulls and even across the league in the same way Wayne Gretzky’s No. 99 is in hockey. But the Heat retiring his number despite Jordan having no ties to the organization other than defeating them many times, is kind of cringeworthy.
“In honor of your greatness, Michael, and for all you have done for the game of basketball, not only the NBA but for all the fans around the world, we want to honor you tonight by hanging your jersey forever, No. 23, from the rafters of the American Airlines Arena,” Heat president Pat Riley said prior to Jordan’s final game in Miami in 2003. “No player ever again will ever wear No. 23 for the Miami Heat here. You’re the best.”
As for the other team Jordan actually played for, the Wizards, no Washington player has worn No. 23 since his final season, but the number has not yet been officially retired.
Bob Lanier - Pistons, Bucks
Bob Lanier was drafted first overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 1970 NBA Draft and went on to become one of the great centers of his era. He spent 10 seasons with the Pistons, making the All-Star team seven times, and remains the team’s third all-time leading scorer and rebounder. He was traded to the Bucks in 1980 and went on to help the team reach the Eastern Conference Finals in 1983 and 1984. Lanier averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds over his career and had his No. 16 retired by both teams.
Moses Malone - Rockets, 76ers
Moses Malone led the league in rebounding in three of his last four seasons with the Rockets and his first three seasons with the 76ers. Hence the reason he was known as “The Chairman of the Board” and hence why his No. 24 was retired by the Rockets and his No. 2 was retired by the Sixers. The Hall of Famer won two MVP awards while in Houston and added a third in his first season with Philadelphia while helping the 76ers win the NBA championship.
Earl Monroe - Wizards, Knicks
Earl “The Pearl” Monroe helped revolutionize the NBA with his school-yard moves. His impact was first felt in Baltimore, where he starred for the then-Bullets after being selected second overall in the 1967 draft. He was named Rookie of the Year, made two All-Star teams in his first four seasons, and led the Bullets to the 1971 Finals before being traded to New York. There he formed a backcourt with Walt Frazier and helped guide the Knicks to the 1972 Finals and to the 1973 NBA championship. Monroe had his No. 15 retired by the Knicks in 1986 (the team later retired No. 15 for a second time in honor of Dick McGuire, who played for the Knicks from 1949 to 1957). The Wizards retired Monroe’s No. 10 in 2007.
Dikembe Mutombo - Nuggets, Hawks
Any player who asks to wear No. 55 in Denver or Atlanta will have a finger wagged in their face. That number in both cities forever belongs to Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutumbo. Drafted fourth overall by the Nuggets in the 1991 draft, Mutumbo was an All-Star in his rookie season. He led the league in blocks for three straight seasons in Denver, helping the team become the first eight seed to upset a one seed in 1994 when the Nuggets stunned the Seattle SuperSonics. The Hall of Famer signed with the Hawks as a free agent and won three of his four Defensive Player of the Year awards while with Atlanta. The Hawks retired his number in 2015, and the Nuggets did the same the following year.
Shaquille O’Neal - Lakers, Heat
Shaquille O’Neal had a chance to become just the second player to have his number retired by three teams he played for. One of the most dominant players in NBA history, Shaq’s No. 34 was retired by the Lakers after he teamed with Bryant to win three straight championships, earning Finals MVP in each. When the well-documented Shaq and Kobe drama reached its peak, O’Neal was dealt to the Heat, where he joined a young Dwyane Wade and captured the organization’s first NBA title. O’Neal became the third member of the Heat to have his number retired when his No. 32 was raised to the rafters in 2016. Shaq’s original team, the Orlando Magic, has not done the same with his No. 32 despite O’Neal having put the team on the map, leading them to the NBA Finals in his third season.
Oscar Robertson - Kings, Bucks
Oscar Robertson knows a thing or two about doubling up. The first player to average a triple-double in a season has his number retired by both of the teams he played for. Robertson spent the first 10 seasons of his career with the Cincinnati Royals, averaging 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists in his second season with the team. After 10 All-Star seasons, he was dealt to Milwaukee, where in his first season he teamed with Abdul-Jabbar to lead the Bucks to an NBA championship in 1971. Three years later, after Robertson retired, his No. 1 was retired by Milwaukee, and his No. 14 was retired by the then-Kansas City Kings, previously the Royals and soon to be the Sacramento Kings.
Nate Thurmond - Warriors, Cavaliers
All Nate Thurmond had to do was replace Chamberlain. When Chamberlain was traded by the Warriors in 1965, it was Thurmond who was left to fill his shoes. That season would be the first of seven All-Star selections for Thurmond, who averaged 17.4 points and 16.9 rebounds in his career with the Warriors. He spent his final two seasons with the Cavaliers, playing in only 114 games and averaging just 5.0 points and 6.3 rebounds over 18.7 minutes per. But the veteran presence he provided on a team that reached the Eastern Conference Finals, along with his status as a fan favorite, was enough for the Akron, Ohio, native to get his number immortalized in Cleveland – becoming the organization's first player to receive the honor. The No. 42 was retired by the Warriors and Cavs in honor of “Nate the Great.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/lebron-james-will-join-this-list-of-nba-players-with-numbers-retired-by-multiple-teams/3305817/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:39 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/lebron-james-will-join-this-list-of-nba-players-with-numbers-retired-by-multiple-teams/3305817/ |
SALEM, Va. – The Glenvar Highlanders are one of VHSL Class 2′s finest — year in and year out. Head Coach Kevin Clifford enters his 17th season.
In 2022 the Highlanders dominated offensively — they had no trouble finding the end zone, averaging more than 32 points per game. They notched a 9-4 season that ended in a region finals shootout loss to Appomattox 38-34. But this year personnel dictates that their run game is the new emphasis.
As size up front has grown — “Well, we have a lot of lineman, like 85 percent of us are lineman so we’re gonna use that to advantage and help our run game,” senior running back and linebacker Shane Gibson explains.
“Running, we’re gonna run a lot. Our offensive lineman carry us through the whole entire game so we are planning to run. We don’t have all the offensive guys we had last year like Jackson and Gabe. They’re really good weapons that we had last year, but we don’t have them so we’re planning to run the ball a lot more to make up for that,” senior lineman Nathan Johnson said.
“We have two linebackers back that we’re all-district and really just solid football players,” he said. “We got our two really good defensive lineman back. We’ve got some good skills (skill position players) coming back so we’ll see it’s going to be a mixture of youth and age but just good kids at work hard that like football.”
Glenvar hosts VHSL Class 1 power Galax on opening night Aug. 25. | https://www.wsls.com/sports/2023/07/28/2023-1st-and-10-camp-tour-glenvar-highlanders/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:44 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/sports/2023/07/28/2023-1st-and-10-camp-tour-glenvar-highlanders/ |
The Texas Rangers put catcher Jonah Heim on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to July 27, due to a strain of his left wrist tendon.
The Rangers on Friday are in San Diego for a three-game weekend series against the Padres.
The team also said RHP Josh Sborz was activated from the 15-day injured list, effective July 27, and outfielder Bubba Thompson was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock. RHP Owen White was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock, effective postgame July 26.
Jacob deGrom, Brett Martin, and Jake Odorizzi remain on the 60-day injured list.
Here's more on the players from the Texas Rangers.
Heim, 28, is batting .280 (92-328) with 14 home runs, a career-high 70 RBI, and an .816 OPS in 90 games this season. He was removed from the Rangers' game on Wednesday at Houston after sustaining a wrist injury during his 4th-inning at-bat. A first-time All-Star in 2023, Heim has started 80 of the Rangers' 103 games (77.7%) at catcher this season, the 2nd-highest percentage of any backstop in MLB (PHI's J.T. Realmuto, 86 of 102, 84.3%). The switch-hitter leads MLB catchers this season in RBI (66), hits (89), doubles (23), and runs (tied, 47), and his .413 (33-80) batting average with runners in scoring position is 3rd-highest among Major League qualifiers (.481-Luis Arraez, .439-Corey Seager).
Sborz, 29, went 4-4 with a 4.54 ERA (19 ER/37.2 IP) in 29 relief appearances with Texas this season before being placed on the 15-day Injured List on July 15 with right biceps tendinitis. The righthander has struck out 52 of 153 batters faced (34.0%) this campaign, which ranked 12th-highest among American League relief qualifiers at the time of his injury. He returns to the Rangers after completing a brief rehab assignment with Round Rock, tossing a scoreless 5th inning on Wednesday at El Paso (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO). Acquired from Los Angeles-NL on February 16, 2021 for right-handed pitcher Jhan Zambrano, Sborz has a 9-7 record with a 4.61 ERA (61 ER/119.0 IP) in 111 games (1 start) across three seasons with Texas (2021-23).
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Thompson, 25, has batted .253/.370/.394/.764 with 2 home runs and 13 RBI over 26 games/25 starts in center field (19), left field (5), and designated hitter (1) for Round Rock. This marks his second stint with Texas this season, the other from March 30-June 2, when he hit .170 (9-53) with 4 RBI over 36 games/14 starts for Texas. The right-handed hitter has hits in his last four games with the Express, batting .400 (6-15) with a double, triple, home run, and 2 RBI. The Mobile, Ala. native has seen Major League action with Texas in each of the past two seasons (2022-23), compiling a .242 batting average with one home run and 13 RBI across 91 games.
White, 23, has an 0-1 record with an 11.25 ERA (5 ER/4.0 IP) in 2 relief appearances across two stints (June 13, July 23-26) with Texas since making his Major League debut on June 13 against Los Angeles-AL. The Rangers' no. 2 ranked prospect (MLB Pipeline) has combined to go 3-3 with a 3.61 ERA (29 ER/72.1 IP) over 16 starts with Double-A Frisco and Round Rock this season. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/rangers-put-catcher-jonah-heim-on-10-day-injured-list/3305783/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:45 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/rangers-put-catcher-jonah-heim-on-10-day-injured-list/3305783/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Troy Daniels 5th annual “Dream Big” basketball camp is underway this week at William Fleming.
