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Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton met with the media Friday and apologized about critical comments he made this week about the New York Jets and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, adding he should have shown "more restraint."
Addressing the media for the first time since his interview with USA Today was published, Payton said he felt regretful almost immediately after he called out the Jets for the "pomp and circumstance" of their offseason and Hackett for the "worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL."
"It was a learning experience for me. It was a mistake, obviously," Payton told reporters Friday.
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"I needed a little bit more filter. There’s a pound of flesh for these guys and, as a coach, you stick up for them and, after a while, we’re passed that season last year. And I said what I said, and obviously I needed a little bit more restraint. And I regret that."
Payton unloaded on Hackett, who was fired after he compiled a 4-11 record in Denver in what was his first NFL head coaching job. Payton also dragged the Jets along the way.
"It doesn’t happen often where an NFL team or organization gets embarrassed," Payton told the outlet. "And that happened here. Part of it was their own fault relative to spending so much (expletive) time trying to win the offseason – the PR, the pomp and circumstance, marching people around and all this stuff.
"We’re not doing any of that. The Jets did that this year. You watch."
Payton also seemingly placed the blame on Hackett and others when addressing Russell Wilson’s dismal year last season.
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"There’s so much dirt around that. There’s 20 dirty hands for what was allowed, tolerated in the fricking training rooms, the meeting rooms, the offense. I don’t know Hackett. A lot of people had dirt on their hands. It wasn’t just Russell. He didn’t just flip. He still has it.
"It might have been one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL. That’s how bad it was."
The Jets, specifically head coach Robert Saleh, seemed unmoved by the criticism.
"Well, I’m not going to acknowledge Sean on that. You know, he’s been in the league a while. He can say whatever the hell he wants," Saleh told reporters Thursday.
"But as far as what we have going on here, I kind of live by the saying, ‘If you ain’t got no haters, you ain’t popping.' So, hate away. Obviously, we’re doing something right if you’ve got to talk about us when we don’t play you until Week 4."
Payton blamed the mishap on wearing his analyst's hat, "not my coaching hat."
"Two lattes in the morning, [the reporter is the] first one I see, and 40 minutes later I’m regretting it," Payton said. "So, it is what it is." | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/sean-payton-admits-mistake-in-criticizing-jets-nathaniel-hackett-i-needed-a-little-bit-more/article_1d0c60f2-3ca8-5ea2-ab76-fb3feaab8c82.html | 2023-07-29T00:54:06 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/sean-payton-admits-mistake-in-criticizing-jets-nathaniel-hackett-i-needed-a-little-bit-more/article_1d0c60f2-3ca8-5ea2-ab76-fb3feaab8c82.html |
The New York Yankees officially have their captain back.
Aaron Judge was activated off the injured list Friday afternoon after missing over six weeks with a toe injury.
The defending AL MVP was placed on the IL June 6, three days after tearing a ligament in a toe while making a highlight-reel catch against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Judge was injured when his foot rammed the concrete bottom of the outfield wall.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Friday it is a matter of pain tolerance for Judge, and the injury won't get worse.
The Yankees went 18-23 while Judge was on the IL after starting the season 36-25. The Yankees are 30-19 in games Judge plays.
Despite being above .500 at 54-48, they are dead last in the AL East, nine games behind first-place Baltimore, who the Yankees meet in a three-game series this weekend. The Yanks sit 2½ games out of a wild-card spot. With Judge's return and the likelihood they will be trade deadline buyers, the Yankees are still a threat to make the postseason.
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Without Judge, the Yankees' .222 average was the second-worst in baseball, their 159 runs were the third-lowest and their .674 OPS was 27th in baseball.
Judge was named an All-Star for the third straight year, but he didn’t travel to Seattle for the festivities to continue his rehab after slashing .291/.404/.674 with a 1.078 OPS, 19 homers and 40 RBI over 49 games to start the year.
Judge signed a nine-year, $360 million contract after his record-breaking 62-home run campaign last year when he also was in the Triple Crown race. It was the most lucrative deal ever for a free agent and the third-biggest contract ever behind Mike Trout's $426.5 million and Mookie Betts' $365 million.
Judge will bat second and DH in his return.
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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. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/mexico-to-set-up-center-for-third-country-migrants-and-u-s-will-take-referrals-for-possible-refuge/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-07-29T00:55:03 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/mexico-to-set-up-center-for-third-country-migrants-and-u-s-will-take-referrals-for-possible-refuge/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
2023 Sportsline Summer Camp: Central Wildcats
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Just four weeks from tonight Sportsline Friday Nite returns for its 34th season.
As for Sportsline Summer Camp, there was no bigger off-season shift than Catholic head coach David Simoneaux leaving the Bears to go back to Central.
If you’ve seen our documentary Close the Gate, you know the blue-collar calling led Simoneaux back to where he once was an assistant, replacing longtime coach Sid Edwards.
Surrounding himself with several similar-minded guys who go back to his first time at the school.
With a quarterback who wears 36 leading the offense and a physical brand of swarming defense you just say, the man who took Catholic Pointe Coupee to the Dome in 2019 sees potential with this program.
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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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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. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-07-29T00:55:05 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
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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Catholic High lacrosse players Brown and Schlegel named All-Americans
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Catholic High School is commonly known for its football, basketball, and baseball programs among others. Some of those sports have produced high school All-Americans, collegiate athletes, and even some professionals.
One program that isn’t as well known is lacrosse. Catholic High School has had a team for over 16 years now but for many of those seasons, the squad failed to produce nationally recognized talent.
That changed last year when Hudson Brown earned All-American status from USA Lacrosse Magazine. This past season Brown appeared on the list again but he was joined by his close friend and teammate Nathan Schlegel.
“He was stronger than me, faster than me, he was always someone I was chasing to get,” Schlegel said, who has played football and lacrosse with Brown since 6th grade. “He was making me better because of how he was, I always strived to be even with him or pass him up eventually.”
Brown not only inspired Schlegel, he also empowered his entire team which boosted the program.
“I wanted to leave the program better than I found it, so that’s how we went about it,” Brown said. “Just seeing all the younger guys looking up to you was something that I held close to me because I could never get caught off my game, I had to bring it everyday in practice and games so that I could bring someone up.”
Both Brown and Schlegel led by example. That was evidenced after a tough road loss in Texas. The team had cleaned up the sideline and prepared to get on the bus to travel back to Baton Rouge. Catholic High School’s head coach, George Hopkins, was speaking with a former faculty member at the school when he saw Brown and Schlegel do something ‘iconic.’
“They were the last to leave the field and they were each carrying a water cooler back to the bus,” Hopkins said. “I was talking to my colleague and I snapped a photo of these guys. To me it’s iconic because they’re the furthest thing from being a primadonna and they have every right to be a primadonna.”
That leadership raised the bar of the program and the team accomplished a lot under Brown and Schlegel’s watch. Catholic High School won the Louisiana State Championship in 2022 and made an appearance in the final game last year as well.
Brown and Schlegel both earned Academic All-American honors to complement their prowess on the field. Schlegel became the school’s second winner of the Bob Ross Award as well. The honor is given to the athlete that shows superior levels of commitment to their program, school, and community.
“You build a program around players,” said Hopkins. “Having these two young men has been absolutely transformative in the best possible way.”
The two plan to attend LSU in the fall and play club lacrosse.
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Veteran Lance Lynn helped the Chicago White Sox to the playoffs in 2021.
He’ll look to aid the Los Angeles Dodgers after the Sox reportedly traded the right-hander Friday.
Joining him in Los Angeles will be reliever Joe Kelly, who previously won World Series titles with the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox.
USA Today’s Bob Nightengale was the first to report the trade news.
According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Sox will receive Double A right-handed starter Nick Nastrini, Double A right-handed reliever Jordan Leasure and veteran outfielder Trayce Thompson, whose big-league career began with the Sox in 2015.
The Sox are also reportedly sending right-handed reliever Kendall Graveman to the Houston Astros, according to Passan.
With the earlier trade of Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López to the Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, that’s five pitchers the Sox have traded ahead of Tuesday’s deadline.
Lynn has one of the highest ERAs in baseball among qualified pitchers this season at 6.47. But he’s also among the major league leaders in strikeouts (144) and innings (119 2/3).
Sox manager Pedro Grifol spoke about Lynn’s importance before Wednesday’s game.
“His steadiness. How he understands the role that he’s got in being the veteran guy in a rotation,” Grifol said. “He understands the leadership part of it that he’s had to take on with younger starters. It means a lot to any ballclub.
“Him taking the ball every five days and never complaining about anything and giving you 100 pitches plus? It means the world to any team and to any manager knowing that this guy’s going to go out there — whether he gives up three in the first or none in the first or five in the first — he’s going to be pitching in the seventh inning. There’s a lot of value to Lance Lynn.”
The Sox acquired Lynn in a trade in December 2020. He played a major role in the Sox winning their first division title since 2008, going 11-6 in 2021 with a 2.69 ERA. He fell five innings short of leading the American League in ERA.
Lynn made the AL All-Star team and placed third in the AL Cy Young Award voting.
He was limited to 21 starts in 2022, missing the first two-plus months of the season because of a knee injury suffered in spring training.
Lynn started slowly last season, going 1-3 with a 7.50 ERA in his seven starts before the All-Star break and turned it on in the second half, going 7-4 with a 2.52 ERA in his 14 starts after the break. This year, he’s been hurt by home runs (28).
Kelly, who went on the IL July 5 with right elbow inflammation, has a 4.97 ERA, one save, 11 holds and 41 strikeouts in 31 appearances this season.
His best stretch started at the end of April when he compiled a 10-game scoreless streak from April 30-May 23.
Kelly signed a two-year deal with the Sox before the 2022 season, and went 2-7 with a 5.54 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 72 appearances.
His stint with the team was delayed when he began 2022 on the IL with a right biceps nerve injury. He made 43 appearances last season.
He’s had two trips to the IL this season — a right groin strain April 9-24 and the elbow inflammation. He was reinstated from the IL on July 22.
Lynn and Kelly both will provide the Dodgers with plenty of big-game postseason experience: Lynn has pitched in 27 postseason games and Kelly has appeared in 40.
Graveman recorded 27 holds in 2022, tied for the third-highest in a season for a White Sox pitcher.
The right-hander has spent the bulk of this season as the top ninth-inning option. He is 3-4 with a 3.56 ERA, eight saves and 41 strikeouts in 44 games.
He joined the Sox ahead of the 2022 season, signing a three-year deal. He went 3-1 with a 2.22 ERA in 39 appearances. The 27 holds were tied for first in the American League.
Graveman took on more ninth-inning responsibilities this season when the Sox were without Liam Hendriks. Graveman has 24 career saves: 10 with Seattle in 2021 and 14 during his time with the Sox.
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By MARK SHERMAN (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices in response to increased scrutiny of their activities beyond the bench.
“I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it. No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court—period,” Alito said in an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal opinion pages. An account of the interview, which the paper said took place in New York in early July, was published Friday.
Democrats last week pushed Supreme Court ethics legislation through a Senate committee, though the bill’s prospects in the full Senate are dim.
All federal judges other than the justices already adhere to an ethics code that was developed by the federal judiciary. But the Supreme Court’s unique status — it’s the only federal court created by the Constitution — puts it outside the reach of those standards that apply to other federal jurists.
Democrats first sought to address that after ProPublica reported earlier this year that Justice Clarence Thomas participated in lavish vacations and a real estate deal with a top Republican donor — and after Chief Justice John Roberts declined to testify before the committee about the ethics of the court.
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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‘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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THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — Romeo Davis mentors dozens of children and teenagers in Baychester. He runs a free program that teaches young people the game of chess. He says it’s his way of giving back. But the recent spike in gun violence has him worried that too many young people are falling through the cracks.
“It starts from there because young people pick up on all of things happening in the area. If we put their mind set in the right way of thinking, they can make better decisions in their life and have a better future,” said Romeo Davis.
That’s why he decided to host “Games Up, Guns Down,” a family game day at Seton Falls Park to help eliminate gun violence and galvanize the community.
“There’s been a breakdown in the community, which I believe causes the problems and misunderstanding,” said one Baychester resident.
People of all ages enjoying Connect Four and Uno, board games, and arts and crafts in each others company. There are activities for all ages.
“I’ve been doing Connect Four, beating my brother like usual,” said 10-year-old Jeremiah Dixon.
The goal was to foster bonds with people who live in the neighborhood.
“I feel like young people in this community don’t feel supported because there’s not too many people who do that,” said Nicholas Gillings.
Summer in New York City historically comes with a noticeable spike in gun violence, often involving young people, and the Baychester community is not exempt from that. Last month, there was shooting in Co-op City near a school and basketball court. But the courts at the Seton Falls Park event were filled with children laughing and playing.
“I believe socializing is important, especially post-COVID we need to get the kids out more. We need to be united,” said parent Gabrielle Dixon. “It’s very important because if you start from young and build a foundation to say ‘no to violence’ so when they grow up they can also advocate for their community.” | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/bronx/bronx-community-holds-family-game-day-to-prevent-gun-violence/ | 2023-07-29T00:55:41 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/bronx/bronx-community-holds-family-game-day-to-prevent-gun-violence/ |
Chris Henry Jr., the son of former NFL receiver Chris Henry, had become a highly-coveted college prospect. On Friday, he unexpectedly picked a school.
Chris Jr. said he will be attending Ohio State. He made the announcement Friday, at the program’s Summerfest.
“I’m committing to Ohio State, most definitely,” Henry said, via ElevenWarriors.com. “It just felt like a great day. To be here, it just made it feel [right]. Brought my uncle to see, because he was the one telling me to slow down. I was ready. When I talked to Coach [Ryan] Day, it was like no point in waiting anymore. . . . It’s just hard to turn down. It’s perfect for me and it fits me.”
Henry will arrive in Columbus as part of the Class of 2026. Ohio State had made him an offer in June 2022, before he had even played a down of high-school football.
Former NFL defensive back Pacman Jones has adopted Chris Jr. and his brother. Jones had accompanied Chris Jr. on multiple college visits.
Chris Henry, who died in December 2009, played college football with Jones at West Virginia. | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/chris-henry-jr-commits-to-ohio-state | 2023-07-29T00:55:42 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/chris-henry-jr-commits-to-ohio-state |
‘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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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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BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Maimonides Health opened its brand new emergency department this week in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, expanding much-needed emergency services to South Brooklyn residents.
The new 15,000-square-foot facility sits at what used to be the site of the Victory Memorial Hospital on 7th Avenue, which shuttered in the early 2000s.
Since then, South Brooklyn residents have gone without adequate emergency health care in their community. Patient Janet Adams said the department’s opening has made a huge difference in accessing health care.
“To go to any other hospital, it’s a drive,” Adams said. “Especially now with all the traffic, this was so convenient.”
Maimonides staff said the department aims to tackle the dire need for emergency health care for Brooklynites in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and the surrounding neighborhoods.
“Although the community has a lot of physicians who live around here and work around here, there’s been no access to emergency health care for the elderly; for the pediatric population,” said Dr. Ahmed Rashed, the emergency medical director.
The new department is fully equipped with the only emergency CT scan in all of South Brooklyn and is fit to treat both adults and children.
Officials with Maimonides Health said the facility is a push to expand health care across Brooklyn. The department has 22 beds, but in the event of an emergency, it can handle up to 44 patients as staff looks to treat as many people in the community as possible. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/maimonides-health-opens-new-emergency-department-in-bay-ridge-brooklyn/ | 2023-07-29T00:55:47 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/maimonides-health-opens-new-emergency-department-in-bay-ridge-brooklyn/ |
‘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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CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) — The search continued on Friday for a 15-year-old who is presumed to have drowned after he and his brother swam in waters at Coney Island Beach Thursday, even though there were signs and flags posted saying that swimming was prohibited, and no lifeguards were on hand. Those were also the conditions on Friday, but they didn’t stop more people from getting fully submersed in the surf, even while search crews combed the waters for the missing teen.
One of those swimmers was Bio Moreta, who plunged in repeatedly, just a few dozen yards away from where an NYPD inflatable search vessel was searching for the 15-year-old.
“You don’t need to swim if there’s no lifeguard,” Moreta said. When asked why he was swimming then, in contradiction of his comment, he replied, “I’m an experienced swimmer.”
He was critical of the fact that there are no lifeguards on all of the western end of Coney Island.
Norm Finkelstein, a local resident, agreed.
“You start recruiting in September,” he said, “You’ll have lifeguards. You don’t have lifeguards?” he continued, “That’s just baloney.”
Outrage over a lack of lifeguards was a theme all day on the beach at West 22nd Street, where Thursday’s presumed drowning took place.
It happened at around 12:40 p.m., according to police. That’s when the 15-year-old, identified by his family as Markel Aristis, and his brother Aaron Aristis, 14, were in danger in the surf, according to eyewitnesses.
Good Samaritans jumped in to help, and after somebody called 911, police, firefighters and lifeguards joined the rescue. They were able to pull Aaron, the 14-year-old, to safety, but could not find Markel, the 15-year-old.
The rescue was called off after about three hours, and then resumed on Friday.
While it was underway, people swam laps in the surf between the jetties, body surfed, plunged under waves, and waded in up to their necks, all while no lifeguard was there, and dozens of red flags emblazoned with the words “No Swimming” flapped in the ocean breeze on the beach.
Every 20 minutes or so, Parks Department workers would show up on beach buggies or on foot, blow their whistles, and demand that people get out of the surf in which the search for the teen was still underway, and where rip currents were known to be offshore.
