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Kari Gran's Crowdfunding Will Support Expanded Marketing
SEATTLE, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kari Gran, the Seattle-based, women-owned natural skincare brand targeting women over 40, today announces the launch of a new round of funding through crowdfunding platform StartEngine (startengine.com/karigran), opening the door to investors with investments starting at $250. Kari Gran will use the investment for expanded marketing to support accelerated growth.
After raising capital through traditional funding channels, the brand is offering its customers and others an opportunity to join its next round of funding, made possible by the adoption of Regulation CF by the SEC in 2015. Regulation Crowdfunding enables eligible companies to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding.
"In 2020, only 2.3% of venture capital funding was received by women-owned companies, despite the fact they own 40% of businesses[1]," says Lisa Strain, Co-Founder and CEO of Kari Gran. "Regulation CF makes it possible to change that statistic. In previous fundraising rounds, our minimum investment required a large commitment, but by lowering the cost of entry, we can invite more of our loyal, die-hard customers and their spheres of influence to be a part of our growth."
"We have an incredibly loyal following who love our products, with 68% of our revenue coming from returning customers," says Kari Gran, Co-Founder and President of Kari Gran. "Many of our loyal customers and fans — from husbands to partners to friends — have asked how they can be a part of our story, and we are thrilled that this democratization of investing made possible by Regulation CF will allow individuals to be part of Kari Gran's story."
The funds raised through StartEngine will allow Kari Gran to continue developing a simple, easy-to-follow system to help women age naturally through menopause. At around forty, a woman's skin begins to change due to the natural decrease in estrogen leading up to menopause. The skin becomes dry, flaky, dull, and saggy, and there is a loss of collagen and natural oil, nature's answer to firm, glowing skin. Kari Gran's natural, oil-based products packed with nourishing ingredients, replenish moisture, making the skin more supple, softer, and fresher. With eighty three million women over the age of forty in the United States alone, Kari Gran will serve a vastly underserved market with a large scale of opportunity.
Kari Gran is a Seattle-based eco-luxe skincare brand that provides simple, elegant and clean solutions to help women maintain healthy and hydrated skin at every age and life stage. With over eight million dollars in sales-to-date, Kari Gran fills a significant gap in the market, offering women over forty an alternative to department store skincare brands laden with hormone disrupting chemicals and parabens. Kari Gran products are free from added water and cheap fillers and are made with the finest organic, naturally derived, and non-GMO ingredients, designed to restore a woman's natural hydration and glow.
For more information about Kari Gran, visit www.karigran.com or follow the brand @karigranskin.
About Kari Gran
Kari Gran is a Seattle-based eco-luxe skincare brand that provides simple, elegant and clean solutions to help women maintain healthy and hydrated skin at every age and life stage. Kari Gran's product line is built around a small number of essential, oil-based products that have been extensively researched, developed, and tested. All Kari Gran products are made using only the finest organic, naturally derived, wildharvested and non-GMO ingredients with no petrochemicals, parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, known toxins or synthetic fragrance. Through its partnerships with Plastic Bank, Kari Gran is 100% plastic neutral. Kari Gran products are available to purchase on www.karigran.com and through retail outlets including Macy's, Saks, Grove Collaborative, Credo Beauty, The Detox Market and Amazon. To learn more about Kari Gran, visit www.karigran.com or follow the brand @karigranskin.
[1] Women-led startups received just 2.3% of VC funding in 2020. Harvard Business Review. (2021, September 17). Retrieved April 8, 2022, from https://hbr.org/2021/02/women-led-startups-received-just-2-3-of-vc-funding-in-2020
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An intruder who tried to attack a teacher at a public elementary school in the Bronx ended up slashing a "heroic" on-duty school safety agent who intervened and thwarted the attack, Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday. One suspect is in custody.
The agent was taken to a hospital after the slashing at PS 69, Journey Prep School, on Thieriot Avenue around 7:40 a.m. The agent is expected to be OK.
Adams called the school violence "unacceptable" and said the suspect would be brought to justice.
Few other details were available on the slashing at PS 69, which serves more than 560 students in pre-K through fifth grade, along with special education students, according to the Department of Education website.
The violence comes less than a week after an honor student died and two other students were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a high school in the same borough.
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Entering Larger Semi-Rugged and Industrial 5G Growth Markets
Peter Liu to Become Chief Executive Officer
AUSTIN, Texas, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonim Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONM) ("Sonim" or the "Company"), a leading U.S. provider of ultra-rugged mobile devices, accessories and solutions designed specifically for task workers physically engaged in their work environments, today announced that it has entered into a subscription agreement with U.S.-based AJP Holding Company, LLC ("AJP") whereby, subject to the terms thereof, AJP will purchase a total of 20.8 million shares at a price of $0.84 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $17.5 million. Upon completion of the transaction, which is subject to stockholder approval and other customary closing conditions, AJP will own approximately 52% of Sonim's post-transaction outstanding capital stock based on an estimated 19.3 million shares outstanding prior to the transaction.
The agreement with AJP will also include a transition of the management team as Sonim embarks on a strategy to expand from its core market in ultra-rugged mobile devices into the larger and faster growing semi-rugged and industrial 5G markets. This enhanced strategy proposed by AJP is expected to drive revenue growth, increase operating efficiency, accelerate ODM-based product development at lower cost and broaden Sonim's addressable market opportunities.
Peter Liu, who has served as Executive Vice President for Global Operations and Engineering since 2010, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective April 14, 2022. Liu is part of the investment group at AJP and leading the strategic development of Sonim's expanded market focus.
"Sonim's deep relationships with all of the Tier One mobile carriers in North America provide an excellent launching point on which to bring a wider array of 5G semi-rugged and industrial devices to market," said Liu. "We believe Sonim can become the top middle market rugged and industrial device provider in North America, offering a wider range of 5G smartphones, feature phones, mobile hot spots and other industrial communications equipment that incorporate our rugged heritage. Our expanded ODM relationships will at the same time help us accelerate new products, reduce development and manufacturing cost and maximize the value of Sonim's highly regarded brand."
"We remain on track to launch our new feature phone this summer and new 5G smartphone this fall, which will complete the update of Sonim's existing rugged product line. We then plan to rapidly develop an expanded lineup of 5G products that will position Sonim in larger, faster growing semi-rugged and industrial markets where the carriers need additional product solutions for their customers," added Liu.
"I am very excited about this expanded strategy for Sonim as the company enters the growing semi-rugged space and leverages low-cost product development and manufacturing capabilities to accelerate new product introductions," said Bob Tirva, President and Chief Operating Officer. "I have worked closely with Peter over the past two and a half years, and am confident that Sonim's future is in good hands as the company transitions into broader markets ahead."
The board of directors of Sonim has approved the transaction, which will involve two closings. The first closing, including the purchase of approximately 14.9 million shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $12.5 million, is subject to customary closing conditions, including stockholder approval of the transaction at a special meeting of the Company's stockholders. The second closing, for approximately 5.9 million shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $5.0 million, is expected to occur on or around August 1, 2022, subject to the occurrence of the first closing. The Company intends to file a Form 8-K with additional details of the transaction.
B. Riley Securities, Inc. is serving as financial advisor to Sonim Technologies in the transaction and O'Melveny & Myers LLP is serving as legal counsel to the Company. Venable LLP acted as counsel to AJP.
Peter Liu was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sonim, effective April 14, 2022. Liu has served as Sonim's Executive Vice President for Global Operations and Engineering since September 2010. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Liu served as Global Quality Director for LOM/Perlos, an international vertically integrated supplier of mobile phones. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Liu was the Head of Quality for the Strategic Growth Engine business at Motorola Solutions, Inc. Mr. Liu received a M.B.A. from Lawrence Technological University and a Bachelor's in Engineering from Tianjin University.
Sonim Technologies is a leading U.S. provider of ultra-rugged mobile phones and accessories designed specifically for task workers physically engaged in their work environments, often in mission-critical roles. We currently sell our ruggedized mobility solutions to several of the largest wireless carriers in the United States— including AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon—as well as the three largest wireless carriers in Canada—Bell, Rogers and Telus Mobility. Our phones and accessories connect workers with voice, data and workflow applications in two end markets: industrial enterprise and public sector. Our ruggedized phones and accessories are sold through distributors in North America, South America and Europe. For more information, visit www.sonimtech.com.
This communication is not a solicitation of a proxy from any investor or securityholder. Sonim, and its directors, executive officers and other members of their management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of Sonim's stockholders in connection with the transaction. Investors and securityholders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of Sonim's directors and executive officers in Sonim's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 21, 2022, as amended, and other reports filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the participants will also be included in the proxy statement, when it becomes available. When available, these documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
Additional information about the proposed transaction, including a copy of the membership interest purchase agreement, will be provided in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov as well as online at: www.sonimtech.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements relate to, among other things, the expected timing of the launch of Sonim's next generation of products, Sonim's review of strategic alternatives, the timing and market acceptance of new products, and expectations regarding Sonim's at-the-market-equity program. These forward-looking statements are based on Sonim's current expectations, estimates and projections about its business and industry, management's beliefs and certain assumptions made by Sonim, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as, "future", "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "intend," "estimate," "continue," or similar expressions or the negative of those terms or expressions. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the following: Sonim's ability to continue as a going concern and improve its liquidity and financial position; Sonim's exploration of strategic or financial alternatives may not result in any transaction or alternative that enhances value; risks related to Sonim's ability to comply with the continued listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the potential delisting of Sonim's common stock; Sonim's ability to continue to develop solutions to address user needs effectively, including its next generation products; anticipated sales levels of both new and legacy products; Sonim's reliance on its channel partners to generate a substantial majority of its revenues; the limited operating history in Sonim's markets; Sonim's ongoing restructuring and transformation of its business; the variation of Sonim's quarterly results; the lengthy customization and certification processes for Sonim's wireless carries customers; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and the ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission investigation on Sonim's business, as well as the other risk factors described under "Risk Factors" included in Sonim's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and any risk factors contained in subsequent quarterly and annual reports it files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Sonim cautions you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Sonim assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids.
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest variants -- and recently gave the option of a second booster to those 50 and older.
Now Pfizer says new data shows healthy 5- to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot.
In a small study, 140 youngsters who’d already gotten two shots were given a booster six months later, and researchers found the extra shot generally revved up their immune response. But a closer look at 30 of the children found a 36-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies, levels high enough to fight the super-contagious omicron variant, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said in a press release.
The data has not been published or vetted by independent experts.
Pfizer tested the kid booster while omicron was surging this winter. While COVID-19 cases now are at much lower levels in the U.S., in recent weeks an even more contagious version of omicron, called BA.2, has become the dominant type locally and around the world.
In the coming days, the companies plan to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds. They also plan to share the data with European and other regulators.
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Vaccinations are generally less effective against the omicron variant than earlier versions of the coronavirus -- but they do still offer strong protection against severe disease. While COVID-19 is a bigger threat to adults, youngsters can get seriously ill. But regulators will have to decide if healthy elementary-age kids really need a booster, and if so, when.
The Pfizer shots are the only vaccine available to U.S. children. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. Just over a quarter in the younger age group have gotten two doses since vaccination opened to them in November, shortly before omicron struck.
The U.S. hasn’t yet allowed vaccinations for children under 5. But certain 5- to 11-year-olds -- those with severely weakened immune systems -- already are supposed to get three doses, to give that high-risk group a better chance of responding.
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BOCA RATON, Fla., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- springbig, a leading provider of SaaS-based marketing solutions, consumer mobile app experiences, and omnichannel loyalty programs to the cannabis industry, today announced a new integration with Greenline POS, one of Canada's largest fully-compliant cannabis retail point-of-sale (POS) platforms. This integration provides springbig with real-time consumer and retail insights at checkout and will allow retailers using Greenline's services to seamlessly access springbig's customer loyalty features.
Greenline POS is currently used by over 700 cannabis retailers in Canada, processing over $70M in sales each month. springbig rewards and offers can be redeemed by customers via Greenline's POS system for a streamlined, frictionless retail experience. Customers using Greenline will also be auto-populated to springbig's platform and conversely, customers using springbig will be auto-populated to Greenline for seamless integration.
"springbig's latest integration with Greenline underscores our dedication to improving and simplifying the cannabis shopping experience across North America," said Jeffrey Harris, CEO of springbig. "Through our integration with Greenline, customers can redeem rewards they've earned immediately at checkout and won't miss out on any opportunities for savings. We're impressed with the robust POS network Greenline has created, which has quickly become the gold standard in Canada, where we look forward to expanding our reach."
"At Greenline, our goal is to help cannabis retailers grow," says Albert Kim, CEO of Greenline. "We are highly aligned with springbig in that journey by helping retailers connect with new and existing customers to promote loyalty and increase sales. We're excited to add value to our retailers and develop this relationship further."
springbig was recently named South Florida Business Journal's #1 Fastest Growing Company, was ranked #9 on the 2022 Inc. Southeast Regionals Fastest-Growing Private Companies and was ranked #69 on the 2021 Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list.
About springbig
springbig is a market-leading software platform providing customer loyalty and marketing automation solutions to cannabis retailers and brands in the U.S. and Canada. springbig's platform connects consumers with retailers and brands, primarily through SMS marketing, as well as emails, customer feedback system, and loyalty programs, to support retailers' and brands' customer engagement and retention. springbig offers marketing automation solutions that provide for consistency of customer communication, thereby driving customer retention and retail foot traffic. Additionally, springbig's reporting and analytics offerings deliver valuable insights that clients utilize to better understand their customer base, purchasing habits and trends. On November 9, 2021, springbig announced that it entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination with Tuatara Capital Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: TCAC) ("TCAC"). The business combination is expected to close in the first half of 2022, subject to the approval of TCAC's shareholders, the filed Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") being declared effective by the SEC, and other customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Upon closing of the business combination, the combined company will operate under the springbig name and is expected to remain listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, under the new symbol "SBIG." For more information, visit https://springbig.com/.
About Greenline
Greenline is a compliant and scalable Canadian cannabis retail infrastructure provider, powering licensed cannabis retail operations across Canada with everything from in-store point-of-sale to online e-commerce with a strong marketplace of app integrations. Learn more at https://getgreenline.co.
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CALGARY, AB, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Sundial Growers Inc. (Nasdaq: SNDL) ("Sundial" or the "Company") will be participating in the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, which will take place on April 20 and April 21 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
Zach George, Sundial's Chief Executive Officer, will be speaking at 11:50 a.m. ET on April 20, 2022. To watch the livestream of Mr. George's exclusive interview, please follow the link here.
Sundial will also be holding one-on-one investor meetings throughout the day.
To register and access, please follow this link.
Sundial is a public company whose shares are traded on Nasdaq under the symbol "SNDL". Its business is reported and analyzed under three operating segments: Cannabis Operations, Cannabis and Liquor Retail, and Investment Operations.
As a licensed producer that crafts small-batch cannabis using state-of-the-art indoor facilities, Sundial's 'craft-at-scale' modular growing approach, award-winning genetics, and experienced growers set us apart. Sundial's brand portfolio includes Top Leaf, Sundial Cannabis, Palmetto, and Grasslands. Sundial also operates the Spiritleaf retail banner. Spiritleaf aims to be the most knowledgeable and trusted source of recreational cannabis by offering a premium consumer experience and quality curated cannabis products. Sundial has acquired Alcanna Inc. and is now the largest private sector cannabis and liquor retailer in Canada.
Sundial's investment operations seek to deploy strategic capital through direct and indirect investments and partnerships throughout the global cannabis industry.
Sundial is proudly Albertan, headquartered in Calgary, AB. For more information on Sundial, please go to www.sndlgroup.com.
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Wednesday's high school scores: Big wins for D-R, BP baseball, and B-R, D-R softball
DIGHTON — Getting contributions from multiple players at the plate, the Dighton-Rehoboth baseball team took it to Wareham after falling behind early and churned out a 15-5 win, in 5 innings, to get their first win of the season.
Leading the way at the plate for D-R were Mason Kulpa (2 run HR), Josh Rebello (3 hits and 1 rbi), Caleb Newman (2 hits and 3 rbi), Hendrix Pray (2 hits and 3 rbi) and Myles Mendoza (2 rbi)
D-R trailed 4-0 after the top of the first inning, but outscored Wareham 15-1 from that point on.
D-R plays Bishop Feehan on Thursday.
Bristol Plymouth 9, Blue Hills 2
BP improved to 2-0 on the year after its win on the road against Blue Hills.
Nick Hall pitched a 4-hitter, striking out 16 and giving up 2 unearned runs.
A five-run 4th inning was keyed by a Brayden Alves bases-loaded triple. Also for BP, Eddie Correa had 3 hits and 3 rbi.
Next up for BP is a game Thursday at Tri-County.
Taunton 21, Canton 1:Ava Venturelli lets loose as Taunton softball wins big
SOFTBALL
Bridgewater-Raynham 18, Marshfield 0
B-R got its first win of the year with a 5-inning win on the road at Marshfield.
Top performers for B-R included Riain Keefe (3 hits, 3 runs, RBI), Julia Shearstone (2 doubles, 5 RBIs, 2 runs), Taylor Feist, and winning pitcher Lily Welch, who went 4 innings, gave up 3 hits and notched 8 strikeouts.
B-R's next game is Tuesday at King Phillip.
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Dighton-Rehoboth 20, Wareham 0
D-R went on the road Wednesday to win its second straight to start the year.
Eliana Raposo pitched 2 innings and struck out 5, allowing no hits. At the plate, Raposo went 3 for 5 with 2 singles, 1 double and 4 RBIs.
Kylie Hillier closed out the last three innings, striking out six and allowing 2 hits.
Caleigh Cloonan went 3 for 3 with a 3 HR, and two singles. She also scored 3 runs.
The Falcons had a great day offensively, totaling 17 hits. The Falcons tallied 13 runs in the second inning. Caleigh Cloonan, Raposo, Ally Bastis, Caitlin Morgado, and Haleigh Kelley all contributed in the big inning with RBIs.
Raposo, Cloonan, Bastis, Kelley, and Maddie Kelley all collected multiple hits for Dighton-Rehoboth. Cloonan and Raposo each managed three hits to lead Dighton-Rehoboth.
Raposo led Dighton-Rehoboth with three stolen bases, as they ran wild on the base paths with 12 stolen bases.
The varsity was sure-handed and didn't commit a single error.
D-R's next game is Monday at Fairhaven.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Bristol Plymouth 19, Bristol Aggie 3
BP improved to 5-2 on the year with a big win at home.
Leading players for BP included Maddy Easterday, Kenzie O’Leary, Rachel Spooner, and E Bradford.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, tonies®, in collaboration with 9 Story Brands and Fred Rogers Productions, welcomes a "grr-ific" new addition to the family – Daniel Tiger! Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, the hit animated preschool series produced by Fred Rogers Productions for PBS KIDS, comes to new life with the innovative and engaging Toniebox audio platform, giving little listeners a brand new way to learn and play alongside Daniel Tiger and his friends.
"Ugga mugga, Daniel Tiger! The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe are absolutely 'tigertastic' and among our favorites at tonies," said Christoph Frehsee, tonies USA President. "Daniel Tiger and his family and friends teach kids how to approach the world with more kindness and mindfulness, which continue to be so important for families today."
The Daniel Tiger Tonie features 19 tracks that include a mix of stories and songs from the popular television show, taking children through morning wake-up and afternoon play date, all the way through to bedtime wind down. Along the audio journey, kids also receive social-emotional lessons showcased in a series of catchy strategy songs, such as "When You're Feeling Frustrated, Take a Step Back and Ask for Help" and "It Helps to Say What You're Feeling."
Designed for small hands and independent play, the system works with the combination of a Toniebox, a soft, shockproof, portable five-inch speaker cube with no screens, sharp corners or edges, complicated controls, etc., and Tonies, hand-painted figures containing stories, songs and more.
The Daniel Tiger Tonie is available for purchase for $14.99 and can be bundled with a Toniebox Starter Set (MSRP $99.99), available in six colors: red, blue, green, gray, pink and purple. Tonies can be purchased via tonies.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, CAMP, FAO Schwarz, Pottery Barn Kids, Target and independent toy retailers nationwide.
Visit tonies.com and follow on Instagram (@tonies.us), Facebook (@tonies.us) and Twitter (@ToniesUS) to keep up with all the latest news.
ABOUT TONIES
tonies® is the original screen-free audio entertainment system for young children. Launched in 2016 in Germany, co-founders Patric Faßbender and Marcus Stahl created tonies with one thing in mind: their children. This revolutionary system allows kids to experience storytelling in a digital age, in a way that stimulates their imagination without screens. The Toniebox was created for kids and parents who want to feel good about their entertainment at home and to bring back imagination in its purest form. Today, tonies is the fastest growing toy company in Europe and a rising star in the United States. Among its many achievements, tonies was named among Fast Company's prestigious World's Most Innovative Companies for 2021, top ranked in Education. For more information, visit tonies.com.
ABOUT 9 STORY BRANDS
9 Story Brands is the dedicated brand management and consumer products division of 9 Story Media Group, a leading content creator, producer and distributor of kids and family focused intellectual property. 9 Story Brands builds international entertainment brands for kids, with expertise across creative, brand marketing and licensing. 9 Story Brands manages merchandising rights for top children's properties including Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Clifford The Big Red Dog, Colorforms®, Wild Kratts, Super Why! and Karma's World.
ABOUT FRED ROGERS PRODUCTIONS
Fred Rogers Productions was founded by Fred Rogers in 1971 as the non-profit producer of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for PBS. In the years that followed, it created hundreds of episodes of this much-loved program and extended Fred's values and approach to other efforts in promoting children's social, emotional, and behavioral health while supporting
parents, caregivers, teachers, and other professionals in their work with children. Fred Rogers Productions continues to build on Fred's legacy in innovative ways through a wide variety of media and engages new generations of children and families with his timeless wisdom. The company's highly-rated children's series, including Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Peg + Cat, Odd Squad, and Through the Woods, have earned 30 Emmy® Awards among other important honors. Newly launched in 2021 on PBS KIDS is Donkey Hodie, the innovative puppet series inspired by characters from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; and most recently Alma's Way, an animated series created by Sonia Manzano, known to generations of children and adults as "Maria" on Sesame Street. For more information, visit www.fredrogers.org or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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Ava Venturelli lets loose as Taunton softball wins big
TAUNTON— From the moment she first stepped foot on Jack Tripp Field, it was evident there was something special about Ava Venturelli.
The power-hitting outfielder made the varsity team and was a regular starter as an eighth grader back in 2019 and looked set to have an even stronger freshman campaign before the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the 2020 season.
Going into the 2021 season, Venturelli was presented with two options: playing high school softball for Taunton, or playing a national club schedule pitting her against some of the best young players in the country with the eyes of scouts from the top NCAA Division I programs. She elected for the latter, sending a letter to then first year coach Carrie Consalvi explaining her decision, one which Consalvi said she totally understood.
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In the end, the decision paid off for Venturelli, as this past September, the junior officially committed to play softball for the University of Louisville.
"She went and got herself a Division I commit, so you can’t begrudge her for that and we’re glad to have her back," Consalvi said.
Making an immediate impact on the Taunton offense upon her return, Venturelli said the pressure to perform has been tough but on Wednesday against Canton, she said she felt more at ease than she has all season and it paid off as she put up her best performance to date: going four-for-four at the plate with four runs, six RBIs, a double, triple and a pair of home runs as she helped the Tigers down the Bulldogs 21-1 in four and a half innings of Hockomock League action.
"I think today I felt like it was sort of a loose, kind of fun game," Venturelli said. "I’ve been putting a lot of pressure on myself this season and today just felt like I was having a lot of fun. I wasn’t really thinking (too much), I was just going out there to play with my teammates and have fun and not get in my head too much."
After driving in the first Taunton run of the afternoon off a triple in between the center-right field gap in the bottom of the first, and being driven in on the next at-bat by Hayley Krockta for the go-ahead run, Venturelli crushed a two-run shot well over the Jack Tripp Field fence as her first of two hits in a monster 14 run second inning for the hosts.
"As soon as it hit the bat I knew it was gone and it was an awesome feeling," Venturelli said.
Later in the inning she hit a hard line drive into left-center field that she stretched into a double, coming home off a Krockta triple the next at-bat before hitting a near identical two run home run in her final at-bat of the game in the bottom of the fourth.
"She was a little overdue," Consalvi said of Venturelli's performance. "She went quiet on us in the last game or so, so I knew it was coming and today I think she was just in a much better headspace. I think she was much more relaxed."
Consalvi said she worked with the team the day before on the importance of working collectively as a team to achieve rather than trying to take on the weight of carrying the team individually, especially to alleviate the pressure when things don't go as planned and stressed the importance of situational hitting, placing hits in the gaps to gain solid base or extra base hits.
"We all carry the pressure of feeling like as an individual they have to win, and I tried to let them understand that this is a team sport," Consalvi said. "You have to do it together. You can’t put the pressure on yourself to knock it over the fence and think that you’re going to win the game for us, that’s not how this game is played. I think once they realize, and it’s not coming from a bad place, that they all want to be there for each other but they all want to take that burden on and not let go."
It certainly paid off as the Tigers combined for 24 hits and in addition to Venturelli, saw notable performances at the plate from numerous players including Krocka, who went four-for-four with two runs, two RBIs, a double and a triple, Kaysie Demoura, who went three-for-four with three runs and two RBIs, Brooke Aldrich, who went two-for-two with two runs and two RBIs, Angie Lynch, who went two-for-three with two runs and two RBIs and Ashley Amaro, who went three-for-three with a pair of runs and an RBI.
"Yesterday we did a lot of work on situational hitting and understanding the importance of not putting all of our balls at the fence," Consalvi said. "We purposely worked on hitting line drives through the gap, on the ground and scoring runners, so I’m very proud of them because I think those are the adjustments they made today."
On the mound, Liv Mendonca earned the win as she tossed three full innings giving up four hits and a run while striking out a pair and Catherine Larson pitched the final two innings giving up two hits and striking out three.
"When Liv hangs her balls, you see it, and the minute that she zooms in and settles down, it’s like a game-changer," Consalvi said. "She found her groove, and I think she did great out there right now. It's a challenge of trying to get both of them some work in, keep them rolling, feeling confident, not too overworked and I think they both did a good job with that. They keep us in games consistently and I couldn’t ask for anything better of them."
After Canton struck first in the top of the first when Jess Wright drove in Anna Lehan, Taunton responded with two runs in the second, 14 runs in a second inning that saw them go through the order twice, a single run in the third and then four more in the fourth, with the mercy rule putting a stop to the game after four-and-a-half innings of work.
For Venturelli, one of the biggest assets she credits to the team's success is their immediate chemistry and comradery among each other.
"All of us have become best friends over the past few weeks," Venturelli said. "Everyone gets together so good, we’re all so similar and we just have an amazing time together and it was kind of nerve-wracking because last time I played it was an entirely different team, but this team has been so awesome, (Consalvi) has been amazing and just everyone is best friends already."
Despite Mendonca and Kylie Thorpe being her only remaining teammates from 2019, Consalvi said it's almost as if Venturelli has been there all along.
"Obviously the physical components that she brings as a player are wonderful, but I think the thing that is more important is that she’s a good person who seems to be a good fit (with the team) and gets along with everybody really well," Consalvi said. "Team chemistry is a big part of the battle and she comes in here, she’s a hard worker, she’s quiet, she gets along with the girls and it’s like she was always here, which is awesome."
Taunton's next game is a non-league matchup against Newton North, their first non-Hockomock opponent of the season, and it should prove to be a good challenge for the Tigers (4-1).
"(They’re) a powerhouse Division I program and we’re obviously looking to play those types of games," Consalvi said. "It’s early, but we’ve had a couple of games to make some adjustments and I’m looking forward to the good competition and seeing how we match up."
For Venturelli, her performance against the Bulldogs makes her more confident for Saturday and the next few games ahead.
"I definitely feel a lot better now that I learned to play a little bit looser today," Venturelli said. "I think I’m going to try to take that same feeling into Saturday and not get in my head too much and just have fun with my teammates."
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TEL-AVIV, Israel, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TriEye, the pioneer of the world's first mass-market Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) sensing technology, announces collaboration with Toshiba Teli, a global leader in providing integrated cameras for automation. The two companies are working together to commercialise a SWIR camera for industrial-related processes and applications.
TriEye and Toshiba Teli have successfully built the world's first Industrial oriented CMOS-based HD SWIR camera. Currently, industrial machine vision systems lack vital image data required for full-range functionality. This new integration will leverage TriEye's SWIR sensing technology to provide vision systems with an additional layer of information, reshaping the industrial sector and enhancing processes capabilities. This partnership intends to make their solution available globally, introducing its advanced benefits to a wide range of verticals.
