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Mother faces judge for first time, officially charged with killing 8-year-old son
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - Criminal charges have been officially filed against a Wisconsin-area mother accused of killing her 8-year-old son.
WBAY reports Natalia Hitchcock, 41, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide with the death of her son, Oliver Hitchcock.
The Sheboygan Falls Police Department said Natalia Hitchcock assaulted Oliver on March 30 at their apartment. He died two days later at a children’s hospital in Milwaukee due to his injuries.
“The children’s [Wisconsin] hospital makes miracles happen all the time, but couldn’t this time, unfortunately,” said SFPD Police Chief Eric Miller.
According to Miller, at least two officers wore body cameras, and the footage has been turned over to the District Attorney’s office.
The case has been handed to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, but Miller said this is a case that will never leave him.
“Because of the severity and nature of the victim. Yeah, none of us will forget,” Miller said.
Natalia Hitchcock appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time.
Miller said the second charge she is facing refers to another incident at the home that was something not reported to them previously.
“Many officers have kids that are either younger or older or in that same age group. It’s hard for them. We talked to doctors and staff; there was nothing else the officers could do,” Miller said.
Authorities said an autopsy on Oliver is scheduled for some time this week.
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Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
With little discussion and no debate, the Republican-controlled House voted 70-14 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously said he’d sign any anti-abortion bill that comes to his desk.
The bill is one of several anti-abortion measures still alive in Oklahoma’s Legislature this year, part of a trend of GOP-led states passing aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years.
The Oklahoma bill, which passed the Senate last year, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the life of the mother, said GOP state Rep. Jim Olsen, of Roland, who sponsored the bill. Under the bill, a person convicted of performing an abortion would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
“The penalties are for the doctor, not for the woman,” Olsen said.
Similar anti-abortion bills approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and in other conservative states in recent years have been stopped by the courts as unconstitutional, but anti-abortion lawmakers have been buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow new Texas abortion restrictions to remain in place. The new Texas law, the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the U.S. in decades, leaves enforcement up to private citizens, who are entitled to collect what critics call a “bounty” of $10,000 if they bring a successful lawsuit against a provider or anyone who helps a patient obtain an abortion. Several states, including Oklahoma, are pursuing similar legislation this year.
The Oklahoma bill’s passage came on the same day as more than 100 people attended a “Bans Off Oklahoma” rally outside the Capitol in support of abortion rights.
“These legislators have continued their relentless attacks on our freedoms,” said Emily Wales, interim president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes. “These restrictions are not about improving the safety of the work that we do. They are about shaming and stigmatizing people who need and deserve abortion access.”
Wales said Planned Parenthood’s abortion clinic in Oklahoma has seen an 800% increase in the number of women from Texas after that state passed its new anti-abortion law last year.
The Texas law bans abortion once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, without exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
Also Tuesday, the Oklahoma House adopted a resolution to recognize lives lost due to abortion and urge citizens to fly flags at half-staff on Jan. 22, the day the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in its landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of state Rep. Jim Olsen’s name.
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Twitter says it’s testing an ‘edit’ button
(AP) - Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board.
Twitter said it will test the feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.” So it may be a while before most Twitter users get to use it, if they ever do. Twitter spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to say whether an edit feature might be rolled out for all users.
Many Twitter users — among them, Kim Kardashian, Ice T, Katy Perry and McDonald’s corporate account — have long begged for an edit button. The company itself recently teased users with an April Fool’s Day tweet saying “we are working on an edit button.” The official Twitter account said Tuesday that the April 1 tweet wasn’t a joke and that it has been working on it since last year.
Twitter also said it didn’t get the idea from a Twitter poll launched by Tesla CEO Musk Monday evening. Musk, himself a Twitter power user, asked followers if they wanted an edit button, cheekily misspelling “yes” as “yse” and “no” as “on.” More than 4 million people had voted as of Tuesday evening.
Musk also tweeted that he is looking forward to making “significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!”
Twitter’s vice president of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, tweeted Tuesday that an edit function has for years been Twitter’s most requested new feature, noting that people want to fix mistakes, typos, and “hot takes.”
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had said that Twitter had considered an edit button, but in a January 2020 Q&A maintained that “we’ll probably never do it.” He noted that Twitter’s current setup keeps the spirit of its text-message origins — texts can’t be edited — and the confusion that could result from users making changes to a tweet that has already been heavily circulated by others. Dorsey stepped down as CEO in November 2021.
People who study Twitter also say adding an edit button would likely change the nature of Twitter, making it less valuable as a historical warehouse that stores official statements by politicians and other high-profile people. Twitter, for better or worse, “has become the de facto news wire,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University communications professor and an expert on social media who researches propaganda.
Tweets are often embedded in news stories, which could cause problems if the users edit important or controversial tweets without leaving evidence of the original statement. Grygiel suggested instead giving Twitter users a window of time to edit their tweets before they publish them.
Letting powerful Twitter users edit their tweets means they would not be historical statements anymore, Grygiel said. “We need to think about what the implications are, what these tweets are, who has power.”
The company acknowledged those concerns Tuesday evening when Sullivan tweeted: “Without things like time limits, controls, and transparency about what has been edited, Edit could be misused to alter the record of the public conversation. Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work.”
Musk, too, had said that a proposal for a post-publication edit window of a few minutes " sounds reasonable.”
Musk is someone who could seemingly use an edit button. His tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 per share, when funding was not secured, led to a $40 million SEC settlement and a requirement that Musk’s tweets be approved by a corporate lawyer. Musk is still embroiled in a fight over that settlement.
Twitter had earlier seemed to be taking a tongue-in-cheek approach to Musk’s poll. Twitter’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, retweeted the poll with a seeming reference to an earlier tweet by Musk, saying “The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.” Musk had used the same language in a March tweet describing another of his polls that asked whether Twitter adheres to free speech principles.
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Woman facing animal neglect charges after emaciated dog found in crate in apartment
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Des Moines made an arrest Tuesday after the Animal Rescue League of Iowa rescued an emaciated Great Dane.
Alexandria Byron, 26, of Des Moines, faces animal neglect charges, KCRG reports.
ARL staff said the dog, named Kal, was found shut in a crate with no food or water in an apartment. Kal was immediately taken to the Animal Rescue League Emergency Care Team for treatment.
The Care team noted that Kal’s body had no muscle mass and weighed just 44 pounds. They noted he was so dehydrated and emaciated that his head and eyes were sunken in.
The ARL said Kal is now on a careful refeeding program and IV fluids in order to help him safely regain fluids and regain his weight.
In the latest update from police about this case, Kal is said to be gaining weight under the care of the Miracle Medical veterinary team at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa.
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CHICAGO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a national leader in consumer financial services, PLS is concerned about how inflation is affecting its customer base. To support the community and help New Yorkers struggling financially during these challenging times, PLS lowered their check cashing rates. PLS is charging 1.99% on cashing payroll checks, recurring government benefits, and PLS Money Orders. PLS continues to sell money orders with no fees attached. PLS operates 43 community financial services centers in New York.
To let New Yorkers know about the lower rates, PLS is launching an outdoor advertising campaign in New York. Running from April 4 - May 29, 2022, the PLS Loves NY advertising campaign will consist of strategically placed ads inside buses and subway trains, on subway platforms, bus shelters, and street kiosks. The integrated campaign will also be featured in digital and social media.
"We want to do what we can to help the people of New York save money with financial solutions that are more affordable, especially now with inflation concerns. We're excited to be able to offer the kind of exceptional service we're known for and help people when they need it most." said Dan Wolfberg, Co-President of PLS."
About PLS®
PLS, headquartered in Chicago operates over 200 community financial services centers across the country. PLS believes that customers deserve better than the existing services available in the marketplace to meet their critical financial needs. PLS financial service centers offer free money orders, discounted check cashing, Xpectations!® Visa® Prepaid cards, money transfer services, and bill payments. Some PLS locations offer auto insurance, vehicle license, and registration services. The PLS brand also includes automobile dealerships located in Indiana and Texas. PLS employs over 3,000 team members from the neighborhoods it serves. PLS does not offer any lending products. Visit PLS at www.pls247.com for additional information on products and services.
