text string | url string | crawl_date timestamp[ms] | label int64 | id string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Trader Joe's has recalled its frozen falafel for potentially having rocks in it, after it recalled two of its cookie products for the same reason recently.
The company's supplier informed them of the concern, and Trader Joe's said in a statement Friday that "all potentially affected product has been removed from sale and destroyed."
Customers who purchased the product should discard it or return it to a Trader Joe's location for a full refund, the company said.
The falafel, which is fully cooked and frozen, has the SKU number 93935 and is sold in Washington, D.C., and 34 states.
Last Friday, Trader Joe's said rocks could also possibly be found in its Almond Windmill Cookies and Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking-news/npr-breaking-news/2023-07-28/trader-joes-recalls-its-frozen-falafel-for-possibly-having-rocks-in-it | 2023-07-29T11:57:23 | 1 | https://www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking-news/npr-breaking-news/2023-07-28/trader-joes-recalls-its-frozen-falafel-for-possibly-having-rocks-in-it |
PHOENIX (AP) — A historic heat wave that turned the U.S. Southwest into a blast furnace throughout July is beginning to abate with the late arrival of monsoon rains.
Forecasters expect that by Monday at the latest, people in metro Phoenix will begin seeing high temperatures under 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) for the first time in a month. As of Friday, the high temperature in the desert city had been at or above that mark for 29 consecutive days.
Already this week, the overnight low at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport fell under 90 (32.2 C) for the first time in 16 days, finally allowing people some respite from the stifling heat once the sun goes down.
Temperatures are also expected to ease in Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Death Valley, California.
The downward trend started Wednesday night, when Phoenix saw its first major monsoon storm since the traditional start of the season on June 15. While more than half of the greater Phoenix area saw no rainfall from that storm, some eastern suburbs were pummeled by high winds, swirling dust and localized downfalls of up to an inch (2.5 centimeters) of precipitation.
Storms gradually increasing in strength are expected over the weekend.
Scientists calculate that July will prove to be the hottest globally on record and perhaps the warmest human civilization has seen. The extreme heat is now hitting the eastern part of the U.S, as soaring temperatures moved from the Midwest into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, where some places are seeing their warmest days so far this year.
The new heat records being set this summer are just some of the extreme weather being seen around the U.S. this month, such as flash floods in Pennsylvania and parts of the Northeast.
And while relief may be on the way for the Southwest, for now it’s still dangerously hot. Phoenix’s high temperature reached 116 (46.7 C) Friday afternoon, which is far above the average temperature of 106 (41.1 C).
“Anyone can be at risk outside in this record heat,” the fire department in Goodyear, a Phoenix suburb, warned residents on social media while offering ideas to stay safe.
For many people such as older adults, those with health issues and those without access to air conditioning, the heat can be dangerous or even deadly.
Maricopa County, the most populous in Arizona and home to Phoenix, reported this week that its public health department had confirmed 25 heat-associated deaths this year as of July 21, with 249 more under investigation.
Results from toxicological tests that can takes weeks or months after an autopsy is conducted could eventually result in many deaths listed as under investigation as heat associated being changed to confirmed.
Maricopa County confirmed 425 heat-associated deaths last year, and more than half of them occurred in July.
Elsewhere in Arizona next week, the agricultural desert community of Yuma is expecting highs ranging from 104 to 112 (40 C to 44.4 C) and Tucson is looking at highs ranging from 99 to 111 (37.2 C to 43.9 C).
The highs in Las Vegas are forecast to slip as low as 94 (34.4 C) next Tuesday after a long spell of highs above 110 (43.3 C). Death Valley, which hit 128 (53.3 C) in mid-July, will cool as well, though only to a still blistering hot 116 (46.7 C).
In New Mexico, the highs in Albuquerque next week are expected to be in the mid to high 90s (around 35 C), with party cloudy skies. | https://www.ksn.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-the-extreme-heat-wave-that-blasted-the-southwest-is-abating-with-late-arriving-monsoon-rains/ | 2023-07-29T11:57:24 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-the-extreme-heat-wave-that-blasted-the-southwest-is-abating-with-late-arriving-monsoon-rains/ |
Figaro (also known as Moo Cow Kitty) here! I’m the newest kitty up for adoption at County Line Pet Hospital!... View on PetFinder
Figaro
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/figaro/article_51d80072-1c86-5dc7-8639-3f602ab58e8e.html | 2023-07-29T11:57:25 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/figaro/article_51d80072-1c86-5dc7-8639-3f602ab58e8e.html |
Our handome man Gator! ?? Can you guys believe he is STILL here? This big boy was brought in as... View on PetFinder
Gator
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/gator/article_7b9e56a4-4d11-54b0-b1df-ee34a10d7610.html | 2023-07-29T11:57:31 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/gator/article_7b9e56a4-4d11-54b0-b1df-ee34a10d7610.html |
Granny
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/granny/article_1f93146e-6f33-58fd-9416-456f6ef3f350.html | 2023-07-29T11:57:38 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/granny/article_1f93146e-6f33-58fd-9416-456f6ef3f350.html |
Wolverine mystery: Researchers scour California high country, but rare creature remains elusive
O wolverine, where art thou?
Two months have passed since the creature was last seen roaming the California wilderness, vexing scientists who are working to track down the rare specimen.
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, there were eight reports of the animal over a two-week period, with the last on May 27. All reports came from the High Sierra region of the state, including Yosemite National Park and Inyo National Forest.
Julia Lawson, an environmental scientist with the agency, said there are several potential reasons California’s wolverine — only the second specimen to be verified by experts in the last century — has gone AWOL.
“One possibility is that was just a period of time of a lot of people recreating,” Lawson said. “It was kind of prime time for backcountry skiing.”
The wolverine was reported twice in Inyo National Forest and once in Yosemite National Park in May. The creatures are genetically related to weasels and badgers.
With the ski season largely over, fewer people are out in the remote mountain region — meaning fewer chances to encounter the wolverine. Despite some remaining snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, the melting snow has also made it less likely the wolverine would leave tracks, according to Lawson.
Wolverines lived in the Sierra Nevada until 1922, when the population was destroyed by hunting, trapping and poisoning. The solitary creatures are able to traverse great distances, with the nearest populations living in Washington and Idaho.
Before this year, the last wolverine sighting in California was in 2018. This year’s sightings are believed to be of a different animal.
Little is known about this latest wolverine because researchers have been unable to retrieve a DNA sample. Since the sightings, Lawson and her colleagues have worked to track down the creature, but to no avail.
“We are definitely coming up with nothing at this point,” she said.
California’s only known wild wolverine is still alive and roaming somewhere in the Tahoe National Forest, but he is nearing the end of his natural life.
The agency has deployed multiple strategies to track down the creature, including using a network of remote cameras stationed throughout the high-elevation Sierras.
One method involved using a scented lure designed by carnivore trappers to attract the wolverine toward the cameras. Researchers also put out “hair snares,” baited bristles that can trap hair to yield DNA samples.
“We also kind of anticipated what we thought might be its likely travel path and tried to get a few steps ahead of it and put out cameras, also with deer meat as bait,” Lawson said.
Despite the heat waves, a summer snowpack this deep hasn’t been seen in the Eastern Sierra in decades
Lawson speculates the lack of any concrete signs of the wolverine means it could have left California, especially given that the previous wolverine was spotted several times using bait lures.
“I would hope if this new individual was sticking around this area, that we would eventually pick it up,” Lawson said.
While it is possible the wolverine has left California for good, it may also just be eluding researchers. Only time will tell.
“We’re always being surprised,” Lawson said.
The stories shaping California
Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-29/researchers-scour-california-high-country-but-rare-wolverine-remains-elusive | 2023-07-29T11:57:42 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-29/researchers-scour-california-high-country-but-rare-wolverine-remains-elusive |
Grundy! Our HANDSOME Frenchie mix!!!!! ?? Can you guys believe he is STILL here?! We were sure he would be... View on PetFinder
Grundy
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/grundy/article_617a7258-7bfc-5d24-9ad6-a2c6b0f2f62e.html | 2023-07-29T11:57:44 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/grundy/article_617a7258-7bfc-5d24-9ad6-a2c6b0f2f62e.html |
Opinion: We name hurricanes. Why not heat waves?
Good morning. I’m Kerry Cavanaugh, assistant editorial page editor, filling in for Paul Thornton. It is Saturday, July 29. Let’s look back at the week in Opinion.
Hot enough for ya?
The Southwestern U.S. is experiencing a record-breaking heat wave, with nearly a month of extreme temperatures. Phoenix has seen 28 consecutive days of temperatures of 110 degrees or higher, with heat so intense that people have gone to the hospital with pavement burns.
How will you remember this heat wave? Will you think of it as the heat storm of 2023? What if there’s another one next month? (It’s pretty likely, unfortunately.) You’ll have to differentiate between the July and August 2023 heat waves. Or maybe the painfully hot days will blur together, and become a vague memory of how climate change gradually turned us into the proverbial frogs in the warming pot.
But what if heat waves had names, like hurricanes or wildfires? The Times’ editorial board says it’s a worthy idea to try out. Climate resilience experts say that naming and categorizing severe heat waves can help the public grasp the threat, take action and save lives. Older adults are especially vulnerable to extreme heat and need to know when to take precautions. Naming heat waves also makes it easier to keep track of these kinds of climate-change-driven events and to hold authorities accountable when they fail to respond appropriately to the disaster. (Think Hurricane Katrina.)
Meteorological groups are cool to the idea, arguing that names could confuse people or cause “alarm fatigue.” But, really there’s an alarm deficit; extreme heat is an underestimated and silent killer. Bolder messaging is what’s needed to wake people up to the immediate risk of extreme heat and the existential risk to humanity if the world doesn’t stop burning fossil fuels.
Hoping fossil fuel giants will see the light on climate hasn’t worked. Remaining frenemies with fossil fuel companies in the naive hope they will see the light on climate change is a losing proposition for humanity, The Times’ editorial board argues.
Elon Musk just X’d out the sharing, caring ethos of the internet once and for all, writes Virginia Heffernan. The user-friendly design that has defined tech from the first smiling Macintosh in 1984 is being replaced by user-frightening design.
Want more diversity in elite colleges? With affirmative action off the table, Stephen Handel and Eileen Strempel suggest Ivy League and other prestigious schools need to do something they’ve never done with any consistency or devotion: widen their enrollment pipeline to welcome transfer students from community colleges in substantial numbers.
Enjoying this newsletter? Consider subscribing to the Los Angeles Times
Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. Become a subscriber.
Can Taylor Swift fans save public transit? Maybe, the editorial board says. Fans going to Taylor Swift’s concerts are fueling a city-by-city transit boom that points the way to reviving slumping ridership by improving service for leisure travelers and non-9-to-5 commuters.
Homeless, when you just can’t afford the rent. Robert Karron continues his series of interviews with men and women living on the streets of the Westside. This time he talks with three men whose stories show just how quickly one can be forced out on the street.
More from this week in opinion
From our columnists
- Jackie Calmes: Republican racism has finally weaponized Kamala Harris
- Robin Abcarian: The Menendez brothers have been behind bars for 33 years. Is that long enough?
- LZ Granderson: Emmett Till and his mother are icons. DeSantis is just another politician wooing white supremacists
From the Op-Ed desk
- So what is ‘Bidenomics’ anyway? Certainly not the key to President Biden’s reelection
- How we can create a student loan system that doesn’t crush Americans — without canceling the debts
- Why do I hoard more books than I could possibly read? An investigation
From the Editorial Board
- California has to rethink building homes in climate-threatened areas
- 50 Cent and prosecutors are wrong about cash bail. L.A. courts get it right
- Get the ‘forever chemicals’ out of our drinking water
Letters to the Editor
- I was a closeted gay teacher. Textbooks with LGBTQ+ figures matter to gay students
- History is untidy. So is the truth about the atomic bomb in World War II
- Fossil fuels powered the Industrial Revolution. Their time is over
Stay in touch.
If you’ve made it this far, you’re the kind of reader who’d benefit from subscribing to our other newsletters and to The Times.
As always, you can share your feedback by emailing me at paul.thornton@latimes.com.
A cure for the common opinion
Get thought-provoking perspectives with our weekly newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2023-07-29/we-name-hurricanes-why-not-heat-waves-opinion | 2023-07-29T11:57:48 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2023-07-29/we-name-hurricanes-why-not-heat-waves-opinion |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Halo
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/halo/article_d0a5a7b4-32ad-5c6e-9e49-ff2a317f53de.html | 2023-07-29T11:57:50 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/halo/article_d0a5a7b4-32ad-5c6e-9e49-ff2a317f53de.html |
Opinion: Shasta County declared itself a 2nd Amendment safe space. Here’s why that’s so dangerous
In any other county, a resolution proclaiming a 2nd Amendment sanctuary might have been interpreted as a routine symbolic gesture allowing veterans, gun owners and sundry other “patriots” a public moment of pride in their heritage and rural lifestyle. In Shasta County, which passed such a resolution this week, there is a lot more to it.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors has made global headlines for strange happenings and curious decisions.
There was the meeting in which local militia member Carlos Zapata told county supervisors and citizens that overcoming the supposed “oppression” unleashed by public health precautions could necessitate “blood in the streets.” There was last year’s recall of longtime conservative Supervisor Leonard Moty for not “standing up” to the state over COVID guidelines — never mind that Shasta County never really shut down commerce the way others did. There was this year’s misinformation-driven decision to remove Dominion voting machines from the county’s elections office without devising another system to take its place.
In declaring the county a stalwart defender of gun rights, Shasta supervisors opted to dial back an earlier proposal that would have allowed the county to ignore state and federal gun laws.
The Board of Supervisors is currently led by a 3-2 majority that is ideologically further right than anything that used to be called Republican. Its members are also extreme examples of the Dunning-Kruger Effect, whereby a lack of knowledge leads to an overestimation of one’s competence.
In dumping the voting machines, for example, the board largely dismissed county Registrar of Voters Cathy Darling Allen’s nearly 20 years of relevant experience. A recent “elections town hall” held by Board Chair Patrick Jones did not even include a presentation from the registrar but did feature a discredited election denier.
Likewise, during the same meeting in which the board declared the county a safe space for the 2nd Amendment, it approved a 30-year agreement with a local Native American tribe to provide public safety services at a future resort casino next to Interstate 5 south of Redding. This agreement was passed without input from the county sheriff, fire chief or district attorney and without the approval of the county counsel or risk manager.
The collective dysfunction of this governing board has led to an effort to recall one narrowly elected member of the far-right majority, Kevin Crye, as well as an exodus of the county’s top leaders and talent. Since the regime change ushered in by the Moty recall, the director of the county’s health and human services agency has resigned, the county health officer has been fired (for not “keeping the county open” during COVID) and the county executive officer has left. The assistant executive officer is on leave, a deputy county executive officer has left the government and the personnel director went out on leave and then retired. Two public works directors have retired, and the county is currently seeking the third person to serve as county counsel this year.
Trickle-down conspiracy theorists are objecting to voting machines in Kern and Shasta counties. One supervisor wants to bring in MyPillow’s Mike Lindell.
All this provides ominous context for the resolution on gun rights, the second such measure to come before the board.
The original iteration, drafted by the local chapter of the California Rifle and Pistol Assn., attempted to imbue the Shasta County Board of Supervisors with the power to interpret the Constitution. After then-County Counsel Rubin Cruse explained to the board and its packed chambers that the courts have the authority to interpret the U.S. and California constitutions, the resolution narrowly failed.
Three weeks ago, a local online news publisher attended a publicly advertised “Citizens for Freedom” meeting in the small Shasta County town of Cottonwood. When she arrived, the meeting organizer asked her to leave. When she attempted to hold her ground, she was surrounded by several people and eventually assaulted by a secessionist militia member. Eventually, four sheriff’s deputies arrived to ask the journalist to leave.
The deputies weren’t there because of any threat posed by the reporter. They were there because they knew how many guns were likely to be in the room.
This week’s 2nd Amendment resolution was stripped of the language attempting to empower county supervisors to interpret the law and the Constitution, but it is still laden with intent to break ranks with state and federal laws surrounding gun use according to the narrow “constitutionalist” perspective promulgated by local militia groups. We can’t know what effect the supervisors’ latest questionable decision will have for the people they ostensibly represent, but we do know that it’s promoting the lawless use of firearms in a community primed for extremism and violence.
Susanne Baremore is a Redding resident and concerned citizen.
A cure for the common opinion
Get thought-provoking perspectives with our weekly newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-07-29/shasta-county-northern-california-2nd-amendment-guns-resolutions-supervisors | 2023-07-29T11:57:54 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-07-29/shasta-county-northern-california-2nd-amendment-guns-resolutions-supervisors |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Hyperbole
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/hyperbole/article_c81c4e12-0c83-5830-8ce9-001177a36186.html | 2023-07-29T11:57:56 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/hyperbole/article_c81c4e12-0c83-5830-8ce9-001177a36186.html |
City Section football: Schedule for season-opening games Aug. 17-18
Here’s the opening schedule for City Section football teams playing Aug. 17-18.
Thursday, Aug. 17
Nonleague
Sylmar at Huntington Park, 7:30 p.m.