One of the swimmers, Helen Carr, said that she wasn’t pleased with the scene.
“They should put instead of these people,” she said, referring to the Parks Department workers, “they should put lifeguards instead.”
Some of the Parks Department workers, who did not want their names used because they didn’t have permission to comment publicly, said that they’re frustrated with the situation because they’re doing their jobs, they said, but each time they order people out of the water, people go right back in, minutes after the Parks workers leave.
Often times, they said, families with children are in the surf.
One mother, whose elementary and pre-school-aged children were with her in the surf, said that they were in the water because they all needed a break.
“You stay at home with three kids and see how that goes,” said the mother, who declined to give her name, as she chased her toddler.
For its part, the New York City Parks Department issued a statement: “Because of the continued lifeguard shortage, we opened all of our beaches and pools this year at limited capacity. Our goal is always to accommodate as much swimming space as possible. We urge New Yorkers – only swim in open sections of the beach during lifeguard hours.” | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/search-continues-for-teen-who-disappeared-in-water-at-coney-island-beach/ | 2023-07-29T00:55:53 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/search-continues-for-teen-who-disappeared-in-water-at-coney-island-beach/ |
READINGTON, N.J. – (PIX11) — You can’t keep the Devero sisters away from an annual high-flying Hunterdon County tradition.
“So excited to come today we actually came too early,” said Caroline Devero. “But, happy to be here.”
“We were so excited though,” added her sister, Chloe. “We were like, ‘We’re going to be the first ones in!'”
The 40th New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning takes flight at Readington’s Solberg Airport this weekend. While the balloons will be going back up through Sunday, temperatures have also gone up, up and away.
“So much sunscreen, please, please stay hydrated everybody who comes here,” said Chloe Devero. “They have great milkshakes inside, we always love the milkshakes, so we’re very excited. Sunscreen and milkshakes.”
No doubt, the festival’s many lemonade stands will also see plenty of business this weekend, but the festival is also providing free shade areas and misting tents.
“That is our favorite part actually,” said Chloe Devero. “Especially when we were little, we loved to come here just for the misting tent. It’s summer, you run through the water, it’s so fun, it’s part of the experience I think.”
“I have an umbrella if we need to go underneath it, we’re going to try to find shade as much as possible and just make sure they’re nice and cool,” said Lawrenceville resident Kathryn Winkgillian, who came with her two kids.
With balloon pilots from 21 states, and even some from around the world, the festival of ballooning isn’t just a local event, it’s a global one.
“We expect over the next three days in excess of 150,000 of our closest balloonatic friends to come out here,” said Howard Freeman, the festival’s executive producer.
Now entering its fifth decade of dazzling spectators, the festival looks forward to making more history and memories.
“It’s incredible, from humble beginnings out on Route 78 at a truck stop, and 40 years later this festival has grown, with the help of the New Jersey Lottery, to the largest summertime balloon and music festival in North America,” said Freeman. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-jersey/new-jersey-hot-air-balloon-festival-to-take-flight-this-weekend/ | 2023-07-29T00:55:59 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-jersey/new-jersey-hot-air-balloon-festival-to-take-flight-this-weekend/ |
WASHINGTON — Morocco made its debut for the Women's World Cup on Monday with a match against Germany. It is one of eight teams making their first appearance at the tournament.
Viewers tuning into the match broadcasts may wonder why the country's abbreviation is listed as "MAR." The reason is actually pretty simple. While most of the scoreboard acronyms, also referred to as FIFA codes, come from the first three letters of a country's name in English, there are exceptions. Morocco is one of those exceptions.
The Arab team will face South Korea on Sunday, July 30 at 12:30 ET.
Why is Morocco 'MAR'?
While the country's English name is Morocco, it's known as Maroc in French.
According to a 2018 report from Slate, even though the official languages of the country are Arabic and Tamazight, French continues to have a powerful position there as a holdover from the colonial era.
Morocco isn't the only team in the Women's World Cup with a country code that differs from that English standard.
Other abbreviations that stand out in the tournament include Spain going by "ESP and South Korea referred to as "KOR."
Morocco’s debut game at the Women’s World Cup ended in a 6-0 loss to two-time champion Germany. The margin of defeat on Monday was the biggest so far at the tournament.
The national team’s Women's World Cup appearance comes less than a year after their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 | 2023-07-29T00:57:19 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 |
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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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Gresham police are searching for a missing 13-year-old boy last seen around 10 p.m. on Thursday night, authorities say.
Rogelio Chavez was last seen at 915 NE 181st Ave., police say, and is familiar with TriMet public transit. Officials say he may be in the area of Nadaka Park, and is known to frequent North Gresham Grade School.
According to Gresham Police, Chavez is a Hispanic male who is approximately 5 feet and 3 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. He has black hair, and records show he was last seen wearing a black beanie, black shirt, black Dickie pants and black shoes.
Police ask anyone with information about Chavez’s location to call the non-emergency police line at 503-823-3333.
Stay with KOIN 6 for updates. | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/gresham-police-search-for-missing-13-year-old/ | 2023-07-29T00:59:25 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/gresham-police-search-for-missing-13-year-old/ |
‘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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Despite the never-ending line of tourists at Voodoo Doughnut’s downtown Portland flagship and the rapid expansion of its shops across the country, there is one place where the business’s signature Pepto-pink boxes of sweets are not welcome: the Big Easy.
New Orleans’ Voodoo religious practitioners and historic preservationists are speaking out against the Portland-founded company, which is seeking to open a new outlet at 823 Decatur St., reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
That address is in the heart of the French Quarter just steps from Cafe Du Monde—famed for its beignets and chicory cafes au lait—and the Jackson Square landmark. That location used to house Tujague’s, a restaurant founded in 1856 specializing in Creole cuisine that moved a few blocks away in 2020, though its sign remains in its original spot.
The owner of the building Voodoo may occupy sought to alter the original sign to reflect the doughnut maker’s branding, a switch that’s prohibited under a rule that protects dozens of historic signs throughout the city. The move prompted outcry from preservationists, who want those markers to remain unchanged. The New Orleans City Council has the final say in the matter, a decision the Times-Picayune reports has been postponed until August.
More recently, however, New Orleans’ Voodoo adherents have criticized the business’s name and icons as ethnically and religiously insensitive. The city is a world capital of the religious practice, which traces its roots to West Africa and Haiti (where it’s called Vodou).
“The more I look at it, the more horrible it seems,” leading New Orleans Voodoo practitioner Dianne Honoré told the Times-Picayune of the doughnut shop’s branding. “When people think of Voodoo they think of people of color and then you have these doughnuts that look like characters from Vaudeville or whatever. I can’t find anything cute or interesting or right about it.”
The images Honoré decries as racist include the signature Voodoo Doll doughnut, which is coated in chocolate and depicts a frosted re-creation of an effigy gored by a pretzel, with a wide-open mouth suggesting it’s in midscream. According to the Times-Picayune, a number of religious leaders have characterized it as defiling their beliefs (voodoo dolls have more to do with outdated pop culture—they’re not actually associated with the religion’s Haitian origins), adding that it’s ethnically offensive.
WW asked Times-Picayune reporter Tony McAuley, who wrote the story about the Voodoo Doughnuts controversy, to describe the cultural climate surrounding the debate.
“Honestly, Voodoo Doughnut’s main brand image is a straight up black face golliwog doll, supposedly representing a ‘voodoo doll,’” McAuley tells WW. “I’m not on the ‘woke’ spectrum myself (i.e., I’m moderate on the Culture War issues), but even I can readily see that images they use would be taken by most Black Americans as racially offensive. The owners clearly didn’t consider for a second how their branding and gimmicks might be taken in a majority-Black city like New Orleans, one that is unique in America in that its culture dates to well before the founding of the country (or even the City of New Orleans), to the time African slaves first arrived in the Mississippi Delta in the 1600s.”
The company also finds itself in the unusual position of having offended more than one faction of the city.
“Voodoo Doughnut has managed to piss off both the preservationist folks, who skew patrician, white, Old South, and the traditionalist core of the Black community,” he continues. “Can’t think of any person or organization who’s managed that lately.”
Cultural branding sensitivity has, of course, made headlines in recent years, with a number of companies (PepsiCo/Quaker Oats’ Aunt Jemima, Mars Food’s Uncle Ben) and music groups (Dixie Chicks, Lady Antebellum) tweaking names and icons following public objections.
Whether that list will someday include 20-year-old Voodoo Doughnut remains to be seen. We’re still awaiting comment from Voodoo, a large share of which was purchased by a San Francisco-based private equity firm called Fundamental Capital, as well as co-founder Tres Shannon, and will update this post accordingly once we receive a response. Shannon told the Times-Picayune that he was on a cycling tour of Costa Rica and not caught up on the details of the controversy. | https://www.wweek.com/food/2023/07/28/voodoo-doughnuts-is-facing-religious-pushback-in-new-orleans/ | 2023-07-29T00:59:25 | 1 | https://www.wweek.com/food/2023/07/28/voodoo-doughnuts-is-facing-religious-pushback-in-new-orleans/ |
‘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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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Cannabis farmers filed a lawsuit against the state of Oregon on Friday over a new zero-tolerance rule established by the Oregon Health Authority that bans a microscopic mold – a rule that the farmers claim will force them out of business.
Those farmers and members of the Cannabis Industry Alliance of Oregon (CIAO) claim the rule will lead cannabis farmers to suffer severe and irreparable harm. In response, their lawsuit asks the judge to not only force the state to pause testing, but also to re-examine the scientific basis for the rule itself.
Aspergillus, the mold at the center of this debate, is not harmful to most people, but can cause a rare respiratory disease in people who are severely immunocompromised. It is extremely common indoors and outdoors. In fact, the CDC says we breathe it in on a daily basis.
According to the lawsuit, “It is puzzling why OHA decided to enact a zero-tolerance rule for aspergillus for cannabis when the overwhelming majority of the population breathes in aspergillus spores from the general environment every day.”
The state’s new rule tests for the presence of four pathogenic species of aspergillus and requires those samples to show no aspergillus at all. If a farmer’s crop fails, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission mandates they destroy their flower in bulk.
Mike Getlin of Nectar is a board chair for CIAO, which represents more than 100 marijuana processors in the state. He said this test is among the most restrictive in the country.
“They fail an entire test batch for any given fraction of a piece of dead DNA from the types of aspergillus they’re testing for,” Getlin said. “And these are pathogens that are in the air all around us – literally.”
He said one speck of the mold could ruin an entire crop at any time.
“Right now, one could be landing on this bud. The entire rest of the house could be completely clean,” he said. “But if this one test, even if that spore is dead, one tiny fraction of this DNA, this entire crop becomes completely worthless.
Beyond the results of these tests, Getlin said the tests themselves come at a high cost.
“It adds up to nearly a full-time employee’s salary over the course of a year. And considering I currently have two full time employees, you can do the math,” he said.
Down in southern Oregon at a small family farm, Myron Chadowitz is facing that fate after his crop didn’t pass the test. He said 20 pounds of cannabis failed, worth a total of $30,000. On top of that, he had spent $3,000 on testing.
“We’re not trying to sell dangerous product,” Chadowitz said. “Our flower has been sold on the recreational market for seven years and has never gotten a person sick and has only won awards and accolades for its quality.”
As a result of this new rule, Chadowitz said he is liquidating his product and laying off employees this week.
“That it’s come to this, it’s just heartbreaking,” he said.
According to the OHA, at least 22 other states require there to be no or very little aspergillus detected in batches of cannabis. KOIN 6 also found that 16 states, including Washington, don’t test for aspergillus at all.
“We want to make sure that the scientific basis for that rule is actually there, and nothing that we have seen indicates that it is,” Getlin said. | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/just-heartbreaking-cannabis-farmers-file-lawsuit-against-mold-zero-tolerance-rule/ | 2023-07-29T00:59:31 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/just-heartbreaking-cannabis-farmers-file-lawsuit-against-mold-zero-tolerance-rule/ |
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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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Nearly $20 million in grant money will be distributed across Oregon and several nonprofit organizations to help the state better prepare for potential disasters or terrorist attacks.
Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the award from the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday.
According to Merkley, the grant will support residents “in all corners of the state.”
The funds come from the State Homeland Security Program, Urban Area Security Initiative, Emergency Management Performance Grant, Transit Security Grant Program and the Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
Recipients of the nonprofit security grant are organizations in and outside of the Portland area that are considered “high-risk” targets for acts of terrorism. This includes synagogues like Havurah Shalom, medical clinics like the Providence Seaside Hospital and museums like the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.
Find the full list of award recipients here.
“Oregonians must have every assurance that security is a top priority when they enter schools, places of worship, hospitals, museums and other community gathering spaces,” Sen. Wyden said in a statement. “I’m gratified these institutions in our state have earned these federal investments helping to protect them from terrorist threats and natural disasters.”
These grants are just one portion of the $2 billion security and disaster-preparedness package that U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced earlier this February.
Authorities recognized cybersecurity, soft targets and crowded places, intelligence and information sharing, domestic violent extremism, community preparedness and resilience, and election security as six focus areas for the grant cycle. | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-receives-20-million-in-disaster-preparedness-funds/ | 2023-07-29T00:59:37 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-receives-20-million-in-disaster-preparedness-funds/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The woman shot and killed in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood Wednesday evening was identified by Portland police on Friday.
Officials say 41-year-old Laura Guerrero-Rafaela of Portland was found at 5500 Southeast 111th Ave, where she died despite life-saving efforts by officers and paramedics.
A medical examiner determined that Guerrero-Rafaela died of homicide by gunshot wounds.
The suspects fled the scene before police arrived, authorities say, and no arrests were made. The investigation is ongoing.
Police ask that anyone with information on this case to contact Detective Shaye Samora at Shaye.Samora@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0768 or Detective Tony Harris at Tony.Harris@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0441. Reference case number 23-196128.
Stay with KOIN 6 as this story develops. | https://www.koin.com/news/portland/police-id-woman-shot-killed-in-powellhurst-gilbert-neighborhood/ | 2023-07-29T00:59:43 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/portland/police-id-woman-shot-killed-in-powellhurst-gilbert-neighborhood/ |
(NEXSTAR) – It’s been a rocky 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.koin.com/news/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ | 2023-07-29T00:59:49 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — In a press conference held Friday afternoon, the Hoover Police Department announced that Carlee Russell had been charged with filing a false police report and filing a false statement to law enforcement authorities, a Class A misdemeanor.
The Hoover Police Department (HPD) revealed that Carlee had turned herself in Friday to the Hoover City Police and was released on a $2,000 bond – $1,000 per charge.
“Judging from the amount of phone calls and emails that we have received from all over the country, I know that many are shocked and appalled that Miss Russell is only being charged with two misdemeanors, despite all the panic and disruption her actions caused,” Derzis said. “Let me assure you, I, too, share the same frustration, but existing laws only allow the charges that were filed to be filed.”
Derzis said he will be contacting Alabama legislatures and asking them to look at this law and “urge them to add enhancement to current legislation” for when an individual falsely reports kidnapping or a violent crime.
During the press conference, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said HPD have not uncovered anything about her whereabouts during the 49 hours she was missing, and they have not been able to confirm that she acted alone.
“This story opened wounds for families whose loved ones really were victims of kidnappings, some of which even helped organize searches in hopes that they could find Carlee alive so that her family would not experience the pain and suffering that they felt when their loved ones never returned home,” Derzis said.
This press conference comes days after Russell, 25, admitted to lying about being kidnapped earlier this month. Between July 13 and July 15, the Hoover native was missing.
On Monday, July 24, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis addressed the public in what was HPD’s second press conference since Carlee’s disappearance. There, he read a statement from Russell that had been prepared by her attorney, Emory Anthony, where she admitted that she was not adducted the night of July 13 and that she had not seen a child on I-459.
At 9:30 p.m. July 13, Russell called 911 to report that she saw a toddler on the side of I-459 near Exit 10. When police arrived, she was nowhere to be found. This launched a 49-hour search for Carlee that gained nationwide attention. On July 15, Russell was reported by the Hoover police as having safely returned home.
Four days after her return, parents Talitha Robinson-Russell and Carlos Russell went on the “Today” show where they said they believed their daughter had been kidnapped. That same day, HPD had held a press conference where Derzis recounted what Russell had told police happened to her.
During his recounting, Derzis said Russell reported being kidnapped while she was checking on the child; being made to climb a fence; being kept in a tractor-trailer; being recaptured after an attempted escape; being forced to strip naked; and being fed cheese crackers.
Russell’s search history was also combed through, which a search for the movie “Taken,” a question about Amber alerts and how to take money from a register.
Prior to any charges being brought against her, speculations had circulated on how much money it would cost to cover the efforts that were put into the search for Carlee.
Watch the full press conference at 1 p.m. | https://www.koin.com/top-stories/carlee-russell-charged-with-filing-a-false-police-report-following-kidnapping-hoax/ | 2023-07-29T00:59:55 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/top-stories/carlee-russell-charged-with-filing-a-false-police-report-following-kidnapping-hoax/ |
TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — There’s a slight snag in the eminent domain case regarding the former NRG Huntley Plant land, but Town of Tonawanda supervisor Joe Emminger is confident the town will eventually get its way.
The town was recently notified that NRG is planning to file an appeal on a state court decision giving the town the right to use eminent domain to take over the land.
Emminger said he expected the appeal, and ultimately expects a final decision will be favorable for the town.
In the meantime, the town is moving ahead. They’re looking for developers across the country who may have interest in buying the land, cleaning it up and building a mixed-use space there. They’re launching a national Expression of Interest process in August and will give potential buyers until October to respond. They did something similar in 2017 and Emminger said, they received a strong response.