Although InGaAs-based SWIR sensing has been around for decades, it remained limited to industries like semiconductor fabrication, aerospace, and science due to the high costs and low production yield. TriEye's unique technology introduces the industry's first CMOS-based SWIR solutions for mass markets. Its technology enhances machine vision capabilities and assists in the detection of visible and invisible malfunctions, allowing them to accomplish tasks that were previously unattainable. Leveraging this solution will provide Toshiba's customers with vital information such as material sensing and quality control.
"We are excited to partner with Toshiba, such a respected and well-known industry leader," said Avi Bakal, CEO and Co-Founder of TriEye, "We believe their constant push to deliver value to their customers combined with their industrial specific advanced knowledge will be extremely beneficial to bring our SWIR sensing solution to be an industry standard."
"We are pleased to partner with TriEye and integrate its world's first CMOS-based SWIR technology," said Shinichi Itokawa, CTO of Toshiba Teli, "TriEye is providing markets with SWIR imaging capabilities needed for reliable automation in industrial processes at an unprecedented cost. This joint effort will accelerate the development of next-generation superior imaging tech capabilities for industrial cameras that will translate into every aspect of our lives. Toshiba Teli is thrilled to be at the front of this technological revolution."
Recently, TriEye's Raven sensor was named a top innovation by InVISION. In the past, the company announced collaborations with Hitachi Astemo, Porsche, Continental Engineering, Trimble and DENSO. TriEye recently announced a significant capital acquisition in funding to support their product commercialization and global expansion. This investment was led by M&G Investments and Varana Capital, Samsung Ventures, Deep Insight, Tawazun Group, Allied Group, and Discount Capital, including follow-on investors Intel Capital, Porsche and Marius Nacht.
About TriEye
TriEye is the pioneer of mass-market, CMOS-based Short-Wave infrared (SWIR) sensing solutions. Based on advanced academic research, TriEye's breakthrough and proprietary technology enables cost-effective, high-resolution image data and depth perception in all weather and lighting conditions. Founded in 2017, the company's cutting-edge technology allows perception systems to operate and deliver reliable image data and actionable information, while reducing expenditure by up to 1,000x the existing industry rates. For more information, visit www.TriEye.tech
About Toshiba Teli (Japan)
Toshiba Teli is an imaging company specializing in design, manufacture and sale of industrial camera and surveillance camera but also the provision of image-based system solution. The company continues to support corporate activities and society by providing high-precision image information through imaging system solutions focused on camera technologies. Toshiba Teli's industrial cameras are widely used as the eyes of various manufacturing and testing equipment as well as for quality control management and medical equipment. To find out more about Toshiba Teli, visit www.toshiba-teli.co.jp
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BOSTON, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Guided Analytics pioneer Toucan expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) by qualifying for the AWS ISV Workload Migration Program (WMP).
This program helps clients migrate independent software vendor (ISV) workloads to AWS via a repeatable migration process. Users can more easily migrate and manage workloads with Toucan on AWS. The move will enable exponentially accelerated software development, including faster builds, compilations, testing, shorter release cycles, and rapid time to market.
With a seamless AWS integration, Toucan empowers their customers to effortlessly launch a dedicated, user-friendly guided data analytics solution that delivers clear, compelling, contextualized insights to non-technical users with no need for complex configuration or training.
Toucan helps their customers make the most of their data investments with fast and adaptable integrations that allow easy live data connections with any data sources. Users receive full visibility into all the allowed databases and data sources powering their BI dashboards and visualizations, all while ensuring the quality and security of integrated data. Enterprises running on AWS' cloud platform can quickly tap into Toucan's BI platform to design and share powerful dashboards and rich data reports without the need for technical database architecture skills.
"The future of development is firmly in the cloud. With a prescriptive migration approach, clients are able to accelerate execution of migrations to AWS," said Arnaud Simon, Cloud & Technology Alliance Director at Toucan. "Working with AWS brings significant value to clients, helping them deliver better solutions that are brought to market faster. At Toucan, our mission is to drive value, speed, and agility on the cloud — and that's why we've created a No Code platform that empowers all business users to rapidly turn their cloud data into actionable business insights."
Toucan has a long and fruitful history of working closely with AWS on behalf of its clients. Now, with the expanded collaboration with the ISV Workload Migration Program, these organizations can:
- Seamlessly integrate data sources, whether they are in the cloud or on-premises, generating up to hundreds of terabytes of data per day.
- Query with confidence, with support for thousands of concurrent real-time queries.
- Leverage historical data with 400+ days of always-hot data giving them full visibility, no matter the time horizon.
And the process for adopting Toucan couldn't be easier. If they are already an AWS client, they can buy Toucan easily by signing into their AWS Console or by clicking on the list of partners (Toucan is listed alphabetically).
Want to learn more about Toucan? Check out our AWS Marketplace page.
About Toucan Toco
Toucan is a cloud-based, guided analytics platform with one goal in mind: reduce the complexity of bringing insights from data to business users. From data connections to the distribution of insights anywhere they're needed, Toucan makes it easy. As a result, they see the highest user adoption in the industry at 80%+, compared to an industry average of just 30%. Toucan is trusted by more than 150 clients worldwide, from global corporations to fast-growth tech companies. For more information, visit: https://toucantoco.com/en/.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today confirmed it has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Elon Musk to acquire all of the Company's outstanding common stock for $54.20 per share in cash.
The Twitter Board of Directors will carefully review the proposal to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interest of the Company and all Twitter stockholders.
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SÃO PAULO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
ULTRAPAR INTERNATIONAL S.A.
(Incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
Ultrapar International S.A. ("Ultrapar") hereby announces the tender results in connection with its tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 5.250% Notes due 2026 (the "2026 Notes," and such offer, the "2026 Notes Tender Offer") for the purchase price set forth in the table below.
The 2026 Notes Tender Offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase with respect to the 2026 Notes dated April 7, 2022 (the "2026 Notes Offer to Purchase") and notice of guaranteed delivery dated as of the same date (the "Notice of Guaranteed Delivery" and, together with the 2026 Notes Offer to Purchase, the "2026 Notes Offer Documents").
As previously announced, the expiration date and time for the 2026 Notes Tender Offer was 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 13, 2022 (such date and time, the "2026 Notes Expiration Date"). As of the 2026 Notes Expiration Date, U.S.$114,129,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes outstanding had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the 2026 Notes Tender Offer (not including approximately U.S.$400,000 in principal amount of 2026 Notes for which notice of guaranteed delivery was given but which have not yet been delivered). All 2026 Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn have been accepted for purchase, and the aggregate purchase price therefor amounts to approximately U.S.$117.3 million.
Payment for the 2026 Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase (other than accepted 2026 Notes delivered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the 2026 Notes Offer Documents) is expected to occur on April 14, 2022 (the "2026 Notes Settlement Date").
Payment for the 2026 Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase that are delivered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the 2026 Notes Offer Documents is expected to be made on April 18, 2022 (as such date may be extended in Ultrapar's sole discretion, subject to applicable law, the "Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date") subject to, and after, receipt by the tender agent and information agent of a duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other required documents at or prior to the 2026 Notes Expiration Date and delivery of the tendered 2026 Notes by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 15, 2022, the second business day following the 2026 Notes Expiration Date, all as provided in the 2026 Notes Offer Documents.
Ultrapar will pay accrued and unpaid interest on 2026 Notes validly tendered and accepted in the 2026 Notes Tender Offer from and including the last interest payment date for such 2026 Notes up to, but not including, the 2026 Notes Settlement Date.
For avoidance of doubt, interest on the 2026 Notes will cease to accrue on the 2026 Notes Settlement Date for all 2026 Notes purchased in the 2026 Notes Tender Offer, including those tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the 2026 Notes Offer Documents. Accordingly, because Ultrapar expects that the Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date will be two business days after the 2026 Notes Settlement Date, holders tendering 2026 Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures will not receive interest for such two business day period.
Simultaneously with the commencement of the 2026 Notes Tender Offer, Ultrapar also commenced its tender offer to purchase for cash certain of its outstanding 5.250% Notes due 2029 (the "2029 Notes," and together with the 2026 Notes, the "Notes," and such offer, the "2029 Notes Tender Offer," and together with the 2026 Notes Tender Offer, the "Tender Offers") upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase with respect to the 2029 Notes dated April 7, 2022 (the "2029 Notes Offer to Purchase," and together with the 2026 Notes Offer Documents, the "Offer Documents").
The Notes accepted for purchase in the Tender Offers considering both the 2026 Notes and 2029 Notes that may be tendered and accepted for purchase by Ultrapar will not exceed U.S.$550,003,000 in aggregate outstanding principal amount (the "Maximum Aggregate Tender Amount"). As a result, the 2029 Notes Tender Offer is subject to maximum acceptance amount corresponding to the Maximum Aggregate Tender Amount minus the aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes tendered and accepted for purchase in the 2026 Notes Tender Offer (the "2029 Maximum Acceptance Amount").
Accordingly, as of the 2026 Notes Expiration Date, considering the results of the 2026 Notes Tender Offer announced hereby, the 2029 Maximum Acceptance Amount is U.S.$435,874,000, which may be subject to change prior to the early tender deadline for the 2029 Notes Tender Offer based upon the principal amount of 2026 Notes that will be settled pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures for the 2026 Notes Tender Offer.
This press release is qualified in its entirety by the applicable Offer Documents.
Any Notes that are not purchased in the Tender Offers will remain outstanding. To the extent that Ultrapar consummates the Tender Offers, the trading market for your outstanding Notes may be significantly more limited. For a discussion of this and other considerations, see "Special Considerations" in the applicable Offer Documents.
None of the delivery of this press release, the Offer Documents or any purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers shall under any circumstances create any implication that the information contained in this press release or such Offer Documents is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof or thereof or that there has been no change in the information set forth herein or therein or in Ultrapar's affairs since the date hereof or thereof.
This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer or an invitation to participate in the Tender Offers. The Tender Offers are being made pursuant to the applicable Offer Documents, which set forth the complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offers. Holders of Notes are urged to read the applicable Offer Documents carefully before making any decision with respect to their Notes. The Tender Offers are not being made to, nor will Ultrapar accept tenders of Notes from, holders in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make such an offer.
NONE OF THE OFFER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TENDER OFFERS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH OR REVIEWED BY THE FEDERAL OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY COUNTRY, NOR HAS ANY SUCH COMMISSION OR AUTHORITY PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE OFFER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TENDER OFFERS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL AND MAY BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
NONE OF ULTRAPAR, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE DEALER MANAGERS (AS DEFINED BELOW), THE TENDER AGENT, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE TRUSTEE (AS DEFINED IN THE OFFER DOCUMENTS) OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES IS MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER HOLDERS SHOULD TENDER ANY NOTES IN RESPONSE TO THE TENDER OFFERS. HOLDERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TENDER OFFERS, AND, IF SO, THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO TENDER.
The Offer Documents do not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities (other than the Notes). Any offering of securities will only be made by an offering document and any such offering may not be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
This release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks, uncertainty and changes in circumstances, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance or achievements. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature are forward-looking and the words "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "plan" and similar expressions are generally intend to identify forward-looking statements. Ultrapar is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligation) to update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. More detailed information about these and other factors is set forth in the Offer Documents.
The tender agent and information agent for each of the Tender Offers is D.F. King & Co., Inc. To contact the tender agent and information agent, banks and brokers may call +1 (212) 269-5550, and others may call U.S. toll-free: +1 (800) 859-8509 or email Ultrapar@dfking.com. Additional contact information is set forth below.
Copies of the Offer Documents are available at the following web address: www.dfking.com/Ultrapar.
Any questions or requests for assistance or for additional copies of this notice may be directed to the Dealer Managers at their respective telephone numbers set forth below or, if by any holder, to such holder's broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Tender Offers.
None of Ultrapar, the tender agent, the information agent, the Dealer Managers, the trustee or any of their respective affiliates is making any recommendation as to whether holders should exchange their Notes in the Tender Offers. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to participate in the Tender Offers, and, if so, the principal amount of the Notes they wish to tender.
This press release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements. These statements appear in a number of places and include statements regarding Ultrapar's intent, belief or current expectations, and those of its officers, with respect to (among other things) its financial condition and the Tender Offers.
Ultrapar's forward-looking statements are based mainly on current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect, or may affect, its business and results of operations. Although Ultrapar believes that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are based on information currently available to Ultrapar.
The words "believe," "may," "may have," "would," "estimate," "continues," "anticipates," "intends," "hopes," and similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements refer only to the date when they were made, and none of Ultrapar, the tender agent, the information agent, the Dealer Managers or any affiliate of any of them undertakes any obligation to update or review any estimate or forward-looking statement due to new information, future events or any other factors. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and do not guarantee future performance, as actual results or developments may be substantially different from the expectations described in the forward-looking statements. In light of the risks and uncertainties described above, the events referred to in the forward-looking statements included in this press release may or may not occur, or may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, due to factors that include but are not limited to those mentioned described in the applicable Offer Documents under "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements." Holders are warned not to place undue reliance on any estimates or forward-looking statements in making decisions regarding the Notes or the Tender Offers.
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OMAHA, Neb., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) will release first quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at 7:45 a.m. ET. The company's management team will host a conference call and live webcast at 8:45 a.m. ET.
Parties interested in participating via teleconference may dial 877-407-8293. International callers may dial 201-689-8349. A live webcast of the presentation and materials will be available in the investor relations section of Union Pacific's website at www.up.com/investor. A replay of the audio webcast will be available shortly thereafter.
ABOUT UNION PACIFIC
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) delivers the goods families and businesses use every day with safe, reliable and efficient service. Operating in 23 western states, the company connects its customers and communities to the global economy. Trains are the most environmentally responsible way to move freight, helping Union Pacific protect future generations. More information about Union Pacific is available at www.up.com.
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BLUE BELL, Penn., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced the appointment of Debra "Deb" McCann as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). McCann, who reports to Unisys Chair and Chief Executive Officer Peter Altabef, leads the finance function for the company, which includes controllership, investor relations, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), treasury, tax and internal audit. Her appointment is effective May 2.
McCann joins Unisys from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), where she most recently served as treasurer and senior vice president of investor relations and corporate FP&A. Prior to joining D&B in 2009, she was senior director of FP&A, risk management and procurement at Cegedim, a global technology and services provider to the pharmaceutical industry. She began her career at AT&T, where she served in increasingly responsible roles in corporate planning, data services, investor relations and FP&A and as a member of the company's Financial Leadership Program.
McCann earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in finance and international business from Pennsylvania State University.
"Deb brings to Unisys significant experience in providing financial guidance to complex, public and global multibillion-dollar organizations across a variety of industries including technology, services, data and telecommunications. Her engaging and collaborative style will fit in very well with our company and leadership team," said Altabef. "I am thrilled to welcome Deb to Unisys. I look forward to working closely with her as we continue to advance our company."
Thomson Becomes President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)
In November 2021 the company announced Thomson's appointment as president and COO, effective upon the hiring of a new CFO. Thomson, who joined Unisys in December 2015 as corporate controller and principal accounting officer and was named CFO in September 2019, will continue to report to Altabef in his new role. In Thomson's role he will oversee, among other functions, the company's commercial and sales organization and its four business units (Digital Workplace Solutions, Cloud & Infrastructure Solutions, Enterprise Computing Solutions and Business Process Solutions).
"As we said when we first announced Mike's new role, he has driven the financial transformation of the company since becoming CFO in 2019, including the substantial strengthening of the company's balance sheet, while also playing an important operational role in the company," Altabef said. "Mike has a broad and deep understanding of our company as well as of our industry. I look forward to partnering with Mike even more closely in his new role."
About Unisys
Unisys is a global IT solutions company that delivers successful outcomes for the most demanding businesses and governments. Unisys offerings include digital workplace solutions, cloud and infrastructure solutions, enterprise computing solutions and business process solutions. For more information on how Unisys delivers for its clients across the commercial, financial services and government sectors, visit www.unisys.com.
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Regeneron continues to progress its next generation antibodies, and has initiated a first-in-human trial
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended by three months its review of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for REGEN-COV® (casirivimab and imdevimab) to treat COVID-19 in non-hospitalized patients and as prophylaxis in certain individuals. The extension is due to ongoing discussions with the FDA on pre-exposure prophylactic use, for which Regeneron has submitted additional data from its completed prophylaxis trial that the FDA has accepted for review. The FDA considers the submission of these additional data to be a Major Amendment to the BLA and has provided a new target action date of July 13, 2022. The FDA has not requested any new studies to complete its review of the current BLA at this time.
REGEN-COV, an investigational monoclonal antibody therapy, first became available to U.S. patients in November 2020, via the FDA's Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process for medicines that may help diagnose, treat or prevent a life-threatening disease when adequate and approved alternatives are not available. In January 2022, FDA amended the EUA to exclude its use in geographic regions where infection or exposure is likely due to a variant that is not susceptible to the treatment. Therefore, REGEN-COV is not currently authorized for use in any U.S. states, territories or jurisdictions.
Regeneron remains committed to fighting this pandemic and believes that monoclonal antibody therapies will continue to play an important role. The company is progressing investigational next generation antibodies that are active against the currently circulating variants of concern, and has initiated a first-in-human clinical trial of one of these next generation antibodies.
The development and manufacturing of REGEN-COV have been funded in part with federal funds from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, under OT number: HHSO100201700020C.
About REGEN-COV
REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) is a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using Regeneron's proprietary VelocImmune® and VelociSuite® technologies. Regeneron invented the antibody cocktail and is collaborating with Roche, who is primarily responsible for development and distribution outside the U.S., where it is known as Ronapreve.
Since REGEN-COV first became available to U.S. patients under the EUA process, it has been used to treat millions of people with COVID-19 in the U.S. and around the globe. The EUA is for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of the emergency uses under section 564(b)(1) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the authorization is terminated or revoked sooner. REGEN-COV is not approved by the FDA.
About Regeneron's VelocImmune Technology
Regeneron's VelocImmune technology utilizes a proprietary genetically engineered mouse platform endowed with a genetically humanized immune system to produce optimized fully human antibodies. When Regeneron's President and Chief Scientific Officer George D. Yancopoulos was a graduate student with his mentor Frederick W. Alt in 1985, they were the first to envision making such a genetically humanized mouse, and Regeneron has spent decades inventing and developing VelocImmune and related VelociSuite technologies. Dr. Yancopoulos and his team have used VelocImmune technology to create approximately one in five of all original, FDA-approved or authorized fully human monoclonal antibodies currently available. This includes REGEN-COV® (casirivimab and imdevimab), Dupixent® (dupilumab), Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc), Praluent® (alirocumab), Kevzara® (sarilumab), Evkeeza® (evinacumab-dgnb) and Inmazeb™ (atoltivimab, maftivimab and odesivimab-ebgn).
AUTHORIZED USES AND LIMITATIONS OF AUTHORIZED USE
Treatment:
REGEN-COV is authorized for the treatment of mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death
Limitations of Authorized Use (Treatment)
- REGEN-COV is not authorized for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in geographic regions where infection is likely to have been caused by a non-susceptible SARS-CoV-2 variant based on available information such as variant susceptibility to this drug and regional variant frequency.
- REGEN–COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) is not authorized for use in patients:
- Monoclonal antibodies, such as REGEN–COV, may be associated with worse clinical outcomes when administered to hospitalized patients with COVID–19 requiring high flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation.
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis:
REGEN-COV is authorized in adult and pediatric individuals (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg) for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in individuals who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death, and are:
- not fully vaccinated or who are not expected to mount an adequate immune response to complete SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (for example, individuals with immunocompromising conditions including those taking immunosuppressive medications) and
Limitations of Authorized Use (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)
- REGEN-COV is not authorized for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in geographic regions where exposure is likely to have been to a non-susceptible SARS-CoV-2 variant, based on available information including variant susceptibility to this drug and regional variant frequency.
- Post-exposure prophylaxis with REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) is not a substitute for vaccination against COVID-19.
- REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) is not authorized for pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of COVID-19.
Healthcare providers should review the Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers for information on the authorized uses of REGEN-COV and mandatory requirements of the EUA and must comply with the requirements of the EUA. The FDA Letter of Authorization is available for reference, as well as the Dear Healthcare Provider Letter and Patient Fact Sheet.
About Regeneron
Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for nearly 35 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to nine FDA-approved treatments and product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, pain, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases and rare diseases.
Regeneron is accelerating and improving the traditional drug development process through our proprietary VelociSuite technologies, such as VelocImmune, which uses unique genetically humanized mice to produce optimized fully human antibodies and bispecific antibodies, and through ambitious research initiatives such as the Regeneron Genetics Center, which is conducting one of the largest genetics sequencing efforts in the world.
For additional information about the company, please visit www.regeneron.com or follow @Regeneron on Twitter.
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This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties relating to future events and the future performance of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Regeneron" or the "Company"), and actual events or results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Words such as "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These statements concern, and these risks and uncertainties include, among others, the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic) on Regeneron's business and its employees, collaborators, and suppliers and other third parties on which Regeneron relies, Regeneron's and its collaborators' ability to continue to conduct research and clinical programs, Regeneron's ability to manage its supply chain, net product sales of products marketed or otherwise commercialized by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Products"), and the global economy; the nature, timing, and possible success and therapeutic applications of Regeneron's Products and product candidates being developed by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Product Candidates") and research and clinical programs now underway or planned, including without limitation the development programs relating to the casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail known as REGEN-COV® in the United States and Ronapreve™ in other countries and other investigational next generation antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 being developed by Regeneron and referenced in this press release; the likelihood and timing of possible regulatory approval and commercial launch of Regeneron's Product Candidates (such as REGEN-COV, including based on the Biologics License Application filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") referenced in this press release) and new indications for Regeneron's Products; the scope of any such possible regulatory approval (including whether any possible FDA approval of REGEN-COV will include prophylactic use); whether and to what extent any of Regeneron's investigational next generation antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 will demonstrate and retain potency against the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant, or other existing or potential variants of SARS-CoV-2 (as applicable); uncertainty of the utilization, market acceptance, and commercial success of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates (such as REGEN-COV), including the impact of recommendations, guidelines, or studies (whether conducted by Regeneron or others and whether mandated or voluntary), including the REGEN-COV prophylaxis study referenced in this press release, on any of the foregoing or any potential regulatory approval of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; the extent to which the results from the research and development programs conducted by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (such as those relating to the investigational next generational antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 referenced in this press release) may be replicated in other studies and/or lead to advancement of product candidates to clinical trials, therapeutic applications, or regulatory approval; the ability of Regeneron's collaborators, licensees, suppliers, or other third parties (as applicable) to perform manufacturing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling, distribution, and other steps related to Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates (including REGEN-COV); the ability of Regeneron to manage supply chains for multiple products and product candidates; safety issues resulting from the administration of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates (such as REGEN-COV) in patients, including serious complications or side effects in connection with the use of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates in clinical trials; determinations by regulatory and administrative governmental authorities which may delay or restrict Regeneron's ability to continue to develop or commercialize Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates, including without limitation REGEN-COV; ongoing regulatory obligations and oversight impacting Regeneron's Products, research and clinical programs, and business, including those relating to patient privacy; the availability and extent of reimbursement of Regeneron's Products from third-party payers, including private payer healthcare and insurance programs, health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit management companies, and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid; coverage and reimbursement determinations by such payers and new policies and procedures adopted by such payers; competing drugs and product candidates that may be superior to, or more cost effective than, Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates (including any such competing drugs and product candidates that may provide more efficacious, more easily administered, more cost-effective, or otherwise superior treatment or prophylaxis for COVID-19); unanticipated expenses; the costs of developing, producing, and selling products; the ability of Regeneron to meet any of its financial projections or guidance and changes to the assumptions underlying those projections or guidance; the potential for any license, collaboration, or supply agreement, including Regeneron's agreements with Sanofi, Bayer, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (or their respective affiliated companies, as applicable), as well as Regeneron's collaboration with Roche relating to the casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail, to be cancelled or terminated; and risks associated with intellectual property of other parties and pending or future litigation relating thereto (including without limitation the patent litigation and other related proceedings relating to EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection, Dupixent® (dupilumab), Praluent® (alirocumab), and REGEN-COV), other litigation and other proceedings and government investigations relating to the Company and/or its operations, the ultimate outcome of any such proceedings and investigations, and the impact any of the foregoing may have on Regeneron's business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition. A more complete description of these and other material risks can be found in Regeneron's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Any forward-looking statements are made based on management's current beliefs and judgment, and the reader is cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statements made by Regeneron. Regeneron does not undertake any obligation to update (publicly or otherwise) any forward-looking statement, including without limitation any financial projection or guidance, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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1 FDA will monitor conditions to determine whether use in a geographic region is consistent with this scope of authorization, referring to available information, including information on variant susceptibility [see Microbiology/Resistance Information (15)], and CDC regional variant frequency data available at: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions.
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Recognition Honors Program Excellence Among Global and Regional Partners
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vectra AI, a leader in AI-driven threat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises, today announced the winners of its inaugural Partner of the Year Awards. Vectra created these awards to recognize partners who add immense value to its customer and product ecosystem and help contribute to the company's overall success.
"At Vectra, creating robust and mutually beneficial partnerships with leading technology providers and channel-focused organizations has always been a core part of our strategy," said Randy Schirman, Channel Chief, WW VP Partnerships at Vectra. "We place a high importance on ensuring that all of our existing and prospective customers can quickly and readily find, deploy and adopt our threat detection and response technology, as cyberattacks continue to rapidly scale. Our phenomenal network of partners plays a massive role in the successful execution of this goal and we are thrilled to highlight some of these world-class institutions through our first ever partner awards."
This year, Vectra recognized six of its global partners for their substantial contributions to the company in 2021. Global partner award winners include:
- Orange Cyberdefense: Global Partner of the Year 2021
- NTT Security: Global Growth Partner of the Year 2021
- Microsoft: Global Ecosystem Partner of the Year 2021
- Amazon Web Services (AWS): Global Cloud Partner of the Year 2021
- Hitachi System Security: Global Technology Excellence of the Year 2021
- Wipro: Global MSSP Partner of the Year 2021
In the AMS region, Vectra's 2021 Partner of the Year Awards had a total of seven categories. Partners were evaluated and chosen based on their excellence in customer service, innovation, and technological expertise. Winners selected in the AMS region include:
- Guidepoint: National Partner of the Year 2021 (North America) & Regional Partner of the Year 2021 (United States Southeast)
- MNP: Regional Partner of the Year 2021 (Canada)
- Integration Partners: Regional Partner of the Year 2021 (United States Northeast)
- Optiv: Regional Partner of the Year 2021 (United States West)
- Clearshark: Federal Partner of the Year 2021 (North America)
- Hitachi Systems Security: Newcomer Partner of the Year 2021 (North America)
"With cyber criminals increasing the frequency and scope of their attacks and using legitimate tools as a means to gain access to enterprise systems, modern detection and response security controls are now more critical than ever before," said Bonnie Simmons, Vice President of North America Channel at Vectra. "This has led to a vast influx of vendors operating within the market, where having qualified and committed partners, consultants, MSPs, resellers and distributors has been critical to our success. All of our partners act as key advisors and guides to our customer base, and we are honored to work alongside these talented organizations each day."
About Vectra AI
Vectra® is a leader in threat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises. The Vectra platform uses AI to detect threats at speed across public cloud, identity, SaaS applications, and data centers. Only Vectra optimizes AI to detect attacker methods—the TTPs at the heart of all attacks—rather than simplistically alerting on "different". The resulting high-fidelity threat signal and clear context enables security teams to respond to threats sooner and to stop attacks in progress faster. Organizations worldwide rely on Vectra for cybersecurity resilience in the face of dangerous cyber threats and to prevent ransomware, supply chain compromise, identity takeovers, and other cyberattacks from impacting their businesses. For more information, visit vectra.ai.
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CLANTON, Ala. (WIAT) — A suspect is in custody in connection with a fatal April 10 shooting in Clanton.
According to Clanton Police, Cordarious Glover was arrested for the murder of Dante Milliner.
Police said Milliner was shot and killed on 1st Ave in front of an abandoned barber shop in the West End Community. Authorities claim the shooting was the result of an argument between Glover and Milliner.
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Humanitarian Effort Provides Connectivity to Tens of Thousands of Displaced Refugees
CARLSBAD, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and the Košice region, Slovakia, have partnered to provide free high-speed internet to Ukrainian refugees in Eastern Slovakia using Viasat's proven satellite-enabled Community Internet system. Viasat Community Internet (VCI) sites are being installed across Eastern Slovakia in areas of greatest need for refugee connectivity.