Intersectional
Hawthorne at Carson, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 18
Nonleague
Arleta at Canoga Park, 7 p.m.
Bell at Gardena, 7 p.m.
Chatsworth at Monroe, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Kennedy, 7 p.m.
Crenshaw at Westchester, 7:30 p.m.
Dorsey vs. Banning at Rancho Cienega Park, 7:30 p.m.
Granada Hills at Franklin, 7:30 p.m.
Jordan at Contreras, 4:30 p.m.
Legacy at Marquez, 7:30 p.m.
Lincoln at South Gate, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Panorama, 3 p.m.
Manual Arts at Locke, 7 p.m.
Marshall at Angelou, 7 p.m.
Mendez at Van Nuys, 7 p.m.
El Camino Real at Palisades, 7 p.m.
Sun Valley Poly at Hollywood, 3 p.m.
Reseda at Fairfax, 7:30 p.m.
San Fernando at Grant, 7 p.m.
Santee at West Adams, 4 p.m.
South East at Maywood CES, 7 p.m.
Venice at Roosevelt, 7:30 p.m.
Verdugo Hills at Roybal, 7 p.m.
View Park at Chavez, 7 p.m.
Wilson at Bernstein, 7 p.m.
Intersectional
Birmingham at Royal, 7 p.m.
Long Beach Cabrillo at Hawkins, 7:30 p.m.
Campbell Hall at North Hollywood, 7 p.m.
Compton at Dymally, 7 p.m.
Garfield at Cathedral, 7 p.m.
Jefferson vs. St. Anthony at Clark Field (Long Beach), 7 p.m.
Sotomayor at La Puente, 7 p.m.
St. Monica vs. Hamilton at Santa Monica College, 7 p.m.
Torrance vs. Narbonne at Zamperini Stadium (Torrance), 7 p.m.
Westlake at Taft, 7 p.m.
Get our high school sports newsletter
Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2023-07-29/los-angeles-city-section-football-schedule-opening-week | 2023-07-29T11:57:57 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2023-07-29/los-angeles-city-section-football-schedule-opening-week |
I did a double take after reading Mr. Plaschke’s column about the Angels and Shohei Ohtani. For the first time in a long while, I completely agree with Bill. The Angels made a huge mistake in not trading away Ohtani for an arsenal of quality prospects.
They have a young nucleus, Mike Trout, and a respectable coaching staff. The players they would have received for Ohtani could’ve been the last few pieces needed to put them on track for a decade’s worth of winning. Instead of growing long-term organizational talent, owner Arte Moreno continues to build his team around one or two big-name players. Mr. Moreno, can you tell us the definition of insanity?
Rob Demonteverde
Brea
::
While Bill Plashke’s position is reasoned in arguing that the Angels should have traded Shohei Ohtani, the Boston Red Sox did not win a World Series for 84 years after trading Babe Ruth for $125,000 in cash to improve their club. You simply do not trade away a player of Ohtani’s once-in-a-lifetime greatness.
Scott Bentley
Port Hueneme
::
I would like to thank former Angels GM Billy Eppler for introducing Shohei Ohtani to Southern California. The great thing about the Anaheim organization is that they cultivated Shohei to become what he is today.
Do you believe any other organization would have agreed to let him play both ways? Or go out for a year with arm surgery and then let him swing away? I believe that Ohtani and the Angels are a perfect fit to lead the Angels to a World Series and possible world championship.
Dean Connor
Fontana
::
Once Shohei Ohtani took the doubt and confusion off the table by saying he didn’t want to be traded, he wanted to charge for the playoffs, the Angels jelled and have been rampaging ever since. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a trade to be made. If Shohei agrees to a deal with the Angels, now’s the time to trade Mike Trout to the Yankees, who are desperate for outfielders and can afford his contract, freeing up the money Arte Moreno will need to give Shohei his 10-year, $600-million deal.
In return, the Angels can shore up a couple of positions and get the prospects they need to not just be a playoff-level winner, but a dynasty. Sounds unthinkable, but it’s the savvy move.
Mitch Paradise
Los Angeles | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-07-29/la-times-sports-letters-shohei-ohtani-angels-no-trade | 2023-07-29T11:58:00 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-07-29/la-times-sports-letters-shohei-ohtani-angels-no-trade |
Our sweet little girl jewel has officially been living in our kennels ?for a year now? -Around 3 years old... View on PetFinder
Jewel
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/jewel/article_e9905e7d-a711-534c-87bd-108dc4b2ded6.html | 2023-07-29T11:58:03 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/jewel/article_e9905e7d-a711-534c-87bd-108dc4b2ded6.html |
This is Journey she is a three and a half old brown tabby kitten who is spayed and up to... View on PetFinder
Journey
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/journey/article_d15bb5e7-3463-533b-95e4-a55ac133b263.html | 2023-07-29T11:58:09 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/journey/article_d15bb5e7-3463-533b-95e4-a55ac133b263.html |
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Truist Atlanta Open
In the Truist Atlanta Open semifinals on Saturday, Aleksandar Vukic takes on Ugo Humbert.
Humbert carries -160 odds to win a spot in the final with a win over Vukic (+125).
Looking to place a bet on this or other tennis matches? Head over to BetMGM, the King of Sportsbooks, and sign up today with our link!
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Match Information
- Tournament: The Truist Atlanta Open
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Atlantic Station
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Court Surface: Hard
Watch live tennis and many more sports and shows without cable on all your devices with a seven-day free trial to Fubo!
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Ugo Humbert has a 61.5% chance to win.
Bet on tennis with BetMGM, the King of Sportsbooks!
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Vukic took down Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 6-4.
- Humbert advanced past Alex de Minaur 7-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Through 34 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces), Vukic has played 24.6 games per match (23.3 in best-of-three matches) and won 51.5% of them.
- In his 21 matches on hard courts over the past 12 months, Vukic has played an average of 23.8 games (22.8 in best-of-three matches).
- Humbert has averaged 24.8 games per match (22.5 in best-of-three matches) in his 40 matches played in the past year across all court types, while winning 51.0% of the games.
- Humbert has averaged 24.1 games per match (21.7 in best-of-three matches) and 10.6 games per set through 25 matches on hard courts in the past 12 months, winning 51.7% of those games.
- Vukic and Humbert have not played each other since 2015.
Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER.
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | https://www.kalb.com/sports/betting/2023/07/29/aleksandar-vukic-vs-ugo-humbert-tennis-prediction-betting-odds-truist-atlanta-open/ | 2023-07-29T11:58:20 | 0 | https://www.kalb.com/sports/betting/2023/07/29/aleksandar-vukic-vs-ugo-humbert-tennis-prediction-betting-odds-truist-atlanta-open/ |
Knot
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/knot/article_56c51bd5-f790-58b0-a215-755df5fa7d9a.html | 2023-07-29T11:58:23 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/knot/article_56c51bd5-f790-58b0-a215-755df5fa7d9a.html |
How to Watch NASCAR, F1, IndyCar & More: Auto Racing Streaming Live - Saturday, July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 5:44 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Need more auto racing in your life? Well, you're in luck. The race slate on Saturday, July 29 includes Formula 1, Formula E, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series, and NHRA Drag Racing action that can be watched on Fubo. For a complete list, along with information on how to watch or live stream it all, check out the article below.
Watch even more racing action with ESPN+!
Auto Racing Streaming Live Today
Watch Formula 1: Belgium Grand Prix - Sprint Shootout
- Series: Formula 1
- Game Time: 5:55 AM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch Formula 1: Belgium Grand Prix - Sprint
- Series: Formula 1
- Game Time: 10:25 AM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch Formula E: Round 15: London - Race
- Series: Formula E
- Game Time: 11:30 AM ET
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NHRA Drag Racing: DENSO Sonoma Nationals - Qualifying
- Series: NHRA Drag Racing
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX Sports Networks
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch Formula E: Hankook London E-Prix
- Series: Formula E
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: CBS
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400 - Qualifying
- Series: NASCAR Cup Series
- Game Time: 12:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: USA Network
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series: Henry 180
- Series: NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBC
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series: Road America 180
- Series: NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBC
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Worldwide Express 250
- Series: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX Sports Networks
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Make sure you're following along with racing action all year long on Fubo and ESPN+!
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | https://www.kalb.com/sports/betting/2023/07/29/auto-racing-live-stream/ | 2023-07-29T11:58:26 | 0 | https://www.kalb.com/sports/betting/2023/07/29/auto-racing-live-stream/ |
Our sweet boy Kylo Ren is still looking for a forever home! He’s around 10 years old and tested well... View on PetFinder
Kylo Ren
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/kylo-ren/article_96b98702-a8df-5f63-9533-364f0b9624a4.html | 2023-07-29T11:58:29 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/kylo-ren/article_96b98702-a8df-5f63-9533-364f0b9624a4.html |
Lima Bean
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/lima-bean/article_fcee375e-0683-5816-981b-c70515965782.html | 2023-07-29T11:58:35 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/lima-bean/article_fcee375e-0683-5816-981b-c70515965782.html |
Please email info@HWHANIMALRESCUE.COM for questions or to see our rules and to download the Required Application www.hwhanimalrescue.com Lincoln. male 4... View on PetFinder
Lincoln
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/lincoln/article_78bb3f09-672a-583d-81d5-28cea9531145.html | 2023-07-29T11:58:41 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/lincoln/article_78bb3f09-672a-583d-81d5-28cea9531145.html |
For information or to complete the required application: Visit our website; www.hwhanimalrescue.com Meet Livie and Tony a mother and son... View on PetFinder
Livie & Tony (BONDED PAIR)
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/livie-tony-bonded-pair/article_da3f3787-3c7f-5d21-b569-a5542f59f5a0.html | 2023-07-29T11:58:47 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/livie-tony-bonded-pair/article_da3f3787-3c7f-5d21-b569-a5542f59f5a0.html |
Please email info@HWHANIMALRESCUE.COM for questions or to see our rules and to download the Required Application www.hwhanimalrescue.com Meet London! This... View on PetFinder
London
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/london/article_bddac7f1-be10-5390-8818-12f0e97ad5be.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:03 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/london/article_bddac7f1-be10-5390-8818-12f0e97ad5be.html |
Everyone meet our newest girl Luna! This sweet girl was brought in and unfortunately, to no fault of her own,... View on PetFinder
Luna
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/luna/article_2939402e-291f-5d0a-bc96-dece48d39afb.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:09 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/luna/article_2939402e-291f-5d0a-bc96-dece48d39afb.html |
Marky
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/marky/article_bfa07c9c-eccc-59d3-86c0-12eac689ee02.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:15 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/marky/article_bfa07c9c-eccc-59d3-86c0-12eac689ee02.html |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Maximillian
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/maximillian/article_d02bcff4-d26e-58cc-a5e7-c140aac6888a.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:21 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/maximillian/article_d02bcff4-d26e-58cc-a5e7-c140aac6888a.html |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Milo
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/milo/article_741c2294-21dd-5871-9c30-7280f33faa71.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:28 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/milo/article_741c2294-21dd-5871-9c30-7280f33faa71.html |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Mimi & Trixie 2
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/mimi-trixie-2/article_da984423-b65d-5047-bfc8-bf499f730935.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:34 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/mimi-trixie-2/article_da984423-b65d-5047-bfc8-bf499f730935.html |
My name is Ninja I am an all black three and a half year old male kitten. I am neutered... View on PetFinder
Ninja
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/ninja/article_f25614a7-b5a0-57d9-853e-61301ed9788c.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:40 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/ninja/article_f25614a7-b5a0-57d9-853e-61301ed9788c.html |
Peppercorn
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/peppercorn/article_3bb0db2f-c29b-5012-97ef-3472f404096d.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:46 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/peppercorn/article_3bb0db2f-c29b-5012-97ef-3472f404096d.html |
POTATO! ?? is STILL HERE and still on the hunt for her forever family ? This girl is SO special.... View on PetFinder
Potatoe
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/potatoe/article_3a44995f-554c-5fb7-bf81-fc1e2e3fd6c6.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:52 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/potatoe/article_3a44995f-554c-5fb7-bf81-fc1e2e3fd6c6.html |
Please complete the required application from our website. hwhanimalrescue.com Rocket is a smaller 6 month old, 32 lbs brindle boxer.... View on PetFinder
Rocket
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/rocket/article_219f7b2c-38db-51c0-a655-a8b4071a6972.html | 2023-07-29T11:59:58 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/rocket/article_219f7b2c-38db-51c0-a655-a8b4071a6972.html |
Rose is an amazing adult dog. She needs a home that can provide an active lifestyle. She is smarter then... View on PetFinder
Rose
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/rose/article_228e97a9-2fa5-5e0f-bb36-7ab5f0e3912e.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:05 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/rose/article_228e97a9-2fa5-5e0f-bb36-7ab5f0e3912e.html |
Despite the pleas for Anchor Brewing's owners to delay the sale, a spokesperson said the brewery bottled its last beer on Thursday and turnover of company assets will occur in early August.
Amid calls from workers to delay liquidation proceedings, Anchor Brewing says it will still give all of its assets to a third party next week.
The group of union workers vying for ownership of the beleaguered brewery began a petition on Thursday calling on Anchor's owner, Sapporo USA, to delay its plans to sell off the tap house's assets until Sept. 2.
"Sapporo, do right by Anchor workers and all of San Francisco," the group said in the petition. "Give us a fair shot to purchase and run the brewery we love."
As of Friday night, the petition has gathered more than 2,200 signatures out of an expressed goal of 2,500. The group of workers also announced earlier in the week that they had secured a partnership with Project Equity to help with their fundraising efforts.
Despite the public support for the group's pleas and the steps they've take in their goals, San Francisco public relations executive Sam Singer told The Examiner on Friday that the brewery has no power to delay the turnover of company assets to a liquidator, which is scheduled for early August.
The singer’s ‘Eras Tour’ is an opportunity to bring people back to public transit, officials say
He added that Anchor bottled its last beers the same day the group of workers introduced their petition.
"The brewery has no flexibility to extend its operations for another month," Singer said. "The business is unfortunately out of money and out of time."
Singer said the group of workers can instead bid on Anchor's assets as part of the liquidation of the business. In that event, the group would join a pool of about two dozen other possible investors who have expressed interest in acquiring Anchor's assets.
Anchor announced earlier this month that it would shutter after 127 years of exposing the adventurous drinking public to a wide variety of craft beers. The announcement prompted the group of Anchor employees to issue Sapporo USA a letter informing the company that they "decided to launch an effort to purchase the brewery and run it as a worker co-op.” | https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-city/anchor-brewing-to-sell-off-company-assets-in-early-august/article_689a4318-2dc5-11ee-b3c7-1f8688d81450.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:06 | 0 | https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-city/anchor-brewing-to-sell-off-company-assets-in-early-august/article_689a4318-2dc5-11ee-b3c7-1f8688d81450.html |
Please email info@HWHANIMALRESCUE.COM for questions or to see our rules and to download the Required Application www.hwhanimalrescue.com Ruby Female 2... View on PetFinder
Ruby
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/ruby/article_961d22c7-32ac-58ee-b33f-124cfe0b6f12.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:11 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/ruby/article_961d22c7-32ac-58ee-b33f-124cfe0b6f12.html |
My name is Sailor I am a three and a half old female kitten who is spayed and up to... View on PetFinder
Sailor
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/sailor/article_65351086-1118-5769-8f16-ce3febd1d9f2.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:17 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/sailor/article_65351086-1118-5769-8f16-ce3febd1d9f2.html |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Scratchy
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/scratchy/article_6ca8f1db-59cd-51f8-b076-cb3669b6c5b9.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:24 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/scratchy/article_6ca8f1db-59cd-51f8-b076-cb3669b6c5b9.html |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Seth
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/seth/article_aa7968e2-a11d-521a-a578-c27c957f62ff.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:30 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/seth/article_aa7968e2-a11d-521a-a578-c27c957f62ff.html |
I am a 1.5 year old tri-pod boy ready for my furrever home! I'd love to share with you some... View on PetFinder
Simba
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/simba/article_93e2da8e-9289-5c90-b5cc-a710a867003d.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:36 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/simba/article_93e2da8e-9289-5c90-b5cc-a710a867003d.html |
Solo! Look at that handsome boy ? Solo was found in an abandoned garage and was in a bit of... View on PetFinder
Solo
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/solo/article_862e4687-d315-5598-9b6a-1c4780a8fb34.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:44 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/solo/article_862e4687-d315-5598-9b6a-1c4780a8fb34.html |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Stanley
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/stanley/article_7e1e9aed-f001-588c-be09-d51f611bae36.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:50 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/stanley/article_7e1e9aed-f001-588c-be09-d51f611bae36.html |
Stavro is a senior that needs an awesome hone for retirement! He is a senior, but has A LOT of... View on PetFinder
Stavro
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/stavro/article_449ae046-d4f0-5a74-85bd-0aaf0a490f39.html | 2023-07-29T12:00:56 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/stavro/article_449ae046-d4f0-5a74-85bd-0aaf0a490f39.html |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Stevie
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/stevie/article_bbffb26f-4d03-5747-8c30-5b3d77fb4fbc.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:02 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/stevie/article_bbffb26f-4d03-5747-8c30-5b3d77fb4fbc.html |
PITTSBURGH — Watch out for heavy rain and lightning at times this morning. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in place for parts of our area through 11 a.m. Storms over Ohio will push through southwestern Pennsylvania between 6-9 a.m. The main severe weather threats are flooding downpours and locally damaging wind gusts.