“The motivation is that I always wanted to do it as a younger kid, I was that little kid on the floor in roll call seeing Curtis Staples and other guys talking to us about making it,” Daniels said. “I was fortunate enough to be able to do it myself. It’s a no brainer to give back to the community and give back to these kids because they deserve it.”
Daniels is a Fleming grad who went on to play at VCU and then in the NBA. Over 150 campers were in attendance this week to learn from the pro. | https://www.wsls.com/sports/2023/07/28/troy-daniels-holds-5th-annual-dream-big-basketball-camp/ | 2023-07-29T00:27:51 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/sports/2023/07/28/troy-daniels-holds-5th-annual-dream-big-basketball-camp/ |
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LOS ANGELES – As Bronny James continues to recover after going into cardiac arrest, his Southern California teammates have been at practice to prepare for a 10-day exhibition tour of Greece and Croatia that begins next week.
The tour will run from from Aug. 5-15 and see the Trojans visit Athens and Mykonos, Greece, and Dubrovnik, Croatia. Teams are allowed to go on a foreign tour once every four years under NCAA rules.
James was discharged from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Thursday and is resting at home, according to a statement from the hospital. His father, Lakers superstar LeBron James, also posted on social media that his family is “safe and healthy."
Bronny James will continue to undergo tests to determine the cause of his cardiac arrest, which occurred Monday morning during a workout at USC's Galen Center.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating, because of a problem with its electrical activity. While uncommon in young people, sudden cardiac arrest is the leading medical cause of death in young athletes. Some studies have estimated one sudden cardiac death in 50,000 to 80,000 young athletes each year.
No information has been made public about what may have caused Bronny James’ cardiac arrest. But one of the most common causes in young athletes is an underlying problem with the heart’s structure, such as a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that leads to a thickened heart muscle more prone to irregular electrical activity. A more rare cause is commotio cordis, which occurs when someone receives a sharp blow to the chest during a specific part of the heartbeat’s cycle — what happened to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin earlier this year.
James was the second high-profile USC basketball recruit to go into cardiac arrest in the last year. Vincent Iwuchuwku also was stricken during a workout last July, but the 7-foot-1 center returned to the court six months later and appeared in 14 games.
It’s too soon to know how James’ playing career could be affected, especially without a lot of information being made public. Various experts point to James' quick move out of intensive care and being released three days later as encouraging.
The upcoming trip is important for the Trojans as James recovers. USC had the nation's fourth-ranked recruiting class, including the top-rated player in guard Isaiah Collier.
James committed to the Trojans in May after the 6-foot-3 18-year-old became one of the nation's top prospects as a two-way point guard for Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California.
He is the sixth McDonald's All-American to come to USC since Andy Enfield became coach in 2013.
With his family fame and huge social media following, Bronny James also has the top name, image and likeness valuation in sports at $6.3 million, as estimated by On3.com. He is the oldest of LeBron and Savannah James' three children.
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AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham and AP Health & Science Writer Lauran Neergard contributed to this report.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand's iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn't taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter X and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left. | https://www.wsls.com/tech/2023/07/29/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/ | 2023-07-29T00:28:04 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/tech/2023/07/29/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/ |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ odds of getting the GOP nomination are looking less likely as he slips to third place in some polls and faces campaign controversies left and right.
Now some of the governor’s opponents are pushing him to drop out, but, to date, DeSantis seems defiant.
It’s been a tough week for the DeSantis campaign. Laying off more than one-third of its campaign staff, fighting off criticism of Florida’s new standards for teaching Black history, and a car accident. No one was injured in the crash and Gov. DeSantis remained on the campaign trail.
Just over two months into DeSantis’ campaign and political experts say it has yet to live up to expectations.
“This isn’t where Gov. DeSantis and his team thought they would be by now,” political science professor Sean Foreman said. “With all the hype and excitement surrounding his campaign when he launched.”
Slipping poll numbers, a loss of campaign staff and cash, and swirling controversies continue to loom. The governor’s rivals, like former president Donald Trump, are now saying it’s time to call it quits.
“I think he has to get out,” Trump said on The John Fredericks show. “He could’ve waited and he would’ve been favorite in ’28.'”
The former president has a big lead on all of his opponents and big leads usually aren’t helped by a debate, only hindered — something Trump is well aware of in his third presidential bid. He’s even floated the idea of hosting a competing event on Aug. 23.
But DeSantis’ supporters are now hinging their hope on the upcoming August debate to make an impression.
“All I’m seeing is DeSantis say, I’m in regardless. And whoever else has the guts to show up, will show up. I fully expect him to be there,” Never Back Down founder Ken Cuccinelli said.
Even with a solid performance, doubts remain about DeSantis’ long-term capabilities and controversial campaign message.
“Even if he’s able to rally and bring in a little bit more money through fundraising and stretch to the debate, I think America is not going to forget what he’s brought to the table. It’s not Republican, its not Democrat and its not American,” political science professor Tara Newsom said.
DeSantis has said he will debate — Trump has not. Though candidates can decide to participate just 48 hours before the event. So we might not have a definitive answer on if we will see the two side by side on the debate stage until the last minute. | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/trump-says-desantis-has-to-get-out-of-2024-race/ | 2023-07-29T00:28:55 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/trump-says-desantis-has-to-get-out-of-2024-race/ |
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.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/07/28/biden-openly-acknowledges-7th-grandchild-daughter-son-hunter-an-arkansas-woman/ | 2023-07-29T00:28:55 | 0 | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/07/28/biden-openly-acknowledges-7th-grandchild-daughter-son-hunter-an-arkansas-woman/ |
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. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2023-07-29T00:28:57 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — There are many places to sit down for a bite to eat in Tampa, but these restaurants are the highest rated, according to Yelp.
Restaurants were only included in this list if they had more than 1,000 Yelp reviews, and chain restaurants were not included.
Restaurants are listed from highest star rating to lowest. If multiple restaurants had the same rating, the one with the higher number of reviews is listed first.
On Swann (4.5 stars / 1.8K reviews)
On Swann is located along West Swann Avenue in Hyde Park Village.
Popular dishes include kale salad, pork chop, hot chicken, and scallops.
Some reviewers said:
“Came in for lunch and had an overall great experience. Service was phenomenal from the moment we walked in. The charcuterie board was to die for!! It is quite busy and you may be seated closely to another table, however this personally did not bother me. Definitely will be back.”
“This place gets better each time I go! The arancini and pork belly was great to start. The scallops were perfectly cooked and paired with the right sides, loved the pumpkin sauce. Cocktails are always a must and come out great! Service was great!”
Oxford Exchange (4.3 stars / 2.3K reviews)
Oxford Exchange is located along West Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa.
“Great place to brunch with friends. The whipped feta dip and avocado toast were great. The salad was shareable and the buffalo cauliflower flatbread was yummy!”
“Love this place, can’t beat the ambiance from when you walk in the door. Food selections are great. Pancakes, tacos and even sandwiches for lunch are great. Love the Buddy Brew coffee also.”
“Such a cute little restaurant. The service was great and the food was even better. Their coffee is also the best coffee I’ve had here so far.”
Eddie & Sam’s NY Pizza (4.3 stars / 1.4K reviews)
Eddie & Sam’s NY Pizza is located along East Twiggs Street in Tampa.
Popular dishes include buffalo chicken pizza, lasagna pizza, New York pizza and chicken parm pizza.
Eddie and Sam’s Pizza imports water from New York “for the sake of authenticity.”
Some reviewers said:
“Traveled to the downtown Tampa area to try some famous pizza. This place did not disappoint! Pizza was fantastic and reminded me of NY pizza. I will say the chicken wings were just ok but the selections for pizzas here are more than enough to make up for it.”
“This is the best pizza in Tampa! If you’re looking for a New York style pizza and haven’t tried Eddie & Sam’s, this is your sign. I’ve been coming to this place for years and it has never disappointed me, the service is amazing and fast.”
“Moved to Tampa from NYC and this place is the closest thing to New York pie I have tasted in the Tampa area. Not saying it’s the greatest pizza I have ever eaten, just the closest to NYC style and the only pizza I’ll eat in Tampa.”
Green Lemon (4.3 stars / 1.4K reviews)
Green Lemon is located along South Howard Avenue near South Tampa.
Popular dishes include street tacos, chicken tacos, and a shrimp taco bowl.
Some reviewers said:
“I love it here. And for so many reasons. A good friend recommended Green Lemon and I’ve visited on three separate occasions in a matter of two weeks. Judge me.”
“Excellent service, delicious food, fun atmosphere. We went here not knowing about the Happy Hour specials. $7 nachos? $10 for 3 tacos? So much for for such a fair price. We’ll be back asap!”
“Amazing spot. Very cool atmosphere. Great food and the best damn margarita I’ve had in a while.”
Ulele (4.2 stars / 3.9K reviews)
Ulele is located on North Highland Avenue in Tampa.
Some of the restaurant’s popular dishes include charbroiled oysters, seafood risotto and crab mac, according to Yelp.
Ulele “celebrates the vibrant fusion of ingredients from Florida waters and land once home to many Native Americans, including the young princess Ulele,” according to the business owner.
Some reviewers said:
“Great place to take friends and celebrate special occasions. The staff is always knowledgeable and not to mention the amazing food.”
“Ulele is my favorite restaurant in Tampa. Stopped in the other night on our anniversary. Everything on the menu is delicious.”