Slovakia has embraced thousands of refugees daily since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict. One of the major challenges refugees face when arriving in Slovakia is access to the internet for online news, digital tools and resources. Viasat's high-speed Community Internet service provides an opportunity for refugees to communicate with loved ones and stay informed. Additionally, the Company is working with local partners to ensure installations of its Community Internet service sites are meeting the refugees' needs. This humanitarian effort is powered by the KA-SAT network which has provided satellite-based high-speed internet to thousands of Ukrainians for a decade.
The Viasat Community Internet service implements a public Wi-Fi hotspot connected and enabled by a Viasat satellite to deliver free high-speed internet service to these refugee communities that previously had little or no internet connectivity. The Viasat Community Internet service seeks to improve the quality of life of unserved and underserved individuals and families by giving them better access to online tools, resources and streaming video.
"Today we are demonstrating our mission to provide high-quality connectivity across the globe by helping Ukrainian refugees. By partnering with the Košice region, we can provide a much-needed resource to Ukrainians during this incredible time of need," said Evan Dixon, president of global fixed broadband at Viasat. "Our satellite-based Community Internet service enables us to connect tens of thousands of refugees at no cost to them so they can access high-speed internet to remain connected to family and friends and follow current events."
Rastislav Trnka, president of the Košice region, "The Košice region is at the front line of helping people of Ukraine, given that it is located in the immediate vicinity of the Ukraine-Slovakia border. Since the beginning of this conflict, we have been helping people driven from their homes by operating humanitarian warehouses, offering information points at borders and stations, providing free transport and accommodations in emergency facilities for war refugees and coordinating volunteers. So far, we have provided accommodations across emergency facilities to more than 5,500 residents of Ukraine. We welcome Viasat's high-speed satellite internet which allows us provide an opportunity for refugees to immediately access critical information and communications."
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be connected. For 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable, fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat, visit: www.viasat.com, go to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or follow the Company on social media at: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements that refer to the arrangement between, resources committed and services to be performed by Viasat, Skylogic and the Košice region of Slovakia; the benefits of the Community Internet connectivity service; the countries to be served by the Community Internet connectivity service; the opportunity to expand into other geographies, business areas or applications; and the timing and availability of service on the KA-SAT satellite networks. Readers are cautioned that actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include: risks associated with the construction, launch and operation of satellites, including the effect of any anomaly, operational failure or degradation in satellite performance; contractual problems, product defects, manufacturing issues or delays, regulatory issues, technologies not being developed according to anticipated schedules, or that do not perform according to expectations, and increased competition and other factors affecting the connectivity market, generally. In addition, please refer to the risk factors contained in Viasat's SEC filings available at www.sec.gov, including Viasat's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Viasat undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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(NEXSTAR) – The Easter bunny will have the light of a full moon to hop by on Saturday as the Pink Moon rises on April 16.
This month’s full moon goes by many names, according to NASA. Native Americans named it the Pink Moon after the herb moss pink – one of the earliest widespread flowers of spring, found throughout the eastern U.S. Herb moss pink itself goes by several names – creeping phlox, moss phlox and mountain phlox.
Other names for the moon include nods to its springtime rise: the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon.
April’s full moon also has names with religious roots, such as the Pesach or Passover Moon, because Passover begins at sundown the day before, and the Paschal Moon, “from which the date of Easter is calculated,” NASA explains.
“The date of Easter is determined by the moon. Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox,” Kim Mandelkow, director of the Office for Worship with the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, told Nexstar. Saturday’s full moon fits the bill.
Saturday morning, as twilight begins, NASA says four planets will be visible above the east-southeastern horizon: Mars, Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter.
Last year’s Pink Moon was the biggest and brightest of 2021, causing astronomers to dub it a “supermoon.” To reach supermoon status, the moon must be within 90% of perigee, or at one of the closest points to Earth we see.
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The 12,000 square foot flagship location provides women with a personalized, integrated approach to healthcare combined with innovative technology, and 5-star patient experience, all under one roof.
NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As experts in female health, including gynecology, obstetrics, family planning, and fibroids, Viva Eve is pleased to announce the opening of their new game changing location in Midtown East, Manhattan. The office will serve as an OB/GYN and fibroid treatment center and continue to offer a whole new level of integrated and personalized care to the women of Manhattan and the greater tri-state area.
"This new location was designed to educate and empower women to take control of their healthcare needs," said Dr. James A. Gohar, CEO and ObGyn at Viva Eve . "With this additional office, our top-rated team of doctors will be able to better serve more women who are looking for a deeper understanding of their reproductive health, as well as those who experience fibroid symptoms such as excessive bleeding, severe menstrual cramps, and pelvic pain".
Viva Eve offers a comprehensive approach to women's health where they have access to a team of specialists all under one roof. This new Manhattan location provides patients with unique offerings such as a tea bar in the reception area, patient-regulated temperatures in each exam room, soundproof walls for privacy, and a concierge team to walk patients through every step of their healthcare journey. The new location also offers innovative 4D ultrasound technology so providers have a more accurate view of their patients' anatomy and better monitoring capabilities for pregnant patients.
"The more women know about their bodies and their health, the more confident they feel about making decisions regarding their daily lifestyle changes," said Nehal Farouky, Co-Founder and President of Viva Eve. "Our team seeks to educate patients and provide them with a warm and unprecedented safe space to receive personalized attention through a multidisciplinary team of experts."
For the more than 26 million women in the United States who struggle with the debilitating symptoms that accompany fibroids, Viva Eve's team of board-certified physicians and fibroid specialists will help guide patients through diagnosis and fibroid treatments and can offer both surgical and non-surgical options. The Fibroid Experts at Viva Eve perform UFE procedures in one of their own on-site operating rooms. Viva Eve patients can expect a state-of-the-art outpatient facility that is equipped with the latest equipment, and medical staff that is trained to provide the best level of care and personal attention to patients.
Viva Eve's Midtown East/Upper East location on Madison Avenue will serve countless women in the borough of Manhattan and the wider tri-state area. Centrally located on the corner of 59th Street and Madison Avenue, the office is easily accessible by public transportation via the 4,5,6, N, R, W, Q, and F trains.
Patients can go online to schedule their appointment at the new Manhattan location or make an appointment at the Forest Hills location. Viva Eve is proud to participate with most major insurance plans.
More About Viva Eve
Founded by Dr. James A. Gohar and Nehal Farouky, Viva Eve is a women's health and fibroids center in NYC born out of one simple belief: there has to be a better way to approach women's healthcare. A woman's healthcare journey that was once fragmented, disjointed and rushed with multiple visits to different specialists and offices, and a lack of education on her options were unfortunately all too common. Viva Eve wanted to change that with a healthcare center that offers women a holistic approach, combined with a welcoming and comforting environment and innovative technology, all under one roof.
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Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, just days after the Tesla CEO said he would no longer be joining the social media company’s board of directors.
Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, who currently owns slightly more than 9% of its stock and is the company’s biggest shareholder, provided a letter to the company on Wednesday that contained a proposal to buy the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn’t already own. Musk offered $54.20 per share of Twitter’s stock.
He called that price his best and final offer, although the billionaire provided no details on financing. The offer is non-binding and subject to financing and other conditions.
“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk says in the filing. “However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”
The buyout offer from Musk is just the latest development in his relationship with Twitter. The billionaire revealed in regulatory filings over recent weeks that he’d been buying shares in almost daily batches starting Jan. 31. Only Vanguard Group’s suite of mutual funds and ETFs controls more Twitter shares.
Musk has been a vocal critic of of Twitter in recent weeks, mostly over his belief that it falls short on free speech principles. The social media platform has angered followers of Donald Trump and other far-right political figures who’ve had their accounts suspended for violating its content standards on violence, hate or harmful misinformation. Musk also has a history of his own tweets causing legal problems.
Musk said last week that he informed Twitter he wouldn’t be joining its board of directors five days after he was invited. He didn’t explain why, but the decision coincided with a barrage of now-deleted tweets from Musk proposing major changes to the company, such as dropping ads — its chief source of revenue — and transforming its San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter. Musk left a few clues on Twitter about his thinking, such as by “liking” a tweet that summarized the events as Musk going from “largest shareholder for Free Speech” to being “told to play nice and not speak freely.”
After Musk announced his stake, Twitter quickly gave Musk a seat on its board on the condition that he not own more than 14.9% of the company’s outstanding stock, according to a filing. But Musk backed out of the deal.
Musk’s 81 million Twitter followers make him one of the most popular figures on the platform, rivaling pop stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga. But his prolific tweeting has sometimes gotten him into trouble with the SEC and others.
Musk and Tesla in 2018 agreed to pay $40 million in civil fines and for Musk to have his tweets approved by a corporate lawyer after he tweeted about having the money to take Tesla private at $420 per share. That didn’t happen but the tweet caused Tesla’s stock price to jump. Musk’s latest trouble with the SEC could be his delay in notifying regulators of his growing stake in Twitter.
Musk has described himself as a “free speech absolutist” and has said he doesn’t think Twitter is living up to free speech principles — an opinion shared by followers of Donald Trump and a number of other right-wing political figures who’ve had their accounts suspended for violating Twitter content rules.
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NYSE: VZLA TSX-V: VZLA
VANCOUVER, BC, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Vizsla Silver Corp. (TSXV: VZLA) (NYSE: VZLA) (Frankfurt: 0G3) ("Vizsla" or the "Company") is pleased to report results from 19 new drill holes targeting the Animas Vein Corridor, at its 100%-owned, flagship Panuco silver-gold project ("Panuco" or the "Project") located in Mexico. The results are centered on two zones, the Rosarito Zone, which was included in the March 2022 maiden resource estimate, and the Cuevillas Zone, a new discovery located near perpendicular to Rosarito, at the northern end of the Animas Vein Corridor.
Highlights
- Cuevillas: AM-22-42 returned 1,088 grams per tonne (g/t) silver equivalent (AgEq) over 1.26 metres true width (mTW) (787 g/t silver, 3.65 g/t gold, 0.09 % lead and 0.19 % zinc)
- Cuevillas: AM-21-39 returned 261 g/t AgEq over 5.66 mTW (124 g/t silver, 0.98 g/t gold, 0.40 % lead and 1.27 % zinc)
- Rosarito: AM-21-31 returned 652 g/t AgEq over 4.71 mTW (391 g/t silver, 2.23 g/t gold, 1.48 % lead and 1.09 % zinc)
"While drilling in late 2021 focussed primarily on delivering the maiden resource estimate, Vizsla continued its exploration efforts in order to identify and test new targets across the Project," commented Michael Konnert, President and CEO. "Given the current resource base comprises less than five percent of the known mapped/sampled veins in the district, the Company is confident in its ability to uncover new centers of mineralization. This was reinforced by multiple high-grade drill intercepts from the Rosarito and Cuevillas zones, located at the northern end of the Animas Vein Corridor. Both of these zones are open for expansion and represent only two of several excellent targets that extend beneath historic workings in the central portion of the Property. Vizsla now has seven of its thirteen planned drill rigs devoted to testing new exploration targets and looks forward to growing these zones of mineralization ahead of the Company's resource update planned for the second half of 2022."
Initial underground sampling and drilling completed by Vizsla in 2020 targeted extensions to known mineralization beneath historic workings along the Animas Vein Corridor. These early results, marked by underground samples grading up to 140.0 g/t silver and 1.67 g/t gold over 11.90 metres and drill-hole intercepts beneath existing mine workings reporting 231 g/t silver and 2.19 g/t gold over 6.75 metres including 821 g/t silver and 5.08 g/t gold over 1.50 metres (see press releases dated May 12, 2020 and August 13, 2020), highlighted the potential of the Animas Corridor to host additional mineralization beneath the old workings. However, due to a lack of accurate/detailed underground plans combined with the exploration success being realized at Napoleon and Tajitos, exploration in the area was deferred.
By late 2021, Vizsla had collected enough data to accurately locate all significant workings in the north end of the Animas Vein Corridor and the Company recommenced drilling in this area. Ultimately, three high priority targets were developed: Rosarito, Cuevillas and La Muñeca. The first two have been drilled and are reported in this news release, and drilling has commenced at La Muñeca.
A compilation of historic mine workings, drilling and underground sampling suggests that the Animas Vein Corridor might be rotated to the north. If so, this event may have preserved mineralization beneath old workings in the northern half of the corridor.
The Rosarito Zone is situated along the main Animas Vein at the intersection of a high angle northeast trending splay vein (Figure 1). Drilling completed to date has traced a panel of continuous mineralization over 170 metres long by approximately 80 metres beneath the lowest level of historic workings and remains open along strike and to depth. The 11 Rosarito holes reported in this news release were included in the Company's March 2022 maiden resource estimate. Rosarito currently hosts an estimated in-situ indicated resource of 719Koz AgEq grading 191 g/t AgEq and an in-situ inferred resource of 553Koz AgEq grading 188 g/t AgEq (The Technical Report, titled "National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report for the Panuco Project Mineral Resource Estimate Concordia, Sinaloa, Mexico" was filed on SEDAR on April 7, 2022, has an effective date of March 1, 2022 and was prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") by Tim Maunula, P.Geo., Principal Geologist, T. Maunula & Associates Consulting Inc and Kevin Murray, P.Eng, Manager Process Engineering, Ausenco).
The Cuevillas Vein is a northeast trending vein that intercepts the Rosarito resource nearly perpendicular to strike, hosted within the hanging wall of the Animas Vein. To date, drilling has highlighted a panel of mineralization over 100 metres long by 100 metres deep with assays pending on two new holes. Cuevillas represents a new discovery outboard of the maiden resource areas where mineralization remains open along strike and to depth.
The Company believes the northern end of the Animas Vein Corridor has significant potential to host additional resources and will continue to explore this area throughout 2022. Additionally, the Company is reviewing the potential to utilize existing workings in the area to conduct underground drilling. This may provide improved access to drill more vein intercepts in less time at lower overall costs.
Table 1: Downhole drill intersections from the holes completed along the Animas Vein Corridor.
Table 2: Animas Vein Corridor drillhole details. Coordinates in WGS84, Zone 13.
The newly consolidated Panuco silver-gold project is an emerging high-grade discovery located in southern Sinaloa, Mexico, near the city of Mazatlán. The 6,754-hectare, past producing district benefits from over 75 kilometres of total vein extent, 35 kilometres of underground mines, roads, power, and permits.
The district contains intermediate to low sulfidation epithermal silver and gold deposits related to siliceous volcanism and crustal extension in the Oligocene and Miocene. Host rocks are mainly continental volcanic rocks correlated to the Tarahumara Formation.
The Panuco Project hosts an estimated in-situ indicated mineral resource of 61.1Moz AgEq and an in-situ inferred resource of 45.6Moz AgEq (see Company news release dated March 1, 2022).
Vizsla Silver is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company headquartered in Vancouver, BC, focused on advancing its flagship, 100%-owned Panuco silver-gold project located in Sinaloa, Mexico. To date, Vizsla has completed over 140,000 metres of drilling at Panuco leading to the discovery of several new high-grade veins. For 2022, Vizsla has budgeted +120,000 metres of resource/discovery-based drilling, designed to upgrade, and expand the maiden resource as well as test other high priority targets across the district.
Drill core and rock samples were shipped to ALS Limited in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico and in North Vancouver, Canada for sample preparation and for analysis at the ALS laboratory in North Vancouver. The ALS Zacatecas and North Vancouver facilities are ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 certified. Silver and base metals were analyzed using a four-acid digestion with an ICP finish and gold was assayed by 30-gram fire assay with atomic absorption ("AA") spectroscopy finish. Over limit analyses for silver, lead and zinc were re-assayed using an ore-grade four-acid digestion with AA finish.
Control samples comprising certified reference samples, duplicates and blank samples were systematically inserted into the sample stream and analyzed as part of the Company's quality assurance / quality control protocol.
In accordance with NI 43-101, Martin Dupuis, P.Geo., Vice President of Technical Services, is the Qualified Person for the Company and has reviewed and approved the technical and scientific content of this news release.
The scientific and technical information in this news release was prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 which differs significantly from the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The terms "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource" and "inferred mineral resource" used in this news release are in reference to the mining terms defined in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Standards (the "CIM Definition Standards"), which definitions have been adopted by NI 43-101. Accordingly, information contained in this news release providing descriptions of our mineral deposits in accordance with NI 43-101 may not be comparable to similar information made public by other U.S. companies subject to the United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
You are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral resources will ever be converted into reserves. Pursuant to CIM Definition Standards, "inferred mineral resources" are that part of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality are estimated on the basis of limited geological evidence and sampling. Such geological evidence is sufficient to imply but not verify geological and grade or quality continuity. An inferred mineral resource has a lower level of confidence than that applying to an indicated mineral resource and must not be converted to a mineral reserve. However, it is reasonably expected that the majority of inferred mineral resources could be upgraded to indicated mineral resources with continued exploration. Under Canadian rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in rare cases. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource is economically or legally mineable. Disclosure of "contained ounces" in a resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations; however, the SEC normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute "reserves" by SEC standards as in place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures.
Canadian standards, including the CIM Definition Standards and NI 43-101, differ significantly from standards in the SEC Industry Guide 7. Effective February 25, 2019, the SEC adopted new mining disclosure rules under subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SEC Modernization Rules"), with compliance required for the first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021. The SEC Modernization Rules replace the historical property disclosure requirements included in SEC Industry Guide 7. As a result of the adoption of the SEC Modernization Rules, the SEC now recognizes estimates of "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources". Information regarding mineral resources contained or referenced in this news release may not be comparable to similar information made public by companies that report according to U.S. standards. While the SEC Modernization Rules are purported to be "substantially similar" to the CIM Definition Standards, readers are cautioned that there are differences between the SEC Modernization Rules and the CIM Definitions Standards. Accordingly, there is no assurance any mineral resources that the Company may report as "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources" under NI 43-101 would be the same had the Company prepared the resource estimates under the standards adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release includes certain "Forward–Looking Statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward–looking information" under applicable Canadian securities laws. When used in this news release, the words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "target", "plan", "forecast", "may", "would", "could", "schedule" and similar words or expressions, identify forward–looking statements or information. These forward–looking statements or information relate to, among other things: the exploration, development, and production at Panuco, including plans for resource/discovery-based drilling, designed to upgrade, and expand the maiden resource as well as test other high priority targets across the district.
Forward–looking statements and forward–looking information relating to any future mineral production, liquidity, enhanced value and capital markets profile of Vizsla Silver, future growth potential for Vizsla Silver and its business, and future exploration plans are based on management's reasonable assumptions, estimates, expectations, analyses and opinions, which are based on management's experience and perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, and other factors that management believes are relevant and reasonable in the circumstances, but which may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, the price of silver, gold, and other metals; no escalation in the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic; costs of exploration and development; the estimated costs of development of exploration projects; Vizsla Silver's ability to operate in a safe and effective manner and its ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms.
These statements reflect Vizsla Silver's respective current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of other assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward–looking statements or forward-looking information and Vizsla Silver has made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: the Company's dependence on one mineral project; precious metals price volatility; risks associated with the conduct of the Company's mining activities in Mexico; regulatory, consent or permitting delays; risks relating to reliance on the Company's management team and outside contractors; risks regarding mineral resources and reserves; the Company's inability to obtain insurance to cover all risks, on a commercially reasonable basis or at all; currency fluctuations; risks regarding the failure to generate sufficient cash flow from operations; risks relating to project financing and equity issuances; risks and unknowns inherent in all mining projects, including the inaccuracy of reserves and resources, metallurgical recoveries and capital and operating costs of such projects; contests over title to properties, particularly title to undeveloped properties; laws and regulations governing the environment, health and safety; the ability of the communities in which the Company operates to manage and cope with the implications of COVID-19; the economic and financial implications of COVID-19 to the Company; operating or technical difficulties in connection with mining or development activities; employee relations, labour unrest or unavailability; the Company's interactions with surrounding communities and artisanal miners; the Company's ability to successfully integrate acquired assets; the speculative nature of exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities or grades of reserves; stock market volatility; conflicts of interest among certain directors and officers; lack of liquidity for shareholders of the Company; litigation risk; and the factors identified under the caption "Risk Factors" in Vizsla Silver's management discussion and analysis. Readers are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward–looking statements or forward-looking information. Although Vizsla Silver has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. Vizsla Silver does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward–looking statements or forward-looking information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affecting such statements or information, other than as required by applicable law.
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(The Hill) – Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told activists on Wednesday that President Biden and his senior advisers are warming up to the idea of forgiving student debt, insisting they are closer to pulling the trigger “than ever before.”
Schumer, who has repeatedly called for canceling up to $50,000 in student debt per borrower, predicted that’s where the president and his administration will ultimately land.
“I have talked personally to the president on this issue a whole bunch of times. I have told him that this is more important than just about anything else that he can do on his own,” he told the State of Student Debt Summit in a virtual event Wednesday.
“We’re making progress folks. We are making progress. The White House seems more open to it than ever before,” he said.
The Department of Education announced last week that it would extend the pause on federal student loan repayment, interest and collections through August.
But Schumer says that doesn’t go far enough and that Biden is getting closer to agreeing with him.
“Don’t get me wrong, the pause is a good thing, but it ain’t enough. It ain’t close to enough,” he said.
He argued that families will face an average monthly student debt payment of $393 when the pause is lifted.
“That is so much money. How does anybody live knowing every month I got to pay this $400?” he said. “So the pause has stopped that, but make no mistake about it. This pause isn’t going to stay forever and the canceling of student debt is the way to go.”
Schumer said he has weighed in hard with Biden about the importance of canceling this type of debt.
“You get out of college and you have all this debt,” he said. “I have told the president this is one of the most important things he can do to help our economy. We all want the economy to grow. We all want people to have good lives, where you can provide for yourself and your family.”
Schumer signaled he would support canceling even more than $50,000 in student debt per borrower.
“We want our young people to realize that they can have a good future. One of the best, very best, top-of-the-list ways to do it is by canceling student debt, by getting rid of the $50,000, even going higher after that,” he said. McCarthy faces grumbles from right over Biden impeachment remarksVideos show what led up to police officer shooting dead Black man in Grand Rapids
Biden has said he’s willing to cancel up to $10,000 in student debt per borrower, but he wants Congress to pass legislation to do so, which he would then sign.
The administration said last month that it would forgive about $6 billion in student loans through changes made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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Conference Call Scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC), a net lease real estate investment trust, announced today that it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 before the market opens on Friday, April 29, 2022.
The company will host a conference call and live audio webcast to discuss its financial results at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time the same day, details of which are provided below.
Live Conference Call and Audio Webcast
Date/Time: Friday, April 29, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Call-in Number: 1 (877) 465-1289 (U.S.) or +1 (201) 689-8762 (international)
Please dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start time.
Live Audio Webcast and Replay: www.wpcarey.com/earnings
W. P. Carey Inc.
W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs with an enterprise value of approximately $22 billion and a diversified portfolio of operationally critical commercial real estate that includes 1,304 net lease properties covering approximately 156 million square feet as of December 31, 2021. For nearly five decades, the company has invested in high-quality single-tenant industrial, warehouse, office, retail and self-storage properties subject to long-term net leases with built-in rent escalators. Its portfolio is located primarily in the U.S. and Northern and Western Europe and is well-diversified by tenant, property type, geographic location and tenant industry.
www.wpcarey.com
Institutional Investors:
Peter Sands
1 (212) 492-1110
institutionalir@wpcarey.com
Individual Investors:
W. P. Carey Inc.
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New Chief Revenue Officer and Head of People will help propel Wavelo's global growth
TORONTO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today Wavelo, a disruptive telecom software provider and a division of Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) (TSX: TC), proudly announced that it has added two seasoned executives to the company's leadership team: Michael Koenig as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Karaka Leslie as Head of People.
With decades of combined experience in their respective fields, Michael and Karaka are vital additions to the Wavelo team and will be critical in helping propel the company's global growth.
"Wavelo is on a mission to revolutionize a historically rigid industry. We provide flexible software to help telecom operators maximize value from their existing networks, which ultimately provides their customers with a better experience," said Justin Reilly, Chief Executive Officer of Wavelo. "This is a titanic industry to tackle and we need the best and brightest working on our team. That's exactly who Michael and Karaka are. We dream big and so do they. With years of extensive, proven experience between them, we are incredibly fortunate to have them on our team and are confident and excited about the work that they will do."
Wavelo launched in early 2022, driven by its partnerships with DISH Wireless and Ting Internet. To support the company's ambitious plans for growth, Michael and Karaka will bring their own unique and valued experience to the leadership team:
- Michael Koenig, Chief Revenue Officer: Michael is a highly accomplished and diversified technology leader with over 15 years of software as a service (SaaS) experience and a broader focus on building high-performing, disruptive software solutions. In his early career, Michael helped build Automattic—the company responsible for creating dozens of beloved platforms, such as WordPress. He has also held roles as the Chief Operating Officer at both Sweet and Time Doctor. In his new position, Michael will lead Wavelo's revenue management practice, touching on operations, sales and corporate development.
- Karaka Leslie, Head of People: Karaka is a highly respected leader, bringing over 15 years of progressive strategic people and human capital management experience to this position. She comes to Wavelo after two years as the Head of Strategic Initiatives at Tucows, where she leveraged employee feedback and market research to spearhead a variety of new people programs that made tangible impacts on company culture. In her new role, Karaka will oversee Wavelo's people division, introducing world-class practices that will enable teams to do their best work while scaling alongside the company as it grows.
The Wavelo executive team also includes: Hanno Liem, Chief Technology Officer (CTO); Tom McGillivray, Vice-President of Customer Experience (CX); Justin Reilly, Chief Executive Officer (CEO); and Neil Shah, Chief Product Officer (CPO).
To learn more about Wavelo, the company's mission or its flexible software solutions, please visit wavelo.com.
Wavelo, a division of Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX, TSX: TC), is a modern, cloud-based platform designed to radically simplify OSS/BSS technology management and improve internet access worldwide. Serving communication service providers globally, Wavelo offers a suite of flexible software to enable mobile and internet access, provisioning, billing, subscriptions, and more. Connecting disparate business and operational systems and seamlessly integrating into operators' existing infrastructure, Wavelo enables operators to keep pace with network innovation and focus on providing a superior customer experience. Learn more at wavelo.com.
Tucows helps connect more people to the benefit of internet access through communications service technology, domain services, and fiber-optic internet infrastructure.
Ting (https://ting.com/internet) delivers fixed fiber Internet access with outstanding customer support. Wavelo (http://wavelo.com) is a telecommunications software suite for service providers that simplifies the management of mobile and internet network access, provisioning, billing and subscription, developer tools, and more. OpenSRS (https://opensrs.com), Enom (https://www.enom.com) and Ascio (https://ascio.com) combined manage approximately 25 million domain names and millions of value-added services through a global reseller network of over 35,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover (https://hover.com) makes it easy for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. More information can be found on Tucows' corporate website (https://tucows.com).
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Students and Their Families Will Have 24/7 Access to Medical and Behavioral Healthcare through SwiftMD
DETROIT, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Community college students in Wayne County, Michigan now have virtual access to healthcare included in their tuition. Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) will be supplementing its campus support services and behavioral health services with a virtual healthcare platform called SwiftMD. The service is available now to students enrolled at any of the district's six campuses or online classes and their dependents.
SwiftMD is a state-of-the-art platform that provides virtual access to U.S. trained board-certified Physicians and master level therapists via computer, phone, and smart phone app. WCCCD students and their dependents can use the service for general medical care as well as behavioral health care. SwiftMD's virtual care options have been implemented to work in tandem with WCCCD's student support services to create a solid network of healthcare and wellness support for students and their families.
"We must eliminate all barriers to success for our students and access to healthcare is a challenge for many students and families," said WCCCD chancellor Dr. Curtis L. Ivery. "By supplementing our campus support services with SwiftMD's virtual visits, we will greatly expand access for students and their dependents, so they are not forced to choose between healthcare, including behavioral health care and their education."
"The missions of SwiftMD and community colleges are well-aligned with regard to providing high-quality resources that are accessible and affordable," said John Lawlor, SwiftMD's president and CEO. "We are proud to work with Chancellor Ivery to ensure that, regardless of where or when it is needed, Wayne County Community College District's students and their families have access to high-quality medical and behavioral health care."
SwiftMD's online medical appointments will allow students to eliminate costly urgent care visits to address general medical needs and are available around the clock. Through the SwiftMD platform, students will have access to U.S.-trained physicians, where they can book virtual appointments for non-emergency medical care, receive diagnoses, treatment options and prescriptions sent to their preferred pharmacy.
About SwiftMD
SwiftMD is a leading medical and behavioral health platform of choice for providers and patients. The platform provides a quick and easy way for patients and caregivers to connect with physicians for non-emergency medical care. Unlike other providers, SwiftMD offers a platform with access to the highest utilization, exclusive physicians and an ROI guarantee. To learn more, visit www.swiftmd.com.