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STANFORD, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Terra.do, a global climate platform founded in 2020 with the mission to get 100 million people working in climate by 2030, announces that its co-founder and CEO, Anshuman Bapna, will present alongside other notable industry thought leaders in the EdTech space during the ASU + GSV 13.0 Summit at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA from April 4 - 6, 2022.
The company is excited to be a part of the Summit, which connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. This year, Terra.do has been named a GSV Cup semifinalist, known as the Elite 200, consisting of companies which represent the top pre-seed and seed startups in the Pre-K to Gray category. The Elite 200 come from a group of 750+ startups, judged by 175+ global leading venture capital firms and strategic partners in digital learning.
Furthermore, from the Elite 200 semifinalists category, Terra.do has qualified for the Cup's Top 20 companies who will compete in front of a live audience and panel of judges for the chance to win up to $1M in prizes. This event will take place on Tuesday evening, April 5 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm PST in the Seaport Ballroom A-E, Level 2 and on Channel StageX, with Andrew Yang a keynote speaker. Anshuman Bapna, CEO of Terra.do, will present on stage for the company.
Terra.do offers intensive cohort-based learning programs, a climate careers platform, and is home to a growing community of active climate professionals. It is estimated that nearly half of the world's GDP will be disrupted by climate change. Terra.do has already graduated several thousand fellows to meet these needs head-on. Programs range from the flagship Climate Change: Learning For Action, to sector-based deep dives such as The New Hydrogen Economy, and Climate Change for Software Engineers to name a few. The global Terra.do community comes from 25+ countries, and consists of climate experts, climate companies that are actively hiring, and mentors who are industry practitioners.
The ASU + GSV Summit is a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV) Ventures and was started in 2010. In its 13th year, the summit is a gathering of notable companies from various industries focused on the Education and Talent Technology (EdTech) industry. The event is a platform for companies to showcase their research, insights, and collaborate with others to advance the EdTech dialogue.
About Terra.do
Terra.do is a global platform for learning about climate change, meeting experts and peers, and building a career in climate. Founded in 2020, it is working on the mission to get 100 million people working in climate by 2030.
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Butterfly Network, Inc. f/k/a Longview Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: BFLY) (a) between February 16, 2021 and November 15, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), and/or (b) all holders of Butterfly common stock as of the record date for the special meeting of shareholders held on February 12, 2021 to consider approval of the merger between Longview and Butterfly (the "Merger") and entitled to vote on the Merger, of the important April 18, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Butterfly securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Butterfly class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3602 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 18, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the Proxy was negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing its preparation. Additionally, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, the Proxy and defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Butterfly had overstated its post-Merger business and financial prospects; (2) notwithstanding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Butterfly's financial projections failed to take into account the pandemic's broad consequences, which included healthcare logistical challenges, and medical personnel fatigue; (3) accordingly, Butterfly's gross margin levels and revenue projections were less sustainable than the Company had represented; (4) all the foregoing was reasonably likely to have a material negative impact on Butterfly's business and financial condition; and (5) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Butterfly action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3602 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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ARNSTADT, Germany, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 4, Contemporary Amperex Technology Thuringia GmbH (CATT), CATL's first plant outside of China, received the 2nd partial approval for the commissioning of a new plant for battery cell production from the state of Thuringia, Germany, marking a significant milestone for CATL's global footprint expansion despite the pandemic.
At the ceremony held in CATT at the Erfurter Kreuz industrial area, Anja Siegesmund, Thuringia's Minister of Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, and Wolfgang Tiefensee, Thuringia's Minister of Economy, handed over the permit to Matthias Zentgraf, CATL's President for Europe, allowing an initial capacity of 8 GWh per year for the plant.
The construction of the plant, which is also Germany's first battery factory, is in the final stage and the installation of machines is in full swing so that the first cells can roll off the assembly lines by the end of 2022.
"CATT provides a fundamental impetus for the urgently needed energy transition, and we are glad to be the first company to receive approval to manufacture batteries 'Made in Germany'," said Zentgraf, adding that the cooperation with the authorities during the approval process worked in an exemplary manner.
E-mobility in Germany is currently gaining immense momentum, and the state needs companies that are committed to taking sustainability and conservation into account right from the production stage, said Siegesmund.
"For Thuringia, CATT is one of the most important industrial investments in recent decades," said Tiefensee. "At the same time, the project could be the initial spark for the emergence of a 'Battery Valley Thuringia,' as the first batch of CATL's supplier companies have settled around the area."
CATT consists of two buildings: G1, an existing building purchased from another company and where cells are assembled to modules, and G2, a newly-built plant by CATT and where cells will be produced. The approval on Monday was issued to permit cell production of G2.
With clean rooms, technical cleanliness and constant humidity, the plant is almost as complex as a chip factory. Meanwhile, the plant generates part of its power from the solar power panels on the rooftop of the building in an effort to produce sustainably.
With a total investment of 1.8 billion euro, CATL plans to achieve a production capacity of 14GWh and create 2,000 jobs in Germany in the future.
Located at the heart of Germany, the plant is poised to provide high-quality products and services for major carmakers in Germany, thus promoting the electric mobility and energy transformation in Europe.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (TSX: CMMC) (ASX: C6C) (the "Company" or "Copper Mountain") announces a revised date for its first quarter 2022 conference call and the release of its earnings results due to an ASX public holiday. The Company will now be hosting a conference call on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 7:30 am (Pacific Time) for senior management to discuss its first quarter 2022 results. The Company will be releasing its first quarter 2022 financial and operating results before markets open on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
Dial-in information:
Toronto and international: 1 (416) 764 8650
North America (toll-free): 1 (888) 664 6383
Webcast: https://produceredition.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1540119&tp_key=3297d7e2a6
Replay information:
Toronto and international: 1 (416) 764 8677, Passcode: 910085#
North America (toll-free): 1 (888) 390 0541, Passcode: 910085#
The conference call replay will be available until 8:59 pm (Pacific Time) on May 3, 2022. An archive of the audio webcast will also be available on the company's website at http://www.cumtn.com.
Copper Mountain's flagship asset is the 75% owned Copper Mountain Mine located in southern British Columbia near the town of Princeton. The Copper Mountain Mine currently produces approximately 100 million pounds of copper equivalent per year. Copper Mountain also has the development-stage Eva Copper Project in Queensland, Australia and an extensive 2,100 km2 highly prospective land package in the Mount Isa area. Copper Mountain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CMMC" and Australian Stock Exchange under the symbol "C6C".
Additional information is available on the Company's web page at www.CuMtn.com.
On behalf of the Board of
COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING CORPORATION
"Gil Clausen"
Gil Clausen, P.Eng.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Website: www.CuMtn.com
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) between April 27, 2017 and February 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important May 2, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Ericsson securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Ericsson class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3808 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 2, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Ericsson overstated the extent to which it had reformed its business practices to eliminate the use of bribes to secure business in foreign countries; (2) Ericsson had paid bribes to the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ("ISIS" or the "Islamic State") to gain access to certain transport routes in Iraq; (3) accordingly, Ericsson's revenues derived from its operations in Iraq were, in at least substantial part, derived from unlawful conduct and thus unsustainable; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Ericsson class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3808 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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SHANGHAI, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Greater China and other parts of Asia, announced today that the findings of reduction in proteinuria and stabilization of eGFR in a Chinese subpopulation after 9 months of treatment with NEFECON are in line with topline results from Part A of the pivotal global Phase 3 clinical trial NefIgArd, which were reported in November 2020 by Calliditas Therapeutics AB (NASDAQ Global Select: CALT; NASDAQ Nordic: CALTX).
Everest Medicines secured exclusive license rights from Calliditas Therapeutics AB in 2019 to develop and commercialize NEFECON for the treatment of primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN) in Greater China and Singapore, which territory was expanded to include South Korea in March of this year.
"We are very pleased to see data from the Chinese subpopulation of NefIgArd that are consistent with the results of Part A of the global trial. These data will be included in regulatory filings in China in the second half of this year," said Zhengying Zhu, Ph.D, Chief Medical Officer for Internal Medicine at Everest Medicines. "We hope to bring this innovative treatment to IgAN patients in China and other markets as soon as possible."
