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Donald Trump appeals judge's decision to keep hush-money case in New York state court
New York — Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court Friday to reverse a federal judge’s decision to keep his hush-money criminal case in a New York state court that the former president claims is “very unfair” to him.
Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan after U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein last week rejected his bid to move the case to federal court, where his lawyers were primed to argue he was immune from prosecution.
U.S. law allows criminal prosecutions to be moved from state to federal court if they involve actions taken by federal government officials as part of their official duties, but Hellerstein ruled that the hush-money case involved a personal matter, not presidential duties.
Trump’s appeal notice came at the end of another busy week of legal action for the twice-indicted Republican as he seeks a return to the White House in next year's election. On Thursday, he was indicted on new criminal charges in a separate case in federal court in Florida involving allegations that he illegally hoarded classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the hush-money case and fought to keep it in state court, declined to comment on Trump's appeal.
Trump pleaded not guilty April 4 in state court to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide reimbursements made to his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen for his role in paying $130,000 to the porn actor Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump years earlier.
Cohen also arranged for the National Enquirer to pay Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 for the rights to her story about an alleged affair, which the supermarket tabloid then squelched in a dubious journalism practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
Trump denied having sexual encounters with either woman. His lawyers argue the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal expenses and not part of any cover-up.
He is scheduled to stand trial in state court on March 25, 2024. In the meantime, his lawyers have asked the state court judge presiding over the case, Juan Manuel Merchan, to step aside, arguing that he’s biased in part because his daughter does political consulting work for some of Trump’s Democratic rivals. Trump has referred to Merchan as “a Trump-hating judge” with a family full of “Trump haters.” The judge has yet to rule on the request.
In seeking to try the hush-money case tried in federal court, Trump’s lawyers have argued that some of his alleged conduct amounted to official presidential duties because it occurred in 2017 while he was president, including checks he purportedly wrote while sitting in the Oval Office.
Moving the case from state court to federal court would have significant legal and practical consequences for Trump. In federal court, for example, his lawyers could then try to get the charges dismissed on the grounds that federal officials have immunity from prosecution over actions taken as part of their official job duties.
A shift to federal court would also mean a more politically diverse jury pool — drawing not only from heavily Democratic Manhattan, where Trump is wildly unpopular, but also from suburban counties north of the city where he has more political support. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/28/donald-trump-appeals-judges-decision-to-keep-hush-money-case-in-new-york-state-court/70489785007/ | 2023-07-29T00:47:34 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/28/donald-trump-appeals-judges-decision-to-keep-hush-money-case-in-new-york-state-court/70489785007/ |
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.
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ROME, N.Y. -- It's that time of year again. It's Honor America Days in Rome. And this year features a robotic dog.
This year's theme is 40th Anniversary.
The major events take place this Saturday, July 29.
The Honor America Days 5K Race, hosted by the Roman Runners Running Club, takes place at 8:30 a.m.
The Honor America Days 5K Parade Run is the oldest in Oneida County, the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce said.
"Most importantly, the race was consistently held in conjunction with Rome summer community celebrations. Today the race precedes Rome’s Honor America Days parade and follows the parade route," the Chamber stated.
Honor America Days main attraction, the parade, steps off at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
This year’s Honorary Co-Grand Marshals will be the late William K. Guglielmo, former Rome Area Chamber of Commerce President, and the late Carl Eilenberg, former Mayor of Rome.
"It will feature 13 divisions of parade participants with bands and entertainment along the way," the Chamber said.
Rome Area Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Kristen Skobla said that the parade "is a chance to celebrate the rich history in the City of Rome. It’s an event that brings the whole community together and fosters a sense of pride in this great area.”
AT&T's robot dog will join in on the celebration on North James Street.
There will be an Honor America Days Carnival hosted by the City of Rome at Franklyn’s Field.
That event is free and features inflatable rides and snow cones.
At 8 p.m., the Symphoria Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert, which features show tunes, marches, and Americana takes place on the west lawn of Fort Stanwix National Monument in downtown Rome.
Bring a lawn chair or blanket to the free concert.
"Additional upfront seating is available for $10/ticket. Tickets can be purchased at the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce office on Friday or at the entrance to reserved seating the night of the concert. There will also be food and novelty vendors at the concert on North James Street," the Chamber said.
The day of events ends with a fireworks display after the concert.
Below is a flyer for the event. | https://www.wktv.com/news/honor-america-days-in-rome-features-parade-concert-and-robot-dog/article_238854da-2d53-11ee-9246-ef595a926eae.html | 2023-07-29T00:47:37 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/honor-america-days-in-rome-features-parade-concert-and-robot-dog/article_238854da-2d53-11ee-9246-ef595a926eae.html |
Green Bay woman wasn't mentally ill when she killed and dismembered a former boyfriend, jury finds
Green Bay, Wis. — A Green Bay woman wasn't mentally ill when she killed and dismembered a former boyfriend and scattered his body parts at various locations, a jury found Thursday.
The same Brown County jury that deliberated less than an hour Wednesday before convicting Taylor Schabusiness, 25, of homicide, third-degree sexual abuse and mutilating a corpse in the February 2022 killing of Shad Thyrion, 24, needed less than an hour Thursday to find she didn't suffer from mental illness or defect at the time.
Brown County Circuit Judge Thomas Walsh set sentencing for Sept. 26, news outlets reported.
Schabusiness strangled Thyrion at the Green Bay home he shared with his mother, sexually abused him and dismembered his body, leaving parts of it throughout the house and in a vehicle, authorities said.
She appeared to suffer from a range of mental issues when she was evaluated at the Brown County Jail in 2022 and 2023, said Diane Lytton, an independent psychologist who testified for the defense Thursday.
Schabusiness, who had thrown a plastic chair at Lytton during an evaluation, was a “psychotic person," the psychologist testified.
Defense attorney Christopher Froelich said Schabusiness was under a civil commitment order in April 2021 “because she was mentally ill.”
Brown County Assistant District Attorney Caleb Saunders said the issue for jurors was the defendant's mental state when she committed the crime, not in 2021.
If the jury had found Schabusiness was mentally ill, she would be sent to a mental institution instead of prison.
Walsh ruled in March that Schabusiness was competent to stand trial.
In February, Schabusiness attacked her previous attorney during a hearing before a deputy wrestled her to the courtroom floor. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/28/green-bay-woman-wasnt-mentally-ill-when-she-killed-and-dismembered-a-former-boyfriend-jury-finds/70490169007/ | 2023-07-29T00:47:38 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/28/green-bay-woman-wasnt-mentally-ill-when-she-killed-and-dismembered-a-former-boyfriend-jury-finds/70490169007/ |
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.
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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.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/lebron-james-will-join-this-list-of-nba-players-with-numbers-retired-by-multiple-teams/3614142/ | 2023-07-29T00:47:38 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/lebron-james-will-join-this-list-of-nba-players-with-numbers-retired-by-multiple-teams/3614142/ |
Famed Black golfer Ben Davis honored with plaque at Rackham course
Huntington Woods − The city of Huntington Woods unveiled a historic marker honoring the late Ben Davis at the entrance to Rackham Golf Course on Friday afternoon.
During a time when African Americans weren’t allowed to join private golf clubs, Davis found a home at Rackham, which was one of the few integrated municipal courses in the nation.
Thirty years into his career, Davis became the first Black member of the Michigan Professional Golfers' Association in 1966.
“This is bigger than this golf course," Lt. Gov. of Michigan Garland Gilchrist said. “His (Davis) story shows how important it is to honor people who paved the way for other people to learn something, who paved the way for people to enjoy something, and who paved the way for people to build relationships and connections that weren't legally possible in other public accommodations.”
Originally from Pensacola, Fla., Davis moved to Detroit in 1925 with his family and was a graduate of Northern High School.
Davis, who began his golf career in 1936 at the Pine Crest Driving Range in Ferndale, began teaching the game at Rackham in 1952. Among his many students during a 50-year career were world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis of Detroit and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier of the Detroit Pistons.
Karen Peek, one of Davis' students, recalls her first meeting with Davis in 1969 when she was only a teenager during one of her mother and aunt's golf lessons.
“Today, I can still see his smile and hear his bellowing laughter," Peek said. "I'm just one of countless people he influenced and inspired and I'm a better person today because of Ben Davis."
After graduating from college, Peek joined the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and served her apprenticeship under Davis at Rackham.
Shaun Thomas, a great-nephew of Davis, said he's happy that his granddaughter can visit a historical marker "that will be here forever."
“He (Davis) couldn't go to all of the golf courses, and he couldn't compete in all of the events, but he did what he could and he continued to persevere and opened the door for a lot of other golfers," Thomas said.
In 1968, Davis was named Rackham's head professional, making him the first African American in the U.S. to hold that position at a municipal golf course.
Davis went on to win the Michigan Senior PGA Championship in 1974 and the U.S. National Senior Tournament in 1979.
In 1992, Davis was inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame and in 2012, he was inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame. He died at the age of 101 in 2013.
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Ilion, N.Y. -- It seems that every parent with a child in the military's worst fear is to find out their son our daughter won't be coming home. Unfortunately, Lance Corporal Sean Willey is now among those that didn't make it through their service. Even so, Willey will be coming home.
Willey's remains are being driven from North Carolina, where his body was found, to the marine Corps League in Ilion for a memorial of sorts. That trip is expected to pick up dozens of bikers and drivers along the way who will follow for as long as they can to support Willey.
Although we referred to the event as a memorial, Marine Veteran Michael Sportello, a volunteer with the Marine Corps League, agreed that a celebration of life is a more appropriate name.
"It's a sad way that he was lost," Sportello said. "He's going to have a lot of family here so it's not like he's going to come back to nothing. They lost him for a long time. They finally found him, and now they're going to get the closure that they need. He's going to get a welcome home that is second to none."
Sportello said that, like many in the military, Willey probably got homesick. He decided to walk the Appalachian Trail back home to see his family and it was there that he lost the trail, set up camp, and succumbed to the wilderness.
A custom vault for Sean's remains has been made and donated by the MCL Unicoi Detachment #783. A footlocker was also made to move his personal affects home with him.
The Homecoming event is this Saturday at 6:30 PM. The family will be present for the flag folding and presentation and refreshments will be served once that has concluded.
Depending on the weather, the event's alternate location will be the indoor gym facility. | https://www.wktv.com/news/ilion-veterans-remains-returned-home/article_5e4f8878-2cda-11ee-9d3e-b3e2866dc745.html | 2023-07-29T00:47:44 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/ilion-veterans-remains-returned-home/article_5e4f8878-2cda-11ee-9d3e-b3e2866dc745.html |
UTICA, N.Y. -- On Point for College is a new position at the organization: Career Advisor, specializing in helping students earn skills for microchip manufacturing jobs.
Funded by NBT Bank, this position will focus on "developing and empowering students to earn the skills needed for a successful career in the New York microchip manufacturing industry," a release stated.
The Executive Director of the program, Samuel Rowser, said, "We're passionate about adding this focus on the microchip manufacturing industry. We know that we need to be preparing youth now for these high-paying, skillful jobs that we anticipate in the very near future. By working with regional educators and companies, we will be able to develop a critical pipeline of students to help ensure our region is positioned for future success."
This new position will help create pathways for "local students to apply for certifications programs, or 2-year or 4-year degree programs that will provide the necessary training and skills for the microchip and semiconductor industries," a release stated.
NBT Bank President and CEO John H. Watt Jr. said, "New York has seen an influx of investment into the microchip industry which has accelerated over the last three years. At the same time, our communities are celebrating this, studies show that there is an anticipated skilled labor shortage in the semiconductor industry. NBT is honored to support On Point in this effort to ensure that the communities we serve are positioned to benefit from the microchip investments."
Zachary Berle, a Utica native, has been promoted to fill this position.
He said he is excited to help prepare students for jobs in the microchip and semiconductor industries by using his professional background in technology. | https://www.wktv.com/news/on-point-for-college-hires-career-advisor-for-ny-microchip-manufacturing-industry/article_039c1968-2cb8-11ee-8340-c7c1231d4b51.html | 2023-07-29T00:47:50 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/on-point-for-college-hires-career-advisor-for-ny-microchip-manufacturing-industry/article_039c1968-2cb8-11ee-8340-c7c1231d4b51.html |
VERONA, N.Y. -- The Oneida Indian Nation and Rochester Museum and Science Center will hold a repatriation ceremony for the remains of 19 Oneida ancestors.
The RMSC will hold a ceremony to "repatriate the remains of 19 Oneida ancestors to the Oneida India Nation from the museum's collections," a release stated.
The ancestors to be repatriated to the Nation are believed to have been interred between 200 and 3,000 years ago.
In New York State, "the ancestral remains were removed from at least six separate burial sites," a release stated.
The ancestral remains were obtained through donation, excavation, and purchase by the Museum between 1928 and 1979.
The remains have been kept at the Museum ever since.
The Department of the Interior, National Park Service, published a Notice of Inventory Completion for the Rochester Museum and Science Center in Rochester, N.Y. on April 27, 2023.
"In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Chenango, Jefferson, Madison, and Oneida Counties, NY," the document stated.
The repatriation ceremony will be held at RMSC Cunningham House at 657 East Ave. in Rochester on Aug. 2 at 1 p.m.
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HERKIMER, N.Y. -- Nationally, the program is called Rescue Divas, and here in Central New York, it's Rescue Heroes.
Mohawk Valley Ambulance Corps is partnering with Herkimer BOCES to reach out and train young women, aged 14 to 17, who want to become first responders.
Today's lesson was CPR.
They are also holding self-defense and Narcan training.
Local organizers say these girls are gaining some pretty valuable skills this week.
"This is just so incredible because they're walking away this week with so many trainings and certifications to save lives, and that's really the important piece of this," Mary Beth Napolitano, Herkimer BOCES School to Careers coordinator, said.
Tomorrow's training is Stop the Bleed. | https://www.wktv.com/news/rescue-heroes-week-long-program-focuses-on-life-saving-skills/article_ad8d3e46-2cba-11ee-bcab-e7516eceac4f.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:03 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/rescue-heroes-week-long-program-focuses-on-life-saving-skills/article_ad8d3e46-2cba-11ee-bcab-e7516eceac4f.html |
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $940 million for Friday’s drawing
While much of the lottery world’s attention this month focused on the $1-billion Powerball jackpot won last week in downtown Los Angeles, another nearly equal grand prize grew in its shadow.
California Mega Millions officials announced that Friday’s estimated jackpot stands at approximately $940 million. The drawing will be held at 8 p.m., with final ticket sales being accepted until 7:45 p.m.
Tickets cost $2 each and a winner must match five numbers on white balls between one and 70 and one Mega number on a golden ball between one and 25. Odds of correctly selecting each winning digit is roughly 1 in 302.6 million.
Friday’s jackpot is currently the eighth-largest in lottery history and fifth-biggest in Mega Millions lore, just trailing the $1.050 billion won by a Detroit foursome in March 2021.
Flanked by fabric shops and stores displaying elaborate quinceañera dresses, a frenzy buzzed at the downtown Los Angeles store where the ticket to a $1-billion Powerball jackpot was sold.
A victory would net the winner either a one-time cash payout of $472 million or the option for a 30-year annuity. Once a winner is declared, they’ll have 60 days to decide how they’d like their winnings dispersed.
If no winner is announced, the jackpot will carry over a 29th consecutive time and the grand prize will likely go past $1 billion. The last Mega Millions jackpot was claimed on April 18.
As the size of the prize has grown, one clear victor has been California public school students.
About 95% of all money raised for lotteries goes back to California public schools. Of that amount, K-12 education receives 80%, community colleges 14%, California State University schools 4% and University of California schools 2%, according to lottery officials.
Powerball jackpot winner Edwin Castro dropped $25.5 million on a Hollywood Hills home shortly after winning the $2-billion lottery.
Los Angeles County has received $135.15 million as of the second fiscal quarter this year, according to lottery officials. The number for Orange County is $49.15 million.
Larger jackpots have resulted in bigger shares for schools and massive payouts for individual winners.
The financial analysts at NerdWallet noted that jackpots have grown in size over the last few years for different reasons.
In the case of the Powerball, it’s been more difficult to win.
NerdWallet said that the lottery introduced more white balls into the pot, leading to more smaller victories but fewer jackpots.
In the case of the Mega Millions, the price of the ticket increased by $1, which allowed for larger stakes.
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HERKIMER, N.Y. -- It was reported to the NEWSChannel 2 newsroom that there was a stabbing in Herkimer.
The alleged stabbing took place on North Prospect Street at Park Avenue, near the post office.
The incident took place before 3:30 p.m.
The Herkimer Police Chief Mike Jory said that a man was stabbed in the upper back.
He was taken to the hospital, and is expected to be OK.
The suspect was taken into custody immediately, officials said.