About Wayne County Community College District
WCCCD, one of the largest urban community colleges in Michigan, is a multi-campus district with six campus locations and specialty campuses, including the Mary Ellen Stempfle University Center, the Heinz C. Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center, the Michigan Institute for Public Safety Education (MIPSE), the Curtis L. Ivery Health and Wellness Education Center, and the Outdoor Careers Training Center. The District serves nearly 70,000 students annually across 32 cities and townships, and more than 500 square miles. WCCCD is committed to the continued development of new programs, workforce transformation, hosting community-based training sessions, and improving student facilities and services. www.wcccd.edu.
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Patrick Lyoya shot in head by Michigan officer, video shows
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a traffic stop, brief foot chase and struggle over a stun gun, according to videos of the April 4 incident.
Patrick Lyoya, 26, was killed outside a house in Grand Rapids. The white officer repeatedly ordered Lyoya to “let go” of his Taser, at one point demanding: “Drop the Taser!”
Citing a need for transparency, the city’s new police chief, Eric Winstrom, on Wednesday released four videos, including critical footage of the shooting recorded by a passenger in Lyoya’s car on that rainy morning.
GRAPHIC WARNING: Videos in this story may contain disturbing content.
“I view it as a tragedy. ... It was a progression of sadness for me,” said Winstrom, a former high-ranking Chicago police commander who became Grand Rapids chief in March. The city of about 200,000 people is about 150 miles northwest of Detroit.
Video shows Lyoya running from the officer who stopped him for driving with a license plate that didn’t belong to the vehicle. They struggled in front of several homes while Lyoya’s passenger got out and watched.
Winstrom said the fight over the Taser lasted about 90 seconds. In the final moments, the officer was on top of Lyoya, kneeling on his back at times to subdue him.
“From my view of the video, Taser was deployed twice. Taser did not make contact,” Winstrom told reporters. “And Mr. Lyoya was shot in the head. However, that’s the only information that I have.”
State police are investigating the shooting. Kent County’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Stephen Cohle, said he completed the autopsy but toxicology tests haven’t been finished.
The traffic stop was tense from the start. Video shows Lyoya, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, getting out of the car before the officer approached. He ordered Lyoya to get back in the vehicle but the man declined.
The officer asked him if he spoke English and demanded his driver’s license. The foot chase began soon after, video shows.
Winstrom didn’t identify the officer, a seven-year veteran who is on paid leave during the investigation.
“Me being from Chicago for the last 20 years, I’ve handled many police shootings myself, so I do have a lot of experience in this,” the chief said. “I was hoping to never have to utilize that experience here.”
Video was collected from Lyoya’s passenger, the officer’s body-worn camera, the officer’s patrol car and a doorbell camera. Prosecutor Chris Becker, who will decide whether any charges are warranted, objected to the release but said Winstrom could act on his own.
Becker said the public shouldn’t expect a quick decision.
“While the videos released today are an important piece of evidence, they are not all of the evidence,” he said.
City Manager Mark Washington warned that the videos would lead to “expressions of shock, of anger and of pain.” Some downtown businesses boarded up their storefronts, and concrete barricades surrounded police headquarters.
Lyoya had two young daughters and five siblings, said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who spoke to his family.
“He arrived in the United States as a refugee with his family fleeing violence. He had his whole life ahead of him,” Whitmer, a Democrat, said.
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, speaking on behalf of Lyoya’s family, on Wednesday called for the officer in the shooting to be fired and prosecuted.
“The video clearly shows that this was an unnecessary, excessive, and fatal use of force against an unarmed Black man who was confused by the encounter and terrified for his life,” Crump said in a release.
“It should be noted that Patrick never used violence against this officer even though the officer used violence against him in several instances for what was a misdemeanor traffic stop,” he added.
Crump and Lyoya’s family were expected to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon.
More than 100 people marched to Grand Rapids City Hall before a City Commission meeting Tuesday night, chanting “Black lives matter” and “No justice, no peace.”
On Wednesday, several hundred protesters gathered outside the Grand Rapids Police Department following the release of the videos, with some cursing and shouting from behind barricades. The group demanded that officials make public the name of the officer in the shooting.
Some businesses cut their hours short Wednesday, closing early. Some boarded up windows. But the demonstration remained nonviolent with protesters demanding justice for Lyoya and other Black lives lost in shootings involving police.
Winstrom last week said he met Lyoya’s father, Peter Lyoya, and that they both cried.
“I get it as a father. ... It’s just heart-wrenching,” the chief told WOOD-TV.
As in many U.S. cities, Grand Rapids police have been occasionally criticized over the use of force, particularly against Black people, who make up 18% of the population.
In November, the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments in a lawsuit over the practice of photographing and fingerprinting people who were never charged with a crime. Grand Rapids said the policy changed in 2015.
A downtown street has been designated Breonna Taylor Way, named for the Black woman and Grand Rapids native who was killed by police in Louisville, Kentucky, during a botched drug raid in 2020.
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White reported from Detroit. AP reporters Corey Williams in West Bloomfield, Michigan; David Eggert in Lansing, Michigan; and John Flesher in Traverse City, Michigan, contributed to this story.
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Pfizer to seek COVID booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds
(AP) - Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids.
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest variants -- and recently gave the option of a second booster to those 50 and older.
Now Pfizer says new data shows healthy 5- to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot.
In a small study, 140 youngsters who’d already gotten two shots were given a booster six months later, and researchers found the extra shot generally revved up their immune response. But a closer look at 30 of the children found a 36-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies, levels high enough to fight the super-contagious omicron variant, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said in a press release.
The data has not been published or vetted by independent experts.
Pfizer tested the kid booster while omicron was surging this winter. While COVID-19 cases now are at much lower levels in the U.S., in recent weeks an even more contagious version of omicron, called BA.2, has become the dominant type locally and around the world.
In the coming days, the companies plan to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds. They also plan to share the data with European and other regulators.
Vaccinations are generally less effective against the omicron variant than earlier versions of the coronavirus -- but they do still offer strong protection against severe disease. While COVID-19 is a bigger threat to adults, youngsters can get seriously ill. But regulators will have to decide if healthy elementary-age kids really need a booster, and if so, when.
The Pfizer shots are the only vaccine available to U.S. children. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. Just over a quarter in the younger age group have gotten two doses since vaccination opened to them in November, shortly before omicron struck.
The U.S. hasn’t yet allowed vaccinations for children under 5. But certain 5- to 11-year-olds -- those with severely weakened immune systems -- already are supposed to get three doses, to give that high-risk group a better chance of responding.
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Tesla issues 2nd recall for obstructing pedestrian warning
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 7:38 AM CDT|Updated: 10 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a “Boombox” function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestrians.
The company says in government documents that the new recall will disable “Boombox” if owners are using a feature that lets them “summon” the vehicles at low speeds.
The first recall in February disabled “Boombox” if the Teslas are in drive, neutral or reverse.
Both recalls will be done with online software updates.
The new recall covers certain 2020 through 2022 Model Y, X, and S vehicles, as well as the 2017 through 2022 Model 3.
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Police in New York City say they're not sure why a man boarded a subway car during rush hour Tuesday morning and fired 33 times. Authorities have arrested Frank R. James but they don't know a motive.
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Police in New York City say they're not sure why a man boarded a subway car during rush hour Tuesday morning and fired 33 times. Authorities have arrested Frank R. James but they don't know a motive.
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People in Grand Rapids, Mich., protest the killing of a Black man by police. The suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting is in custody. The U.S. is assisting Ukraine in its war crimes probe.
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People in Grand Rapids, Mich., protest the killing of a Black man by police. The suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting is in custody. The U.S. is assisting Ukraine in its war crimes probe.
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Ukraine says a Russian warship in the Black Sea has been "seriously damaged" by a Ukrainian missile attack. Russia's Ministry of Defense tells a different story.
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Ukraine says a Russian warship in the Black Sea has been "seriously damaged" by a Ukrainian missile attack. Russia's Ministry of Defense tells a different story.
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At Christmas, they were dancing The Nutcracker in their home city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. This Easter, they are living as displaced persons in the western city of Lviv.
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At Christmas, they were dancing The Nutcracker in their home city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. This Easter, they are living as displaced persons in the western city of Lviv.
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Last week, Elon Musk became Twitter's largest shareholder. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was going to join Twitter's board — then he wasn't.
Now the billionaire is offering to buy the company for $43 billion — $54.20 per share — in cash, according to a regulatory filing posted Wednesday.
Musk says he believes in the potential of Twitter and that the social media company needs to be transformed.
"My offer is my best and final offer and if it is not accepted, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder," Musk said in the filing. (He holds more than 9% of Twitter's shares.) "Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it," Musk added.
"I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy," he said.
Twitter said it has received the "unsolicited" offer from Musk.
In a statement, the company said its board "will carefully review the proposal to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interest of the Company and all Twitter stockholders."
Musk's offer of $54.20 per share is 38% more than the value of Twitter stock the day before his investment was publicly announced and it's 18.2% higher than Wednesday's closing price. Twitter stock was up more than 10% in pre-market trading Thursday.
Earlier this week, a Twitter shareholder filed a securities fraud lawsuit against Musk, alleging his late disclosure of his stake in Twitter cost investors money and saved Musk around $143 million.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter
Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, just days after the Tesla CEO said he would no longer be joining the social media company’s board of directors.
Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, who currently owns slightly more than 9% of its stock and is the company's biggest shareholder, provided a letter to the company on Wednesday that contained a proposal to buy the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn't already own. Musk offered $54.20 per share of Twitter's stock.
He called that price his best and final offer, although the billionaire provided no details on financing.
“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk says in the filing. “However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”
The buyout offer from Musk is just the latest development in his relationship with Twitter. The billionaire revealed in regulatory filings over recent weeks that he'd been buying shares in almost daily batches starting Jan. 31. Only Vanguard Group’s suite of mutual funds and ETFs controls more Twitter shares.
Musk has been a vocal critic of Twitter in recent weeks, mostly over his belief that it falls short on free speech principles. The social media platform has angered followers of Donald Trump and other far-right political figures who’ve had their accounts suspended for violating its content standards on violence, hate or harmful misinformation. Musk also has a history of his own tweets causing legal problems.
Musk said last week that he informed Twitter he wouldn’t be joining its board of directors five days after he was invited. He didn’t explain why, but the decision coincided with a barrage of now-deleted tweets from Musk proposing major changes to the company, such as dropping ads — its chief source of revenue — and transforming its San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter. Musk left a few clues on Twitter about his thinking, such as by “liking” a tweet that summarized the events as Musk going from “largest shareholder for Free Speech” to being “told to play nice and not speak freely.”
After Musk announced his stake, Twitter quickly gave Musk a seat on its board on the condition that he not own more than 14.9% of the company’s outstanding stock, according to a filing. But Musk backed out of the deal.
Musk’s 81 million Twitter followers make him one of the most popular figures on the platform, rivaling pop stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga. But his prolific tweeting has sometimes gotten him into trouble with the SEC and others.
Musk and Tesla in 2018 agreed to pay $40 million in civil fines and for Musk to have his tweets approved by a corporate lawyer after he tweeted about having the money to take Tesla private at $420 per share. That didn’t happen but the tweet caused Tesla’s stock price to jump. Musk’s latest trouble with the SEC could be his delay in notifying regulators of his growing stake in Twitter.
Musk has described himself as a “free speech absolutist” and has said he doesn’t think Twitter is living up to free speech principles — an opinion shared by followers of Donald Trump and a number of other right-wing political figures who’ve had their accounts suspended for violating Twitter content rules.
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Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect's videos
Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative calm: A silent shot of a packed New York City subway car in which he raises his finger to point out passengers, one by one.
Even as police arrested James on Wednesday in the Brooklyn subway shooting that wounded 10 people, they were still searching for a motive from a flood of details about the 62-year-old man’s life.
An erratic work history. Arrests for a string of mostly low-level crimes. A storage locker with more ammo. And hours of rambling, bigoted, profanity-laced videos on his YouTube channel that point to a deep, simmering anger.
“This nation was born in violence, it’s kept alive by violence or the threat thereof, and it’s going to die a violent death,” says James in a video where he takes on the moniker “Prophet of Doom.”
After a 30-hour manhunt, James was arrested without incident after a tipster — thought by police to be James himself — said he could be found near a McDonald’s on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Mayor Eric Adams triumphantly proclaimed “We got him!” Police said their top priority was getting the suspect, now charged with a federal terrorism offense, off the streets as they investigate their biggest unanswered question: Why?
A prime trove of evidence, they said, is his YouTube videos. He seems to have opinions about nearly everything — racism in America, New York City’s new mayor, the state of mental health services, 9/11, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Black women.
A federal criminal complaint cited one in which James ranted about too many homeless people on the subway and put the blame on New York City’s mayor.
“What are you doing, brother?” he said in the video posted March 27. “Every car I went to was loaded with homeless people. It was so bad, I couldn’t even stand.”
James then railed about the treatment of Black people in an April 6 video cited in the complaint, saying, “And so the message to me is: I should have gotten a gun, and just started shooting.”
In a video posted a day before the attack, James criticizes crime against Black people and says things would only change if certain people were “stomped, kicked and tortured” out of their “comfort zone.”
Surveillance cameras spotted James entering the subway system turnstiles Tuesday morning, dressed as a maintenance or construction worker in a yellow hard hat and orange working jacket with reflective tape.
Police say fellow riders heard him say only “oops” as he set off one smoke grenade in a crowded subway car as it rolled into a station. He then set off a second smoke grenade and started firing, police said. In the smoke and chaos that ensued, police say James made his getaway by slipping into a train that pulled in across the platform and exited after the first stop.
Left behind at the scene was the gun, extended magazines, a hatchet, detonated and undetonated smoke grenades, a black garbage can, a rolling cart, gasoline and the key to a U-Haul van, police said.
That key led investigators to James, and clues to a life of setbacks and anger as he bounced among factory and maintenance jobs, got fired at least twice, moved among Milwaukee, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York.
Video: NYC subway shooting survivor describes moment he discovered injuries
Investigators said James had 12 prior arrests in New York and New Jersey from 1990 to 2007, including for possession of burglary tools, criminal sex act, trespassing, larceny and disorderly conduct.
James had no felony convictions and was not prohibited from purchasing or owning a firearm. Police said the gun used in the attack was legally purchased at an Ohio pawn shop in 2011. A search of James' Philadelphia storage unit and apartment turned up at least two types of ammunition, including the kind used with an AR-15 assault-style rifle, a taser and a blue smoke canister.
Police said James was born and raised in New York City. In his videos, he said he finished a machine shop course in 1983 then worked as a gear machinist at Curtiss-Wright, an aerospace manufacturer in New Jersey, until 1991 when he was he was hit by a one-two punch of bad news: He was fired from his job and, soon after, his father whom he had lived with in New Jersey died.
Records show James filed a complaint against the aerospace company in federal court soon after he lost his job alleging racial discrimination, but it was dismissed a year later by a judge. He says in one video, without offering specifics, that he “couldn’t get any justice for what I went through.”
A spokesperson for Curtiss-Wright didn’t immediately respond to a call seeking comment.
James describes going in and out of several mental health facilities, including two in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s.
“Mr. Mayor, let me say to you I’m a victim of your mental health program in New York City,” James says in a video earlier this year, adding he is “full of hate, full anger and bitterness.”
James says he later was a patient at Bridgeway House, a mental health facility in New Jersey, although that could not be immediately confirmed. Messages left with the facility were not returned.
“My goal at Bridgeway in 1997 was to get off Social Security and go back to f------ work,” he says in a video, adding that he enrolled in a college and took a course in computer-aided design and manufacturing.
James says he eventually got a job at telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies in Parsippany, New Jersey, but says he ended up getting fired and returned to Bridgeway House, this time not as a patient but as an employee on the maintenance staff. A message seeking comment was sent to Lucent Technologies.
“I just want to work. I want to be a person that’s productive,” he said.
Video shows subway shooting suspect's arrest:
Touches of that earnest, struggling man showed up after James’ parked car was hit in Milwaukee. Eugene Yarbrough, pastor of Mt. Zion Wings of Glory Church of God in Christ next door to James’ apartment, said James was impressed that the pastor owned up to hitting the car. Neither James nor anyone else was there to see the accident. And James called him up to say so.
“I just couldn’t believe it would be him,” Yarbrough said. “But who knows what people will do?”
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AP reporters Michael Balsamo in Washington, Deepti Hajela in New York, Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia, Todd Richmond in Madison, Wisconsin and Carrie Antlfinger in Milwaukee contributed to this report. | https://www.koat.com/article/police-search-for-motive-brooklyn-subway-suspect-videos/39721384 | 2022-04-14T12:50:42 | 0 | https://www.koat.com/article/police-search-for-motive-brooklyn-subway-suspect-videos/39721384 |
Elderly couple found dead in home burned in McBride Fire
Couple found dead in burned home in Ruidoso
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I, 12 MINUTES. LET’S GET BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS FROM OVERNIGHT. TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD IN THE MCBRIDE FIRE IN RUIDOSO. GENEVIEVE GLASS IS LIVE IN RUIDOSO WITH WHAT WE’RE LEARNING FROM OVERNIGHT. GENEVIE.EV GENEVIEVE: TODD, THIS IS A REALLY TRAGIC UPDATE ON THIS FIRE. WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING PEOPLE EVACUATE THEIR HOMES ALL MORNING. WE HAVE LEARNED ABTOU THIS OLDER COUPLE DEAD INSIDE A HOME ON GAVILAN CANYON ROAD. THIS IS WHERE IT IS ON THE MAP. THE HOME CAUGHT ON FIRE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LATER THAT EVENING, POLICE SAY THEY LEARNED A COUPLE WHO LIVED IN THE HOME TRIED TO EVACUEAT FROM THE FIRE, BUT THEIR FAMILIES DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM. YESTERDAY, POLICE DAN FIREFIGHTERS THEN FOUND TWO DEAD BODIES IN THE HOME. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY THOSE PEOPLE DAN FIGURE OUT JUST HOW THEY DIED. WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS AND KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH ANYTHING THAT WE LEARN. LIVE IN RUIDOSO, GENEVIEVE GLASS, KOAT ACTION 7 NS.EW TODD: THANKS FOR THE UPDATE THIS MORNING. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS DO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THIS SPREADING MCBRIDE FIRE. IT’S BURNED NEARLY 5400 ACR.ES THAT’S ABOUT 1300 MORE THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY. 151 HOMES AND BUILDINGS WERE BURNED. THERE IS STILL NO CONTAINMT.EN MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE IN PLACEOR F THESE AREAS. THAT INCLUDES MOON MOUNTA,IN GAVILAN CANYON FROM HIGHWAY 70 TO LOWER EAGLE CREEK, EAST OF HULL, HOMESTEAD ACRES, RANCHO RUIDOSO VALLEY ESTATES, ERDE VALLEY, DEER PARK, AND EAST OF FLUTE PLAYER. THOSE WHO EVACUATED TO THE RUIDOSO CONVENTION CENTER TELL US IT WAS JUST A TERRIBLE NIGHT FOR THEM. >> THE NEIGHBORS CALLED AND SHE SAID GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW, GET OUT. SHE SAID E THFIRE IS COMING. >> WE GRABBED THE PETS, PETS, AND CELL PHONES AND RAN OUT THE DOOR. TODD: FIREFIGHTERS THERE SAY TH ERE ARE MORE EVACUAT
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Elderly couple found dead in home burned in McBride Fire
Two people died after the McBride fire burned their home in Ruidoso.New Mexico State Police say firefighters responded to a house fire at 569 Gavilan Canyon Road in Ruidoso Tuesday afternoon. Later that evening, the Ruidoso Police Department received information about an older couple who attempted to evacuate the McBride fire but were unaccounted for by family members.On Wednesday, Ruidoso police detectives and the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau, working together with the Bonita Volunteer Fire Department, located the remains of two individuals at the Gavilan Canyon Road residence.New Mexico State Police is working with the Office of Medical Investigator to positively identify the deceased victims and determine the cause and manner of death. State police will release their names once investigators identify them, and the next-of-kin has been properly notified.This is a developing story. Stay with KOAT for updates.
RUIDOSO, N.M. —
Two people died after the McBride fire burned their home in Ruidoso.
New Mexico State Police say firefighters responded to a house fire at 569 Gavilan Canyon Road in Ruidoso Tuesday afternoon. Later that evening, the Ruidoso Police Department received information about an older couple who attempted to evacuate the McBride fire but were unaccounted for by family members.
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On Wednesday, Ruidoso police detectives and the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau, working together with the Bonita Volunteer Fire Department, located the remains of two individuals at the Gavilan Canyon Road residence.
New Mexico State Police is working with the Office of Medical Investigator to positively identify the deceased victims and determine the cause and manner of death. State police will release their names once investigators identify them, and the next-of-kin has been properly notified.
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Here's what's getting more expensive at the grocery store
Food prices keep going up.
In the year ending in March, not adjusted for seasonal swings, food prices rose 8.8% — the biggest 12-month increase since the year ended May 1981, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.
Over the past year, virtually every type of food has become more expensive.
Groceries overall got 10% more expensive. Flour jumped 14.2%, milk rose 13.3%, eggs went up 11.2% and fruits and vegetables went up 8.5%. Bacon increased 18.2%.
A number of factors have tightened food supplies across several categories as demand stayed strong, causing prices to spike across the board.
One problem is environmental. Droughts in Brazil, the United States and Canada impacted crops from coffee to soy to wheat, said William Osnato, senior research analyst at Gro Intelligence, an agricultural data analytics firm.
The war in Ukraine has disrupted the wheat market, sending prices spiking. Plus, supply issues are also impacting the global vegetable oil market. A deadly avian flu is reducing the egg supply and driving wholesale egg prices way up, and threatening consumer prices as well.
It will take a while before prices come back down, Osnato noted.
"We're not about to grow our way out of it with a good U.S. crop," he said. "That's not going to solve anything. We're going to be in a high food price environment for more than a year."
Butter spikes
Not every single food item got pricier last month. But several did.
Many shelf-stable goods saw big jumps from February to March, according to seasonally adjusted data from the BLS. The price of canned vegetables jumped 4.2%, while the dried beans, peas and lentils category went up 4.4%. Rice got 3.2% more expensive, and crackers and bread increased 2.7%.
Fresh staples got more expensive as well. Uncooked ground beef jumped 2.1%. Milk grew 1.3%. Fresh vegetables grew 2.6%.
But the biggest jump? Butter, with a 6% increase.
"The global supply of milk over the past six months or so has contracted in a significant way," said Rob Fox, director of the knowledge exchange division at CoBank, which provides financial services to agribusiness.
In the United States, "the milk production forecast for 2022 is 226.0 billion pounds, 1.2 billion lower than last month's forecast and a projected decrease of 0.3 billion pounds from 2021," according to the USDA's dairy outlook released last month. "This would be the first year-over-year decrease in milk production since 2009."
But why was butter up 6% in March, while milk rose only 1.3%?
Fox explained that when milk supplies get squeezed and demand for milk is up or steady, butter is the first thing to get hit. That's because it's a relatively small part of the dairy market. "It can have significant price volatility," Fox said, noting that spikes in butter prices mean that other dairy goods could get more expensive too.
A few items did become cheaper last month. Doughnut prices fell 1.7%, peanut butter got 1.5% cheaper and ham prices declined 1.2%. | https://www.koat.com/article/what-s-getting-more-expensive-at-grocery-store/39716468 | 2022-04-14T12:51:03 | 1 | https://www.koat.com/article/what-s-getting-more-expensive-at-grocery-store/39716468 |
Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids.
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest variants — and recently gave the option of a second booster to those 50 and older.
Now Pfizer says new data shows healthy 5- to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot.
In a small study, 140 youngsters who’d already gotten two shots were given a booster six months later, and researchers found the extra shot generally revved up their immune response. But a closer look at 30 of the children found a 36-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies, levels high enough to fight the super-contagious omicron variant, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said in a press release.
The data has not been published or vetted by independent experts.
Pfizer tested the kid booster while omicron was surging this winter. While COVID-19 cases now are at much lower levels in the U.S., in recent weeks an even more contagious version of omicron, called BA.2, has become the dominant type locally and around the world.
In the coming days, the companies plan to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds. They also plan to share the data with European and other regulators.
Vaccinations are generally less effective against the omicron variant than earlier versions of the coronavirus — but they do still offer strong protection against severe disease. While COVID-19 is a bigger threat to adults, youngsters can get seriously ill. But regulators will have to decide if healthy elementary-age kids really need a booster, and if so, when.
The Pfizer shots are the only vaccine available to U.S. children. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. Just over a quarter in the younger age group have gotten two doses since vaccination opened to them in November, shortly before omicron struck.
The U.S. hasn’t yet allowed vaccinations for children under 5. But certain 5- to 11-year-olds — those with severely weakened immune systems — already are supposed to get three doses, to give that high-risk group a better chance of responding. | https://www.wivb.com/health/coronavirus/pfizer-to-ask-fda-to-ok-covid-booster-for-healthy-kids-ages-5-11/ | 2022-04-14T12:53:58 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/health/coronavirus/pfizer-to-ask-fda-to-ok-covid-booster-for-healthy-kids-ages-5-11/ |
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On April 14, 1996, the Buffalo Sabres played their final game in an arena filled with fond memories for many Buffalonians.
Memorial Auditorium, or as it was more commonly known, “The Aud,” was the venue to see a big event before KeyBank Center became the place to go. Located at the foot of Main Street near what we now know as Canalside, it was a place where people would sometimes sleep outside in order to get in line for tickets.
And those tickets came in a variety; Concerts, sports and more all came to “The Aud.” It opened in 1940, but it wasn’t for another three decades that the Sabres started calling it home.
Although the last game was played in 1996, “The Aud” wasn’t demolished until 2009. But during that last day on the ice, 16,000 fans accompanied the team, helping boost their spirits to claim a 4-1 victory over the Hartford Whalers.
26 seasons were spent there, and it’s been 26 years since that last game.
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How I Became a Philly Witch (and You Can, Too)
It’s not about wands and cauldrons, but rather empowerment, self-care, and connection with the Earth.
I didn’t anticipate becoming a witch. It was 2018, and I was planning a wedding; renovating what would become my bookstore, A Novel Idea in East Passyunk; writing a novel; and unpacking decades of emotional trauma. It was a lot. I longed for connection and balance yet knew that meditation wouldn’t be enough. That’s when it happened. One day, as I was perusing tarot decks at Deadwick’s Ethereal Emporium in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, I closed my eyes, and my hand began vibrating with heat as it neared one particular deck. In that moment, I knew.
People tend to be skeptical about witches, and yes, identifying as one invites ignorant comments: Will you hex me? Do you worship the devil? But for me and many others (check out #witchtok on TikTok), witchcraft is an empowering practice, grounded in self-care, activism, and connection with the Earth. I’ve always been interested in the occult, and fairy tales have long been my companions. In many of those stories, I encountered witches. Whether depicted as beautiful seductresses or bent-backed crones, witches serve as symbols of liberation, beings unapologetic about the power they possess. In that way, witchcraft is very 2022.
But it wasn’t until I took my first class on candle magic (at Palo Santo in South Philly) that I began to really understand a witch’s power. This type of witchcraft uses fire to bring change. Think about making a wish on your birthday: You light a candle, set an intention (wish), and blow the candle out, sending that intention into the universe. I learned that this is what every type of magic is — combining intention with action to produce an effect. The only difference from the birthday candle is that you have to put in the work! Magic is work. How much effort are you willing to put into a goal? That’s how much return you’ll manifest. Since channeling my goals in this way, I’ve manifested story publications, two book acceptances, and teaching and business opportunities.
None of this erased my trauma, but it invited me to explore it and work to heal from it. I’ve developed a ritual of pulling tarot cards on Mondays, then spending the week reflecting on them. I created a three-card pull during which I ask: What is the energy of this week? What will I learn this week? What will challenge me this week? I display the cards on my altar, which provides regular opportunities for introspection — so crucial these past two years.
In search of solidarity, I started hosting witchcraft-based events at my bookstore in 2019. And Philly’s witches have turned out. We gather for holidays such as Samhain and Yule and annual events like September’s Pagan Pride Day. Witchy bookshops, wellness centers and meetups are popping up everywhere. Searching for meetups on social media or stopping by your local New Age shops are good ways to find this community. Witchcraft has given me a sense of belonging and serenity at a time when so many in the world are craving those things. It’s not about wands and cauldrons, but rather intention and action manifesting. What could be more magical than that?
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On the Market: Year-Round Lake Resort House in Berwyn
This grand expanded Cape offers you a rare opportunity to live in the Main Line’s only resort community.