“The food was amazing! I had the pompano and my friend had a grouper. We ordered a crab mac and cheese also and my son old tore it up! Everything was great. We enjoyed a wine the server had suggested. The key lime pie was absolutely incredible! It was the most perfect evening we all had in a while!”
Bern’s Steak House (4.2 stars / 3.5K reviews)
Bern’s Steak House is located along South Howard Avenue in Historic Hyde Park North.
Popular dishes include French onion soup, Oz medium rare strip, and filet mignon.
The restaurant boasts “one of the largest wine collections in the world,” according to the business owner. “An internationally famous dessert room. Wine cellar and kitchen tours available for all guests.”
Some of the reviewers said:
“This is one of those dining experiences that needs to be done at least once if you can. We arrived right at the opening of the restaurant (along with everyone else, so there was a bit of a wait for [our] table. We were seated in one of the main dining rooms. With an extensive menu, there is something for everyone.”
“Bern’s is probably one of the best meals we have had in Tampa. There is a reason its always packed and hard to get reservations. If you have hesitations about going, don’t wait. I took my husband for his birthday and we both enjoyed it.”
Bartaco (4.2 stars / 1.7K reviews)
Bartaco is located along West Snow Avenue in Hyde Park Village.
Popular dishes include pork belly tacos, Baja fish tacos and white fish tacos.
Some of the reviewers said:
“Amazing! Everything from the food, service, drinks was exceptional. The wait for a table was long but it was worth the wait.”
“Best service in Hyde Park!”
“One of my favorite places to sit at the counter while in Hyde Park Village. The food never disappoints and love their fresh juice drinks. I love the small tapas size portions so I can order a variety.”
Datz (4.1 stars / 3.7K reviews)
Datz is located along South MacDill Avenue in South Tampa.
Some of the popular dishes include chicken and waffles benedict, buffalo cauliflower, and crème brûlée French toast.
“A locally-flavored American restaurant and market dishing up regional comfort food favorites generously paired with craft beer, boutique wine and top-shelf spirits,” according to the business owner.
The restaurant recently announced it would be closing its doors at its South Tampa location after more than a decade, however, the St. Petersburg and Riverview locations will remain open.
Some of the reviewers said:
“Huge fan of the Cuban sandwich and the champagne supernova. Went here for brunch with a friend while downtown in early June. Service was great. Outdoor seating is cool. Unfortunately, you should probably mind your manners, because this is a family-friendly joint.”
“Always consistently wonderful! The service was awesome and we had a pretty large group. Everyone was super happy with what they ordered!!”
Columbia Restaurant (4.0 stars / 3.6K reviews)
Columbia Restaurant is located along East 7th Avenue in Ybor City.
Popular dishes include the Cuban sandwich, Spanish bean soup, and black bean soup.
Some reviewers said:
“Always a consistent dining experience. Very diverse menu, a little something for everyone. The 1905 salad is a meal in itself. This restaurant has Tampa history in every nook and cranny. The staff is top shelf, and the quality is without peer in Ybor City dining establishments.”
“Perfect Setting with Great People. Never disappoints. Parties are great to have here any size.”
“one of the best meals of my life.” | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/these-are-tampas-highest-rated-restaurants-according-to-yelp/ | 2023-07-29T00:29:01 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/these-are-tampas-highest-rated-restaurants-according-to-yelp/ |
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.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/07/28/bmw-tupac-shakur-was-shot-is-selling-175-million/ | 2023-07-29T00:29:01 | 0 | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/07/28/bmw-tupac-shakur-was-shot-is-selling-175-million/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The “X” appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The “X” started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday, but as of Friday the bird icon still appears in many places on the app.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter “X ” and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2023-07-29T00:29:03 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump and rival Ron DeSantis are appearing for the first time at the same Iowa presidential campaign event, both addressing a major Republican dinner Friday night as they each face critical moments that could reshape the direction of the race.
Trump, the early front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination, is making a rare appearance with the rest of the field at an Iowa Republican Party fundraiser a day after he was charged with additional counts over his retention of classified documents. He is also bracing to be charged soon in Washington over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump frequently avoids attending multicandidate events in person, questioning why he would share a stage with competitors who are badly trailing him in polls.
But Iowa leads off primary voting and, with its caucuses less than six months away, Trump and a dozen other GOP hopefuls are taking advantage of the chance to speak to about 1,200 GOP members and activists at the Lincoln Day Dinner.
DeSantis is Trump’s strongest rival in the field but has been trying to reset his stalled campaign for two weeks. His campaign is increasingly focusing on Iowa in its efforts on trying to derail Trump.
DeSantis’ stumbles have raised questions about whether another candidate might be able to emerge from the field and catch the former president. Some evangelicals, who can be determinative in the state’s caucuses, have pointed to South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s upbeat message and pulpit-style delivery as strengths that could help him rise there.
Scott held a town hall Thursday night in Ankeny with Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and a crowd of a few hundred people. Afterward, Scott took a swipe at DeSantis over the Florida governor’s support for new standards that require the state’s teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”
The only Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, Scott said all Americans should recognize how “devastating” slavery was. “There is no silver lining” to slavery, he added.
DeSantis has also faced criticism from teachers and civil rights leaders, as well as mounting pushback from some of his party’s most prominent Black elected officials. Florida Rep. Byron Donalds said he hoped officials might “correct” parts of the curriculum addressing lessons on the developed skills of enslaved people. Texas Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt and Will Hurd, a former Texas congressman now also running in the GOP presidential primary, have also criticized DeSantis.
Still, the governor continued to dig in on the issue, saying at a pre-dinner event in Oskaloosa on Friday, “D.C. Republicans all too often accept false narratives, accept lies that are perpetrated by the left.” The governor has defended the new school curriculum, saying, “I think it’s very clear that these guys did a good job on those standards.”
John Niemeyer, 52, from Kalona, Iowa, attended DeSantis’ Friday event and was impressed. But, as a high school teacher, he’s not a fan of some of the governor’s positions on education policy.
“I don’t want to make our classrooms a political battlefield,” he said, adding that it would be a “mistake” to make the issue the forefront of his campaign.
Vice President Kamala Harris made her own Iowa stop on Friday, seeking to draw a contrast with the Republicans as she looked to lift President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. Harris met in Des Moines with activists and discussed abortion rights, after Reynolds recently signed a ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. A judge has temporarily blocked the law, but the Iowa Supreme Court will consider the governor’s request to put it back in effect.
“I do believe that we are witnessing a national agenda that is about a full-on attack on hard won freedoms and hard won rights,” the vice president said.
Hours later, many Lincoln Day Dinner attendees wore “Trump Country” stickers, including 72-year-old Diane Weaver of Ankeny, Iowa.
“I think he makes America great,” said Weaver, a retiree who plans to caucus for Trump. “I think he did it once and I think he can do it again.”
She also said the rest of the Republican field should make a more robust and vocal defense of Trump as he faces his legal problems.
For his part, DeSantis ducked repeated chances Friday to criticize Trump over the additional charges he faces. Pressed on why he isn’t willing to use them to go on the offensive against a primary opponent he’ll need to beat, DeSantis pointed to past policy clashes he’s had with Trump over issues like the COVID-19 pandemic response and the federal deficit.
“We have engaged when appropriate,” DeSantis told reporters, adding that he’s not interested in “relitigating the latest superseding indictment.”
The governor has pledged to eventually visit all of Iowa’s 99 counties and is in the midst of a two-day state bus tour organized by a super PAC supporting his run. But he faces fresh questions about his strategy and path forward.
After his fundraising reports showed him burning through donations, the governor cut more than a third of his campaign staff. One of the laid-off aides had shared a video featuring DeSantis’ face superimposed on a symbol embraced by the Nazis.
DeSantis’ cash crunch seems to be driving the campaign to rely even more on the efforts of the super PAC Never Back Down to take up the work typically done by campaign staff.
Super PACs can receive unlimited sums from donors but are barred under federal rules from donating to candidates or coordinating with campaigns on how their money is spent.
While presidential campaigns have been supplemented before by the work of super PACs, which frequently use deeper coffers to run expensive television ads, the work Never Back Down has done to promote DeSantis has been more expansive.
The group has been organizing on the ground, including lining up caucus supporters for DeSantis. And while candidates before him have appeared at events put on by super PACs, DeSantis is embarking on the bus tour as the PAC’s “special guest.”
Both the DeSantis campaign and Never Back Down defended the arrangement when asked how it complies with federal rules.
“There are decades of precedent for Super PACs to host candidates and others as special guests at events,” said Jess Szymanski, a spokesperson for Never Back Down. | https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/trump-and-desantis-set-to-address-influential-iowans-at-gop-dinner-as-candidates-face-pivotal-moment/ | 2023-07-29T00:29:07 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/trump-and-desantis-set-to-address-influential-iowans-at-gop-dinner-as-candidates-face-pivotal-moment/ |
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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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. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | 2023-07-29T00:29:10 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
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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Media contact: marketing@nac.dk
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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.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/judge-allows-suit-alleging-that-hospital-ignored-parents-and-performed-fetal-autopsy-without-consent/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | 2023-07-29T00:29:17 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/judge-allows-suit-alleging-that-hospital-ignored-parents-and-performed-fetal-autopsy-without-consent/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
Rene Pinto Player Prop Bets: Rays vs. Astros - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 7:35 PM EDT|Updated: 53 minutes ago
Friday, Rene Pinto and the Tampa Bay Rays face the Houston Astros and Cristian Javier, with the first pitch at 8:10 PM ET.
He returns to action for the first time since July 22, when he went 0-for-2 against the Orioles.