Jory said that Ronald J. Stevens, 40, from Village of Ilion was arrested and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
There are no more updates at this point on the victim. | https://www.wktv.com/news/stabbing-on-north-prospect-street-in-herkimer/article_61aaa1d0-2cbf-11ee-bcde-771c2a2ac474.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:09 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/stabbing-on-north-prospect-street-in-herkimer/article_61aaa1d0-2cbf-11ee-bcde-771c2a2ac474.html |
WHITESBORO, N.Y. -- A man taking pictures of trains in Whitesboro was struck and killed on the tracks near Redfield Avenue Thursday evening.
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office says the man in his late 20s or early 30s did not have any identification. He was wearing a blue shirt and shorts and a light blue baseball cap.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oneida County Sheriff's Office at 315-765-2226.
This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available. | https://www.wktv.com/news/top-stories/man-killed-after-being-struck-by-train-in-whitesboro/article_d4220ae6-2cec-11ee-ac43-83e1041128a0.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:15 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/top-stories/man-killed-after-being-struck-by-train-in-whitesboro/article_d4220ae6-2cec-11ee-ac43-83e1041128a0.html |
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UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) -- A Utica woman is going to soccer camp next week, but it might not be what you think.
Samantha Longo will wear a blindfold to learn how to best coach those who are blind and visually impaired.
She's one of 12 coaches from across the country attending the camp at Rutgers University.
Longo will be there on behalf of the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Utica.
Blind Soccer debuted at the 2004 Paralympics and has become the fastest-growing paralympic sport in the world, being played in over 60 countries.
The U.S. has never fielded a team, but that will all change in 2028.
From the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes: " Blind soccer, also known as 5-a-side soccer or football 5-a-side, is an adaptation of soccer for athletes with a vision impairment. The sport has been governed by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) since 1996 and it is played with modified FIFA rules.
Blind soccer debuted at the Paralympic Games for the first time at the Athens 2004 Paralympics and has been contested at every Games since. Blind soccer is played in 60 countries and has become the fastest-growing Paralympic sport in the world.
With the LA 2028 Paralympic Games and an automatic bid for the United States on the horizon, USABA began its blind soccer programming in 2018. In 2019, USABA became a member organization of US Soccer. Most recently, USABA held a blind soccer development camp in Colorado Springs in 2021 with 11 players, three coaches and two officials from 10 different states in attendance," the organization's website states .
There are all sorts of sports, both on land and in the water. From basketball to soccer to volleyball to swimming and kayaking, the teens from Ukraine and from around the U.S. get involved in the games and activities.
Utica City FC made a trade to boost its offense, Thursday, acquiring forward Mohamed "Moh" Ndaiye from the Empire Strykers in exchange for Pepe Viera, Damon Almazan, and Diego Zuniga.
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(CNN) — A day after he was named as a co-defendant in the criminal case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents, a picture is starting to emerge of Carlos De Oliveira, the little known Mar-a-Lago employee who is accused of trying to delete security camera footage at Trump’s Florida resort after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for it last year.
A number of people close to Trump, as well as people who know De Oliveira personally, describe him as someone outside of the former president’s inner circle who has been caught up in Trump’s legal problems. Unlike Walt Nauta, Trump’s former White House aide and valet who is also charged in the documents case, De Oliveira is not someone who is known by Trump’s close confidants or, according to people who spoke to CNN, anyone who was typically in close proximity to the former president.
In conversations with eight current and former Trump aides and allies who frequently visited Mar-a-Lago, De Oliveira, who is listed as the “Property Manager” in the indictment, was described as a maintenance worker who did odd jobs around the property and who did not frequently interact with club members or Trump’s team.
De Oliveria was certainly not privy to internal deliberations or high-level conversations prior to the special counsel’s investigation, these people said.
“I’ve never heard of that person,” one former Trump aide who frequently traveled to Mar-a-lago with the former President told CNN when asked about De Oliveira. Those comments were echoed by other sources close to Trump who told CNN that prior to Thursday’s indictment, they had never heard of De Oliveira.
“I don’t know him, never met him, and hadn’t heard his name before this,” said a Trump ally who still frequently visits the resort.
The sources maintained they never knew De Oliveira and never had any interactions with him, adding that – given his duties – there was no reason they would have.
The latest indictment accuses Trump of being part of an effort to delete security footage from Mar-a-Lago after it was subpoenaed, saying that Trump “requested” that De Oliveira delete footage in order “to prevent the footage from being provided to a federal grand jury.”
The indictment quotes De Oliveira telling another Trump employee, who was director of IT at Mar-a-Lago, “that ‘the boss’ wanted the server deleted.” That IT employee has been identified by two people close to the investigation as Yuscil Taveras.
‘It’s too bad he’s in the wrong spot’
According to the indictment, De Oliveira, has risen though the ranks at the Club, previously serving as a valet at Mar-a-Lago and later a maintenance worker, before being made a property manager of the club in January 2022.
One current Mar-a-Lago employee who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity indicated that De Oliveira is a known figure among those who work at Trump’s Florida resort. While this employee acknowledged they don’t know de Oliveira well, on a personal level, they did identify him as a property manager at Trump’s resort and noted he shares the former president’s interest in golf.
The 56-year-old De Oliveira lives in an apartment in a middle class townhome community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, about 20 minutes north of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. No one answered the door when CNN attempted to speak with De Oliveira on Friday.
According to people close to him, De Oliveira is a hard-working employee who came to the US from Portugal to seek a better life.
In a phone interview with CNN on Friday, Tiberio Almeida, De Oliveira’s landlord, said he had had known De Oliveira for about 30 years and that he was a “very good friend” and a very good neighbor.
Almeida told CNN he believed that De Oliveria has worked at Mar-a-Lago for more than 20 years.
“I’ve known Carlos for a long time. I think he’s a very very good guy,” said Almeida. “I have nothing against him. It’s too bad he’s in the wrong spot.”
Almeida says he and De Oliveira knew each other when they both lived in Massachusetts before moving to Florida.
“He’s not the kind of guy that would break the law. I don’t think he’s that type,” said Almeida. “I hope he does the right thing. If he knows anything, he should come clean.”
An arraignment in Miami
De Oliveira is scheduled to be arraigned in Miami on Monday and now must add a Florida-based attorney to his defense.
The indictment notes that, following the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago last August, questions were raised about De Oliveira’s loyalty among Trump’s orbit. According to the indictment, Trump called De Oliveira “and told De Oliveira that Trump would get De Oliveira an attorney.”
He is currently represented by DC-area attorney John Irving. Trump’s super PAC Save America has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to law firms – including Irving’s – that were ushering Nauta, De Oliveira and Taveras through the probe, including during times they spoke to the federal criminal investigators.
It isn’t clear yet how the new set of charges will affect those lawyer relationships.
Irving did not respond to requests for comment on Friday.
Prosecutors for months now have circled around questions of how much their actions day-by-day during the summer of 2022 were prompted by Trump’s direction, leading the criminal inquiry at times to examine suspicious but still unexplained events like the draining of a pool at the Florida beach club last year, which caused flooding in an IT room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept, CNN previously reported.
De Oliveira was involved in the pool incident, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. It was not mentioned, however, in the new court filing.
‘Just being loyal to his boss’
News of the charges against De Oliveria rattled those closest to him. Some members of his family, “couldn’t even sleep last night with all of this going on,” one family member told CNN.
This person also said that De Oliveria’s family was pretty certain that he did not realize the consequences of what Trump was telling him to do when he asked him to delete the security footage, and that given his lack of money, De Oliveria was probably just doing anything that Trump told him to do.
“He isn’t familiar with how the government here works and he was probably just being loyal to his boss who is paying his bills,” the person told CNN. “The family feels like he got trapped.”
Raymond Brion, De Oliveira’s neighbor for the last few years, described him as industrious and hardworking. Asked about the Trump indictment, Brion said, “I can’t even imagine how he could be implicated in that mess.” | https://www.channel3000.com/news/national-and-world-news/the-family-feels-like-he-got-trapped-how-a-low-profile-mar-a-lago-employee/article_22c8cb1c-dc1f-5115-8ab5-a65a462d86a4.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:26 | 0 | https://www.channel3000.com/news/national-and-world-news/the-family-feels-like-he-got-trapped-how-a-low-profile-mar-a-lago-employee/article_22c8cb1c-dc1f-5115-8ab5-a65a462d86a4.html |
Attorneys representing criminally charged current and former Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services employees "cherry-picked" facts in a "misguided and erroneous" attempt to rescue their clients, the Lackawanna County district attorney's office said Friday.
District Attorney Mark Powell and Assistant District Attorney Kimberly K. Moraski responded late Friday to a motion filed earlier this week by the attorneys representing four current OYFS employees and one retired employee seeking to dismiss the criminal cases alleging they endangered children.
What is clear, they wrote, is the defendants lack the grounds to proceed with their motion and it should be denied and dismissed.
"The court should not entertain inappropriate delay tactics," they said.
City police and county detectives last month arrested caseworkers Amy Helcoski, 50, of Scranton, and Erik Krauser, 45, of Dickson City, retired caseworker Randy Ramik, 57, of Clarks Green, and supervisors Sadie Coyne (O'Day), 34, of Scranton and Bryan Walker, 51, of Archbald.
Law enforcement officials alleged they endangered eight children living in three homes by ignoring deplorable conditions, their injuries and lack of food, medical care and schooling and reports of physical and sexual abuse.
In the defense motion, attorneys representing the child services workers argued the criminal complaints do not meet the definition for child endangerment and that the caseworkers are immune from both civil and criminal culpability.
They also claimed evidence had been intentionally omitted from the criminal complaints that would help clear the defendants of guilt.
Attorney David Solfanelli, Helcoski's attorney, said the defense will respond in future legal proceedings.
Attorney Robert Trichilo, Walker's attorney, felt confident the five defendants would be "vindicated," either by a judge or a jury.
Attempts to reach the other defense attorneys for comment were not successful.
Both sides are scheduled to appear Sept. 1 before Judge James Gibbons, who will decide if the case will be tossed or if it will proceed to a preliminary hearing, where a district magistrate will determine if the evidence is substantial enough to warrant a trial.
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"How could the supervisors and caseworkers here not be aware of the dangerous situation they were creating when they were ignoring those children in need?" the district attorneys office said in its motion. "How could they not be aware of their duty to protect those children?"
The defense motions are inflammatory and make conclusions about the case without any sort of documentation, aside from a promise "evidence" is on the way, the district attorney's office said.
Prosecutors said the defense alleged William Browning, the director of the county's Department of Human Services, has information to provide, but so far law enforcement has not received a sworn affidavit or written statement.
The defense contends evidence invalidating the arrest warrants are in their possession, but they have not put it forward.
Powell's office also disputed the defense's claim the workers are immune from criminal liability. The law states that immunity applies when reporting suspected child abuse. In the case at hand, no such reporting existed, authorities said.
The defendants "errantly" relied on a since overturned interpretation of supervision to argue the OYFS staffers did not have a responsibility of supervision, Powell's office said. Prosecutors also noted precedent exists to criminally prosecute those in county child protective services agencies for violating the child endangerment statute.
In October 2021, former director of Luzerne County Children and Youth Services Joanne Van Saun pleaded guilty to child endangerment and obstruction. She was accused of ordering employees to close out a backlog of child abuse reports without investigation.
Those cases involved reports of children living in filth, some without kitchen appliances or utilities, like electricity or hot water. To clear out a backlog, Van Saun ordered they close out at least 217 referrals by claiming they had been deemed without merit.
Van Saun was sentenced to 34 months of probation with the first nine months on house arrest.
If child endangerment laws apply to the agency's head, they apply to the underlings, Powell's office said.
"Let us not lose sight of the fact that children are the heart of this matter. ... When county agency workers do not follow the law in protecting our youth in a manner extensively outlined in the probable cause affidavits here considered, they must, as (Gov. Josh Shapiro) once vowed — be prosecuted for failing in that responsibility," Powell and Moraski wrote. | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/crime-emergencies/das-office-blasts-inappropriate-delay-tactics-in-reply-to-motion-to-quash-oyfs-case/article_6c142763-dca0-56dd-85be-cd7a5b643b5e.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:26 | 0 | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/crime-emergencies/das-office-blasts-inappropriate-delay-tactics-in-reply-to-motion-to-quash-oyfs-case/article_6c142763-dca0-56dd-85be-cd7a5b643b5e.html |
Dementia-depression connection: Early sadness can lead to later cognitive issues, study finds
Two conditions ‘may share similar genetics and brain changes,’ psychiatrist said
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People who suffer from depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia later in life, a new study from Penn Medicine found. It was published in JAMA Neurology.
The link was found for both young and middle-aged adults, but the risk was higher for men.
The study was a collaboration between researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Aarhus University in Denmark. It followed 1.4 million Danish citizens over nearly four decades, according to a press release announcing the findings.
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Overall, those who were diagnosed previously with depression were 2.41 times more likely to receive a dementia diagnosis eventually, the release stated.
"While depression diagnosed later in life is generally thought to be an early symptom of dementia, our results suggest that a depression diagnosis at any point in adulthood increases the risk of dementia later on," first author Holly Elser, M.D., PhD, a neurology resident at Penn, said in the release.
"Previous studies with smaller sample sizes and shorter follow-up times have consistently illustrated the link between dementia and depression diagnosed later in life, but with our long-term analysis, we were able to precisely estimate the association between dementia and depression over an individual’s life span," she explained.
The correlation existed regardless of the age at which the depression was diagnosed.
Those hospitalized for depression multiple times had a stronger risk of dementia later in life.
There didn’t seem to be any increased risk among those who were prescribed antidepressants within six months of being diagnosed with depression, the study found.
Potential reasons for the link
Dr. Rehan Aziz, geriatric psychiatrist at Jersey Shore University Medical Center and associate professor of psychiatry and neurology at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in New Jersey, was not part of the study but shared his thoughts on the findings.
"The study links depression and dementia — but it does not explain why the risk exists," he told Fox News Digital.
The doctor said he has several theories, however.
"One is that depression and dementia may share similar genetics and cause similar brain changes," he said.
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"For example, we know that depression can cause shrinkage of the hippocampus, an area of the brain that is important for recent memories."
"We know that depression can cause shrinkage of the hippocampus, an area of the brain that is important for recent memories."
"While the shrinkage is reversible with [the] treatment of depression, it is probable that it has later-life effects," he hypothesized.
Depression can also create a state of inflammation in the brain and impact other brain chemicals, Aziz noted, which could also trigger later-life memory problems.
Treatment and risk reduction
Although the study findings stated that the prescription of antidepressants didn’t seem to impact the risk of dementia, Aziz said more research is needed to make a definitive call.
"For example, the study did not comment on which antidepressants were used, the dosages ordered, duration of treatment or the effectiveness of the treatment," he said.
"It's also not clear if other depression treatments were used."
Mental health conditions should "treat depression aggressively," Aziz said, with a combination of medications, psychotherapy and lifestyle interventions such as diet and exercise.
"Sadness and depression are not the same thing."
"Clinicians should also discuss the possible linkage between depression and dementia and emphasize to patients the importance of adhering to depression treatment," he added.
The doctor also pointed out that "sadness and depression are not the same thing."
"Everybody experiences sadness from time to time, and that should not increase the risk of dementia," he said.
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"Clinical depression stops one's life. It can impair functioning and prevent people from working, maintaining relationships, experiencing joy and taking care of themselves."
In extreme situations, people with depression may even have thoughts about not wanting to live anymore, he warned.
"It is important that anybody experiencing depression seek prompt medical evaluation so they can start treatment," Aziz said.
Some 17.3 million people age 18 and older in the U.S. — about 7.1% of the adult population — suffer from major depressive disorder, according to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance.
It is estimated that around 6.2 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, per the Alzheimer’s Association.
More research is needed, researchers say
The researchers acknowledged the limitations of the paper and the need for further research of the link between the two mental disorders.
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"It is still unclear what about depression increases the risk of a dementia diagnosis," said Elser in the press release.
"And I hope to see further research that evaluates whether the link between depression and dementia may be biological, a result of behaviors associated with depression, like social isolation and other changes in key health behaviors or some combination of these mechanisms," he said. | https://www.foxnews.com/health/dementia-depression-connection-early-sadness-can-lead-later-cognitive-issues-study-finds | 2023-07-29T00:48:26 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/health/dementia-depression-connection-early-sadness-can-lead-later-cognitive-issues-study-finds |
SAN FRANCISCO — A vote of confidence sometimes means everything.
The Red Sox exemplified their confidence in Jarren Duran when they designated Raimel Tapia for assignment earlier this year despite proving his ability as a fourth outfielder.
Duran ran with it — in some cases, literally — catapulting his way to become an everyday player.
Connor Wong, Triston Casas, and Brayan Bello have followed Duran’s lead, becoming the young linchpins to a team that is in the playoff hunt. So, as the Aug. 1 trade deadline approaches, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom made certain to provide that vote of confidence again, not only to Duran, but the other core pieces, stating recently that he doesn’t view buying as trading for rentals. Instead, he would like to add to this up-and-coming group by acquiring controllable assets that can help the club win now and in the future.