Behind this batch of storms, there will be plenty of dry time today, especially around mid-day. However, watch for a few additional showers or storms to develop this afternoon. A few of those storms could be strong, although widespread severe weather is not expected.
A front will cross the area in the evening, ushering in drier air overnight and cooler air for Sunday. Humidity will drop by Sunday night with several days next week being comfortable. High temperatures will drop near 80 with overnight lows in the 50s.
Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts.
Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
TRENDING NOW:
©2023 Cox Media Group | https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/scattered-storms-move-through-region-bringing-cooler-air-sunday/EQOKC3RXJ5CYBEGUK64IX5ND5I/ | 2023-07-29T12:01:08 | 0 | https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/scattered-storms-move-through-region-bringing-cooler-air-sunday/EQOKC3RXJ5CYBEGUK64IX5ND5I/ |
Suge is our ridiculous little Border Collie! If you're looking for a medium sized dog, you may have just found... View on PetFinder
Suge
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/suge/article_d4cf0cc2-9d50-53f9-b862-ffa156717ab8.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:09 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/suge/article_d4cf0cc2-9d50-53f9-b862-ffa156717ab8.html |
CANBERRA, Australia — (AP) — The United States will expand its military industrial base by helping Australia manufacture guided missiles and rockets for both countries within two years, the allies announced on Saturday as they ramped up defense cooperation to counter China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.
The new cooperation on guided weapon production follows a trilateral partnership announcement in March that will see Britain provide Australia with a fleet of eight submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology.
The greater integration of U.S. and Australian militaries was announced after annual talks between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their Australian counterparts, Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
They agreed to cooperate on Australia producing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems by 2025, a communique said.
U.S. companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin only established an Australian enterprise to build such weapons last year. That followed the drain on Western countries' munitions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Austin said the move on missiles would strengthen the two allies’ defense industrial base and technological edge.
“We’re racing to accelerate Australia’s priority access to munitions through a streamlined acquisition process,” Austin told reporters in Brisbane, Australia.
Marles welcomed U.S. support to achieve Australian missile production within two years.
“We are really pleased with the steps that we are taking in respect of establishing a guided weapons and explosive ordnance enterprise in this country,” Marles said.
The two governments also agreed to upgrade joint military facilities in Australia and to increase U.S. nuclear submarine visits as the United States increases its focus on the South Pacific.
The region came to the forefront of the U.S. competition with China for influence last year, when Beijing signed a security pact with Solomon Islands and raised the prospect of a Chinese naval base being established there.
Austin became the first U.S. defense secretary to visit Papua New Guinea and Blinken visited New Zealand and Tonga before they arrived in Australia.
Saturday’s meeting was overshadowed by the loss of an Australian Army helicopter with four air crew late Friday, during military exercises with the U.S. off the northeastern coast of Australia.
U.S., Australian and Canadian militaries are taking part in the search for potential survivors near Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland state coast.
Austin and Marles will travel to north Queensland on Sunday to inspect Talisman Sabre, a biennial military exercise between the two countries that this year includes 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | https://www.wpxi.com/news/politics/us-pledges-help/KD2USVX6XWER2RSILMSQSW2AHY/ | 2023-07-29T12:01:14 | 0 | https://www.wpxi.com/news/politics/us-pledges-help/KD2USVX6XWER2RSILMSQSW2AHY/ |
Sylvester is a curious and sweet. Sylvester is a lap cat and loves people! View on PetFinder
Sylvester
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/sylvester/article_b26aacc3-46d6-5e3a-8c87-03b92610f853.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:15 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/sylvester/article_b26aacc3-46d6-5e3a-8c87-03b92610f853.html |
Thyme
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/thyme/article_dd0fff5c-ad70-535b-969d-7b446c52732e.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:21 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/thyme/article_dd0fff5c-ad70-535b-969d-7b446c52732e.html |
Today's highlight
On this date
In 1609, the English ship Sea Venture, commanded by Adm. Sir George Somers, ran ashore on Bermuda, where the passengers and crew founded a colony.
In 1932, federal troops forcibly dispersed the so-called "Bonus army" of World War i veterans who had gathered in Washington to demand payments they weren't scheduled to receive until 1945.
In 1943, President Franklin d. Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing, which had limited people to one pound of coffee every five weeks since it began in Nov. 1942.
In 1945, a U.S. army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing14 people. in 1965, President Lyndon B.
People are also reading…
Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
In 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate.
In 1995, a jury in union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith will be eligible for parole in 2024).
In 2015, it was announced that Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Naval intelligence analyst who had spent nearly three decades in prison for spying for Israel, had been granted parole.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton accepted the democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention In Philadelphia, where she cast herself as a unifier for divided times as well as an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world while aggressively challenging republican Donald Trump's ability to lead.
In 2019, a gunman opened fire at a popular garlic festival in Gilroy, California, killing three people, including a six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, and wounding 17 others before taking his own life.
In 2020, President Donald Trump issued a stout defense of the disproved use of a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, to treat COVID-19, hours after social media companies took down videos shared by Trump, his son and others promoting its use.
Ten years ago: Pope Francis' historic trip to his home continent of South America ended after a marathon week in Brazil. | https://www.nwitimes.com/today-in-history/article_84147613-3229-515f-b344-e684819dd344.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:27 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/today-in-history/article_84147613-3229-515f-b344-e684819dd344.html |
*** If you have any questions or would like to meet any of our adoptable cats, email catadoptions@nawsus.org. Please include... View on PetFinder
Twila
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/twila/article_2893b72c-36db-5245-88c6-0e88ec73dd03.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:33 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/twila/article_2893b72c-36db-5245-88c6-0e88ec73dd03.html |
This is Venture he is a three and a half month old brown tabby kitten who is neutered and up... View on PetFinder
Venture
Related to this story
Most Popular
The highway was closed between Route 2 exit in Lowell and U.S. 30 exit near Merrillville between 12:20 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., state police said.
Cody Rosenthal, 27, of Crown Point, was identified as the driver in the crash, police said.
Indiana hopes to make a good first impression to travelers headed south on Interstate 65 with a striking rest stop featuring wind turbines, pu…
He will serve a year in Lake County Community Corrections, six months in Kimbrough Community Corrections and two and a half years’ probation.
Texas Roadhouse, Fairway Indoor Golf, Picky Pet Boutique, KAD Academy and Compass Travel Center opening; former Book Warehouse closes | https://www.nwitimes.com/venture/article_63f247c9-096f-56e0-a6ee-b498859de4d5.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:39 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/venture/article_63f247c9-096f-56e0-a6ee-b498859de4d5.html |
Today's temperature in Munster will be warm. It looks to reach a pleasant 78 degrees. A 63-degree low is forecasted. Today's conditions are expected to be clear, so there shouldn't been too many clouds in the sky. The area will see gentle winds today, with winds only reaching 11 miles per hour, coming from the North. Special National Weather Service Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Watch until SAT 2:00 AM CDT. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. For more daily forecast information, visit nwitimes.com.
Here is today's weather outlook for Jul. 29, 2023 in Munster, IN
Related to this story
Most Popular
Munster folks should be prepared for high temperatures. The forecast calls for it to be a warm 83 degrees. A 61-degree low is forecasted. How …
Munster folks should be prepared for high temperatures. Temperatures are projected to be a quite sweltering high of 96. Today has the makings …
The Munster area can expect a hot day. Temperatures are projected to be a quite blistering high of 90. Today has the makings of a perfect day …
The Munster area can expect a sizzling hot day. Temperatures are projected to be a scorcher today with temperatures reaching a high of 91 thou…
The Munster area can expect a hot day. Temperatures are projected to be a scorcher today with temperatures reaching a high of 94 though it wil… | https://www.nwitimes.com/weather/here-is-todays-weather-outlook-for-jul-29-2023-in-munster-in/article_2f093b8d-e1ba-5317-a3eb-4de1b6e8ce74.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:44 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/weather/here-is-todays-weather-outlook-for-jul-29-2023-in-munster-in/article_2f093b8d-e1ba-5317-a3eb-4de1b6e8ce74.html |
Today's Birthday (07/28/23)— Rising professional influence especially rewards this year. Make a summer shift at home, before energized creativity inspires new professional directions. Adapt around changing news or disagreements next spring to discover fascinating possibilities through study, travel and research. Grab a career break and run with it.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)— Today is an 8 — For three weeks, with Mercury in Virgo, work gets more interesting. It's easier to find new efficient tricks. Focus on balancing physical health, wellness and creative projects.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)— Today is a 7 — It's easier to put your feelings into words, with Mercury in Virgo. Express your affection. Make bold declarations.Communicate your love and passions. Relax and have fun.
People are also reading…
Gemini (May 21-June 20)— Today is a 7 — Decorate, beautify and add ambiance. Put love into your home over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Virgo. Music and lighting work wonders.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)— Today is an 8 — Talk about subjects near to your heart. Over three weeks, with Mercury in Virgo, you're especially brilliant and inventive. Creative communications thrive and flower.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)— Today is a 9 — Network, wheel and deal.Communication gets profitable over three weeks, with Mercury in Virgo. Express passion in your work and cash flows in.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)— Today is an 8 — Your natural communicative gifts and artistic creativity flower over the next three weeks, with Mercury in your sign. Speak out powerfully. Make fascinating connections.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)— Today is a 7 — Introspection, writing and organization flourish, with Mercury in Virgo. Include ritual, meditation and spiritual or philosophical thinking in your schedule. Consider a mystery.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)— Today is an 8 — It's easier to work with groups. Your team gets stronger over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Virgo. Friends help you advance.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Today is a 9 — Take charge of your career, with Mercury in Virgo for three weeks. Discuss options and opportunities. Create exciting possibilities in conversation with interesting people.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— Today is a 7 — Make vacation or travel plans, with Mercury in Virgo. Expand your territory over the next three weeks. Make long distance connections. Study and research.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)— Today is a 9 — Communication gets lucrative, with Mercury in Virgo over three weeks. Financial discussions, inquiries and requests can yield fruitful results. Make valuable connections.Network and collaborate.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)— Today is a 9 — Connect and collaborate. Partnership flowers, with Mercury in Virgo.Compromise and negotiate for mutually beneficial solutions. Share ideas and invent possibilities with someone attractive.
— Tribune Content Agency | https://www.nwitimes.com/your-daily-astrology/article_f0dd8faf-70d1-5939-8764-e7de2e7a6c6d.html | 2023-07-29T12:01:51 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/your-daily-astrology/article_f0dd8faf-70d1-5939-8764-e7de2e7a6c6d.html |
CANBERRA – The United States will expand its military industrial base by helping Australia manufacture guided missiles and rockets for both countries within two years, the allies announced on Saturday as they ramped up defense cooperation to counter China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.
The new cooperation on guided weapon production follows a trilateral partnership announcement in March that will see Britain provide Australia with a fleet of eight submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology.
The greater integration of U.S. and Australian militaries was announced after annual talks between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their Australian counterparts, Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
They agreed to cooperate on Australia producing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems by 2025, a communique said.
U.S. companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin only established an Australian enterprise to build such weapons last year. That followed the drain on Western countries' munitions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Austin said the move on missiles would strengthen the two allies’ defense industrial base and technological edge.
“We’re racing to accelerate Australia’s priority access to munitions through a streamlined acquisition process,” Austin told reporters in Brisbane, Australia.
Marles welcomed U.S. support to achieve Australian missile production within two years.
“We are really pleased with the steps that we are taking in respect of establishing a guided weapons and explosive ordnance enterprise in this country,” Marles said.
The two governments also agreed to upgrade joint military facilities in Australia and to increase U.S. nuclear submarine visits as the United States increases its focus on the South Pacific.
The region came to the forefront of the U.S. competition with China for influence last year, when Beijing signed a security pact with Solomon Islands and raised the prospect of a Chinese naval base being established there.
Austin became the first U.S. defense secretary to visit Papua New Guinea and Blinken visited New Zealand and Tonga before they arrived in Australia.
Saturday’s meeting was overshadowed by the loss of an Australian Army helicopter with four air crew late Friday, during military exercises with the U.S. off the northeastern coast of Australia.
U.S., Australian and Canadian militaries are taking part in the search for potential survivors near Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland state coast.
Austin and Marles will travel to north Queensland on Sunday to inspect Talisman Sabre, a biennial military exercise between the two countries that this year includes 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2023/07/29/us-pledges-to-help-australia-manufacture-guided-missiles-by-2025/ | 2023-07-29T12:01:52 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2023/07/29/us-pledges-to-help-australia-manufacture-guided-missiles-by-2025/ |
Alexa Minton’s Forecast | First Alert Weather Day
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - After two days of warm temperatures across the state - we might see pop up thunderstorms throughout parts of the day. It’s a First Alert Weather Day, with our focus of rainfall centralized along I-64. Most of the heavy rain will push across the region in the afternoon and evening hours.
These storms could bring about flash flooding risks similar to what we saw yesterday so make sure to stay weather aware and alert as you go about your day. Watch out for strong wind gusts and heavy downpours - seek high ground in instances of flooding and seek shelter away from windows in order to protect yourselves from the outdoors.
Sunday we will see a calm down in weather, leading us into a calmer start to the work week as well. Temps will be back down in the mid 80s. The heat will try and fight back late in the work week so we might see pop-up storms throughout the end of the week.
Have a Great Saturday.
Copyright 2023 WKYT. All rights reserved. | https://www.wkyt.com/2023/07/29/alexa-mintons-forecast-first-alert-weather-day/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:03 | 0 | https://www.wkyt.com/2023/07/29/alexa-mintons-forecast-first-alert-weather-day/ |
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.
Related Articles
- Mercedes updates V-Class ahead of dedicated EV successor’s arrival
- First dedicated Porsche EV charging station opens
- VW taps Xpeng for EV platforms
- Munich auto show concept to preview next-gen Mercedes compact
- “Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn” debuts Aug. 25—watch the trailer | https://cbs4indy.com/automotive/internet-brands/lamborghini-revuelto-already-sold-out-for-next-2-years/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:03 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/automotive/internet-brands/lamborghini-revuelto-already-sold-out-for-next-2-years/ |
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.
Related Articles
- Ford Mustang Dark Horse R ready to race in one-make series
- F1 engineering ace Steve Nichols returns with N1A supercar
- Porsche extends Formula E commitment through 2026
- Honda Civic Type R-GT prepares for Super GT series
- 2023 F1 standings: Verstappen grows title lead while McLaren shows resurgence | https://cbs4indy.com/automotive/internet-brands/2023-f1-belgian-grand-prix-preview/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:10 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/automotive/internet-brands/2023-f1-belgian-grand-prix-preview/ |
Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s “chief financial officer,” said that Farmers Insurance pulled out of Florida not because it was losing money there but because the company was “woke.” How that wokeness manifested itself, he does not say.
The profit motive is apparently a very shocking concept to the state official tasked with overseeing Florida’s financial regulation. But if he does “get it,” this would be the latest example of a right-wing Republican trying to undermine capitalism for political ends.
Let’s not dignify Patronis’ statement by calling it a “lie.” Nor is it just stupid. It is “shtupid.”
Because it is undeniable that losses are what’s driving some property insurers out of Florida, mostly due to massive flooding. And this problem is hardly limited to Florida. In Louisiana, 49% of which is below sea level, insurers are pulling back on offering homeowner’s coverage — or piling on the price tag.
People are also reading…
State Farm has said it won’t accept any new applications for property and casualty insurance in California. Flooding is not the main reason. Fire is.
Allstate is also not signing new policies in the state. Why? The company says that the cost to insure new customers in California is “far higher” than the price customers are paying for its policies. When an insurer spends more paying off claims than it collects in premiums — that’s called losing money.
Rest assured that California’s reluctance to ban children’s books about Tango, a penguin raised by two daddies (apparently true), in no way influences its insurers’ decisions, one way or another, to cover properties there.
After decades of making good money, what’s causing insurers to report less-than-zero profits after paying claims? It’s the parade of cataclysmic weather events made worse by rising temperatures. There have always been hurricanes. But warming sea surface temperatures are already spawning more very destructive Category 4 and 5 hurricanes.
The Biden administration is pushing policies to address this terrifying trend. Florida governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis dismisses concern over global warming as “left-wing stuff.” Well, not dealing with that “stuff” certainly frees up hours to go after Disney and drag queens.
Let the grown-ups worry about how drought, floods, killer heat waves and related pestilence are hurting their economies. Never mind the human suffering, should these guys care.
DeSantis’ sharpest offensive against companies trying to make a living was his law forbidding them to require passengers to provide proof of vaccination against COVID. This meddling reached its nutty summit in the heart of the pandemic when DeSantis attacked the cruise ship lines operating out of Florida for insisting that passengers be vaccinated.
Face it, spending days stuffed on a ship with several thousand strangers, many carrying a potentially deadly disease, did not appeal to cruise patrons at the time. That went double for the older ones, who make up a large chunk of these companies’ business. Thanks to COVID, the number of people who took cruises fell to under 6 million in 2020, down from almost 30 million the year before.