An environment impact study will also be done on the site.
“A responsible firm has to take it over,” Emminger said. “They have to have some deep pockets, because it’s going to take some dollars to do this project.”
The land is 93 acres of waterfront property. It’s appealing. But, it’s also in need of a major cleanup after Huntely burned coal on the land for more than 100 years. The plant closed in 2016.
Emmginer said he’s had five firms reach out recently, who are interested in developing the property. He’d like to see a mixed-use property including high-rise apartments and/or condos.
“We’re expecting a strong response,” Emminger said.
Timeline of events:
In 2019, the town initiated eminent domain action against NRG to get the land and ultimately sell it to a developer. In February of 2020, Emminger said NRG called for a meeting with the town, because they had a potential buyer. At that meeting, NRG requested the town to drop the eminent domain action. Emminger said he took them at their word and discontinued the action. When the land wasn’t sold, the town re-initiated the action in July of last year.
When asked why NRG hasn’t sold the land to a developer themselves, Emminger said that’s the million dollar question.
“For some reason, I haven’t been able to figure that out,” he said. “No deal takes seven years to make.”
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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.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.1011now.com/2023/07/28/bmw-tupac-shakur-was-shot-is-selling-175-million/ | 2023-07-29T01:00:22 | 1 | https://www.1011now.com/2023/07/28/bmw-tupac-shakur-was-shot-is-selling-175-million/ |
‘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.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.1011now.com/2023/07/29/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-investigate-permit-violation/ | 2023-07-29T01:00:28 | 0 | https://www.1011now.com/2023/07/29/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-investigate-permit-violation/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco Animal Care & Control said it is experiencing a “rabbit crisis.” The shelter has numerous rabbits available for adoption, and it’s currently over-capacity with bunnies.
The crisis was compounded by multiple rabbits coming in from dumping in the parks, hoarding, and irresponsible breeding, according to SFACC.
The shelter wrote, “A recent remarkable community rescue of a group of rabbits abandoned in Golden Gate Heights Park has tipped SFACC into crisis mode. The rabbits spent months in the park, fending for themselves and evading capture, until a group of citizens banded together to round the rabbits up. Those involved – including determined teens – netted and trapped the rabbits and transported them to SFACC.”
“Staff at SFACC asks the public to never dump rabbits anywhere – they are not wildlife – and to get pet rabbits spayed or neutered. Rabbits breed like, well, rabbits, and can have large litters of between five and twelve kits after just a month-long gestation period,” the shelter wrote.
Some bunnies have been waiting over six months to find a forever home.
SFACC is waiving rabbit adoption fees to qualified adopters. The shelter, located at 1419 Bryant Street, is open daily for adoptions, from noon to 5 p.m. | https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/rabbits-rescued-in-sf-golden-gate-heights-park-need-forever-homes/ | 2023-07-29T01:00:38 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/rabbits-rescued-in-sf-golden-gate-heights-park-need-forever-homes/ |
A truly bizarre and unique piece of Southern California real estate is turning heads online for its luxury amenities and animal-inspired design.
The home, located at 999 Andante Rd. along Santa Barbara’s Mission Creek, is currently listed by Daniel Carpenter of Sotheby’s International Realty with an asking price of $3.25 million.
But its price tag isn’t what the internet is buzzing about, rather it’s the fairytale-esque design that has both charmed and confused the world.
The three-bedroom, four-bathroom house, surrounded by mature oak and sycamore trees, is modeled after a whale. Yes, a whale.
You enter the home through the mouth of a whale, its cedar shingles aligning the exterior, giving it the appearance of the marine mammal’s skin.
“Three floors of creative genius encompass the head of the whale,” the property’s listing reads. The head of the whale features a spiraling stairwell which opens to the outdoors, massive wood columns and beams and 360-degree views through more than 250 “Belgian leaded and stained glass windows.”
The belly of the whale is the home’s spacious interior courtyard, which boasts plenty of room to entertain. But the focal point is a massive 75-foot lap pool that flows in the grotto — the whale’s tail.
The home was built in 1978 and was designed by Michael Carmichael, an adventurous and eccentric architect who is known for taking big swings with his unique home designs. Previous listings identify him as the man behind the “Wave House,” another unique property along the Santa Barbara coast, that features “long, sweeping laminated wood beams, custom crafted to form the underside of a huge wave which curls up and over the living space.”
Images of the Whale House were shared by the popular real estate oddity blog Zillow Gone Wild. Comments on social media were a mixture of curiosity and genuine marvel, with the occasional question about how on earth you keep up with the cleaning with all those many unique surfaces.
In Santa Barbara, one of the most expensive cities in all of California, $3.25 million for a house this size actually isn’t that outrageous — all things considered.
So if you’ve wanted to live out your Pinocchio fantasies, and if you have the roughly $650,000 required for a 20% down payment, the home can be yours.
For the rest of us, we’ll just have to keep wishing upon a star. | https://www.kron4.com/news/now-you-can-live-inside-a-whale-with-this-unique-southern-california-home/ | 2023-07-29T01:00:44 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/now-you-can-live-inside-a-whale-with-this-unique-southern-california-home/ |
(KRON) — Continuing what has been a summer full of protests, Oakland A’s fans have organized another “reverse boycott” for the San Francisco Giants’ game in Oakland on Aug. 5. If you’re planning to go, be prepared to pay more than usual.
For the Aug. 5 “reverse boycott” game, the cheapest seat on the team website is going for $44. For the Aug. 6 game against the Giants, the get-in price is $27. The price for all other games, including Labor Day against Toronto and the final home game of the season against Detroit, is $10.
The fan base conducted its first reverse boycott on June 13, with 27,759 loud fans packing the Coliseum to cheer on the A’s beating the Tampa Bay Rays. The purpose of the boycott was to prove that A’s fans would show up for the right reasons, with a potential move to Las Vegas pending.
After the game, the A’s announced that the proceeds from that game would be donated to charity.
Another protest is in the works for the first Bay Bridge Series game at the Coliseum. Fans are planning to give out towels that say “Sell the Team.”
A’s fans have made their voices heard throughout the season after news broke of the team’s plans to move to Las Vegas. At the MLB All-Star Game in Seattle, A’s fans organized a “Sell the Team” chant in the 5th inning. Another chant broke out at the A’s-Giants game at Oracle Park on Tuesday.
KRON4 reached out to the A’s for comment on the raised prices and we are awaiting a response. | https://www.kron4.com/sports/as-raise-ticket-prices-for-reverse-boycott-game-against-giants/ | 2023-07-29T01:00:50 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/sports/as-raise-ticket-prices-for-reverse-boycott-game-against-giants/ |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After nearly every death row inmate in Louisiana asked for clemency en masse, the state’s pardon board turned away all 56 petitions this week.
Francis Abbott, executive director of Louisiana’s Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole, confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that none of the applicants are currently eligible. That decision was based on an opinion filed last week by Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican and gubernatorial candidate, who found that the board can’t waive a policy requiring a clemency petition to be filed within a year of a judge ruling on an appeal, as reported by The Advocate.
Exceptions are allowed in some extenuating circumstances, notably if an execution date is near. However, Louisiana does not have any execution dates scheduled and the last lethal injection in the state occurred over a decade ago.
“Louisiana was failed by our appointed officials this week,” Promise of Justice Initiative, a New Orleans-based organization, said in a press release urging Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to step in and set hearings for the clemency petitions. “The State has been given a chance to commute death row to life sentences. Louisiana can still choose life over death, dignity over violence. To choose right over wrong.”
Over the spring, Edwards — who is unable to seek reelection this year due to consecutive term limits, opening a huge opportunity for Republicans to win the seat in a reliably red state — voiced his support, for the first time, to eliminate capital punishment. He urged lawmakers to get rid of the death penalty, saying it was “inconsistent with Louisiana’s pro-life values, as it quite literally promotes a culture of death.”
The bill to abolish the death penalty failed during Louisiana’s legislative session, which ended in June. The 56 clemency petitions were filed shortly after in June. The death row prisoners asked for their punishments to be changed from death penalty to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Cecelia Kappel, the executive director of the Louisiana Capital Appeals Project and an attorney for several of the prisoners, said that there are “systemic flaws” to the death penalty in Louisiana. She cited racial disparity, death-sentenced prisoners with evidence of intellectual disability and “prosecutorial misconduct” that has resulted in inmates being exonerated in recent years.
All clemency applications are reviewed by the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole. Any applications recommended to the governor by the board members — all of whom were appointed by Edwards — are “reviewed on a case-by-case basis before a final decision is made,” said Eric Holl, a spokesperson for the governor’s office.
However, the board never conducted hearings on the applications, returning them after an administrative screening, The Advocate reported. Whether or not the governor will direct the board to hear the cases remains to be determined.
Only two clemency requests have been granted by Louisiana governors since the state instated the death penalty in the 1970s. Louisiana has held 28 executions since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
Sixty people sit on Louisiana’s death row, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections told The Associated Press in late May. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/louisiana-news/all-56-louisiana-death-row-clemency-petitions-turned-away-for-being-ineligible/ | 2023-07-29T01:01:31 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/louisiana-news/all-56-louisiana-death-row-clemency-petitions-turned-away-for-being-ineligible/ |
DEAR MISS MANNERS: For the last 30 years, my wife and I have enjoyed hosting dinner parties at our house. Over the last few years, several guests have started showing up with their own bottled water or with a filled exercise water bottle, which they drink from throughout the night.
We’ve never said anything about it and we’re not offended, although we do think it’s a little weird. Do you think bringing your own water is rude?
By the way, we have plenty of bottled and filtered water. It’s even chilled.
GENTLE READER: Perhaps you can put a sign to that effect on your door: “Chilled water available here.” But then, your guests might use your home as a filling station.
Miss Manners finds it equally weird and somewhat insulting to take one’s own water to private homes. It removes the opportunity for the host to graciously offer a beverage -- or assumes that anything offered will be unsatisfactory. She therefore requests that unless there is a medical issue, water bottle usage be restricted to gyms and cars only. And so it has been decreed.
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(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday made his first public remarks about his 4-year-old grandchild Navy, the daughter of his son Hunter Biden, after silence from the White House over the young girl amid legal disputes between her parents.
Biden said, in a statement exclusively provided to People, that his son and Lunden Roberts, the mother, are working to provide a life for her.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the president said. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
The New York Times earlier this month published a piece about the child, writing that she’s never met Hunter Biden or her grandfather. After that was published, the White House dealt with questions in the briefing room from reporters asking whether Biden accepted Hunter Biden’s daughter in Arkansas as his granddaughter.
Roberts, who is in Arkansas, filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in May 2019, and the younger Biden appeared in court this May. In June, he reached a settlement in his child support case after he was ordered to sit for a deposition under oath to answer questions about his finances.
An anonymous source told People that the president and first lady Jill Biden have been “giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out” and have been “following Hunter’s lead” throughout the legal proceedings involving the young girl.
Hunter Biden’s personal and legal troubles have been increasingly in the spotlight lately. He appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ | 2023-07-29T01:01:37 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ |
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A fatal boat crash believed to have spun the downfall of Alex Murdaugh has resulted in a $15 million settlement in a lawsuit against a convenience store that sold beer to the disgraced attorney’s underage son.
A judge on Thursday approved the deal between the victim’s family and Parker’s Kitchen, according to local media reports. An investigation revealed that a clerk for the Southern chain did not stop Paul Murdaugh from using his older brother’s ID to buy beer on the same February 2019 night that authorities said the 19-year-old steered a boat into a bridge in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
The wreck killed Mallory Beach, 19, and injured three others.
Parker’s Kitchen did not undertake liability for Beach’s death through the settlement. The Beach family has said they hope the high total will compel stores to seriously follow alcohol laws.
Paul Murdaugh faced charges of boating under the influence at the time of his death.
Alex Murdaugh is serving a life sentence without parole for the June 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie, and Paul, his youngest son. Prosecutors in this year’s double murder trial argued that Alex Murdaugh feared a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the boat crash would uncover the millions of dollars he had stolen from his clients and law firm. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/judge-oks-15m-payout-from-store-where-alex-murdaughs-underage-son-got-beer-before-fatal-crash/ | 2023-07-29T01:01:43 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/judge-oks-15m-payout-from-store-where-alex-murdaughs-underage-son-got-beer-before-fatal-crash/ |
(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.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T01:01:49 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
Lottery players will have another shot at a huge Mega Millions jackpot Friday night and a chance to break a stretch of more than three months without a big winner of the game.
The estimated $940 million prize has been building since someone last matched all six numbers and won the jackpot April 18. Since then, there have been 28 straight drawings without a jackpot winner.
The jackpot is now the eighth-largest ever in the U.S. It comes a little over a week after someone in Los Angeles won a $1.08 billion Powerball prize that ranked as the sixth-largest in U.S. history. It’s still a mystery who won that prize.
Lottery jackpots grow so large because the odds of winning are so small. For Mega Millions, the odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 302.6 million.
The $940 million prize would be for a sole winner choosing to be paid through an annuity with annual payments over 30 years. Jackpot winners almost always opt for a lump sum payment, which for Friday night’s drawing would be an estimated $472.5 million.
Winners also would be subject to federal taxes, while many states also tax lottery winnings.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/the-mega-millions-jackpot-is-now-940-million-after-months-without-a-big-winner/ | 2023-07-29T01:01:55 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/the-mega-millions-jackpot-is-now-940-million-after-months-without-a-big-winner/ |
(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.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:01 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ |
(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.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:05 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — It was a busy, if not downright chaotic morning for workers at the Tesla Giga Factory in East Austin.
Just before 5 a.m. Friday, workers were sent an email warning of an attack happening near the factory.
The Travis County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) found no evidence of an attacker.
Just after 5 a.m., KVUE Daybreak crews saw police telling everyone to leave the area immediately, with workers hastily running away.
Fortunately, the Sheriff's Office reported no casualties and workers were permitted to reenter the building.
Regardless of the fortunate outcome, families of those involved are still reeling from the jarringly close call they experienced on Friday.
Jenny Rae Navarro's husband works at the facility, and the idea of him being in danger rattled her.
"It is very scary and it hurts my heart to know that he's somewhere far away from me, and I can't... I can't be there quickly or we can't see each other after something happens," Navarro said.
For Naila Martinez, whose son works at the factory, it was not surprising getting that call.
"So... when he came home, I said, 'honey, I hate to say it, but I knew it would only be a matter of time.' There's always those disgruntled workers and with a high-stress environment," Martinez said.
The Travis County Sheriff's Office told KVUE Friday afternoon that they found no casualties and nothing to substantiate evidence of a shooter or attacker.
KVUE News made multiple attempts to reach Tesla but did not hear anything back.
While these families feel a collective sense of relief, they are hoping something can be learned from this.
"More security, I would definitely like the chain of command to be more organized because it seemed like just a lot of conflicting information," Martinez said.
"It's just a scary world that we're living in now, that we have to think about where we're at and how safe are we at a certain place," Navarro said. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/families-open-up-false-attacker-reported-tesla/269-b6500fb6-e69e-4b64-9914-346d793a3953 | 2023-07-29T01:02:05 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/families-open-up-false-attacker-reported-tesla/269-b6500fb6-e69e-4b64-9914-346d793a3953 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Signs that inflation pressures in the United States are steadily easing emerged Friday in reports that consumer prices rose in June at their slowest pace in more than two years and that wage growth cooled last quarter.
Together, the figures provided the latest signs that the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation may succeed without triggering a recession, an outcome known as a “soft landing.”
A price gauge closely monitored by the Fed rose just 3% in June from a year earlier. That was down from a 3.8% annual increase in May, though still above the Fed’s 2% inflation target. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.2% from May to June, up slightly from 0.1% the previous month.
Last month’s sharp slowdown in year-over-year inflation largely reflected falling gas prices, as well as milder increases in grocery costs. With supply chains having largely healed from post-pandemic disruptions, the costs of new and used cars, furniture and appliances also fell in June.
The cost of some services, though, continued to surge. Average prices of movie tickets rose 0.5% from May to June, and are up 6.2% from a year earlier. Veterinary services, up 0.5% last month, are 10.5% higher than a year ago. And restaurant meal prices increased 0.4% in June; they’re up 7.1% from 12 months earlier.
A measure of “core” prices, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, did remain elevated even though it also eased last month. Economists track core prices because they are considered a better signal of where inflation is headed. Those still-high underlying inflation pressures are a key reason why the Fed raised its short-term interest rate Wednesday to a 22-year high.
Core prices were still 4.1% higher than they were a year ago, well above the Fed’s target, though down from 4.6% in May. From May to June, core inflation was just 0.2%, down from 0.3% the previous month, an encouraging sign.
A separate report Friday from the Labor Department showed that a gauge of wages and salaries grew more slowly in the April-June quarter, suggesting that employers were feeling less pressure to boost pay as the job market cools.
Employee pay, excluding government workers, rose 1%, down from 1.2% in the first three months of 2023. Compared with a year earlier, wages and salaries grew 4.6%, down from 5.1% in the first quarter.
The Fed is closely watching the pay gauge, known as the employment cost index. Smaller wage increases should slow inflation over time, because companies are less likely to need to raise prices to cover their higher labor costs.
Taken together, Friday’s data “will provide further support to the view that the economy is in the midst of a soft landing,” said Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist at Nationwide. The softer wage data, she suggested, “will be welcomed by Fed officials.”