Rene Pinto Game Info & Props vs. the Astros
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Astros Starter: Cristian Javier
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: +110)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +270)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +200)
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Rene Pinto At The Plate (2022)
- Pinto hit .213 with three doubles, two home runs and two walks.
- In 13 of 25 games last season (52.0%) Pinto had at least one hit, and in four of those contests (16.0%) he picked up more than one.
- Registering a plate appearance in 25 games a season ago, he hit two homers.
- In eight of 25 games last year (32.0%), Pinto drove in a run, including two games with two or more RBIs.
- He crossed home in four of 25 games a year ago (16.0%), including one multi-run game.
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Rene Pinto Home/Away Batting Splits (2022)
Astros Pitching Rankings (2022)
- The Astros pitching staff was third in the big leagues last season with a collective 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Astros had the second-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (2.89).
- The Astros surrendered the second-fewest home runs in baseball (134 total, 0.8 per game).
- Javier (7-2) gets the starting nod for the Astros in his 20th start of the season. He's put together a 4.32 ERA in 102 2/3 innings pitched, with 94 strikeouts.
- The righty's most recent appearance came on Sunday against the Oakland Athletics, when he went 5 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up only one hit.
- The 26-year-old has an ERA of 4.32, with 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings, in 19 games this season. Opponents are hitting .238 against him.
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A man was fatally shot Friday afternoon near Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila, authorities say.
The man died in the 200 block of Strander Boulevard, the Tukwila Police Department said. The shooter immediately fled in a vehicle, police said, and officers were not able to locate them.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting weren’t immediately clear. Detectives were in the area investigating around 3 p.m.
This is a developing story and will be updated. | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/man-fatally-shot-near-southcenter-mall-in-tukwila/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | 2023-07-29T00:29:23 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/man-fatally-shot-near-southcenter-mall-in-tukwila/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
La Crosse, Wis. - (WXOW) - Five local girl scouts from troop 4654 delivered special bags to Gundersen Health System on Friday afternoon, part of a community project they organized. The necessity packs each hold various items a family might need when they suddenly find themselves at the hospital in an emergency situation.
"You can help your community and it gives you a sense of pride," said troop member Moira O'Brien. "These bags make it so parents can focus on their child."
Each bag contains several items that can help in an unexpected trip to the hospital. Included in each kit are a pen and journal, a toothbrush and toothpaste and a power block along with various phone charger adapters.
"Putting together this project took some time," said troop member Rachel Egan. "We wanted to put things into the bags that would really help."
Troop 4654 will be awarding the five scouts with a silver star, the second highest award earned in the Girl Scouts. | https://www.wxow.com/news/girl-scout-project-helping-in-a-small-big-way/article_58bf75ea-2d97-11ee-8ce7-c3c6daf53418.html | 2023-07-29T00:29:30 | 1 | https://www.wxow.com/news/girl-scout-project-helping-in-a-small-big-way/article_58bf75ea-2d97-11ee-8ce7-c3c6daf53418.html |
HOUSTON (AP) — Just moments before rap superstar Travis Scott took the stage at the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston, a contract worker had been so worried about what might happen after seeing people getting crushed or unconscious that he texted an event organizer saying, “Someone’s going to end up dead,” according to a police report on the deadly concert that was released Friday.
The texts by security contract worker Reece Wheeler were some of many examples in the nearly 1,300-page report in which festival workers highlighted problems and warned of possible deadly consequences. The report includes transcripts of concertgoers' 911 calls and summaries of police interviews, including one with Scott conducted just days after the event.
The crowd surge at the Nov. 5, 2021, outdoor festival in Houston killed 10 attendees who ranged in age from 9 to 27. The official cause of death was compression asphyxia, which an expert likened to being crushed by a car. About 50,000 people attended the festival.
“Pull tons over the rail unconscious. There’s panic in people eyes. This could get worse quickly,” Reece Wheeler texted Shawna Boardman, one of the private security directors, at 9 p.m. Wheeler then texted, “I know they’ll try to fight through it but I would want it on the record that I didn’t advise this to continue. Someone’s going to end up dead.” Scott's concert began at 9:02 p.m.
In their review of video from the concert's livestream, police investigators said that at 9:13 p.m., they heard the faint sound of someone saying, “Stop the show.” The same request to stop the show could also be heard at 9:16 p.m. and 9:22 p.m.
In an Aug. 19, 2022, police interview, Boardman’s attorneys told investigators that Boardman “saw things were not as bad as Reece Wheeler stated” and decided not to pass along Wheeler’s concerns to anyone else.
A grand jury declined to indict anyone who was investigated over the event, including Scott, Boardman and four other people.
During a police interview conducted two days after the concert, Scott told investigators that although he did see one person near the stage getting medical attention, overall the crowd seemed to be enjoying the show and he did not see any signs of serious problems.
“We asked if he at any point heard the crowd telling him to stop the show. He stated that if he had heard something like that he would have done something,” police said in their interview summary.
Hip-hop artist Drake, who performed with Scott at the concert, told police that it was difficult to see from the stage what was going on in the crowd and that he didn’t hear concertgoers’ pleas to stop the show.
Drake found out about the tragedy later that night from his manager, while learning more on social media, police said in their summary.
The report was released about a month after the Houston grand jury declined to indict Scott on any criminal charges in connection with the deadly concert. Police Chief Troy Finner had said the report was being made public so that people could “read the entire investigation” and come to their own conclusions about the case. During a news conference after the grand jury’s decision, Finner declined to say what the overall conclusion of his agency’s investigation was or whether police should have stopped the concert sooner.
The report’s release also came the same day that Scott released his new album, “Utopia.”
More than 500 lawsuits were filed over the deaths and injuries at the concert, including many against Live Nation and Scott. Some have since been settled.
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SAN DIEGO — With temperatures in Mexicali reaching as high as 120 degrees this week, the border city, located about 120 miles east of Tijuana, has experienced 28 heat-related deaths so far this year.
In both 2021 and 2022, 27 people died due to the hot weather.
According to city officials, most of the victims were homeless or people who lived in shacks made out of wood or carton. And they say what makes it unusual, is that most of the victims were found dead in the heart of the city where help was available.
The city continues to urge residents who don’t have access to air conditioning to seek relief from the heat at one of hundreds of so-called hydration centers in the region.
These include large tents, city buildings and even private homes that are set up to handle people and migrants who walk off the streets. They are given water and food, and are provided with beds to rest for as long as they like. Showers are also available.
Officials fear more deaths will occur as the month of August and its humidity loom in the coming weeks.
The medical examiner in Mexicali is also in the process of determining the cause of death for three men recently found dead on the streets. It’s believed they too succumbed to the intense heat. If so, it would bring the total of heat-related deaths in Mexicali this year to 31. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/28-have-died-in-mexicali-this-year-due-to-extreme-heat/ | 2023-07-29T00:29:49 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/28-have-died-in-mexicali-this-year-due-to-extreme-heat/ |
(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday made his first public remarks about his 4-year-old grandchild Navy, the daughter of his son Hunter Biden, after silence from the White House over the young girl amid legal disputes between her parents.
Biden said, in a statement exclusively provided to People, that his son and Lunden Roberts, the mother, are working to provide a life for her.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the president said. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
The New York Times earlier this month published a piece about the child, writing that she’s never met Hunter Biden or her grandfather. After that was published, the White House dealt with questions in the briefing room from reporters asking whether Biden accepted Hunter Biden’s daughter in Arkansas as his granddaughter.
Roberts, who is in Arkansas, filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in May 2019, and the younger Biden appeared in court this May. In June, he reached a settlement in his child support case after he was ordered to sit for a deposition under oath to answer questions about his finances.
An anonymous source told People that the president and first lady Jill Biden have been “giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out” and have been “following Hunter’s lead” throughout the legal proceedings involving the young girl.
Hunter Biden’s personal and legal troubles have been increasingly in the spotlight lately. He appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ | 2023-07-29T00:29:55 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ |
Hot and Dry July continues for the Concho Valley. Temperatures reached up into the upper 90s and lower 100 for the majority of the area which is fairly close to average for this time of year. Overnight lows will fall back into the mid 70s this evening and into the early morning hours on Saturday.
Quiet conditions continue into the weekend with mostly clear skies and temperatures hovering near the century mark. Going into next week, temperatures will start to jump up a bit with the likely return to Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings to start next week.
Some slight rain chances towards the end of next week, but that will ultimately depend on when and where the high pressure and heat dome moves back to the west. What little rain chances we could see will be very spotty and isolated in nature. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/klst-evening-forecast-friday-july-28th/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:01 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/klst-evening-forecast-friday-july-28th/ |
SAN ANGELO, Texas (ConchoValleyHomepage) — Alex Freeman, president and CEO of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, has joined the ranks of the Texans for the Arts (TFA) arts advocacy organization as of Friday, July 28.
According to an official statement made by the group, TFA is a statewide non-partisan organization that seeks to “champion an unwavering public commitment to the arts” and promote and develop policies and resources for artistic and cultural industries. TFA views Freeman’s addition to its board to be another step forward in its efforts to advocate for the arts.
“Alex Freeman’s commitment to our mission, coupled with their various areas of expertise will
most certainly strengthen our collective voice and advocacy efforts in the years ahead,”
Christopher Kiley, associate director of TFA, said.
TFA operates all across the Lone Star State to bring about its vision for the future of the state’s art and culture. Noting this passion, Freeman hopes to bring TFA’s vision and apply it right here in the Concho Valley.
“As a seasoned museum professional and digital strategist, I am passionate about enriching the arts and cultural heritage of Texas, especially West Texas,” Freeman said. “Joining Texans for the Arts’ board allows me to amplify my efforts and advocate even more effectively for the arts in San Angelo and the Concho Valley Region.”