It’s not often that an opportunity to live in Leopard Lakes comes around. This is one of those rare opportunities.
Leopard Lakes in Berwyn is the only year-round resort community on the Main Line. And this Berwyn expanded Cape Cod house for sale faces the lake.
It’s not right by the lake, but it’s situated so that you can see it through the two-story-high windows of its family room, just to the left of the foyer.
That two-story wing, added in 2005, is part of the reason this house doesn’t look like the mid-1950s Cape Cod this house started out as. You will also notice that the construction project added lots of nice Colonial details to the house, both inside and out.
To the right of the two-story-high foyer is the formal living room, which currently functions as a billiard room. French doors lead from both it and the adjacent formal dining room lead to a covered slate patio, to the right of which a door leads to the two-car garage.
The formal dining room, directly behind the foyer, has a large bay window overlooking the landscaped backyard.
And across the hall from the family room you will find the eat-in kitchen, which has everything you need for creative cooking and graceful entertaining.
The main floor also contains a mudroom, powder room, en-suite bedroom and this home office. You could also use this room as a playroom or bedroom, and this end of the floor also makes a good au pair or in-law suite.
Stairs lead from the family room to the three bedrooms on the second floor.
The other two share a hall bath, while the primary bedroom includes a sitting area next to the lake-facing dormer window, two walk-in closets and a bathroom with dual vanities and a soaking tub. There’s also a bonus room that overlooks the family room and the windows facing the lake.
The basement contains the laundry, storage space, another powder room and a finished walkout game room.
The nicest amenities, however, are all outside the house. Specifically, Leopard Lake and the community’s other recreational facilities. These include tennis courts, a beach and hiking trails.
You can go swimming, kayaking or canoeing on the lake in the summer and ice skate or play ice hockey on it in the winter.
But if you don’t feel like heading to the lake even though it’s just a block away, this Berwyn expanded Cape Cod house for sale comes with its own resort: A pool next to the basement game room. The pool in the fenced-in yard has an outdoor shower and adjacent patio for lounging. It’s also connected to the landscaped backyard, which is also oufitted for outdoor entertaining with shelves where you can mount candles built into its slate walls.
There may be other houses as attractive and nicely outfitted on the Main Line as this one, but very few of those come with their own year-round resort. This one does.
THE FINE PRINT
BEDS: 4
BATHS: 3 full, 2 half
SQUARE FEET: 5,168
SALE PRICE: $2,150,000
OTHER STUFF: Since the 2005 expansion, this house also got a new roof and HardieBoard siding last year and new air conditioning this year. A $5,ooo capital contribution is due at purchase, and annual homeowners association dues of $2,240 covers maintenance and provision of the common amenities and roads in the community.
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ATHENS – A Monroe County optometry technician was the test pilot, of sorts, in being the first civilian to enroll in the Columbus Air Force Base’s Airman Leadership School. Not only did he complete the month-long course, he earned one of three awards given to members of his class.
“Airman Leadership School is typically reserved for active duty personnel. When I took it, I wasn’t trying to win an award; I was trying my best to hang in there and pass it,” said Robbie Ross, an Aberdeen High School graduate who served in the U.S. Navy from July 1996 to July 2001.
His peers in the course nominated him and one other airman for the Commandant Award, which led to an interview before a master sergeant’s board before being selected.
“That’s where you have to practice military formalities, and they drill you with questions for about 20 minutes. It’s how you answer the questions and how you respond when you’re on the spot. They try to make you really nervous to see if you fold under any type of intimidation or pressure,” he said.
Ross said the school is an active duty requirement once enlisted members of the Air Force make the rank of sergeant.
“It’s usually taken by senior airmen right before they make sergeant. A lot of times if they don’t have this course under their belt, it’s usually frowned upon for making the next rank,” Ross said, explaining the course as first-line supervisor training.
Responsibilities included negotiations and problem-solving techniques, peer reviews and open discussions designed to build critical thinking skills for students to think outside of their own opinions.
At the Columbus Air Force Base, Ross works in the medical group, which received an inquiry for candidates for the one open civilian seat in Airman Leadership School. He was selected because of his reputation and good evaluations in the medical group.
“I’m a yes person. It’s something I learned in the military to never say ‘no’ to any continuing education,” he said.
Ross realized Air Force leadership would pay close attention to his performance since he was the first civilian at the Columbus Air Force Base to enroll in the course, which solidified his own expectations.
“I realized I didn’t have to just pass this course, I had to do really good. I didn’t want to go through the course and make it barely by the skin of my teeth. I didn’t want to have that conversation,” he said. “I didn’t want to win any awards; I just didn’t want to suck.”
He said several civilian employees don’t have a military background, and Airman Leadership School can offer how to learn the ways of the military in order for them to do their jobs better.
“At the end of the day in the 14th Flying Training Wing, we have one mission. Everybody on base plays a vital role, civilian and military alike, to accomplish that one mission – to train world-class pilots. For me, I keep them vision-ready,” he said.
Aside from being an optometry technician, Ross is also the lead guitarist and vocalist of local rock band Seeking Seven, who also plays several solo shows. He paused gig bookings and nightly plans to devote more attention to the course. | https://www.djournal.com/monroe/news/local-civilian-employee-makes-columbus-air-force-base-history/article_ce95acff-7349-5822-8cb7-d6cd828b18c7.html | 2022-04-14T13:04:11 | 1 | https://www.djournal.com/monroe/news/local-civilian-employee-makes-columbus-air-force-base-history/article_ce95acff-7349-5822-8cb7-d6cd828b18c7.html |
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads guilty to forcibly touching woman in NY nightclub
NEW YORK - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018.
The guilty plea came nearly three years after the Oscar-winning "Jerry Maguire" star was arrested in the case that saw several delays as his lawyers sought to get charges reduced or dismissed.
Gooding, 54, accused of violating three different women at various Manhattan night spots in 2018 and 2019, pleaded guilty to just one of the allegations.
He told the judge he "kissed the waitress on her lips" without consent at the LAVO New York nightclub.
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Gooding's plea deal calls for no jail time. If he continues counseling for six months, he can withdraw the misdemeanor plea and plead guilty to a lesser violation of harassment.
Gooding was arrested in June 2019 after a 29-year-old woman told police he squeezed her breast without her consent at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge near Times Square.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is seen after turning himself in to the New York police on June 13, 2019 in New York City. Gooding was charged with a misdemeanor count of forcible touching for allegedly groping a woman at a night club. (Photo by Bauzen/GC Ima
A few months later, he was charged in two additional cases as more women came forward to accuse him of abuse. The new charges alleged he pinched a server’s buttocks after making a sexually suggestive remark to her at TAO Downtown and forcibly touched a woman inappropriately at the LAVO nightclub, both in 2018.
Gooding had previously pleaded not guilty to six misdemeanor counts and denied all allegations of wrongdoing. His lawyers have argued that overzealous prosecutors, caught up in the fervor of the #MeToo movement, are trying to turn "commonplace gestures" or misunderstandings into crimes.
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The judge had ruled that if the Gooding case went to trial, prosecutors could have called two additional women to testify about their allegations that Gooding also violated them. Those women, whose claims did not result in criminal charges, were among 19 other accusers whom prosecutors were seeking to call as witnesses.
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NETTLETON – The City of Nettleton received notification last week of a change in its fire rating from a 7 to a 6, which shows progression for fire service in the Nettleton Fire Department’s coverage area.
The city is inspected every five years, and it maintained a 7 rating for five or six years prior to this rating, according to Nettleton Fire Chief Michael Moody
“We focused more on training and going to more classes, along with mapping hydrants and the water system, equipment records, keeping up to date on our equipment and making sure our equipment is serviced and going digital on all of our paperwork,” Moody said as accomplishments to help achieve the rating.
The NFD currently has 18 volunteers on its roster.
“I’m thankful for them and appreciative for all they do,” Moody said.
The Nettleton Fire Department serves all of the city limits and 40 square miles into Monroe County.
The improved fire rating may mean better insurance rates for some residents of the fire district, depending on insurance providers and types of rates.
“It’s really just depends on what you’re insuring. With some insurance companies, it’s not a big issue on their price point. Some insurance credits are immediate and the companies will apply them this month. Other insurance companies will only be adjusted when the policy is due,” said Mayor Phillip Baulch.
In addition to GIS mapping fire hydrants, Baulch said the city is working on a plan to GIS locate water meters, valves, water lines, sewer lines and manholes for a database.
“We’re waiting for the water line replacement in order to start that,” he said. “As that work materializes, we’ll be marking these lines, and that feeds into this database. Sometimes the valves get covered up when the roads are re-asphalted and we have to find them, and that’s always a problem.”
He said some fire hydrants may be replaced as part of the infrastructure improvements.
Baulch added city officials will identify streets to pave outside of the area that will be impacted by water line replacements so there won’t be a need to duplicate paving work. | https://www.djournal.com/monroe/news/nettleton-s-fire-rating-improves-from-a-7-to-a-6/article_02dfd756-acd4-5d9f-a3aa-62817197fc66.html | 2022-04-14T13:04:17 | 1 | https://www.djournal.com/monroe/news/nettleton-s-fire-rating-improves-from-a-7-to-a-6/article_02dfd756-acd4-5d9f-a3aa-62817197fc66.html |
Amazon introduces 'fuel and inflation surcharge' for 3rd party sellers as company deals with rising costs
Amazon is taking a step to offset its rising costs, announcing Wednesday it will add a 5% "fuel and inflation surcharge" to fees it charges third-party sellers who use the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment services.
The Seattle-based company said on its website that the added fees, which take effect April 28, are "subject to change" and will apply to both apparel and non-apparel items.
Amazon didn’t immediately respond to a request for further details on the move. But in a notice sent to sellers Wednesday, the company said its costs had gone up since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic due to increases in hourly wages, the hiring of workers and construction of more warehouses.
It said it had absorbed costs whenever possible, and only increased fees to address permanent costs and to be competitive with other providers. Amazon competitors FedEx and UPS both have fuel surcharges.
"In 2022, we expected a return to normalcy as COVID-19 restrictions around the world eased, but fuel and inflation have presented further challenges," the company said in the notice. The latest fee hike follows one announced in November and which went into effect in January.
Federal data released Tuesday showed inflation jumped 8.5% in March, its fastest pace in more than 40 years. Gasoline prices have rocketed 48% in the past 12 months.
Amazon’s third-party marketplace, where independent merchants list millions of their products, is a huge part of its business. It has about 2 million sellers, and more than half the goods sold on Amazon.com come from these sellers.
Last year, sellers paid Amazon about $103 billion in fees, which made up about 22% of the company’s revenue. The online retailer said the new fees will apply to products ordered before April 28 but shipped and delivered after that date.
Amazon has long faced accusations of undercutting merchants that sell on its platform by making "knock-offs," or very similar products, and boosting their presence on the site.
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CALEDONIA – After falling 11-2 in the fourth inning, the Nettleton Tigers did not let that phase them as big hit after big hit kept them alive in a back-and-forth game.
The Tigers were able to take the lead in the seventh on a grand slam by Jaylon Betts and walked away with a 19-16 win over Caledonia on Saturday.
“We had a lot of reasons to throw in the towel, and I had some doubts after we fell 11-2, but we stayed in it and never quit,” Nettleton coach Luke Hargett said. “Cade (Oswalt) came in and pitched his first varsity game, and he did a good job of keeping us in it.”
Nettleton started with a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Carter Crawley got a base hit to center field, and Jackson Cheek got an RBI on a groundout to third, bringing Crawley home for the first run of the game.
Caledonia loaded the bases in the bottom of the first, and three runs scored on a single, an error and a fly out to give the Cavaliers a 3-1 lead. In the fourth, the Tigers responded to make it a one-run game after Cheek hit a solo home run to center field to open the inning.
The Cavaliers’ bats caught fire in the bottom of the fourth as they drove in eight runs to increase their lead to 11-2.
The pressure of being down nine runs heading into the fifth did not make the Tigers crumble as Jaylon Betts opened the fifth with a double, and Crawley hit an RBI double to left field to bring Betts home. Evan Smith added on to the score with an RBI single to center.
Cheek put the score at 11-6 after hitting a two-run homer to right field. Nettleton loaded the bases shortly after on walks by Drew Humble and Jay Hawkins, while Hunter Kuhl reached first on a hit by pitch.
Cruz Mitchell hit a sacrifice fly to center to bring in Humble, while Betts hit an RBI single to center field, cutting the score down to 11-9. The Cavaliers added a run on an error in the bottom of the fifth to push their lead to 12-9.
Nettleton fought all the way back to tie things up at 12-12 in the sixth. Smith and Cheek hit singles to center field, and Oswalt got the RBI on a groundout to bring in Smith.
After Hawkins drew a walk, Kuhl hit a two-run RBI double to center field, bringing Cheek and Hawkins home to tie the game up. In the bottom of the sixth, Caledonia added four runs in the inning to take a 16-12 lead.
The Tigers continued to fight in the seventh down four runs as Cheek and Humble got on base with a single and a walk. Oswalt cut the score down to 16-13 with an RBI single to bring Cheek home.
Hawkins drew a walk to load the bases for Nettleton, and Kuhl hit a two-run RBI single, bringing home Humble and Oswalt to put the score at 16-15.
After Mitchell drew a walk to load the bases, Betts smashed a grand slam to give the Tigers the 19-16 lead.
Humble and the Tigers' defense did not allow a hit in the bottom of the seventh as they walked away with the win.
“With the wind blowing as hard as it did today, it was a good day to hit, and we felt like we were going to swing it well, but we just had a hard time preventing them from scoring,” Hargett said. “It was frustrating because we didn’t think it’d take nineteen runs to win it, but credit to our guys for sticking with it through the frustration.” | https://www.djournal.com/monroe/sports/tigers-overcome-nine-run-deficit-to-down-caledonia/article_a916383d-a738-5a79-8ce2-361dfde3f35d.html | 2022-04-14T13:04:23 | 1 | https://www.djournal.com/monroe/sports/tigers-overcome-nine-run-deficit-to-down-caledonia/article_a916383d-a738-5a79-8ce2-361dfde3f35d.html |
Anthony Todt: Closing arguments to begin in Florida murder trial
CELEBRATION, Fla. - Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Thursday in the trial for the man charged with murdering his family at their home in Celebration.
Anthony Todt is accused of killing his wife, three kids, and their family dog in 2019. Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases on Wednesday.
Todt, who has pleaded not guilty, testified in his own defense and claims his wife was responsible for the deaths of their kids, not him.
"I came home and my kids were dead," said Todt, crying. "Most horrible day of my life."
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"She had blood on her shirt and after I said a few uncolored words to her, I then discovered the kids, I went into their rooms and found them dead," he said.
He insinuated there was something in the dessert she made for the kids, which he didn't eat.
"When I found out what happened I puked, I cried."
Earlier this week, the jury was shown a recorded interview between Todt and deputies where he tells them he and his wife had a so-called "apocalyptic death pact" after watching videos about the world coming to an end.
The trial continues at 9 a.m. at the Osceola County courthouse. You can watch it live in the player above.
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‘Artillery, tanks’: Zelenskyy lists weapons needed to fend off Russia
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has released a list of weapons needed to fend off Russian forces invading the country.
"To continue heroically defending the world from Russian aggression, Ukraine needs a specific list of weapons," he posted on Telegram. "I appeal to citizens of the whole world to help convey to your governments, presidential administrations, and leaders of your countries the real needs of Ukraine, which will help stop the war."
He also posted a video on Twitter.
Zelenksyy said the weapons needed are: artillery pieces (caliber 155 mm) and ammo; artillery shells (152 mm caliber). As much as possible; multiple Rocket Launch Systems: "Grad", "Uragan", or American M142 HIMARS; APCs (armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, etc.); tanks (T-72, either American or German analogs); air defense systems (S-300, BUK, or similar modern western air defense systems) and combat aircraft.
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"We are asking the whole world to unite and help us fight this cruel aggression," he continued.
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 with the goal, according to Western officials, of taking the capital, Kyiv, toppling the government and installing a Moscow-friendly one. But the ground advance slowly stalled and Russia lost potentially thousands of fighters in seven weeks of war. The conflict has killed untold numbers of Ukrainian civilians and forced millions more to flee. The fighting has also rattled the world economy, threatened global food supplies and shattered Europe’s post-Cold War balance.
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Meanwhile, a day after he called Russia’s actions in Ukraine "a genocide," President Joe Biden approved $800 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, saying weapons from the west have sustained Ukraine’s fight so far and "we cannot rest now." The weapons include artillery systems, armored personnel carriers and helicopters.
Following those setbacks, Russian troops are now gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern Donbas region, where Moscow-allied separatists and Ukrainian forces have been fighting since 2014, and where Russia has recognized the separatists’ claims of independence. Military strategists say Moscow believes local support, logistics and the terrain in the region favor its larger, better-armed military, potentially allowing Russia to finally turn the tide in its favor.
A key piece of the Russian campaign is Mariupol, which lies in the Donbas and which the Russians have pummeled since nearly the start of the war. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak tweeted that the city’s defenders were short of supplies but were "fighting under the bombs for each meter of the city."
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Biden approves $800M in 'highly effective' artillery, helicopters for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved $800 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, including artillery and helicopters, to bolster its defenses against an intensified Russian offensive in the country’s east.
Biden announced the aid after a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to coordinate the delivery of the assistance, which he said included artillery systems, artillery rounds, and armored personnel carriers, as well as helicopters.
"This new package of assistance will contain many of the highly effective weapons systems we have already provided and new capabilities tailored to the wider assault we expect Russia to launch in eastern Ukraine," Biden said in a statement.
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Biden said the U.S. will continue to work with allies to share additional weapons and resources as the conflict continues.
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COVID-19 booster: Pfizer to seek extra shot for healthy kids 5 to 11
Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids.
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest variants -- and recently gave the option of a second booster to those 50 and older.
Now Pfizer says new data shows healthy 5- to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot.
In a small study, 140 youngsters who’d already gotten two shots were given a booster six months later, and researchers found the extra shot generally revved up their immune response. But a closer look at 30 of the children found a 36-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies, levels high enough to fight the super-contagious omicron variant, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said in a press release.
The data has not been published or vetted by independent experts.
Pfizer tested the kid booster while omicron was surging this winter. While COVID-19 cases now are at much lower levels in the U.S., in recent weeks an even more contagious version of omicron, called BA.2, has become the dominant type locally and around the world.
In the coming days, the companies plan to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds. They also plan to share the data with European and other regulators.
Vaccinations are generally less effective against the omicron variant than earlier versions of the coronavirus -- but they do still offer strong protection against severe disease. While COVID-19 is a bigger threat to adults, youngsters can get seriously ill. But regulators will have to decide if healthy elementary-age kids really need a booster, and if so, when.
The Pfizer shots are the only vaccine available to U.S. children. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. Just over a quarter in the younger age group have gotten two doses since vaccination opened to them in November, shortly before omicron struck.
The U.S. hasn’t yet allowed vaccinations for children under 5. But certain 5- to 11-year-olds -- those with severely weakened immune systems -- already are supposed to get three doses, to give that high-risk group a better chance of responding.
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Man accused of trying to lure Orlando boy says he was going to take him to school, deputies say
ORLANDO, Fla. - A man accused of trying to kidnap a boy in Orlando as he was walking to school is waking up in his own bed on Thursday after posting bond.
Vinh Nguyen, 37, walked to a car that was waiting to pick him up and did not respond to questions from reporters.
Nguyen is charged with false imprisonment, luring or enticing a child, and battery. He was released from jail on $3,250 bond.
Nguyen was allegedly recorded on surveillance video on Monday walking up to the boy, putting his arms on the boy's shoulders, touching his face, and then calling him "cute," according to the arrest report.
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According to a police report, Nguyen told deputies that the boy reminded him of his brother who reportedly died years earlier. He also reportedly said that he did not understand why what he did was wrong.
When asked what he would have done if the child got into his vehicle, the man told deputies that he would have given the boy a ride to school, the report stated.
Authorities are concerned that there may be more victims. Another parent told deputies that the man allegedly walked up to a 13-year-old child last year and offered that child a ride to school.
Neighbors described the man as quiet and someone who kept to himself.
"That was very shocking," said neighbor Joseph Dancy, "because like I said, he stayed to himself. That's it."
Orlando attorney Whitney Boan reminds the public that not everything is always as it appears.
"Just cause it hits us in a creepy spot doesn't mean that it always adds up to a crime or it adds up to crime at the level that is consistent or equal to the amount of creepiness that we would suspect based on facts that are put before us."
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Dolphin dies after reportedly being harassed by Texas beachgoers
QUINTANA BEACH, Texas - Officials say a dolphin on a Texas beach passed away after she was stranded alive over the weekend and reportedly "harassed by a crowd of people."
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TMMSN) shared shocking photos on Facebook, saying a dolphin on Quintana Beach, Texas located in Brazoria County, was "pushed back to sea, where beachgoers tried to swim with and ride the sick animal."
We're told the dolphin was ultimately stranded and "further harassed by a crowd of people on the beach, where she later died before rescuers could arrive on scene."
Officials warned, that as a result, any interactions with dolphins (other than a professional) can only cause more stress on the mammal, but is also illegal.
"This type of harassment causes undue stress to wild dolphins, is dangerous for the people who interact with them, and is illegal - punishable by fines and jail time if convicted," TMMSN said in their Facebook post. "If a live dolphin or whale strands in Texas, please DO NOT PUSH the animal back to sea, do not attempt to swim or interact with them, do not crowd them, and immediately call 1-800-9MAMMAL for guidance on how to help support the animal until the TMMSN rescue response arrives!"
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Quintana Park officials condemned the incident as well, calling it a tragedy.
"Park staff was called to assist in keeping the public away from the dolphin until rescuers could arrive from Galveston," officials said in their Facebook post. "Unfortunately, it was a retrieval, not a rescue. The animal was taken for necropsy to try and determine the cause of the stranding."
At the nearby community of Surfside, several people expressed their frustration on Wednesday regarding what happened.
"You shouldn’t be messing with a dolphin if you don’t know anything about it," said Jesus Gonzalez.
"It’s really awful people would touch it, and harm it," said Stephanie Lyons. "I was surprised people would do that. You never know down here. It’s sad."
"People should respect wildlife and help it out if you can," said Chris McDonald. "If you can’t, walk away and call other people that are in charge."
On Wednesday, we spoke with Steve Aibel about rescuing dolphins. Aibel is the Vice President Zoological for SeaWorld San Antonio.
"Our experience tells us to get in touch with the Marine Mammal Stranding Network immediately," said Aibel. "Start to take direction from them."
Aibel says they’ve worked with the Marine Mammal Stranding Network to rescue injured and sick animals along the Texas coast.
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Double-elimination: ‘The Masked Singer’ says goodbye to Miss Teddy and Armadillo
Armadillo and Miss Teddy said goodbye to "The Masked Singer" stage after a double elimination on Wednesday.
So which celebrities were under the huge masks during this week’s elimination?
Miss Teddy
Underneath the adorable orange and sparkly exterior was none other than the legendary singer and actress and ultimate "Dream Girl," Jennifer Holliday.
"Well, I was hoping to go all the way, but I still think that it went very well. So, very pleased," Holliday said after the big reveal.
Holliday said she was just "tickled" under her costume that she was able to disguise and mislead some of her fans from figuring out who was under the huge mask.
Some of the panelists guessed other celebrities such as Jennifer Hudson, Gloria Gaynor and even Karen Clark (Sheard).
Miss Teddy performing on "The Masked Singer." (FOX Entertainment)
Holliday tried throwing off the judges by singing upbeat songs which aren’t usually her pot of honey but she belted out songs from vocal powerhouses such as Demi Lovato’s "Tell Me You Love Me" and the 80s classic "Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne.
"I am mostly a ballad singer. No one knows me for singing any uptempo songs, only a few," Holliday said.
"My fans would not expect to hear me singing something like that so I did want to try something totally different," Holliday added.
The artist shared that as the show progressed and she remained in the competition, she was excited to allow her character to have more of a personality during her performances.
"I think that was my favorite part. Trying to bring a character to life," Holliday said.
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Holliday also revealed that her costume had a built-in ice pack so she wouldn’t get too overheated while dancing under the hot stage lights.
"At first it was a challenge because I wanted to move, do some dance steps because I knew that that would help throw the panelists off," Holliday said.
The singer shared that she was drawn to Miss Teddy because she felt America needed a "great big warm hug."
"I just hope that the audience did get that joy and that warm hug that I was trying to give them," Holliday said.
Armadillo and Miss Teddy pictured side-by-side.
Armadillo
This reveal may or may not have come as a shock to the audience but underneath the armored exterior of the Armadillo was reality TV star and lawman "Dog the Bounty Hunter," also known by his real name, Duane Chapman.
"I’m completely devastated. I wanted to win," Chapman said with a pout.
Despite being eliminated, Chapman said he was proud of how far he got in the competition and was ready to head to the comforts of his own home.
"I was the last man standing and I never thought I’d get this far," Chapman said. "I am so happy. I love the show."
The bounty hunter noted how challenging the show was and gave any future contestants a fair warning: "It’s a tough show, you better be ready," he said.
"Singing in a mask is so much harder than catching criminals," Chapman added.
The Armadillo performing on "The Masked Singer." (FOX Entertainment)
During his performance of "I Fought The Law" by the Bobby Fuller Four, Chapman took a tumble on stage. An incident to which he referred to as "the splits."
"I did a terrific job on the splits. Some people call it a trip but I call it the splits," Chapman said.
The lawman admitted he isn’t much of a singer but his current wife, Francie Frane, "made" him participate in the competition.
"I sat down and sung to her and my dog — you talk about nervous. I’ve got a lot of children and I was always nervous before they were born. This is nothing compared to the nerves I had on this show," he said.
Chapman got personal and shared the touching reason behind why he chose to sing "Amazing Grace" during one of his performances, revealing he truly has a soft side under that hard, armored exterior.
"So, my mother’s favorite song was amazing grace and for me to be able to sing that for my mom as she’s in heaven, it’s just a touching song to me," Chapman said.
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Robin Thicke, a panelist on the show, said he too sings "Amazing Grace" to his son almost every night.
"Years ago when I was going through my toughest times, and those lyrics would resonate with me and it was my son and my children that saved me. I really appreciate you putting that down," Thicke said after Chapman’s performance.
Chapman admitted he was nervous that his friend of over 20 years, Jenny McCarthy, who is also a panelist, would guess it was him right away. Luckily, it took her a few tries before she finally came to the conclusion that the man under the long snout was none other than her dear friend.
And, as an investigator himself, Chapman said he even had a hard time figuring out who his competition was.
Chapman wished the rest of his team, Team Good, the best of luck.
Find out who will move on to the finals from Team Good, Team Bad, and Team Cuddly next Wednesday night on "The Masked Singer" on FOX.
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Elon Musk offers to buy 100% of Twitter for $43 billion
Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, just days after the Tesla CEO said he would no longer be joining the social media company’s board of directors.
Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, currently the company’s biggest shareholder, has proposed buying the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn’t already own at $54.20 per share, an offer worth more than $43 billion.
Musk called that price his best and final offer, although he provided no details on financing. The offer is non-binding and subject to financing and other conditions.
"I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy," Musk says in the filing. "However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company."
Twitter said it has received Musk's offer and will decide whether it is in the best interests of shareholders to accept or continue to operate as a publicly-traded company.
FILE IMAGE - Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on Dec. 13, 2021, in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME)
Musk revealed in regulatory filings over recent weeks that he’d been buying shares in almost daily batches starting Jan. 31, ending up with a stake of about 9%. Only Vanguard Group’s suite of mutual funds and ETFs controls more Twitter shares.
The billionaire has been a vocal critic of Twitter in recent weeks, mostly over his belief that it falls short on free speech principles. The social media platform has angered followers of Donald Trump and other far-right political figures who’ve had their accounts suspended for violating its content standards on violence, hate or harmful misinformation. Musk also has a history of his own tweets causing legal problems.
After Musk announced his stake, Twitter quickly offered him a seat on its board on the condition that he not own more than 14.9% of the company’s outstanding stock, according to a filing. But he said five days later that he’d declined.
He didn’t explain why, but the decision coincided with a barrage of now-deleted tweets from Musk proposing major changes to the company, such as dropping ads — its chief source of revenue — and transforming its San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter. Musk left a few clues on Twitter about his thinking, such as by "liking" a tweet that summarized the events as Musk going from "largest shareholder for Free Speech" to being "told to play nice and not speak freely."
Musk’s 81 million Twitter followers make him one of the most popular figures on the platform, rivaling pop stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga. But his prolific tweeting has sometimes gotten him into trouble with the SEC and others.