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“I mean, it’s always good to have support from up there from guys who believe in you and [allow] you to just to go out and do your thing,” Duran said prior to the Sox’ series opener against the Giants on Friday. “We never know what’s going to happen because it’s baseball and it’s a business. But I think us just playing baseball and playing our hardest and trying to contribute is a good thing.”
Duran has turned himself into a force, batting .311/.363/.502 with an .865 OPS and 29 doubles coming into Friday. After struggling in the beginning of the year, Casas has turned himself into a force, too, batting .357/.442/.684 over his last 30 games. Wong, who lived in the shadows of Alex Verdugo and Jeter Downs as the third piece in the Mookie Betts trade, has emerged as one of the better defensive catchers in the game.
And Bello?
He has a 3.66 ERA on the season and just went toe-to-toe with Spencer Strider of the Braves.
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“We just have such a really close and good team,” said Duran. “Even though we hit bumps in the road, we have guys who are going to pick us up and tell us ‘Hey, bro you belong here. Keep fighting.’ And it shows up.”
“I’m really happy with the team that we have,” he continued. “I have some of the best group of guys I’ve ever played with here. So I really think that team and clubhouse is like a big thing for guys to help them succeed.”
Sox sign 18-year-old pitcher
Righthander Lee Chan-sol, an 18-year-old who was projected to go in the first round in Korea’s upcoming amateur draft had he not elected to sign with the Sox, passed his physical and officially joined the team. He received a reported bonus of $300,000.
The 6-foot-1-inch, 190-pounder displays the projectable athleticism and pitch mix — he currently gets his fastball up to 94 miles per hour, while offering a swing-and-miss splitter, curve, slider, and change, a repertoire the Sox will likely simplify — to suggest starter potential. He’s in Fort Myers, Fla., but will not pitch for an affiliate until 2024.
The scouting of Lee was led in Korea by John Kim with additional evaluations from Pacific Rim scouting operations coordinator Brett Ward and international crosschecker Jason Karegeannes.
Julian McWilliams can be reached at julian.mcwilliams@globe.com. Follow him @byJulianMack. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/28/sports/how-red-sox-are-feeding-confidence-jarren-duran-their-young-foundation/ | 2023-07-29T00:48:26 | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/28/sports/how-red-sox-are-feeding-confidence-jarren-duran-their-young-foundation/ |
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NYSGA Boys 18u Jr. Championships
- Holland Patent junior Jake Olearczyk makes the cut for the final round with a -3 in round two, Thursday. He is currently tied for 10th at +2 for the tournament and tees off in the final round on Friday at 9:01 a.m.
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Biden panned for 'Friday night news dump' acknowledging 7th grandchild to People mag: 'Absolutely disgusting'
For years, the president refused to acknowledge the child Hunter Biden had with an Arkansas woman
President Biden took heat from critics after he finally acknowledged his seventh grandchild in a "Friday night news dump" to People magazine.
Weeks after his son Hunter Biden settled his court battle with the mother of their 4-year-old child Navy Joan, the president offered an exclusive statement to the magazine, commenting on Navy's existence for the very first time after years of claiming he had only six grandchildren.
"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 statement read. "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."
Biden was panned on social media for making such news just he goes off on an extended vacation.
"On Friday at 5pm Biden releases a statement to People," Axios correspondent Alex Thompson pointed out.
"Hahahahahah The baby is a Friday night news dump for Joe Biden," Ruthless podcast co-host Comfortably Smug reacted.
"Always classy when you summer Friday night news dump an acknowledgment of your grandchild," Fourth Watch media critic Steve Krakauer similarly wrote.
"This was becoming a storyline the White House could no longer ignore," MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire tweeted.
"Imagine being acknowledged as a grandchild only because polling against was so bad," conservative Twitter personality Fusilli Spock said.
"Nothing says 'I love you' like pivoting on poll numbers," Substack writer Ian Hayworth similarly tweeted.
"Joe and Jill Biden’s rejection of their granddaughter for four years, while refusing to tell Hunter to grow up and take responsibility for his daughter, and now issuing an acknowledgment in People Magazine to get good PR says so much about who they are. Absolutely disgusting," Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich wrote.
The Federalist culture editor Emily Jashinsky went after People for running with the "spin" from an unnamed Biden source and injecting the "Republicans pounce" framing.
"Unsurprising but pathetic nonetheless. Entertainment media is among the worst offenders," Jashinsky added.
NBC'S CHUCK TODD ACCUSES GOP OF TRYING TO ‘EXPLOIT’ BIDEN OVER NOT ACKNOWLEDGING HIS 7TH GRANDCHILD
It was previously reported that White House staff were instructed to only acknowledge six grandchildren, but Biden was further criticized after NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell reported that the president "intends to refer to having SEVEN grandchildren going forward."
"What a hero," CNN contributor Scott Jennings knocked Biden.
"That's great! Will she be getting a Christmas stocking this year? Maybe get to visit her dad and grandad at the White House," Versus Media Podcast host Stephen L. Miller wrote.
"Ok cool when is she coming over for a play date at 1600?" The Lafayette Co. president Ellen Carmichael also wondered.
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Backlash towards Biden shunning his seventh grandchild reached a boiling point earlier this month when New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd torched the president and how he was undercutting his "empathy" persona.
"The president’s cold shoulder — and heart — is counter to every message he has sent for decades, and it’s out of sync with the America he wants to continue to lead," Dowd wrote.
CNN anchor Dana Bash called Biden's refusal to embrace Navy "devastating" to his public image as a family man.
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UTICA, N.Y. - Utica City FC made a trade to boost its offense, Thursday, acquiring forward Mohamed "Moh" Ndaiye from the Empire Strykers in exchange for three players.
Pepe Viera, Damon Almazan, and Diego Zuniga are heading the other way in the deal. Viera and Almazan spent one season with UCFC last year, while Zuniga has been on the team's roster since 2019, but hasn't played since the 2019-20 season.
Ndiaye is a native of West Africa and played for the Ivory Coast youth national team growing up.
He is entering his fourth season of pro soccer in the Major Arena Soccer League. Through his first three seasons, the 26-year-old has played in 71 games and registered 88 points between the Strykers, St. Louis Ambush, and Baltimore Blast.
In the 2022-23 season, Ndiaye scored eight goals and had 14 assists for 22 points in 21 games with the Strykers. That would have tied him for second on UCFC for points.
He had a career year in the 2021-22 campaign, while with the Ambush, where he posted 43 points in 21 games played.
"I believe that Moh is one of the most talented players in our league," said Utica City FC General Manager Tommy Tanner. "He's terrific on the ball, an excellent facilitator and extremely confident on field. I look forward to him taking the field in front of our fans."
Prior to his pro career, Ndiaye played prep soccer at Oaklan Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland before going on to play one year of college soccer at the Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville, Maryland.
"I'm delighted to have this opportunity, and to embark on this new journey with Utica City," said Ndiaye. "I can't wait to play in front the best fans in the league."
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Aleida Arroyo Ramos Jul 28, 2023 1 hr ago 💬 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aleida Arroyo Ramos of North Scranton died Thursday at home.Arrangements and on-site cremation are under the care of the Miller Bean Funeral Home Inc., 436 Cedar Ave., Scranton. Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil. If you don't follow the rules, your comment may be deleted. User Legend: ModeratorTrusted User Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Ethnology Religion Recent Obituaries Calpin Jr., Walter L. (Wally) Cotter, Michael Delia, Ethel "Etsie" Donlick, Matushka Delores Marie Bowers Egan, Mary C. Gravine, Carmelita Jeffers, Henry Fletcher Kerrigan, Eleanor A. Krall, Veronica Langan, Thomas J. Loftus, Patricia A. McAndrew, Carl McHale, Maureen B. Kenny Nitowski, Bernard C. (Ben) Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. Local Obituaries Each day's obituaries, delivered to your inbox. Please enter a valid email address. Sign up Manage your lists Most Popular Eleanor A. Kerrigan Maureen B. Kenny McHale Mary C. Egan Michael Cotter Dona DePaola Ross Walter (Wally) L. Calpin Jr. Mets deal RHP David Robertson to Marlins Funeral Notices Shohei Ohtani leaves twin bill early after shutout, 2 HRs Mizzou track and field and cross country lands Oregon transfer Louw, announces 2023 slate Mothers Day 2023 Mothers Day 2022 Mothers Day 2021 Mothers Day 2020 Mothers Day 2019 Mothers Day 2018 Mothers Day 2017 Mothers Day 2016 Mothers Day 2015 Mothers Day 2014 Mothers Day 2013 Mothers Day 2012 Mothers Day 2011 Mothers Day 2010 Mothers Day 2009 Reader Poll The more comfortable shoe: Sneakers or sandals? You voted: Sneakers Sandals Vote View Results Back Special Sections Community Guide Home Source Home Source Home Source Home Source | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/zz-dnp/aleida-arroyo-ramos/article_10ff0a69-8dcf-5009-a214-b8b3ec176957.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:38 | 1 | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/zz-dnp/aleida-arroyo-ramos/article_10ff0a69-8dcf-5009-a214-b8b3ec176957.html |
Cowboys' 5-foot-5 running back goes viral: 'Looks like a toddler broke loose'
Deuce Vaughn ran for over 1,500 yards last year
NFL training camps usually have underdog stories and surprises who turn heads.
The Dallas Cowboys have an undersized running back at camp who's getting noticed.
Deuce Vaughn was selected by America's Team during the sixth round of this year's NFL Draft, and he's making a name for himself.
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However, it's not necessarily because of his skill.
Vaughn stands at just 5 feet, 5 inches and was the shortest player to ever participate in the NFL Combine.
The Kansas State alum was taking reps, and fans couldn't help but notice everyone else towered over him.
One Twitter user named Lynzie wrote that Vaughn "looks like a toddler is on the loose."
"Looks like he stole someone’s phone and doesn’t wanna give it back lmao," someone replied to Lynzie.
"holy s---. i thought this was a meme," another tweeted.
Say what you want about his height, but he was no slouch with the Wildcats.
Last year, Vaughn ran 293 times for 1,558 yards (5.3 yards per carry) and scored 12 touchdowns.
He scored a touchdown in each of his final four games, including the Big 12 Championship against TCU and the Sugar Bowl against Alabama.
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Tony Pollard is the lead back in Dallas after the Cowboys released Ezekiel Elliott, so Vaughn will compete with Malik Davis for the backup role. | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/cowboys-5-foot-5-running-back-goes-viral-toddler-broke-loose | 2023-07-29T00:48:38 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/cowboys-5-foot-5-running-back-goes-viral-toddler-broke-loose |
Tonight: Muggy. Low 67.
Friday morning: Patchy fog. Low 70s.
Friday afternoon: Hazy, hot, and humid. High 90.
Friday evening: Very warm and muggy. Mid 80s.
A heat advisory is in effect for the Mohawk and Southern Valleys on Friday. The heat index, a combination of heat and humidity, will make it feel like low to mid 90s Friday afternoon.
Remaining muggy tonight, with overnight lows in the upper 60s. Patchy fog is expected overnight, especially in valley locations. Fog gives way to sunshine on Friday. Hazy, hot, and humid, with highs near 90. The heat index is expected to climb into the low to mid 90s. Take it easy outdoors and make sure to keep pets indoors.
A cold front arrives late Friday night into Saturday, bringing rain and a few rumbles of thunder. Mostly cloudy on Saturday, with showers and storms early. Turning breezy, with highs in the upper 70s. Partly sunny and much less humid on Sunday. Highs in the mid 70s.
A few showers are possible on Monday afternoon as a weak cold front arrives. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low 70s. Mostly sunny on Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs in the low to mid 70s. Warmer on Thursday, with highs near 80. | https://www.wktv.com/weather/heat-and-humidity-on-the-rise/article_163c081c-2cbd-11ee-864a-776651f17146.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:39 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/weather/heat-and-humidity-on-the-rise/article_163c081c-2cbd-11ee-864a-776651f17146.html |
Barbara D. Noto, 95, of Spring Brook Twp., died Tuesday at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of Joseph R. Noto, who died in 1978.
Born Sept. 28, 1927, in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late James and Vera (Walsh) Durkin. She was a graduate of St. John’s High School in Scranton. Prior to her retirement, Barbara was employed by the Lackawanna River Basin Sewer Authority as administration assistant and accountant.
Barbara was a longtime and active member of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Moscow. She served on the steering committee for the church building project in the 1980’s. She was an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion; and was a quadrant leader of the Eucharistic Adoration. Barbara was past president of United Cerebral Palsy, past president of Friends of the Scranton Public Library, past president of Scranton Business and Professional Women, board member of the American Cancer Society and life member, member of the Society of Irish Women, and a board of trustees member of St. Michael’s School for Boys and a board member of the North Pocono Library, and active in several other organizations.
She was an avid New York Yankees fan, active in the Red Hat Society and enjoyed crafting.
Barbara’s family would like to express its gratitude to the caregivers who made her final months comfortable and meaningful.
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Surviving are her son, Casper J. Noto and wife, Patty, of Covington Twp.; her daughter, JoAnn McGee and husband, Bill, of Moscow; her grandsons, Ryan J. McGee, of Covington Twp.; Scott McGee and wife, Monica, of Haymarket, Va.; four great-grandchildren, Lily McGee, Alex McGee, Ben McGee and Lena McGee; and nieces and nephews.
Barbara was preceded in death by her sisters, Margaret A. “Peg” Schmidt and Anna Mae Blasi; and her brothers, Joseph Durkin and Robert Durkin. She was also preceded in death by her granddaughter-in-law, Sarah McGee.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. in St. Catherine of Siena Church, 220 Church St., Moscow, Pa., with the Rev. Thomas M. Muldowney as celebrant. Interment and rite of committal will be conducted at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Covington Twp.
Friends may call Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m. in Duffy & Snowdon Funeral Home, 401 Church St., Moscow, Pa. Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s favorite charity.
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Morning: Patchy fog. Low 70s.
Afternoon: Hazy, hot, and humid. High 90.
Tonight: Muggy with showers developing late. Lows in the upper 60s
A heat advisory is in effect for the Mohawk and Southern Valleys on Friday. The heat index, a combination of heat and humidity, will make it feel like low to mid 90s Friday afternoon.
Patchy fog develops this morning, especially in valley locations. Fog gives way to sunshine by the mid morning. Hazy, hot, and humid, with highs near 90. The heat index is expected to climb into the low to mid 90s. Take it easy outdoors and make sure to keep pets indoors.
A cold front arrives late tonight into Saturday, bringing rain and a few rumbles of thunder. Mostly cloudy on Saturday, with showers and storms early. Turning breezy, with highs in the upper 70s. Partly sunny and much less humid on Sunday. Highs in the mid 70s.
A few showers are possible on Monday afternoon as a weak cold front arrives. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low 70s. Mostly sunny on Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs in the low to mid 70s. Warmer on Thursday, with highs near 80. | https://www.wktv.com/weather/hot-conditions-today/article_0ba182de-2d1b-11ee-853f-c31015245c9d.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:45 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/weather/hot-conditions-today/article_0ba182de-2d1b-11ee-853f-c31015245c9d.html |
TUSD maintenance crews experiencing a ‘hectic’ few days before the start of school
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - While many families are prepping for the first day of school, so are the schools themselves. Getting back to school is always hard, but the heat and storms around this time of year in southern Arizona make it especially difficult for maintenance crews.
Tucson High just finished up a new air handler project that will modernize AC for the building, but the other school in Tucson Unified School District aren’t so lucky.
“The systems that we have right now, the majority of them are basically at the end of their service life or they’ve actually exceeded their service life, so it takes a great effort on behalf of the HVAC department to keep those older systems running,” TUSD Facility Management Director Greg Meier said. “We do try to replace these systems as adequate funding is available, but that all takes time.”
They say the need to work on these out-of-date systems is inevitable going into the school year, especially with the weather.
“It’s probably the most hectic time of the year that we do have and of course usually this time of year, it’s hot,” Meier said. “On the roofs it’s probably 130 degrees on some days.”
These overworked systems are fixed by nine technicians with over 110 sites to work on. While they do have four contractors on call to help, TUSD has developed a list of priority locations to use their limited resources to their full advantage.
“We do have a level set of priorities that we go with that will take an entire school down, emergency priority we need to be out there immediately,” TUSD Mechanical Manager Aaron Canez said, “an entire wing down, emergency priority we need to be out immediately.”
Pre-K rooms, special needs classes, and cafeterias all fall into the high-priority list as well. They say dealing with an aging infrastructure can be challenging, especially with the recent temperature highs, but it’s not a concern.
“I don’t think it’s a worry I just think we know that it’s a challenge and it’s a challenge every year I mean, these breaking temperatures,” Canez said, “they really cause a struggle to all HVAC systems so it just creates that challenge that we just need to overcome.”
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Carmelita Gravine, 67, of Archbald, passed away Wednesday, July 26, at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. She was the widow of Richard Gravine, who died April 14, 2018.