In November 2020, Calliditas reported that topline results from Part A of the global trial provided evidence of a statistically significant reduction in proteinuria, after 9 months of treatment. The trial also met the key secondary endpoint showing a statistically significant difference in estimated glomerular filtration rate or eGFR after 9 months of treatment compared to placebo. NEFECON was generally well-tolerated.
About NEFECON
NEFECON is an oral, delayed release formulation of budesonide, a corticosteroid with potent glucocorticoid activity and weak mineralocorticoid activity that undergoes substantial first pass metabolism. NEFECON was designed as a 4 mg delayed release capsule and is enteric coated so that budesonide is released to the distal ileum. In June 2019, Everest Medicines entered into an exclusive, royalty-bearing license agreement with Calliditas, which gives Everest Medicines exclusive rights to develop and commercialize NEFECON in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore. The agreement was extended in March 2022 to include South Korea as part of Everest Medicine's territories.
About the NeflgArd Study
The global clinical trial NeflgArd is an ongoing Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo- controlled, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NEFECON once daily vs placebo in adult patients with primary IgAN (N=360) as an addition to optimized RASi therapy.
The global trial met its primary objective in Part A of demonstrating a statistically significant reduction in urine protein creatinine ratio, UPCR or proteinuria, after 9 months of treatment with 16 mg once daily of NEFECON compared to placebo. Patients taking NEFECON plus RASi (n=97) showed a statistically significant 34% reduction from baseline vs 5% with RASi alone (n=102) at 9 months, p=0.0001.
About Everest Medicines
Everest Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Asian markets. The management team of Everest Medicines has deep expertise and an extensive track record of high-quality clinical development, regulatory affairs, CMC, business development and operations both in China and with leading global pharmaceutical companies. Everest Medicines has built a portfolio of eleven potentially global first-in-class or best-in-class molecules, many of which are in late-stage clinical development. The Company's therapeutic areas of interest include oncology, autoimmune disorders, cardio-renal diseases and infectious diseases. For more information, please visit its website at www.everestmedicines.com.
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- Gross revenue of $39.19 million for Fiscal Year 2021, a 149% increase over last year
- Achieved record quarterly gross revenues of $12.37 million, a 27% increase quarter over quarter; with record monthly gross revenue of $5.18 million in December 2021
- Achieved record quarterly net revenue of $9.47 million, a 30% increase quarter over quarter
- Improved gross margin (before changes in fair value adjustments) to 32% for Q4
- Reduced G&A expenses by 28% quarter over quarter
- Completed strategic acquisition of Galaxie Brands Corporation, the exclusive Canadian producer of Wyld edibles
- Significantly increased market share in 28g and 3.5g flower category and in hash category
TORONTO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the "Company" or "TGOD") (CSE: TGOD) (OTC: TGODF), a sustainable global cannabis company, reports its results for the three months ended December 31, 2021 ("Fourth Quarter" or "Q4 2021") and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 ("Fiscal Year 2021"). These filings are available for review on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
All financial information is provided in Canadian dollars except where otherwise indicated.
Management Commentary
"We closed 2021 with strong momentum as we saw significant growth quarter-over-quarter, reflecting continued execution of our strategic plan as we remain focused on quality, consistency and transparency. We are seeing the early benefit of our enhanced sales strategy which has accelerated sell-through. Our two-prong approach of onboarding key retail chains while having boots on the ground with our dedicated sales force is starting to bear fruit," said Sean Bovingdon, CEO of TGOD. "We are on track to hit our positive Adjusted EBITDA(1) target in Q2 2022, with continued monthly sales progression from the strong month of December," added Bovingdon.
Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2021 Financial Highlights
The Company:
- For Fiscal Year 2021 the gross revenue from cannabis products was $39.19 million, an increase of 149% from Fiscal Year 2020. The Company has adapted to the market dynamics and in the prior year, launched its Highly Dutch brand for the price conscious consumer and continues to grow its premium flower and hash offerings, both of which have contributed to the increase in current year revenues.
- Continued sales improvement in adult-use cannabis products with gross revenues increasing by 27% during Q4 2021 to $11.06 million, in comparison to $8.69 million in Q3 2021.
- Sales in medical cannabis products increased by 79% during Q4 2021 to $0.99 million, in comparison to $0.55 million in Q3 2021.
- Net revenue increased to $9.47 million in Q4 2021, an increase of $2.19 million or 30% quarter over quarter.
- Recorded gross margin (before changes in fair value) in Q4 2021 of 32% ("Gross Margin") an improvement of 3% quarter over quarter, reflecting production efficiencies and higher net revenues with lower excise duties than the previous quarter due to sales mix of products. The Company believes Gross Margin and Net Revenue in Canada will continue to increase as it sells proportionately more premium flower, which should result in achieving breakeven Adjusted EBITDA(1).
- General and administrative ("G&A") expenses of $4.57 million for Q4 2021, represent a 28% decrease of $1.80 million compared to Q3 2021. The Company will continue to focus on cost discipline and savings in G&A in 2022.
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) loss was $3.31 million for Q4 2021, representing a 40% improvement compared to Q3 2021, and was $22.60 million for the Fiscal Year being a 35% improvement of $11.93 million over 2020.
- Loss from operations in Q4 2021 of $5.67 million, an improvement of $3.48 million from Q3 2021. Losses from operations were $28.74 million for Fiscal Year 2021, compared to $40.96 million for the same period in the prior year primarily due to the improvement in revenues and reduction of G&A expenses.
- As of December 31, 2021, the Company had a positive working capital of $25.72 million (December 31, 2020 - $22.0 million negative working capital) primarily due to the repayment of its senior secured first lien credit facility, modifying its debt under its secured revolving facility (the "Revolver Loan") to amend the maturity date to June 2023, and reducing accounts payable with the funds received from the Revolver Loan, ATM equity financings and warrant exercises in 2021. The total consolidated cash position was $4.31 million including $0.22 million of restricted cash (December 31, 2020 – $11.83 million of which $0.62 million was restricted cash). This cash will be used primarily towards covering working capital requirements and operating costs as the Company moves towards achieving positive operating cashflow.
Other Strategic Initiatives
- On November 4, 2021, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with Acosta Canada Corp ("Acosta") for exclusive and dedicated sales representation of TGOD's adult recreational cannabis brands in key provinces across Canada. The Company made the strategic decision to move away from a syndicated sales model to enable scaled growth with a dedicated sales force through greater product education, market penetration and distribution for its TGOD™, Highly Dutch Organic™ and Ripple™ brand portfolios in the key markets of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoundland. The Company also added a Regional Manager role for Quebec and Atlantic Canada to its team and named a Regional Manager in Calgary to support its presence in Western Canada.
- TGOD is now in 1,554 stores across the country, as it continues to increase distribution, including going from zero locations to over 370 locations in key retail chains in 2021. Pricing has remained stable with consumers gravitating towards higher quality, high THC flower with strong terpene profiles.
- In 2021, the Company has expanded its international footprint as it completed its first commercial shipments for the Australian and South African medical cannabis market. The Company expects to introduce more cannabis products to those markets later in 2022.
- On November 17, 2021, the Company acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of Galaxie Brands Corporation ("Galaxie"). Galaxie is focused on product innovation, branding and manufacturing 2.0 products. Galaxie creates and produces a range of products including premium cannabis edibles, infused pre-rolls, flavoured vapes, oils and solventless products. It also provides manufacturing and product development services to partners across Canada.
- The Company continues to work with advisors to facilitate the sale of HemPoland.
Key Updates Subsequent to the Quarter:
- The Company has continued to grow revenues and expects a similar growth trajectory achieved in 2021 to continue into 2022, as it heads towards positive operating cashflow. The decision to move to a dedicated sales force continues to enhance sales velocity with the team achieving more than 5,800 visits since early December. The visibility has driven brand recognition of TGOD™, Highly Dutch Organic™, Ripple™ and Cruuzy™.
- As a result of the Company's quality flower products and key retail chain penetration, revenues have continued to ramp up. With recent product launches and over 20 new skus already approved for listing, the Company expects key product launches for its product portfolio to be a key catalyst to grow revenues.
- Galaxie is the exclusive producer of Wyld edibles in Canada. Currently sitting at 25 listings across the country, Wyld will continue to add additional skus and distribution points through 2022.