Americans’ average paychecks are still growing briskly, boosting their ability to spend and underscoring the economy’s resiliency. The inflation report that the Commerce Department issued Friday showed that consumer spending jumped in June, despite two years of high inflation and 11 Fed rate hikes over 17 months. From May to June, consumer spending rose 0.5%, up from 0.2% the previous month.
“Better push out those recession forecasts by another quarter,” Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at investment bank Santander, wrote in a research note.
The inflation gauge that was issued Friday, called the personal consumption expenditures price index, is separate from the better-known consumer price index. Earlier this month, the government reported that the CPI rose 3% in June from 12 months earlier.
The Fed prefers the PCE index because it accounts for changes in how people shop when inflation jumps — when, for example, consumers shift away from pricey national brands in favor of cheaper store brands. And housing costs, which are among the biggest inflation drivers but many economists think aren’t well-measured, carry about half the weight in the PCE than the CPI.
With inflation now steadily cooling, consumers are becoming more optimistic about the economy, a trend that could lead them to keep spending and driving growth.
On Friday, the University of Michigan reported that its consumer sentiment index rose in June to its highest level since October 2021, though it has still recovered only about half of the drop caused by the pandemic. And earlier this week, the Conference Board, a business research group, said its consumer confidence index rose this month to its highest point in two years.
The U.S. economy is in a hopeful but precarious place: A solid job market is bolstering hiring, lifting wages and keeping unemployment near a half-century low. Yet inflation is weakening rather than rising, as it typically does when unemployment is low. That suggests that the Fed may be able to achieve a soft landing.
The Fed’s policymakers, though, are concerned that the steadily growing economy could help perpetuate inflation. This can occur as persistent consumer demand enables more companies to raise prices, thereby keeping inflation above the Fed’s target and potentially causing the central bank to raise rates even higher.
The latest evidence of the economy’s resilience came Thursday, when the government reported that it grew at a 2.4% annual rate in the April-June quarter — faster than analysts had forecast and an acceleration from a 2% growth rate in the first three months of the year.
At a news conference Wednesday, Chair Jerome Powell suggested that the Fed’s benchmark short-term rate, now at about 5.3%, was high enough to restrain the overall economy and likely tame inflation over time. But Powell added that the Fed would need to see more evidence that inflation has been sustainably subdued before it would consider ending its rate hikes.
Powell declined to offer any signal of the central bank’s likely next moves. In June, Fed officials had forecast two more rate hikes this year, including Wednesday’s.
“I would say it is certainly possible that we would raise (rates) again at the September meeting, if the data warranted,” Powell said Wednesday, “and I would also say it’s possible that we would choose to hold steady at that meeting.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/us-price-and-wage-increases-slow-further-in-the-latest-signs-of-cooling-inflation/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:07 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/us-price-and-wage-increases-slow-further-in-the-latest-signs-of-cooling-inflation/ |
(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.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:11 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ |
HOUSTON — A teacher who taught at the same Baytown school for nearly 20 years said she was abruptly fired after attending a drag show in Houston.
Kristi Maris told KHOU 11 News that she went to Hamburger Mary's with a co-worker who was also fired immediately. Maris posted a photo of her, the other teacher and three drag queens on Facebook and said they had "a blast." The other teacher didn't want to be identified.
Editor's note: The above video originally aired in 2022 after a protest outside Hamburger Mary's
Maris said she got a call from the principal at First Baptist Academy, a private Christian school, and was told she'd have to appear before the school board for acting "ungodly."
She was shocked and said she had no idea attending a drag show "was bad."
”It’s no different than going to the theater," Maris said.
The physical education teacher said she tried to explain her side to the board but she "couldn't get through with them at all." She called the whole process "absolutely ridiculous."
Maris said there's no appeal process and her termination is a done deal.
She posted about the experience on Facebook.
"Hey everybody just wanting to let everyone know what has been going on in my life! As of today I was fired from my Job of 20 years for attending a sing along show at Hamburger Mary’s. Before ever getting the news of my termination it had spread like wildfire in the church and school. They told me because I went to this show and posted a picture I wasn’t walking in a Godly manner, so that being said please remove yourself from my page if this offends you, if you think this is UnGodly, makes me a pedaphile, or causes you to feel uncomfortable. Take your screenshots of my post and send them around in your group chats but when you do at least at me to the chat!"
At last check, her post had more than 1,200 reactions with 117 comments from supporters and more than 400 shares.
"They're really going to regret that. You're a wonderful teacher and took such great care of my babies when they were there," one parent wrote.
"They lost a very great teacher!!" another person commented.
"You are one of the best," another said.
Maris said she's heard from other parents and former students who told her they're proud of her.
“The positives that have come out of this have been absolutely amazing," she told us.
She plans to take advantage of her unexpected free time by spending more time with her 1-year-old grandson.
We've reached out to First Baptist Academy for comment multiple times with phone calls and emails but haven't heard back yet. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/baytown-teacher-fired-drag-show/285-70c8ba6d-8b15-46f5-b039-e9fcfd06c5cf | 2023-07-29T01:02:11 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/baytown-teacher-fired-drag-show/285-70c8ba6d-8b15-46f5-b039-e9fcfd06c5cf |
(The Hill) – Carlos De Oliveira was indicted on three criminal charges alongside former President Trump and his longtime aide Walt Nauda in a superseding indictment Thursday, part of the classified document investigation at Trump’s Florida club.
De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s property manager, allegedly assisted Trump and Nauta in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal authorities.
He was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and lying to the FBI.
De Oliveira, 56, was hired as the Mar-a-Lago manager in January 2022, previously working there as a valet, according to the indictment.
Federal investigators claim De Oliveira helped Nauta move about 30 boxes of classified documents around Mar-a-Lago, and at one point told the club’s head of IT that “the boss” wants security camera footage deleted.
In October of last year, after federal investigators searched the club and found additional classified documents, De Oliveira allegedly drained one of the club’s pools causing flooding in the server room that contained the security camera footage. This happened not long after Trump told De Oliveira he would get him an attorney, the indictment says.
According to investigators, Nauta attempted to judge De Oliveira’s loyalty before that promise came, with De Oliveira telling him that nothing would get in the way of his relationship with Trump.
Trump now faces a total of 40 charges related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, with three of those added this week in the superseding indictment. Nauta faces eight charges.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the classified documents probe, is also investigating Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.
Smith met with Trump’s defense on Thursday and sent him a target letter earlier this month, raising speculation that he could be indicted again for that separate investigation soon. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:13 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ |
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Former Odessa College Wrangler and Texas Longhorn Ivan Melendez had not been back to the Basin in over three years. His return to the area as a member of the Amarillo Sod Poodles sparked distinct memories of when Odessa College gave him a chance when few others would.
The Wranglers were one of only four junior colleges to offer him a scholarship.
“They recruited me after my junior year, so that’s when I made my decision,” said the 23-year-old El Paso native.
“I was lightly recruited, they’re one of the top junior colleges, they gave me a full-ride offer so that was the reason I wanted to go there.”
“It definitely helped me tremendously. If I didn’t have a good year my freshman year for Odessa, I don’t think I would’ve gone Division I. Had a great time and I got my education here as well so I think my time here has been really good.”
Melendez went on to star for the Texas Longhorns, winning the 2022 Golden Spikes Award, given to the top amateur baseball player in the United States.
The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted Melendez in the second round of the 2022 MLB draft with the 43rd overall pick.
After a great year in Single-A, Melendez got called up to Double-A Amarillo earlier this month. That’s when he saw he’d soon be playing in Midland.
While he initially had mixed emotions, Ivan’s been savoring his time with loved ones all week.
“A little bit of excitement and a little bit of nervous just because I knew some people would recognize me. I have friends here, family here,” said Melendez.
“I have family that lives in Midland. I’m staying with them for the week, just getting away. You know when you’re out for college and you have family visiting in, they take you out to dinner or have a nice little home-cooked meal… I’m enjoying it.”
While he’s in town on business, Ivan hopes he can take a personal trip by his old stomping grounds.
On the outfield wall at Wrangler Field, his name is proudly displayed twice.
“I still haven’t been able to have the chance to go and check it out, but I want to do it while I’m here for this week,” said Melendez.
“Maybe have a family member or someone drive me out. It definitely means a lot, I have a lot of memories and I love that place.”
Melendez and the Sod Poodles continue their six-game series against the Midland RockHounds through Sunday. | https://www.yourbasin.com/sports/local-sports/former-oc-wrangler-melendez-returns-to-the-basin-with-sod-poodles/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:17 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/sports/local-sports/former-oc-wrangler-melendez-returns-to-the-basin-with-sod-poodles/ |
L. MOUNT BETHEL TWP., Pa. - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is once again surveying the damage and destruction brought by flooding in our area. A few weeks ago, the governor visited Berks County. Then he was in Bucks County. The governor stopped in Northampton County on Friday afternoon to take a look at another area that was hit especially hard, hoping to find funding to fix it.
Shapiro's been busy assessing flood damage across various parts of eastern Pennsylvania.
"We're here with you," Shapiro said. "We saw with this particular flooding incident just really horrific, deadly damage across Southeastern Pennsylvania and stretching up to this neck of the woods."
Many parts of our region that faced flooding just less than two weeks ago are now dealing with the aftermath.
Shapiro on Wednesday visited Lower Mount Bethel Township first. He says help is coming from the Commonwealth for the bridge on Little Creek Road, where flooding was particularly bad.
"That's an interesting situation where you've got a township road connected to a county bridge, but the state is going to provide assistance," Shapiro said.
He then stopped on Messinger Street, off South Main, in Bangor, where many neighbors say they lost appliances from the flood. Residents say the town came together for cleanup. But couches and other items could still be found on the curb and at least one fence was knocked down.
Shapiro came to assess the damage in Bangor, to see what kind of help he can muster up from the state, and appeal to the federal government for, as well.
He was accompanied by the Secretary of Transportation as well as the director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
"We're in early days of damage assessment," Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure said. "And of course, no one can make any promises of any financial aid to us. But the fact that they're here does help us get a leg up on potential means and methods of recovery."
Damages across Northampton County so far total about $7.5 million, McClure says. Bangor Borough's mayor, Mary Ellen DeFranco, says she's never seen damage like this.
"The losses that they sustained and that they've had," DeFranco said, "they went for days without hot water, they lost their hot water heaters."
DeFranco says the people are suffering.
"Every day I know that our borough offices are getting phone calls," she said. "We keep reassuring them that we'll help, so I'm hoping with the governor's assistance that they'll get the help they need."
Officials say if the entire state sees $23 million worth of damages, a presidential disaster will be declared.
"If it does not hit the $23 million federal threshold," Shapiro said, "then we have some resources at the state level...there are some other federal dollars and state dollars that can be drawn down."
In the meantime, the governor asks everyone to report their own damage, to ensure whatever funds can be gathered are granted to those most in need. Northampton County residents can fill out a questionnaire.
"The best way you can look after your neighbor is to, you know, provide us with that information about damage," Shapiro said. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/were-here-with-you-gov-shapiro-visits-northampton-co-assesses-flood-damage/article_deb2c114-2da3-11ee-a933-43a5b20dbfd7.html | 2023-07-29T01:02:17 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/were-here-with-you-gov-shapiro-visits-northampton-co-assesses-flood-damage/article_deb2c114-2da3-11ee-a933-43a5b20dbfd7.html |
NEDERLAND, Texas — A Nederland man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Michael Marroquin, 63, of Nederland, Texas, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with a felony offense of obstruction of an official proceeding.
In addition to the felony, Marroquin is charged with several misdemeanor offenses.
These include entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, entering and remaining on the floor of Congress, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, impeding passage through the Capitol grounds or buildings, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in any of the Capitol buildings.
Marroquin was arrested on July 27, 2023, in Nederland and made his initial appearance today in the Eastern District of Texas.
Marroquin traveled from his home in Texas to Washington, D.C, to attend a rally on Jan. 6, 2021. After the rally, Maroquin marched with others to the U.S. Capitol building and entered around 1:20 p.m. through the Senate wing door According to court documents.
A series of recordings on Marroquin’s phone capture his movements through the Capitol that day. In one recording, as Marroquin approaches the Crypt, he states, “I wanna tell you something. You arrest me, but this is our House! No! You’ll never take our . . . We’re not silent anymore, understand?!”
As the crowd he’s with reaches a line of officers, Marroquin can then be heard yelling, “Keep moving!”
Court documents say that one video on Marroquin’s phone was filmed from directly outside the House Chamber, looking through the broken door and into the faces of law enforcement with their weapons drawn and aimed back at the camera. Marroquin attempts to engage the officer in conversation, eventually shouting, “You’re a traitor!”
Marroquin exited the Capitol building around 2:31 p.m.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas.
The case is being investigated by the FBI Houston’s Beaumont Resident Agency. Valuable assistance was provided by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, the U.S. Capitol Police, and the Metropolitan Police Department.
In the months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,069 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 350 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with tips can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/nederland-man-arrested-on-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-for-actions-during-jan-6/502-0a5f3c22-4a5a-4e58-a799-2a7fbda328d1 | 2023-07-29T01:02:17 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/nederland-man-arrested-on-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-for-actions-during-jan-6/502-0a5f3c22-4a5a-4e58-a799-2a7fbda328d1 |
DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Many across social media feel confused about Twitter rebranding its iconic bird logo to a simple “X” symbol. At his Albany, New York-area studio on Thursday, the artist behind the original logo talked about its creation and leaving the brand behind.
Phil Pascuzzo is hard at work in his quiet suburban home in Delmar, mainly designing the inviting covers that tempt you to pick up a good book. You’d never guess he’s the designer of the world-famous Twitter bird icon.
“It’s so interesting. Most people have no idea,” laughed Pascuzzo. “It’s kind of like how Milton Glaser created the ‘I love New York’ logo, but when you see the I ‘heart’ NY, it doesn’t feel like anybody did it. It’s just there.”
Pascuzzo has run Pepco Studio, his independent freelance design studio, for the last 20 years, but he said that his first graphic design job out of college was where he met Biz Stone, one of the three Twitter co-founders. “We were both junior designers, so we were lowest on the rank, but he would just after every subway ride have all these wild ideas and we would just talk about them,” Pascuzzo recollected with NEWS10’s Mikhaela Singleton. “I would do these little doodles on Post-it notes, and he just liked my drawings.”
He said that Stone approached him around 2005 looking for a unique bird-themed design. The iStock image by Simon Oxley that was used when Twitter first launched couldn’t be its official logo, as that would violate iStock’s terms of service.
“I started sketching different birds. We knew we were going with blue, which — it’s great for like, feeling optimistic, feels like the future, blue skies,” Pascuzzo explained. “[Stone] had a rough idea, but he really left it to me to get creative with. He’s got a great sense of humor so he had all these ideas for little things he wanted the bird to be doing.”
Pascuzzo said that first bird design took about 30 minutes and a chat between friends, landing him $500 for the work. “I was in an apartment in Arbor Hill at the time and thought, $500 will make rent so yeah let’s do it,” he said. “Twitter wasn’t some huge thing like it is now that everybody is on.”
For years, he continued creating many marketing items that helped Twitter take flight. Shifting the bird’s design to a silhouette, Pascuzzo then sold the design to the studio outright in 2010, when it took shape in the most recent version used from 2012 to 2023. He added that he did reapproach his friend and the company to renegotiate pay for the logo design when Twitter truly took off.
“When I realized the weight of what this icon had become, I went back with an intellectual property lawyer, and it was extremely cordial,” Pascuzzo said. “It didn’t give me anything close to Elon Musk money, but it was a down payment on a house.”
On the topic of Musk and the many changes since his takeover of the social media giant in October, Pascuzzo said the news to clip the bird’s wings for a simple “X” symbol came as a surprise. “I was like, ‘What?’ What is this white — because it’s just a Unicode symbol,” he said. “It’s not even a logo. Nobody even designed it.”
After 20 years in the business, he said that he’s learned not to get too attached to any creation, so he’s not sad to see the bird go. But he worries that Musk’s future for Twitter leaves behind much of what made the platform unique.
“He seems obsessed with the ‘X.’ I mean you look at his child with Grimes — X Æ A-Xii — he loves X. It’s everywhere. So in his world, it may make sense, but I think, in the Twitter world, it doesn’t really make much sense,” Pascuzzo concluded. “I feel he threw away a lot of brand equity. The name, the color, the language — it’s so ubiquitous. It’s part of our lexicon.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/social-media/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:21 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/social-media/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ |
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WASHINGTON — Morocco made its debut for the Women's World Cup on Monday with a match against Germany. It is one of eight teams making their first appearance at the tournament.
Viewers tuning into the match broadcasts may wonder why the country's abbreviation is listed as "MAR." The reason is actually pretty simple. While most of the scoreboard acronyms, also referred to as FIFA codes, come from the first three letters of a country's name in English, there are exceptions. Morocco is one of those exceptions.
The Arab team will face South Korea on Sunday, July 30 at 12:30 ET.
Why is Morocco 'MAR'?
While the country's English name is Morocco, it's known as Maroc in French.
According to a 2018 report from Slate, even though the official languages of the country are Arabic and Tamazight, French continues to have a powerful position there as a holdover from the colonial era.
Morocco isn't the only team in the Women's World Cup with a country code that differs from that English standard.
Other abbreviations that stand out in the tournament include Spain going by "ESP and South Korea referred to as "KOR."
Morocco’s debut game at the Women’s World Cup ended in a 6-0 loss to two-time champion Germany. The margin of defeat on Monday was the biggest so far at the tournament.