Carmelita was born in Peckville, Pa. on Oct. 28, 1955, a daughter of the late Michael and Theodora (Vadella) Motisko. Carmelita was a dedicated wife, a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She was free spirited, and her sense of humor and laughter was contagious. She loved being out in nature with her other half, taking their four children to their favorite spots: Lake Ladore, The Sand Pit, and Lower Woods Pond. She was nurturing to all, and many considered her a second mom. No matter where Carm went, someone always knew her, because she made friends everywhere, and wasn’t afraid to start a conversation. She was a “give you the shirt off my back” kind of person, and a true tomboy at heart.
You never left her house with an empty stomach, and even after you were done with your meal, she would just keep trying to feed you more. Her strength and “tough love” kind of personality always shined through. She was extremely protective of her four children, and oh boy.... if we could tell you stories... if you know, you know.
Her world revolved around her grandchildren. She and her oldest grandson Sabastian enjoyed jamming out to Robert Plant and Tom Morello. Her and her granddaughter Gia loved taking country rides, fishing and playing Rummy together, while Bentley adored her pancakes. Aside from all the love she showed her family and friends, she had a deep passion for fishing and spending time in the woods, which she referred to as “The Bush.” She always walked away from the lake with a stringer full of fish. (More than her husband, and any other guy on the lake.) Lake Ladore was her favorite place to fish. If she wasn’t at home, you can bet she was at the lake knee high in water casting her pole. She loved picking mushrooms and hunting as well.
We can go on and on, but there aren’t enough words to describe this phenomenal woman, and we can write an entire book, or three on how special she truly was. She will be greatly missed, but we know she’s watching over us, and casting her pole in the Great Lakes of Heaven.
Carmelita is survived by her children, Michaelene, Richard, Danielle, and Domonick; grandchildren, Sabastian, Giavanna, Bentley, and Phoenix; sisters, Phyllis Humphrey, Mary Neckonechni, Candida Motisko, and Kathleen Dicarluccio; and brothers, Michael Motisko, Kenneth Motisko, Alan Motisko, and Monte Motisko; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by siblings, Nancy, Marvin, and Thomas Motisko; and grandson, Jared.
The funeral will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. from the Harrison Funeral Home, 374 N. Main St., Archbald with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Church, Carbondale. The viewing will be held 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Monday, July 31 at Harrison Funeral Home in Archbald, Pa. | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/zz-dnp/carmelita-gravine/article_b7501150-794f-5270-8668-6f0e3fea6f18.html | 2023-07-29T00:48:50 | 1 | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/zz-dnp/carmelita-gravine/article_b7501150-794f-5270-8668-6f0e3fea6f18.html |
‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
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.
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Matushka Delores Marie Bowers Donlick, formerly of Lake Ariel, entered into eternal rest early Friday morning. As a teenager, Delores went to summer camp at St. Andrews Camp, Syracuse, N.Y., where she developed a close relationship with the now Very Rev. Mitered Archpriest Daniel Kalena Donlick, Academic Dean Emeritus, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan. Their love story began on July 25, 1964. Together Matushka Delores and Father Daniel just recently celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary.
Born in Binghamton, N.Y., Delores was the only child born to the late Russell and Mary Bock Bowers and was a 1960 graduate of Central High School, Binghamton, N.Y. After graduation, she received her cosmetology certificate. Matushka retired from Clarks Summit State Hospital, where she was a supervisor of the health and cosmetology department, and she so lovingly cared for her patients. She also was a part-time hostess at the Hideout Club House Restaurant, where she made many friends. Matushka assisted Father Daniel during his parish assignments, first at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Olyphant from 1965 to 1971, then at St. Michael’s Orthodox Church, Jermyn, 1971 to 1978. In 1978, Father Daniel was assigned to the seminary administration as the Academic Dean, while also serving the mission parish Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, in Stroudsburg.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by four children, David (Doreen) and their children, Nicole (Andrew) Brodt and David Nicholas; Daniel II, Deborah (Vickie) and Thomas (Melissa) and their children, Lindsey Marie and Thomas.
Family and friends may call Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Monastery Chapel of St. Tikhon of Zadnosk, 175 St. Tikhon’s Road, Waymart, PA 18472, and on Monday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Monastery Church. The Orthodox Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Panachida services will be on Sunday at 5 p.m.
Arrangements by the Semian Funeral Home, 704 Union St., Taylor. Please visit www.semiancares.com to share memories or extend condolence.
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Patricia A. Loftus, 89, of Carbondale, passed away Wednesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the widow of Gerald Joseph Loftus, who died April 29, 2006.
Born in Carbondale, daughter of the late Russell and Dorotha Faatz Sampson, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Carbondale. She was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, class of 1951. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a secretary at the former St. Joseph’s Hospital and Marian Community Hospital, Carbondale. She was a loving mother and grandmother, always attending Little League games and other activities. She enjoyed shopping and going out for lunch with her friends.
To those who knew her best, Pat was a loving mom and grandmother who doted on her children, and especially on her grandchildren. She never missed her children’s games, recitals or any other activities they were involved in, and she loved nothing better than to attend those same activities for her grandchildren. Pat was very family oriented. She retired from her job to care for two of her preschool aged grandchildren; she gave excellent care to her father during his lengthy illness and she was a caregiver to one of her sisters-in-law prior to her passing. Her two best friends were her cousin, Joyce and her sister-in-law, Anne Marie. She loved her job at Marian Community Hospital and continued for many years after her retirement to speak joyfully about the wonderful people she worked with. She loved music and could often be found singing along as her husband Jerry played their favorite songs on the piano, or listening to the Beatles, the Mamas and Papas or Roy Orbison on her CD player.
Surviving are a daughter, Kimberly Loftus-Toy, Carbondale; a son, Shaun Gerald Loftus and wife Jennifer, Peckville; five grandchildren, Sydney Elizabeth and Justin Jacob Toy; Lucy Ann, Sadie Jane, and Jack Gerald Loftus; a brother, Douglas Sampson and wife Anne Marie, Carbondale; a sister-in-law, Ann Marie Sampson, Roseland, N.J.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was also preceded in death by a brother, Wallace Sampson.
The family would like to thank the staff of St. Mary’s Villa, and the nurses and staff at Regional Hospital of Scranton for the excellent care given to Patricia.
The funeral will be held Monday with services at 10 a.m. in the Brennan & Brennan Funeral Home Inc., 55 Lincoln Ave., Carbondale. Interment will follow at Willow View Cemetery, Clifford. Friends may call Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.
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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
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.
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Aggieland Humane Society Pet of the Week: Caterpillar
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Caterpillar is the Aggieland Humane Society Pet of the Week for July 28.
This sweet girl is about 3-years-old.
She’s been at the shelter since April and is ready to find her forever home.
According to the shelter, they are in “crisis mode” right now. On Thursday they had about 90 dogs in their care but are only designed to house 48.
To help encourage adoptions, they’re having a special at BigShots Aggieland on Saturday.
The Par for Paws Adoptions Special and Fundraiser will by from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thirty dogs will be ready to be adopted for a reduced fee of $18.
Take a look at Caterpillar and all the adorable pets available for adoption here.
The shelter is located at 5359 Leonard Road in Bryan. They’re open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 3 p.m.
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House Bill 8 to change how community colleges are funded
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - College students will be back on campus soon for the new fall semester, but a recently passed law will change how community colleges are funded.
In early June Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 8 into law. The bill introduces a new model for how community colleges across the state will receive its funding. Instead of being funded based on how many students are enrolled or how much time students spend in the classroom, funds will be based off of performance.
District 18 Senator Lois Kolkhorst said this new law will take effect in September. With the new model, Kolkhorst said 95-percent of that funding will not just be getting the student in the front door, but getting a student out the back door.
“What did you accomplish with that, was there a certificate, was there an associate degree are they moving on to a four year university,” Kolkhorst said.
While the new model is a shift, it’s something that Kolkhorst said will benefit the taxpayers, employers, workforce development and the students.
“Community colleges now are incentivized to be able to really work with that student to make sure they move onto a four year university,” Kolkhorst said.
The state has allocated $683 million in its budget to fund community colleges with these new requirements. Kolkhorst said funding for the new model started with Texas State Technical College several years ago.
“It’s added benefits to them and definitely incentivized them getting people into jobs, so now we are going to move community colleges into the same funding system,” Kolkhorst said.
Kolkhorst said community colleges are a great way to build up the workforce and the new model will help.
“Community colleges are very inexpensive as compared to some of our general academic institutions, and so it’s a starting point that can be really a life changer for some. Many are not just students but adults coming back to college,” Kolkhorst said. “We looked at the model that we did for TSTC and the years past, so this is the result.”
House Bill 8 also works to make credits more accessible to high school students who struggle financially.
“Dual credit is not free, so what it does is if a student has been economically disadvantaged even just one year of their last four to five years in their high school or junior college year it will allow them to get dual credit for free,” Kolkhorst said. “That can be the segway in those that are economically disadvantaged to move into higher education.”
For those who have been out in the workforce, who didn’t get their high school degree, the bill allows them to work on a certificate while at the same time work on their high school degree certification, Kolkhorst said.
“It’s not just about funding, but helping those that are coming back into community colleges, that don’t have a high school degree or those who have been economically disadvantaged, we can get them into dual credit,” Kolkhorst said. “Then that student says I’m college ready, I can do college courses.”
The reform is expected to provide a financial boost to Blinn College since many students transfer to four year universities, Kolkhorst said.
“It’s going to impact not only Blinn College, but I think it’s going to help the Texas A&M system and a lot of students that go to Blinn College also go to Sam Houston State University,” Kolkhorst said.
Blinn College said in a statement the new funding formula perfectly aligns with it’s long standing commitment to student success.
“We appreciate the Legislature’s investment in Blinn and its fellow two-year colleges and believe that this new funding structure will benefit our College and its students for years to come,” Blinn College said.
Kolkhorst said there will be another special session with a focus on public education.
“I call public education and K-12 our foundation that we build off of, so I am looking forward to a successful special session and getting our public schools their needed money, and then what we were able to do for both community colleges and general academic institutions,” Kolkhorst said. “The funding this year with the taxpayers dollars we had a large surplus and we’re trying to make those very important investments.”
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DeSantis shies away from Trump criticism at Iowa Republican dinner where both are speaking
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed “I will get the job done” but shied away from attacking former President Donald Trump as the two top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination were making rare appearances at the same Iowa campaign event on Friday night.
Despite Trump being charged a day earlier with additional counts over his retention of classified documents that could shake up the race, DeSantis stuck to his standard campaign speech, mostly targeting President Joe Biden. The Florida governor also repeated his frequent promise to halt the “weaponization” of the Justice Department, an allusion to Trump’s legal troubles, but offered no specific thoughts on the cases against him. That’s despite Trump also bracing to be charged soon in Washington over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
“The time for excuses is over. We must get the job done,” DeSantis said. “I will get the job done.”
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 with Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucus less than six months away, the former president joined a dozen other GOP hopefuls in speaking to about 1,200 GOP members and activists at the Lincoln Day Dinner.
He also opened an Iowa campaign office in Urbandale, outside Des Moines, prior to the main event — and wasn’t shy about slamming his competitors around the same time DeSantis was taking the stage at the dinner.
“I understand the other candidates are falling very flat … it’s like death,” Trump said, adding, “There’s no applause, there’s no nothing.”
More than 100 people packed the small office, many wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and shirts. They had waited in 100-degree weather to enter, and the poorly ventilated office quickly became sweltering. Staff handed out water bottles, and people fanned themselves with campaign handouts. Some used paper towels to wipe away sweat.
DeSantis is Trump’s strongest primary competitor but has been trying to reset his stalled campaign for two weeks. He’s increasingly focusing on Iowa in its efforts on trying to derail Trump.
The governor’s 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, who also spoke Friday night and didn’t mention Trump or the cases against him, held a town hall the previous day in Ankeny with Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. 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’ 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.
“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.”
West Des Moines resident Jane Schrader chose to wear her “Trump Country” sticker on her pants instead of at eye level. “I’m not quite dyed-in-the-wool. I’m a supporter, but not that kind,” said the retired physician, explaining her sticker placement.
Trump did face criticism from some rivals, including former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison, who in his speech declared, “As a party, we need a new direction for America and for the GOP.” The crowd offered only a muted reaction — but refrained from booing, which Trump critics at Republican primary events often face.
DeSantis, meanwhile, ducked chances Friday to criticize Trump over the additional charges he faces even before his speech.
“We have engaged when appropriate,” DeSantis told reporters in Oskaloosa, 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.
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.
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LOS ANGELES -- K-pop boy band sensation, TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) took the world by storm in 2022 with their first world tour and as the headlining act at Lollapalooza. All their hard work on the road and how they got there is showcased in their new documentary, "TOMORROW X TOGETHER: Our Lost Summer."
The band talked to On The Red Carpet about their fans, or as they're called, MOAs, an acronym short for "Moments of Alwaysness" and how much their support drives them.
Member Taehyun said, "I think all of us will say in unison that MOAs are our driver for growth and the reason why we go forward, and I think the documentary was very important in that aspect, because during the pandemic, we didn't get a lot of chances to meet with our fans in person."
With one Lollapalooza headlining performance under their belt, member Beomgyu noted that for future performances, "If it's a really big stage like Lollapalooza, you never get used to it. You're always nervous going up on stage, but because we've been there once, I hope that I am more excited than nervous."
TXT traveled through eight cities, including Seoul, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. But the band didn't play favorites when it came to their favorite stop.
"I think all the cities have their own personalities and their own vibes," Hueningkai said. "Food for sure. We deliver a lot of different food and we also try to go to some of the hottest restaurants there."
Most recently, TXT collaborated with pop band, the Jonas Brothers, recently releasing the hit "Do It Like That."
"I was just starstruck," said Taehyun.
"They worked really hard together with us. For example, they would find TikTok references and ask us if we should do this. And they really worked hard on the music video as well. They were being very nice and gentle with us, so I was very happy to have the chance to work with them," said Soobin.
"TOMORROW X TOGETHER: Our Lost Summer" is streaming now on Disney+.
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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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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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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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Mexico to set up center for third-country migrants and U.S. will take referrals for possible refuge
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government announced Friday it will take referrals of Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens from Mexico for possible resettlement as refugees in the United States.
Mexico announced earlier this week it will set up a service center offering jobs and resettlement for people from those four countries. It said the center will be on the southern border with Guatemala, but did not specify where or when it would open.
When the U.S. government began requiring asylum seekers to apply on line or from their home countries, many of them had already begun the journey to the U.S. border and wound up up stuck in Mexico. The Mexican center is meant to serve those people.
“We are announcing our full support for an international multipurpose space that the Government of Mexico plans to establish in southern Mexico to offer new refugee and labor options for the most vulnerable people who are currently in Mexico,” said
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the United States is supporting Mexico’s new center and will “accept refugee resettlement referrals from qualified individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who are already in Mexico.”
He gave no details on how the referrals would work or how many would be accepted.
The U.S. has a new policy to grant parole for two years to up to 30,000 people a month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela if they apply online with a financial sponsor and arrive at an airport. It was not clear whether referrals accepted from Mexico would have to have a financial sponsor.
On Wednesday, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said in a statement that the new center “would provide refugee services, and at the same employment options, to connect migrants with the big projects being built in the south southeast.”
Mexico is building a tourist train line, a string of industrial parks, an oil refinery and other projects in the area.
Mexico also has been pressing Washington to help finance two Mexican programs that it is seeking to expand to Central America. One pays farmers to plant and care for trees and the other is a system of youth job training and apprenticeships.
Mexico said Wednesday the U.S. has agreed to contribute $40 million to that effort in El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Cuba and Ecuador.
The U.S. government has physically blocked migrants from claiming asylum at land crossings with Mexico unless they have an appointment through the CBP One app.
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The stretch of Manhattan streets closed off for several days following a fiery crane collapse on the island's west side has finally reopened.
Tenth Avenue is back open more than 48 hours after the top part of the crane, the boom, came tumbling down along with 16 tons of concrete. In total, 12 people were injured, including three firefighters. All were said to have non-life-threatening injuries.
The fire's cause is still under investigation. As of Friday, the probable cause of the fire is a hydraulic fuel leak from the engine compartment onto a heated metal plate. In the meantime, neither the crane company nor its operator have been publicly accused of wrongdoing.
NYC officials have been coordinating with the developers to get a larger crane in place to remove the damaged one.
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The crane operator was bringing 16 tons of concrete up when he spotted the fire break out, FDNY Deputy Commissioner Joseph Pfeifer said Wednesday. The worker tried to extinguish the flames, but the fire overwhelmed him and he had to leave. The worker was not hurt, Pfeifer said.
"That weight of 16 tons is attached by a cable. As the fire heats the cable, the cable weakens, to the point where it loses its strength, and that’s where the collapse occurred," said Pfeifer.
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The deputy commissioner said heads up thinking by the crane operator may have saved lives.
“That crane operator saw the fire started and tried to extinguish it. We give a lot of credit to the crane operator but the fire overwhelmed and he had to exit the crane," Pfeifer said.
The building the crane is atop of is currently under construction. The Department of Buildings said it is intended to be a 45-story, mixed-use building. The general contractor and crane company appear to have all necessary and relevant permits in order, according to city officials.