Freeman has served museums in curatorial and educational for over 15 years and possesses 10 years of comprehensive knowledge of educational innovation in the museum, library, post-secondary and k-12 sectors. He has done previous work with notable organizations such as the Texas Association of Museums, the market research firm Tambellini Group, the New Media Consortium technology think tank, the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin and the Artpace artist residency program in San Antonio.
“One of the most critical roles in organizational health and strength is that of board service,” Ann S. Graham, executive director of TFA, said. “This year’s slate of directors joining our current board possess a collective passion for the arts matched with a determination to ensure our field has the vital resources we need to continue to thrive. We are thrilled that they have chosen to invest their time and energy with us. Welcome aboard!” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/local-art-museum-ceo-joins-statewide-board/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:07 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/local-art-museum-ceo-joins-statewide-board/ |
(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.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:13 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
SAN ANGELO, Texas (ConchoValleyHomepage) — The State of Texas vs. Cristin Bradley trial continued its fifth day on July 28 in the 51st District Court in the Tom Green County Courthouse.
State prosecutors called James Lopez and Andrea Landers, two former tenants of residences near Bradley’s apartment, to the stand alongside Shannon neonatal intensive care nurse Deanna Krieg and Abilene DPS forensic chemist Christopher Cisneros.
Krieg described her time caring for Brixton Lee, a different child Harbour had mothered, during his time in Shannon Medical Center following his birth. Krieg stated that Brixton Lee had begun showing symptoms of withdrawal approximately 48 hours after his birth and that nurses sought to take a diaper from the baby to verify this. The nursing staff instructed Harbour and her family to provide the hospital with a soiled diaper when one became available but were not given any despite the presence of one in a nearby waste bin. The diaper would be taken from the bin and identified as Brixton Lee’s, and it would later give a test result that confirmed the baby was suffering from withdrawal.
Lopez and Landers both independently testified that they had not seen Brixlee Lee at all during her two months of life on the property. Both also stated that they had seen Destiny Harbour, Lee’s mother, at the property in increasingly frequent instances around the time of her pregnancy.
Lopez, who was living in a next-door house with his family, said that he filed multiple complaints to his landlady against Bradley and her family around the time of Harbour’s pregnancy due to an increased volume of traffic driving through the nearby alleyway to visit the residence. This uptake in traffic prompted Lopez to rebuild a wooden fenceline that was surrounding his home due to concerns for his and his family’s safety. Lopez would learn about Brixlee Lee’s presence in Bradley’s apartment and the reason for the police’s involvement from Lane Carter, who was just a registered Shannon nurse at the time, on Nov. 8, 2020, the day after the initial incident.
Landers, who was occupying the main house of the shared Webster Avenue property with her husband, said that she and her spouse also filed multiple traffic-related complaints against Bradley and her family roughly around the time of Harbour’s pregnancy. Landers also stated she had, on at least one instance, seen Harbour smoking while pregnant.
Landers told the prosecution that she believed that Harbour’s child was either miscarried or taken from her by Child Protective Services when asked why she never saw the infant. She also said that she learned of Lee’s existence in Bradley’s apartment from police the day after officers arrived on the scene.
Cisneros provided a detailed, step-by-step process for how samples and evidence sent to the Abilene DPS’s crime lab were tested for controlled substances. Among the evidence were multiple used syringes containing unknown residues, Ziploc bags containing crystalline substances and tubes containing unknown substances. Of the approximately 15 items described in Cisneros’ testimony, 11 tested positive for methamphetamine, heroin or amphetamine.
The State of Texas vs. Cristin Bradley trial will reconvene on Monday, July 31. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/state-v-cristin-bradley-neighbors-unaware-baby-was-in-bradleys-home/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:19 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/state-v-cristin-bradley-neighbors-unaware-baby-was-in-bradleys-home/ |
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Authorities released an image of a reconstructed tattoo, with the hope it could help identify a man whose remains were found in suitcase on a Texas ranch.
At a press conference held Friday, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar showed an artist’s rendition of what the tattoo may have looked like. The rendition shows a large dragon with a winding tail.
On July 20, authorities went to a call at the 18000 block of South Loop where workers found the piece of luggage, with what appeared to be human remains. Salazar added that the dismembered remains belonged to a man, and only included the torso.
The sheriff’s office was able to get an artist’s rendition with the help of the Texas Rangers. Salazar reminded the public that the tattoo is not an exact replica, and the model shown in the photo is just a stock image of a male’s back. The victim could have an entirely different skin complexion and body type.
“It’s possible this man did not even come from this country,” Salazar said.
Those with information are asked to call investigators at (210) 335-6000. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/texas/authorities-reconstruct-tattoo-to-help-identify-body-found-in-suitcase-on-texas-ranch/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:25 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/texas/authorities-reconstruct-tattoo-to-help-identify-body-found-in-suitcase-on-texas-ranch/ |
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The federal government is bringing to El Paso the fight against Mexican drug cartels mass-producing fentanyl and smuggling it into the United States.
A new joint lab led by the Drug Enforcement Administration is set up at the El Paso Intelligence Center in Fort Bliss. Its purpose is to track drugs seized all along the U.S.-Mexico border to individual cartels, and to be on the lookout for novel illicit and potentially deadly synthetic drugs, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said this week.
“We asked the Federal Drug Administration and Customs and Border Protection and the Border Patrol to join us. It is a fentanyl profiling lab to test fentanyl quickly as it gets seized at the border so we can determine who is responsible for making that fentanyl, what it is made up of so we can have an early warning system for future drugs,” Milgram told members of a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Thursday.
The El Paso Intelligence Center, or EPIC, is a DEA-led multi-agency intelligence clearinghouse involving more than 20 federal agencies that support law enforcement all over the country with threat analysis, particularly at the Southern border.
More than 110,000 Americans died last year of drug overdoses, many of them involving fentanyl, federal officials said. The substance, which is being splashed into other illicit drugs like heroin and cocaine and pressed into pills made to resemble brand-name legal drugs, is now the number one killer of Americans ages 18 to 45, Milgram said.
“Americans are experiencing the most devastating drug crisis in our nation’s history. It is like nothing that we have seen before. This one drug, fentanyl, has transformed the criminal landscape: It is cheap to make, easy to disguise, and deadly to those who take it,” the DEA administrator told the subcommittee.
She said two transnational criminal organizations – the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) – are mass producing the drug in Mexico with chemicals imported from China. She said these groups employ an army of smugglers at the border and associates in virtually every state of the union to bring the drug to communities.
“What we are seeing now is these two cartels are acting with calculated, deliberate treachery to put that fentanyl in other products,” Milgram said. “They are marketing and branding (pills) as the real thing (Oxycodone, Xanax, Percoset). They are cutting powder (fentanyl) into cocaine and heroin and selling those drugs as if they were (only) heroin and cocaine.”
The purpose is to make the product stronger and more addictive so people buy more of it, regardless of how dangerous it is.
The administrator fielded questions from lawmakers on why the DEA is not going after more drug lords. The U.S. government in 2017 extradited Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, but his sons — known as the Chapitos — have since taken over the Sinaloa cartel and, according to the DEA, transformed it into a gigantic fentanyl manufacturing and exporting operation.
Milgram said the DEA is pursuing a comprehensive strategy that involves going after chemical suppliers, money launderers, and “enablers” of the cartels in more than 40 countries, not just the drug lords.
US Rep. Andrew Biggs, R-Arizona, chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, called the Mexican drug cartels “narco-terrorists” and claims they control much of the U.S.-Mexico border.
“One of our biggest national threats is control of our southern border by transnational narco-terrorist cartels,” he said. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/texas/breaking-feds-bringing-fight-against-fentanyl-to-el-paso/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:31 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/texas/breaking-feds-bringing-fight-against-fentanyl-to-el-paso/ |
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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Developing and growing economic relationships between U.S. and Mexican businesses and institutions on the South Texas border in the Rio Grande Valley is crucial to securing the financial growth of the region, experts said at an economic conference on Friday.
The first-ever MXLAN International Economic Summit was held Friday as part of MXLAN, an annual bicultural event that typically celebrates Latino entertainment and lifestyle on both sides of the border.
But this year the economic summit was added to kick off the weekend festival to stress the importance of financial growth needed in this border region, McAllen City Manager Roel “Roy” Rodriguez told Border Report on Friday.
“We continue at work at improving the quality of life in McAllen and MXLAN is one of those things. What we really wanted to do this time is to elevate MXLAN — not only make it about entertainment and food — but talk about businesses and the amazing talent that’s along the border on both sides on the United States and Mexico,” Rodriguez said. “We understand that our economy is intertwined with Mexico. We’re them and they’re us.”
The summit was sold out with over 325 participants attending two morning panels, on entrepreneurship and banking, and nearly 1,000 for a luncheon keynote on U.S. and Mexican relationships.
And the buzz word that came up most was “nearshoring.”
Nearshoring is the practice of outsourcing a business operation to a nearby country, like Mexico or the U.S., to expand production.
“When we talk about the maquiladora industry and NAFTA, that was the beginning but what’s happening now in nearshoring. That’s a game-changer. That will attract businesses here to the border,” Adrian Villarreal, president of the International Bank of Commerce, a panelist, told the audience.
Nearshoring can be especially useful for the maquiladora manufacturing industry along the border, as products and services flip flop north and south of the Rio Grande.
“It’s creating an infrastructure from the RGV and South Texas and actually what that is is bringing all the manufacturing and plant equipment in from Mexico into the United States so getting that offshore,” David Deanda Jr., president of Lone Star National Bank told Border report.
A younger workforce in the growing Rio Grande Valley with a population of over 1.4 million is a big selling point to drawing industry, experts touted.