Is it possible that these businesses insisted on the COVID shots because they wanted to keep their customers and, thereby, make money?
Back in the real world of both climate science and business judgment, warming temperatures have made home coverage anywhere near the water unaffordable, if not unattainable. The price of homeowners insurance in Florida now averages an amazing $6,000. Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel recently said “that kind of economic cost is probably not enough to offset all the wokeness in the world or even the taxes.”
Face it. Private companies don’t want — and can’t be forced — to lose money. It’s time right-wingers got “woke” to that.
Follow syndicated columnist Froma Harrop on Twitter @FromaHarrop. She can be reached at fharrop@gmail.com. | https://greensboro.com/froma-harrop-news-flash-companies-dont-want-to-lose-money/article_38fe7280-2cb4-11ee-855d-7f615b5f86e7.html | 2023-07-29T12:02:12 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/froma-harrop-news-flash-companies-dont-want-to-lose-money/article_38fe7280-2cb4-11ee-855d-7f615b5f86e7.html |
A ROARING WEEKEND: Downtown Winston-Salem’s popular dining and entertainment venue ROAR has a full schedule of events this week for all interests. On Friday, an outdoor rock show from the band Tupelo Crush; on Saturday afternoon, the grand opening of The Bunkr e-sports and gaming room; on Saturday night, another free outdoor concert from Silk Groove; and tons more. For more information, visit roarws.com.
top story editor's pick | https://greensboro.com/life-entertainment/local/get-ready-for-a-roaring-weekend-at-roar-winston-salem/article_daf4fd88-2afd-11ee-8a2f-ef913f1ea3e4.html | 2023-07-29T12:02:18 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/life-entertainment/local/get-ready-for-a-roaring-weekend-at-roar-winston-salem/article_daf4fd88-2afd-11ee-8a2f-ef913f1ea3e4.html |
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.
Related Articles
- First dedicated Porsche EV charging station opens
- Lamborghini Revuelto already sold out for next 2 years
- VW taps Xpeng for EV platforms
- Munich auto show concept to preview next-gen Mercedes compact
- 2024 Porsche Panamera spy shots and video | https://cbs4indy.com/automotive/internet-brands/mercedes-updates-v-class-ahead-of-dedicated-ev-successors-arrival/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:17 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/automotive/internet-brands/mercedes-updates-v-class-ahead-of-dedicated-ev-successors-arrival/ |
Randleman Road is closed between Kirkland Street and Mystic Drive because of a traffic accident, Greensboro Police said in a news release this morning.
The road will remain closed for an extended period because of a downed power line.
A Duke Energy crew is on the scene, as are police officers who are investigating the accident.
Motorists are encouraged to find an alternate route and use caution if traveling in the area.
No further information was immediately available. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/police-accident-closes-portion-of-randleman-road/article_387dc16c-2d40-11ee-befa-d7793e6c6330.html | 2023-07-29T12:02:24 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/police-accident-closes-portion-of-randleman-road/article_387dc16c-2d40-11ee-befa-d7793e6c6330.html |
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.
Related Articles
- Tesla skirts Connecticut direct-sales ban with store in tribal casino
- Nissan touts a million EVs in 12 years—Tesla’s 2023 tally so far
- Whether GM killed the Chevy Bolt EV or not, it’s returning soon
- Tesla Supercharger network gets first true rival from 7 global automakers
- 2018-2023 Nissan Leaf EV recalled for cruise-control acceleration flaw | https://cbs4indy.com/automotive/internet-brands/porsche-hints-a-future-ev-may-utilize-400-kw-fast-charging/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:25 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/automotive/internet-brands/porsche-hints-a-future-ev-may-utilize-400-kw-fast-charging/ |
The proposed budget for North Carolina supported by the Republican majority includes a big boondoggle for wealthy families we should all know about: The budget will include a taxpayer-funded scholarship for virtually every student in the state who attends private school.
These scholarships (also known as vouchers) are not the kind of scholarships initially introduced to North Carolina a decade ago when the Opportunity Scholarship Program began. They no longer target students from low-income families. They no longer focus on students who tried, but felt dissatisfied with, their local public school. They no longer have only a limited effect on funding for public schools.
Instead, the proposed changes to the program will subsidize any child in North Carolina who attends a private school, including a private religious school, with up to $7,700 a year (and counting). Over 10 years, the cost to the taxpayers will be an astonishing $3.6 billion.
People are also reading…
Despite the changes designed to expand tax-funded scholarships, the program will remain as it is in disturbing ways: The private schools receiving the state money will remain completely unregulated and unaccountable to the public. The schools may continue to choose their own curricula, including a curriculum that is completely biblically based and rejects modern science; hire unlicensed teachers; and continue to get state funding regardless of the academic outcomes of their students. The schools may systematically discriminate, refusing to admit English-language learners, children with poor academic records, gay children and children with disabilities, to name a few.
The new appropriations for private school tuition could, of course, be used to support public schools. But not only will all that money go to private schools, but public school district budgets will see a decline of their state funding for each student who leaves the district for a private school. The Office of State Budget and Management estimates this decline could be up to 8% of a district’s state funding. This would amount to more than $200 million in reductions for public schools in a single year.
These reductions are part of a long-term trend. Despite the state constitutional requirement that the General Assembly adequately fund public schools, the state’s schools have been chronically underfunded by hundreds of millions of dollars. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled last November that the underfunding has deprived thousands upon thousands of students in our state of the opportunity for a sound, basic education. A national study of state school funding shows that North Carolina is nearly last in the country on a metric called “fiscal effort.” That means we spend a smaller portion of our available resources on public education than all but three other states. The proposed budget will only make that worse.
As our state’s commitment to public education declines, its commitment to our communities declines as well. The public schools, especially in rural counties, are at the core of community life. Elected school boards help establish a community’s educational values for the vast majority of students who remain in public schools. The legislature’s continued reduction of support for public education makes it harder and harder for those boards to put those shared community values into operation as funding is harder and harder to come by. As more children attend private schools, communities can find themselves splintering and losing their collective spirit.
Local public schools remain at the heart of our democracy. If you support them, tell your representative to prioritize public school funding. For the sake of our students and the communities in which they live, let’s end private school subsidies. | https://greensboro.com/opinion/column/jane-wettach-tax-funded-scholarships-for-all-private-school-students-will-deplete-support-for-public/article_14f4b3ee-2cd8-11ee-b9f5-6b15b0e61ff2.html | 2023-07-29T12:02:36 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/opinion/column/jane-wettach-tax-funded-scholarships-for-all-private-school-students-will-deplete-support-for-public/article_14f4b3ee-2cd8-11ee-b9f5-6b15b0e61ff2.html |
BEIJING, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of English education experts and scholars from all over the world assembled in Macao on Friday for a three-day event to explore new opportunities for global cooperation in English education brought by China's development.
The 2023 Global English Education China Assembly, an online-and-offline event that opened at the City University of Macau (CityU), attracted over 1,600 experts, front-line educators and scholars from more than 20 countries and regions. Participants were mainly from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Italy, Thailand, Russia, Singapore, Nepal, Mongolia, Indonesia and Pakistan.
They shared their insights to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and discussed the most recent trends in English language teaching.
The event's theme is "New opportunities for the world with new advances in China's development: Opening up new prospects in English education cooperation worldwide", and features nine keynote speeches and 23 parallel sessions.
This year's assembly is hosted by China Daily and Shanghai International Studies University, and co-hosted by the Macao SAR Government Education and Youth Development Bureau, and organized by CityU and China Daily's 21st Century English Education Media.
For the first time, the assembly, which started in 2018, was held in Macao — one of the engine cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. This location echoes the Outline Development Plan for the GBA released in 2019, which set out to, among other goals, build the region as a model area for high-quality education and promote opening up education to the world.
At the event's opening ceremony, Qu Yingpu, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, highlighted that 2023 marks the 10th year since President Xi Jinping put forward both the idea of "building a community with a shared future for mankind" and the Belt and Road Initiative.
It is, therefore, appropriate that for the first time, the conference this year has moved out of the Chinese mainland to Macao where East meets West and multiple cultures blend, Qu said.
He said he believes the event will catalyze many innovative outcomes. Qu further said that English education could be a bridge to promote high-quality development of the BRI and people-to-people cultural exchanges could provide momentum for "building a community with a shared future for mankind".
He urged the audience to cultivate talent in order to bolster the promotion of the three global initiatives brought forward by Xi — the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative.
Qu also said China attaches great importance to education and cultural exchange. Xi, in his several correspondences with foreign students studying in China, has encouraged the latter to see with their own eyes the development of China and tell the world about what they have seen, to boost people-to-people bonding and friendship between their countries and China.
Zha Mingjian, vice-president of Shanghai International Studies University, said development in recent times has brought many opportunities as well as challenges. In this context, the English education sector in China has the responsibility to serve as a vital bridge for English education globally.
Opening education more extensively to the outside world will significantly strengthen China's efforts to modernize education in the new era, Zha said.
Svetlana V. Sannikova, coordination council chairperson of the National Association of Teachers of English in Russia, said the Macao event offers a high-end international academic platform where teachers can learn many practical ideas and methods to improve their English teaching skills.
On Friday, the event's organizer and CityU jointly established the Belt and Road English Education Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Exchange Base, which will use English education as a means to promote cultural exchanges and people-to-people bonding in countries and regions participating in the BRI.
The GBA Exchange Base will also strive to promote high-quality development in the BRI landscape.
Liu Jun, rector of CityU and president of the International Research Foundation for English Language Education, and Zeng Qingkai, editor-in-chief of 21st Century English Education Media, were the signatories of the document for the establishment of the base.
Among the several dignitaries who graced Friday's opening ceremony were Ao Ieong U, secretary for social affairs and culture of the Macao SAR government, participating in the event on behalf of Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat-seng; Yan Zhichan, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR; Liu Xianfa, commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao SAR; Kong Chimeng, director of the Macao SAR government Education and Youth Development Bureau; and Chan Meng-kam, chairman of the council of CityU.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE China Daily | https://www.kbtx.com/prnewswire/2023/07/29/experts-foresee-china-role-english-learning/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:37 | 0 | https://www.kbtx.com/prnewswire/2023/07/29/experts-foresee-china-role-english-learning/ |
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://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-an-inflation-gauge-that-is-closely-tracked-by-the-fed-falls-to-its-lowest-level-in-more-than-2-years/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:38 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-an-inflation-gauge-that-is-closely-tracked-by-the-fed-falls-to-its-lowest-level-in-more-than-2-years/ |
CANBERRA, Australia — (AP) — The United States will expand its military industrial base by helping Australia manufacture guided missiles and rockets for both countries within two years, the allies announced on Saturday as they ramped up defense cooperation to counter China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.
The new cooperation on guided weapon production follows a trilateral partnership announcement in March that will see Britain provide Australia with a fleet of eight submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology.
The greater integration of U.S. and Australian militaries was announced after annual talks between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their Australian counterparts, Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
They agreed to cooperate on Australia producing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems by 2025, a communique said.
U.S. companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin only established an Australian enterprise to build such weapons last year. That followed the drain on Western countries' munitions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Austin said the move on missiles would strengthen the two allies’ defense industrial base and technological edge.
“We’re racing to accelerate Australia’s priority access to munitions through a streamlined acquisition process,” Austin told reporters in Brisbane, Australia.
Marles welcomed U.S. support to achieve Australian missile production within two years.
“We are really pleased with the steps that we are taking in respect of establishing a guided weapons and explosive ordnance enterprise in this country,” Marles said.
The two governments also agreed to upgrade joint military facilities in Australia and to increase U.S. nuclear submarine visits as the United States increases its focus on the South Pacific.
The region came to the forefront of the U.S. competition with China for influence last year, when Beijing signed a security pact with Solomon Islands and raised the prospect of a Chinese naval base being established there.
Austin became the first U.S. defense secretary to visit Papua New Guinea and Blinken visited New Zealand and Tonga before they arrived in Australia.
Saturday’s meeting was overshadowed by the loss of an Australian Army helicopter with four air crew late Friday, during military exercises with the U.S. off the northeastern coast of Australia.
U.S., Australian and Canadian militaries are taking part in the search for potential survivors near Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland state coast.
Austin and Marles will travel to north Queensland on Sunday to inspect Talisman Sabre, a biennial military exercise between the two countries that this year includes 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | https://www.wftv.com/news/politics/us-pledges-help/KD2USVX6XWER2RSILMSQSW2AHY/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:41 | 0 | https://www.wftv.com/news/politics/us-pledges-help/KD2USVX6XWER2RSILMSQSW2AHY/ |
I don’t remember driving from the office of my wife’s physician to our favorite Mexican restaurant. But I remember asking for an isolated corner booth where I sat facing the wall, more afraid and alone than I had felt in my life, wondering: How do I tell my children that their 50-year-old mother had just received a diagnosis of early-set Alzheimer’s disease?
Thirty years ago, that sounded more like a verdict than a diagnosis. Unfortunately, it still does.
For several years, I did my best to become a lay expert on experimental treatments of Alzheimer’s. I clipped newspaper articles and filled file folders with updates on testing results that carried the hopes of millions of Alzheimer’s patients and their families.
But as the months became years and my wife moved into the later stages of the illness, it became clear that no discovery would alter her decline.
People are also reading…
Fortunately, researchers did not give up.
On July 6 the FDA granted approval to Leqembi, which is produced by Biogen and Eisei, a Japanese company. In clinical tests Leqembi slowed the progression of the disease by 27%, which researchers said translated into slowing the advance of the disease by about five months.
On July 17, David Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, announced that Lilly had applied to the Food and Drug Administration for approval of its Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab. In an interview on CNBC, Ricks said that in patients who were treated with donanemab, the progress of the disease was slowed by 35%. Even more hopefully, he said that patients who were treated at the earliest stages of the disease saw the progression reduced by 40% to 60%.
The Journal of the American Medical Association welcomed the news with an editorial titled, “Ushering in a New Era of Alzheimer Disease Therapy.”
Kate Lee, CEO of Alzheimer’s Society in the U.K., said that “treatments like donanemab are the first steps toward a future where Alzheimer’s disease could be considered a long-term condition alongside diabetes and asthma. People may have to live with it, but they have treatments that allow them to effectively manage their symptoms and continue to live fulfilled lives.”
Any advance in our understanding and treatment of Alzheimer’s is good news.
But patients with Alzheimer’s and their families, who have experienced more than their share of disappointments, should be aware of the limitations of the new treatments as well as their potential for improving the quality of life for people struggling with a devastating disease for which there is not yet a cure.
Leqembi and donanemab proved to be more effective in treating patients who were in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease than those who were in later stages.
The administering of the two new drugs is not as simple is taking a pill or receiving an injection. Leqembi is given intravenously every two weeks, donanemab every four weeks. This is likely to be a higher barrier for people who live in rural areas.
The treatments are expensive. The projected price tag of Leqembi is $26,500 a year, not including costs of administering the medication and follow-up testing. Medicare will cover 80% of the cost, but the remaining 20% might be a stretch for lower-income patients.
There are risks involved in treatment. “Leqembi does have side effects,” the Alzheimer’s Association acknowledges, most notably brain swelling and bleeding, “which usually do not cause symptoms but can be serious.”
It should be noted that three deaths were linked to each of the drugs in the clinical trials. (There were 17,000-18,000 patients in each trial.)
Finally, while no one claims that either of the new treatments is a cure, researchers say that the drugs can slow the progression of the disease by four to seven months.
That may not sound like much when compared to a lifetime, but time becomes precious when meaningful life is measured in months rather than years or decades.
The new treatments promise to add time to the near end of life, the next six months, rather than to the far end when Alzheimer’s has taken its destructive toll.
For patients this means “more time to do the things they love. ... more months of recognizing their spouse, children and grandchildren,” said Joanne Pike, president and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association.
“While the thought of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease is certainly part of my optimism,” said Myra Garcia, member of the Alzheimer’s Association Early Stage Advisory Group, “more time is enough for now.” | https://greensboro.com/opinion/column/richard-groves-more-time-is-enough-for-now-new-alzheimers-drugs-arent-a-cure-but/article_7d61f616-2c07-11ee-ae28-c744fd2c77f4.html | 2023-07-29T12:02:42 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/opinion/column/richard-groves-more-time-is-enough-for-now-new-alzheimers-drugs-arent-a-cure-but/article_7d61f616-2c07-11ee-ae28-c744fd2c77f4.html |
Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model.
Mohegan Sun, a casino and entertainment complex in Connecticut owned by the federally recognized Mohegan Tribe, announced this week that the California-based electric automaker will open a showroom with a sales and delivery center this fall on its sovereign property where the state’s law doesn’t apply.
The news comes after another new Tesla showroom was announced in June, set to open in 2025 on lands of the Oneida Indian Nation in upstate New York.
“I think it was a move that made complete sense,” said Lori Brown, executive director of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, which has lobbied for years to change Connecticut’s law.
“It is just surprising that it took this long, because Tesla had really tried, along with Lucid and Rivian,” she said, referring to two other electric carmakers. “Anything that puts more electric vehicles on the road is a good thing for the public.”
Brown noted that lawmakers with car dealerships that are active in their districts, no matter their political affiliation, have traditionally opposed bills allowing direct-to-consumer sales.