- In February 2022, the Company has hit significant milestones across the product portfolio in Ontario according to sales data from the OCS, specifically:
- On March 10, 2022, the Company announced that it had amended and restated the credit agreement dated September 29, 2021, as amended by a first amendment dated November 20, 2021, relating to the Revolver Loan (the "Credit Agreement"). The Company and its Canadian lender agreed to, amongst other things: (i) increase the revolving facility limit by $5.0 million to $30.0 million; (ii) allow certain eligible inventory to be included as collateral; and (iii) relax certain covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement; subject to the satisfaction of the various conditions set out therein. All other terms of the Credit Agreement will remain the same as before, including the maturity date of June 30, 2023.
- Member of the Board of Directors ("Board") and Chair of the Audit Committee Nicholas Kirton has announced his retirement from the Board effective today. Since joining the Board in 2018, Nick has provided strategic leadership and valuable counsel to the Board and the TGOD team. The Company wishes to thank Nick for his service and dedication to helping grow shareholder value and ensuring good governance. Director Chris Schnarr has been appointed as the new Chair of the Audit Committee.
Investor Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results
Management will host a conference call with analysts on April 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results. Participants may access the call by dialing 416-764-8688 (Toronto) or 1-888-390-0546 (North America); Conference ID 50503996. A replay of the call will also be available through April 13, 2022, by dialing 1-416-764-8677 or 1-888-390-0541 (Passcode: 503996#).
About The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd.
The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (CSE: TGOD) (US–OTC: TGODF) is a sustainable, global cannabis company with a focus on innovation, quality, consistency, integrity and transparency. By leveraging science and technology, TGOD harnesses the power of nature from seed to sale. The Company is committed to cultivating a better tomorrow by producing its products responsibly, with less waste and impact on the environment. In Canada, TGOD serves the recreational market with a brand portfolio including The Green Organic Dutchman, Highly Dutch Organics, Ripple by TGOD and Cruuzy brands, and the medical markets in Canada, South Africa, Australia, and Germany. All cannabis utilized in products for The Green Organic Dutchman and Highly Dutch Organics brands is grown through a certified organic process, which includes living soil, filtered rainwater, sunlight, and natural inputs.
TGOD's Common Shares and Warrants issued under the indentures dated December 19, 2019, June 12, 2020, October 23, 2020 and December 10, 2020 trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") under the symbol "TGOD", "TGOD.WS", "TGOD.WR", "TGOD.WA", and "TGOD.WB" respectively. TGOD's Common Shares trade in the U.S. on the OTCQX under the symbol "TGODF". For more information on The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd., please visit www.tgod.ca.
(1)Non-GAAP Measures, Reconciliation and Discussion
This press release contains references to "Adjusted EBITDA" which is a non-international financial reporting standards ("IFRS") measure (a "Non-GAAP Measure"). Management defines Adjusted EBITDA as loss for the period, as reported, adjusted for deferred income tax recovery, foreign exchange gains and losses, finance costs, finance income, share of loss on investments in associates, revaluation of contingent consideration, loss (gain) on disposal of assets, impairment of investment in associates, impairment (reversal of impairment) charge for non-financial assets, loss on derecognition of investment in joint venture, impairment loss on remeasurement of disposal group, loss on assets held for sale, debt modification, acquisition related costs, change in fair value of investments, realized fair value adjustment on sale of inventories, unrealized gain on changes in fair value of biological assets, share based compensation, depreciation and amortization. This measure does not have any standardized meaning according to IFRS and, therefore, may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
Management believes Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information as it is a commonly used measure in the capital markets to approximate operating earnings. The Company provides the Non-GAAP Measure as supplemental information and in addition to the financial measures that are calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS. The Non-GAAP Measure is also presented because management believes such measures provide information which is useful to shareholders and investors in understanding its performance and which may assist in the evaluation of the Company's business relative to that of its peers. Management believes the Non-GAAP Measure is a useful financial metric to assess the Company's operating performance on a cash basis before the impact of non-cash items, and on an adjusted basis as described above. However, such Non-GAAP Measure should not be considered superior to, as a substitute for or as an alternative to, and should only be considered in conjunction with, the most comparable Non-GAAP Measure.
Reconciliations of the Non-GAAP Measure are presented in the Company's management's discussion and analysis for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (the "Y/E MD&A"). The Non-GAAP Measure should not be considered superior to, as a substitute for, or as an alternative to, and should be considered in conjunction with the IFRS financial measures presented in the Company's financial statements. For more information, please see "Non-GAAP Performance Measures" in the Company's Y/E MD&A, which is available under the Company's profile on www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Statements
This news release includes statements containing certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities law ("forward-looking statements"). Forward looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements about future revenue, gross margin and Adjusted EBITDA, statements about production timing, statements about future production and manufacturing, statements about achievement of positive cash flow and value for shareholders, statements about reduction in general and administrative expenses, statements about potential international sales or activities, statements about the offering of any particular products by the Company in any jurisdiction and statements regarding the future performance of the Company, statements about future development and delivery of products, statements about the potential future revenue and cost synergies, statements about potential entry into the U.S. market, and statements about the level of demand for TGOD's and Galaxie's products. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "should", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. These statements are only predictions. Various assumptions were used in drawing the conclusions or making the projections contained in the forward-looking statements throughout this news release. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties (including market conditions) and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including those risk factors described in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form filed with Canadian securities regulators and available on the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information or forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
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For every $1 Donated, Kinecta will Match $2 up to $50,000. Donations to Address Immediate Humanitarian Needs
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinecta Federal Credit Union joins the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, the fundraising and engagement arm of the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), on its Ukrainian Credit Union Displacement Fund campaign. Kinecta is committed to supporting those impacted by the ongoing crisis and asks members and non-members to make donations at any of its locations or online at https://kinecta.ejoinme.org/ukrainianrelief through April 18, 2022. For every $1 donated, Kinecta will match $2 towards Ukrainian relief efforts up to $50,000.
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions will primarily direct support to vetted non-governmental organizations that are providing emergency humanitarian assistance in Ukraine and in neighboring European countries hosting Ukrainian refugees. Other collected funds will be donated to mitigate both short- and long-term impacts to Ukraine's credit union system and those that look to it for support, including both employees and members.
"Kinecta is committed to the communities we serve at home and abroad, our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine and everyone affected by the ongoing crisis," said Keith Sultemeier, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kinecta. "Please join us in supporting Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions' Ukrainian Credit Union Displacement Fund campaign to address immediate humanitarian needs for those still in Ukraine and for more than four million Ukrainian refugees who have fled the country."
Once the situation is stable, WOCCU will work on recovery and rebuilding efforts in collaboration with the Ukrainian American Credit Union Association, which represents 12 credit unions serving the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States. WOCCU acts as the leading voice for global advocacy and development on behalf of the international credit union community, and it continues to promote economic freedom and the sustainable growth of financial cooperatives across the globe through education, collaboration, and community-based development projects.
During 2021, Kinecta, its subsidiaries, and employees donated over $880,000 to charitable causes, volunteered over 5,100 hours, and participated in over 225 community events. To learn more about Kinecta's community outreach programs and activities, visit kinecta.org/community.
About Kinecta Federal Credit Union
Kinecta Federal Credit Union is the country's 35th largest credit union, with assets of $6.6 billion and over 270,000 member-owners. Its 800+ employees serve members from 31 branches, a variety of specialty offices, and highly responsive call centers on both coasts. Banking the Southern California area for more than 80 years, with recent expansion into New York, New Jersey, and Northern California, Kinecta offers its members a full range of financial products through the Credit Union and its subsidiaries, Kinecta Wealth Management and Kinecta Insurance Services. Kinecta has been recognized by the Mortgage Bankers Association as a recipient of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Residential Leadership Award, and received the Best of Show award granted by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Technology Council. Daily Breeze readers have named Kinecta a top credit union for the past 11 years in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Kinecta supports its communities in a variety of ways, by giving back through the Kinecta Community Foundation as well as serving as the official financial services partner of the LA Galaxy, and sponsor of the Rochester Americans and Rochester Red Wings. To learn more about Kinecta, visit kinecta.org.
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Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions is the fundraising and engagement arm of the World Council of Credit Unions (World Council), the global trade association and development platform for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach. World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 90 countries. Worldwide, 86,451 credit unions in 118 countries serve 375 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.