Crane collapse linked to company and operator with history of safety violations
As authorities continue to investigate, the owner and operator of the failed crane are facing scrutiny over past safety failures.
The tower crane, owned by New York Crane and Equipment Corp., was hoisting concrete to the 36th story of a luxury high-rise when a fire broke out in the machine’s cab, officials said. The flames burned through a cable holding the crane's arm in place, sending the 180-foot-long boom crashing to the ground.
The near catastrophe stirred memories of past crane collapses, including a series of incidents involving people connected to Wednesday's accident.
Two of the city's most disastrous crane collapses came over the span of two months in 2008, both involving cranes owned by New York Crane and Equipment Corp. Nine people died, pushing the city to overhaul its process of inspecting and regulating tower cranes.
Later that year, a construction worker fell to his death while helping dismantle a crane owned by a different company. One of the two crane operators, whose license was suspended for eight months, was Chris Van Duyne. The same man was operating the crane that caught fire Wednesday, officials said.
Phone messages left with Van Duyne and New York Crane were not immediately returned Thursday.
As officials await answers, City Council Member Pierina Sanchez, the head of the council's committee on housing and building, said it was troubling that a crane company cited for past safety failures was once again linked to a major incident.
“It raises concern that a company that has a history of injuries and fatalities on site is continuing to do business in the city of New York,” she said. “Why do they still have a license?”
Following the consecutive collapses 15 years ago, New York adopted a series of stringent crane requirements that go beyond those of other states, according to industry experts.
Stephen Smith, the executive director of the Center for Building in North America, said the regulations — which require multiple city-specific licenses and high insurance liability –- have the unintended consequence of keeping new companies from entering New York’s market, effectively allowing a small number of players to dominate the industry.
“Crane collapses are not that frequent, so if multiple high-profile accidents happen with the same company, it doesn’t reflect well on them,” Smith added. “You have to wonder if we’re not keeping out more competent operators and firms.”
Founded by James Lomma – known locally as the “King of Cranes” – New York Crane and Equipment Corp. has long been one of the city’s top crane providers, helping to build the Hudson Yards development and the new World Trade Center.
But the Queens-based company has also faced a series of criminal and civil actions.
In March of 2008, one of the company's cranes toppled on Manhattan's east side, pulverizing buildings on the way down and fatally injuring seven people. Prosecutors blamed that accident on shoddy work by a crane rigger, but a jury acquitted him of manslaughter charges after his lawyer argued that bad welding and other factors were to blame.
Two months later, another Lomma-owned tower crane collapsed in the city, killing the operator Donald Leo and a construction worker, Ramadan Kurtaj. Investigators blamed that collapse on a busted bearing, manufactured by a Chinese company that had warned Lomma it did not have confidence in the product.
Lomma was acquitted of manslaughter charges, but he was sued by the workers' families and ordered by an appeals court to pay $35 million for a series of “wonton and egregious” decisions that led to the collapse. He filed for bankruptcy soon after, and he died in 2019. The company is currently managed by Sal Isola, who did not return a request for comment.
In 2004, New York Crane and Construction Corp. faced allegations of poor maintenance after another worker, Glenn Gonnert, fell to his death from the mast of a crane.
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Officer Wilt family approaches his recovery with ‘pit bull mentality’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Wearing a smile and giving well-wishers a thumbs up, 26-year-old LMPD Officer Nick Wilt exited the Frazier Rehabilitation Institute displaying the hope and determination that doctors said has made his recovery nothing short of remarkable.
Wilt had been in the hospital since April 10, the day he was shot in the head while attempting to stop a mass shooting at the Old National Bank.
“The mindset that Officer Wilt had before he ever crossed our threshold is what has served him well,” UofL Health Chief Medical Officer Jason Smith said. “The mindset that his family has is what has served him well.”
Wilt’s family also expressed gratitude for the medical teams at UofL Health.
”Because of the work they did, we get to take our brother home today,” Zack Wilt, Nick’s twin brother said. “Nick gets to go home today, sleep in his own bed, with his own TV. And he’s been asking for a steak dinner for a couple of weeks now. And you bet we’re going to get him a steak dinner tonight.”
“They’re strong,” LMPD Chief Jacqueline Gwinn-Villaroel said. “I want to classify them with a plug pit bull mentality. They are just aggressive in their need and desire to get better.”
Dr. Smith said the journey to recovery for Officer Wilt may never be over, but Friday was a big step forward for Wilt and his family as they prepare for the challenges ahead.
They are again at home and together, ready for the challenges ahead.
”He’ll probably be embarrassed that I say this,” Zack said, “but his little catchphrase when we wheel him out of his room is, ‘Let’s boogie-woogie.’ He’s ready to go.”
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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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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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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
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 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.
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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
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.
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This Phoenix bar was just named the best cocktail bar in the US
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - The best cocktail bar in the United States is right here in the Valley. The Tales of the Cocktail Foundation announced on Thursday the winners of the 17th annual Spirited Awards and the Century Grand in Phoenix won Best U.S. Cocktail Bar. The awards are like the Oscars for the beverage industry. “Thrilled doesn’t begin to cover how we feel to receive this recognition, and we couldn’t have done it without all our friends, guests, and of course, our amazing team,” Century Grand said in a social media post. The bar was a Spirited Awards finalist in 2020 for Best New American Bar.
The Century Grand houses three turn-of-the-century inspired cocktail bars that focus on specialty craft cocktails. They include Platform 18, Grey Hen Rx and UnderTow. The bar on Indian School Road near 36th Street opened in 2019 and is no stranger to winning awards. It won Best Handcraft Cocktail Program during this year’s Foodist Awards and Platform 18 was named one of North America’s 50 Best Bars. Century Grand also made the annual Imbibe 75 list for Places of the Year in 2020. Century Grand is owned by Barter & Shake Cocktail Entertainment.
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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
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.
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Medical examiner in Phoenix predicts record heat deaths
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Maricopa County’s chief medical examiner warned Friday that the Valley could be on its way to breaking a grim record related to the extreme heat. Dr. Jeff Johnston at the Office of the Medical Examiner said the record number of consecutive days of temperatures at or above 110 degrees could make this the deadliest year for heat deaths. “We do have surges every summer because of the heat,” Johnston said of the number of bodies being admitted into his morgue. “This one is definitely unique and worse than we’ve seen in the past. Our previous record was last year. This one’s gonna beat it.”
The current record for heat deaths in Maricopa County was set in 2022, when 425 people died. So far this year, the county has confirmed 25 people have died with another 249 possible deaths related to heat still under investigation.
To prepare for the potential spike in deaths, the county ordered 10 cold storage units which arrived this week. Johnston said the coolers have added 50% to the county medical examiner’s storage capacity. As of Friday, they were not being used but Johnston said that could change as early as next week.
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Joey Gallo Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:35 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
On Friday, Joey Gallo (.207 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 82 points below season-long percentage) and the Minnesota Twins play the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Brady Singer. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-3) against the Mariners.
Joey Gallo Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brady Singer
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -133)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +270)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Joey Gallo At The Plate
- Gallo is batting .173 with nine doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 35 walks.
- Gallo has picked up a hit in 40.0% of his 80 games this year, with multiple hits in 7.5% of those games.
- Looking at the 80 games he has played this season, he's hit a home run in 16 of them (20.0%), and in 6.5% of his trips to the dish.
- In 23.8% of his games this year, Gallo has had at least one RBI. He's picked up more than one in 8.8% and driven in three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- In 28 of 80 games this year, he has scored, and three of those games included multiple runs.
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Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Royals pitching staff is 27th in MLB with a collective eight strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (5.21).
- Royals pitchers combine to rank 21st in baseball in home runs given up (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- The Royals are sending Singer (6-8) to the mound for his 21st start of the season. He is 6-8 with a 5.55 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 108 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Saturday, the right-hander went six innings against the New York Yankees, allowing two earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB action this season, the 26-year-old ranks 57th in ERA (5.55), 57th in WHIP (1.472), and 47th in K/9 (7.5).
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Woman arrested in suspect road rage shooting that killed a man in Glendale
GLENDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Police arrested a woman they say shot and killed a motorcyclist during a road rage incident on Thursday in Glendale. Twenty-one-year-old Nevaeh Jai Worsley was taken into custody around 12:30 a.m. on Friday.
According to court paperwork, a witness said they were behind a silver four-door sedan, learned later to be a Hyundai Elantra, which was behind a 23-year-old motorcycle rider, around 4 p.m. at 67th Avenue and Greenway Road. An argument soon broke out between the rider and two people in the car, Worsley and an unidentified woman. The witness said Worsley got out of the passenger’s side of the car with what appeared to be a black handgun, court documents said, and shot the motorcycle rider.
The motorcyclist drove south on 67th Avenue but was later found lying on the ground near Gelding Avenue. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Worsely and the woman sped off. Police found the Elantra driver, who also owned the suspect car, thanks to obtaining surveillance video and license plate readers. The video showed almost what the witness said happened. Detectives tracked the license plate to a driver who lives with Worsley. Both were taken into custody.
Worsley invoked her right to remain silent and didn’t talk to the police. The car owner initially denied being in the area, but then she admitted to cutting off the motorcycle rider when turning onto Greenway near 67th Avenue. She also admitted to yelling at the rider. The woman also claimed she shot at the motorcycle’s rear tire, but when confronted with evidence, she told police she saw Worsley holding the gun after hearing a gunshot. Worsley into jail on a second-degree murder charge.
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Ryan Jeffers Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:34 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Minnesota Twins, including Ryan Jeffers (.364 batting average in his past 10 games), take on starter Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-3) against the Mariners.
Ryan Jeffers Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brady Singer
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +130)
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Ryan Jeffers At The Plate
- Jeffers has eight doubles, a triple, five home runs and 20 walks while batting .277.
- Jeffers is batting .438 with one homer during his last games and is riding a seven-game hitting streak.
- Jeffers has recorded a hit in 29 of 54 games this year (53.7%), including 11 multi-hit games (20.4%).
- In 9.3% of his games this season, he has hit a long ball, and 2.7% of his trips to the plate.
- In 12 games this season (22.2%), Jeffers has picked up an RBI, and in three of those games (5.6%) he had two or more.
- He has scored in 18 of 54 games this season, and more than once 4 times.
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Ryan Jeffers Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The eight strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 27th in MLB.
- The Royals' 5.21 team ERA ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Royals pitchers combine to allow 126 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (to rank 21st in baseball).
- Singer (6-8 with a 5.55 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 108 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Royals, his 21st of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the New York Yankees, when he threw six innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up five hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season, the 26-year-old ranks 57th in ERA (5.55), 57th in WHIP (1.472), and 47th in K/9 (7.5).
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Ohtani hits majors-leading 39th home run against Blue Jays, extends HR streak to 3 at-bats
TORONTO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch he faced in Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays, going deep in three straight at-bats over two games.
Ohtani’s major league-leading 39th homer came off Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman in the first inning and traveled 397 feet into the right field bullpen at Rogers Centre.
Ohtani streak of homers ended when he struck out swinging on a 2-2 pitch from Gausman in the third inning.
Ohtani homered twice in the second game of a doubleheader at Detroit on Thursday before leaving with cramps. He threw a one-hitter in the opener for his first career MLB shutout.
The two-way superstar became the first player to throw a shutout in one game of a doubleheader and hit one homer — much less two — in the other.
Thursday’s performance against the Tigers came hours after the team confirmed Ohtani will stay with the Angels for the rest of the season before he becomes a free agent.
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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
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.
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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.
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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.
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Willi Castro Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:32 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Minnesota Twins and Willi Castro, who went 1-for-4 with a double last time out, battle Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his previous game (1-for-4) against the Mariners.
Willi Castro Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brady Singer
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +190)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Willi Castro At The Plate
- Castro is batting .244 with 11 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 19 walks.
- Castro has gotten a hit in 41 of 75 games this season (54.7%), with more than one hit on 14 occasions (18.7%).
- Looking at the 75 games he has played this year, he's homered in four of them (5.3%), and in 1.9% of his trips to the plate.
- Castro has an RBI in 18 of 75 games this year, with multiple RBI in three of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- In 37.3% of his games this year, he has scored at least once. And he's had five games with multiple runs (6.7%).
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Willi Castro Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective eight K/9, the fourth-worst in MLB.
- The Royals have a 5.21 team ERA that ranks 28th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Royals rank 21st in baseball in home runs allowed (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Singer gets the start for the Royals, his 21st of the season. He is 6-8 with a 5.55 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 108 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last time out came on Saturday against the New York Yankees, when the right-hander went six innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up five hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 26-year-old's 5.55 ERA ranks 57th, 1.472 WHIP ranks 57th, and 7.5 K/9 ranks 47th.
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Summer school students from the Liberty Village Project were able to escape Baltimore’s heat waves and dive into the National Aquarium as a part of Field Trip Fridays.
Around 30 summer school students and their teachers visited the National Aquarium Friday as part of a grant-funded program that takes nonprofit organizations on field trips around the city. At the beginning of the summer, Baltimore City nonprofit youth organizations were invited to request tickets to extend their summer programs an extra day to explore some of Baltimore’s cultural institutions.
When the students were asked how many of them had visited the aquarium before, a majority of their hands shot up, but some shouted they had never been.
“A lot of our inner city youth have never left their neighborhoods. This gives them an opportunity to meet other folks, other folks and seeing and being exposed to, not only just the fish, but a different lifestyles,” said Simon Edwards, a junior NBA coach at Liberty Village. Edwards has been working with the project for almost a year teaching fundamentals of basketballs and life skills.
A majority of the students come from the West Baltimore area. Edwards was excited to expose his student-athletes to different parts of the city and its offerings. As their coach, Edwards said he tries to talk to them about looking for careers outside of just sports. “We try to encourage other careers. This is nice [being able to] expose them to [...] something great and give them ideas to live their dream.”
Before the start of the visit, the students gathered around the aquarium entrance, some talking with one another, others talking with the aquarium staff and Councilman Zeke Cohen about the aquatic animals they were excited to see.
Joseph Lee, 16, is a summer school camper at Liberty Village, who has been to the aquarium before. He found himself touching one of the Atlantic horseshoe crabs, but this time a different part of the animal than last time.
Taliah Johnson, 12, is in Timothy Banks’ and Tiffany West’s group working within the school’s greenhouse. As the group made their way through the rainforest part of the aquarium, Taliah was able to recognize the organisms growing on the plants in the exhibit.
“At first it was a little weird!” she said. “But then I saw stuff that I’ve seen before. I’m definitely coming back!”
Her teacher, Mr. Banks, and class aide Ms. West worry the students may not remember the lessons they go over from their greenhouse campus, but the field trip allowed some like Taliah to see the plant cycle in different stages in a more natural habitat.
“It was nice seeing things through their eyes,” said Mr. Banks.
At the greenhouse where Mr. Banks and Ms. West teach, campers learn how to grow plants and the plant life cycle. Ten out of 18 of their students attended the field trip.
“This is a great idea doing this,” said Ms. West. “A lot of kids don’t get a chance to experience stuff like this. This kind of opens their eyes to new things, see new things and learn new things. I can even learn new things.”
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Since 2021, the city has operated summer programs four days a week, Monday through Thursday, to prevent teacher burnout. With the youth curfew and a shorter summer school week, local residents questioned where Baltimore City’s youth could turn to for safe and engaging environments.
In May, the program “Field Trip Fridays” was implemented as a compromise for the shorter school week by Councilman Zeke Cohen. Although Cohen credits the program as a partnership between the city and the school district, the school system emphasized that the program w as his initiative in a tweet .
In a collective effort with Baltimore’s Promise and the Fund for Educational Excellence, Field Trip Fridays was able to come to fruition, servicing 700 students in summer school programs. It is funded by grants, some of which came from the Baltimore nonprofit Open Society, and were split into microgrants of $1,500 to pay for lunches and busing, according to Cohen.
Tickets to these trips were donated directly by the 11 community institutions such as The National Aquarium, which has donated 250 tickets.
Another institution, Port Discovery Children’s museum, donated 500 tickets to the initiative to disperse among the students and their families.
“We’re a resource for children and families in Baltimore, Baltimore City, but also the surrounding counties, and we sort of like to make sure that our space is accessible and welcome for everyone,” said Carter Arnot Polakoff the president & CEO of Port Discovery.
“It’s just been this really beautiful thing, seeing cultural institutions come together to support our kids,” Cohen said to The Baltimore Sun. He pointed out that Baltimore’s Promise, a nonprofit organization that coordinates youth summer collaboratives, has been the backbone to this summer’s weeklong engagements. “We’ve just been really excited because I think it represents a spirit of collaboration that sometimes our city struggles with, but to see people really embrace this culture of collaboration has been very heartening.” | https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-ci-field-trip-fridays-liberty-village-20230729-n6vimrahlbgxpjalqwx6pbndeu-story.html | 2023-07-29T00:50:46 | 0 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-ci-field-trip-fridays-liberty-village-20230729-n6vimrahlbgxpjalqwx6pbndeu-story.html |
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.