The Connecticut Automotive Retail Association, which has opposed such bills for years, says there needs to be a balance between respecting tribal sovereignty and “maintaining a level playing field” for all car dealerships in the state.
“We respect the Mohegan Tribe’s sovereignty and the unique circumstance in which they operate their businesses on Tribal land but we strongly believe that this does not change the discussion about Tesla and other EV manufacturers with direct-to-consumer sales, and we continue to oppose that model,” Hayden Reynolds, the association’s chairperson, said in a statement. “Connecticut’s dealer franchise laws benefit consumers and provide a competitive marketplace.”
Over the years in numerous states, Tesla has sought and been denied dealership licenses, pushed for law changes and challenged decisions in courts. The company scored a victory earlier this year when Delaware’s Supreme Court overturned a ruling upholding a decision by state officials to prohibit Tesla from selling its cars to directly customers.
At least 16 states have effectively changed their laws to allow Tesla and other direct-to-consumer manufacturers to sell there, said Jeff Aiosa, executive director of the Connecticut dealers association. He doesn’t foresee Connecticut changing its law, noting that 32 “original equipment manufacturers,” a list that includes major car companies like Toyota and Ford, currently abide by it.
“It’s not fair to have an unlevel playing field when all the other manufacturers abide by the state franchise laws and Tesla wants this exception to go around the law,” he said. “I would suggest their pivoting to the sovereign nation is representative of them not wanting to abide by the law.”
Tesla opened its first store as well as a repair shop on Native American land in 2021 in New Mexico. The facility, built in Nambé Pueblo, north of Santa Fe, marked the first time the company partnered with a tribe to get around state laws, though the idea had been in the works for years.
Brian Dear, president of the Tesla Owners Club of New Mexico, predicted at the time that states that are home to tribal nations and also have laws banning direct car sales by manufacturers would likely follow New Mexico’s lead.
“I don’t believe at all that this will be the last,” he said.
Tesla’s facility at Mohegan Sun, dubbed the Tesla Sales & Delivery Center, will be located at a shopping and dining pavilion within the sprawling casino complex. Customers will be able to test drive models around the resort. and gamblers will be able to use their loyalty rewards toward Tesla purchases.
Tesla also plans to exhibit its solar and storage products at the location. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:45 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-automaker-tesla-is-opening-more-showrooms-on-tribal-lands-to-avoid-state-laws-barring-direct-sales/ |
“During all this time away from Greensboro, my junior and senior years at Dudley High School stayed in my thoughts and my soul.”
— John Allen Wall, one of the first white students to attend Dudley.
Fifty years ago, Greensboro graduated its first fully desegregated public high school classes.
Until that time, what then were called the Greensboro City Schools were only minimally mixed. Under a “freedom of choice” plan, small numbers of Black students attended predominantly white schools, though in most cases they were responsible for their own transportation.
But under pressure from the courts in 1971, the city undertook a wholesale redistricting plan that affected all of its public schools, including those that had been historically Black.
The Class of 1973, which was the first to graduate under that plan, will gather this year for a series of reunions, including Grimsley, Page and Smith.
People are also reading…
Among the biggest of those celebrations will be the one for Dudley High School, which begins today.
Dudley was one of only a few predominantly Black high schools in the state that were allowed to remain open during desegregation in North Carolina. More often, those schools were closed and the students reassigned to majority-white schools.
So, in the fall of 1971, the unimaginable became reality: Dudley had its first white athletes, cheerleaders, majorettes, Junior ROTC cadets and student leaders.
It was hardly a perfect transition. There was some tension and awkwardness, especially in the beginning. Some students resented having to leave Dudley and some resented having to come to Dudley. But in time friendships were forged, some of them lasting.
And, in the spring of 1973, the first racially mixed class in Dudley’s history received diplomas.
Many of those students will convene at the Marriott Greensboro Downtown this weekend to reconnect, to reflect and, of course, to party.
The Dudley Consolidated Class of 1973, as it calls itself, is especially unique because it involves an “extended family.” Among those who have taken part in the planning of this year’s reunion:
Thus there will be three speakers at Saturday’s banquet:
- A white graduate, Leann Nease Brown, who now practices law at a Chapel Hill firm, Brown and Bunch PLLC.
- A Black alumnus, Thurman Guy, Ph.D., who attended Dudley as a sophomore but was redistricted to Page High School, where he graduated.
- And Black alumnus Howard “T.Y.” Moore, Student Council president in 1973, who spent all three of his high school years at Dudley.
As for John Allen Wall, now a Chicago attorney, he not only plans to attend the reunion but is working on a book about his experiences at Dudley and is conducting a survey of fellow alumni.
Wonder what they’ll say.
In 1971 Greensboro was considered a national model for school desegregation.
It had been unified, intentional and proactive in making the plan work. The Chamber of Commerce and Black clergy played a particularly instrumental role.
“Within a few months, experts were citing Greensboro as proof that blacks and whites could come together to make desegregation work,” William H. Chafe wrote in his 1980 book “Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina and the Black Struggle for Freedom.”
After studying desegregation in 43 communities, five organizations, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, declared that Greensboro’s process was “probably superior to that of almost any other city in the South.”
But as Chafe noted and we’re bearing witness today, it didn’t last.
Thanks to white flight to the suburbs and private schools, the diversity in Greensboro schools plummeted. Chafe wrote: “Over a period of seven years the school population declined by 5000 students and the ratio of white to black shifted from 68/32 to 55/45.” By 1978, four schools had become majority-Black.
Fifty years later, our brief flirtation with racial diversity seems quaint and oh so distant.
Today, what are now called Guilford County Schools are more than 60% Black and Hispanic and 27.5% white. The current Dudley student body is 2% white.
Meanwhile, state lawmakers are poised to make a bad situation worse by offering taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools regardless of income.
So, while the Class of 1973 will no doubt celebrate and reminisce this weekend, it also may wonder whether the upheaval of 1971 was really worth it.
And what could have been if only we had stayed the course. | https://greensboro.com/opinion/editorial/our-opinion-local-high-school-grads-made-history-in-1973/article_4728da10-2c93-11ee-a7c6-ef7c64d7a112.html | 2023-07-29T12:02:52 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/opinion/editorial/our-opinion-local-high-school-grads-made-history-in-1973/article_4728da10-2c93-11ee-a7c6-ef7c64d7a112.html |
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s banking sector could withstand a severe economic downturn without depleting their financial buffers against losses, the European Central Bank said Friday.
A survey of 98 large and medium-sized banks done by the ECB’s supervisory arm in conjunction with the European Banking Authority showed that even in the most adverse scenario — a fall of almost 10% in economic outpoint over three years — banks would still have enough capital to cover losses and then some.
The stress test was not a pass-fail exercise for banks in the 20 countries that use the euro currency. Rather, results for individual banks will be used by banking regulators in determining how much capital they need to hold in reserve.
Banks are crucial to the European economy because companies get most of their financing from them, instead of from financial markets — the opposite of the situation in the U.S.
The ECB took over supervision of the biggest banks after the eurozone debt crisis more than a decade ago, when bank losses led to heavy bailout costs for governments. National supervisors were perceived to have been less than vigilant on developing risks.
Scrutiny of bank finances has grown after the failure of three U.S. banks amid rising interest rates that led to losses on investments and mass withdrawal of deposits. The financial turmoil then hit Credit Suisse, a globally significant bank that had long-running problems, leading the Swiss government to engineer an emergency takeover by rival UBS to prevent further banking chaos.
Switzerland is not part of the European Union, where some of the safeguards instituted after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis were more widely applied. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-europes-banks-could-survive-a-drastic-economic-downturn-stress-test-shows/ | 2023-07-29T12:02:53 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-europes-banks-could-survive-a-drastic-economic-downturn-stress-test-shows/ |
TOKYO (AP) — An official in charge of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says the upcoming release of treated radioactive water into the sea more than 12 years after the reactors’ meltdown marks “a milestone,” but is still only an initial step in a daunting decades-long decommissioning process.
Junichi Matsumoto, the corporate officer in charge of treated water management for Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, which operates the Fukushima Daiichi plant, also pledged to conduct careful sampling and analysis of the water to make sure its release is safely carried out in accordance with International Atomic Energy Agency standards.
The water is being treated with what’s called an Advanced Liquid Processing System, which can reduce the amounts of more than 60 selected radionuclides to government-set releasable levels, except for tritium, which the government and TEPCO say is safe for humans if consumed in small amounts.
“The release of the ALPS-treated water into the sea is a major milestone for us, as well as for the decommissioning of the plant,” Matsumoto said in an interview with The Associated Press at TEPCO headquarters in Tokyo.
“In order to steadily advance decommissioning, the ever-growing amounts of water was a pressing issue that we could not put off, and we had a sense of crisis,” said Matsumoto, a nuclear engineering expert. “We still have to tackle far more challenging and higher-risk operations such as removal of melted debris and spent fuel” from the damaged reactors, he said.
Another task for TEPCO is combatting the damage to the reputation of Fukushima fisheries caused by the water release, he said.
A massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and contaminating their cooling water, which has since leaked continuously. The water is collected, filtered and stored in around 1,000 tanks, which will reach their capacity in early 2024.
Large amounts of fatally radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the reactors. Robotic probes have provided some information about its status, but it remains largely unknown.
The government and TEPCO say the water must be removed to make room for the plant’s decommissioning, and to prevent accidental leaks from the tanks because much of the water is still contaminated and needs retreatment.
The release plan has faced strong opposition from Japanese fishing organizations, which worry about further damage to the reputation of their seafood as they struggle to recover from the accident. Groups in South Korea and China have also raised concerns, turning it into a political and diplomatic issue.
Matsumoto said the key to gaining understanding is to patiently explain the situation by providing scientific evidence.
“It is difficult, but we hope to make it as easy to understand as possible,” he said. “If we describe (the water release) in one word, it’s safe.”
“As the operator responsible for the accident, we must admit TEPCO is a company that is not fully trusted. We must keep up the effort and sincerely respond to any concern,” Matsumoto said. “It is our responsibility to demonstrate we can carry out the water release as planned, and that’s how we can regain public trust.”
The government said the release is set to start this summer but hasn’t set the date amid protests. TEPCO has obtained safety permits for all of the equipment needed for the release and is currently carrying out training so the water release team can begin work at any time, Matsumoto said.
“It’s not like just turning a faucet to run tap water,” he said.
Scientists generally agree that the environmental impact of the treated wastewater would be negligible, but some call for more attention to dozens of low-dose radionuclides that remain in it, saying data on their long-term effects on the environment and marine life are insufficient and the water requires close scrutiny.
The treated water will be diluted with massive amounts of seawater and will be released gradually over many years.
Matsumoto acknowledged that treated water that came in contact with the damaged nuclear fuel contains radionuclides such as uranium and plutonium that are not in water that is routinely released from healthy nuclear plants around the world.
He said the total concentration of radionuclides in the water meets government standards after treatment, and after dilution the wastewater will be fully safe and have a minimal environmental impact, according to the IAEA, which has provided assistance in evaluating the release plan.
Matsumoto said he has struggled to manage the massive amounts of contaminated water to keep it from escaping into the environment and safely stored at the plant since the accident.
There were instances in which plant workers had no other choice but to dump some into the sea or temporarily put it inside a basement or in temporary water tanks, Matsumoto recalled.
Now, after taking measures to minimize the seeping of rainwater and groundwater into the reactor buildings and establishing a stable water management system, the amount of contaminated water has come down to less than one-fifth of what it used to be, he said. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-fukushima-plant-official-says-the-coming-release-of-treated-water-a-milestone-for-decommissioning/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:00 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-fukushima-plant-official-says-the-coming-release-of-treated-water-a-milestone-for-decommissioning/ |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A merger that would have created one of the largest health service companies in the Upper Midwest has been scrapped.
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Sanford Health announced Thursday that they would not proceed with the merger they had been discussing since late last year. It would have created a system with more than 50 hospitals and about 78,000 employees.
This is the second time in a decade that the two companies considered a merger but failed to complete it, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
The latest attempt drew fierce opposition at the University of Minnesota, which has a partnership with Fairview. The university sold its teaching hospital to Fairview in 1997 and opposed the idea of an out-of-state entity owning the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. The merged system would have been based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s largest city.
Statements from the two companies’ CEOs stated that without support from stakeholders, it was determined that the merger couldn’t move forward.
The companies first considered merging in 2013 but met with strong political opposition.
Minnesota lawmakers this spring gave the state attorney general additional power to scrutinize health care mergers, including the Sanford-Fairview proposal.
The affiliation between Fairview and the University of Minnesota includes financial support from Fairview for the school’s academic medicine mission. This agreement continues through 2026, but both parties have an option to signal by the end of this year if they want to end the partnership. Fairview has said the current agreements are not financially sustainable. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-merger-talks-end-between-large-health-care-systems-in-minnesota-south-dakota/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:07 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-merger-talks-end-between-large-health-care-systems-in-minnesota-south-dakota/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Procter & Gamble reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profits and revenue, showing that the appetite for established brands like Crest toothpaste, Tide detergent and Charmin toilet paper is still strong even as the consumer products company pushes up prices.
P&G increased prices by about 7% across various brands from the same period last year, less than the 10% increase in third quarter. Global volume fell 1% in the quarter, however, still an improvement over a 3% drop in volume during the third quarter, and a 6% drop in the second quarter.
During a call with analysts Friday, Chairman and CEO Jon Moeller said higher prices are tied to company innovations and aren’t going away.
Examples include Cruiser 360 diapers, made for babies that move around a lot. Sales have increased 33% over the past 12 months, according to Andre Schulten, the company’s chief financial officer. And a detox body wash sold in China called Safeguard goes for twice the market average price. Sales have almost doubled in the past year.
“When you have a strong innovation program, it compels consumers to try even better performing products,” Moeller said.
During the fourth quarter prices for fabric care, as well as home and health care, went up 6% and grooming products rose 9%. Beauty items rose 8%.
Pricing has been a boost to sales growth in nearly all of P&G’s past 51 quarters, Moeller said.
The easing of volume declines may be encouraging news for P&G and other producers after recent evidence of a pushback by shoppers to seemingly relentless price hikes coming from a broad spectrum of retailers and companies the make products for them.
Conagra Brands, which makes Slim Jim beef jerky, Duncan Hines cake mix and more, said this month that smaller price increases have not translated to higher sales volume. The company raised prices 15% in the quarter before that and it didn’t dent demand.
Also this month, PepsiCo said higher prices lifted the company’s revenue in the second quarter but snack food volumes fell 3% in the April-June period, while beverage volumes dropped 1%. The company said that price increases could start to moderate in the second half of this year.
Overall inflation continues to slow and on Friday, the U.S. reported that the consumer price index, which is followed closely because it accounts for changes in how people shop when inflation jumps, rose in June at the slowest pace in more than two years.
Procter & Gamble Co., based in Cincinnati, reported net income of $3.39 billion, or $1.37 per share, in the quarter ended June 30. That compares with $3.06 billion, or $1.21 per share, in the year-ago quarter.
Sales rose 5% to $20.6 billion from $19.51 billion in the quarter.
Analysts were expecting $1.32 per share on sales of $20.01 billion, according to FactSet.
P&G expects fiscal 2024 sales growth in the range of 3% to 4% versus the prior year. The company expects organic sales growth, which excludes deals and currency moves, to be in the range of 4% to 5%.
P&G expects net earnings per share growth in the range of 6% to 9% for the current year. This outlook equates to a range of $6.25 to $6.43 per share, with a mid-point estimate of $6.34, or an increase of 7.5%. Analysts were expecting $6.37 per share.
Shares rose more than 3% Friday.
_____
Follow Anne D’Innocenzio: http://twitter.com/ADInnocenzio | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-pgs-better-than-expected-4q-results-show-consumers-appetite-for-iconic-brands-despite-price-hikes/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:14 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-pgs-better-than-expected-4q-results-show-consumers-appetite-for-iconic-brands-despite-price-hikes/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers voted Friday to approve an amended but divisive law on Russian influences believed to be targeting the opposition and criticized by the U.S. and the European Union.
The law was proposed in May by Poland’s ruling right-wing Law and Justice party and critics see it as primarily targeting opposition leader and former Prime Minister Donald Tusk, before a parliamentary election scheduled for this fall. Following criticism, President Andrzej Duda proposed urgent amendments to tone it down.
The lower house, or Sejm, voted 235-214 with four abstentions to reject the Senate’s veto to the draft law amended by Duda. It only now requires Duda’s signature to take effect.
The amended bill calls for a commission to check whether between 2007 and 2022 politicians have taken decisions under Russia’s influence that could threaten Poland’s security. Duda has said it is needed for transparency’s sake and to prevent Russia from influencing Poland’s stability in the future.
Poland is supporting neighboring Ukraine to fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion and is supplying weapons, humanitarian aid and political backing for Kyiv. That has drawn harsh comments from Moscow.
The previous, more restrictive law is currently in effect, but the commission members haven’t been chosen yet.
When it takes effect, the law will create a powerful committee by experts but not lawmakers to investigate Russian influence in Poland and name politicians who allegedly allowed them, thus barring them in practice from holding public positions. However, critics say it is primarily targeting Tusk, who also served as a top EU official.