“No one ever considered south of San Antonio before,” Deanda said. “And when they started coming down here just to visit, they’re totally impressed with what they see. They never expected to see the growth, the employment, the young workers.”
The cost of living also is lower here than other Texas cities and the ability to transfer jobs and products across the border makes the region an attractive place for business, experts said.
“Partnerships are developing because they realize the economic vitality here,” Villarreal said. “It’s important here along the border that we market ourselves so people understand the potential here.”
Large industries like SpaceX, LNG and the expansion of the Brownsville Port are some big financial wins that experts say are improving the RGV economy.
But managing changes in regulations and the strength of the dollar vs. the peso are challenges that industries face as they balance business on the border, they added.
Current interest rates in Mexico on the peso are averaging 14%, while in the U.S., interest rates are only about 5%
“We can’t pay obviously 14% interest rates here, but the risk is, will the peso continue to stay stable and strong?” Deandra said. “The safety and security of the U.S. dollar is what attracts Mexican investors to come to the United States.”
Eduardo Caso, a senior vice president at Texas Regional Bank, said his job is to attract Mexican investors.
“Right now rising interest rates in the United States and inflation has given an advantage to the power of the peso,” he said.
Border safety due to rising immigration rates and reports of violence also was brought up. And dispelling the perception that the border is dangerous is necessary to attract investors, they said.
“The area is exploding with opportunity in Mexico and the Valley, and making awareness is a big part of it,” said Larry Gonzalez, president of Plains Capital Bank and a member of the Starr County Industrial Foundation.
“Mexico is the U.S.’s largest trading partner today — more than China. And Texas is the state with the largest exports,” Villarreal said. “So right now we’re seeing with these investments here. We’re seeing everything coming together. It’s really a very, very exciting time.” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/texas/financial-ties-between-rgv-and-mexico-touted-at-mxlan-economic-summit/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:37 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/texas/financial-ties-between-rgv-and-mexico-touted-at-mxlan-economic-summit/ |
MILWAUKEE – The City of Milwaukee Health Department hosted their 22nd annual Back to School Health Fair in the Deer District at Fiserv Forum on Friday.
Emily Tau, the Marketing and Communications Officer for the City of Milwaukee Health Department, explained the main purpose of the event to WTMJ.
“We’ve been doing this for a long time right before the school year starts. The main priority really is to make sure kids are up to date on their school required vaccines. Families who need to get their kids vaccinated or don’t know what their vaccine status is, we can check that for them,” Tau said. “The vaccines are all free and there’s no proof of insurance needed. It’s a really easy way to make sure the kids are safe and healthy ahead of the school year without having to schedule an appointment with their doctor.”
Justin Clifford, an attendee of the event, spoke about its impact on the community and its importance to the kids of the city.
“An event like this is important because not everybody in the city of Milwaukee, especially the inner city, has the money and resources to get school supplies. There’s certain children every year that show up for the first day empty handed; they don’t even have a backpack, pencils or paper,” Clifford said. “The schools don’t even have money right now to supply these things. So it’s very important for the community to come together and just supply these things to those in need.”
The Fair offered food trucks from Bebe’s Bistro, The Fatty Patty, Sweet Crush Ice Cream and Kona Ice. Community organizations also brought live entertainment for event goers.
“The main priority is making sure kids are safe, healthy, and prepared for the school year but on top of that it’s a fun event. We have free backpacks and school supplies, we’ve got information about all of our Milwaukee Health Department programs, we have a bunch of community partners here,” Tau said. “We have food trucks, Social X M.K.E is doing little mini workouts, and the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra has their steel pan band. It’s a fun family event where people can come on down, but it still has the priority of health.”
If you missed out on the fair there are still opportunities for your child to get vaccinated. Visit the following link (https://city.milwaukee.gov/health/immunizations/ClinicServices.html) to see all the opportunities for your child to get immunized for the upcoming school year.
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Automaker Tesla is opening more showrooms on tribal lands to avoid state laws barring direct sales
By SUSAN HAIGH
Associated Press
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. | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales-2/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:40 | 1 | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales-2/ |
(The Hill) – Carlos De Oliveira was indicted on three criminal charges alongside former President Trump and his longtime aide Walt Nauda in a superseding indictment Thursday, part of the classified document investigation at Trump’s Florida club.
De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s property manager, allegedly assisted Trump and Nauta in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal authorities.
He was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and lying to the FBI.
De Oliveira, 56, was hired as the Mar-a-Lago manager in January 2022, previously working there as a valet, according to the indictment.
Federal investigators claim De Oliveira helped Nauta move about 30 boxes of classified documents around Mar-a-Lago, and at one point told the club’s head of IT that “the boss” wants security camera footage deleted.
In October of last year, after federal investigators searched the club and found additional classified documents, De Oliveira allegedly drained one of the club’s pools causing flooding in the server room that contained the security camera footage. This happened not long after Trump told De Oliveira he would get him an attorney, the indictment says.
According to investigators, Nauta attempted to judge De Oliveira’s loyalty before that promise came, with De Oliveira telling him that nothing would get in the way of his relationship with Trump.
Trump now faces a total of 40 charges related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, with three of those added this week in the superseding indictment. Nauta faces eight charges.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the classified documents probe, is also investigating Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.
Smith met with Trump’s defense on Thursday and sent him a target letter earlier this month, raising speculation that he could be indicted again for that separate investigation soon. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:43 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ |
Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman
By ZEKE MILLER
AP White House Correspondent
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. | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/biden-openly-acknowledges-7th-grandchild-the-daughter-of-son-hunter-and-an-arkansas-woman/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:46 | 1 | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/biden-openly-acknowledges-7th-grandchild-the-daughter-of-son-hunter-and-an-arkansas-woman/ |
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors has approved the passage of a 0.4 percent sales tax by a 15-3 margin.
During debate at the Milwaukee County Courthouse, most supervisors spoke in favor of the sales tax adoption. “If we do not come up with a fiscal solution” said Sixth District Supervisor Shawn Roland “we will go over the fiscal cliff, which will cause us to have to cut all the non-revenue generating parks programs, 50% of our bus routes, and a 20% cut across the board, which would impact every single service that Milwaukee County provides.”
However, Fourth District Supervisor Ryan Clancy noted that the reason the vote was happening today instead of in a public referendum is because “if this vote had gone to a popular referendum, it would have failed overwhelmingly…because the folks in Milwaukee County do not want this sales tax.”
This is a breaking news story; we’ll provide updates as they become available on WTMJ. | https://wtmj.com/news/2023/07/27/breaking-milwaukee-county-board-of-supervisors-approves-0-4-sales-tax/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:45 | 0 | https://wtmj.com/news/2023/07/27/breaking-milwaukee-county-board-of-supervisors-approves-0-4-sales-tax/ |
Cooler mornings and dry, cloud afternoons have seem to become the theme over the last week as an interesting high pressure pattern continues to bake the south.
As late July / Early August like conditions start to settle in, southerly flow from the gulf starts to create a lot of low level cumulous in the southeastern side of Texas.
Temperatures had a bit of a hold up as cool, humid conditions slowed the warming and drying process all day to peak at 100°F.
Cooler temperatures will continue all weekend with that late cloud cover and cooler mornings but as August begins we could see a return of those hot temperatures if this high pressure doesnt budge soon. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/weather/ksan-evening-weather-outlook-friday-july-28th-2023/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:49 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/weather/ksan-evening-weather-outlook-friday-july-28th-2023/ |
Judge allows suit alleging that hospital ignored parents and performed fetal autopsy without consent
By RANDALL CHASE
Associated Press
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that a hospital system performed an autopsy on a 16-week-old fetus despite the parents refusing to give their consent. The judge denied a motion this week by Christiana Care to dismiss a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress filed by Maryland residents Meredith and Brandon Boas. Attorneys for the hospital system argued that performing a fetal autopsy without consent and against the express wishes of the parents is not “beyond all possible bounds of decency.” The lawsuit says Meredith Boas was admitted to the hospital in May 2021 after experiencing fluid leakage. The lawsuit say she chose to induce labor and told hospital officials she wanted her baby to remain “whole and intact.” | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/judge-allows-suit-alleging-that-hospital-ignored-parents-and-performed-fetal-autopsy-without-consent/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:52 | 0 | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/judge-allows-suit-alleging-that-hospital-ignored-parents-and-performed-fetal-autopsy-without-consent/ |
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The Village of Butler has issued a boil water advisory this morning after a large water main break.
Village Administrator Benjamin Hubrich says the break occurred near Mid-City Plumbing around Custer Avenue and Park Drive, causing a major drop in water pressure.
The whole Village of Butler is under the advisory, which Hubrich expects to last at least 24 hours while testing is done to ensure the water is safe to drink.
Residents are advised to not use water for cooking or drinking unless it has been boiled beforehand.
This is a developing story; we’ll provide updates as they become available. | https://wtmj.com/news/2023/07/27/village-of-butler-issues-boil-water-advisory/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:52 | 1 | https://wtmj.com/news/2023/07/27/village-of-butler-issues-boil-water-advisory/ |
Bryce Harper’s adjustment to first base ‘very impressive,’ but Phillies infield coach Bobby Dickerson wants to see more
Harper hasn't had any tough throws from first, Dickerson said. With more playing time at the position potentially on the horizon, a play like that seems inevitable.
PITTSBURGH — A week after Bryce Harper played first base for the first time in a game, the reviews have been universally positive.
But the Phillies’ expert on infield play wants to see one more thing.
“Haven’t had any tough throws yet,” infield coach Bobby Dickerson said Friday before putting Harper through the pregame paces. “It’s one of those things that, he hasn’t thrown to a base yet with some intensity. Got to pass the next test.”