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- Proxalutamide demonstrates a significant reduction in hospitalization/death rate with a protection rate reaching 100% for patients treated more than seven days (p <0.02).
- Proxalutamide reduced risk of hospitalization or death especially in those with high-risk factors.
- Proxalutamide demonstrates significant reduction in COVID-19 viral load and improved coronavirus-related symptoms.
- The Phase III multi-regional clinical trial (MRCT) enrolled 99% of patients in multiple centers across the United States.
SUZHOU, China, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited ("Kintor Pharma", HKEX: 9939), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative small molecules and biological therapeutics, today announced the top-line results of the Phase III MRCT of proxalutamide in outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 regardless of vaccination status and risk factors. Data from the study demonstrated that the protection rate of patients in the trial (regardless of age or risk factors) treated with proxalutamide for more than seven days reached 100% (p < 0.02). The treatment with proxalutamide significantly reduced hospitalization or death in COVID-19 patients, especially in the middle-aged and elderly with high-risk factors.
Top-line efficacy and safety data are summarized below:
Efficacy:
Proxalutamide effectively reduced the risk of hospitalization/death
- Among all randomized patients with at least one day of treatment (N=730), 8 patients who received placebo were hospitalized (including one death) compared to 4 patients who received proxalutamide (zero death). All hospitalizations were COVID-19-related. Proxalutamide reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 50% compared to the control group.
- Among patients with more than 1 day of treatment (N=721), 7 patients in the control group were hospitalized (including one death) compared to 2 patients (zero deaths) in the proxalutamide group. Proxalutamide reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 71% compared to the control group.
- Among patients with more than 7 days of treatment (N=693), 6 patients who received placebo were hospitalized (including one death) compared to no hospitalization/death in the proxalutamide group. Proxalutamide reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 100% compared to the control group (p﹤0.02).
Proxalutamide significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization/death in patients with high-risk factors, especially in patients 50 years of age or older and with at least 1 day of treatment.
- In the patients aged 50 years or older and with obesity, proxalutamide significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization/death by100% (p﹤0.02), as there was no hospitalization or death in the proxalutamide group.
- In the patients aged 60 years or older with or without underlying medical conditions, proxalutamide significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 100% (p﹤0.02), as there was no hospitalization or deaths in the proxalutamide group.
- In the patients with age 60 years or older and with at least one underlying medical condition (such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, etc.), proxalutamide significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 100% (p﹤0.02), as there was no hospitalization or deaths in the proxalutamide group.
Proxalutamide significantly and continuously reduced SARS-CoV-2 viral load
- Proxalutamide significantly and continuously reduced SARS-CoV-2 viral load from Day 3 to Day 28, compared to the control group (p﹤0.01 on Day 3 and Day 28, respectively).
Proxalutamide improved COVID-19 related symptoms
- COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, and cough were improved through Day 28 compared to patients in the control group.
Safety:
Proxalutamide continues to demonstrate a positive safety profile
- The study demonstrated that proxalutamide was well tolerated and side effects were manageable in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. The incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) was comparable in the control and proxalutamide groups (7.9% and 9.6%, respectively). The majority of TEAEs were mild. The most common adverse event was dizziness (1.1 % in both proxalutamide and control groups). The incidence of any other adverse events was less than 1%. There was no serious adverse event in the study.
Dr. Tong Youzhi, the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Kintor Pharma commented, "The top-line data of this pivotal study demonstrates the clinical efficacy of proxalutamide in the mostly US COVID-19 population with a significant reduction of hospitalization and death rate in patients. It is important to note that proxalutamide has showed COVID-19 viral load reduction against both Delta and Omicron variants, which is important as new variants continue to arise. The continued increase in COVID-19 cases serves as a reminder that the world urgently needs effective and safe oral drugs with different mechanisms of action. Kintor plans to actively apply for emergency use authorization (EUA)/emergency approvals from healthcare authorities in China, the United States, and other countries. Separately, I'd like to thank the patients and doctors who participated in the trial and highlight the tireless work of Kintor's team since the start of the pandemic, their ability to overcome multiple challenges, and to thank them for their continued efforts."
About the Study
The multi-center randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled (1:1) registrational trial (NCT04870606), evaluated the efficacy and safety of proxalutamide in outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 illness. The study enrolled 733 male and female patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test and symptoms onset whether vaccinated or not and regardless of risk factors. Ninety-nine percent (99%) of the patients were recruited in the United States. The patients received either proxalutamide 200mg, once daily plus standard of care (SOC)("proxalutamide arm") or placebo plus SOC ("placebo arm") for 14 consecutive days.
The study endpoints included the percentage of patients who did not experience all-cause hospitalization for at least 24 hours, or did not require supplemental oxygen for at least 24 hours in response to SpO2 ≤93% and were alive by Day 28; the proportion of patients with all-cause hospitalization (defined as ≥24 hours), requiring supplemental oxygen orall-cause death by Day 28, and changes of SARS-Cov-2 viral load frombaseline to Day 28 as well as safety assessments.
About Proxalutamide
Proxalutamide is an ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) and TMPRSS2 (transmembrane protease, serine 2) proteins inhibitor that inhibits the entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into host cells. For COVID-19 patients with early symptoms, targeting the ACE2/TMPRSS2 signal axis by proxalutamide could significantly inhibit the entry of the virus into host cells. For severe patients, proxalutamide promotes the clearance of pathogens and decreases inflammation by activating the Nrf2 pathway, which inhibits the over-production of IL-6, proinflammatory cytokines, and chemokines, thus minimizing cytokine storms and tissues damage. In this way, proxalutamide might be well-positioned as an effective drug for COVID-19 patients from early symptoms to hospitalized/severe conditions.
About Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited
Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited is developing and commercializing a robust pipeline of innovative small molecule and biological therapeutics for androgen-receptor-related disease areas with unmet medical needs, including COVID-19, prostate, breast and liver cancers, alopecia and acne. For more information, visit www.kintor.com.cn.
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ST. HELIER, Jersey, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Komainu Holdings Ltd ("the Company"), which operates as a regulated digital asset custody services provider built by institutions for institutions, today announced the establishment of a Singapore-based operating entity, Komainu Singapore Pte. Ltd. ("Komainu Singapore"). The new operating entity marks the next phase of the Company's global expansion, extending its presence into the APAC region.
Building upon its two-year track record of servicing institutions with a secure, transparent and compliant custody solution, Komainu Singapore will provide a foothold within the APAC region to extend its custody solution to Asia-based institutions within the APAC marketplace.
Henson Orser, President of Komainu commented on today's news, "Opening an operating entity within the APAC region is a major milestone for our organization. We see the APAC market as underserved and with institutions globally looking to add digital assets to their portfolios, there is a need for institutional grade custody providers that understand the complex regulatory landscape. We are excited to initiate our operations within the region and work with institutions and the local regulators to provide clients with ease-of-mind when investing in digital assets."
Komainu is actively expanding its headcount in Singapore to promote its local growth as well as its expansion into the wider APAC region. Working collaboratively with Nomura, one of Komainu's founding partners, Komainu Singapore will provide the governance framework for institutions looking to enter into the digital asset space in Asia.
Sebastian Widmann, Head of Strategy at Komainu, explained that "Singapore is quickly becoming the main financial hub for digital assets in the APAC region, driven by proactive regulatory developments, the presence of global institutions and a strong local talent pool, which will further facilitate Komainu's expansion plans in the region."
About Komainu
Komainu is the first hybrid custodian for institutional digital asset investors created by the Japanese investment bank, Nomura, digital asset manager, CoinShares and digital asset security company, Ledger. Komainu is providing decentralized and secure digital asset custody through a single application-based solution for institutions, offering multi-asset support and regulatory compliance. Headquartered in Jersey, Channel Islands, Komainu merges institutional financial services with leading security standards for the next generation of institutional custody.
For more information, please visit https://www.komainu.com
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CASS COUNTY, Ind. — Police have a man in custody after they say he stole a jar being used to collect donations for a local cancer patient.