Law and Justice accuses Tusk of having been too friendly toward Russia and President Vladimir Putin as prime minister between 2007 and 2014, and making gas deals favorable to Moscow before he went to Brussels to be the president of the European Council between 2014 and 2019.
Law and Justice party leader Jarosław Kaczyński and Tusk are longtime political rivals.
Critics say the law violates the Polish Constitution and could keep government opponents from holding public office by having a negative effect on their eligibility, especially in a parliamentary election later this year. Amendments by Duda, who holds a law doctorate, allowed for the commission verdict to be appealed to court.
The U.S. State Department and EU authorities have strongly criticized the law in its first version and expressed concerns about Poland’s democracy. The 27-member EU, which Poland joined in 2004, also threatened to take measures, if it became fully clear that such a law would undermine democratic standards.
When Duda proposed the amendments in June, he also bowed partially to critics and sent the bill to the Constitutional Tribunal for a review for conformity with the supreme law. That verdict is still pending. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-polands-lawmakers-approve-a-divisive-law-on-russian-influence/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:22 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-polands-lawmakers-approve-a-divisive-law-on-russian-influence/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The fate of U.S. trucking company Yellow Corp. isn’t looking good.
After years of financial struggles, Yellow is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy and seeing customers leave in large numbers — heightening risk for future liquidation. While no official decision has been announced by the company, the prospect of bankruptcy has renewed attention around Yellow’s ongoing negotiations with unionized workers, a $700 million pandemic-era loan from the government and other bills the trucker has racked up over time.
Yellow, formerly known as YRC Worldwide Inc., is one of the nation’s largest less-than-truckload carriers. The Nashville, Tennessee-based company has some 30,000 employees across the country.
Here’s what you need to know.
Not yet. But industry experts suspect that a bankruptcy filing could come any day now.
People familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the company could seek bankruptcy protection as soon as this week — with some noting that a significant amount of customers have already started to leave the carrier.
Meanwhile, according to FreightWaves, employees were told to expect the filing Monday. Yellow laid off an unknown number of employees Friday, the outlet later reported, citing a memo that stated the company was “shutting down its regular operations.”
According to Satish Jindel, president of transportation and logistics firm SJ Consulting, Yellow handled an average of 49,000 shipments per day in 2022. As of this week, he estimates that number is down to between 10,000 and 15,000 daily shipments.
With customers leaving — as well reports of Yellow stopping freight pickups earlier this week — bankruptcy would “be the end of Yellow,” Jindel told The Associated Press, noting increased risk for liquidation.
“The likelihood of them surviving and remaining solvent diminishes really by the day,” added Bruce Chan, a research director at investment banking firm Stifel.
Yellow media contacts did not immediately respond to the Associated Press’ requests for comment on Friday. In a Wednesday statement to The Journal, the company said it was continuing “to prepare for a range of contingencies.” On Thursday, Yellow said it was in talks with multiple parties about selling its third-party logistics organization.
Even if Yellow was able to sell its logistics firm, it would “not generate a sufficient amount of cash to keep them operational on any sort of permanent basis,” Chan said. “Without a major equity injection, it would be very difficult for them to survive.”
As of late March, Yellow had an outstanding debt of about $1.5 billion. Of that, $729.2 million was owed to the federal government.
In 2020, under the Trump administration, the Treasury Department granted the company a $700 million pandemic-era loan on national security grounds. Last month, a congressional probe concluded that the Treasury and Defense Departments “made missteps” in this decision — and noted that Yellow’s “precarious financial position at the time of the loan, and continued struggles, expose taxpayers to a significant risk of loss.”
The government loan is due in September 2024. As of March, Yellow had made $54.8 million in interest payments and repaid just $230 million of the principal owed, according to government documents.
Yellow’s current finances and prospect of bankruptcy “is probably two decades in the making,” Chan said, pointing to poor management and strategic decisions dating back to the early 2000s. “At this point, after each party has bailed them out so many times, there is a limited appetite to do that anymore.”
In May, Yellow reported a loss of $54.6 million, a decline of $1.06 per share, for its first quarter of 2023. Operating revenue was about $1.16 billion in the period.
A Wednesday investors note from financial service firm Stephens estimated that Yellow could be burning between $9 million and $10 million each day. Using a liquidity disclosure from earlier this month, Yellow had roughly $100 million in cash at the end of June, the note added — estimating that the company has been burning through increasing amounts of money through July.
“It is reasonable to believe that the Company could breach its $35 mil. liquidity requirement at any moment,” Stephens analyst Jack Atkins and associate Grant Smith wrote.
The reports of bankruptcy preparations arrive just days after a strike from the Teamsters, which represents Yellow’s 22,000 unionized workers, was averted.
A series of heated exchanges have built up between the Teamsters and Yellow, who sued the union in June after alleging it was “unjustifiably blocking” restructuring plans needed for the company’s survival. The Teamsters called the litigation “baseless” — with general president Sean O’Brien pointing to Yellow’s “decades of gross mismanagement,” which included exhausting the $700 million federal loan.
On Sunday, a pension fund agreed to extend health benefits for workers at two Yellow Corp. operating companies, averting a strike — and giving Yellow “30 days to pay its bills,” notably $50 million that Yellow failed to pay the Central States Health and Welfare Fund on July 15, the union said. While the strike didn’t occur, talks of a walkout may have caused some Yellow customers to pull back, Chan said.
Talks between Yellow and the Teamsters, which also represents UPS’s unionized workers, are ongoing. The current contract expires in March 2024.
“The financial struggles of Yellow are not related to the union and the contracts,” Jindel said, pointing to management’s responsibility around its services and prices. He added the union wages from Yellow are “lower than any competitor.”
If Yellow files for bankruptcy and customers continue to take their shipments to other carriers, like FedEx or ABF Freight, prices will go up.
Yellow’s prices have historically been the cheapest compared to other carriers, Jindel said. “That’s why they obviously were not making money,” he added. “And while there is capacity with the other LTL carriers to handle the diversions from Yellow, it will come at a high price for (current shippers and customers) of Yellow.”
Chan adds that we’re in an interesting time for the LTL marketplace — noting that, if Yellow declares bankruptcy and liquidates, “the freight would find a home” with other carriers, which may not have been true in recent years.
“It may take time, but there’s room for it to be absorbed,” he said. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-trucking-company-yellow-corp-is-reportedly-preparing-for-bankruptcy-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:29 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-trucking-company-yellow-corp-is-reportedly-preparing-for-bankruptcy-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two taxi drivers have been arrested in the Mexican city of Cancun for assaulting a van carrying foreign tourists, prosecutors said Friday.
The events in the Caribbean coast resort on Thursday were the latest in a months-long string of assaults on vehicles that medallion-cab drivers suspect of being operated by ride-hailing apps such as Uber.
Prosecutors in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo said such behavior will not be tolerated.
“Strong action will be taken to ensure that the state is a safe destination for local inhabitants and visitors,” the state prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
Local residents posted video on social media showing at least two uniformed cab drivers bashing a Chevy Suburban with poles and other objects.
The van driver attempts to escape with the vehicle’s tailgate open, according to the footage, and the tourists’ luggage spills into the street. Three women can later be seen retrieving their luggage from the street.
“What are you doing?” cries one woman in English as belligerent cabbies mill around the scene, carrying what looked like improvised cudgels. “That is not okay.”
A local business owner who filmed the incident invited the women to take refuge in her store. The video shows the taxi drivers chasing the driver of the Suburban down the street until he reached a police officer.
The state prosecutors’ office said two taxi drivers were charged with robbery, and causing damage and injuries.
Local media reported the Suburban was not run through a ride-hailing app but by a local, non-medallion limousine service. Past incidents of taxi drivers attacking private vehicles in Cancun were based on the mistaken assumption they were Uber cars.
Cancun residents organized a boycott of medallion taxis in January following a week of blockades and violent incidents by drivers protesting the ride-hailing app Uber.
Road blockades, stone throwing and cabbies physically getting in the way had prevented tourists from boarding Uber vehicles. The U.S. issued a travel advisory warning that “past disputes between these services and local taxi unions have occasionally turned violent, resulting in injuries to U.S. citizens in some instances.”
Ride-hailing app s were blocked in Cancun until January, when a court granted an injunction allowing Uber to operate. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-two-taxi-drivers-arrested-in-mexican-resort-of-cancun-for-assaulting-van-carrying-foreign-tourists/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:36 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-two-taxi-drivers-arrested-in-mexican-resort-of-cancun-for-assaulting-van-carrying-foreign-tourists/ |
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy of new vehicles 18% by the 2032 model year so the fleet would average about 43.5 miles per gallon in real world driving.
The proposed numbers were released Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which eventually will adopt final mileage requirements.
Currently the fleet of new vehicles must average 36.75 mpg by 2026 under corporate average fuel economy standards adopted by the administration of President Joe Biden, who reversed a rollback made by former President Donald Trump.
The highway safety agency says it will try to line up its regulations so they match the Environmental Protection Agency’s reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. But if there are discrepancies, automakers likely will have to follow the most stringent regulation.
In the byzantine world of government regulation, both agencies essentially are responsible for setting fuel economy requirements since the fastest way to reduce greenhouse emissions is to burn less gasoline.
“I want to make clear that EPA and NHTSA will coordinate to optimize the effectiveness of both agency standards while minimizing compliance costs,” NHTSA Acting Administrator Ann Carlson said.
A large auto industry trade group which includes General Motors, Toyota, Ford, Stellantis and others said requirements from the agencies should be lined up. “If an automaker complies with EPA’s yet-to-be-finalized greenhouse gas emissions rules, they shouldn’t be at risk of violating CAFE rules (from NHTSA) and subject to civil penalties,” John Bozzella, CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, said in a statement.
However the alliance has said the EPA’s proposed cut in carbon emissions will require a huge increase in electric vehicle sales that’s not attainable by 2032. The EPA says the industry can reach the greenhouse gas emissions goals if 67% of new vehicles sold in 2032 are electric. Currently, EVs make up about 7% of new vehicle sales.
NHTSA said its proposal includes a 2% annual improvement in fuel mileage for passenger cars, and a 4% increase for light trucks. It’s proposing a 10% improvement per year for commercial pickup trucks and work vans. Automakers can meet the requirements with a mix of electric vehicles, gas-electric hybrids and efficiency improvements in gas and diesel vehicles.
The agency says the new regulations will save more than $50 billion on fuel over the vehicles’ lifetimes and save more than 88 billion gallons of gasoline through 2050 if NHTSA’s preferred alternative is adopted. The standards would cut new-vehicle fuel consumption nearly in half by the 2035 model year, and benefits will exceed costs by $18 billion, the agency said.
NHTSA will take comments from the public for 60 days before drafting a final regulation. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-us-proposes-18-fuel-economy-increase-for-new-vehicle-fleet-from-2027-through-2032/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:43 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-us-proposes-18-fuel-economy-increase-for-new-vehicle-fleet-from-2027-through-2032/ |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans can legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes starting Tuesday, Aug. 1, subject to limits meant to keep a lid on things while the state sets up a full-blown legal cannabis industry.
The Democratic-controlled Minnesota Legislature approved a massive legalization bill and Democrat Gov. Tim Walz signed it in May.
At least one Minnesota tribe plans to take advantage of its sovereignty and allow sales right away. But the state projects most legal retail sales won’t begin until early 2025, while it creates as licensing and regulatory system for the new industry.
Legalization followed a debate between critics who fear for the impacts on public safety and young people, and supporters who argue that prohibition of the drug had failed. Backers of the law framed legalization noted that people of color were more likely than whites to be arrested for minor offenses, and to suffer lasting consequences in employment and housing.
Minnesota is the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana, more than a decade after Colorado and Washington did so.
It comes as New York struggles to end the illicit trade while failing to quickly license legal shops with a focus on “social equity” and New Mexico punishes retailers for illegally selling weed sourced from California — amid wider gluts and plummeting prices for pot farmers.
Farmers, like members of the public, can’t legally move cannabis across state lines amid the ongoing federal ban.
Here’s a look at what will and won’t change in Minnesota as of Aug. 1:
WHAT’S LEGAL
Adults 21 and older can possess and travel in the state with 2 ounces of cannabis flower, 8 grams of concentrate and 800 milligrams worth of THC-containing edible products such as gummies and seltzers. They can have up to 2 pounds of cannabis flower at home.
Low-potency edibles made with THC from industrial hemp were legalized last year. They’ve been subject to a 10% marijuana tax since July 1.
That tax will apply to other marijuana products as they become licensed for sales, but not on sovereign tribal lands.
It remains illegal under federal law to bring marijuana in from out of state.
RETAIL WEED
The Red Lake Nation plans to sell recreational marijuana at its existing medical cannabis dispensary starting Aug. 1. But that’s on its remote reservation in northwestern Minnesota. It’s not clear yet if other tribes will follow.
While states like New Mexico managed to legalize and regulate marijuana within a year of legalization, Minnesota will take a bit longer.
Like New York, the Minnesota law gives priority to social equity considerations for awarding licenses. That can mean applicants from low-income areas that have felt disproportionate effects from marijuana being illegal, people whose convictions have been expunged, and military veterans who lost their honorable status due to a marijuana-related offense, to name a few.
That includes a long list of license categories for cannabis-related businesses, with application fees ranging from $250 for delivery services to $10,000 for growers and product manufacturers.
Local governments can’t ban cannabis sales, but they can limit the number of retailers to one per 12,500 residents.
MINNESOTA GROWN
Adults can grow up to eight plants at home, with no more than four flowering at a time. The plants must be grown in an enclosed, locked space that’s not open to public view, whether that’s indoors or in a garden.
Retailers can start selling marijuana seeds if they comply with labeling and other requirements set by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
WHERE AND WHERE NOT TO TOKE
Cannabis can be legally consumed on private property, including private homes. Eventually it will be allowed at special events where organizers have permits.
But it’s still illegal to smoke or vape cannabis anywhere that tobacco smoking is prohibited, including most businesses, apartment buildings and college campuses. Nothing in the state law prohibits smoking it on a public sidewalk, but local ordinances might.
Cannabis use remains illegal in all forms while driving, in public schools, on school buses, in state prisons, and on federal property. It can’t be smoked or vaped where a minor could inhale it.
GUNS AND GANJA
Federal law still bars cannabis consumers from owning firearms or ammunition.
That’s despite Second Amendment-friendly provisions in the Minnesota law. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has said that regardless of Minnesota’s new law, a “current user” of marijuana is defined as an “unlawful user” for federal purposes. That means people following state law are still prohibited from having guns and ganja.
Gun purchasers must fill out an ATF form saying whether or not they use marijuana. Lying on the form is a felony under federal law.
CLEANING SLATES
Minor marijuana convictions, like possession of small amounts, will began to be automatically expunged starting in August. More than 60,000 Minnesotans could benefit, but the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the process could take up to a year to clear everyone’s record.
A special Cannabis Expungement Board will be formed to review felony convictions to determine eligibility case by case.
REGULATING IT
The Office of Cannabis Management will oversee the cannabis industry in Minnesota. It’s starting to list job positions, with applications for the office’s first executive director open through July 31.
The office will also take over the running of Minnesota’s medical marijuana program, which won’t be taxed.
Tribal governments will set their own rules. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-what-to-know-as-recreational-marijuana-becomes-legal-in-minnesota-on-aug-1/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:51 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-what-to-know-as-recreational-marijuana-becomes-legal-in-minnesota-on-aug-1/ |
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://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-actor-max-greenfield-urges-studio-ceos-to-be-the-heroes-and-make-a-deal-in-hollywood-strikes/ | 2023-07-29T12:03:58 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-actor-max-greenfield-urges-studio-ceos-to-be-the-heroes-and-make-a-deal-in-hollywood-strikes/ |
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.
_____
Associated Press writer Ken Miller in Oklahoma City contributed to this report. | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-boots-and-dog-tags-alan-alda-wore-on-m-a-s-h-sell-at-auction-for-125000-that-will-go-to-charity/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:05 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-boots-and-dog-tags-alan-alda-wore-on-m-a-s-h-sell-at-auction-for-125000-that-will-go-to-charity/ |
The Mega Millions jackpot grew to a whopping $1.05 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers in Friday night's draw. The last winning ticket was sold on April 18.
The next drawing for the grand prize, which is currently equal to the fourth-largest Mega Millions jackpot to date, is on Tuesday. A lump-sum payment would be an estimated $528 million.
Friday's jackpot was $940 million, and had been growing steadily, finally passing the $1 billion mark after 29 straight draws without someone matching all six winning numbers.
Just last week, a winning ticket for a $1.08 billion Powerball drawing was sold in Los Angeles, but the winner is still unknown.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions are slim — just about 1 in 302.6 million.
The largest Mega Millions winning jackpot was sold in South Carolina in 2018 — a massive $1.537 billion.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.knau.org/npr-news/2023-07-29/mega-millions-jackpot-passes-1-billion-after-no-one-draws-all-6-winning-numbers | 2023-07-29T12:04:08 | 0 | https://www.knau.org/npr-news/2023-07-29/mega-millions-jackpot-passes-1-billion-after-no-one-draws-all-6-winning-numbers |
Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a shooting in the city's Crescentville neighborhood left a man dead, late Friday.