Musk and Tesla in 2018 agreed to pay $40 million in civil fines and for Musk to have his tweets approved by a corporate lawyer after he tweeted about having the money to take Tesla private at $420 per share. That didn’t happen, but the tweet caused Tesla’s stock price to jump. Musk’s latest trouble with the SEC could be his delay in notifying regulators of his growing stake in Twitter.
Musk has described himself as a "free speech absolutist" and has said he doesn’t think Twitter is living up to free speech principles — an opinion shared by followers of Donald Trump and a number of other right-wing political figures who’ve had their accounts suspended for violating Twitter content rules.
Shares of Twitter jumped 11% before the market open. The stock is still down from its 52-week high of about $73. Shares of Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer that Musk heads, slipped about 0.9%.
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For sale: Moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong during Apollo 11
LOS ANGELES - Have you ever wanted to own a piece of the moon? Well, now you can.
Moon dust samples collected by none other than Neil Armstrong himself during the historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 are currently up for auction.
The auction item up for bid at Bonhams in New York City includes five samples of lunar dust worth up to $1.2 million, according to the auction house.
"I think one of the keys for this is that it’s from the contingency sample. So it’s the very first dust [collected] and it’s collected by Neil Armstrong who’s like, you know, he’s the guy," Adam Stackhouse, Bonhams’s senior specialist in science and technology told Atlas Obscura.
The potential owner of this historic artifact will receive a blue plastic container containing five aluminum disks each carrying a small piece of carbon tape used to retrieve the lunar samples.
On July 20, 1969, 650 million people around the world watched on TV as Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong took his historic step into the pages of history, according to NASA.
When Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to step onto the lunar surface, they gathered a small "contingency sample" of dust before carrying out the rest of their mission should things go wrong, according to NASA.
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Gabby Petito's family lawsuit will head to jury trial in 2023, courts say
NORTH PORT, Fla. - The lawsuit filed by Gabby Petito's family against Brian Laundrie's parents will head to a jury trial next year, according to the Sarasota Clerk of Courts.
A jury trial was ordered in the lawsuit and has been set for August 14, 2023, the Clerk of Courts confirmed.
Petito's family filed a civil lawsuit against Laundrie's parents, accusing them of knowing their son murdered their daughter and tried to help him flee the country. The lawsuit seeks more than $100,000 in damages for causing the Petito's pain and suffering along with mental anguish.
The Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino filed a motion to dismiss the civil lawsuit. Bertolino asked a Florida judge to drop the lawsuit with prejudice, arguing that there are no facts to support their claims of "intentional infliction of emotional distress."
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Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito set off on a cross-country road trip in July 2021. By October 2021, both of them were found dead on opposite ends of the country. The FBI identified Laundrie as the sole suspect in Petito's homicide.
She was found bludgeoned and strangled to death at a campground north of Jackson, Wyoming, where the couple stayed in late August 2021.
By September 1, 2021, Laundrie arrived at his parents' North Port home driving Petito's van. By then, she was dead, and it took 10 days before police arrived at the home looking for her.
In that time, Laundrie went camping with his family south of St. Petersburg and made no public comments about Petito's disappearance. He invoked his right to remain silent and declined to cooperate with police.
Laundrie set out for the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, just 10 minutes from his parents' home in North Port, and never returned. After a weeks-long search delayed by flooding, police and the Laundrie's found his belongings in a clearing that had been underwater for roughly five weeks.
That's when investigators found remains nearby that they later determined was Brian Laundrie.
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The FBI did confirm he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and materials recovered suggested he took responsibility for Petito's death, according to investigators.
"It is believed that on August 27, 2021, Brian Laundrie murdered Gabrielle Petito," the civil complaint reads.
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Laundrie then sent phony text messages between his cell and Petito’s "in an effort to hide the fact" that she was dead, according to court documents and the FBI.
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'Game of Thrones' actor Joseph Gatt arrested for contact with a minor for sexual offense
Actor Joseph Gatt was arrested last week after Los Angeles Police Department detectives claimed he was allegedly engaging in "online sexually explicit communication" with a minor who lived in another state.
According to inmate information obtained by Fox News Digital on Wednesday, the 50-year-old man was taken into custody on April 6 after authorities executed a search warrant on his home in Los Angeles.
The LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force began investigating Gatt after allegedly receiving a tip.
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He also had an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest stemming from a similar incident involving a minor victim, police relayed to Fox News Digital. He was arrested for contact with a minor for sexual offense.
Police are now "seeking to identify any additional victims" following Gatt's arrest.
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Gatt was booked into the Los Angeles County Jail on April 6 at 9 a.m. local time and was released after posting a $5,000 bail around noon the same day.
According to his IMDb, Gatt has appeared in TV shows including "Game of Thrones" and "NCIS: New Orleans."
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Gov. DeSantis warns migrants bused from Texas to DC: 'Do not come to Florida. Life will not be easy for you'
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning migrants not to come to his state after a bus full of migrants from Texas who were dropped off at the U.S. Capitol said they plan to head to Miami.
A bus full of 23 migrants from Texas unloaded at the foot of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday morning, as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's new plan to counter federal immigration policies during an ongoing border crisis.
The migrants told Fox News that they are planning to head down to Miami, Florida, likely by train. The bus ride conducted by the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) concluded in D.C. and is not continuing on to Florida, so migrants would have to find their own way down to the southern state.
However, DeSantis is taking issue with the fact that the migrants are planning to head to the Sunshine State, with his executive office issuing a clear message: "Do not come."
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"To those who have entered the country illegally, fair warning: do not come to Florida. Life will not be easy for you, because we are obligated to uphold the immigration laws of this country, even if our federal government and other states won’t," the Executive Office of the Governor of Florida exclusively told Fox News Digital in a statement.
"Florida is not a sanctuary state, and our social programs are designed to serve the citizens of our state. The governor will protect the sovereignty of the state of Florida," the statement continued.
The governor's office also blamed the Biden administration for putting migrant's physical health at risk by encouraging them to "make dangerous treks" and putting their lives in the hands of human smugglers.
"If you have come here illegally, you have been done a great disservice by the Biden Administration. They have encouraged you to make dangerous treks, oftentimes at great physical distress to you and your family. Sometimes, this has even meant putting your fate into the hands of dangerous coyotes and human traffickers."
A group of migrants were bused from Texas to Washington, D.C., where they were dropped off blocks from the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Fox News)
"There is a legal process to obtain full American citizenship, which is an essential part of the promise of America. In Florida, we will uphold the law," the statement concluded.
The migrant bus pulled up at approximately 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday, just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol building. Fox News has learned that they came from the Del Rio sector in Texas, after coming to the U.S. from Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
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Upon the bus's arrival in Washington, D.C., individuals disembarked one by one except for family units who exited together. They checked in with officials and had wristbands they were wearing cut off before being told they could go. The group included 19 males and four females, including three small children.
Reps. Katko and Comer were part of a congressional delegation this week to the southern border with Mexico. (House Oversight Committee Republicans)
TDEM said it dispatched buses over the weekend to border communities where it coordinated with officials to identify these immigrants. The agency added that each bus has the capacity and supplies necessary to carry up to 40 migrants released in Texas communities and transport them to Washington, D.C.
"As the federal government continues to turn a blind eye to the border crisis, the State of Texas will remain steadfast in our efforts to fill in the gaps and keep Texans safe," Abbott said in a press release Wednesday.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich Wednesday that all of the migrants are in immigration proceedings and it's "nice" that Texas is helping them get to their final destinations.
"These are all migrants who have been processed by CBP and are free to travel. So it's nice the state of Texas is helping them get to their final destination as they await and their outcome of their immigration proceedings. And they're all in immigration proceedings."
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"By busing migrants to Washington, D.C., the Biden Administration will be able to more immediately meet the needs of the people they are allowing to cross our border," Abbott said Wednesday. "Texas should not have to bear the burden of the Biden Administration’s failure to secure our border."
Abbott's office confirmed to Fox News Digital that a second migrant bus is currently on the way to D.C.
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Here's when storms will fire up across Central Florida today
ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando's forecast high: Around 88º
Tonight's forecast low: 68º
Main weather threats: Showers develop mainly after 2 p.m. Storms then fire off after 4-5 p.m. and remain in play until around 12 a.m. Friday. Storms will produce heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds.
WHAT IS THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD, UNIVERSAL, AND SEAWORLD?
Mixed skies early with warming PM temps in the upper 80s. Showers after 2 p.m., storms develop after 4-5 p.m. Lightning will be a hazard at the parks by late afternoon-early evening.
WHAT IS THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE BEACHES IN FLORIDA?
Beach weather looks great locally today. Just watch for a few showers for the PM hours, mainly after 2 p.m. Rip current risk is MODERATE. Surf remains in the 1-2' range with a few plus sets in developing southeast wind swell.
WHAT IS THE FORECAST FOR EASTER IN ORLANDO?
Expect warm, muggy conditions to remain in play through the weekend with highs in the 85-90º range. Skies remain in a sun-cloud mix. Rain chances fall on Saturday to 20% only to rise on Easter Day afternoon with the approach of a cold front.
Monday brings a rain chance of 50% with scattered showers and storms across the region. By Tuesday, skies begin clearing and temps fall closer to the 80º mark for highs, lows near 62°. Winds will trend breezy during this time
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National Park Week: Free entry for all on April 16
Nature-lovers rejoice!
All national parks are allowing free admission on April 16 to kick off the start of National Park Week.
Maybe take a trip to the United States’ first national park, Yellowstone, which turned 150 on March 1.
Park officials hope a fee-free day will encourage locals to visit a national park near them and "sPark" an interest in discovering nature close to home.
Yellowstone National Park: rapids on the Gibbon River; Jim Peaco; June 2015; Catalog #20135d; Original #IMG_1127 (NPS/Jim Peaco)
"National Park Week kicks off with a fee-free day to encourage everyone to find something new by visiting a national park, especially one that may be close to home, a park you haven't considered visiting, or one you never realized is a national park," the national park website read.
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"sPark Connections"
Acadia National Park view from Cadillac Mountain of Frenchman Bay and the Porcupine Islands. (NPS Photo/Kent Miller)
The theme for this year’s National Park Week, which takes place every April, is "sPark Connections."
"With more than 400 national parks and National Park Service programs and partnerships in communities across the country, there is something new for everyone," according to the NPS website.
NPS encourages nature enthusiasts to share the "sPark" connections they create via social media using the hashtags #NationalParkWeek and #sParkConnections.
Each day of the week will be inspired by a different "sPark" theme. For instance, this Saturday for fee-free day, the theme will be "sPark Discovery."
Theodore Roosevelt National Park - The River Bend Overlook is a short walk from the parking area along the North Unit Scenic Drive. (NPS / Nathan King)
On April 17, the theme will be "sPark Creativity."
"National parks have inspired artistic expression and creativity for generations. What is your park muse? What masterpiece can you create? #sParkCuriosity," the NPS website read.
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New York subway attack: Police seek motive as Frank R. James awaits arraignment
NEW YORK - Frank R. James, 62, the sole suspect in the shooting of 10 people aboard an N train in Sunset Park will be arraigned Thursday in federal court in downtown Brooklyn.
James faces federal terrorism-related charges and could spend the rest of his life in prison if found guilty of throwing smoke grenades and opening fire on a crowded train during the morning rush earlier in the week.
After a 30-hour manhunt, James was arrested without incident after a tipster — thought by police to be James himself — said he could be found near a McDonald’s on the Lower East Side. Mayor Eric Adams triumphantly proclaimed "We got him!" Police said their top priority was getting the suspect off the streets as they investigate their biggest unanswered question: Why?
James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence, and his struggles with mental illness. One video shows a silent shot of a packed NYC subway car in which James raises his finger to point out passengers, one by one.
Investigators say he had an erratic work history, arrests for a string of mostly low-level crimes, and a storage locker with more ammo. He had hours of rambling, bigoted, profanity-laced videos on his YouTube channel that point to a deep, simmering anger.
"This nation was born in violence, it’s kept alive by violence or the threat thereof, and it’s going to die a violent death," says James in a video where he takes on the moniker "Prophet of Doom."
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A prime trove of evidence, they said, is his YouTube videos. He seems to have opinions about nearly everything — racism in America, New York City’s new mayor, the state of mental health services, 9/11, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Black women.
A federal criminal complaint cited one in which James ranted about too many homeless people on the subway and put the blame on New York City’s mayor.
"What are you doing, brother?" he said in the video posted March 27. "Every car I went to was loaded with homeless people. It was so bad, I couldn’t even stand."
James then railed about the treatment of Black people in an April 6 video cited in the complaint, saying, "And so the message to me is: I should have gotten a gun, and just started shooting."
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In a video posted a day before the attack, James criticizes crime against Black people and says things would only change if certain people were "stomped, kicked and tortured" out of their "comfort zone."
Surveillance cameras spotted James entering the subway system turnstiles Tuesday morning, dressed as a maintenance or construction worker in a yellow hard hat and orange working jacket with reflective tape.
Police say fellow riders heard him say only "oops" as he set off one smoke grenade in a crowded subway car as it rolled into a station. He then set off a second smoke grenade and started firing, police said. In the smoke and chaos that ensued, police say James made his getaway by slipping into a train that pulled in across the platform and exited after the first stop.
Left behind at the scene was the gun, extended magazines, a hatchet, detonated and undetonated smoke grenades, a black garbage can, a rolling cart, gasoline and the key to a U-Haul van, police said.
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That key led investigators to James, and clues to a life of setbacks and anger as he bounced among factory and maintenance jobs, got fired at least twice, moved among Milwaukee, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York.
Investigators said James had 12 prior arrests in New York and New Jersey from 1990 to 2007, including for possession of burglary tools, criminal sex act, trespassing, larceny and disorderly conduct.
James had no felony convictions and was not prohibited from purchasing or owning a firearm. Police said the gun used in the attack was legally purchased at an Ohio pawn shop in 2011. A search of James' Philadelphia storage unit and apartment turned up at least two types of ammunition, including the kind used with an AR-15 assault-style rifle, a taser and a blue smoke cannister.
Police said James was born and raised in New York City. In his videos, he said he finished a machine shop course in 1983 then worked as a gear machinist at Curtiss-Wright, an aerospace manufacturer in New Jersey, until 1991 when he was he was hit by a one-two punch of bad news: He was fired from his job and, soon after, his father whom he had lived with in New Jersey died.
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Records show James filed a complaint against the aerospace company in federal court soon after he lost his job alleging racial discrimination, but it was dismissed a year later by a judge. He says in one video, without offering specifics, that he "couldn’t get any justice for what I went through."
A spokesperson for Curtiss-Wright didn’t immediately respond to a call seeking comment.
James describes going in and out of several mental health facilities, including two in the Bronx in the 1970s.
"Mr. Mayor, let me say to you I’m a victim of your mental health program in New York City," James says in a video earlier this year, adding he is "full of hate, full anger and bitterness."
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James says he later was a patient at Bridgeway House, a mental health facility in New Jersey, although that could not be immediately confirmed. Messages left with the facility were not returned.
"My goal at Bridgeway in 1997 was to get off Social Security and go back to f------ work," he says in a video, adding that he enrolled in a college and took a course in computer-aided design and manufacturing.
James says he eventually got a job at telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies in Parsippany, New Jersey, but says he ended up getting fired and returned to Bridgeway House, this time not as a patient but as an employee on the maintenance staff. A message seeking comment was sent to Lucent Technologies.
"I just want to work. I want to be a person that’s productive," he said.
Touches of that earnest, struggling man showed up after James’ parked car was hit in Milwaukee. Eugene Yarbrough, pastor of Mt. Zion Wings of Glory Church of God in Christ next door to James’ apartment, said James was impressed that the pastor owned up to hitting the car. Neither James nor anyone else was there to see the accident. And James called him up to say so.
"I just couldn’t believe it would be him," Yarbrough said. "But who knows what people will do?"
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New York subway attack: Suspect Frank James faces federal terror charge
NEW YORK - Police on Wednesday arrested Frank R. James, the man suspected of shooting 10 people and setting off smoke grenades in a crowded subway on Tuesday.
At an afternoon news conference, Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said a tip came into Crime Stoppers saying that James was at a McDonald's on Sixth Street and First Avenue in the East Village. The Associated Press reported that James called in the tip himself.
"Officers respond to the McDonald's. He's not in the McDonald's. They start driving around the neighborhood looking for him," Corey said. "They see him on the corner of St. Mark's and First, and they take him into custody. No incident in taking him into custody."
Police officers then brought James to the 9th Precinct station house.
"We got him. We got him," Mayor Eric Adams said at the news conference. The mayor, who is recovering from COVID, appeared via video.
"He will be charged with committing yesterday's appalling crime in Brooklyn. I want to commend all of the investigators and analysts who took part in this all-hands-on-deck investigation," NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at the press conference. "Literally hundreds of NYPD detectives worked doggedly during the last 30 hours to bring this together."
James, 62, has nine prior arrests in New York City and three arrests in New Jersey dating back decades, however, he does not have a felony conviction on his record, Chief of Detectives James Essig said.
"He is known to us," Essig said, which is police parlance for a person who has had a number of run-ins with law enforcement.
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James is facing a federal charge related to terrorism and violent acts committed against mass transit, according to U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace. If convicted, James could face a life sentence in a federal prison.
Authorities have accused James of firing 33 rounds inside a subway car as it pulled into the station in Brooklyn, striking 10 people, several critically. More than a dozen other people were hurt in the subsequent chaos.
The NYPD said James was the lone suspect in the shocking morning rush-hour attack after calling him a "person of interest" a day earlier. A $50,000 reward was offered for information that led to his arrest.
James was active on social media, posting videos referring to the United States as racist. He also made what police said were "concerning statements" about the mayor, which led the NYPD to tighten the mayor's security detail.
In a video posted on YouTube, James criticized crime against Black people and said drastic action was needed. In another video, he rambled about the subway system in front of a photo with the mayor Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul in the background.
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"You see it. I hope so. Of the New York City subway system. And let me just say that their plan is doomed for failure. Their plan is doomed for failure and I will explain to you why," James said in the video.
The suspect had two known addresses in Philadelphia and in Wisconsin. Police were able to identify him after they found keys to a U-Haul van that he had rented in Philadelphia on Monday, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Those keys were found at the crime scene along with a 9 mm Glock, three extended magazines, a hatchet, gasoline, fireworks and a fuse for smoke grenades.
Hours later, police discovered the U-Haul parked on the side of the road in Gravesend, just a few miles from the scene.
Federal investigators said Wednesday that James had purchased the gun at a pawn shop in Columbus, Ohio, in 2011.
"We used every resource at our disposal to gather and process significant evidence that directly links Mr. James to the shooting," Sewell said. "We were able to shrink his world quickly. There was nowhere left for him to run."
Transit officials and police were investigating some cameras at the 36th Street station that were not working at the time of the attack.
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MTA CEO and Chairman Janno Lieber told NY 1 that there are 600 cameras along the N line and that police were able to obtain images from some cameras of the suspect entering the subway system.
The mayor, who appeared on FOX 5 NY morning program "Good Day New York," was asked why they weren't all working.
"We want to dig into exactly how long they were out and how many cameras were out throughout the entire city system," Adams said. "They're doing that analysis. The purpose of those cameras is to assist us in cases like these, and so we are concerned that the cameras were out."
The NYPD said later Wednesday that the MTA owns and maintains all security cameras in the subway system but that police do periodically check that they are working.
"The camera systems in the subway system are not NYPD cameras. They're owned and maintained by the MTA," Corey, the chief of department, said. "We have access to them. We do regularly look and see which cameras are working, which ones are not. But the responsibility for those cameras belongs to the MTA.
Police asked anyone with information including photos or videos of the suspect and the incident to contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers at any of the following: at 800-577-TIPS (8477), the Crime Stoppers website on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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Officials warn Floridians to get ready for hurricane season
ORLANDO, Fla. - Emergency preparedness officials on Wednesday warned Floridians not to get complacent during the upcoming hurricane season, particularly in coastal areas that haven’t experienced strong storms recently.
Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Ken Graham, director of the National Hurricane Center, said they worried that many Floridians living in coastal communities had gotten complacent about making hurricane preparations since there hadn’t lived through major storms in recent years.
Some of these coastal communities act like a cat "with nine lives" in that hurricanes seem to be heading their way but then change course at the last minute, lulling residents into believing their neighborhoods will never be hit, Criswell said at the National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, Florida.
"Complacency worries me," Criswell said. "Disasters don’t discriminate. Just because it hasn’t hit your neighborhood doesn’t mean that it isn’t going to hit it this year."
Hurricanes in recent years have intensified more rapidly than they did in the past, giving emergency managers less time to prepare, and their impacts are being felt well beyond coastal communities, Criswell said.
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Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting that the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season will have 19 named storms and nine hurricanes, slightly higher than the yearly average for the past three decades. The season starts in June and ends in November.
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Orlando restaurant hosting massive adult Easter egg hunt and brunch
ORLANDO, Fla. - Easter egg hunts and hilarious egg tosses don’t just have to be for just kids! Moms, dads, and adults should have some fun on the holiday too!
That’s where The Hammered Lamb in Orlando comes in.
This Sunday, the restaurant is hosting an adult Easter event where you can get some good food, play some fun games and win cool prizes.
Let's start with brunch. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., you can dine on delectable dishes and drinks such as Black Bean Hummus, Corned Beef Hash and The Hammered Lamb's famous Bloody Mary! In case you didn't know, their Bloody Mary has been voted the best in town for the past 5 years, so you know it has got to be good!
At noon, you can join in a giant Easter egg hunt where 3,000 eggs will be up for grabs – and some great prizes!
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FOX 35's David Martin previewed the event this week and found out some of the prizes include free drinks and appetizers, a mini bottle of booze and a $150 gift card to The Hammered Lamb!
Last year, the egg hunt brought in around 300 people. This year, they're expecting up to 500, so be sure to get there early!
Now after your inner 5-year-old hunts for eggs, at 1 p.m. you can keep the fun going by participating in the egg toss!
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Much of the proceeds from Sunday's event will go to the onePULSE Foundation and The Barber Fund, which helps people who are battling cancer.
The Hammered Lamb is located at 1235 N Orange Ave. in Orlando. Seating is first come, first served.
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Panera tests automated coffee brewing with Miso Robotics: 'Tech innovation'
Panera is the first fast-casual chain to test the new CookRight Coffee system designed by Miso Robotics — the restaurant technology company that’s developing robotic automation tools to aid commercial kitchens.
The new CookRight Coffee system is designed to monitor coffee brewing and eliminate the need for manual checks from baristas and coffee house staff. Through the system’s programmed AI technology, the coffee urns will be monitored for temperature, coffee volume and time.
In a press release, Miso Robotics said its CookRight Coffee system’s monitoring will help baristas "brew a new batch at precisely the right time," so customers can get a "fresh and hot" caffeine fix each time.
"Panera has a long history of tech innovation in service of meeting the needs of our guests and associates when they walk through our doors each day," said Panera’s SVP and Chief Digital Officer George Hanson, in a statement.
He continued, "CookRight Coffee is a gamechanger when it comes to convenience and operational efficiency, and we are extremely excited to take our coffee station into the future with Miso Robotics."
The CookRight Coffee system is the latest development from Miso Robotics and follows the successful tests the company has had with its robot fry cook Flippy, which has been tested at White Castle and CaliBurger.
Miso Robotics has also developed a robotic tortilla chip seasoner for Chipotle, which has been named Chippy and is undergoing testing, and the company has developed an automatic beverage dispenser and sealer named Sippy, which will debut at some point in 2022.
Interest in automation has increased in the food and beverage service industry in recent years.
Royal Caribbean Cruises integrated robot bartenders in Bionic Bar locations it has on select ships while startup Bobbacino has been working on an automated boba tea bar prototype that aims to lower operating costs and increase profits.
Miso Robotics is continuing its restaurant automation process by developing "enhancements" to its CookRight system as the industry adapts to robot assistants.
"When we announced the CookRight platform in 2021, we knew we could apply it to various stations at a restaurant as the product developed, and we saw an immediate need for it at the coffee station," said Miso Robotics CEO Mike Bell, in a statement. "We are thrilled that Panera shares in our vision to revamp the coffee monitoring process, and can’t wait for CookRight Coffee to be installed at their restaurants to help customers and team members alike."
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Patrick Lyoya shooting: Grand Rapids police release videos of officer killing man during traffic stop
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (FOX 2) - Video released Wednesday shows a Grand Rapids police officer shooting and killing Patrick Lyoya earlier this month.
Police shared four different angles of footage from the April 4 shooting – video from a body cam, a surveillance camera, a patrol vehicle camera, and a cell phone.
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Loyoya, 26, was pulled over on Griggs near Nelson just after 8:10 a.m. because the license plate on his car didn't belong to the vehicle, police said.
Dashcam video from the police cruiser showed Loyoya getting out of the car. The officer, who is not being named by Grand Rapids police because he hasn't been charged, told him to get back in the car.
The officer also asked Loyoya if he had a license. Loyoya appeared confused as to why he was getting pulled over, so the officer asked if he spoke English. Loyoya said yes. He also told the officer his license was in his car.
Loyoya walked toward the front of the car. The officer grabbed him, and a struggle ensued. Loyoya began running, and the officer chased him.
Video showed the officer taking Loyoya to the ground before hitting and kicking him. The struggle continued as the pair got off the ground. The officer tried to tase Loyoya twice but missed and hit the ground.
After the second taser attempt, the officer's body worn camera deactivated. Police Chief Eric Winstrom said the cameras deactivate when a button on them is held down for 3 seconds and noted that it appeared that the camera was bumped and shut off during the fight.
The officer kicking Patrick Lyoya
As the two scuffled, the officer repeatedly told Loyoya to let go of the taser. Winstrom said it appeared that the officer and Loyoya both had a hand on the taser for about 90 seconds.
A passenger who was with Loyoya was filming the encounter. As the officer told Loyoya to let go of the taser and stop resisting, the man filming kept saying, "He's good," and "He didn't grab no taser."
The officer continued telling Loyoya to let go off the taser as the office got him facedown. While on Loyoya's back, the officer pulled out his gun and shot Loyoya once in the head, video showed. Winstrom confirmed that Loyoya was shot in the head.
After the shooting, the officer stayed on Loyoya as he told the passenger to stay back. He then got up and walked away from Loyoya as he radioed in that a shooting has occurred.
Backup began arrived at this moment. Winstrom said backup was called when Loyoya began running.
Video from a few minutes after the shooting showed officers rendering aid to Loyoya.
Michigan State Police investigators are now handling the case. The officer is on paid leave right now.
Brandon Davis, the director of Oversight and Public Accountability for Grand Rapids, said that after the investigation is concluded, there will be a "post-incident review of the city's actions and consider concerns such as how much time it took to release the video of this incident, or questions like, ‘When should an officer’s name be released in connection with an investigation."
Davis added that, "We have to ask how much time it took to render aid, or what policy changes, if any, can be implemented to help prevent this type of result."
Winstrom spoke during a press conference where the videos were revealed, but said he could not speak about department policies as the investigation is ongoing. He did say that, as far as he knows, the officer's gun and taser were the only weapons found at the scene.
He also said that the investigation is in its early stages, and what is understood about what happened could change depending on evidence and witness interviews.
"We want to be as transparent as possible. There’s a lot of factors," Winstrom said.
When asked about his reaction to the videos of the shooting, he said, "It was just a progression of sadness for me."
State Attorney General Dana Nessel released the following statement:
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Ski accident left teen paralyzed. His remarkable attitude leaves hope
SOUTH OGDEN, Utah - Max Togisala was a very active teenager and avid golfer, but a ski accident unexpectedly and suddenly turned him into a paraplegic, paralyzing him from the waist down.
In February, the 18-year-old went on a ski trip with friends at Sun Valley Resort in Idaho. He tumbled on his skis when coming down a slope on his first run on the first day of the trip.
"I lost control, and it was pretty icy," he told FOX Television Stations. "And then, I was just going really fast."
While he was in an Idaho hospital, doctors said that he fractured his spine. He was then flown back home to Utah for surgery.
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"They [doctors] never came out and said ‘you’re never going to walk again.’ They didn't want to be too pessimistic or optimistic," Max's mother, Amber, told FOX Television Stations.
However, Amber searched "T12 Spinal Cord Injury" online and realized because her son’s spine was completely severed, there was very little chance he would walk again. Doctors told her every spinal cord injury is different and there’s always hope Max will recover.
Max said the possibility of never walking again didn’t hit him until he started physical therapy. However, he didn’t spend long feeling discouraged.
"I’m fine with how I am right now," he continued. "I just want to improve every day."
Max recently returned home to South Ogden, Utah in early April. He said his faith has helped him develop a positive attitude throughout his ordeal.
"Just trusting in the Lord really has helped me," he added.