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Give it time. Harper started his third consecutive game at first base — and for the fifth time overall — in the series opener against the Pirates. Manager Rob Thomson said the Phillies expect that he soon will be able to play first base almost every day.
It’s inevitable, then, that Harper will throw to second base to start a double play or unleash a relay throw to home plate.
Meanwhile, Dickerson has been pleased with Harper’s adjustment to the new position after three months of almost daily practice.
“It looks real good,” Dickerson said. “His decisions have been good. He’s been really good on his cutoffs and relay responsibilities. He’s doing a nice job. It’s been very impressive so far.”
Dickerson tried to prepare Harper for as many game situations as possible. He taught him where to be on bunt plays and to make quick decisions on grounders in the hole between first base and second.
Harper is an elite athlete and grew up playing some third base, so team officials were confident that Harper could learn the position when he approached them in April with the idea of moving to first after Rhys Hoskins was lost to a season-ending knee injury late in spring training.
But it wasn’t until Dickerson watched Harper’s reaction in games that he knew for certain.
“You never know when you get into a game and get that much closer to that batter. Things happen a lot faster,” Dickerson said. “Can you play fast but slow and not let the game speed you up? I anticipated him catching the ball right because I saw him in the drills. He was doing fine. But you never know what’s going to happen in a game with a player until they do it.
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“The fact that he’s staying calm, for the most part, that’s probably sticking out the most. It doesn’t look fast to him right now. There’s been a few infield-ins, and I’m looking at his face, I’m watching his mannerisms, and he seems to be totally calm out there. That’s good.”
When Harper began working out at first base, he noted several potential offshoots of the move, including Alec Bohm no longer having to shuttle between third base and first.
Bohm became a passable defender at third base last season. And although he was fine at first base, there are advantages to having him concentrate primarily on his natural position again.
“I was really pleased with how Bohm went to both sides,” Dickerson said. “It really didn’t affect him when he went back [from first] to third. Things that I was worried about, he handled like a long-term veteran. But I think Harper going to first definitely gets Bohm more acclimated to third base more often.”
Deep six
With the Phillies beginning a stretch of 17 games without a day off — and 25 games in 27 days — Thomson said they could decide to temporarily use a six-man rotation to lighten the starters’ load.
Trading for a starter would make that an easier proposition.
The Phillies are pursuing a back-end starter before Tuesday’s trade deadline, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said recently. One starter came off the board Friday, when the Dodgers acquired Lance Lynn from the White Sox.
Internally, the Phillies’ top candidate to come up as a No. 6 starter is lefty Bailey Falter. Demoted to triple A in May after beginning the season with a 5.13 ERA, Falter had a 1.42 mark in his last four starts entering Friday night.
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“It looks like his velocity has come up a little bit,” Thomson said, “which is really all you need.”
Another option: Nick Nelson. Before giving up nine runs in four innings in a triple A game earlier this week, he had a 0.50 ERA in his previous three starts.
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Even though Rule 5 righty Noah Song’s 30-day minor league rehab assignment concluded Thursday, the Phillies have until Saturday to add him to the active roster or put him on waivers, according to MLB rules. Song, who didn’t pitch for the three years while serving in the Navy, allowed nine runs on 12 hits in 11 innings for a 7.36 ERA in eight appearances at three levels. He walked 11 batters and struck out 16. ... Lefty reliever José Alvarado (elbow inflammation) is expected to throw from a bullpen mound Saturday for the first time since he was injured three weeks ago. ... Aaron Nola (9-6, 4.25 ERA) is scheduled to start Saturday night against Pirates righty Quinn Priester (1-1, 9.28). | https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/bryce-harper-first-base-tonight-phillies-20230728.html | 2023-07-29T00:30:57 | 1 | https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/bryce-harper-first-base-tonight-phillies-20230728.html |
See it: Bank robber drops from ceiling straight into trash bin, caught by police
Huron Police nabbed the suspected bank robber after he fell into a recycling bin
Police body camera footage shows the moment a suspected bank robber fell from a ceiling into a trash bin and was caught red-handed.
Officers with the Huron Police Department apprehended 27-year-old Tristan Heidl of Huron, Ohio, as he allegedly was making his escape from the ceiling of the bank's drive-thru.
At around 2:12 a.m. Thursday, police said, officers received an alarm from the VacationLand Federal Credit Union at 2402 University Drive East in Huron. Police were dispatched to the location and checked the building.
According to Huron Police Chief Terry Graham, the officers could hear noises coming from inside the roof area over the drive-thru. They also observed a blue recycling bin suspiciously placed in the middle of a drive-thru lane directly under a roof access door.
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Video shows two officers approach the drive-thru and a banging noise can be heard as they do so. After the officers take position at a safe distance, the access door pops open with a loud crash.
A suspect dressed in black drops a backpack from the open access door. Police said the backpack contained several construction tools.
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The officers drew their weapons and moved closer, waiting for someone to attempt to exit through the door. Once the suspect sticks his legs out, they swoop in and demand he get on the ground.
"On the ground [expletive], on the ground," one officer shouts. "You get on the ground."
Apparently startled, the suspect immediately drops from the ceiling and falls straight into the recycling bin. The officers handcuffed the suspect and dragged him out of the recycling bin. He surrendered to police without putting up a fight.
The suspect, later identified as Heidl, was not injured by the fall.
"He was cooperative once he was apprehended," Graham said. "He answered the officers' questions truthfully, and he just said he was broke."
Graham said Heidl used the recycling bin as a prop to hoist himself up and get access to the ceiling of the bank.
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He was charged with breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony; possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony; and safecracking, a fourth-degree felony under Ohio law. If convicted, Heidl could face more than three years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.
Heidl is being held at the Erie County Jail on $50,000 bond. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/bank-robber-drops-ceiling-trash-bin-caught-police | 2023-07-29T00:30:57 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/bank-robber-drops-ceiling-trash-bin-caught-police |
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.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.wbtv.com/2023/07/28/bmw-tupac-shakur-was-shot-is-selling-175-million/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:57 | 0 | https://www.wbtv.com/2023/07/28/bmw-tupac-shakur-was-shot-is-selling-175-million/ |
Kurdish groups: Turkish strikes in Syria, Iraq kill eight fighters
By HOGIR AL ABDO and SALAR SALIM
BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish-led armed groups in Iraq and Syria allege that Turkish airstrikes killed a total of eight fighters Friday. The counterterrorism service of the regional government in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq says in a statement that four members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party were killed and another wounded in a Turkish drone strike in Sharbazher district in Sulaymaniyah. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forcesir says in a statement that four of its fighters were killed in a Turkish drone attack on the village of Khirbet Khwei in the Amuda region of Syria. | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/kurdish-groups-turkish-strikes-in-syria-iraq-kill-eight-fighters/ | 2023-07-29T00:30:58 | 1 | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/kurdish-groups-turkish-strikes-in-syria-iraq-kill-eight-fighters/ |
MILWAUKEE — A 42-year-old woman died in Greenfield on Thursday night after she was struck by the police car sent to her location for a welfare check.
According to a release from the Greenfield Police Department and subsequent reporting from our news partners at TMJ4, a Greenfield police officer was sent to the 5000-block of S 34th St around 6:30 p.m. to check on a distressed woman on July 27, 2023.
As the police officer arrived to the scene, they reportedly did not notice the woman laying in the street. Authorities have since confirmed that the police officer accidentally ran her over.
The officer reportedly called for medical assistance immediately and ran to provide medical attention in the interim. Medics arrived and rushed her to the nearest hospital, where the initial belief was that her injuries were not life threatening.
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Unfortunately, the woman was more hurt than initially anticipated. She passed away at the hospital. Out of respect for the grieving family, her name is not being released at the time of this story’s original publishing.
The following statement was released by the Greenfield Police Department:
“The Greenfield Police Department values the life and well being of all our community members and we extend our deepest sympathies to the family on the loss of their loved one,” the statement read. “Our goal is to determine what happened and to ensure our policies, procedures, and training prevent a similar accident from happening again.”
Authorities confirmed that the Greenfield police officer who was involved in this incident has been placed on leave.
This is a developing news story. An update and/or follow-up may be issued if further details are revealed.
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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 says it will take referrals of Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens in Mexico for possible resettlement as refugees in the United States. Mexico announced this week it will set up a service center offering jobs and resettlement for people from those four countries. 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. Mexico’s government did not specify where it would establish the center. | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/mexico-to-set-up-center-for-third-country-migrants-and-u-s-will-take-referrals-for-possible-refuge/ | 2023-07-29T00:31:04 | 0 | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/mexico-to-set-up-center-for-third-country-migrants-and-u-s-will-take-referrals-for-possible-refuge/ |
UPDATE 7:25: Power has been restored in Menomonee Falls.
UPDATE: We Energies has reported that the cause of the outage was an “underground cable problem.”
MENOMONEE FALLS – A power outage has left nearly 3,000 We Energies customers without power in Menomonee Falls. According to the We Energies outage tracker, 2,775 customers are in the dark as of 6:30 due to this outage.
The tracker shows the outage as originating in the area near the intersection of Silver Spring Dr. and Marcy Rd.
Crews have been dispatched to restore power. No cause has been determined yet.
This is a developing story and will be updated with any new information.