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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.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/lebron-james-will-join-this-list-of-nba-players-with-numbers-retired-by-multiple-teams/4546094/ | 2023-07-29T00:50:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/lebron-james-will-join-this-list-of-nba-players-with-numbers-retired-by-multiple-teams/4546094/ |
When Tim Troy read about Donald Lawson’s ambitious plans to break all sorts of sailing records, he wanted to lend a hand. Troy knows how dangerous solo sailing can be, plus, he has a lot in common with Lawson: They’re both Baltimore natives, both with unassailable hopes to sail single-handedly around the world.
Troy messaged with Lawson in February. He wished him luck. But Troy, like many in the sailing community, also was worried Lawson’s goals were quixotic.
Now 65 years old, Troy made three efforts to sail solo around the world but was stopped before he could really begin due to the high costs of maintaining a capable sailing vessel. In 2008, he solo sailed across the Atlantic to reach an around-the-world race’s starting line, only to be told by organizers his boat did not pass their safety test.
Still, the ocean calls him. He sailed 3,000 solo miles this spring, winding through the Caribbean and, if he won the Powerball, he said half-jokingly, he’d try to circumnavigate again.
Lawson has been similarly enchanted by the ocean, albeit with a more challenging dream. The 41-year-old, who authorities are currently searching for in the Pacific off Mexico, not only aspires to sail around the world, but he wants to do so in record time and on one of the fastest most, most unwieldy sailboats ever built, sailors say.
In an interview with The Baltimore Sun last year, Lawson matter-of-factly dictated his to-do list: Break 33 speed records as part of his 10-year plan.
The current American record for a solo, nonstop trip around the world in a boat no longer than 60 feet is 107 days. The world record is 74 days. Lawson hopes to do it in under 70 and become the first African American sailor to complete a solo, nonstop circumnavigation.
To support his efforts, he bought an incredibly speedy, 60-foot trimaran — one he’d had his eyes on for years — in March 2022 that he named Defiant and began to outfit for long, single-handed passages. Lawson declined to say how much he spent on the boat, which is part of a class called the ORMA 60s, but such vessels cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars and upkeep is pricey. Donors and sponsors helped him afford his efforts, he said.
Some cautioned him against rushing into the venture, but Lawson, a confident and determined sailor, was preparing for a solo circumnavigation attempt from Baltimore in October .
Lawson had been sailing his boat along the West Coast for the past year and he set out from Acapulco, Mexico (which is on the Pacific side of the country), on July 5, bound for Baltimore via the Panama Canal.
However, he had problems with his hydraulic rigging beginning July 9, according to a statement from his wife, Jacqueline, who also goes by Tori. He was without engine power, relying solely on a wind generator, which converts wind into electricity. But a storm knocked out that generator July 12, when she last received a text from him.
Lawson’s sailboat is fast, but extremely difficult to handle. The lack of power would have left him, or any sailor, ill-equipped to navigate it normally without the use of, among other essential tools, autopilot.
“If you’re offshore and you have no power, it’s like sailing a Formula One car with no brakes,” said Conrad Colman, a France-based sailor who has circumnavigated the globe three times, once solo.
Lawson’s position was last detected July 13 in the Pacific, about 300 miles from Acapulco. But what happened in the days that followed remains unknown. On Friday, July 21, the Mexican Navy first received a report about the missing boat. And on Sunday a search plane spotted what appeared to be Lawson’s sailboat, which Jacqueline positively identified as the Defiant.
It was capsized.
Authorities continued searching this week for Lawson. There had been hope that he was aboard his capsized vessel, where he’d have food and water, but Mexican authorities told Jacqueline on Friday morning that they inspected the sailboat and did not find Lawson on board.
The U.S. Coast Guard, which joined the search earlier this week, is “releasing” itself from the effort, Jacqueline said in a statement Friday night.
“I continue to remain optimistic and hopeful that Donald will be found alive and will return home safely,” she said.
Each passing day, concern for Lawson increases, however. Hope for his survival now hinges on him being on a life raft. The Defiant was equipped with a life raft when Lawson departed Acapulco, but Jacqueline said she has “not received any information” about the location of that raft.
“You can keep on going for a long, long time in survival scenarios,” Colman said.
Of course, there are other, more tragic possibilities. Arguably the greatest — and most daring — American sailor ever, Mike Plant, died in the Atlantic Ocean in 1992. His body was never recovered and his boat was found weeks after his disappearance, capsized, leaving questions about what went awry.
Any number of scenarios might have led to Plant’s demise. Danger is inherent in solo sailing; in fact, the first person to complete a solo circumnavigation, Joshua Slocum in 1898, later disappeared in the Atlantic.
It raises the question: Why do it? Sailing long distances alone means one wrong step, one miscalculation, one stroke of bad luck can mean catastrophe.
“If you’ve gotta ask why,” Troy said, “then you don’t understand it.”
Speedy, but delicate like a ‘dragonfly’
The genesis for Lawson’s motivation to sail around the world came on a boat trip in the Inner Harbor when he was 9 years old. From that point forward, it was a dream of his. He cut a map out of National Geographic and drew a route from Baltimore, around the world, and back, placing it on his wall. Sailing became his focus.
He met his wife at Woodlawn High School. Coincidentally, Lawson was in the same magnet program and grade as his friends Hae Min Lee, who was murdered their senior year, and Adnan Syed, who was charged in her death and became well-known by the 2014 podcast “Serial.”
Lawson then attended Morgan State University — dropping out before graduation to crew with Bruce Schwab, one of only five Americans who has completed a solo circumnavigation — and taught sailing in Baltimore, at the U.S. Naval Academy and in Europe, the Caribbean and Africa. Lawson has been a delivery captain, transporting boats across far distances, and said he’s completed at least 100 passages of more than 1,000 miles.
A trimaran like Defiant is a different beast, though.
It’s an ORMA 60, a classification of sailboat that glides over the water and is tantalizingly fast (Lawson said Defiant could reach speeds of up to 42 knots, or 48 mph), but is challenging to handle. Troy said it’s like “trying to ride a wild animal” and Colman said that while some large trimarans are similar to Jeeps, an ORMA is like a “dragonfly.”
“It must be handled very delicately. Otherwise it could flip,” Colman said.
In what is now an infamous example of their instability, only three of 18 trimarans that began a marquee race across the Atlantic in 2002 completed it; many sailors were rescued after capsizing. Only five times has a sailor sailed a trimaran, solo and nonstop, around the world and none as small as Defiant.
Colman, who has sailed on an ORMA 60 with a crew, called the classification of boat “the extreme of the extreme.”
“It is far beyond the comprehension of the average sailor at just how powerful, just how fast, just how dangerous they are,” he said.
ORMA 60s are rarely sailed anymore, due to their danger, but their speed is alluring. Lawson called them the “fastest, most extreme, Formula One race boats.”
He tried to acquire the sailboat in 2011, but was held back by the recession, he said. As he and his wife continued to operate their nonprofit, the Dark Seas Project — which seeks to promote diversity in sailing and hosts sailing education events — Lawson bought the boat in 2022.
“With that boat, the goal is to go out there and break all the world records,” he said at the time.
He ran into problems this year, however, realizing that his boat needed upgrades before he embarked on the global trip of at least 21,600 miles. While sailing in the Pacific Ocean in January, Lawson and his wife collided with something — perhaps a whale or a tree trunk — damaging the boat and requiring more work to be done in Acapulco.
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“We’ve been pushing her quite a bit on purpose to test it because it’s better to have failures and issues now than to have issues when I’m actually out there going around the world,” Lawson said in January.
Among the improvements Lawson made was removing the bowsprit, a pole used to hoist big sails. Because he sought to slow the boat, he said, there would be no need for large sails that could propel the boat at high speeds. He aimed, rather, for a more manageable speed of 18 knots.
As Lawson approached his starting line for the world record effort, some sailors were skeptical, both of his ability to set records and also for his safety, and preached caution. Lawson, however, remained confident in his quest.
Part of his motivation hinges on being a pioneer — he would be the first African American to sail around the world solo and nonstop — and also to be remembered for the rare accomplishment. A basketball fan, Lawson noted that record-setting legends like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are not soon forgotten.
By setting a bevy of records, he, too, wants to be remembered for a solo circumnavigation.
“It’s become almost a personal obsession or part of my DNA,” he told The Sun last year. “I can’t imagine not doing it.”
Baltimore Sun reporters Dillon Mullan and Lilly Price contributed to this article. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/ac-cn-md-donald-lawson-trimaran-pacific-ocean-20230729-bk2adj727fbe3owi2xnntrdhyi-story.html | 2023-07-29T00:50:52 | 0 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/ac-cn-md-donald-lawson-trimaran-pacific-ocean-20230729-bk2adj727fbe3owi2xnntrdhyi-story.html |
(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.wane.com/entertainment-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T00:51:27 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Senator Tim Melson (R-Florence) suffered a heart attack while on a trip with other lawmakers in South Korea to recruit STEM teachers, according to Senate Secretary Pat Harris.
Most recently, Melson is known for being the driver behind the legislation legalizing medical cannabis in the state.
Secretary Harris said what he knows is that Melson is in a hospital in Seoul after being taken there from another region and receiving CPR from Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur).
“They were not in Seoul when he had the heart attack,” Harris said. “Senator Orr provided CPR to him. They got him in condition enough to be transported to a hospital.”
Melson’s daughter posted on Facebook saying he suffered cardiac arrest, and that she was en route to South Korea. She’s asking that people keep her dad in their prayers.
Since then, there’s been an outpouring of support online.
Sen. Keith Kelley (R-Anniston) posted on social media asking for prayers, and so did Congressman Robert Aderholt.
Rep. Debbie Wood (R-Valley) shared how Melson was instrumental in getting her bill, Exton’s law, passed this regular session. It aims to prevent discrimination in the organ transplant process.
She said she’s been trying to pass it for years, but it wasn’t until this session when Melson chaired the Senate Health Committee that it got through.
Wood said since Melson is an organ transplant recipient, he was crucial in getting it passed.
“He helped me with this process to work with the hospital, the nursing homes, everyone involved so we could be sure people weren’t discriminated against in our state, so for that I’m just so thankful. And that’s why I’m praying for him. He’s been a great asset to the state of Alabama,” Wood said. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/alabama-politicians-respond-to-news-of-sen-tim-melsons-heart-attack/ | 2023-07-29T00:51:27 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/alabama-politicians-respond-to-news-of-sen-tim-melsons-heart-attack/ |
President Biden publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old named Navy Joan Roberts, for the first time on Friday, capping a month of questions about why he had seemingly excluded the little girl from his tight family circle.
Roberts is the daughter of Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts, an Arkansas woman who filed a paternity lawsuit against her child's father in 2019.
"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," President Biden said in a statement to People magazine published on Friday evening.
President Biden Speaks Out on Hunter’s Daughter, 4, with Ark. Woman: ‘Jill and I Only Want What’s Best’ (Exclusive) https://t.co/9qlHMZXH7E
— People (@people) July 28, 2023
"This is not a political issue, it's a family matter," Biden said in the statement. "Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy."
President Biden is known for often speaking about his love of his family and grandchildren. Last year, Hunter Biden's eldest child, Naomi, was married at the White House in what was a lavish affair.
In early July, the New York Times profiled Navy, her mother, and some of the details of their child support settlement. The story drew attention to the fact that the president had never recognized his 4-year-old granddaughter.
Some GOP presidential contenders like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made jabs at the president for the omission.
Hunter Biden recently settled a lawsuit over his daughter
Hunter Biden has struggled with addiction. In his 2021 memoir, he blamed his addictions for his court battle over his daughter's paternity.
"It's why I would later challenge in court the woman from Arkansas who had a baby in 2018 and claimed the child was mine — I had no recollection of our encounter. That's how little connection I had with anyone," he wrote in his memoir. "I was a mess, but a mess I've taken responsibility for."
Hunter Biden was proven to be the child's father through a DNA test. He has recently settled a lawsuit for child support.
He has three older children, now in their 20s, as well as a 3-year-old son named Beau, who is often seen at the White House.
Hunter Biden has been the target of Republican attacks on the president because of his business dealings and legal issues.
He recently agreed to plead guilty to tax and gun charges in a deal that would allow him to avoid future prosecution. But that plea deal fell apart when the judge said she needed more information and wasn't ready to accept the deal he struck with the Justice Department.
The White House has refused to comment on whether Hunter Biden's legal troubles are a political liability for the president, describing them as personal matters, and saying only that the president loves his son and supports him as he tries to rebuild his life.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-28/biden-has-a-7th-grandchild-but-hes-never-acknowledged-her-until-now | 2023-07-29T00:51:27 | 1 | https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-28/biden-has-a-7th-grandchild-but-hes-never-acknowledged-her-until-now |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service is rolling out a new program that allows it to have whole blood on its trucks.
BFRS Medical Director Will Ferguson said when responding to trauma calls, they aim for what they call “the golden hour.” He said most trauma patients have about one hour to get to a trauma center but in reality, that window is much smaller. He said having whole blood on the scene can literally save a life.
“We’ve already used blood once this week since we’ve started, and I would argue that’s what probably saved that patient’s life,” Ferguson said.
The BFRS is now the third department in the country to carry whole blood.
“There are a lot of shootings, a lot of wrecks where patients could benefit from blood,” BFRS EMS Lt. Robby Allison said. “So, this is huge form Birmingham, for the citizens of Birmingham.”
Ferguson said blood, specifically whole blood, is essential to saving a person’s life.
“If you have no blood in your body, if you’re not breathing, you only have a couple minutes before your brain dies,” Ferguson said. “So access to whole blood in the field can resuscitate somebody immediately, and then we can move them to the trauma center.”
In the past, fire and rescue crews used blood components in the field. That’s plasma, platelets, red blood cells or white blood cells, and it takes about 15 to 30 minutes to administer. Whole blood is blood with all of its components in one and takes only about four minutes.
“You always think if you had the opportunity to do more,” BFRS Cpt. Kaunda Wooten said. “Now that we have whole blood, we can do more.”
Ferguson said he hopes this is another step toward taking emergency medicine care into the streets to keep patients alive.
“I think we need to grow EMS in our state as a whole,” Ferguson said. “So yes, we got to move forward, or people die.”
This unit carrying the whole blood will be housed at BFRS Station 14 near Legion Field. Ferguson said this is an area that sees a high a number of traumas. The department hopes to expand the program to other stations in the city in the future. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-fire-and-rescue-service-now-carries-whole-blood/ | 2023-07-29T00:51:33 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-fire-and-rescue-service-now-carries-whole-blood/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — So far, 63 Indiana counties have signed up to receive their share of $225M in public health funds through the Health First Indiana Initiative. That’s according to the chairman of the Senate Health Committee.
“Our statistics are appalling,” State Sen. Ed Charbonneau said.
Sen. Charbonneau said Indiana ranks 45th nationwide in public health funding, and that every single county health department in the state is funded below the national average.
”Every other state in the country the trend is up, Indiana’s trending down with life expectancy,” Sen. Charbonneau said.
According to Sen. Charbonneau, Indiana ranks 42nd nationwide in infant mortality, 45th in percentage of smokers, and 46th in obesity.
He went on to say depending on where you live, your county health department could receive as much as $83 in funding per person, or as little as $1.25 per person.
That’s why he said the $225M provided in SB 4 is a “paradigm shift” for the state.
”Statistics show that money invested in prevention—the ROI is pretty large,” Sen. Charbonneau said.
The amount of money each county can receive will depend on the total number of counties that opt in. Counties that haven’t decided how they want to move forward have a month left to do so.
”Health is local, and it’s better delivered locally,” Madison Mayor Bob Courtney said.
Mayor Courtney is the only mayor on the Governor’s Public Health Commission. He said the money each county receives can be used for a variety of public health projects.
”We’re going to get more staffing, there’s a broad schedule of basic core services that would be delivered at the local level, and a lot of that is about preventative care and education,” Mayor Courtney said.
Although the commission did recommend more funds than what ended up in the budget last session, Sen. Charbonneau said this is the first step in what will be a long-term process.
”I would anticipate there’ll be more money to continue the program later on,” Sen. Charbonneau said.
If you’d like to see if your county is currently part of the initiative, click here, or visit http://www.healthfirstindiana.com. | https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/two-thirds-of-indiana-counties-have-opted-in-to-225m-of-state-public-health-funding-so-far/ | 2023-07-29T00:51:33 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/two-thirds-of-indiana-counties-have-opted-in-to-225m-of-state-public-health-funding-so-far/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center announced it will hold its third annual Haute Pink Fashion Show on Oct. 12 at Red Mountain Theatre Company.
The organization stated the fashion show is designed to inspire, honor and remember those affected by breast cancer. The show includes Forge’s clients, volunteers and friends modeling customized clothes created by designers with ties to Alabama.
The Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center noted any local fashion designer can submit interest through Aug. 11 in becoming one of the designers who will create a customized design for this year’s models. Those who are interested in being designers are asked to submit a portfolio or examples of designs they’ve created and a biography to Meg Lovett at meg@forgeon.org.