The national team’s Women's World Cup appearance comes less than a year after their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. | https://www.kvue.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 | 2023-07-29T01:02:23 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 |
HOUSTON (NewsNation) — Two teachers in the Houston area were reportedly fired this month for attending a drag show, the Chron in Houston reported.
Kristi Maris and her co-worker attended a drag show at Hamburger Mary’s in downtown Houston. Maris shared photos on Facebook with the caption, “This was such a blast!” according to the Chron reporting.
Maris later received a call from First Baptist Academy, the school at which she had taught for 19 years, and was reportedly fired.
“I feel like we were treated like criminals,” Maris reportedly told a local ABC station.
When asked about the firing, the school responded that employees “will act in a godly and moral fashion at work, on Facebook and in my community,” ABC 13 reported.
Maris reportedly said she didn’t think a drag show violated the school guidelines.
“They’re entertainers. I would’ve never thought in a million years that this would happen. Never. We were in disbelief. We still are. We were heartbroken. We had relationships with parents and the kids, and I didn’t even get to say goodbye to a lot of the kids,” Maris told ABC 13. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/texas-teachers-fired-for-attending-drag-show-report/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:27 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/texas-teachers-fired-for-attending-drag-show-report/ |
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — It’s Friday, July 28, 2023, and NBC 10 will be live at 6 PM, but here’s what’s happening in your Ark-La-Miss in 60 seconds.
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — It’s Friday, July 28, 2023, and NBC 10 will be live at 6 PM, but here’s what’s happening in your Ark-La-Miss in 60 seconds. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/your-ark-la-miss-in-60-seconds/your-ark-la-miss-in-60-seconds-july-28-2023/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:33 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/your-ark-la-miss-in-60-seconds/your-ark-la-miss-in-60-seconds-july-28-2023/ |
NEW ORLEANS – Dylan Crews of LSU baseball and Angel Reese of LSU women’s basketball were named the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s James C. Corbett Award winners on Friday as the state’s top amateur athletes after leading their teams to national championships earlier this year.
Crews, a junior from Longwood, Fla., batted .426 (110-for-258) for the 2023 National Champions with 16 doubles, two triples, 18 homers, 70 RBI and 100 runs. A consensus First-Team All-American, he was the No. 2 overall pick in the MLB Draft on July 9 by the Washington Nationals.
Crews was voted the winner of the 2023 Golden Spikes Award as the nation’s best amateur baseball player, and he was named the Southeastern Conference Male Athlete of the Year.
He finished No. 1 in the nation in runs scored (100), No. 1 in walks (71), No. 2 in on-base percentage (.567), No. 2 in base hits (110) and No. 3 in batting average (.426).
He completed the year with a reached base streak of 75 games, which included all 71 games of this season and the last four games of the 2022 season.
Crews is a two-time member of the SEC Community Service Team for his exemplary work in the Baton Rouge area with families affected by autism, and he was voted to the 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Crews is the ninth LSU baseball player to win the Corbett Award, joining pitcher Alex Lange (2015), pitcher Aaron Nola (2013), pitcher Louis Coleman (2009), catcher Brad Cresse (2000), shortstop Brandon Larson (1997), second baseman Warren Morris (1996), shortstop Russ Johnson (1994) and second baseman Todd Walker (1993).
Reese, a sophomore from Baltimore, Maryland, was a unanimous First Team All-America player, leading the Tigers to their first-ever women’s basketball national championship. In her first season at LSU, Reese led the SEC in scoring (23.0 ppg) and rebounding (15.4 RPG) as she became just the fourth player in conference history to lead the league in both categories. She set SEC records in rebounds (555), free throws made (240) and free throws attempted (339).
Reese was a double-double machine during the season. She recorded a double-double in all of LSU’s first 23 games, setting the LSU record for consecutive double-doubles. She finished the season with a total of 34 double-doubles to set the NCAA record. Her record-setting double-double came with 15 points and 10 rebounds in LSU’s national championship victory over Iowa when the Tigers scored an NCAA national championship record 102 points.
Reese also won the BET Award for Sportswoman of the Year and the Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award.
Reese takes home the sixth Corbett Award for LSU women’s basketball as Seimone Augustus (2003-2006) and Sylvia Fowles (2007) claimed the first five.
The Corbett Award was created in 1967 and named in honor of the late James J. Corbett to commemorate his many contributions to intercollegiate athletics and specifically to the Sugar Bowl. At the time of his death, Mr. Corbett was the Athletic Director at Louisiana State University. These awards are presented annually to the most outstanding amateur male and female athletes in the State of Louisiana. The Corbett recipients are selected each year by members of the N.O. Sports Hall of Fame Committee, based on nominations submitted by the state’s sportswriters, sportscasters and sports information directors.
(Press release provided by LSU Athletics) | https://www.myarklamiss.com/sports/geaux-nation/lsu-baseball-basketball-stars-named-corbett-award-winners/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:39 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/sports/geaux-nation/lsu-baseball-basketball-stars-named-corbett-award-winners/ |
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Saints guard Trai Turner, who was signed earlier this week, left practice Friday with a season-ending torn quadriceps, two people with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the specific nature of the injury had not been announced. Turner, 30, was carted off the practice field, but Saints coach Dennis Allen said shortly after practice that Turner was still being evaluated and did not go into further detail.
The 6-foot-3, 315-pound Turner, a former LSU standout and a starter for most of his career, was a Carolina Panthers third-round draft choice in 2014. He spent his first six NFL seasons with Carolina before hopping from the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020 to Pittsburgh in 2021 and to Washington last season.
After his first practice Wednesday, Turner expressed gratitude for the opportunity to continue his career in the city where he grew up and played in high school, and in the state where he played in college.
“It’s cool to be home. I played high school football right up the road. My house is right up the road. So there’s a little comfort in that. My parents are right there so I get to see them often,” Turner said. “I definitely was a Saints fan. I got a couple of days off from school to celebrate a Super Bowl (after the Saints won it in February 2010), so I’ve got to be happy for that.”
While Turner was expected to push either of the Saints’ incumbent starting guards for snaps, he began practice this week working with the second team.
Allen also had stopped short of suggesting that starting guards Andrus Peat or 2020 first-round draft choice Cesar Ruiz were in danger of losing their jobs.
“We felt like (Turner is) a veteran player we could bring in, put into the mix and let’s see how the competition plays out,” Allen said earlier this week. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/sports/saints-guard-trai-turner-tears-quad-in-third-practice-of-camp-sources-tell-ap/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:45 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/sports/saints-guard-trai-turner-tears-quad-in-third-practice-of-camp-sources-tell-ap/ |
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) —
Tonight, overnight lows will make an attempt to drop to the mid 70s, rising dewpoint temperatures and increasing atmospheric moisture will make that difficult. The chance for any sort of rain will be near zero, not completely zero. Sea breeze from the gulf refuels the area with plenty of tropical moisture, as seen off to the east. Winds will be predominantly calm overnight and into tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow, daytime highs can range from 97-102 degrees across the area, which seems like a large range but it all depends on moisture. Heat index values will hover around Heat Advisory criteria, there are active Heat Advisories in effect until tomorrow evening for much of the Ark-La-Miss. The chance for rain will remain rather slim, an isolated pop-up shower isn’t out of the question but, it isn’t likely. A light breeze out of the southwest will provide very little relief from the heat. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/weather/evening-forecast-friday-july-28th/ | 2023-07-29T01:02:51 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/weather/evening-forecast-friday-july-28th/ |
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A Henrico teenager killed in a notorious Richmond neighborhood is being remembered as a protector who was about to attend college, according to his family.
Officers were called to the 1300 block of Saint James Street in Richmond’s Gilpin Court neighborhood for a shooting report on Monday night, officials with Richmond Police said.
When they arrived, officers found Terrance Willis Jr. dead at the scene, officers said.
Terrance Willis Sr. told Jon Burkett that his son was just two weeks from fulfilling a promise he made to his parents: starting his freshman year at Virginia State University.
The 18-year-old was remembered as a protector who loved being a big brother and was always looking out for his family.
That is how his mother knew something was wrong late Monday night.
"His mom said she'd been tracking him that night and no response," Willis Sr. said.
His father was stumped as to why his son was in Gilpin Court.
“He was a good kid, helpful, very smart, outgoing,” Willis Sr. said. “T.J. had a lot of stuff lined up good going for him. And I was proud of him."
While Willis Jr. played football throughout his high school years, as graduation neared he showed a lot of interest in accounting and wanted to put his 3.7 GPA to use at VSU. He hoped to graduate and head to Wall Street.
"He was good with numbers and I was for that,” his father said. “I was pushing him. Whatever you want to do, as long as it’s positive, as long as it’s something that can help you and your family.”
Willis Sr.’s dreams for his son are now dashed by violence and he had these words for whoever killed his son.
"Turn yourself in. Do the right thing,” Willis Sr. said. “You know you don't want to be dealing with nothing negative out here. You hurt somebody's loved one and deal with the consequences. Be a man."
Willis Sr. said he has told family and friends to silence the chatter about retaliating. The God-fearing man said karma has its way of getting justice.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to call Detective M. Godwin at 804-646-5533 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones also may be used. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous.
This is a developing story, so anyone with more information can email newstips@wtvr.com to send a tip. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/terrance-tj-willis-jr-obit-july-28-2023 | 2023-07-29T01:04:10 | 1 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/terrance-tj-willis-jr-obit-july-28-2023 |
More patients are skipping the brick-and-mortar hospital to heal at home instead with hospital-at-home programs. And more health care systems are adopting the programs and offering them to patients, especially those 65 and older. The age group makes up a sixth of the U.S. population, and can be at increased risk for secondary infections or falls.
The model is part of health care in other countries too. But critics warn more regulation needs to happen before it is widely adopted in the U.S.
On a recent morning in California, Scripps News met with Pippa Shulman, chief medical officer of Medically Home. The company has partnered with hospital systems like the Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente. The decentralized health care company invited the media to see how their hospital-at-home service works.
"It could be anywhere electricity, running water, an access to a bathroom, everything else. We can help mitigate and support the patient," said Schulman.
Hospital-at-home, or acute at-home hospital care is for stable, acute-care patients. It would not be used for someone who could be admitted to a hospital with a bad infection, COPD, or heart failure, for example. The patients are discharged more quickly or stay at home completely to heal in their own dwelling.
The model uses telehealth and technology. Think calls with doctors and nurses, and devices like a watch that reads vitals or a medication dispenser, for example, supplemented by visits from health care workers for therapies or tests.
"We can do in-home ultrasound, we can do in-home blood testing, we can do in-home x-ray," Schulman explained.
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On the other end, medical professionals — doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses — are either working from home or in their own command center, having appointments, looking at a patient's vitals, livestreaming, video chatting, and giving them medical advice in real time.
"People think of the tech as sensors and remote this and monitoring," said geriatrician Dr. Bruce Leff."All-important, all true. But I think what they forget, on the other side, is that the tech and the software platforms allow programs to build high-quality, highly safe care, and the ability to coordinate services."
Leff is an early pioneer of hospital-at-home. He started a program at Johns Hopkins in 1994, conducting some of the first clinical research looking into health outcomes for patient care in and out of hospital. The first participants were patients who needed hospital care, but when offered, refused. Hopkins' institutional review board also required the patients to be monitored 24/7 in person.
"Interestingly, more than half the patients refused that because they thought it would be weird to have someone sitting in their home and watching them sleep."
The trend really boomed out of the COVID pandemic, when hospitals were overrun, and some were working with makeshift wards. In November 2020, Medicare rules changed due to the public health emergency. Hospitals were paid the same amount if an acute patient was in the actual hospital room or in their home. Hospitals were also no longer required to provide 24/7 in-person nursing care.
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Those Medicare rules were extended that same year. They're now set to expire December 2024, and while law requires the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services to evaluate the program by then, what happens after is uncertain.
Nearly 300 hospital at-home programs exist in 37 states. And the market is expected to grow to $254 billion over the next seven years.
"My view ... is that in the future, hospitals will become big ERs, ORs and ICU beds. Everything else could and should be moved out to the community," said Leff. "As the tech gets better, we'll see more acuity taken care of in the home. I think ... we'll have improved approaches for engaging with family members in terms of maybe more standardization across programs ... Better training for caregivers, which I think is something we need to be working towards."
But acute health care at home has been met with criticism. The largest nurses' union calls it "home all alone."
"Acute care means that your condition is likely to change and you are likely to experience, or at high risk to experience, complications. So even if you're feeling well, that could change quickly," explains Michelle Mahon, RN. She's the assistant director of nursing practice for National Nurses United.
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National Nurses United also worries the cost will fall onto patients and taxpayers, and warns about the impact on caregivers.
A recent report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research argues that private equity, hedge funds and venture capital getting in the hospital-at-home game without more regulation and enforcement systems means there would be "incentives for financial interests to take advantage of taxpayer subsidies for private gain and at the risk of lower quality care or heightened inequality across diverse populations."
Dr. Leff is a clinical advisor to Medically Home, and Dispatch Health (another at-home health care provider), among others. He says he thinks "it's always good to be suspicious of how money is moving through the health system."
He also added, "There's absolutely some private equity money in this, but a lot of the money is actually coming in the form of investor partners as opposed to private equity. So take Dispatch Health and Humana, take Medically Home with the Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente. Those investments are being provided by investor partners who have a strong interest in creating a credible, safe, high-quality model."
The big question is: Does hospital-at-home work? Johns Hopkins' research in their hospital-at-home program showed the cost of hospital-at-home is a couple thousand dollars less, and length of stays were shorter. Cases of delirium — a complication — were dramatically lower.
A 2021 analysis in the Journal of American Medical Association of several studies of hospital-at-home patients found treatment lasted an average of five days longer and had a similar mortality risk. Hospital readmission risk went down 26%.
Limited research shows at-home acute care patients sleep better and have more physical activity. But the latest studies show many patients eligible for at-home acute care are still skeptical. One found more than 60% of patients offered the program turned it down, opting to stay in a hospital.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | https://www.wtvr.com/what-is-hospital-at-home-and-what-s-the-debate-about-it | 2023-07-29T01:04:16 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/what-is-hospital-at-home-and-what-s-the-debate-about-it |
(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.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ | 2023-07-29T01:04:24 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ |
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July 28, 2023 07:29 PM
The Golf Central crew discusses Celine Boutier's second-round performance at the Amundi Evian Championship and how the native of France has played 'free' in her home country.
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Gloucester County, NJ, Man Pleads Guilty to Bank, Credit Card Fraud
A Gloucester County man has admitted participating in schemes to negotiate fraudulent checks with forged signatures and to use credit cards without authorization.
U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger's office says on Thursday, 28-year-old Misty Sarfo-Adu of Sewell pleaded guilty to charges in Camden federal court.
According to authorities,
- Sarfo-Adu conspired with Eugene Koranteng, Emmanuel Yirenkyi, and others to commit bank fraud by obtaining blank checks containing the names and account information of unsuspecting customers of a credit card company. They made the checks payable to members of the conspiracy, forged the customers’ signatures on the checks, and negotiated the checks at financial institutions.
- In a separate scheme, Sarfo-Adu and Yirenkyi also conspired to use credit cards without the account holder’s knowledge or authorization.
Sarfo-Adu admitted that the fraud schemes caused the credit card company to lose over $150,000.
The count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud that Sarfo-Adu pleaded guilty to could land him in jail for up to 30 years with a $1 million fine. A count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud carries up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Sentencing is scheduled for the end of November.
Koranteng and Yirenkyi remain charged in criminal complaints. The charges and allegations are merely accusations and they are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. | https://catcountry1073.com/misty-sarfo-adu-sewell-nj-pleads-guilty-to-bank-credit-card-fraud/ | 2023-07-29T01:04:25 | 1 | https://catcountry1073.com/misty-sarfo-adu-sewell-nj-pleads-guilty-to-bank-credit-card-fraud/ |
New Subway competition promises free sandwiches for life, but there’s a catch
🔴 Do you want free subs for life?
🔴 Subway wants to give a lucky fan free sandwiches for life, but there's a catch
🔴 Fans can enter to win between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4
After introducing a new collection of Deli Hero subs in U.S. restaurants this summer, Subway is looking to now reward its biggest fan with free subs for life.
But what that person has to do to get the free sandwiches could be considered pretty drastic.
He or she has to be willing to legally change their first name to “Subway.”
Between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4, fans can visit SubwayNameChange.com, and enter to win the free Subway Deli Heroes for life if they commit to legally changing their name.
The national sandwich chain will then select one lucky winner to earn free subs and assume an iconic new identity, according to a statement.
Subway will also provide the winner with money to reimburse them for legal and processing costs for the name change.
This would not be the first time fans have gone to the extreme to get free Subway subs for life. In 2022, one superfan camped out for two days to get a footlong tattoo of the Subway Series logo in exchange for free Subway for life.
For more information and to learn more about Subway's transformation journey, please visit newsroom.subway.com.
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BMW Tupac Shakur was shot in is selling for $1.75 million
LAS VEGAS (CNN) - The BMW Tupac Shakur was riding in when he was shot is up for sale.
Shakur was gunned down on Sept. 7, 1996, while he was a passenger in the vehicle after leaving a boxing match at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas.
Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight was driving the leased vehicle at the time of the murder.
Now, Celebrity Cars in Las Vegas is selling the 1996 BMW for $1.75 million.
According to Celebrity Cars General Manager Ryan Hamilton, the vehicle has been fixed since the shooting and sold to the public multiple times, likely without those owners knowing its history.