According to police, officials responded to the intersection of Langdon and Bridge streets at about 11:30 p.m. on Friday night to find a man who had been shot.
While they have not provided any identifying information on the victim, law enforcement officials said that the individual was shot in the head and was dead when officers arrived.
Police officials did not provide more details as of about 7:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Get Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
However, police said that an investigation into this incident is ongoing.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.
Sign up for our Breaking newsletter to get the most urgent news stories in your inbox.
Local
Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-found-dead-in-the-street-philadelphias-crescentville-neighborhood/3614271/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:08 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-found-dead-in-the-street-philadelphias-crescentville-neighborhood/3614271/ |
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.
___
Follow Mike Schneider on Twitter at @MikeSchneiderAP | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-judge-refuses-to-dismiss-lawsuit-against-disneys-efforts-to-neutralize-governing-district-takeover/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:13 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-judge-refuses-to-dismiss-lawsuit-against-disneys-efforts-to-neutralize-governing-district-takeover/ |
The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.05 billion Friday night, only the fifth time in the history of the game that the grand prize has reached into the billions.
No one managed to beat the massive odds and match all six numbers for Friday's estimated $940 million jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 5, 10, 28, 52, 63 and the gold ball 18.
There have been 29 straight draws without a Mega Millions jackpot winner since the last grand prize ticket on April 18.
The $1.05 billion prize up for grabs in the next drawing Tuesday night 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 Tuesday’s drawing would be an estimated $527.9 million.
Get Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
The potential jackpot is the fourth-largest in the game and the fifth over $1 billion, Mega Millions said in a statement early Saturday.
Although there were no jackpot winners, one ticket in Pennsylvania was worth $5 million and another in the state connected for $1 million. There also were $1 million winners in Arizona, California and New York, Mega Millions said.
It has been less than two weeks since someone in Los Angeles won a $1.08 billion Powerball prize that ranked as the sixth-largest in U.S. history. The winner of the prize is still a mystery.
U.S. & World
Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world.
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.
Winners also would be subject to federal taxes, and many states also tax lottery winnings.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/mega-millions-jackpot-climbs-to-1-05-billion-after-another-drawing-without-a-big-winner/3614251/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:14 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/mega-millions-jackpot-climbs-to-1-05-billion-after-another-drawing-without-a-big-winner/3614251/ |
She's one of India's biggest Barbie fans. When Vichitra Rajasingh was growing up, family and friends helped her build her collection of Barbie dolls until she had almost 80 of them. She once owned a Barbie camper, a speedboat, supermarket and post office. The mermaid Barbie and scuba-diving Barbie were her favorites.
Since her family ran a hotel, they put the dolls on display in the lobby in the late '90s. On Rajasingh's 14th birthday, her parents painted her room bright pink and hired artists to draw her favorite Barbie dolls on the walls.
All her Barbies were blond. She says she didn't like the Indian ethnic ones that came on the local market.
Living the pink life
"My love for the color pink began with my childhood passion for Barbie," she says. "And now it's become my identity." For her, the color represents love, joy, femininity and playfulness, everything she once associated with Barbie, she says.
Today Rajasingh lives in the southern Indian city of Madurai, where she drives a pink mini-Cooper and runs a bakery and lives in an apartment that are dominated by that color.
When the Barbie movie released in India on July 21, she gathered a bunch of friends, "everyone dressed to the nines in pink," and watched it on the day of its release. "I loved the movie. It was fun to watch and brought back many joyful childhood memories," she says.
While she no longer has her huge doll collection — having long since given it away to family and friends — Rajasingh is still a Barbie lover. She bakes six or seven Barbie-themed cakes a week, with an actual doll at the center of a cake that serves as her frothy dress, constructed around her in a swirl of sugar and cream.
Rajasingh saw Barbie as an aspirational figure — and grew up admiring the doll's freedom, confidence, globe-trotting lifestyle and even her arched feet in sassy stilettos.
But for others in India, Barbie has a far more complicated legacy.
The pressures Barbie can bring
Shweta Sharan, a writer who lives in Mumbai, admits to being conflicted about whether or not to watch the movie with her 13-year-old daughter, Laasya, who until a year ago ardently loved Barbie but then outgrew playing with dolls.
"I am aware that these dolls have many complicated associations," Sharan says. "Watching my daughter love a doll that looked nothing like her — with blond hair, blue eyes, perfect breasts — I worried if she would always strive to be someone else and feel inadequate."
These worries are valid in the opinion of ElsaMarie DSilva, a social entrepreneur from India and an Aspen fellow. "While Barbie is almost universally loved among girls of all ages, many do aspire to look like her, unconsciously pressurizing young girls to conform to unrealistic body shapes and expectations," she says — a common criticism aimed at Barbie.
Indian Barbie is not a rousing success
Mattel did make an effort to adapt the doll for an Indian market. When Mattel launched Barbie in India in 1991, it was the familiar Western-looking blond-haired blue-eyed Barbie. Then in 1996, they rolled out Indian Barbie, with brown skin. She came either wearing a bright sari or a salwar kameez — a knee-length tunic over fitted trousers.
But the Indian Barbie was not popular. "Indian kids gravitated toward the white-skinned Barbie instead of the brown-skinned one because light-skinned women were considered more beautiful in India and an automatic choice," DSilva says.
She points out how even in Indian clothes, Barbie still had a body that did not represent real women in India or anywhere else — she was way too tall and way too thin.
Priti Nemani, an Indian American attorney living in Chicago, analyzed why Barbie failed so spectacularly in the Indian market in a research paper published in 2011. In addition to the unrealistic, impossibly thin appearance of the doll, she points out how other cultural factors were at play.
"We weren't seeing Indian features on Barbie," she says. "We were seeing white Barbies dipped in brown. And even those brown Barbies didn't last long on the shelves. The latest versions of the Indian Barbie have much lighter skin tone.
Meanwhile, even though blond Barbies sold well, Ken tanked in India. "Indian parents who wouldn't want their daughters in romantic relationships at such an early age weren't going to buy the boyfriend," Nemani says.
In spite of her initial misgivings, Sharan enjoyed the Barbie movie with her daughter, now 13, who especially liked the feminist overtones. Laasya loved the beginning, when they were told "Barbie has a great day everyday. Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him."
Barbie inspires a poem
There are other issues about Barbie in India. For many kids, the doll is too expensive.
Ankita Apurva, 26, a writer who grew up in a farming family in Ranchi, a city in the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, recalls a childhood bereft of Barbies.
Her parents, who struggled to pay for a good education that they hoped would be her armor against bullying and discrimination, could not afford to buy their daughter a Barbie.
"They weren't in a position to splurge on fancy dolls like a Barbie," she says. She recalls feeling inferior for not owning one of these expensive dolls that would help her connect with other Barbie owners in her circle. It was especially hard for her at lunch when girls would boast about how many dolls they owned.
"I believe that even if children from marginalized communities manage to enter [private] institutions [for the privileged], there are certain social, cultural and economic symbols which are consciously and subconsciously deployed to mark them out, and Barbie, as loved as it is, is definitely one of them," she says.
Over the years, Apurva's family has grown stronger financially. When she saw the global resurgence of interest in Barbie now, she didn't feel angry or alienated, but it did bring back memories of desperately wanting to fit in – and not just because she didn't have a Barbie.
"Growing up, I rarely felt represented in literature or media. If pens or cameras turned toward us, they inadvertently counted us as data: dead bodies of farmers or survivors of violence of umpteen kinds."
As a girl from a farming family in Jharkhand, Apurva felt invisible. And so, she decided to express those emotions. She wrote a poem that she posted on Instagram, not to shame anyone who is privileged enough to own a Barbie but to comfort those who, like her, may have felt left out.
Here are some excerpts:
"Here's to the girls who do not get the Barbie craze,
...
girls who had parents who could not
or did not or choose not
to get them Barbie dolls
...
it's okay,
to not relate to any of it
...
what is not okay are friends ...
who intentionally make you
feel low by asking how many Barbies
you owned as a kid even as they
know you weren't privileged enough
to have them.
...
you are also not "too much" ...
if you feel
that Barbie is a colonial icon
legitimizing racial supremacy
while being a 'white feminist' trope
...
and once again
remember,
you are everything,
they are just Ken
Kamala Thiagarajan is a freelance journalist based in Madurai, Southern India. She reports on global health, science, and development, and her work has been published in the New York Times, The British Medical Journal, BBC, The Guardian and other outlets. You can find her on twitter @kamal_t
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.knau.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-07-28/the-dreams-and-disappointments-of-indias-barbie | 2023-07-29T12:04:14 | 0 | https://www.knau.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-07-28/the-dreams-and-disappointments-of-indias-barbie |
Skip to content
Main Navigation
Search
Search for:
Weather
Local
Sports
Entertainment
Investigators
Videos
Newsletters
Live TV
Share
Close
Trending
Watch NBC10 24/7 on Streaming Platforms
Delco Cold Case Cracked
First Alert Weather
Eagles Training Camp
Phillies Baseball
2024 Paris Olympics
Expand
Weather | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/heat-wave-continues-saturday-but-cooler-temps-on-the-way-sunday/3614263/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:20 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/heat-wave-continues-saturday-but-cooler-temps-on-the-way-sunday/3614263/ |
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://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-the-emmy-awards-are-postponed-due-to-the-hollywood-actors-and-writers-strike-source-says/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:20 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/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://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-travis-scott-drops-utopia-his-first-album-since-the-astroworld-festival-tragedy/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:27 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-travis-scott-drops-utopia-his-first-album-since-the-astroworld-festival-tragedy/ |
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://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-authorities-charge-alabama-woman-who-acknowledged-fabricating-story-about-kidnapping-toddler/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:34 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-authorities-charge-alabama-woman-who-acknowledged-fabricating-story-about-kidnapping-toddler/ |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
The Louisville track suspended racing operations on June 7 and moved the rest of its spring meet to Ellis Park in western Kentucky at the recommendation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the sport’s national overseer.
Training continued at Churchill Downs during the track’s investigation.
Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen called the deaths “a series of unfortunate circumstances” and said the review “didn’t find anything fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years.”
“That, in a sense, can sometimes be unsatisfying,” he said. “But that’s business, and that’s sports.”
Two of the horse deaths occurred in undercard races on Derby day. Another five died later.
“The takeaway is, the track is very safe,” Carstanjen said Thursday on an earnings call with CDI investors.
“What we needed to do was spend some of this time in the interim, while we ran the rest of the (spring) meet at Ellis to just go soup to nuts through every single thing we do at the racetrack. There was nothing that jumped out as an apparent cause of the injuries, of the breakdowns; and, as we went through and rebuilt our processes from the ground up to check everything that we do to make extra sure, we didn’t find anything material.”
The track’s fall meet begins Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1.
___
AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-churchill-downs-to-resume-racing-at-fall-meet-with-no-changes-after-horse-deaths/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:40 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-churchill-downs-to-resume-racing-at-fall-meet-with-no-changes-after-horse-deaths/ |
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://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-count-of-ballots-from-spaniards-abroad-gives-edge-to-right-wing-block-and-deepens-the-stalemate/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:48 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-count-of-ballots-from-spaniards-abroad-gives-edge-to-right-wing-block-and-deepens-the-stalemate/ |
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Four air crew members were missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched into waters off the Queensland state coast during joint military exercises with the United States, officials said Saturday.
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Lindeman Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 11 p.m. Friday, exercise director Australian Army Brigadier Damian Hill said.
A search involving U.S., Canadian and Australian personnel was underway to find the crew who are all Australian men, officials said.
Debris that appeared to be from a helicopter had been recovered, Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Douglas McDonald said.
The Taipan was taking part in Talisman Sabre, a biennial joint U.S.-Australian military exercise that is largely based in Queensland. This year’s exercise involves 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel.
Defense Minister Richard Marles said the helicopter ditched, which refers to an emergency landing on water.
“Defense exercises, which are so necessary for the readiness of our defense force, are serious. They carry risk,” Marles told reporters in Brisbane. “As we desperately hope for better news during the course of this day we are reminded about the gravity of the act which comes with wearing our nation’s uniform.”
Hill said the exercise was postponed on Saturday morning but had restarted limited activity later in the day. Australia had grounded its Taipan fleet as a precaution, Hill said.
It was the second emergency involving an Australian Taipan this year, after one ditched into the sea off the New South Wales state coast in March. That helicopter was taking part in a nighttime counterterrorism training exercise when it ran into trouble. All 10 passengers and crew members were rescued.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Brisbane for a meeting on Saturday and is due to travel with Marles to north Queensland on Sunday to see the exercise.
Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute to the missing air crew at the outset of a meeting with their Australian counterparts, Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
“It’s always tough when you have accidents in training, but … the reason that we train to such high standards is so that we can be successful and we can protect lives when we are called to answer any kind of crisis,” Austin said.
“Our guys tend to make this look easy and they make it look easy because they’re so well exercised and rehearsed and trained, and this is unfortunately a part of that, what it takes to get them to where we need them to be,” Austin added.
Blinken said, “We’re so grateful to them for their dedication, for their service, for everything they’ve been doing to stand up for the freedom that we share and that is what unites us more than anything else.”
Marles thanked the United States for their contribution to the search and rescue effort.
The missing helicopter had just dropped off two Australian commandos before it hit the water, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Australia announced in January that its army and navy would stop flying the European-built Taipans by December 2024, 13 years earlier than originally planned, because they had proven unreliable. They will be replaced by 40 U.S. Black Hawks. Marles said at the time the Lockheed Martin-designed Black Hawks “have a really good proven track record in terms of their reliability.”
Australia’s Taipans had been plagued by problems since the first helicopter arrived in the country in 2007.
Australia’s entire fleet of 47 Taipans was grounded in 2019 to fix a problem with their tail rotor blades. A year later, 27 Taipans were grounded because of a problem with doors.
___
Find more of AP’s Asia-Pacific coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/asia-pacific | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-4-air-crew-members-are-missing-after-australian-army-helicopter-ditched-off-australias-coast/ | 2023-07-29T12:04:54 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-4-air-crew-members-are-missing-after-australian-army-helicopter-ditched-off-australias-coast/ |
A British court ruled Friday against London suburbs that tried to block a pollution tax on older cars as green policies become a hot political issue in the U.K. amid increasingly dramatic impacts of global climate change.
The High Court ruled that Mayor Sadiq Khan had the authority to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone, or ULEZ, which charges drivers of older gas and diesel vehicles 12.50 pounds ($16) a day they operate, to the city’s outskirts next month.
Five conservative councils challenged Khan’s right to impose the measure. They criticized the expansion to an area where there are fewer public transport options and people are more reliant on cars, and because of a disproportionate impact on lower-income drivers who can’t afford newer, cleaner cars.
Khan said the ruling would allow the expanded zone to take effect Aug. 29 and help reduce air pollution. He said he would also expand a program that provides financial assistance to some families and small businesses to scrap older cars.
“The ULEZ has already reduced toxic nitrogen dioxide air pollution by nearly half in central London and a fifth in inner London,” said Khan, a member of the Labour Party. “The coming expansion will see 5 million more Londoners being able to breathe cleaner air.”
The five councils that challenged the zone issued a joint statement saying they were “hugely disappointed”. While they accepted that Khan may have the legal right to implement the measure, they questioned whether it was morally right.
“It is evident that the mayor of London and (Transport for London) do not realize the damage the extension will have to the lives of residents and businesses in outer London as well as those outside of its borders,” the group said.
The city’s transportation agency said most gas vehicles under 16 years old and diesel vehicles less than 6 years old comply with the standard.
In April, a study from London City Hall found levels of nitrogen dioxide exceeded the legal limit in 14 of the city’s 32 boroughs. Khan argued he had a statutory responsibility to take measures to improve air quality.
Nine out of 10 cars on the road in outer London on an average day comply with standards, Transport for London said. The Royal Automobile Club said nearly 700,000 licensed cars in London are unlikely to comply.
Fury over the the ULEZ expansion was credited last week with helping Tories hold one of three seats in Parliament in a special election. Conservatives had been expected to lose all three but they retained their seat in Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
Interestingly, the emissions charge was first imposed in 2015 by then-Mayor Boris Johnson, the Conservative who went on to become prime minister before resigning last year amid several scandals and quitting Parliament last month. It was his House of Commons seat Tories retained in the by-election.
The issue has now caused a crisis for the Labour Party, which is seen as likely to return to power next year after being ousted by Conservatives in 2010.
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said there was no doubt ULEZ cost them the Uxbridge election and said Khan should “reflect” on the policy.
Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair was widely quoted this week in a New Statesman magazine interview in which he cautioned: “Don’t ask us to do a huge amount when frankly whatever we do in Britain is not really going to impact climate change.” The interview was conducted before the special elections.
The dust-up over how to control emissions comes as July is on target to be the hottest month in recorded human history and the effects of a warming planet can be seen in catastrophic wildfires, flooding and alarming ocean temperatures. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres this week declared: “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.”