Each designer will work with an assigned model to create a look for the show. All designers will receive a service fee and a stipend to use for materials to create a customized design. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Forge Breast Cancer Center’s mission to improve the quality of life for breast cancer patients and survivors.
Tickets for the event are $100. Each ticket includes two drinks, appetizers and entrance to the show. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the event. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/forge-breast-cancer-survivor-center-to-hold-fashion-show/ | 2023-07-29T00:51:39 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/forge-breast-cancer-survivor-center-to-hold-fashion-show/ |
(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.cbs42.com/news/national/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T00:51:46 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
(NEXSTAR) – It’s been a rough week for Trader Joe’s after the popular grocery store chain had to notify customers on Thursday and Friday about products potentially containing foreign matter.
On Friday, Trader Joe’s announced it was recalling frozen falafel balls (SKU# 93935) that may contain rocks.
The recalled falafel was sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington D.C.
One day earlier, Trader Joe’s warned customers that its “Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup” may contain insects. Trader Joe’s says there have not been reported cases of illness from the soup.
The recalled soup (SKU# 68470) has the Use By dates of 07/18/23 – 09/15/23.
A third recall, updated Tuesday to include a sell by date, warns that there may be rocks in the company’s Almond Windmill Cookies and the Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies.
Those cookies have the following dates:
- Almond Windmill Cookies: SELL BY 10/02/23 and 10/19/23 through 10/21/23
- Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies: SELL BY 10/17/23 through 10/21/23
In all of the recalls, anyone who bought or received a donation containing one of the potentially tainted items is urged to throw it away or return it to Trader Joe’s for a refund.
Customers with questions may contact Trader Joe’s Customer Relations at (626) 599-3817 [Mondays-Fridays, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT] or send Trader Joe’s an email. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ | 2023-07-29T00:51:52 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ |
The Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System, also known as CARTS, unveiled new busses and a new brand of CHQ Transit.
Chautauqua County used a $826,900 State Department of Transportation grant to purchase nine new busses
CHQ Transit Senior Project Manager Michelle Westphal said they also received a $1.5 million from the State DOT that went toward the purchase of three hybrid trollies and the rebranding of CARTS, “We also have a little over $400,000 for new technology. We’ll be getting a cashless fare system, a mobile app, and signage and different things for our transportation hub when that’s completed. And we also have a little over $100,000 to get a consultant in here to help us look at our routes to make sure that there’s nothing we can do that’s more efficient.”
Each bus wrap will feature photographs of landscapes that represent different areas around Chautauqua County. There are 35 busses total in the CHQ Transit system that will receive new wraps over the course of the next two months.
Visit chqgov.com for more information. | https://www.wrfalp.com/carts-rebranding-to-chq-transit-unveils-new-busses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carts-rebranding-to-chq-transit-unveils-new-busses | 2023-07-29T00:51:52 | 1 | https://www.wrfalp.com/carts-rebranding-to-chq-transit-unveils-new-busses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carts-rebranding-to-chq-transit-unveils-new-busses |
By Diane Daily
When it’s this hot, we all need take some extra precautions to avoid heat exhaustion. Heat-related deaths and illness are preventable, but health experts say more than 700 people die from extreme heat every year in the U.S. It’s important to drink more water than usual and stay in air-conditioned buildings, when possible. If there is no air conditioning in your home, the Monroe County Emergency Management Agency is providing Cooling Stations at nine area fire stations. You can also stop by the Monroe County YMCA on South Highland Avenue during regular business hours to cool off. Check on friends and neighbors who might be struggling with the heat and humidity. Never leave children or pets in cars, even if you’re only going to be gone for a few minutes. And remember your outdoor pets are going to need more water this weekend.
The Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association (BUEA) has announced three grant programs to support small business owners in the Enterprise Zone. A scholarship program will also be available to area residents. The Small Business Safety & Security Grant, the Business Building Improvement Grant, and the Accessibility Modification Grant will offer a total of $55-thousand in funds to enhance safety, security, and accessibility in the community. The Economic Independence Scholarship will give residents the opportunity to attend post-secondary classes to enhance their skills. The BUEA will cover two courses, including textbooks.
A famous Indiana actor is being remembered for more than just his film career. James Dean will soon be inducted into the Grant County Sports Hall of Fame. The Fairmont native ran track and played baseball and basketball in high school. He was said to be very good at all three. The induction ceremony is set for next Sunday at the Grant County Family YMCA in Marion. That’s where he played his last basketball game when he was in high school.
Finally today, lots of fun stuff will be going on tonight at Swichyard Park. The City of Bloomington Parks Department is hosting what they’re calling the Ultimate Adult Playground event with nostalgic games, a photo booth and a chance to climb the IU Outdoor Adventures Rock Walk. There will also be plenty of music with songs from the 80’s and 90’s. The event will run from 6:00 until 9:00 this evening. | https://www.wgclradio.com/featured/wgcl-news-be-prepared-in-the-heat/ | 2023-07-29T00:51:52 | 0 | https://www.wgclradio.com/featured/wgcl-news-be-prepared-in-the-heat/ |
New York State has appropriated $2 million for the Double Up Food Bucks program in the state.
The program, ran by Field & Fork Network, gives a dollar for dollar match up to $20 a day for SNAP customers.
Field & Fork Program Director Josh McGuire said the program helps increase access to healthy foods for people as well as provide more income for farmers.
He said the program began in New York State in 2014 at seven markets and now is featured at over 240 locations across the state, including Jamestown, “And we’ve actually seen at the Jamestown Public Market the growth of Double Up Food Bucks. We’ve grown by 67% at that market alone between 2020 and 2022, which is really exciting growth to see in Jamestown. That means more people are getting fresh fruits and vegetables. We also launched (the program) this year, newly, at the Carlberg Farm Produce Market, and that’s here in Jamestown as well.”
The Double Up Food Bucks program has distributed almost $30,000 to customers in Jamestown since 2020 toward the purchase of New York grown produce. In turn, those funds have gone directly to local farmers.
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The Falconer Mayor and some businesses are expressing concern about the placement of people by the County Department of Social Services at a hotel in the village.
Mayor Jim Jaroszynski, speaking at the Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, said the use of emergency housing for people with substance use, housing, or mental health issues in the village has become a crisis, “We are a village on the move in the middle of a revitalization. We have private investment and, hopefully soon, public investment. We do not have access to services or different resources to help the individuals and families being placed in the village. It has become overwhelming to our local police and fire departments as well as disrupting many of the lives of the residents and the quality of life they expect in our village.”
Jaroszynski said that since January 1, 2023, Ellicott Police have responded to 146 calls to the Budget Inn with the Falconer Fire department being called there 35 times, “I’m not saying I don’t understand the need for housing for these individuals and families, but it seems they’ve been reduced to one choice by the county and they’re all being placed in Falconer. And, honestly, we have safety concerns for any family that’s being placed there with differing levels of needs.”
Jaroszynski said following surveys and meetings with residents, he is requesting the Chautauqua County Department of Social Services relocate the emergency shelter program from the Budget Inn.
Persnikkity Pies Owner Amy Pierce echoed Jaroszynski’s concerns, requesting that the County stop placing people with severe mental health and substance use issues in the village, “It’s taxing on everyone and, to be quite honest, it’s unnerving, especially to young people in the community who are just trying to walk through the village, walk dogs, my own children are trying to walk their dogs and they’re afraid of people who quite clearly have major drug habits and are out of control in the village.”
County Executive PJ Wendel said it’s a challenging situation, “Yes, it’s an increased problem and we have to look at it and we’ll take this into consideration. I have a meeting this afternoon with our Social Services Director and Mental Health and this will be a topic of discussion.”
Wendel said he understands the frustration folks have in the village, but asked they remember that the folks being placed are human beings too. | https://www.wrfalp.com/falconer-mayor-businesses-wants-dss-to-stop-using-village-for-emergency-housing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=falconer-mayor-businesses-wants-dss-to-stop-using-village-for-emergency-housing | 2023-07-29T00:52:05 | 1 | https://www.wrfalp.com/falconer-mayor-businesses-wants-dss-to-stop-using-village-for-emergency-housing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=falconer-mayor-businesses-wants-dss-to-stop-using-village-for-emergency-housing |
Jamestown Police are working on the revival of the Neighborhood Watch program in the City.
Captain Scott Forster encouraged the dozen residents who attended a community engagement meeting at Jackson-Taylor Park Thursday night to contact him about getting a program set up in their neighborhood, “Around the city, all over, there are groups of people that talk to each other and for now that’s great but if anybody is looking to get something more official and basically we can have different parts of city, different areas of neighborhood watch can have meetings and see what’s going on, we would help with that.”
Forster said those interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch can receive a pamphlet about how to start one their neighborhood. He said people can contact him through the Police Department at (716) 483-7536 for additional information.
Forster said loud music and motorcycles have been a recurring issue brought up by residents attending recent meetings the Police and Department of Development have held in City Parks. He urged residents to contact police when there are issues with excessive noise, especially now that the new Nuisance Officer is on board who is specifically addressing those kinds of quality of life issues.
The last community engagement meeting to be held by the Police and Department of Development will take place at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 2 at Bergman Park.
The meetings are being held as part of increased community engagement as required by the Gun Involved Violence Elimination program grant JPD receives. | https://www.wrfalp.com/jamestown-police-working-to-revive-neighborhood-watch-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamestown-police-working-to-revive-neighborhood-watch-program | 2023-07-29T00:52:11 | 0 | https://www.wrfalp.com/jamestown-police-working-to-revive-neighborhood-watch-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamestown-police-working-to-revive-neighborhood-watch-program |
Downtown neighbors of Labyrinth Press Company are suing them for their music creating a nuisance.
Gary and Donna Templin, who live at 18 East Fourth Street, entered the suit in Chautauqua County State Supreme Court, seeking a temporary and permanent injunction to prevent the cafe and bar from playing loud music outside their business located on the same block.
The Templins claim in the suit that the music is creating a nusicance and degrades their “enjoyment of their property, diminishes their quality of life, and diminishes their property value.”
In addition to the injunction, the Templins are also seeking damages from Labyrinth owner Jeff James including the cost of attorney fees.
According to the suit, the Templins did seek the assistance from the City of Jamestown and Jamestown Police in the matter but, “the Police do not want to get involved in civil matters between ‘residents’ and the City of Jamestown cannot police unusually loud music every time Defendants broadcast outdoor music at their businesses.”
The City of Jamestown does have a noise ordinance as part of the City Code that does not allow the use of amplified sound in a public area without a special event permit that is approved by the City Council Public Safety Committee.
Labyrinth Press Company did apply for and was approved this permit for a summer music series on the outside steps of their building in April 2023. | https://www.wrfalp.com/labyrinth-press-company-being-sued-by-neighbors-for-noise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labyrinth-press-company-being-sued-by-neighbors-for-noise | 2023-07-29T00:52:17 | 0 | https://www.wrfalp.com/labyrinth-press-company-being-sued-by-neighbors-for-noise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labyrinth-press-company-being-sued-by-neighbors-for-noise |
Sukanya Burman returns to Arts on Fire along with Company Manager Daryl Simons to discuss her recent works and the world of dance in Western New York with AOF host Anthony Merchant
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The Heron Trail Run held on August 13 in memory of Dave McDonald will benefit WRFA this year.
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WRFA’s Julia Ciesla-Hanley talks with Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel about new union contracts, the Authorities Budget Office‘s report on the IDA, the rebranding of CARTS, and more.
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Auburn -- Today president Biden marked his first trip to Maine since taking office.
Biden discussed the state of inflation, rising job numbers and how he plans to solve a problem that plagues not only Maine but rural communities across the nation.
Biden was greeted by the Governor and those in the manufacturing industry during his visit to Auburn Manufacturing INC, (AMI) where he highlighted how American Rescue Plan Act Funds are being used to revitalize Maine's local mills.
The president took to the stage to reflect on how the loss of a major economic hub can devastate a community.
"Factories got shut down all over America. Parents having to say to their children hunny I'm sorry I lost my job,” said Biden. We can't live here anymore. You saw it here in Maine. Let me remind you of a few examples: Auburn and Lewiston are right next to each other and used to be home for some of America's largest textile companies."
Governor Mills released a statement saying in part quote: “Maine's unemployment rate is at a record low, we have a near record high number of jobs, and our GDP has grown at one of the best rates in the nation. New businesses are coming to Maine and existing businesses are expanding.”
During Biden's visit he signed an executive order "Invest here, make it here" which aims to support people working in the U.S. by increasing job availability and encouraging investors to expand here in the U.S.
"The executive order for federal research and development in support of domestic manufacturing in the United States,” said Biden.
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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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BREWER -- Brewer police de-escalated what they're calling a "potential hostage situation" last night.
According to Brewer police chief Jason Moffatt, at around 5 p.m. Officers received a tip that a person was being held against their will on Black Bear Road in Brewer.
Police say threats were allegedly being made to the victim.
The incident was reportedly resolved in around 20 minutes.
"Officers treated it as a potential hostage situation when they [officers] arrived they were able to eventually get the potential victim out of the home,” according to Moffatt.
27-year-old Michael May ultimately surrendered himself to police.
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Feds reveal existence of recordings in bribery case against former Hinds Co. interim sheriff
DVD containing recordings of meetings, phone calls involving Marshand Crisler placed under seal to avoid tainting potential jurors
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Federal investigators have recordings of former Hinds County Interim Sheriff Marshand Crisler that could be powerful enough to influence a jury in his upcoming bribery trial, according to a court document filed this week by the U.S. Attorney prosecuting the matter.
The motion in limine filed by the federal government Monday revealed the existence of those recordings, saying the prosecution intends to introduce portions of recorded conversations and transcripts accompanying them.
“The Government has identified portions of recorded conversations which it believes are relevant and admissible, specifically portions of conversations that will allow a jury to determine whether they believe there is sufficient evidence to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charges in the indictment,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Kirkham said in the motion, though he did not elaborate on what those recordings contain.
The recordings of meetings and phone calls -- and transcripts -- have been placed under restriction or seal at the insistence of the federal government because it argues the content in those conversations could potentially taint the jury pool through pre-trial publicity.
A federal grand jury indicted Crisler in late April on two charges: bribery and sale or disposal of ammunition to a convicted felon.
Crisler pleaded not guilty to both charges and awaits trial in September.
In the motion, Kirkham also argues against the defendant providing additional excerpts of those recorded conversations unless the defendant can prove those portions are necessary for the jury to fairly judge the case.
Kirkham said any other portions that the defendant cites but cannot prove are necessary, would essentially be “self-serving hearsay” and would not be admissible in court.
Crisler’s attorney, John Colette, would not comment on the motion but told WLBT he plans to file a response soon.
Investigators said the two crimes took place while Crisler served as interim sheriff in 2021.
Crisler is again running for Hinds County sheriff this year.
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DOVER-FOXCROFT -- Paddle boarding is becoming an increasingly popular way to get out on the water and unwind.
But like any water sport, it comes with its dangers.
Whether you are an expert or beginner, staying safe out on the water takes some planning ahead, and New England Adventure Sports is here to help.
"As a business, providing watersports has to be well-rounded, not only to provide a variety of products, but also to have the knowledge and skills to work in those different activities," says Eddy Mead, Owner of New England Adventure Sports.
As a registered Maine guide with over 20 years of experience, Mead knows first-hand the dangers involved when stepping away from dry land.
One of the many suggestions Mead has, is to make sure you wear the leash attached to the board.
"The leashes, there's been deaths with paddle boarding where they're a mile offshore, and they've fallen off their board," said Mead. "The wind, because of the fin they'll just go in a straight line, and the wind will take the board."
For first timers and those experienced, it's important to remember two things. One, if you have the choice, don't wear dress clothes. Second, and most importantly, wear a life jacket.
"Seek help or help yourself," said Mead. "Time's important with instances in the water. If you have a problem in the water time is everything. The more time you can give yourself to recover or get help."
"These will give you a lot more time," Mead said as he holds his life jacket.
Knowing every second counts in a water emergency, having a plan first will make sure the fun and adventure is a great memory. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/watersports-expert-gives-safety-tips-for-paddle-boarding/article_c00088e8-2d92-11ee-afd5-cbb45be02c79.html | 2023-07-29T00:53:26 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/watersports-expert-gives-safety-tips-for-paddle-boarding/article_c00088e8-2d92-11ee-afd5-cbb45be02c79.html |
‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
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.
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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow suffered a calf strain that will have him sidelined for "several weeks," according to head coach Zac Taylor.
"Calf strain. It will take several weeks," Taylor said after Friday's practice. "And that's the information we have right now."
When asked whether the timeline could go into the regular season, Taylor said "several weeks is several weeks."
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Cincinnati is set to open the season Sept. 10 against the Cleveland Browns.
Burrow gave Bengals fans and the NFL a major scare Thursday when he required a cart in order to get off the practice field.
The injury was captured on video, with Burrow pulling up lame after rolling out of the pocket to his arm side.
Burrow was seen getting into the cart before being taken off the field.