That was until about four years ago, when a collector realized it was the vehicle Shakur was in after finding a hidden compartment on the side of the door.
The compartment was likely used to store a gun, Hamilton said.
Last week, Las Vegas police served a search warrant at an area home belonging to Duane Davis, the uncle of Orlando Anderson – the man police believe killed the rapper.
Police said they are planning to test firearm cartridges that were seized from the home.
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The 2023 Formula 1 World Championship continues this weekend with round 13, the Belgian Grand Prix, which takes place at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit and will see the Saturday Sprint race return.
The Spa circuit is nestled within the beautiful Ardennes hills and features a long, unrelenting track that serves as a stern test for car and driver. The average speed approaches 145 mph, making it one of the fastest laps of the season, and drivers experience over 5 g in some of the turns, such as Turn 10, known as Pouhon. The cars also run at full throttle for almost 80% of the lap.
Stretching 4.35 miles, Spa has the longest track on the calendar, resulting in the race lasting only 44 laps—the lowest on the calendar. The track is so big that it’s not unusual to have varying weather conditions at different parts. For example, rain at one end and sunshine at the other. The current forecast calls for heavy rain throughout the weekend, which has already resulted in some calls for the race to possibly be canceled.
The first and third sectors at Spa feature long straights and flat-out sections, but the second sector is twisty. This makes it challenging to find the right balance and set-up compromise, particularly with the wing level.
The track surface is on the abrasive side, meaning tires get quite the workout. Pirelli has nominated its mid-range compounds: the C2 as the White hard, C3 as the Yellow medium, and C4 as the Red soft.
The Belgian round will mark 2023’s third running of the Saturday Sprint race, after the Azerbaijan and Austrian Grands Prix. This season, the Sprint race has been made a standalone event rather than the qualifier for the main race, as was previously the case. It still has championship points on the table for both drivers and teams, however.
The round is the last stop before the summer break and will see some teams run upgrades, including Mercedes-Benz AMG whose cars will feature a new design for the side pods.
Going into the weekend, Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen leads the 2023 Drivers’ Championship with 281 points. Fellow Red Bull driver Perez is second with 171 points and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso is third with 139 points. In the Constructors’ Championship, Red Bull leads with 452 points, versus the 223 of Mercedes and 184 of Aston Martin in second and third places. Last year’s winner in Belgium was Verstappen, driving for Red Bull.
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These 71 towns in NJ cut — yes, cut! — property taxes
While historic property tax relief for New Jersey seniors is now years away, there are parts of the state that already got some room to breathe. See the list below 👇
The StayNJ program will cut property taxes for Garden State residents 65 and older earning $500,000 or less by 50% with a maximum benefit of $6,500. But Gov. Phil Murphy announced last week that the program won't take effect until 2026.
That's a tough pill to swallow in a state that saw its average property tax bill reach a record high of $9,490 in 2022. And according to a WalletHub survey, New Jersey has the highest average property taxes in the United States. Connecticut comes in at a distant second with an average bill of $6,153.
Fortunately, there are dozens of towns — 71 of them — that already saw their property tax bills go down last year. A lucky few saw drops that add up to hundreds of dollars.
These towns actually cut their property taxes in 2022
And for seniors who may want to downsize until the StayNJ program finally takes effect, here are the towns with the lowest average property taxes. | https://catcountry1073.com/these-71-towns-in-nj-cut-property-taxes-as-seniors-wait-for-more-relief/ | 2023-07-29T01:04:28 | 1 | https://catcountry1073.com/these-71-towns-in-nj-cut-property-taxes-as-seniors-wait-for-more-relief/ |
HURON, Ohio (WJW) – A suspected bank burglar was busted when he gave new meaning to the term “direct deposit.”
Police in Huron, Ohio watched as the suspected bank thief dropped from the ceiling over the drive-thru, right in front of their eyes.
Police body camera video obtained by the WJW shows the incident. Officers can be heard ordering the suspect on the ground, and then helping get him out of the recycling can. The suspect was not injured.
“In my 35-plus years in law enforcement, this is the first time I ever saw a suspect fall into a garbage can,” said Huron Police Chief Terry Graham.
Graham said around 2:12 a.m. Wednesday, police received an alarm from the VacationLand Federal Credit Union located on University Drive East.
While checking the building, officers could hear noises coming from inside the roof area over the drive-thru.
They also noticed the recycling can positioned in the middle of the drive-thru lane, directly under a roof access door. The officers heard noises coming from inside the bank and patiently waited.
“I am most impressed with our officers’ patience in a very difficult situation,” the chief said. “The tactics they used, I think, substantially contributed to no one being injured and the suspect being taken into custody.”
Tristan Heidl, 27, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, possession of criminal tools and safecracking.
Police say Heidl had a backpack full of construction tools.
“He did get inside the bank and attempt to open numerous areas in the bank that contain money,” the chief said.
Police say Heidl was unable to get inside the safe and crash-landed with empty pockets.
“He didn’t get a dime,” Graham said.
Heidl is being held in the Erie County Jail on a $50,000 bond. He is due back in court soon. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/watch-ohio-bank-burglary-suspect-falls-from-ceiling-lands-in-recycling-can-near-officers/ | 2023-07-29T01:04:30 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/watch-ohio-bank-burglary-suspect-falls-from-ceiling-lands-in-recycling-can-near-officers/ |
DEAR MISS MANNERS: For the last 30 years, my wife and I have enjoyed hosting dinner parties at our house. Over the last few years, several guests have started showing up with their own bottled water or with a filled exercise water bottle, which they drink from throughout the night.
We’ve never said anything about it and we’re not offended, although we do think it’s a little weird. Do you think bringing your own water is rude?
By the way, we have plenty of bottled and filtered water. It’s even chilled.
GENTLE READER: Perhaps you can put a sign to that effect on your door: “Chilled water available here.” But then, your guests might use your home as a filling station.
Miss Manners finds it equally weird and somewhat insulting to take one’s own water to private homes. It removes the opportunity for the host to graciously offer a beverage -- or assumes that anything offered will be unsatisfactory. She therefore requests that unless there is a medical issue, water bottle usage be restricted to gyms and cars only. And so it has been decreed.
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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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Anyone looking to take delivery of Lamborghini’s Revuelto supercar better be prepared to wait (or pay hefty markups on the used market) as the car’s production run for the next two years is already allocated, the automaker announced this week.
Despite an upgrade to Lamborghini’s plant in Sant’Agata Bolognese to accommodate more automated processes, production of the Revuelto is still very much a hands-on affair, with plenty of traditional handcrafted skills retained, ensuring production will remain limited. According to Lamborghini, around 500 staff are dedicated to the car’s production.
The Revuelto was revealed in March as the successor to the Aventador. It’s Lamborghini’s first plug-in hybrid and is powered by a sophisticated setup combining a newly developed V-12 and three electric motors for a combined output of 1,000 hp.
The Revuelto isn’t just an Aventador with more power, though. It represents a ground-up redesign that in addition to electrification includes a new carbon-fiber tub, a new 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, and that new V-12.
Lamborghini quotes performance numbers of 2.5 seconds in the 0-62 mph run and a top speed of 218 mph.
Lamborghini hasn’t announcing pricing for the Revuelto in the U.S., but in other markets the car is priced from 500,000 euros (approximately $548,700). Deliveries are scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Lamborghini’s Urus will be the automaker’s next plug-in hybrid. The SUV will go the electrified route starting in the first half of 2024. A plug-in hybrid successor to the Huracán will then arrive toward the end of 2024. Further out, Lamborghini plans to launch an electric vehicle in 2028. It was confirmed by the automaker in April as a 2+2 grand tourer.
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Tavatanakit a top contender at Evian Championship
July 28, 2023 07:35 PM
The Golf Central crew share its thoughts on Patty Tavatanakit being a contender at the Amundi Evian Championship despite her inconsistent play this year.
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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla., July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Icahn Enterprises L.P. (Nasdaq:IEP) announced today that it will discuss its second quarter 2023 results on a webcast on Friday, August 4, 2023 - 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the webcast, viewers should go to this link (webcast). We encourage viewers to access the webcast 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. A replay of the webcast will also be available for at least twelve months at Icahn events and presentations.
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Mercedes-Benz has introduced an update to its mid-size van family to help keep the vehicles fresh until the arrival of successor models based on a dedicated electric vehicle platform later this decade.
The sole mid-size van Mercedes currently sells in the U.S. is the Metris. In other markets, the Metris is known as the Vito and is sold alongside a luxury version called the V-Class. The Vito and V-Class also come in electric form, known as the eVito and EQV respectively.
While the Vito has been updated, there are no plans to bring it to the U.S. as an updated Metris. The current Metris is still available to U.S. buyers but will be phased out later this year.
The updates to the mid-size van family include tweaks to the exterior styling highlighted by an enlarged grille and new light signatures for the headlights. There’s also a new dash design that adopts a single panel integrating both a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and 12.3-inch infotainment screen in the plush V-Class and EQV. In the Vito and eVito commercial models, the dash sticks to analog gauges with a 5.5-inch screen in the center, plus a 10.3-inch infotainment screen. Buyers also have five new colors to choose from, along with various wheel patterns ranging from 17-19 inches in diameter.
Mercedes has also added new digital services and safety features, one of which is an updated Active Brake Assist feature that now functions in intersections. Active Brake Assist is a collision warning system that supports the driver by automatically adding extra braking pressure when necessary, and activating automatic emergency braking if the driver fails to apply the brakes.
No change has been made to the powertrains meaning buyers have a series of diesels to choose from, including 4- and 6-cylinder options, plus an electric powertrain in the eVito and EQV.
While the U.S. will soon lose the Metris, Mercedes in May said it will bring a luxury mid-size van to this market later this decade. It will be based on the new Van.EA platform. The dedicated EV platform will spawn its first model in 2026, though Mercedes hasn’t revealed the model’s identity.
Mercedes said it expects electric vans to account for 50% of its van sales by 2030.
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Thorbjornsen doesn't take No. 1 ranking lightly
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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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Porsche earlier this week revealed more than just a first look at its lounge-like road-trip fast-charging stations, to be laid out along some top routes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Within details for these design-savvy charging oases there was a bigger technology reveal: Its EVs in the future, it hinted, may charge above 300 kw and perhaps closer to 400 kw.
That message came within how the automaker explained the charging hardware situated at these Porsche Charging Lounges. They’ll be “perfectly tailored to the requirements of Porsche drivers on long journeys,” the company explained. That means a current max charge power of 300 kw from the Alpitronic hardware at those stations, it explained, but it then stated: “By the start of next year, 400 kw per charging point should be possible.”
Since its launch, the Porsche Taycan has been capable of 800-volt DC fast-charging up to 270 kw—made more reproducible for 2022—offering a 5-80% charge in as little as 22.5 minutes.
The 2024 Porsche Macan Electric, which is due to go on sale in the first half of 2024 and built on the PPE platform jointly developed by Porsche and Audi, will inherit the Taycan’s 800-volt charging. But Porsche has suggested that PPE may be capable of a bit more.
While the Macan may stretch closer to 300 kw, it has to be another future vehicle that fast-charges at an even higher rate, taking advantage of those 400-kw connectors.
But the charger announcement may be teasing a product that’s yet to come and farther in the future. Will that be the Boxster-inspired electric sports car, which might include the 718 badge; a production version of the 900-volt Mission X concept the brand recently revealed; or another new EV from the sports-car brand? Or all of the above?
Porsche has said that by 2030 over 80% of the vehicles it delivers globally will be fully electric—although it’s suggested that the last gasoline model it will make will be the 911.
That said, a model that might take advantage of a 400-kw connector might top out higher than the Lucid Air, which reaches a max just over 300 kw, and the GMC Hummer EV with the largest dual-layer pack, which can at times pull the full power from a 350-kw connector.
Such a model tapping the potential of a 400-kw connector might not be coming until 2025 or 2026, but when it does, then Porsche looks prepared with the infrastructure.
The Taycan is already approaching its intended gas-station refueling times—if the infrastructure’s there. With some carefully planned charging stops, one crossed the U.S. last year at real-world highway speeds with just 2.5 hours of charging.
As for those lounges, Porsche aims to place them close to “busy routes with significant traffic flow,” make them open 24/7, barrier-free, and part of the Ionity network, and provide centralized billing and a very comfortable environment. If the images provided, showing woodgrain finishes, bright interiors, workout areas, and rooftop solar cells are any indication, it looks like a very pleasant environment compared to the edge of the Walmart parking lot or strip-mall access road.
Although Porsche has no plans to build these charging oases in the U.S. as of yet, fellow VW Group entity Electrify America offers 350-kw connectors at many of its 809 U.S. fast-charging locations. And the national fast-charging network set to be bankrolled by seven automakers, announced earlier this week, with 350-kw connectors as a baseline, will help support these even-faster-charging EVs.
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Ryan Jeffers Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:34 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours 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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Willi Castro Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 6:32 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours 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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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two weeks into the the actors strike, Max Greenfield is urging the studios and their CEOs to return to the bargaining table.
“Be the heroes, come to the table, make a deal,” said Greenfield, who co-stars in the CBS sitcom “The Neighborhood.” “My hope is these guys get organized and have a real conversation with both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA so that we can get to a resolution,” he said, referencing the unions for the writers and actors, respectively.
Greenfield spoke at a charity ping pong event at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, joined by his co-star Cedric the Entertainer.
“We struck because our deal was up and it’s time to adjust to what has changed in the business. To make a minor adjustment feels disproportionate to what has obviously changed in a massive, massive way,” Greenfield said. “Until we feel like we’re getting fair compensation and we feel like we’re protected, this is going to continue to go on.”
Bryan Cranston, who had fiery words for Disney CEO Bob Iger at a New York rally on Tuesday, acknowledged things are “going very, very slowly.”
“Until we’re able to get back to the table, which we are more than willing to do and we’ve told them so, we want to keep talking through this strike,” he said. “We want to end this as soon as possible.”
On July 14, actors joined striking screenwriters who walked out in May. The stoppage has shuttered nearly all film and television production.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Writers Guild of America are striking for fair pay and protections involving the use of artificial intelligence, among other issues.
There has reportedly been no negotiating between the unions and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers since shortly after the actors hit the picket lines.
“I think when people realize that the artists are the people that are making this and nothing is going to get made without the actors and the writers, maybe that will force a little more flexibility in the negotiations,” Oscar-winning actor Casey Affleck said.
Actor and entrepreneur Danny Trejo urged the studios to look beyond Hollywood’s highest-paid actors and consider the financial plight of those working behind the scenes.
“One of the problems is people on top are making a lot of money right now and they don’t want to share,” he said. “We’ve got people that are in SAG that can’t even afford to live in LA. It’s like, wait a minute guys, we got to just be fair.
“Figure if one of your kids was trying to get into the movies and was working as an extra or just made it into SAG, they couldn’t live in LA,” Trejo said, imagining the offspring of a Hollywood CEO. “Oh no wait, yes they could. They could live in Beverly (expletive) Hills with you, punk.”
Trejo filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy earlier this year and owes over $2 million in back taxes to the IRS, according to a report by KABC-TV.
“I make good money, but right now I’m buried in taxes, so I have to work that out,” he said. “This strike is killing me. I can’t pay what I’m supposed to be paying for my taxes, so man, imagine the guy that’s making $18 an hour and not working all the time.”
Actor Holly Robinson-Peete, a SAG member since 1977, said it’s important for the actors’ union to communicate the economic issues behind the strike.
“We’re not just a bunch of spoiled people that want more and we’re greedy,” she said. “The majority of our union are people who are not working very often, can’t really make a living at this. It’s going to take an incredible amount of patience and messaging, and we just got to stick to it.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/ap-actor-max-greenfield-urges-studio-ceos-to-be-the-heroes-and-make-a-deal-in-hollywood-strikes/ | 2023-07-29T01:05:00 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/ap-actor-max-greenfield-urges-studio-ceos-to-be-the-heroes-and-make-a-deal-in-hollywood-strikes/ |
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas said Friday that it is releasing a second batch of high-end Yeezy sneakers after cutting ties with rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, as the German sportswear brand seeks to unload the unsold shoes while donating to groups fighting antisemitism.
The online sale, to start Wednesday through Adidas smartphone apps and its website, follows an earlier set of sales in May. Models that will be available include the Yeezy Boost 350 V2, 500, and 700 as well as the Yeezy Slide and Foam RNR.
The company cut ties with Ye in October after he made antisemitic and other offensive remarks online and in interviews. That left Adidas holding 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) worth of unsold Yeezys and searching for a responsible way to dispose of them.
Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden said in May that selling the popular sneakers and donating some of the profits was the best solution to deal with the unsold inventory and make a difference. He said the company spoke with nongovernmental organizations and groups that were harmed by Ye’s comments and actions.
Part of the profits from the sales of the Yeezy shoes will go to the Anti-Defamation League and the Philonise & Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change, run by social justice advocate Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd.
Shoes sold directly by Adidas in North America will include blue square pins established by Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism as a symbol of solidarity in rejecting antisemitism, the company said.
The Anti-Defamation League calls the sale “a thoughtful and caring resolution” for the unsold merchandise and that “any attempt to turn the consequences of (Ye’s) actions into something that ultimately benefits society and the people he has hurt is most welcome.”
Adidas declined to give details on numbers of shoes that would be released for sale and how much of the proceeds would be donated. Asked if Ye would receive royalties from the sales, the company would only say that “we will honor our contractual obligations and enforce our rights but will not share any more details.”