The theft happened at Lucky Dog Liquors in Galveston Friday. Using video surveillance from the store, employees and detectives were able to search for the man seen stealing the donation jar from the counter.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office identified Willaim Estep of Logansport as a suspect in the case. They arrested him and booked him into the Cass County Jail on a felony theft charge because of a previous unrelated theft charge.
The theft remains under investigation as of the time of this report. Anyone with additional information is asked to call the office at 574-753-7800.
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LAS VEGAS, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Rock Resorts, Inc. ("Red Rock Resorts", "we" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RRR) announced today that it will release the Company's financial results for the first quarter 2022 on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 and will hold a conference call on the same day at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT). The conference call will consist of prepared remarks from the Company and will include a question and answer session.
To listen to the conference call, please dial into the conference operator no later than 4:15 p.m. ET (1:15 p.m. PT) at (888) 317-6003 using the passcode: 1110192. For those of you dialing in internationally, your dial in number is (412) 317-6061. A live audio webcast of the call will also be available at www.redrockresorts.com.
A replay of the call will be available through May 10, 2021 by dialing in at (877) 344-7529 or internationally at (412) 317-0088 using conference ID: 4324189. An audio archive of the call will also be available at www.redrockresorts.com.
Red Rock Resorts is a holding company that owns an indirect equity interest in and manages Station Casinos LLC ("Station Casinos"). Station Casinos is the leading provider of gaming and entertainment to the residents of Las Vegas, Nevada. Station Casinos' properties, which are located throughout the Las Vegas valley, are regional entertainment destinations and include various amenities, including numerous restaurants, entertainment venues, movie theaters, bowling and convention/banquet space, as well as traditional casino gaming offerings such as video poker, slot machines, table games, bingo and race and sports wagering. Station Casinos owns and operates Red Rock Casino Resort Spa, Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa Casino, Palace Station Hotel & Casino, Boulder Station Hotel & Casino, Sunset Station Hotel & Casino, Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino, Wildfire Rancho, Wildfire Boulder, Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel, Wildfire Sunset, Wildfire Valley View, Wildfire Anthem and Wildfire Lake Mead. Station Casinos also owns Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel, Fiesta Rancho Casino Hotel and Fiesta Henderson Casino Hotel, which have been closed since March 2020, and owns a 50% interest in Barley's Casino & Brewing Company, Wildfire Casino & Lanes and The Greens.
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INDIANAPOLIS — It has been nine days since Ronnie and Beverly Barker departed from a campground in California, bound for a rendezvous with good friends in Tucson, Arizona. Nine days since family members have been left holding the pieces to a puzzle they can’t complete.
On March 27, the Indianapolis couple set off across the Nevada desert. Seven hours later, at 7:16 p.m., their trail went cold. An RV, a car, a host of electronics: vanished into thin air. All that was left was one last cellphone ping from a desolate stretch of desert road that cuts deep into a barren landscape where only abandoned mines and ghost towns await.
“What has happened to them?” their daughters ask, searching for answers one stray sighting at a time. Assembling the pieces from half a country away.
“They were driving a 32-foot RV and hauling a car behind it and just vanished. That is unheard of. That just doesn’t happen. So where are they?”
On April 9, Beverly Barker turns 70 years old. In Indiana, her daughters Jennifer Whaley and Lynn Bledsoe wait anxiously for their parents’ return. Wishing nothing more than to blow out candles and celebrate their mother’s milestone.
But instead of planning a party, the sisters have found themselves thrust into spearheading a desperate search for answers.
“We just want them found,” Jennifer said, both siblings committed to finding the parents who vanished without a trace.
Ronnie and Beverly were supposed to pull into a Tuscon, Arizona, campground on March 29 where their friends awaited them. But the day came and went, and the pair never showed. According to the daughters, their parents had been visiting grandchildren in Albany, Oregon. They’d left on March 26 at 9:30 in the morning heading south en route to Arizona.
Beverly called a friend around noon.
“From there, we don’t know of them communicating with anybody,” Lynn said, her mother never making or answering another call. Since March 28, every phone call made to either Ronnie or Beverly has went straight to voicemail.
“They would have at least, at the very least, contacted their friends they were supposed to meet up with,” Jennifer said, adding it was completely out of their parents’ characters to go radio silent.
Lynn said she spoke with her parents often and stayed in their Indianapolis home. They would never go this long without returning her calls, she said.
“If they saw I had called, they would have called me back,” Lynn insisted.
THE TIMELINE
Since going missing, Jennifer and Lynn have worked diligently with authorities and online communities to track down any sightings, witnesses, fragments of their parents’ passing. From stray photographs that captured their RV to bank statements that detailed credit card purchases.
“It’s very overwhelming at times,” said Jennifer. “You spend hours and days on your computer and phone. Our phones are nonstop. They constantly go off. There is not a lot of sleep… you don’t have an appetite. All you care about is finding your parents and bringing them home.”
“You’re afraid to turn off your phone. You don’t want to miss anything,” Lynn said, any little notification may be a clue. A piece. An answer. “You end up skipping meals all the time because you’re just consumed.”
Tips sent to the sisters’ email tipline — findronandbev@gmail.com — have helped create the timeline of the Barker’s last known whereabouts on Sunday, March 27, along with cellphone pings and clues found by police.
At noon, the couple departed Mt. Shasta KOA Campground in California. At 3:48 p.m. they topped off their fuel tank at Stagecoach Market in Stagecoach, Nevada. It was their last known purchase.
At 5:30 p.m., a cellphone ping puts them near Walker Lake, Nevada, on State Road 3. Five minutes later, their RV is sighted on a traffic camera. Another ping puts them in Hawthorne, Nevada, on U.S. 95, a town of less than 4,000 people. An image of the couple’s RV was caught just after 6 p.m. in Luning, Nevada.
It is the last known sighting of the Barkers, a blurry photo of their RV driving down the desert highway.
From there, cellphone pings track them further into the remote desert. To near a ghost town in Coaldale, toward Silver Peak and a dusty road called Nivloc that bends back toward the mountains where little awaits outside abandoned mines and towns long left to crumble beneath the blazing desert sun.
“No one has heard anything,” Jennifer said, the last ping at 7:16 p.m.
WHERE COULD THEY BE?
Both Ronnie and Beverly deal with a host of medical ailments. The daughters said both are diabetic. Beverly has high blood pressure, amongst other conditions, and currently needs a wheelchair to get around. Ronnie is a cancer survivor and only has partial lungs.
“We kind of joke that he only has one lung left,” Lynn said.
While some have offered speculations that the couple may simply have went off on an adventure into the myriad of ghost towns and abandoned mines or journeyed out into the desert, the daughters insist their is no way. It’s unlike their parents, who physically just aren’t capable of such a strenuous hike.
“We get a lot of people that have said, ‘Oh, maybe their phone just went dead and they can’t charge it,'” Jennifer said. But the couple is tech-savvy, according to their daughters, equipped not only with an RV and a car that could power charging their equipment, but with devices outside just their phones like Apple Watches, a laptop, and iPads.
“They are smart people,” Lynn said. “If they are still able to drive the RV and get to a town they’d call us on a landline. They’d find a restaurant, a gas station.”
Lynn said the idea of the couple deciding to go out and do some type of fun excursion over the last week just isn’t feasible.
“One, because they were supposed to go meet their friends and they wouldn’t not meet their friends without talking to them. And two, they wouldn’t be out of communication with their family this long. They just wouldn’t.”
“If the RV broke down they could’ve unloaded the Kia and gone for help,” Jennifer said. The fact every one of their devices have gone dark since March 27 and both their vehicles haven’t been spotted isn’t just unnerving to the sisters, it seems completely unheard of.
HOLDING TO HOPE
While the search consumes the sisters, the grief does not. Cannot. They have to keep looking. They have to hold on. They have to hope.
And they have support. A silver lining in all the gloom is the outpouring of community and support the sisters have found as people far and wide have taken up the case and joined in the search for the Barkers. The sisters said they’ve been contacted by people from Arizona and Nevada who have went out in search parties trying to find the RV. The Kia. Anything.
“We just want to thank everyone who is helping,” Lynn said. “It’s not just an Indiana or a Nevada effort. We’ve had support across the country.”
Posters have been plastered from Tucson to Nevada. Along the path the Barkers were taking. Plastered at rest stops, at gas stations, at restaurants. It isn’t just family or friends who want answers. Who want the Barkers home. It’s more. Many, many more.