"It’s really hard as a mother because I envisioned this life for my son that he’s going to live, and when that life takes a different path, all I can do is pray and turn it over to the Lord," Amber added.
The teenager has also received notoriety for keeping his upbeat attitude and an infectious smile despite the accident. He said people have even told him his positive outlook has brought joy and inspiration to their lives.
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"Just smile every day and still enjoy life," he encourages others. "Being positive every day and smiling has helped me progress every day."
Max said he plans to attend college to study engineering, with hopes of improving wheelchairs for more physically active users, like himself.
He also hopes to get back into golf.
"I love golf, and I think there should be a way for me to still enjoy it," he said.
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Suspect on the run after shooting woman in Orange County, deputies say
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Orange County deputies are searching for a man who they say shot a woman at an apartment complex and ran from the scene.
Deputies say on Wednesday night, they responded to the Southern Oaks Apartments on Park Hamilton Boulevard about a shooting. The victim, a woman in her 20s, told deputies she was shot by a man who she knows after he threatened her with a gun.
She was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No suspect information has been released.
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Texas City ISD elementary students raise nearly $2,000 for classmate with cancer
TEXAS CITY, Texas - A group of Texas City ISD elementary students helped raise money for a classmate's medical bills after learning of his cancer diagnosis.
We first met 8-year-old Cameron Holcomb in September when his life was saved by a good Samaritan who stopped in traffic to help his mom.
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Now the little boy is in another fight for his life, a fight against an aggressive stage 3 cancer. The treatment will take at least 2 1/2 years, and his mother had to leave her job to care for him full time.
Jessica Holcomb is a single mom staying strong with the hope her son can endure the aggressive chemotherapy, which has already caused a blood clot in his brain.
When Cameron's classmates at Guajardo Elementary in Texas City heard the news, they decided to help by bringing as many coins as they could to school. Some students brought in years of savings.
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The school counselor, Ayla Hamilton, says the effort is helping them to deal with Cameron's illness. In a week and a half, they raised $1,900 for Coins for Cameron.
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'The fight for Europe’s future': Presidents from countries on Russia's doorstep visit Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine - The presidents of four countries on Russia’s doorstep visited Ukraine on Wednesday and underscored their support for the embattled country, where they saw heavily damaged buildings and demanded accountability for what they called war crimes carried out by Russian forces.
The visit by the presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia was a strong show of solidarity by the leaders of the countries on NATO’s eastern flank, three of them like Ukraine once part of the Soviet Union. The three traveled by train to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to meet with their Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and visited Borodyanka, one of the towns near Kyiv where evidence of atrocities was found after Russian troops withdrew to focus on the country's east.
"The fight for Europe’s future is happening here," Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said, calling for tougher sanctions, including against Russia’s oil and gas shipments and all the country’s banks.
Elsewhere, in one of the most crucial battles of the war, Russia said more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops had surrendered in the besieged southern port of Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces have been holding out in pockets of the city. A Ukrainian official denied the claim, which could not be verified.
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Russia invaded on Feb. 24 with the goal, according to Western officials, of taking Kyiv, toppling the government and installing a Moscow-friendly one. But the ground advance slowly stalled and Russia lost potentially thousands of fighters in seven weeks of war. The conflict has killed untold numbers of Ukrainian civilians and forced millions more to flee. The fighting has also rattled the world economy, threatened global food supplies and shattered Europe's post-Cold War balance.
A day after he called Russia's actions in Ukraine "a genocide," Biden approved $800 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, saying weapons from the west have sustained Ukraine's fight so far and "we cannot rest now." The weapons include artillery systems, armored personnel carriers and helicopters.
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Appearing alongside Zelenskyy in an ornate room in Kyiv’s historical Mariinskyi Palace on Wednesday, the European leaders — Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Estonian President Alar Karis, Poland’s Andrzej Duda and Egils Levits of Latvia — reiterated their commitments to supporting Ukraine politically and with military aid.
"We know this history. We know what Russian occupation means. We know what Russian terrorism means," Duda said. He said those who committed war crimes as well as those who gave the orders should be held accountable.
"If someone sends aircraft, if someone sends troops to shell residential districts, kill civilians, murder them, this is not war," he said. "This is cruelty, this is banditry, this is terrorism."
An expert report commissioned by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found "clear patterns of (international humanitarian law) violations by the Russian forces in their conduct of hostilities." The report was written by experts selected by Ukraine and published Wednesday by the Vienna-based organization that promotes security and human rights.
Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova visits a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 13, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
The report said there were also violations by Ukraine, but concluded those committed by Russia "are by far larger in scale and nature."
Ukraine has previously acknowledged that there could be "isolated incidents" of violations and has said it would investigate.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied his troops committed atrocities, and on Tuesday insisted Russia "had no other choice" but to invade. He said the offensive aimed to protect people in parts of eastern Ukraine and to "ensure Russia’s own security." He vowed it would "continue until its full completion and the fulfillment of the tasks that have been set."
He insisted Russia’s campaign was going as planned despite a major withdrawal after its forces failed to take the capital and suffered significant losses.
Following those setbacks, Russian troops are now gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern Donbas region, where Moscow-allied separatists and Ukrainian forces have been fighting since 2014, and where Russia has recognized the separatists’ claims of independence. Military strategists say Moscow believes local support, logistics and the terrain in the region favor its larger, better-armed military, potentially allowing Russia to finally turn the tide in its favor.
A key piece of the Russian campaign is Mariupol, which lies in the Donbas and which the Russians have pummeled since nearly the start of the war. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak tweeted that the city’s defenders were short of supplies but were "fighting under the bombs for each meter of the city."
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov said 1,026 troops from the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade had surrendered at a metals factory in the city. But Vadym Denysenko, adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, rejected the claim, telling Current Time TV that "the battle over the seaport is still ongoing today."
It was unclear when the surrender may have occurred or how many forces were still defending Mariupol.
According to the BBC, Aiden Aslin, a British man fighting in the Ukrainian military in Mariupol, called his mother and a friend to say he and his comrades were out of food, ammunition and other supplies and would surrender.
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Russian state television on Wednesday broadcast footage that it said was from the port city showing dozens of men in camouflage outfits walking with their hands up and carrying others on stretchers or in chair holds. One man held a white flag on a staff in one hand and the handle of a stretcher in another. In the background was a tall industrial building with its windows shattered and its roof missing, identified by the broadcaster as the Iliich metalworks.
Another Zelenskyy adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych, did not comment on the surrender claim, but said in a post on Twitter that elements of the same brigade managed to link up with other Ukrainian forces in the city as a result of a "risky maneuver."
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said the country is investigating a claim that a drone dropped a poisonous substance on the city. She said it was possible phosphorus munitions had been used in Mariupol.
A Russian soldier climbs stairs at the Mariupol drama theatre, hit on March 16 by an airstrike, on April 12, 2022 in Mariupol. EDITOR'S NOTE: This picture was taken during a trip organized by the Russian military. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via
Biden said it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia's conduct met the international standard for genocide.
French President Emmanuel Macron declined to use the word but said "it has been established that war crimes have been committed by the Russian army."
An International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes is underway in Ukraine, including into atrocities revealed after Moscow’s retreat from the Kyiv area, where Ukrainian authorities say more than 720 people were killed, with 403 bodies found in the town of Bucha alone.
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, who visited Bucha, said in a tweet Wednesday that Ukraine "is a crime scene" and the court must "pierce the fog of war" to determine what has occurred.
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Meanwhile at the United Nations, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there is no chance at the moment for a humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine, as the U.N. was seeking.
Residents in Yahidne, a village near the northern city of Chernihiv, said Russian troops forced them to stay for almost a month in the basement of a school, allowing them outside only to go to the toilet, cook on open fires — and bury those who died in a mass grave.
In one of the rooms, the residents wrote the names of those who perished during the ordeal. The list counted 18 people.
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"An old man died near me and then his wife died next," said resident Valentyna Saroyan. "Then a man died who was lying there, then a woman sitting next to me. ... She died as well. Another old man looked so healthy, he was doing exercises, but then he was sitting and fell. That was it." | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/the-fight-for-europes-future-presidents-from-countries-on-russias-doorstep-visit-ukraine | 2022-04-14T13:06:53 | 0 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/the-fight-for-europes-future-presidents-from-countries-on-russias-doorstep-visit-ukraine |
There's still a way to reach global goal on climate change
If nations do all that they’ve promised to fight climate change, the world can still meet one of two internationally agreed upon goals for limiting warming. But the planet is blowing past the other threshold that scientists say will protect Earth more, a new study finds.
The world is potentially on track to keep global warming at, or a shade below, 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than pre-industrial times, a goal that once seemed out of reach, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
That will only happen if countries not only fulfill their specific pledged national targets for curbing carbon emissions by 2030, but also come through on more distant promises of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century, the study says.
This 2 degree warmer world still represents what scientists characterize as a profoundly disrupted climate with fiercer storms, higher seas, animal and plant extinctions, disappearing coral, melting ice and more people dying from heat, smog and infectious disease. It's not the goal that world leaders say they really want: 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times. The world will blast past that more prominent and promoted goal unless dramatic new emission cuts are promised and achieved this decade and probably within the next three years, study authors said.
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Both goals of 1.5-degrees and 2-degrees are part of the 2015 Paris climate pact and the 2021 Glasgow follow-up agreement. The 2-degree goal goes back years earlier.
"For the first time we can possibly keep warming below the symbolic 2-degree mark with the promises on the table. That assumes of course that the countries follow through on the promises," said study lead author Malte Meinshausen, a University of Melbourne climate scientist.
Flammable gases released from a flare stack at a petrochemicals plant at Port Jerome in Lillebonne, France, on Monday, April 11, 2022. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images
That’s a big if, outside climate scientists and the authors, say. It means political leaders actually doing what they promise
The study "examines only this optimistic scenario. It does not check whether governments are making efforts to implement their long-term targets and whether they are credible," said Niklas Hohne of Germany, a New Climate Institute scientist who analyzes pledges for Climate Action Tracker and wasn’t part of this study. "We know that governments are far from implementing their long-term targets."
Hohne’s team and others who track pledges have similarly found that limiting warming to 2 degrees is still possible, as Meinshausen’s team has. The difference is that Meinshausen’s study is the first to be peer-reviewed and published in a scientific journal.
Sure, the 2-degree world requires countries to do what they promise. But cheaper wind and solar have shown carbon emissions cuts can come faster than thought and some countries will exceed their promised cuts, Meinshausen said. He also said the way climate action works is starting with promises and then policies, so it’s not unreasonable to take countries at their word.
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Mostly, he said, limiting warming to 2 degrees is still a big improvement compared to just five or ten years ago, when "everybody laughed like ‘ha we’ll never see targets on the table that bring us closer to 2 degrees’," Meinshausen said. "Targets and implemented policies actually can turn the needle on future temperatures. I think that optimism is important for countries to see. Yes, there is hope."
About 20% to 30% of that hope is due to the Paris climate agreement, but the rest is due to earlier investments by countries that made green energy technologies cheaper than dirty fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas, Meinshausen said.
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. (HPCL) storage tanks at the company's refinery at a port operated by Visakhapatnam Port Trust in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Yet, even if that’s good news, it’s not all good, he said.
"Neither do we have a margin of error (on barely limiting to 2 degrees) nor do the pledges put us on a path close to 1.5 degrees," Meinshausen said.
In 2018 the United Nations’ scientific expert team studied the differences between the 1.5- and 2-degree thresholds and found considerably worse and more extensive damages to Earth at 2 degrees of warming. So the world has recently tried to make the 1.5 degrees goal possible.
Earth has already warmed at least 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, often considered the late 1800s, so 2 degrees of warming really means another 0.9 degrees Celsius (1.6 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than now.
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Meinshausen’s analysis "looks good and solid, but there are always assumptions that could be important," said Glen Peters, a climate scientist who tracks emissions with Global Carbon Project.
The biggest assumption is that nations somehow get to promised net zero carbon emissions, most of them by 2050 but a decade or two later for China and India, said Peters, research director of the Cicero Center for International Climate Research in Oslo, Norway.
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1-year-old needs 3 doses of Narcan after ingesting fentanyl, mother charged
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS5/Gray News) – First responders and medical staff had to use three doses of Narcan on a 1-year-old boy after he ingested fentanyl, according to court documents.
AZFamily reports emergency crews were called to respond to a home in southwest Phoenix for reports of a toddler not breathing.
His mother, 23-year-old Anna Chavez, gave him CPR until they arrived.
Paramedics gave the little boy two doses of Narcan and rushed him to the hospital where he was given a third dose.
According to police, tests revealed the 1-year-old had fentanyl in his system.
Court documents say officers found eight counterfeit pills and about $10,000 in cash inside the home.
Chavez denied there could’ve been fentanyl in the home, saying she cleans the home, according to police.
She told officers she gave the boy a bottle in the morning and afternoon, and he was breathing normally.
Chavez was charged with felony child abuse.
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Bird flu concerns Nebraskans with backyard flocks
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska Extension educator Brett Kreifels is from a poultry family. His aunt Christie retired from the family’s major hatchery a few years ago, but couldn’t give up her backyard hens.
They all know how serious the avian flu is.
Nationwide, at least 70 commercial flocks and 40 backyard flocks have been affected. And while there have been few backyard flocks wiped out by the virus so far this year in Nebraska, migrating waterfowl are actively spreading the virus right now.
“Backyard flocks are just as susceptible, probably even more so, just because backyard flock birds, birds get to run around,” Kreifels said. “They are exposed to the waterfowl, the wild birds that come in. So what do you do to mitigate that? Make sure no one comes on your property that’s been around chicken or others birds. I was at a house the other day and she had canaries. Even canaries can be susceptible to bird flu.”
Kreifels said as things warm up, people should consider ways their behavior could put the birds at risk in their backyard or home. Make sure if you go to the lake, or have dirt on your tires, that you take the proper steps to practice biosecurity.
“You go to the park, the pond, you feed some ducks or geese some bread, kids are gonna step in goose poop,” Kreifels said. “They’re gonna get up to that pond’s edge, it’s inevitable, so you gotta make sure when you come back home, if you have birds inside or pet birds, you disinfect your shoes when you get home, a mild bleach solution, as well as the wheels of your vehicles.”
And he adds if you like to buy those live baby chicks for the kiddos this time of year, know where they come from before you bring them home.
The extension service encourages anyone who notices unusual behavior in birds of any kind, they should contact someone in their office or a veterinarian.
“One of the questions I get at work all the time,” he said. “‘Can you get avian influenza from an egg?’ No, the virus does not transmit through the egg.”
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Toyota recalls 460,000 vehicles for stability control glitch
DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 460,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix a software problem that can inadvertently disable the electronic stability control system.
The automaker says that when the vehicles are restarted, in rare cases the software may not automatically switch the system into the "on" mode. That can disable the system, which uses a computer to individually brake wheels to help drivers keep control.
The recall covers vehicles from the 2020 to 2022 model years including the Toyota brand’s Venza, Mirai, RAV4 Hybrid, RAV4 Prime, Sienna Hybrid, and Highlander Hybrid. Also included are the LS500h, LX600, NX350h, and NX450h-plus from the Lexus luxury brand.
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How Congress plans to buoy your retirement savings
(CNN) - Congress is taking action to help avoid a potential retirement crisis.
A bill expected to reach President Joe Biden’s desk later this year could bring about new rules involving 401(k) programs and could impact your retirement savings.
“Part of this overhaul is to actually force people into saving in the 401(k) plan,” said Ted Jenkin, Financial expert & CEO at oXYGen Financial.
If passed and signed, the legislation, Secure Act 2.0, could require most employer-sponsored retirement plans to enroll eligible workers automatically at a 3% level.
That would increase by 1% until you’re contributing 10% of your paycheck annually, but workers would have the option to opt out or change their contribution level.
“Most people do not understand something called the ‘pay yourself first’ rule, and that means put money in your retirement plan before you start spending money on things like entertainment and travel,” Jenkin said.
The plan would also delay mandatory withdrawals and limit penalties for those who fail to withdraw on time.
The proposed act could also make it easier for those with student loans to save and for older workers to make catchup contributions.
It’s also a major change for part-time workers, who would be able to contribute to 401(k) plans for the first time.
With pension plans nearly extinct and the social security trust fund facing a 75-year deficit, experts said 401(k) plans are more critical than ever.
“The three-legged stool of retirement has basically turned into a pogo stick, and it’s going to be on your back and your responsibility to save money,” Jenkin said.
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Ukraine says it damaged Russian flagship Moskva, crew evacuates
Ukraine said its forces struck and seriously damaged the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, dealing a potentially major setback to Moscow's troops as they try to regroup for a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine after retreating from much of the north, including the capital.
Russia said Thursday the entire crew of the Moskva, a warship that would typically have 500 sailors on board, was forced to evacuate after a fire overnight and also reported it was badly damaged. But it did not acknowledge any attack, which, in addition to any practical impact, would also deal a major blow to Russian prestige seven weeks into a war that is already widely seen as a historic blunder.
The damage to the ship came hours after some of Ukraine's allies sought to rally new support for the embattled country. On a visit with leaders from three other EU countries on Russia's doorstep who fear they could next be in Moscow's sights, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda declared that "the fight for Europe’s future is happening here."
Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden, who called Russia’s actions in Ukraine "a genocide" this week, approved $800 million in new military assistance to Kyiv. He said weapons from the West have sustained Ukraine’s fight so far and "we cannot rest now."
The news of the flagship's damage overshadowed Russian claims of advances in the southern port city of Mariupol, where they have been battling the Ukrainians since the early days of the invasion in some of the heaviest fighting of the war — at a horrific cost to civilians.
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Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Wednesday that 1,026 troops from the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade surrendered at a metals factory in the city. But Vadym Denysenko, adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, rejected the claim, telling Current Time TV that "the battle over the seaport is still ongoing today."
It was unclear when or over what time period a surrender may have occurred or how many forces were still defending Mariupol.
Russian state television broadcast footage that it said was from Mariupol showing dozens of men in camouflage walking with their hands up and carrying others on stretchers. One man held a white flag.
Mariupol's capture is critical for Russia because it would put a swath of territory in its control that would allow its forces in the south, who came up through the annexed Crimean Peninsula, to link up with troops in the eastern Donbas region, Ukraine's industrial heartland and the target of the coming offensive.
Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukraine in the Donbas since 2014, the same year Russia seized Crimea. Russia has recognized the independence of the rebel regions in the Donbas.
But the loss of the Moskva, which fires missiles, could set those efforts back.
Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC show the Moskva steaming out of the port of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula on Sunday.
Maksym Marchenko, the governor of the Odesa region, across the Black Sea to the northwest of Sevastopol, said the Ukrainians struck the ship with two Neptune missiles and caused "serious damage." Russia’s Defense Ministry said ammunition on board detonated as a result of a fire and that it was investigating the cause of the blaze.
The Neptune is an anti-ship missile that was recently developed by Ukraine and based on an earlier Soviet design. The launchers are mounted on trucks stationed near the coast, and, according to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, the missiles can hit targets up to 280 kilometers (175 miles) away.
It was not clear if the ship was totally disabled, but even serious damage could be a major blow to Russia, which already saw its tank carrier Orsk hit late last month.
Hours after the damage to the ship was reported, Ukrainian authorities said on the Telegram messaging service that explosions had struck Odesa, Ukraine's largest port. They urged residents to remain calm and said there is no danger to civilians.
Russia invaded on Feb. 24 with the goal, according to Western officials, of rapidly seizing Kyiv, toppling the government and installing a Moscow-friendly replacement. But the ground advance stalled in the face of strong Ukrainian resistance with the help of Western arms, and Russia has lost potentially thousands of fighters. The conflict has killed untold numbers of Ukrainian civilians and forced millions more to flee.
A U.N. task force warned that the war threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war is "supercharging" a crisis in food, energy and finance in poorer countries that were already struggling to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and a lack of access to funding.
The war has also unsettled the post-Cold War balance in Europe — and particularly worried countries on NATO's eastern flank that fear they could next come under attack. As a result, those nations have been some of Ukraine's staunchest supporters.
The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia traveled Wednesday to war-ravaged areas in Ukraine and demanded accountability for what they called war crimes. They met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and visited Borodyanka, one of the towns near Kyiv where evidence of atrocities was found after Russian troops withdrew to focus on the country's east.
"There are no doubts that they committed war crimes. And for that, they should be accountable," Latvian President Egils Levits said.
Nauseda of Lithuania called for tougher sanctions, including against Russian oil and gas shipments and all the country’s banks.
Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, who is also defense minister, visited Kyiv on Thursday.
In his nightly address, Zelenskyy noted that the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, which was controlled by Russian forces until recently and where evidence of mass killings and more than 400 bodies were found.
"It is inevitable that the Russian troops will be held responsible. We will drag everyone to a tribunal, and not only for what was done in Bucha," Zelenskyy said late Wednesday.
He also said work was continuing to clear tens of thousands of unexploded shells, mines and trip wires left in northern Ukraine by the departing Russians. He urged people returning to homes to be wary of any unfamiliar objects and report them to police.
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Investigator: Nebraska senator’s behavior was ‘brainless & bizarre’
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - The special investigator called former State Sen. Mike Groene’s actions brainless and bizarre but stopped short of saying it rose to the level of workplace harassment.
“Our panel just reviewed the final investigative report prepared by Ms. Paulson,” said State Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln.
In the last action of the Nebraska legislature Wednesday, Wishart — a member of the special personnel panel — read the executive summary of a report prepared by a special investigator.
Watch State Sen. Wishart read the summary
Groene, who represented North Platte in the Unicameral, resigned in February after one of his female staffers found photos of herself on the senator’s computer including what she described as close-ups of provocative body parts.
The attorney interviewed 10 people from legislative staffers to senators; Groene did not participate.
“Mr. Groene’s action can be best described as boorish, brainless, and bizarre, especially for the workplace. However, the complainant was oblivious to photos until she uncovered them while working on Groene’s computer,” Wishart said.
The Lincoln attorney who investigated the workplace complaint for the Legislature said she found no evidence that Groene had shared the photos of his female staffer with other senators or staffers — but he had sent four images of her to his wife.
The former aide, Kristina Kanecko, who has given 6 News permission to use her name, issued this statement to 6 News Wednesday night after the report was released.
“I do appreciate and am very grateful to Mr. Groene for hiring me all those years ago and earning his trust, it was like a badge of honor for me. Filing the complaint was probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do in my life, it was like betraying a friend.”
As part of her responsibilities, Kanecko was to ensure that Groene’s laptops were functioning, had the latest technology updates and that the desktop was clear, according to the report.
In January 2022, Kanecko discovered a photo of her on Groene’s desktop while clearing it. She went on to find around 50 more.
Kanecko was provided permission and the proper credentials to access his laptop on the day she discovered the photos, and the report also says she frequently accessed Groene’s legislative email and was occasionally asked to access his personal email, too.
Several of the photos Kanecko discovered dated several years back, and many were sent to Groene’s personal email from himself. The subject lines of the emails said things like “CAMEL,” “BLONDE” or “LEGS.”
One of the photos was captioned “Rear Tight” with a zoomed-in photo of her buttocks, it states.
“I conclude that Mr. Groene’s actions were unprofessional and inappropriate. In the private sector, the results of this would have most certainly resulted in disciplinary action up to and including termination,” Wishart said.
The report indicates the Nebraska State Patrol still has evidence in this case — likely Groene’s computer. The legislative investigator did not have access to it.
“Upon completion of the formal independent investigation into allegations of a workplace harassment complaint against Mr. Groene, I concluded Mr. Groene’s conduct likely would have resulted in corrective action, which may have included reprimand, censure, or expulsion; however, his conduct with respect to Complainant did not rise to the level of unlawful sexual discrimination or harassment under applicable law or the Policy. I also find that the Chairman, on behalf of the Executive Board, appropriately followed the legal standards and the Legislature’s workplace harassment policies.
To my knowledge, this is the first instance in which a workplace complaint has been formally investigated by an outside investigator.”
Groene issued a statement tonight to the online news outlet Nebraska Examiner where he says he “did nothing unlawful,” that the photos were “private” and taken “in a public setting,” and that he should not have listened to the governor and resigned without due process.
6 News checked with the NSP about their investigation and was told it’s “ongoing” with no timeline on a conclusion.
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Digital Director Gina Dvorak contributed to this report.
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Ukraine's first lady says she hasn't seen President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in over a month
KYIV, Ukraine - The first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, said she hasn’t seen her husband President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in over a month due to the danger presented by Russia’s war on the country.
Zelenska, who shares two children with the Ukrainian president, told CNN in an interview published on Wednesday that the family has had to separate since the Russian invasion, which first occurred on Feb. 24.
"Volodymyr and his team actually live in the President's office," Zelenska told the news outlet. "Due to the danger, my children and I were forbidden to stay there. So, for more than a month we communicate only by phone."
Both have stayed in Ukraine since the war began, with Zelenskyy having turned down an American offer to evacuate — saying, "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride."
In a "60 Minutes" interview that was broadcast on April 9, Zelenskyy said he and his staff had been at the command center in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv since the start of the invasion.
"When everyone is telling you, you need to go, you need to think. Before I do something, I analyze the situation," Zelenskyy told the outlet, according to an English translation. "I've always done it calmly, without any chaos. I might not be the strongest warrior. But I'm not willing to betray anyone."
The Ukrainian president added that his wife and children "understood" and "fully supported" his decision to stay.
"I told them this is my choice," Zelenskyy said. "And I can't do it any other way. I'm the president of my country. I'm the president of our people. And even if I wasn't president, I would have stayed here. [My family] understood. Not only understood, but fully supported my decision. Fully."
And the decision to stay may have helped prevent an immediate collapse. When Russia invaded Ukraine, it aimed to take Kyiv, topple the government and install a Moscow-friendly regime, according to Western officials. But in the six weeks since, Russia’s ground advance stalled, its forces lost potentially thousands of fighters, and the military stands accused of killing civilians and other atrocities.
In recent days, Russian troops have shifted the focus to the eastern Donbas region, where Ukraine said it was investigating a claim that a poisonous substance had been dropped on its troops. It was not clear what the substance might be, but Western officials warned that any use of chemical weapons by Russia would be a serious escalation of the already devastating war.
Zelenskyy has spent weeks seeking help from Western countries, including the request for more artillery and helicopters to bolster its defenses. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden approved $800 million in assistance for the country, which he said included artillery systems, artillery rounds, and armored personnel carriers, as well as helicopters.
"This new package of assistance will contain many of the highly effective weapons systems we have already provided and new capabilities tailored to the wider assault we expect Russia to launch in eastern Ukraine," Biden said in a statement.
Biden said the U.S. will continue to work with allies to share additional weapons and resources as the conflict continues.
"The steady supply of weapons the United States and its Allies and partners have provided to Ukraine has been critical in sustaining its fight against the Russian invasion," Biden said. "It has helped ensure that (Russia President Vladimir) Putin failed in his initial war aims to conquer and control Ukraine. We cannot rest now."
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Omaha FBI alerts sextortion scheme targeting boys
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The FBI wanted to warn the public of an increase in sextortion incidents specifically targeting boys.
Officials say the FBI Omaha Field Office has received reports of adults posing as young girls coercing young boys through social media to produce sexual images and videos and then extorting money from them and other forms of sextortion.
The release defines sextortion as a crime that can carry heavy penalties that can end in life sentences.
Further in the release, officials break down the recent incidents of sextortion of a “predator (posing as a young girl) using deception and manipulation to convince a young male, usually 14 to 17 years old, to engage in explicit activity over video, which is then secretly recorded by the predator. The predator then reveals that they have made the recordings and attempts to extort the victim for money to prevent them from being posted online.”
To make the victimization stop, children typically have to come forward to someone—normally a parent, teacher, caregiver, or law enforcement. The embarrassment children feel from the activity they were forced to engage in is what typically prevents them from coming forward.
Sextortion offenders may have hundreds of victims around the world, so coming forward to help law enforcement identify the offender may prevent countless other incidents of sexual exploitation to that victim and others.
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Unsightly deer concerns Coloradoans, wildlife officials respond
Colorado wildlife officials say they have received multiple calls after people spotted an unsightly deer with growths all over its body.
Authorities said they checked on the deer and said the warts are cutaneous fibromas caused by a virus.
As unattractive as they may look, wildlife officials said the warts are not serious and the deer is considered fine.
"We are letting the deer be for now and will continue to monitor it," wildlife officials posted on their Facebook page.
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Officials say fibromas will eventually regress and heal completely. Once healed, the deer will have lifelong resistant to future infections by this virus.
"We won't be taking any beauty tips from this deer," authorities added.
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Tesla issues 2nd recall for obstructing pedestrian warning
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 7:38 AM CDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a “Boombox” function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestrians.