The company said Monday that the first sale of Yeezy shoes helped its preliminary second-quarter financial results and contributed to it raising its outlook for the year — from a high single-digit decline in revenue to a mid-single digit decline.
That would still amount to an operating loss of 450 million euros (more than $494 million) this year, instead of a loss of 700 million euros.
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DALLAS (AP) — The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M-A-S-H” sold at auction Friday for $125,000.
Alda held onto the boots and dog tags for more than 40 years after the show ended but decided to sell them through Heritage Auctions in Dallas to raise money for his center dedicated to helping scientists and doctors communicate better.
The buyer’s name wasn’t released.
Alda, 87, said he wore the boots and dog tags for the 11-season run of the show about a Korean War medical unit. His character, Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, was a talented surgeon who helped ease the stress of working in a war zone with quips and practical jokes. The show’s final episode, which aired in 1983 and was written and directed by Alda, was the most watched TV show in U.S. history.
The boots and dog tags, given to him by the costume department, “made an impression on me every day that we shot the show,” said Alda, who won five Emmys for his work on the sitcom.
Alda said auctioning off the dog tags and boots now made sense. “I saw this as a chance to put them to work again,” he said.
The money raised from the auction will go to the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York, which aims to help scientists and doctors communicate better through the use of improvisational exercises and other strategies.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge in Florida on Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Gov. Ron DeSantis appointees against Disney’s efforts to neutralize the governor’s takeover of Disney World’s governing district.
The judge in state court in Orlando denied Disney’s motion in the lawsuit that says the company wrongly stripped appointees of powers over design and construction at Disney World when it made agreements with predecessors, who were supporters.
The case is one of two lawsuits stemming from the takeover, which was retaliation for the company’s public opposition to the so-called Don’t Say Gay legislation championed by DeSantis and Republican lawmakers. In the other lawsuit, in federal court in Tallahassee, Disney says DeSantis violated the company’s free speech rights.
The governor has touted his yearlong feud with Disney in his run for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, often accusing the entertainment giant of being too “woke.” Disney has accused the governor of violating its First Amendment rights.
Attorneys for Disney had argued that any decision in state court would be moot since the Republican-controlled Legislature already has passed a law voiding agreements that the company made with a prior governing board made up of Disney supporters that gave design and construction powers to the company.
The entertainment giant had asked that the state court case be put on hold if it’s not dismissed until the federal lawsuit in Tallahassee was resolved since they covered the same ground and that lawsuit was filed first.
In that case, Disney sued DeSantis and his appointees to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in an effort to stop the takeover, saying the governor was violating the company’s free speech and “weaponizing the power of government to punish private business.”
DeSantis wasn’t a party in the state court lawsuit.
The fight between DeSantis and Disney began last year after the company, facing significant pressure internally and externally, publicly opposed a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades, a policy critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”
As punishment, DeSantis took over the district through legislation passed by Florida lawmakers and appointed a new board of supervisors to oversee municipal services for the sprawling theme parks and hotels. But before the new board came in, the company made agreements with previous oversight board members who were Disney supporters that stripped the new supervisors of their authority over design and construction.
In response, DeSantis and Florida lawmakers passed the legislation that repealed those agreements.
Disney announced in May that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relocate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development. Disney had planned to build the campus about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the giant Walt Disney World theme park resort.
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The 75th Emmy Awards are the latest production to be put on pause due to the Hollywood strikes and will not air as planned in September.
A person familiar with the postponement plans but not authorized to speak publicly pending an official announcement confirmed the delay Friday. No information about a new date was immediately available.
The Emmy Awards were scheduled to be broadcast on Fox on Sept. 18. Rules laid out by the actors’ union, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, say stars cannot campaign for the Emmys or attend awards shows while on strike.
Writers are also not permitted to work on awards shows until the strike ends.
Whenever the next Emmy Awards are held, HBO will walk in as the leading contender. The network is up for 74 awards for three of its top shows: “ Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us.”
“Ted Lasso” has the most comedy category nominations with 21, including best comedy series and best actor for Jason Sudeikis.
Roughly 65,000 SAG-AFTRA actors and 11,500 Writers Guild of America screenwriters are on strike, calling for better pay, structure with residual payments and protection from the use of artificial intelligence. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/ap-the-emmy-awards-are-postponed-due-to-the-hollywood-actors-and-writers-strike-source-says/ | 2023-07-29T01:05:28 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/ap-the-emmy-awards-are-postponed-due-to-the-hollywood-actors-and-writers-strike-source-says/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott has released “Utopia,” his first album in five years and his first major release since 10 people died at his 2021 Astroworld music festival.
The star-studded 19-track “Utopia” features Beyoncé, SZA, Drake, Sampha, Young Thug, Playboi Carti, Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Future, Bon Iver, James Blake, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, and many more.
The LP, Scott’s fourth full-length, was originally announced back in 2020 and follows 2018’s “Astroworld.” In November 2019, 10 people died as a result of compression asphyxia during a massive crowd surge during Scott’s Astroworld festival. A grand jury declined to file charges against Scott earlier this year.
Also Friday, Houston police released files that showed that some workers were concerned about the crowd conditions at the show. The 1,300-page report also included a summary of an interview with Scott in which he said he did not hear calls from the crowd to stop the show.
The first track from the album, the popetón -adjacent “K-pop”, was released on July 21 and features the Weeknd and Bad Bunny. The release spans genres — an eclectic mix of autotune ambient ballads (“My Eyes”), ferocious bars (“Looove”), futuristic trap (“Lost Forever,” Telekinesis”), and beyond.
In addition to the album, Scott hosted a one-night-only release of his feature film, “Circus Maximus” at select theaters on Thursday night.
“Utopia” was originally scheduled to be celebrated with a livestreamed concert at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, but was canceled due to “complex production issues,” Live Nation said in a statement. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/ap-travis-scott-drops-utopia-his-first-album-since-the-astroworld-festival-tragedy/ | 2023-07-29T01:05:34 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/ap-travis-scott-drops-utopia-his-first-album-since-the-astroworld-festival-tragedy/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment publication Variety, under fire this week for an article it published about former CNN chief Jeff Zucker’s interest in his old employer, revised the piece on Friday to reflect some of the complaints about it.
None of its changes affected what was written about Zucker, however. He has called for the story to be retracted.
The article by Tatiana Siegel, which initially ran online Tuesday, depicted Zucker as badmouthing his successor at CNN, Chris Licht, while simultaneously trying to buy the news organization that fired him in early 2021. Licht’s unsuccessful run atop the struggling news network ended with his firing in May.
The dispute also points to the dangers inherent in the use of confidential sources by journalists. There are at least a dozen claims made in the story that Variety did not attribute to a named source that were denied on the record, either in the story or after publication, leaving it up to readers to decide who to believe.
“There used to be a time when Variety held its content and its reporters to a high standard of truth and facts in journalism, but those days are clearly over,” said Risa Heller, a spokeswoman for Zucker. “It is stunning to read a piece that is so patently and aggressively false. On numerous occasions, we made it clear to the reporter and her editors that they were planning to publish countless anecdotes and alleged incidents that never happened. They did so anyway. The piece is a total joke.”
Variety’s co-editor-in-chiefs, Cynthia Littleton and Ramin Setoodeh, said in a statement Friday that they have been carefully following the conversation about the story.
“The story was heavily vetted and deeply sourced,” they said. “Everyone included in the story was asked to comment and given the chance to respond. We stand by our reporting and our award-winning reporter.”
The piece is also critical of two reporters who have covered CNN, Tim Alberta of The Atlantic and Dylan Byers of Puck. Both of those news organizations complained of inaccuracies and, in the changes made on Friday, Variety added their specific denials.
Zucker’s team hasn’t sought to hide ill feelings toward Licht, but strongly denied he has tried to buy CNN.
The story begins with an anecdote about Zucker, “with tears in his eyes,” approaching David Zaslav in Miami Beach in March. Zaslav is CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, current owners of CNN, and Variety said Zucker complained that Licht was unfairly maligning him in the press. Zaslav wanted to know if Zucker was trying to assemble investors to buy CNN.
Byers, writing for Puck, said “multiple sources” said no such run-in at the Faena Hotel ever took place and Zucker’s spokeswoman said that anecdote wasn’t checked with them.
The story outlines several specific efforts made by Zucker, or on his behalf, to convince investors to join him in buying CNN. The story includes his denials: “Any allegation or insinuation that Jeff has made any effort to purchase CNN is unequivocally false,” Heller said. Zucker is now head of a private equity firm, RedBird IMI.
At one point, Variety also floated the theory that a secret group of investors was using Zucker’s name without his knowledge to approach Warner Bros. Discovery about buying CNN.
In a June 4 article, The New York Times reported that Zucker was not in talks to buy CNN, although “he has told some associates he would be interested in acquiring the network” if it came up for sale one day, the newspaper said.
The Variety article “struck me as utterly implausible and sophomoric,” Byers wrote for Puck this week.
Variety’s piece called Byers “a former Zucker disciple at CNN who, by his own admission, wrote about Licht incessantly and even took a victory lap after his exit.” The piece described Byers as a writer of “Zucker fan fiction” and criticized him for a conflict of interest in not disclosing in any of his articles that Zucker once had discussions about funding Puck, an online subscription news service.
In its revision on Friday, Variety quoted Puck’s co-founder, Jon Kelly, saying the discussions with RedBird were not disclosed by Byers because “Dylan was intentionally unaware of them.”
For The Atlantic, Alberta wrote a widely-read story that seen by many as being instrumental in Licht’s dismissal by Zaslav. Variety was critical of Alberta, and accused the reporter of using material in his story that he had agreed to keep off the record — a serious charge of malfeasance against a journalist.
As with Byers, Variety didn’t change what it had written about Alberta. But it added a paragraph to its story using some of what Alberta had written on social media, including a denial that he had used off-the-record material, and disputing Variety’s claim of how many times he had met with Licht while reporting the story.
The story was reposted on Variety’s home page. The only indication that it had been changed was a note at its end: “This story was updated on July 28 to reflect new statements from Kelly and Alberta.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/ap-variety-revises-article-on-former-cnn-chief-jeff-zucker-that-was-sharply-criticized/ | 2023-07-29T01:05:41 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/ap-variety-revises-article-on-former-cnn-chief-jeff-zucker-that-was-sharply-criticized/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Friday they filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway.
Carlee Russell was charged with false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident, both misdemeanors that carry up to a year in jail, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said. Russell turned herself in to jail Friday and was released on bond, he said.
“Her decisions that night created panic and alarm for citizens of our city and even across the nation as concern grew that a kidnapper was on the loose using a small child as bait,” he said. “Numerous law enforcement agencies, both local and federal, began working tirelessly not only to bring Carlee home to her family but locate a kidnapper that we know now never existed. Many private citizens volunteered their time and energy in looking for a potential kidnapping victim that we know now was never in any danger.”
Derzis said he was frustrated that Russell was only being charged with two misdemeanors despite the panic and disruption she caused, but he said the law did not allow for enhanced charges.
Russell, 25, disappeared after calling 911 on July 13 to report a toddler wandering beside a stretch of interstate. She returned home two days later and told police she had been abducted and forced into a vehicle.
Her disappearance became a national news story. Images of the missing woman were shared broadly on social media.
“We don’t see this as a victimless crime,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said at a Friday news conference. “There are significant hours spent, resources expended as a result of this investigation.”
Marshall’s office was asked to handle the prosecution because of the attention the case received, Derzis said. Marshall said he intends to “fully prosecute” Russell and said his office will take into account the police investigation to see whether additional charges are warranted.
Russell, through her attorney, Emory Anthony, acknowledged earlier that she made the story up.
In a statement read by police on Monday, Anthony said Russell was not kidnapped, did not see a baby on the side of the road, did not leave the city and acted alone. He said Russell apologized and he asked for prayers and forgiveness as she “addresses her issues and attempts to move forward, understanding that she made a mistake in this matter.”
A message left Friday at Anthony’s office was not immediately returned.
Russell told detectives she was taken by a man who came out of the trees when she stopped to check on the child, put in a car and an 18-wheel truck, was blindfolded and was held at a home where a woman fed her cheese crackers, authorities said at a news conference last week. At some point, Russell said she was put in a vehicle again but managed to escape and run through the woods to her neighborhood.
“This story opened wounds for families whose loved ones really were victims of kidnappings,” Derzis said.
He said police have not determined where Russell went during the 49 hours she was missing. They plan to talk to the attorney general’s office about recovering some of the money spent on the investigation. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-authorities-charge-alabama-woman-who-acknowledged-fabricating-story-about-kidnapping-toddler/ | 2023-07-29T01:05:48 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-authorities-charge-alabama-woman-who-acknowledged-fabricating-story-about-kidnapping-toddler/ |
Country Roads have led Mountaineer alum Tony Fields II back to West Virginia. This time, it’s with the Cleveland Browns.
The third-year linebacker is with his team at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, as training camp around the NFL begins to open. The squad, which was awarded extra practice time for playing in this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 3, chose to get its season going away from its Berea, Ohio, headquarters and instead head towards tranquility along the West Virginia border.
“It’s been pretty cool,” Fields said about returning to the state. “It’s like going down memory lane. I’ve taken walks around the Greenbrier, and it reminds me of my apartment complex I had in Morgantown with all the hills and trees.”
What’s cooler is Fields says he and his team have been well-received at America’s Resort since arriving last Saturday. He’s even getting the “Welcome Home” treatment by a lot of the locals.
“There’s been people at the Greenbrier say, ‘Hey, Tony!’ and they are WVU fans,” Fields said with a chuckle. “I just appreciate all the support.”
Originally taken as the No. 153 overall selection by Cleveland in the 2021 NFL Draft, Fields has been through a little bit of everything during his first two seasons as a Brown. He played just 10 games as a rookie while battling through early injuries but went on to play in all 17 last fall, including seven starts.
Fields’ breakout game as a professional came in last season’s Week 13 matchup against the Texans, when the 6-foot, 222-pounder tallied four tackles, forced a fumble and registered a 16-yard interception return for a touchdown.
“I’m just playing the cards that are dealt to me,” Fields said. “Whatever I have to do, I’m going to do. If that means special teams, if that’s what the Browns need me for, I’m going to go out there and do it. When they call me out there for defense, I go out there and put in my utmost effort and make sure I do my best.”
Fields spent just one year in Morgantown – the ultra-unique COVID season of 2020. But in that short time, he learned to appreciate everything West Virginia had to offer.
His impact was immediate, too, recording 88 tackles in nine games to earn him Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year honors.
Though brief in terms of length, Mountaineer pride has stuck with Fields. In fact, he’s been caught on camera singing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” before and after practices this week, and he’s taken it upon himself to teach his teammates a thing or two about the Mountain State.
“A lot of the guys asked me how the weather would be,” Fields explained. “They weren’t sure about the climate – and you never know with West Virginia, honestly. I told them that sometimes it’s humid, sometimes you’ll have a great day and then it’ll rain the next day. That’s what I experienced when I was here.”
Fields says the greatest thing about his time at West Virginia was the amount of quality relationships he was able to make and maintain. He last visited campus for the 2022 Gold-Blue Spring Game and says he talks to old teammates almost daily.
“I gained a lot of great relationships with some people up there (in Morgantown),” he said. “We talk all the time. It’s cool to have those Mountaineer brothers that I came in with.”
Entering his third NFL season with plenty of experience to fall back on, Fields hopes to make an even greater impact with the Browns and in life. Whether it’s on the field or at home, he knows he’s being counted on, which is something he doesn’t take lightly.
“I’m blessed, man,” Fields said. “I’m a father now; I’m a proud husband, and I’m out here doing what I love best and doing it to take care of my family.” | https://www.wowktv.com/goldandbluenation/browns-tony-fields-ii-enjoying-time-back-in-mountain-state/ | 2023-07-29T01:05:53 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/goldandbluenation/browns-tony-fields-ii-enjoying-time-back-in-mountain-state/ |
Peggy Coppom hasn’t quite seen it all with the Colorado Buffaloes, but she’s seen much more than most, so believe her when she says Thursday was a good day to be a fan.
The 98-year-old has been attending football games since her family moved from the high plains of eastern Colorado to Boulder in 1939 to escape the Dust Bowl, and she’s missed only a couple home games since buying season tickets in 1966.
The excitement in her voice was obvious during a phone call minutes after university regents approved the school’s return to the Big 12 in 2024.
“I’m so happy to get back to the Big 12 — or the Big 15 or whatever it ends up being,” she said, laughing. “It seems like that’s where we belong. We don’t belong with the West Coast people.”
Of course, the Big 12 isn’t the same league it was when the Buffs left for the Pac-12 in 2012. Nebraska and Missouri are gone, and Oklahoma and Texas will be, too. BYU could become a rival, but the Buffs have little in common with Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida.
“I wish some of those old schools were there, but we’ll make the best of it,” Coppom said.
The conference change, plus the hiring of Deion Sanders, has her eagerly anticipating watching the Buffs from her seats near the 40-yard line on the west side of Folsom Field — “God willing, I always have to add,” she said.
Coppom, carrying a gold pom-pom, was escorted onto the field by Sanders and performed a ceremonial kickoff during the spring game in April. Coppom said Sanders and the return to the Big 12 has created the most buzz about the team since it won a share of the national championship in 1990.
Former CU fullback Jim Kelleher, who was second in the Big Eight with 15 rushing touchdowns in 1976, said he’s in wait-and-see mode about the move.
“I originally wasn’t that excited about it, but at the same time, the Pac-12 had let things get to such a point where you had to do something,” he said. “The Big 12 signed a good media rights agreement. It’s just sad the Pac-12 hasn’t been able to get a TV contract.”