While the by-election has caused consternation for Labour over how best to stick to a green agenda, it is also sparking a rethink for Conservatives who have been accused recently of backing away from pledges to combat climate change.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signaled this week he was open to revisiting net-zero policies, saying he’d take a pragmatic approach that didn’t add more hassles or costs to people’s lives. He caused confusion by not recommitting to a ban on gas and diesel cars by 2030, though cabinet minister Michael Gove later insisted that deadline was firm. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-a-pollution-tax-on-older-cars-can-be-extended-to-londons-suburbs-after-a-british-court-ruling/ | 2023-07-29T12:05:01 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-a-pollution-tax-on-older-cars-can-be-extended-to-londons-suburbs-after-a-british-court-ruling/ |
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s authorities on Friday called on the country’s international allies to put pressure on Azerbaijan after accusing it of carrying out a three-day blockade of humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh.
The accusations mark another flashpoint in the tense relationship between Armenia and Azerbaijan which have fought over the breakaway region for decades.
The Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister, Vahan Kostanyan, accused Azerbaijan of blocking the so-called Lachin Corridor and demanded international allies step in to allow 19 trucks with 400 tons of humanitarian aid to pass. According to Armenian authorities, the trucks have been stuck there since the evening of July 26.
“The additional pressure of our international partners on Baku is very important. We have heard statements from our various colleagues, but we don’t think this is enough,” he said.
Kostanyan previously also accused Azerbaijan of ignoring a ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering Azerbaijan authorities to ensure unimpeded movement in the Lachin Corridor, the only road from Armenia into Nagorno-Karabakh.
The ongoing dispute over the road has impeded food supplies to the region and aggravated tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have fought two wars since the end of Soviet rule.
Nagorno-Karabakh had substantial autonomy under the Soviet Union and came under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by the Armenian military in 1994 at the end of years of separatist fighting. Armenian forces also took sizable territory surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh itself.
In 2020, Azerbaijan regained most of that surrounding territory and pieces of Nagorno-Karabakh itself in a war which killed about 6,800 soldiers. Under a Russia-brokered armistice, transit along the Lachin Corridor was to continue under the guarantee of Russian peacekeepers.
According to Armenian media, trucks and foreign diplomats are currently in the village of Kornidzor on Armenia’s border with Nagorno-Karabakh, which is at one end of the Lachin Corridor.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said that it viewed Armenia’s attempt to send a convoy to Nagorno-Karabakh “under the guise of ‘humanitarian aid’” as a violation of Azerbaijan’s “territorial integrity and sovereignty.” Azerbaijan also accuses Armenia of smuggling weapons into Nagorno-Karabakh.
The latest flare-up comes weeks following talks in Brussels and Washington aimed at calming tensions between the two countries after Azerbaijan opened a checkpoint on the Lachin Corridor in April. At that point, the road had already been blocked for four months by demonstrators who were protesting what they claimed to be illegal mining and other ecological abuses by Armenians in the area. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-armenia-calls-on-allies-to-help-get-aid-to-nagorno-karabakh-during-tensions-with-azerbaijan/ | 2023-07-29T12:05:08 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-armenia-calls-on-allies-to-help-get-aid-to-nagorno-karabakh-during-tensions-with-azerbaijan/ |
BENGALURU, India (AP) — The final meeting of climate and environment ministers from the world’s largest economies ended without an agreement or joint statement Friday despite pleas from leading figures for nations to show a united front on climate change as weather records shatter across the globe.
In a gathering in Chennai in India, ministers from the Group of 20 countries — who emit around 80% of the world’s planet-warming gases — failed to agree on four of 68 points of discussion.
A document published by the group shows countries did not agree on aiming to peak emissions by 2025, moving to clean energy and a tax on carbon as a way to reduce emissions.
“We couldn’t get a consensus but we agreed on a lot,” said Canada’s climate minister Steven Guilbeault at a virtual press conference after the meeting.
The ministers’ decisions will now be passed on to country leaders ahead of a summit in New Delhi in September this year. It will be the group’s last chance to issue a joint statement on climate this year.
On Thursday, the president of the upcoming United Nations climate talks Sultan al-Jaber and the U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell attended the Chennai meeting to urge countries to issue an ambitious statement that will make sure the world is on track to keep global warming within the agreed temperature limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).
The world has currently warmed around 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times and effects are already being felt all over the world, with hosts India especially vulnerable. Earlier this year, more than 100 people died during a heat wave in the center of the country and last week at least 27 people died in western India due to landslides triggered by heavy rains.
Since India took over the G-20 presidency last December, none of the meetings that deal with various policy areas like foreign affairs, finance, energy and climate change have come out with a joint communique but their announcements may form part of a final document released at the leaders’ summit in September.
Earlier this month, a meeting of finance chiefs and central bank governors of the G-20 leading economies ended in Gandhinagar in the western state of Gujarat without a consensus because of differences between countries over the war in Ukraine.
Similarly, a meeting of energy ministers in Goa last week ended unsuccessfully with the final summary failing to mention a phase down of fossil fuels and ministers did not agree to raise ambition to treble renewable energy targets.
The meeting in Chennai was the last of four meetings of G-20 climate ministers. They had earlier met in Bengaluru, Gandhinagar in Gujarat and Mumbai.
___
Follow Sibi Arasu on Twitter at @sibi123
___
Associated Press climate and environmental coverage receives support from several private foundations. See more about AP’s climate initiative here. The AP is solely responsible for all content. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-g20-ministers-reach-agreement-on-most-but-not-all-climate-issues/ | 2023-07-29T12:05:15 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-g20-ministers-reach-agreement-on-most-but-not-all-climate-issues/ |
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami on Friday criticized prosecutors for an apparent attempt to undercut a court order and take control of a oceanside condo belonging to a former Republican congressman ahead of a high-profile trial connected to a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government.
When David Rivera and an associate were charged last November with money laundering and acting as unregistered foreign agents for President Nicolás Maduro’s government, prosecutors obtained a judge’s order freezing several banking and brokerage accounts as well as Florida properties that they said were the product of some $24 million in ill-gotten gains.
Prosecutors also blocked eight more properties belonging to Rivera and his associate in Florida and Georgia that, while unrelated to criminal activity, would likely be seized if the two are found guilty.
This month, in a harshly worded ruling, Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres said that the government had no right to take the “innocent” Florida assets without a conviction. Rather than lift the restraining order, the government then asked the court to reconsider and said that it had since determined that three of the properties — including a condo that Rivera and his wife purchased in 2019 for $301,000 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida — could also be traced to the defendants’ alleged lobbying on behalf of Maduro’s government.
Judge Darrin Gayles on Friday expressed frustration with the government’s change in strategy.
“This reeks of gamesmanship,” said Gayles, who reversed his own sealed order of a week ago granting prosecutors’ request that the real estate properties once again be frozen. “It seems like the government simply filed this because it lost.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nalina Sombuntham said prosecutors first learned from investigators that the property could be directly “tainted” by Rivera’s consulting work with Venezuela in May or June but didn’t alert the court until July 14 — a week after Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres issued his 23-page order freeing up the properties.
Gayles, who is overseeing the criminal case, was unimpressed. “It seems like you’re wasting the court’s time,” he said.
Rivera has been marred by scandals stretching back to his days in Congress from 2011 to 2013. He was arrested late last year on an eight-count criminal indictment alleging that at the start of the Trump administration he was part of a conspiracy to lobby on behalf of Venezuela to lower tensions with the U.S., resolve a legal dispute with a U.S. oil company and end U.S. sanctions against the South American nation — all without registering as a foreign agent.
As part of that effort, he arranged meetings in Washington, New York and Dallas for allies of Maduro with U.S. lawmakers and a top aide to former President Donald Trump, according to the indictment. To hide the sensitive nature of his work, prosecutors allege Rivera referred to Maduro in chat messages as the “bus driver,” a congressman as “Sombrero” and millions of dollars as “melons.”
Court records show Rivera’s consulting work was closely coordinated with Raúl Gorrín, a Venezuelan insider and media tycoon who has himself been sanctioned and indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges. Part of the more than $20 million that Rivera was alleged to have received from Venezuela was used to pay maintenance on one of Gorrin’s yachts, according to prosecutors.
Rivera maintains that Gorrín was his attorney in Venezuela and that all of his work was conducted on behalf of PDV USA — a Delaware-based affiliate of Venezuelan-owned Citgo — and didn’t require he register as a foreign agent.
The dispute over Rivera’s assets has slowed the government’s prosecution of the high-profile case. Eight months after being charged, Rivera has yet to be formally arraigned — normally a routine procedural step — because he said he needs access to the disputed assets to pay his attorneys.
Rivera’s attorneys in filings have accused prosecutors of waging a “scorched earth attack” against the south Florida GOP stalwart who once shared an apartment in Tallahassee with now Sen. Marco Rubio when both were state lawmakers.
“They lost, they got caught and they came to this court and it is wrong,” David Oscar Markus, an attorney for Rivera’s co-defendant Esther Nuhfer said.
Rivera was triumphant following Friday’s hearing, accusing the prosecutors of “misconduct.” Judge Gayles was more restrained, making no such finding of wrongdoing even as he questioned prosecutors’ actions.
“Today’s decision shows that there are still honorable judges in America who will not tolerate misconduct from dishonest government prosecutors,” Rivera wrote The Associated Press in a text message. “Another victory for truth and justice.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida didn’t immediately comment.
___
Joshua Goodman on Twitter: @APJoshGoodman | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-judge-blasts-prosecutors-handling-of-venezuela-case-against-ex-miami-congressman/ | 2023-07-29T12:05:23 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-judge-blasts-prosecutors-handling-of-venezuela-case-against-ex-miami-congressman/ |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s navy located the boat of a missing American sailor off the country’s southern coast, but the Maryland man who had been piloting it solo wasn’t found, authorities said Friday.
Donald Lawson’s capsized trimaran was found Thursday night by a patrol boat involved in the search 356 nautical miles (about 410 miles or 660 kilometers) southwest of the resort city of Acapulco, according to the navy’s press office.
The navy said that it would continue its search for Lawson, 41, an experienced sailor.
A plane had reported spotting a boat similar to the description of Lawson’s on July 23 about 320 nautical miles (370 miles or 595 kilometers) south of Acapulco. The navy sent boats to the area, but it wasn’t until Thursday night that they found it.
Port authorities in Acapulco said that Lawson had arrived on Jan. 26 for repairs to a motor and hull of the boat. After the repairs were completed, Lawson left Acapulco on July 5, headed for the Panama Canal, where he planned to cross to the Caribbean Sea and continue north to Baltimore, Maryland.
His wife, Jacqueline Lawson, told local media outlets that on July 9, he had sent her a message saying he was having mechanical problems and the motor was losing power. Three days later, he told her a storm had knocked out his wind generator and he would try to return to Acapulco. The last satellite positioning message received for the Defiant was July 13.
Lawson, who is Black, grew up in Baltimore and from his first sailing opportunity at age 9, set his sights on making it his career.
“From that day forward, that was my goal – become a professional sailor,” Lawson said in a profile published by U.S. Sailing last year.
He started out cleaning boats, folding sails and stowing gear in Annapolis. Later, he and his wife founded the Dark Seas Project, an effort to increase diversity in the sport of sailing. He is the chairman of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee for U.S. Sailing.
Lawson was working toward challenging records for circumnavigating the globe solo. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-mexicos-navy-finds-boat-but-not-missing-us-sailor/ | 2023-07-29T12:05:29 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-mexicos-navy-finds-boat-but-not-missing-us-sailor/ |
BEIJING, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of English education experts and scholars from all over the world assembled in Macao on Friday for a three-day event to explore new opportunities for global cooperation in English education brought by China's development.
The 2023 Global English Education China Assembly, an online-and-offline event that opened at the City University of Macau (CityU), attracted over 1,600 experts, front-line educators and scholars from more than 20 countries and regions. Participants were mainly from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Italy, Thailand, Russia, Singapore, Nepal, Mongolia, Indonesia and Pakistan.
They shared their insights to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and discussed the most recent trends in English language teaching.
The event's theme is "New opportunities for the world with new advances in China's development: Opening up new prospects in English education cooperation worldwide", and features nine keynote speeches and 23 parallel sessions.
This year's assembly is hosted by China Daily and Shanghai International Studies University, and co-hosted by the Macao SAR Government Education and Youth Development Bureau, and organized by CityU and China Daily's 21st Century English Education Media.
For the first time, the assembly, which started in 2018, was held in Macao — one of the engine cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. This location echoes the Outline Development Plan for the GBA released in 2019, which set out to, among other goals, build the region as a model area for high-quality education and promote opening up education to the world.
At the event's opening ceremony, Qu Yingpu, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, highlighted that 2023 marks the 10th year since President Xi Jinping put forward both the idea of "building a community with a shared future for mankind" and the Belt and Road Initiative.
It is, therefore, appropriate that for the first time, the conference this year has moved out of the Chinese mainland to Macao where East meets West and multiple cultures blend, Qu said.
He said he believes the event will catalyze many innovative outcomes. Qu further said that English education could be a bridge to promote high-quality development of the BRI and people-to-people cultural exchanges could provide momentum for "building a community with a shared future for mankind".
He urged the audience to cultivate talent in order to bolster the promotion of the three global initiatives brought forward by Xi — the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative.
Qu also said China attaches great importance to education and cultural exchange. Xi, in his several correspondences with foreign students studying in China, has encouraged the latter to see with their own eyes the development of China and tell the world about what they have seen, to boost people-to-people bonding and friendship between their countries and China.
Zha Mingjian, vice-president of Shanghai International Studies University, said development in recent times has brought many opportunities as well as challenges. In this context, the English education sector in China has the responsibility to serve as a vital bridge for English education globally.
Opening education more extensively to the outside world will significantly strengthen China's efforts to modernize education in the new era, Zha said.
Svetlana V. Sannikova, coordination council chairperson of the National Association of Teachers of English in Russia, said the Macao event offers a high-end international academic platform where teachers can learn many practical ideas and methods to improve their English teaching skills.
On Friday, the event's organizer and CityU jointly established the Belt and Road English Education Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Exchange Base, which will use English education as a means to promote cultural exchanges and people-to-people bonding in countries and regions participating in the BRI.
The GBA Exchange Base will also strive to promote high-quality development in the BRI landscape.
Liu Jun, rector of CityU and president of the International Research Foundation for English Language Education, and Zeng Qingkai, editor-in-chief of 21st Century English Education Media, were the signatories of the document for the establishment of the base.
Among the several dignitaries who graced Friday's opening ceremony were Ao Ieong U, secretary for social affairs and culture of the Macao SAR government, participating in the event on behalf of Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat-seng; Yan Zhichan, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR; Liu Xianfa, commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao SAR; Kong Chimeng, director of the Macao SAR government Education and Youth Development Bureau; and Chan Meng-kam, chairman of the council of CityU.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE China Daily | https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2023/07/29/experts-foresee-china-role-english-learning/ | 2023-07-29T12:05:29 | 0 | https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2023/07/29/experts-foresee-china-role-english-learning/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian military says it shot down a Ukrainian missile over a southern Russian city, accuses Kyiv of a “terror attack.”
Russian military says it shot down a Ukrainian missile over a southern Russian city, accuses Kyiv of a “terror attack.”
by: AP
Posted:
Updated: | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-russian-military-says-it-shot-down-a-ukrainian-missile-over-a-southern-russian-city-accuses-kyiv-of-a-terror-attack/ | 2023-07-29T12:05:35 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-russian-military-says-it-shot-down-a-ukrainian-missile-over-a-southern-russian-city-accuses-kyiv-of-a-terror-attack/ |
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Truist Atlanta Open
In the Truist Atlanta Open semifinals on Saturday, Aleksandar Vukic takes on Ugo Humbert.
Humbert carries -160 odds to win a spot in the final with a win over Vukic (+125).
Looking to place a bet on this or other tennis matches? Head over to BetMGM, the King of Sportsbooks, and sign up today with our link!
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Match Information
- Tournament: The Truist Atlanta Open
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Atlantic Station
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Court Surface: Hard
Watch live tennis and many more sports and shows without cable on all your devices with a seven-day free trial to Fubo!
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Ugo Humbert has a 61.5% chance to win.
Bet on tennis with BetMGM, the King of Sportsbooks!
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Vukic took down Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 6-4.
- Humbert advanced past Alex de Minaur 7-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Through 34 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces), Vukic has played 24.6 games per match (23.3 in best-of-three matches) and won 51.5% of them.
- In his 21 matches on hard courts over the past 12 months, Vukic has played an average of 23.8 games (22.8 in best-of-three matches).
- Humbert has averaged 24.8 games per match (22.5 in best-of-three matches) in his 40 matches played in the past year across all court types, while winning 51.0% of the games.
- Humbert has averaged 24.1 games per match (21.7 in best-of-three matches) and 10.6 games per set through 25 matches on hard courts in the past 12 months, winning 51.7% of those games.
- Vukic and Humbert have not played each other since 2015.
Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER.
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | https://www.wagmtv.com/sports/betting/2023/07/29/aleksandar-vukic-vs-ugo-humbert-tennis-prediction-betting-odds-truist-atlanta-open/ | 2023-07-29T12:05:35 | 1 | https://www.wagmtv.com/sports/betting/2023/07/29/aleksandar-vukic-vs-ugo-humbert-tennis-prediction-betting-odds-truist-atlanta-open/ |