“It’s amazing to have that support behind you because you do have those weak moments,” Jennifer said. “Not every day is a good day. Not every morning is a good morning. There are a lot of tears. It’s hard sometimes but we’re trying really hard to hold onto our faith. Hold onto hope that they’re stuck somewhere and they’re self-contained and okay.”
FRUSTRATIONS
On Monday night, a Silver Alert was at last issued for the missing Indianapolis couple. Eight days after they’d gone missing. While the sisters are thankful, they also expressed frustration at the delay.
“My biggest surprise is how much we have to do on our own,” Lynn said. Police have been out looking, have been searching campgrounds and rest stops, but the sisters have had to push for more. Have become tangled in bureaucratic red tape as they fought for a Silver Alert to be issued. Fought for Civil Air Patrol to do aerial searches.
“There is a lot of red tape,” Jennifer admitted. “We just got a Silver Alert last night and yesterday was day eight. It took them eight days to issue a Silver Alert and it was only from pressure. They weren’t going to give us a Silver Alert, they made an exception.
“The reason they weren’t going to give a Silver Alert is that they aren’t residents of Nevada. That, to me, is insane. What does that have to do with anything? They’re missing in your state. So… it’s frustrating.”
But the sisters didn’t quit. Neither did they give up when they reached out to the Civil Air Patrol and found out they hadn’t been contacted about joining the search. The sisters found out the steps that had to be taken and on Tuesday, nine days after their parents’ disappearance, the Civil Air Patrol was finally able to take flight and join in the search.
So far, no sighting of the couple or their vehicles has been found in the vast desert. But the search continues.
HOW TO HELP
Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities. The Esmeralda County Sheriff’s Office in Nevada can be contacted at (775) 485-6370.
Jennifer and Lynn also ask anyone with tips, pictures or sightings to send them to their email tipline at findronandbev@gmail.com. The sisters aren’t able to follow every social media group and forum and ask people to send information to the email and not just leave it in a comment.
The Nevada Silver Alert asks anyone with information to call Nevada State Police at (775) 687-0400.
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SEATTLE, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea Mar Community Health Centers ("Sea Mar"), a non-profit organization that provides healthcare services to underserved communities in the state of Washington, has learned of additional information involved in a previously-reported data security incident that may have impacted data belonging to current and former Sea Mar patients and other individuals associated with Sea Mar.
On June 24, 2021, Sea Mar was informed that certain Sea Mar data may have been copied from its digital environment by an unauthorized actor. Upon receipt of this information, Sea Mar immediately took steps to secure its environment and commenced an investigation with the assistance of leading, independent cybersecurity experts. Through the investigation, Sea Mar learned that certain data may have been copied from its digital environment between December 2020 and March 2021 and provided notification to individuals known to have been potentially impacted.
In January and March 2022, Sea Mar learned of additional data that may have been copied from its digital environment, and, upon review, identified that such data contained personal and protected health information. The additional data contained the following personal and protected health information: Name, date of birth, and, in some cases, Social Security number and/or driver's license information.
Sea Mar has provided notice of the incident on its website to alert all potentially impacted individuals of this incident and the update related thereto. The notice includes information about the incident and steps that potentially impacted individuals can take to protect their information.
The privacy and protection of personal and protected health information is a top priority for Sea Mar, which deeply regrets any inconvenience or concern this incident may cause. Sea Mar is continuing to work with cybersecurity experts to take steps to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future. Sea Mar has also established a toll-free call center to answer questions about the incident. Call center representatives are available Monday through Friday from 6:00 am – 3:30 pm Pacific Time and can be reached at 1-855-651-2684.
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INDIANAPOLIS — We’re getting really specific again.
Today’s Lyrical Lightning theme: hit rock songs from 2000 through 2009. Play along to see how many artist names and song titles you remember.
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Tivity Health, Inc. ("Tivity" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TVTY), in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by funds managed by Stone Point Capital. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $32.50 in cash for each share of Tivity common stock owned. The transaction is valued at $2 billion.
If you own Tivity shares and wish to discuss this investigation or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, visit our website:
https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/tvty
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) Tivity's board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $32.50 per-share merger consideration adequately compensates Tivity's shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed. Notably, at least one analyst set a price target for the Company of $35 per share, $2.50 above the per-share merger consideration.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com.
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INDIANAPOLIS — If you follow fashion, you may have heard about this huge trend for spring 2022: the relaxed suit.
Style expert Brandie Price of Confidently Company joined us to demystify the trend, explaining what to look for, how to dress the look up or down, and how to mix and match with items already in your closet.
“You can get one relaxed suit and add it to your wardrobe and magnify absolutely everything you already own,” she said.
Relaxed suits are generally a lightweight linen blend, Price said, but blend is the key word. Viscose, cotton and other fabrics are blended in to help the fabric keep its shape.
“I don’t want you to think of like linen 1995, where you arrive already wrinkled like you just got out of bed,” she said.
If you have more of a business-type lifestyle, go for a black suit. If your lifestyle is more casual, go for something in the tan family. You can pair the suit with a bright tank for a pop of color or something like a white lace blouse for a dressier look.
Some of the suits have full-length pants and others more of a dressy short. Relaxed suits can be paired with heels or dressed down with sneakers. Wear just the jacket with something more casual like jeans on bottom or wear just the pants with a summer top to create different looks with the same suit.
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Discovery-based pharmaceutical company in Japan leverages Cloudera for greater speed to insights across its research, development, and post-market value chain.
SINGAPORE, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudera, the hybrid data cloud company, today announced that Japanese pharmaceutical company, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., has selected Cloudera to boost its data analytics capabilities for increased business performance and realize its vision of achieving data-driven innovation. Through this partnership, Shionogi hopes to democratize access to its vast amounts of data and promote data literacy to accelerate research and product releases.
As a discovery-based pharmaceutical company, Shionogi is focused on researching and developing more effective medications and pharmaceuticals to protect the health and well-being of patients. The extensive amounts of data that Shionogi generates and relies on reside in silos on varying platforms spread across various locations. To realize its vision of true data-driven innovation, Shionogi required a comprehensive data platform that could quickly aggregate and analyze this data in a secure and governed manner. Democratized accessibility to this data while maintaining data security and data governance was key.
Cloudera worked with Shionogi to upgrade its existing data platform to the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), a secure, organized platform that is easily integrated into the various other systems used by Shionogi. The company has integrated all of its data silos, with CDP functioning as a consolidated database. The single source of truth provides easy access to data, which has increased the productivity of its data engineers and scientists by facilitating the sharing of information across the organization, improving the data literacy within Shionogi. CDP seamlessly connects to business intelligence (BI) tools and analysis systems while ensuring security and governance, allowing Shionogi to accelerate the hypothesis and test cycles of drug discovery and development.
Dr. Yoshitake Kitanishi, Vice President, Data Science Department, Shionogi & Co. Ltd., said, "Shionogi believes that we will need to maximize the use of our collective data and knowledge to achieve true data-driven innovation. The Cloudera Data Platform is what we need - a secure, organized and integrated database. Its ability to aggregate and analyze a wide variety of internal and external data, structured or unstructured, lets it rapidly process large volumes of data. We can derive business insights quickly as it seamlessly connects to BI tools and analysis systems while complying with privacy protection and other compliance requirements."
"We are delighted to support Shionogi on using data to transform its business. The company is currently working on COVID-19 medications and we are proud to be able to be part of this process. Cloudera's scalable hybrid data cloud will help Shionogi achieve its goal of being a data-driven business," said Takeshi Osawa, Managing Director, Japan, Cloudera.
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- For more information on Cloudera Data Platform, please visit https://www.cloudera.com/products/cloudera-data-platform.html
About Cloudera
At Cloudera, we believe data can make what is impossible today, possible tomorrow. Cloudera taught the world the value of big data, creating an industry and ecosystem powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community. We empower our customers, leaders in their industries, to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. Through our hybrid data cloud platform, organizations are able to build their data-driven future by getting data - no matter where it resides - into the hands of those that need it. Learn more at Cloudera.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – Bobby Rydell, a pop singer and star of the 1963 film “Bye Bye Birdie,” has died at the age of 79.