Kelleher said that while Colorado will get exposure across three time zones, which is a positive, he’s sad to see how traditions and geographic rivalries have been sacrificed with realignment in general.
Specific to Colorado, he said, the Buffs seemed to be a good fit in the Pac-12. He said his sentimental attachment to the Big 12 won’t be there without Nebraska and other teams he played against in the old Big Eight.
“Whether it’s the school or the individual athletes — with TV and NIL — it’s all money, money, money,” he said. “I understand their decision. Hey, I’m part of the Colorado team, so I’m for my team and hope it works out.”
Tom Osborne, the College Football Hall of Fame coach at Nebraska and its former athletic director, shepherded the Cornhuskers’ move from the Big 12 to Big Ten in 2011. He said he’s able to view past, present and future realignment from the perspective of both a fan and administrator.
“You’re talking about lost traditions,” Osborne said. “I can share the feelings of the fans in that I miss those drives to Manhattan, Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas; Ames, Iowa, and some of those relationships.”
Nebraska’s move to the Big Ten had as much or more to do with finding stability as it did with finances, Osborne said. In the summer of 2011, Osborne said, Big 12 South teams were negotiating with the Pac-12, Missouri wanted to go to the SEC and Texas A&M also was looking to leave.
“Finances are driving this thing more than anything, and my guess is that the uncertainty about where the Pac-12 stands right now appears to make the Big 12 better for Colorado — even though the Big 12 has not been a paragon of stability.”
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(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday made his first public remarks about his 4-year-old grandchild Navy, the daughter of his son Hunter Biden, after silence from the White House over the young girl amid legal disputes between her parents.
Biden said, in a statement exclusively provided to People, that his son and Lunden Roberts, the mother, are working to provide a life for her.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” the president said. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
The New York Times earlier this month published a piece about the child, writing that she’s never met Hunter Biden or her grandfather. After that was published, the White House dealt with questions in the briefing room from reporters asking whether Biden accepted Hunter Biden’s daughter in Arkansas as his granddaughter.
Roberts, who is in Arkansas, filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in May 2019, and the younger Biden appeared in court this May. In June, he reached a settlement in his child support case after he was ordered to sit for a deposition under oath to answer questions about his finances.
An anonymous source told People that the president and first lady Jill Biden have been “giving Hunter and Lunden the space and time to figure things out” and have been “following Hunter’s lead” throughout the legal proceedings involving the young girl.
Hunter Biden’s personal and legal troubles have been increasingly in the spotlight lately. He appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement. | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ | 2023-07-29T01:05:59 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/biden-offers-first-statement-on-hunters-4-year-old-daughter/ |
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ballots from Spaniards living abroad were counted Friday, and they gave a new twist to the inconclusive results from the general election.
The conservative Popular Party gained an additional seat from Madrid’s constituency late in the day at the expense of the Socialist Workers’ Party. That change gives the right-wing coalition of the PP and the far-right Vox party 172 seats in the lower house of parliament and drops left-wing forces to 171.
Forming a stable governing coalition will require one of the blocks to have the support of 176 lawmakers in the 350-seat body, and it’s not clear that either side will be able to obtain enough backing from smaller parties.
The country’s main political parties had been waiting for the count in the hope they might win seats from opponents and recompose the final picture. Results coming in from different constituencies during the day showed no changes across Spain — until Madrid added the last-gasp surprise.
The switch likely will make it even tougher to cobble together a government.
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is considered the only leader with a chance to form a coalition, since the Popular Party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo is being shunned by other parties for allying with Vox.
But Sánchez does not have it easy. He needs help from secessionist parties in the Basque Country and Catalonia, and it could be politically risky to bid for support from the Catalan party Junts, which is headed by Carles Puigdemont, a leader of 2017’s failed secession bid in Catalonia.
His party has seven seats, but its goal of forcing Spain to allow a secession referendum is Catalonia is highly unpopular, including in Sánchez’s party.
The new parliament is to convene Aug. 17 and it will have three months to vote in a new prime minister. Otherwise, new elections would be called. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-count-of-ballots-from-spaniards-abroad-gives-edge-to-right-wing-block-and-deepens-the-stalemate/ | 2023-07-29T01:06:02 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-count-of-ballots-from-spaniards-abroad-gives-edge-to-right-wing-block-and-deepens-the-stalemate/ |
DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Many across social media feel confused about Twitter rebranding its iconic bird logo to a simple “X” symbol. At his Albany, New York-area studio on Thursday, the artist behind the original logo talked about its creation and leaving the brand behind.
Phil Pascuzzo is hard at work in his quiet suburban home in Delmar, mainly designing the inviting covers that tempt you to pick up a good book. You’d never guess he’s the designer of the world-famous Twitter bird icon.
“It’s so interesting. Most people have no idea,” laughed Pascuzzo. “It’s kind of like how Milton Glaser created the ‘I love New York’ logo, but when you see the I ‘heart’ NY, it doesn’t feel like anybody did it. It’s just there.”
Pascuzzo has run Pepco Studio, his independent freelance design studio, for the last 20 years, but he said that his first graphic design job out of college was where he met Biz Stone, one of the three Twitter co-founders. “We were both junior designers, so we were lowest on the rank, but he would just after every subway ride have all these wild ideas and we would just talk about them,” Pascuzzo recollected with NEWS10’s Mikhaela Singleton. “I would do these little doodles on Post-it notes, and he just liked my drawings.”
He said that Stone approached him around 2005 looking for a unique bird-themed design. The iStock image by Simon Oxley that was used when Twitter first launched couldn’t be its official logo, as that would violate iStock’s terms of service.
“I started sketching different birds. We knew we were going with blue, which — it’s great for like, feeling optimistic, feels like the future, blue skies,” Pascuzzo explained. “[Stone] had a rough idea, but he really left it to me to get creative with. He’s got a great sense of humor so he had all these ideas for little things he wanted the bird to be doing.”
Pascuzzo said that first bird design took about 30 minutes and a chat between friends, landing him $500 for the work. “I was in an apartment in Arbor Hill at the time and thought, $500 will make rent so yeah let’s do it,” he said. “Twitter wasn’t some huge thing like it is now that everybody is on.”
For years, he continued creating many marketing items that helped Twitter take flight. Shifting the bird’s design to a silhouette, Pascuzzo then sold the design to the studio outright in 2010, when it took shape in the most recent version used from 2012 to 2023. He added that he did reapproach his friend and the company to renegotiate pay for the logo design when Twitter truly took off.
“When I realized the weight of what this icon had become, I went back with an intellectual property lawyer, and it was extremely cordial,” Pascuzzo said. “It didn’t give me anything close to Elon Musk money, but it was a down payment on a house.”
On the topic of Musk and the many changes since his takeover of the social media giant in October, Pascuzzo said the news to clip the bird’s wings for a simple “X” symbol came as a surprise. “I was like, ‘What?’ What is this white — because it’s just a Unicode symbol,” he said. “It’s not even a logo. Nobody even designed it.”
After 20 years in the business, he said that he’s learned not to get too attached to any creation, so he’s not sad to see the bird go. But he worries that Musk’s future for Twitter leaves behind much of what made the platform unique.
“He seems obsessed with the ‘X.’ I mean you look at his child with Grimes — X Æ A-Xii — he loves X. It’s everywhere. So in his world, it may make sense, but I think, in the Twitter world, it doesn’t really make much sense,” Pascuzzo concluded. “I feel he threw away a lot of brand equity. The name, the color, the language — it’s so ubiquitous. It’s part of our lexicon.” | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ | 2023-07-29T01:06:05 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/original-designer-behind-twitter-bird-icon-talks-the-x-rebrand/ |
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government stepped up its alarm over Chinese assertiveness, warning in a report issued Friday that the country faces its worst security threats since World War II as it plans to implement a new strategy that calls for a major military buildup.
The 2023 defense white paper, approved by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet, is the first since the government adopted a controversial new National Security Strategy in December, seen as a break from Japan’s postwar policy limiting the use of force to self-defense.
China, Russia and North Korea contribute to “the most severe and complex security environment since the end of World War II,” according to the 510-page report. It says China’s external stance and military activities have become a “serious concern for Japan and the international community and present an unprecedented and the greatest strategic challenge.”
On Thursday, Russian and Chinese delegates joined North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in North Korea’s capital for a military parade that showed off the country’s latest drones and long-range nuclear-capable missiles.
Russia and China have also stepped up strategic ties, the white paper said, noting five joint bomber flights since 2019, and several joint navigations of Chinese and Russian warships that it said were “clearly intended for demonstration of force against Japan and of grave concern” to both Japan and the region.
The report predicted that China will possess 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035 and increase its military superiority over Taiwan, in what Japan views as a security threat, especially to its southwestern islands including Okinawa.
While Okinawan Gov. Denny Tamaki has called for U.S. bases there to be reduced and for greater efforts in diplomacy and dialogue with Beijing, the central government has been reinforcing the defenses of the remote southwestern islands, including Ishigaki and Yonaguni, where new bases for missile defense have been installed.
Many residents of Okinawa have bitter memories of the Battle of Okinawa, in which Japan’s wartime military essentially sacrificed the local population in an attempt to delay a U.S. landing on the main Japanese islands. Many Okinawans worry they would be the first to suffer in the event of a Taiwan emergency.
Earlier this week, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno visited Ishigaki and acknowledged the challenges of evacuating residents from remote islands, and pledged to give firm support. Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama asked for airport and port facilities to be reinforced and for underground shelters to be built as preparation for a possible Taiwan emergency.
China claims self-governing Taiwan as its own territory, to be annexed by force if necessary.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who in 2017 set a goal of building a “world-class military” by the mid-21st century, may move the target forward, the report said, noting his call for a rapid advancement of the People’s Liberation Army in his speech at the Communist Party congress in October.
North Korea is rapidly progressing in its nuclear and missile development and poses “a graver, more imminent threat to Japan than ever before,” the report said. North Korea has test-fired around 100 missiles since the start of 2022, including ICBMs, and the report noted it is now believed to have an ability to conduct nuclear attacks on Japan and the continental United States.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the Japanese defense paper interfered in China’s internal affairs and “deliberately played up the so-called Chinese threat and created tensions in the region.” She said Japan’s own military buildup has drawn concern from its Asian neighbors and the international community, and urged Tokyo to “stop finding excuses for its military expansion.”
She said China’s military policy is defensive, and “military cooperation such as joint patrols with relevant countries is in line with international law and practice.”
South Korea, despite the rapid improvement of its ties with Japan this year due to shared concern over China’s threat, slammed Japan’s claim in the defense report to a South Korean-controlled contested island, calling it “unjust.”
The report comes seven months after Kishida’s government adopted new national security and defense strategies that called for doubling the defense budget to 43 trillion yen ($310 billion) by 2027.
Questions have been raised about whether the ambitious expansion of military capability and funding for it is feasible in a country that has a rapidly aging and shrinking population.
A government-commissioned panel recently adopted a package of recommendations for Japan’s military to maintain troop numbers despite population concerns, including scholarships, extension of the retirement age, hiring retirees, improving the workplace environment and tackling harassment.
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Associated Press writers Joe McDonald in Beijing and Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-japan-raises-alarm-over-chinas-military-russia-ties-and-taiwan-tensions-in-new-defense-paper/ | 2023-07-29T01:06:08 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-japan-raises-alarm-over-chinas-military-russia-ties-and-taiwan-tensions-in-new-defense-paper/ |
(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.wowktv.com/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ | 2023-07-29T01:06:11 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/taylor-swift-urged-to-postpone-los-angeles-area-shows/ |
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general asked for national and international support despite rising concerns that the political crisis could hinder the nation’s fight against jihadists and boost Russia’s influence in West Africa.
Spokesman Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane said on state television that the constitution was suspended and Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani was in charge.
Various factions of Niger’s military have reportedly wrangled for control since members of the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, who was elected two years ago in Niger’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence from France.
Niger is seen as the last reliable partner for the West in efforts to battle jihadists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Africa’s Sahel region, where Russia and Western countries have vied for influence in the fight against extremism. France has 1,500 soldiers in the country who conduct joint operations with the Nigeriens, and the United States and other European countries have helped train the nation’s troops.
The coup sparked international condemnation and the West African regional group ECOWAS, which includes Niger and has taken the lead in trying to restore democratic rule in the country, scheduled an emergency summit in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Sunday.
The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned efforts “to unconstitutionally change the legitimate government.” Its statement, agreed to by all 15 members including the U.S. and Russia, called for “the immediate and unconditional release” of Bazoum and expressed concern over the negative effect of coups in the region, the “increase in terrorist activities and the dire socio—economic situation.”
Extremists in Niger have carried out attacks on civilians and military personnel, but the overall security situation is not as dire as in neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso — both of which have ousted the French military. Mali has turned to the Russian private military group Wagner, and it’s believed that the mercenaries will soon be in Burkina Faso.
Now there are concerns that Niger could follow suit. Before the coup, Wagner, which has sent mercenaries around the world in support of Russia’s interests, already had its sights set on Niger, in part because it’s a large producer of uranium.
“We can no longer continue with the same approaches proposed so far, at the risk of witnessing the gradual and inevitable demise of our country,” Tchiani, who also goes by Omar Tchiani, said in his address. “That is why we decided to intervene and take responsibility.”
“I ask the technical and financial partners who are friends of Niger to understand the specific situation of our country in order to provide it with all the support necessary to enable it to meet the challenges,” he said.
If the United States designates the takeover as a coup, Niger stands to lose millions of dollars of military aid and assistance.
The mutinous soldiers, who call themselves the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, accused some prominent dignitaries of collaborating with foreign embassies to “extract” the deposed leaders. They said it could lead to violence and warned against foreign military intervention.
Bazoum has not resigned and he defiantly tweeted from detention on Thursday that democracy would prevail.
It’s not clear who enjoys majority support, but the streets of the capital of Niamey were calm Friday, with a slight celebratory air. Some cars honked in solidarity at security forces as they drove by — but it was not clear if that meant they backed the coup. Elsewhere, people rested after traditional midday prayers and others sold goods at their shops and hoped for calm.
“We should pray to God to help people come together so that peace comes back to the country. We don’t want a lot of protests in the country, because it is not good … I hope this administration does a good job,” said Gerard Sassou, a Niamey shopkeeper.
A day earlier, several hundred people gathered in the city chanting support for Wagner while waving Russian flags. “We’re fed up,” said Omar Issaka, one of the protestors. “We are tired of being targeted by the men in the bush. … We’re going to collaborate with Russia now.”
That’s exactly what many in the West likely fear. Tchiani’s criticism of Bazoum’s approach and of how security partnerships have worked in the past will certainly make the U.S., France, and the EU uneasy, said Andrew Lebovich, a research fellow with the Clingendael Institute.
“So that could mark potentially some shifts moving forward in Niger security partnerships,” he said.
Even as Tchiani sought to project control, the situation appeared to be in flux. A delegation from neighboring Nigeria, which holds the ECOWAS presidency and was hoping to mediate, left shortly after arriving, and the president of Benin, nominated as a mediator by ECOWAS, has not arrived.
Earlier, an analyst who had spoken with participants in the talks said the presidential guard was negotiating with the army about who should be in charge. The analyst spoke on condition they not to be named because of the sensitive situation.
A western military official in Niger who was not authorized to speak to the media also said the military factions were believed to be negotiating, but that the situation remained tense and violence could erupt.
Speaking in Papua New Guinea, French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the coup as “completely illegitimate and profoundly dangerous for the Nigeriens, Niger and the whole region.”
The coup threatens to starkly reshape the international community’s engagement with the Sahel region.
On Thursday, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said the country’s “substantial cooperation with the Government of Niger is contingent on Niger’s continued commitment to democratic standards.”
The United States in early 2021 said it had provided Niger with more than $500 million in military assistance and training programs since 2012, one of the largest such support programs in sub-Saharan Africa. The European Union earlier this year launched a 27 million-euro ($30 million) military training mission in Niger.
The United States has more than 1,000 service personnel in the country.
Some military leaders who appear to be involved in the coup have worked closely with the United States for years. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, the head of Niger’s special forces, has an especially strong relationship with the U.S., the Western military official said.
While Russia has also condemned the coup, it remains unclear what the junta’s position would be on Wagner.
The acting head of the United Nations in Niger said Friday that humanitarian aid deliveries were continuing, even though the military suspended flights carrying aid.
Nicole Kouassi, the acting U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator, told reporters via video from Niamey that 4.3 million people needed humanitarian aid before this week’s military action and 3.3 million faced “acute food insecurity,” the majority of them women and children.
Jean-Noel Gentile, the U.N. World Food Program director in Niger, said “the humanitarian response continues on the ground.” He said the U.N. is providing cash assistance and food to people in accessible areas and that the agency is continuously assessing the situation to ensure security and access.
This is Niger’s fifth coup and marks the fall of one of the last democratically elected governments in the Sahel.
Its army has always been very powerful and civilian-military relations fraught, though tensions had increased recently, especially with the growing jihadist insurgency, said Karim Manuel, an analyst for the Middle East and Africa with the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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Associated Press reporters John Leicester in Paris; Chinedu Asadu in Abuja, Nigeria; and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations in New York contributed to this report. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-no-clarity-about-whos-in-charge-in-niger-2-days-after-mutinous-soldiers-ousted-the-president/ | 2023-07-29T01:06:15 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-no-clarity-about-whos-in-charge-in-niger-2-days-after-mutinous-soldiers-ousted-the-president/ |