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"Joe got more days this July than he ever has in the NFL," Taylor said. "And so I feel really good about the progress we made during those July practices with Joe. And when he’s able to get back, we’ll be able to get the work in we need."
It’s the third straight training camp that Burrow has dealt with an injury, with the No. 1 pick of the 2020 NFL Draft recovering from a torn ACL and MCL in 2021, and suffering a ruptured appendix before the start of the training camp in 2022.
Cincinnati is coming off its second consecutive trip to the AFC Championship Game, where the Bengals lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, the eventual Super Bowl champs.
Burrow threw for a career-high 35 touchdowns in 2022 as the Bengals went 12-4.
The team and the 2022 Pro Bowl quarterback are reportedly working on a contract extension.
"I'm focused on getting a deal done that's good for us, good for me, good for the team and good for everybody," Burrow said Wednesday, per ESPN. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/bengals-coach-reveals-joe-burrow-recovery-timeline-after-calf-strain-injury/article_b376d369-2800-528f-a162-5d7d316dd858.html | 2023-07-29T00:53:32 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/bengals-coach-reveals-joe-burrow-recovery-timeline-after-calf-strain-injury/article_b376d369-2800-528f-a162-5d7d316dd858.html |
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla., July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Icahn Enterprises L.P. (Nasdaq:IEP) announced today that it will discuss its second quarter 2023 results on a webcast on Friday, August 4, 2023 - 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the webcast, viewers should go to this link (webcast). We encourage viewers to access the webcast 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. A replay of the webcast will also be available for at least twelve months at Icahn events and presentations.
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Man accused of vandalizing Brooklyn yoga studio arrested: NYPD
BROOKLYN - A man accused of drawing a swastika inside a yoga studio in Brooklyn and stealing religious items has been arrested, the NYPD said Thursday evening.
William Klare, 40, of the Bronx is facing multiple charges, including burglary, criminal trespass, aggravated harassment, and criminal mischief, all as a hate crime.
Police say Klare got into a yoga studio called Yoga Hell in Sheepshead Bay on July 18 and scrawled a swastika on the chalkboard, damaged religious items, and took prayer documents, before fleeing the scene.
The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force had been investigating the incident. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/man-accused-of-vandalizing-brooklyn-yoga-studio-arrested-nypd | 2023-07-29T00:53:37 | 1 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/man-accused-of-vandalizing-brooklyn-yoga-studio-arrested-nypd |
An 18-year-old on the Colombian women's soccer team had a health scare during World Cup practice Thursday.
The team was jogging around the field when Linda Caicedo clutched her chest and fell to the field.
She turned onto her back as members of the team and medical staff tended to her.
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Caicedo was evaluated, and the team's trainer, Andrés Gómez, said the "report was positive."
"Linda is very tired," a medical spokesperson for the team said. "What happened was just a symptom of all the stress and physical demands. She is well and all is back to normal."
PORTUGAL ELIMINATES VIETNAM FROM WOMEN'S WORLD CUP WITH VICTORY IN GROUP STAGE
The striker was later spotted training with her teammates.
Caicedo scored in Colombia's 2-0 win over South Korea.
She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 15, already having debuted for the Colombian senior national team.
She underwent surgery and six months of chemotherapy, according to CBS Sports.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/colombian-soccer-player-18-clutches-chest-drops-to-field-during-world-cup-practice/article_c82cb7bc-86c6-5741-9c90-6a1a865d4eaf.html | 2023-07-29T00:53:38 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/colombian-soccer-player-18-clutches-chest-drops-to-field-during-world-cup-practice/article_c82cb7bc-86c6-5741-9c90-6a1a865d4eaf.html |
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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Star running back Dalvin Cook remains a free agent as of Friday afternoon, but he might not be on the market much longer.
Cook spent his first six seasons in the NFL with the Vikings, finishing his career in Minnesota with just under 6,000 rushing yards.
The 27-year-old was in New York Friday for an appearance on "Good Morning Football" and fueled speculation he'll land with the Jets for the 2023 season.
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"I'm gonna sit down with my agent, and we're going to go over things. Right now, we're just taking it one step at a time," Cook said Friday on "Good Morning Football."
"I think that's what this process is all about, you know. You kind of evaluate everything, and you don't skip the process of going through everything. I'm just trying to go through one step at a time. And the Jets are right at the top of the list. So, let's go check the box."
DALVIN COOK’S AGENT FUELS SPECULATION OF POTENTIAL JETS DEAL: ‘TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT SITUATION’
Cook added that the "possibility is high" the visit to 1 Jets Drive in Florham Park could result in him signing with the team.
"I think they're pretty high," Cook said when asked about the likelihood of him inking a deal with the Jets. "I think we're in the position of a team that's building something special, and I want to be part of something special as a player. And I want to add to whatever they got going on. I think the possibility is high right now of getting things done."
He also said Aaron Rodgers being under center for the Jets increased his interest in joining the team.
"Like you said, A-Rod. It's a unique situation because I think they're building something special over there," Cook said. "When you look at it, you always want to be around a great QB. You always want to be around somebody you can pick his brain and just learn from. A-Rod is a four-time MVP. So, just being around a guy like that you can learn a lot more and just develop as a player. That's what I'm looking to do."
Cook, a Florida native, was initially seen as a good fit for the Miami Dolphins He mentioned that it would be a "Cinderella story" to return home and play for Miami.
Earlier this month, Cook said the process of searching for a new team was "fun."
"I think at every level I made the right choice when I had the choice to go play ball. The process is fun. You embrace it," Cook told FOX 9 News in Minneapolis.
The Vikings decided to move on from Cook last month, mostly due to his salary. He inked a five-year, $63 million extension with Minnesota in 2020. Cook would have carried a significant salary cap hit if he remained on the roster for the 2023 season. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/free-agent-dalvin-cook-says-odds-are-pretty-high-he-lands-with-jets/article_356b1966-b794-5706-8bb1-c0d52a4af7c5.html | 2023-07-29T00:53:44 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/free-agent-dalvin-cook-says-odds-are-pretty-high-he-lands-with-jets/article_356b1966-b794-5706-8bb1-c0d52a4af7c5.html |
A day after four-time Olympic medalist Olga Kharlan was disqualified from the 2023 Fencing World Championships for refusing to shake hands with her Russian opponent, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has now guaranteed her place in the 2024 Olympic Games.
IOC president Thomas Bach said in a letter addressed to the decorated Ukrainian athlete that the committee will make the "unique exception" after her disqualification hindered her chance to earn more ranking points that feed into Olympic qualification.
"Given your unique situation, the International Olympic Committee will allocate an additional quota place to you for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in case you will not be able to qualify in the remaining period," the letter read.
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST DISQUALIFIED FROM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER REFUSING HANDSHAKE WITH RUSSIAN OPPONENT
"We make this unique exception also because the ongoing procedures will in no case make up for the qualification points you missed because of your disqualification."
Kharlan defeated Russian Anna Smirnova, who was competing as a neutral athlete, 15-7, in the women’s individual sabre on Thursday.
Kharlan, 32, did not shake Smirnova’s hand as is mandated by the International Fencing Federation (FIE), but instead offered her blade, a gesture which replaced the handshake rule during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Smirnova, 23, offered her hand, and after a brief standoff, Kharlan walked off to celebrate her victory.
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Under the FIE’s most updated rules, competitors must "perform a fencer’s salute and shake hands" and refusal to do so "before the beginning of the bout or after the last hit" results in a black card.
After the Ukrainian Fencing Federation appealed the decision, FIE changed course on Friday by saying it would allow Kharlan to compete for Ukraine in the upcoming team sabre event, but still defended the decision to issue her a black card.
"The FIE stands fully behind the penalty, which, after a thorough review, is in complete accordance and compliance with its official rules and associated penalties," the statement read.
FIE interim president Emmanuel Katsiadakis added that the ruling "sends a message of sensitivity and understanding to our members and all sports federations, as the world faces tremendous challenges."
In a statement provided by FIE, Kharlan said she was "thankful" for the reversal and added that the most important thing for any athlete "is to be able to compete, for my family, my team, my country and all the people who support me."
In his letter, Bach empathized with Kharlan.
"As a fellow fencer, it is impossible for me to imagine how you feel at this moment. The war against your country, the suffering of the people in Ukraine, the uncertainty around your participation at the Fencing World Championships in Milan, the difficult inner conflicts you and many of your fellow Ukrainian athletes may have and then the events which unfolded yesterday — all this is a roller coaster of emotions and feelings," he wrote.
"Rest assured that the IOC will continue to stand in full solidarity with the Ukrainian athletes and the Olympic community of Ukraine during these extremely difficult times," he added.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/ioc-invites-ukrainian-fencer-to-2024-olympics-after-being-disqualified-from-worlds-over-handshake-controversy/article_996302ac-fe97-5812-a7c1-f94538d86a26.html | 2023-07-29T00:53:51 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/ioc-invites-ukrainian-fencer-to-2024-olympics-after-being-disqualified-from-worlds-over-handshake-controversy/article_996302ac-fe97-5812-a7c1-f94538d86a26.html |
President Biden publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old named Navy Joan Roberts, for the first time on Friday, capping a month of questions about why he had seemingly excluded the little girl from his tight family circle.
Roberts is the daughter of Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts, an Arkansas woman who filed a paternity lawsuit against her child's father in 2019.
"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," President Biden said in a statement to People magazine published on Friday evening.
President Biden Speaks Out on Hunter’s Daughter, 4, with Ark. Woman: ‘Jill and I Only Want What’s Best’ (Exclusive) https://t.co/9qlHMZXH7E
— People (@people) July 28, 2023
"This is not a political issue, it's a family matter," Biden said in the statement. "Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy."
President Biden is known for often speaking about his love of his family and grandchildren. Last year, Hunter Biden's eldest child, Naomi, was married at the White House in what was a lavish affair.
In early July, the New York Times profiled Navy, her mother, and some of the details of their child support settlement. The story drew attention to the fact that the president had never recognized his 4-year-old granddaughter.
Some GOP presidential contenders like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made jabs at the president for the omission.
Hunter Biden recently settled a lawsuit over his daughter
Hunter Biden has struggled with addiction. In his 2021 memoir, he blamed his addictions for his court battle over his daughter's paternity.
"It's why I would later challenge in court the woman from Arkansas who had a baby in 2018 and claimed the child was mine — I had no recollection of our encounter. That's how little connection I had with anyone," he wrote in his memoir. "I was a mess, but a mess I've taken responsibility for."
Hunter Biden was proven to be the child's father through a DNA test. He has recently settled a lawsuit for child support.
He has three older children, now in their 20s, as well as a 3-year-old son named Beau, who is often seen at the White House.
Hunter Biden has been the target of Republican attacks on the president because of his business dealings and legal issues.
He recently agreed to plead guilty to tax and gun charges in a deal that would allow him to avoid future prosecution. But that plea deal fell apart when the judge said she needed more information and wasn't ready to accept the deal he struck with the Justice Department.
The White House has refused to comment on whether Hunter Biden's legal troubles are a political liability for the president, describing them as personal matters, and saying only that the president loves his son and supports him as he tries to rebuild his life.
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The New York Mets entered the 2023 MLB season with sky-high hopes after going on a spending spree during the offseason and building the highest payroll in baseball history with World Series expectations.
On Thursday, New York traded closer David Robertson to the Miami Marlins for two young prospects, signaling the Mets will more than likely be sellers at the trade deadline.
Robertson signed a one-year, $10 million deal with the Mets in the offseason and became the closer after Edwin Diaz suffered a knee injury during the World Baseball Classic.
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The move comes with the Mets sitting at 48-54, 17 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East and seven games back for the final wild-card spot as of Friday.
"We’re just listening, and I think we can gauge signals from other clubs. And if the signals are strong enough, we have to look for opportunities," Mets general manager Billy Eppler said when asked if the club was open to anything before the deadline.
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"It’s not where we want to be. It’s not what we want to be doing," Eppler said when asked about the process for the front office. "We’re trying to balance the best interest of the team but also have to try and balance the best interest of the organization."
When asked whether the Robertson move signaled that the club was "open for business," Eppler said the team is "listening to where clubs are when they call us."
Robertson joins a Marlins team that sits one-half game behind the Cincinnati Reds for the final NL playoff spot.
"I figured I would be moved. I just didn't know where," Robertson said Thursday night, according to ESPN. "Just really didn't have an idea of where, so it's kind of a shock, but it's part of this game."
MLB’s trade deadline is Tuesday, Aug. 1, and it remains to be seen what the Mets' roster will look like once the deadline comes and goes. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/mets-trade-david-robertson-to-marlins-amid-disappointing-season-i-figured-i-would-be-moved/article_8a5b2366-12d4-5c1e-9d9b-61a30b03a5e9.html | 2023-07-29T00:53:54 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/mets-trade-david-robertson-to-marlins-amid-disappointing-season-i-figured-i-would-be-moved/article_8a5b2366-12d4-5c1e-9d9b-61a30b03a5e9.html |
Former UPenn women’s college swimmer Paula Scanlan testified on Thursday in front of a House Judiciary subcommittee.
Her testimony, heartbreaking and infuriating in equal measure, revealed what it was like being forced to share a locker room with Lia Thomas, a biological male who competed on the women’s team.
After her testimony, Scanlan spoke to OutKick to expand on what her time sharing a team with Thomas was like, how it impacted her and most importantly, the reaction inside UPenn when she raised her concerns.
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Scanlan previously explained that UPenn’s response to concerns from female swimmers was to offer "psychological services" to their athletes. When asked what the reaction was within the team to being offered essentially a form of therapy to deal with the administration’s response, Scanlan said she and others thought it was a "very interesting move." It was something that they viewed as a form of "re-education."
"Therapy is supposed to help you think differently," she explained. "It felt like they wanted thought reform instead of providing resources. There was not a lot of internal discussion afterwards, there were other people who thought it was pretty ridiculous."
Additionally, Scanlan said, "No one took them up on [their offer of psychological services]." She continued, "That should show it did not seem to be an effective solution to your problems."
When asked why she believed the university was more protective of Thomas’s feelings than hers or her teammates, Scanlan explained that she believed political pressure and desire to be seen as progressive outweighed other considerations.
"In general, there’s a big fear of going against what is considered the norm or socially accepted, generally among universities and among my age group, you have to be accepting of anyone," she said. "[The University] was worried that they would be called bigoted or transphobic, and that was not a move they were willing to take."
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As is so often the case, she believed that administration officials at Penn were too concerned with backlash from activists or Thomas’ supporters to defend and protect the women on the team.
"Individuals in the administration might have agreed that this was wrong, but they were too afraid of losing their jobs or the university being painted in a bad light."
Scanlan also revealed during her testimony that she’d been a victim of sexual assault, something which made her even more concerned about being forced to share a locker room with a biological male. When asked if she’d brought up the assault to the university and what their response had been, she said she had "raised it to the coaches and other people in the athletic department."
After the assault, she explained she was "really struggling with mental health," even taking time away from swimming because of it.
Even after telling UPenn’s administration and the coaching staff about it, she felt that "overall, it was not really a consideration" to them. While there was a gap between the assault and Thomas joining the women’s team, her specific history as a survivor of sexual assault took a back seat to appeasing Thomas’ wishes.
The university was far more worried about being labeled "bigoted" or "transphobic" than they were in seriously considering the concerns of a female survivor of sexual assault being forced to change in front of a biological male.
Scanlan did say that her coaches were open to hearing from her and her teammates on their concerns. But their hands were essentially tied by the UPenn administration.
"This is the situation," Scanlan said coaches essentially told her. "Lia is going to be on this team no matter what you say to me."
There have already been immense personal consequences for her speaking out as well. She revealed she’s been sent numerous hate messages, accusing her of wanting to kill trans people or ban trans people from playing sports. Family members no longer speak to her, and others have said they agree with her on this issue, but because those on the "wrong" political side share her views, they lump her in with other beliefs she doesn’t necessarily share.
Her goal with speaking out is to protect women’s sports and young girls, particularly by working with the Independent Women’s Forum to pass legislation in all 50 states. She and the organization are committed to pursuing this until women are protected in locker rooms and bathrooms, especially with the ability to pursue legal recourse against officials who refuse to hear their concerns.
Scanlan said that, frustratingly, there doesn’t seem to have been any remorse from UPenn or a desire to change going forward.
"Penn hasn’t tried to respond to me in any capacity whatsoever," Scanlan said. Fundamentally, they "stand by what they did," she concluded.
To Scanlan, to ensure competitive fairness, transgender athletes should compete in the men’s category, where biological advantages wouldn’t be a problem. But given UPenn’s dismissal of her stated concerns, their lack of remorse and fear of backlash that seems to be disappointingly unlikely. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/paula-scanlan-details-how-penn-ignored-her-concerns-over-sharing-locker-room-with-lia-thomas/article_1a3eced9-9b9a-5be0-be99-63e8aec53a72.html | 2023-07-29T00:54:00 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/paula-scanlan-details-how-penn-ignored-her-concerns-over-sharing-locker-room-with-lia-thomas/article_1a3eced9-9b9a-5be0-be99-63e8aec53a72.html |