The company says in government documents that the new recall will disable “Boombox” if owners are using a feature that lets them “summon” the vehicles at low speeds.
The first recall in February disabled “Boombox” if the Teslas are in drive, neutral or reverse.
Both recalls will be done with online software updates.
The new recall covers certain 2020 through 2022 Model Y, X, and S vehicles, as well as the 2017 through 2022 Model 3.
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Patrick Lyoya shot to death by Grand Rapids Police - here's what the video showed
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (FOX 2) - Patrick Lyoya was shot to death on April 4 by a Grand Rapids Police Officer after the two fought following a traffic stop. On Wednesday, April 13, Grand Rapids officials released four different videos of the death of the man. Here's what we saw.
During the press briefing on Wednesday, Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom, Director of Oversight and Public Accountability, Brandon Davis, and City Manager Mark Washington all spoke about the shooting. Prior to the video being released, the city leaders warned of the graphic nature of the videos.
They released four videos: dashcam from the responding officer's car, the officer's bodycam, doorbell camera from a neighbor's home, and a cell phone video shot by a passenger in the car that Lyoya was driving.
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The officer stopped Lyoya because of a license plate issue, which is a ticketable offense in Michigan.
Grand Rapids Police Dashcam video
The first video released by police was from the dashcam of the officer's car. As soon as Lyoya pulls his car to the curb, he opens the door and steps out.
The officer commands him to stay in the car as he approaches him. Audio from the dashcam does not detail the nature of the traffic stop at this point.
It does show Lyoya start to walk away from the camera as the officer follows him. Lyoya then runs back towards the camera and the officer chases him into a driveway and then appears to have him into custody.
He and Lyoya are both upright and walking but they're still struggling at this point. That's when the two then disappear off camera to the right.
Nothing could be seen or heard for a few minutes until the passenger gets out of the front seat.
About 3 minutes into the video, a single gunshot is heard off camera.
A few minutes later, more officers arrived and ordered the witness to back up.
Grand Rapids Police bodycam video
The next video released by police was from the bodycam of the responding officer.
It starts with him climbing out of his cruiser and approaching Lyoya as he's stepping out of the car.
He tells Lyoya that he's stopping him and asks him for his license. Lyoya asked him what he did wrong and the officer said the 'plate does not belong on this car'.
Lyoya then opens the driver's side door, looks inside, and speaks with the passenger. The audio could not be heard.
Lyoya started to walk towards the front hood of the car and the officer told him to stop before radioing in that he had someone running.
The officer is then holding him down and yelling to get his hands behind his back. The camera is pressed against Lyoya's back and not much is visible aside from Lyoya's sweater.
The officer then pulls his Taser out, which Lyoya grabs with his left hand as the officer deploys the Taser.
In the video, he tells Lyoya to let go of the Taser multiple times but the video stops. The body camera was deactivated at this point and Chief Winstrom later said it had come detached in the struggle.
Doorbell camera
The third video released by police was from a doorbell camera about two houses away. In that video, you can see the officer and Lyoya speaking in the street and then the ensuing chase around Lyoya's car before ultimately landing in the driveway across the street from the doorbell camera.
In this video, you can see and hear the officer pull out his Taser and deploy it while telling Lyoya to let go of the Taser. Shortly after that, a gunshot can be heard.
The shooting was partially visible from this angle.
Witness' cell phone video
The third, and most graphic video, was shot by the passenger in the front seat of Lyoya's car.
He started recording as the offier and Lyoya were struggling in the yard next to where Lyoya was pulled over.
In this video, which doesn't show much of the original struggle, you can hear the Taser discharge as the witness is talking. The witness says that Lyoya didn't grab the Taser as the officer yells at him to let it go.
This when the officer can clearly be seen on top of Lyoya and telling him to drop the Taser. At this point, the officer has Lyoya face down on the ground and is on top of him.
The officer reaches to his back right hip for his weapon and pulls it out. Then he fires the gun once, shooting Lyoya in the back of the head.
Due to the graphic nature, we have removed the moment of the shooting from the video.
The officer then sat on top of Lyoya's motionless body and demanded the witness get back.
He did not attempt to render any aid to Lyoya.
Michigan State Police is handling the investigation. The officer has not been named but has been suspended from the department the investigation is conducted.
State Attorney General Dana Nessel released the following statement:
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Yelp will cover travel expenses for employees seeking abortions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yelp will cover the travel expenses of employees who must travel out of state for abortions, joining the ranks of major employers trying to help workers affected by new restrictions in Texas and other states.
The benefit announced Tuesday covers all 4,000 employees at the online review service, but seems most likely to have its biggest immediate impact on its 200 workers in Texas, which has passed a law banning abortions within the state after six weeks of pregnancy.
"We’ve long been a strong advocate for equality in the workplace, and believe that gender equality cannot be achieved if women’s healthcare rights are restricted," said Miriam Warren, Yelp's chief diversity officer.
Other states, including Oklahoma, are also are clamping down on abortions prompting Yelp, based in San Francisco, and several other companies to draw up policies aimed at helping their workers get reproductive health care in other states.
Last month Citigroup, based in New York, disclosed plans to cover the travel expenses of any of its more than 220,000 employees, thousands of whom work in Texas, who travel to another state for an abortion.
The two largest U.S. ride-hailing services, Uber and Lyft, last year announced they will pay the legal fees for drivers who could get sued under the new Texas law for transporting a passenger to an appointment for an abortion.
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Dodgers pull pitcher Clayton Kershaw after 7 perfect innings against Twins
MINNEAPOLIS - Dave Roberts had some explaining to do after the L.A. Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-0 on Wednesday to sweep a two-game series at Target Field.
Clayton Kershaw, making his season debut, had a perfect game going through seven innings. Kershaw didn't get the chance to finish what he started. He recorded 21 consecutive outs, while striking out 13 Twins’ hitters. Yet when he came off the mound after the bottom of the seventh, it was to high-fives and handshakes in the dugout. Roberts was pulling him, despite a perfect game on the line.
Kershaw then put on a jacket, and headed into the clubhouse. Six outs away from what would’ve been the 24th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, Roberts didn’t give Kershaw the chance to at least try to finish it off. ESPN Senior Baseball Writer Jeff Passan clearly didn't agree with Roberts' decision.
Kershaw told reporters after the game "It was the right decision" to remove him from the game.
"Those are individual things. Those are selfish goals. We're trying to win, that's really all we're here for. As much as I would've wanted to do it, I've thrown 75 pitches in a sim game. I hadn't done six innings, let alone seven," Kershaw told Kirsten Swanson of SportsNet L.A. after the game.
His catcher, Austin Barnes, said the same.
"Later in the season when he's a little more built up, i think he goes out there. But I think that's the right call, taking him out there. It was the right move, for sure. I think he was getting a little tired," Barnes said.
It raises one of the most popular questions in baseball, especially early in a season: Do you let a pitcher try to chase history, or do what you can to prevent injury down the road? Roberts will take criticism, but there might be a method to his madness.
Due to the lockout between MLB and players over its labor agreement, teams had a shortened spring training. Starting pitchers didn’t get fully stretched out, each have their own pitch counts. Through four games, not one Twins’ starter went more than five innings.
Kershaw’s perfect game ended after seven innings, and Twins’ catcher Gary Sanchez promptly ended the Dodgers’ perfect game and/or no-hit bid with a one-out single in the eighth inning.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company.
Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, currently the company’s biggest shareholder, has proposed buying the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn’t already own at $54.20 per share, an offer worth more than $43 billion.
Musk called that price his best and final offer, although he provided no details on financing. The offer is non-binding and subject to financing and other conditions.
“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk said in the filing. “However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”
Twitter said it has received Musk’s offer and will decide whether it is in the best interests of shareholders to accept or continue to operate as a publicly traded company.
Analyst Daniel Ives of Wedbush said in a client note that he believes “this soap opera will end with Musk owning Twitter after this aggressive hostile takeover of the company.” He thinks it would be hard for any other bidders or consortium to come forward and said Twitter’s board will likely be forced to accept Musk’s offer or start a process to sell the company.
Musk revealed in regulatory filings over recent weeks that he’d been buying shares in almost daily batches starting Jan. 31, ending up with a stake of about 9%. Only Vanguard Group’s suite of mutual funds and ETFs controls more Twitter shares.
The billionaire has been a vocal critic of Twitter in recent weeks, mostly over his belief that it falls short on free speech principles. The social media platform has angered followers of Donald Trump and other far-right political figures who’ve had their accounts suspended for violating its content standards on violence, hate or harmful misinformation. Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” also has a history of his own tweets causing legal problems.
After Musk announced his stake, Twitter quickly offered him a seat on its board on the condition that he not own more than 14.9% of the company’s outstanding stock, according to a filing. But the company said five days later that he’d declined.
He didn’t explain why, but the decision coincided with a barrage of now-deleted tweets from Musk proposing major changes to the company, such as dropping ads — its chief source of revenue — and transforming its San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter. Musk left a few clues on Twitter about his thinking, such as by “liking” a tweet that summarized the events as Musk going from “largest shareholder for Free Speech” to being “told to play nice and not speak freely.”
Musk’s 81 million Twitter followers make him one of the most popular figures on the platform, rivaling pop stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga. But his prolific tweeting has sometimes gotten him into trouble with the SEC and others.
Musk and Tesla in 2018 agreed to pay $40 million in civil fines and for Musk to have his tweets approved by a corporate lawyer after he tweeted about having the money to take Tesla private at $420 per share. That didn’t happen, but the tweet caused Tesla’s stock price to jump. Musk’s latest trouble with the SEC could be his delay in notifying regulators of his growing stake in Twitter.
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NOTTOWAY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State Police has issued a Senior Alert on behalf of the Nottoway County Sheriff’s Office.
Police are looking for 73-year-old Mina Adele Ison. She is 5’6″ and weighs 176 pounds. She has hazel eyes and brown hair.
She was last seen on April 14 at midnight in the area of West Courthouse Road in Crewe. There is no clothing description at this time, according to police.
Police said she is possibly driving a gray 2014 Mazda CX-9 displaying Virginia plates, UJH6760.
She may be heading towards Virginia Beach or the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Police said she suffers from a cognitive impairment and the disappearance poses a credible threat to her health and safety as determined by the investigating agency.
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1-year-old needs 3 doses of Narcan after ingesting fentanyl, mother charged
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS5/Gray News) – First responders and medical staff had to use three doses of Narcan on a 1-year-old boy after he ingested fentanyl, according to court documents.
AZFamily reports emergency crews were called to respond to a home in southwest Phoenix for reports of a toddler not breathing.
His mother, 23-year-old Anna Chavez, gave him CPR until they arrived.
Paramedics gave the little boy two doses of Narcan and rushed him to the hospital where he was given a third dose.
According to police, tests revealed the 1-year-old had fentanyl in his system.
Court documents say officers found eight counterfeit pills and about $10,000 in cash inside the home.
Chavez denied there could’ve been fentanyl in the home, saying she cleans the home, according to police.
She told officers she gave the boy a bottle in the morning and afternoon, and he was breathing normally.
Chavez was charged with felony child abuse.
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AP source: Trump aide Miller to testify to Jan. 6 committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Miller, who served as a top aide to President Donald Trump, will appear Thursday before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Miller was a senior adviser for policy during the Trump administration and a central figure in many of Trump’s policy decisions. He has resisted previous efforts by the committee, filing a lawsuit last month seeking to quash a committee subpoena for his phone records.
The person familiar with the matter spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private testimony. It’s unclear whether Miller will appear in person or virtually. A spokesperson for the committee said the panel had no comment.
Miller’s scheduled testimony before the committee comes weeks after Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner also agreed to sit down with congressional investigators, months after the committee had reached out.
The nine-member panel subpoenaed the former Trump adviser in November along with Steve Bannon and former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the Democratic chairman of the panel. said in a statement at the time that Miller had “participated in efforts to spread false information about alleged voter fraud.”
The House voted last week to send contempt charges against former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino for their monthlong refusal to comply with subpoenas. The move was the third time the panel has sent contempt charges criminal referrals against those in the former president’s orbit to the Justice Department for possible prosecution. The first two referrals, sent late last year, were for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Bannon.
The contempt referral against Bannon resulted in an indictment, with a trial set to start in July. The Justice Department has been slower to decide whether to prosecute Meadows, much to the frustration of the committee.
Miller will now avoid the fate of the other former advisers and members of the Trump administration by testifying before the committee. The central facts of the Jan. 6 insurrection are known, but what the committee is hoping to do is fill in the remaining gaps about the attack on the Capitol. Lawmakers say they are committed to presenting a full accounting to make sure it never happens again.
The panel is looking into every aspect of the riot, including what Trump himself was doing while it unfolded and any connections between the White House and the rioters who broke into the Capitol building.
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Associated Press writer Nomaan Merchant in Washington contributed to this report.
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How Congress plans to buoy your retirement savings
(CNN) - Congress is taking action to help avoid a potential retirement crisis.
A bill expected to reach President Joe Biden’s desk later this year could bring about new rules involving 401(k) programs and could impact your retirement savings.
“Part of this overhaul is to actually force people into saving in the 401(k) plan,” said Ted Jenkin, Financial expert & CEO at oXYGen Financial.
If passed and signed, the legislation, Secure Act 2.0, could require most employer-sponsored retirement plans to enroll eligible workers automatically at a 3% level.
That would increase by 1% until you’re contributing 10% of your paycheck annually, but workers would have the option to opt out or change their contribution level.
“Most people do not understand something called the ‘pay yourself first’ rule, and that means put money in your retirement plan before you start spending money on things like entertainment and travel,” Jenkin said.
The plan would also delay mandatory withdrawals and limit penalties for those who fail to withdraw on time.
The proposed act could also make it easier for those with student loans to save and for older workers to make catchup contributions.
It’s also a major change for part-time workers, who would be able to contribute to 401(k) plans for the first time.
With pension plans nearly extinct and the social security trust fund facing a 75-year deficit, experts said 401(k) plans are more critical than ever.
“The three-legged stool of retirement has basically turned into a pogo stick, and it’s going to be on your back and your responsibility to save money,” Jenkin said.
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Pfizer to seek COVID booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds
(AP) - Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids.
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest variants -- and recently gave the option of a second booster to those 50 and older.
Now Pfizer says new data shows healthy 5- to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot.
In a small study, 140 youngsters who’d already gotten two shots were given a booster six months later, and researchers found the extra shot generally revved up their immune response. But a closer look at 30 of the children found a 36-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies, levels high enough to fight the super-contagious omicron variant, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said in a press release.
The data has not been published or vetted by independent experts.
Pfizer tested the kid booster while omicron was surging this winter. While COVID-19 cases now are at much lower levels in the U.S., in recent weeks an even more contagious version of omicron, called BA.2, has become the dominant type locally and around the world.
In the coming days, the companies plan to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds. They also plan to share the data with European and other regulators.
Vaccinations are generally less effective against the omicron variant than earlier versions of the coronavirus -- but they do still offer strong protection against severe disease. While COVID-19 is a bigger threat to adults, youngsters can get seriously ill. But regulators will have to decide if healthy elementary-age kids really need a booster, and if so, when.
The Pfizer shots are the only vaccine available to U.S. children. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. Just over a quarter in the younger age group have gotten two doses since vaccination opened to them in November, shortly before omicron struck.
The U.S. hasn’t yet allowed vaccinations for children under 5. But certain 5- to 11-year-olds -- those with severely weakened immune systems -- already are supposed to get three doses, to give that high-risk group a better chance of responding.
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Tesla issues 2nd recall for obstructing pedestrian warning
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 8:38 AM EDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a “Boombox” function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestrians.
The company says in government documents that the new recall will disable “Boombox” if owners are using a feature that lets them “summon” the vehicles at low speeds.
The first recall in February disabled “Boombox” if the Teslas are in drive, neutral or reverse.
Both recalls will be done with online software updates.
The new recall covers certain 2020 through 2022 Model Y, X, and S vehicles, as well as the 2017 through 2022 Model 3.
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A taste of summer for NJ Thursday: Warm 80s, then strong thunderstorms
The Bottom Line
Thursday will be a day of transition for New Jersey. From ridiculous, summerlike warmth to potentially potent thunderstorms. I am becoming increasingly concerned that gusty winds and heavy rain will coincide with Thursday evening's rush hour.
Behind the front, we look ahead to the Good Friday-Passover-Easter holiday weekend. Friday looks fine. Saturday will be partially wet. And Sunday could be surprisingly cool.
Thursday
The hot spot in New Jersey on Wednesday was an impressive 86 degrees at Sicklerville in Camden County — it hasn't been that warm since mid-September. I'm not sure we'll break that number on Thursday, but more 80s are on the way.
Stepping outside Thursday morning, you can already tell it's going to be a warm day. It is a mild start to the day, with temperatures mainly in the 60s. There are a few pockets of 50s, to the northwest and along the coast. And even a few 70s along the I-295 corridor. By the numbers, it is similar to a typical June or September morning — not mid-April.
Highs will push toward 80 degrees for most of the state by midday Thursday. Even mainland beaches will be nice and toasty warm, with a stiff southwestly breeze up to 20 mph. (Compared to yesterday's southeasterly on-shore breeze.) Barrier islands will end up cooler, no matter what.
We'll see lots of sun early on, then building clouds by the afternoon.
Starting around 3 or 4 p.m., we'll have to watch the western sky as a cold front drives in a line of thunderstorms.
Given how juicy the atmosphere will be, parameters are pointing toward some gusty winds and pockets of heavy rain. If I had to guess where the greatest severe weather potential would be, I'd say along and just south of the Interstate 78 corridor. Right through the heart of NJ.
The timing is unfortunate and extra concerning, as the nastiest weather coincides with the evening rush hour.
By about 8 p.m., storms should fizzle and/or exit the coast. Showers may linger through the evening hours (as late as Midnight), especially around southern New Jersey.
Behind the rain, both temperatures and dew points will start to tumble. I'm not sure we can call it "cold" overnight. But definitely "cool" — look for lows in the mid 40s.
Friday
Cooler. But still pleasant.
Friday should be a nice, bright day with mostly sunny skies resuming by mid-morning. It will be breezy too, up to 20 mph.
High temperatures will reach the mid 60s. Yes, that is a full 15 degrees cooler than Wednesday and Thursday. But it's still above normal for mid-April. So again, I think it's still fair to call it a nice day overall.
Saturday
Not as nice.
Clouds will take over Saturday morning. And as another cold front approaches, we are going to see some wet weather eventually.
Model guidance puts a few spotty showers over New Jersey Saturday afternoon. But I think the best chance for scattered rain will be Saturday afternoon and evening. This time, we're lacking any real "oomph" in the atmosphere, so big bad thunderstorms and severe weather are highly unlikely. Just unsettled skies and some raindrops.
Another cooldown will prevail Saturday night. Temperatures could dip into the 30s by Sunday morning, cold enough for a frost or even a freeze. (Especially for the northern half of the state.)
Sunday
High temperatures for Easter Sunday are only forecast to reach the lower 50s. A full 30-degree difference from the Wednesday-Thursday warmth! It will be breezy too, so you'll have to pair your Easter bonnet with a jacket.
But at least Sunday is trending mostly sunny and dry.
The Extended Forecast
Monday also looks relatively cool, in the 50s, with spotty showers possible. We should warm back to 60+ degrees by midweek. Having said that, I do not foresee a return to 70s or 80s for quite a while. In fact, if long-range outlooks hold true, we may not hit 70+ again until May.
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As COVID cases rise in NJ, are new restrictions coming?
State and federal health are closely monitoring what has been a slow rise in the number of New COVID-19 cases, concerned about another post-holiday spike.
However, unlike in the past two years, there appears to be a much more measured approach to imposing new restrictions or mandates.
The New Jersey Department of Health released new COVID forecast models this week, and they do show a rise in cases after the Easter, Passover and Ramadan holidays.
Even with the predictive modeling, just how big of an increase is not clear. It could anything from a slight uptick to a sharp spike.
None of the models show the kind of dramatic increases New Jersey saw after the Christmas and New Year's holidays at the end of 2021.
In the worst case scenario, there would be rapid increase in new COVID cases by the end of this month and peaking in the second week of May. Models predict 3,800 cases and 1,200 hospitalizations.
That would be a three-fold increase in current numbers, but still far below the 33,000 cases and more than 6,000 hospitalizations during the omicron surge in January.
State health officials, reacting to the new predictions, say even in the worst case scenario, it would not put an extreme stress on New Jersey hospitals.
The numbers are being driven by an offshoot on the omicron COVID variant that is highly contagious, but does not cause more severe illness.
Gov. Phil Murphy has repeatedly said he does not foresee imposing any new restrictions, including a renewed mask mandate, and instead residents will have to learn to live with the virus similar to the flu.
That's a significant shift in policy. Murphy was among the first governor in the nation to announce a lockdown in the early stages of the pandemic, and continued to impose or extend restrictions as state metrics moved higher. He was among the last to lift mask mandates, including mandatory face coverings in school.
Even with COVID cases and the state's rate of transmission rising in recent weeks, there have been no reports of a spike in hospitalizations or severe disease.
Part of the reason for that is New Jersey's high vaccination rate.
New Jersey has administered nearly 14 million doses of COVID vaccine. 6,840,819 people who live, work or study here have received their full initial doses. The demand for booster shots has been much less at about 50% of those who completed their initial regimen.
New Jersey's metrics are following a pattern similar to that of neighboring states and the U.S. as a whole.
The Biden administration announced this week that the federal mask mandate was being extended on trains, planes and busses for another two weeks as health officials monitor COVID cases.
In Philadelphia, the indoor mask mandate has been reinstated.
While it is possible new restrictions could be imposed in New Jersey in the coming weeks, it seems unlikely.
Gov. Murphy issued a new executive order this week clarifying that healthcare workers and others who work in congregate settings are not required to get a second COVID booster as a condition of employment.
Eric Scott is the senior political director and anchor for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at eric.scott@townsquaremedia.com
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FBI warns of rise in sextortion of NJ teen boys
The FBI is warning of an increase in sextortion attempts involving teen boys in New Jersey.
Sextortion is a crime where an adult predator convinces a child to share sexually explicit photos or video, then threatens to post the content online unless the child sends more images or money.
The FBI Newark Field Office says in most recent cases, teenaged boys between the ages of 14 and 17 are being targeted in New Jersey and are urging parents to closely monitor who your kids are talking to online.
While not mentioning any specific cases, the FBI says any gaming platform, social media site or smartphone apps that allow interactive communication could put your child at risk.
Agents are warning that parents may unwittingly expose their own kids to child predators, by sharing too much personal information on their own social media accounts.
The FBI is providing the following tips to protect you and your children online:
- Be selective about what you share online, especially your personal information and passwords. If your social media accounts are open to everyone, a predator may be able to figure out a lot of information about you or your children.
- Be wary of anyone you encounter for the first time online. Block or ignore messages from strangers.
- Be aware that people can pretend to be anything or anyone online. Videos and photos are not proof that a person is who they claim to be.
- Be suspicious if you meet someone on a game or app and they ask you to start talking to them on a different platform.
- Encourage your children to report suspicious behavior to a trusted adult.
- Talk to your child about the risks and dangers of sharing sexually explicit images or videos.
If you think your child may have been exposed to a child predator or has been the victim of sextortion, contact the FBI at www.fbi.gov or your local law enforcement. You can also contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (1-800-the-lost or Cybertipline.org).
The FBI urges parents not to delete anything relating to the potential crime until police are able to review it and to be truthful about any encounters that may have happened. The details may be embarrassing, they say, but are necessary to locate the offender and bring him or her to justice.
Eric Scott is the senior political director and anchor for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at eric.scott@townsquaremedia.com
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- The wait time for a new Lamborghini SUV or super-car is now over 12 months, the automaker's CEO told CNBC.
- Prepandemic, the typical waiting time for Lamborghinis was six to nine months.
- "We improved our production, so we believe we improved the output," CEO Stephen Winkelmann said. "We will see. But this is an opportunity for sure."
The wait time for a new Lamborghini SUV or super-car is now over 12 months, as demand from wealthy car lovers shows little sign of slowing, the automaker's chief executive told CNBC on Wednesday.
Despite volatile stock markets and growing economic uncertainty, demand for Lamborghini's is "as high as ever," said Stephan Winkelmann, Lamborghini's CEO.
"It's incredible," Winkelmann said. "It's difficult to make a forecast of what is going to happen and for the rest of the year 2022. But speaking to customers, speaking to all our leaders, we don't see any any slowdown in terms of orders."
The result is a waiting list that is now over 12 months. Prepandemic, the typical waiting list for Lamborghinis was six to nine months. Asked when or if the company's waiting list will ever return to "normal," Winkelmann said demand for high-end cars may have fundamentally reset to a higher level given the sheer amount of wealth created in the past two years.
"What we see is that around the world there are more and more people able to buy a car like ours," he said. "After the pandemic, people wanted to reward themselves. And we have the markets which were flooded with money. I think we are in a very high plateau. I don't know if this is the new normal."
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In addition, Lamborghinis have become a favorite for the young rich, who made their newly minted fortunes from crypto, stocks, tech companies and inheritances. Winkelmann said 70% of Lambo customers will be under 40 in 2025.
"We have definitely seen a shift toward a much younger customer," he said.
Lamborghini reported record profits and production last year driven largely by its SUV, the Urus. Sales increased 19% to $2.1 billion, and it delivered 8,405 cars, up 13% over 2020, including sales of 5,021 Urus models, 2,586 Huracans and 798 Aventadors.
Winkelmann said production this year has not been slowed by supply-chain issues, since the company gets high priority for chips and other parts from parent company Volkswagen. He said production this year is on track to be even higher than last year's.
"We improved our production, so we believe we improved the output," he said. "We will see. But this is an opportunity for sure."
Because of the long wait times, some dealerships are charging customers five- and six-figure markups to get cars that are available sooner, either through other customer cancellations or demo models. One buyer told CNBC he paid $100,000 to get a Urus within a month, rather than wait.
Winkelmann said the company does its best to police pricing practices and prevent "phantom orders" from dealers. But with prices for many preowned Lambos now at 140% of the new sticker price, the profit temptation for dealers with cars available now remains strong.
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1-year-old needs 3 doses of Narcan after ingesting fentanyl, mother charged
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS5/Gray News) – First responders and medical staff had to use three doses of Narcan on a 1-year-old boy after he ingested fentanyl, according to court documents.
AZFamily reports emergency crews were called to respond to a home in southwest Phoenix for reports of a toddler not breathing.
His mother, 23-year-old Anna Chavez, gave him CPR until they arrived.
Paramedics gave the little boy two doses of Narcan and rushed him to the hospital where he was given a third dose.
According to police, tests revealed the 1-year-old had fentanyl in his system.
Court documents say officers found eight counterfeit pills and about $10,000 in cash inside the home.
Chavez denied there could’ve been fentanyl in the home, saying she cleans the home, according to police.
She told officers she gave the boy a bottle in the morning and afternoon, and he was breathing normally.
Chavez was charged with felony child abuse.
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AP source: Trump aide Miller to testify to Jan. 6 committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Miller, who served as a top aide to President Donald Trump, will appear Thursday before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Miller was a senior adviser for policy during the Trump administration and a central figure in many of Trump’s policy decisions. He has resisted previous efforts by the committee, filing a lawsuit last month seeking to quash a committee subpoena for his phone records.
The person familiar with the matter spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private testimony. It’s unclear whether Miller will appear in person or virtually. A spokesperson for the committee said the panel had no comment.
Miller’s scheduled testimony before the committee comes weeks after Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner also agreed to sit down with congressional investigators, months after the committee had reached out.
The nine-member panel subpoenaed the former Trump adviser in November along with Steve Bannon and former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the Democratic chairman of the panel. said in a statement at the time that Miller had “participated in efforts to spread false information about alleged voter fraud.”
The House voted last week to send contempt charges against former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino for their monthlong refusal to comply with subpoenas. The move was the third time the panel has sent contempt charges criminal referrals against those in the former president’s orbit to the Justice Department for possible prosecution. The first two referrals, sent late last year, were for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Bannon.
The contempt referral against Bannon resulted in an indictment, with a trial set to start in July. The Justice Department has been slower to decide whether to prosecute Meadows, much to the frustration of the committee.
Miller will now avoid the fate of the other former advisers and members of the Trump administration by testifying before the committee. The central facts of the Jan. 6 insurrection are known, but what the committee is hoping to do is fill in the remaining gaps about the attack on the Capitol. Lawmakers say they are committed to presenting a full accounting to make sure it never happens again.
The panel is looking into every aspect of the riot, including what Trump himself was doing while it unfolded and any connections between the White House and the rioters who broke into the Capitol building.
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Associated Press writer Nomaan Merchant in Washington contributed to this report.
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