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Montana judge temporarily lifts ban on drag performances ahead of major Pride event
By AMY BETH HANSON
Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana has temporarily blocked a new law that puts restrictions on drag performances just days before thousands of people are expected to attend Montana Pride’s 30th anniversary celebration in Helena. A U.S. District Court judge says Friday the law will likely harm drag performers, and anyone who falls outside traditional gender and identity norms. The law seeks to ban minors from attending adult performances, and bans such performances in public places where minors might be present. However, the plaintiffs have argued the Legislature did not adequately define many of the terms used in the law and Morris agreed. | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/montana-judge-temporarily-lifts-ban-on-drag-performances-ahead-of-major-pride-event/ | 2023-07-29T00:31:10 | 1 | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/28/montana-judge-temporarily-lifts-ban-on-drag-performances-ahead-of-major-pride-event/ |
UPDATE at 2:15 p.m. on July 28, 2023: The two people who died as a result of a vehicle crashing into a business front in Kenosha have been identified as 21-year-old Jenna Barette and 22-year-old Dylan Zamora. They were both confirmed as Kenosha residents.
Two more victims — a 21-year-old man and a 20-year-old, remain in critical condition. The fifth person in the vehicle — a 20-year-old — was treated and later released from a Kenosha-area hospital.
Authorities say that the vehicle, which appeared to be a red pickup truck, crashed into Play It Again Sports — a national chain that buys and sells sporting goods — near 41st Ave and Highway 50 around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, July 28.
The circumstances surrounding this crash remain unclear. Police and medical authorities are in the process of gathering more details about the incident.
This is a developing story; we’ll provide updates as they become available.
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Opinion: The latest charges against Trump paint an even more damning picture
Opinion by Norman Eisen
(CNN) — The remarkable new charges brought against former President Donald Trump in the federal classified documents case are absolutely necessary. Already facing 37 criminal charges, Trump now faces three additional charges – one count for willful retention of national defense information and two counts for obstruction of justice. He has denied all counts against him.
Many experts agree that special counsel Jack Smith already had a strong case. So, why would he bother to file a superseding indictment, adding a third defendant – Mar-a-Lago worker Carlos De Oliveira – at the risk of further delaying a trial that has already been pushed back by US District Judge Aileen Cannon?
A close look at the new charging document shows that the benefits to the special counsel and his case are well worth the costs in delay and otherwise.
Two parts of the original indictment – which alleged Trump violated the Espionage Act and obstructed justice – have been strengthened in the updated version. On the Espionage Act charges for retaining national defense materials, prosecutors have added an additional count based upon an Iran attack plan document that Trump allegedly shared with a book writing team at his Bedminster estate in July 2021.
Adding a charge focused specifically on this document allows prosecutors to center the case on this telling example of his alleged wrongdoing, making it more concrete and understandable. After all, there’s a big difference between Trump allegedly storing documents in a bathroom or a ballroom and boastfully showing one off to people who do not have the proper security clearances.
And prosecutors now have a much stronger legal basis to play the audio tape of Trump talking to the group about the document – and to show the jury Trump’s Fox News appearance falsely denying that he had any such document. With Trump unlikely to testify at trial because of the self-incrimination risk, those two tapes will let the prosecutors shape how the jury sees him – as one who is willing to disregard our national security rules and then lie about doing so.
Regarding the obstruction charges, prosecutors have added the details of the alleged Trump-led attempt to delete security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago. While the Justice Department already had powerful evidence on obstruction, this is a leap forward because it hammers home the extent of the degree to which he and his co-defendants went to conceal potential evidence from a jury.
This addition, an alleged surveillance tape conspiracy, almost reads like a spy novel. It features Trump employee and co-defendant Walt Nauta’s surprise clandestine trip to Florida. And it is followed by Nauta and the new co-defendant, De Oliveira, observing and pointing out the surveillance cameras, and then De Oliveria having a conversation about “the boss” wanting the IT server deleted. (Nauta and De Oliveira’s attorneys declined to comment to CNN.) Lest we miss the point, all of that is framed on either end of this new insert to the indictment with alleged calls from Trump to his new co-conspirator De Oliveira.
If the facts bear out as charged, this is slam dunk legal proof that also has a strong human dimension. Like the unflattering nature of the Bedminster tape and the Fox News appearance, a former president allegedly dragging two of his workers into a criminal scheme is an extremely unsympathetic look.
In truth, it’s not just that each of these charges strengthens the indictment, it’s also about the strength of the crossover effect. The newly persuasive details in each charge will add heft to the other charges. And in criminal trials, a rising tide lifts all boats.
That matters more here than it might in other jurisdictions. Smith likely will not have the easiest path ahead with Cannon, who has shown a propensity in the past to rule in the former president’s favor. More challenging still, the case will be tried before a jury in Fort Pierce, Florida. The jury pool will be drawn from areas which likely include many Trump supporters, who may or may not be able to assess the facts objectively.
And, then, of course there is the issue of a potential further trial delay. The complications stemming from the new defendant, new facts and new charges may well push back the current May 2024 trial date. Still, even if the judge relaxes the schedule, there remains some runway to begin the trial before the Republican National Convention next July and certainly before the general election in November 2024.
Trump will likely fight that, renewing his original wish to push the trial to after the election. But even if that happens, Smith has another card to play.
Trump announced last week that he is a target in Smith’s January 6 investigation in Washington, DC, which many see as a precursor to Smith ultimately charging him. If Trump is charged in the January 6 case, this allows Smith to try to get this DC case to trial in 2024. He may be able to argue to the DC court that the exact timing of the Florida documents case is now uncertain, and that the January 6 case should be on a parallel or even faster track, in case the Florida case does not happen in May.
While the success of that argument will depend on the judge Smith draws, the Washington, DC, federal judges (not to mention juries) are viewed as generally favorable to the special counsel’s case.
Finally, putting all of those legal questions to the side, the updated indictment tells us something important about the politics of all of this – namely that Smith doesn’t give a damn about them. For him to drop these new charges on a day when the political and media worlds were on the edge of their seat in the January 6 case shows that he’s put on blinders, charging straight ahead and doing his job as a prosecutor, irrespective of those external considerations.
That’s as it should be. His job is not to worry about the press, politics or the public (apart from his eventual juries). A more political prosecutor might have waited until after the dust cleared from the January 6 case to supersede, or not have done it at all – especially not in a week already marked by controversy over the federal prosecution of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son.
Smith is putting all that to the side – and remaining committed to, above all else, presenting the most powerful prosecution that he can to a jury. The updated indictment enhances the power of his case.
Smith has taken a strong hand and made it even better.
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MILWAUKEE — Sherman Park has become a common location for Milwaukee law enforcement to respond to reports of gun violence. After a teenager was killed in the park on Tuesday, a press conference was called there to address how to stop gun violence.
Attendees of the conference were hoping to see a plan for change in the community. WTMJ spoke with Laporche Kimber and Tasia, who did not provide a last name, who each hoped to see a change in how violence is addressed.
Laporche runs a support group for children experiencing danger or loss from violence. She says she sees herself as a voice for Black mothers.
“As a mother trying to raise a black son in a very violent community, we have to put in a lot of work to raise our children.”
Laporche’s assessment is concurrent with findings from the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. In data released by the Sheriff’s Office, the largest number of incidents involving serious/violent activity in the past two years was five calls in April 2021 and nine calls in August 2022.
In stark contrast, to date in July there has already been a total of 39 serious/violent calls for service. Tasia and Charlie came with signs advocating their wishes for local authorities in Milwaukee.
Among the first to speak at the press conference were Sheriff Denita Ball, Police Chief Jeffrey Norman and District 7 County Board Executive Felesia Martin. The common theme among the speakers was a need for parents to be involved in their child’s life, especially if their child is exposed to gang violence. They expressed their commitment to keeping youth in Milwaukee safe, but shared the sentiment that ‘it starts at home’.
Chief Norman reminded the crowd that a safe community cannot be achieved by first responders alone.
“Public safety is all of our responsibility. We are saying we need you, we need all of you.”
Supervisor Martin highlighted how much Sherman Park and the surrounding neighborhood has changed in the last few decades, and what families can be doing to prevent violence.
“This is the park where I grew up in, but it is very different than 25 years ago… Social media is affecting our youth… A critical piece that I see missing is our faith based organizations,” Supervisor Martin said. “Do not worry about what I’m gonna do, worry about what parents are doing.”
James Burnett, Director of Public Relations for the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, spoke about the app Atlas One toward the end of the conference. It allows citizens to make anonymous tips about crime, even if they just suspect something.
Burnett said it is available for all smart phones and has the potential to help authorities stay on top of threats.
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Bank failure: Kansas Heartland Tri-State Bank closed by FDIC
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN
New York (CNN) — Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kansas, failed on Friday, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation taking control.
The FDIC agreed to assume all the deposits of Heartland Tri-State Bank to protect customers, entering a purchase and assumption agreement with Dream First Bank of Syracuse, Kansas.
That means the four branches of Heartland Tri-State Bank will reopen as branches of Dream First Bank on Monday.
The recent closures of First Republic, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank this year have shaken up the banking industry, prompting lawmakers to introduce new legislation to protect customer deposits and stabilize the financial system.
Heartland Tri-State Bank is the first bank to fall since First Republic, the nation’s second-largest bank failure ever, in early May.
The FDIC said bank customers can access their money by writing checks or using ATM or debit cards. They also won’t have to change their banking, as they will automatically become customers of Dream First Bank.
Heartland Tri-State Bank had approximately $139 million in total assets and $130 million in total deposits, the FDIC said. Dream First Bank also agreed to buy “essentially all” of Heartland Tri-State’s failed assets.
Loan customers should also be largely unaffected, the FDIC said, because the FDIC and Dream First Bank are entering an agreement to share in the losses and potential recoveries on the loans.
“You should continue to make payments, including escrow payments, as usual; the terms of your loan will not change,” the FDIC said.
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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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Automaker Tesla is opening more showrooms on tribal lands to avoid state laws barring direct sales
By SUSAN HAIGH
Associated Press
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.
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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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