Rydell’s cause of death was pneumonia, Variety reports. He had been hospitalized in Philadelphia, according to local news outlet WPVI.
The Philadelphia native saw 34 of his singles land on the Billboard Hot 100, with the most well-known being “Wild One.” Others include “Volare,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha,” and “We Got Love,” according to Variety. Rydell was still touring with a performance scheduled for June in Atlantic City.
On the big screen, Rydell starred in the musical film “Bye Bye Birdie” alongside Dick Van Dyke and Ann Margaret. On the small screen, Rydell made appearances in the 1980s hit “The Facts of Life.”
Rydell toured as part of The Golden Boys with Frankie Avalon and Fabian as well. Fans of the film “Grease” may have also caught a nod to Rydell – Rydell High School is named for him, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In 2012, Rydell underwent a liver and kidney transplant. He was vocal about his struggles with alcoholism after his wife died of breast cancer in the early 2000s. Rydell said the drinking led to the double transplant.
He passed just short of his 80th birthday.
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COMPTON, California (KTLA) — A Compton, California, man was arrested on suspicion of targeting and robbing more than 20 gay men he met on a dating app, authorities announced Tuesday.
Derrick Patterson, 22, is charged in a federal criminal complaint with one count of robbery. He was taken into custody Monday by FBI agents.
The man has been tied to multiple robberies that happened between November 2019 and March 2022.
The robberies usually began the same way: Patterson would use the Grindr app to contact people, who he then met at their homes or hotel rooms, purportedly for sex, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
He would then pull out different weapons, like knives or a stun gun, and demand they hand over their wallets and cell phones, officials said.
“On other occasions, Patterson physically assaulted his victims,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
After the robberies, Patterson allegedly withdrew money from victims’ bank accounts or used their credit cards, officials said.
In one incident from September 2020, Patterson met one of his victims at a Los Angeles hotel and “while engaging in consensual sexual activity, took the victim’s phone. He then asked the victim for his password to access Apple Pay. When the victim refused and demanded his phone back, Patterson pulled out a taser and threatened him, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Patterson allegedly activated the taser when the victim ran away. The victim later returned to the room to find Patterson gone, along with his wallet.
Police obtained a search warrant for Patterson’s phone number and were able to place him near the hotel’s location at the time of the robbery, as well as at another hotel nearby where a similar robbery was reported just two hours earlier, authorities said.
In another robbery from October 2020, Patterson reportedly stabbed a victim in the chest. That victim survived and was able to identify Patterson as his attacker, officials said.
The latest known robbery happened on March 26 at a hotel in Beverly Hills, according to authorities.
Patterson could face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
Anyone who believes they may have been a victim or targeted by Patterson is urged to contact the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office at (310) 477-6565.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia and TORONTO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - PT Sun Life Financial Indonesia (Sun Life Indonesia), a subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF), and PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (CIMB Niaga; IDX: BNGA) announced today that they are deepening their existing partnership in Indonesia.
Sun Life Indonesia currently offers insurance solutions to CIMB Niaga customers through digital and out-of-branch channels. This new agreement makes Sun Life Indonesia the provider of insurance solutions to CIMB Niaga customers through all channels for a term of 15 years starting in January 2025. It also extends the term of the existing relationship by six (6) years to 2039.
This partnership combines Sun Life Indonesia's comprehensive range of insurance solutions and expert Client care across all life stages with CIMB Niaga's extensive distribution network of 427 branches serving seven (7) million customers across Indonesia. Established in 1955, CIMB Niaga is the second largest private bank by total assets in Indonesia as of December 31, 2021. Sun Life is also the exclusive bancassurance partner for CIMB Group in Malaysia.
The Indonesian market is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and offers significant growth potential, reflecting a young, emerging middle class with low insurance penetration rates. This deepening partnership will accelerate Sun Life's long-term strategy to grow its distribution capacity, supported by bancassurance. It will also enhance the value proposition for CIMB Niaga customers and provide them with a comprehensive range of protection and long-term savings solutions to address their evolving needs.
"We are delighted to deepen our regional partnership with CIMB to help millions more Clients in Indonesia achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives," said Ingrid Johnson, President of Sun Life Asia. "It will also extend Sun Life's reach in a market with tremendous potential for further growth with a partner that shares our focus on building a brighter, more sustainable future for Clients, employees and communities."
"We are pleased to deepen our partnership with Sun Life Indonesia. This partnership marks another step in CIMB Niaga's continued efforts to be the bank of choice for Indonesian consumers and businesses. CIMB Niaga and Sun Life Indonesia have highly complementary strengths and a shared focus on providing an extraordinary experience for our customers. Together, we foresee that this partnership will help us create significant lasting value for our customers and key stakeholders," said CIMB Niaga President Director Lani Darmawan.
"As one of Indonesia's leading banks, our customers rely on us to deliver best-in-class products and services. By deepening our partnership with Sun Life Indonesia, we are reaffirming our commitment to provide high-quality solutions across wealth and insurance products to serve customers' needs today and in the future," said Noviady Wahyudi, Chief of Consumer Banking CIMB Niaga.
"It is a great honour to strengthen the partnership between Sun Life Indonesia and CIMB Niaga. CIMB Niaga is a quality bank with a well-known brand and has been a trusted partner to Sun Life Indonesia since 2009. During that time, we have developed a lasting partnership as we worked together to build a comprehensive range of protection and financial solutions for Indonesians at every life stage," says Elin Waty, President Director of Sun Life Indonesia.
Visit www.sunlife.com for slides and more information related to this announcement.
About Sun Life
Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and corporate Clients. Sun Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2021, Sun Life had total assets under management of $1.44 trillion. For more information please visit www.sunlife.com.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.
About Sun Life Indonesia
Sun Life Indonesia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc. It offers a variety of protection and financial management products, from life insurance, education insurance, health insurance, and retirement plans. Sun Life Indonesia partners with leading financial institutions, both national and international, to serve multi-channel distribution strategies and provide wider access to our insurance solutions.
For more information please visit www.sunlife.co.id
About CIMB Niaga
CIMB Niaga was established under the name PT Bank Niaga in 1955. Approximately 92.5% of CIMB Niaga's shares (including the 1.02% owned by PT Commerce Kapital) are owned by CIMB Group. As the second largest private bank in Indonesia by assets, CIMB Niaga offers a comprehensive portfolio of conventional and shariah banking services, including consumer banking, SME banking, commercial and corporate banking, treasury and capital markets, and transaction banking services, supported by nationwide 427 branch offices, 4,481 ATM units, branchless banking networks, as well as 12,217 employees (consolidated) as of December 31, 2021.
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(NEXSTAR) – Twitter wasn’t joking on April Fools’ Day when they tweeted, “we are working on edit button.”
The San Francisco-based social media company confirmed Tuesday that they have been working on the long-requested feature since last year.
“We’ve been exploring how to build an Edit feature in a safe manner since last year and plan to begin testing it within Twitter Blue Labs in the coming months,” tweeted Jay Sullivan, head of consumer product.
Twitter added in an announcement from its communications team that no poll was consulted, apparently referencing Elon Musk.
On Monday, after becoming the social media platform’s largest outside stakeholder, Elon Musk tweeted a poll asking followers if they wanted an edit button. Within an hour of the poll being posted, the majority of voters selected “yse” rather than “on.” As of Tuesday afternoon, nearly 75% of the 4.2 million votes were for the edit button.
Currently, Twitter users are faced with a tough decision after spotting a typo in a published tweet – delete or live with it, making corrections in a thread.
Twitter does offer an ‘undo’ button to its Twitter Blue subscribers, which allows users to cancel a tweet before anyone else sees it. But even being a paying subscriber doesn’t give you access to a simple edit button.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a 2020 interview with Wired that the company would “probably never” create an edit button, noting that while it would be helpful for some errors, it could give way to malicious changes to tweets.
“You might send a tweet and then someone might retweet that, and then an hour later you completely change the content of that tweet and that person that retweeted the original tweet is now retweeting and rebroadcasting something completely different,” Dorsey said. “So that’s something to watch out for.”
When an actual edit button might go live is not clear, and Sullivan warned users to be patient, adding, “We will approach this feature with care and thoughtfulness and we will share updates as we go.”
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CHICAGO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Winston & Strawn Partner and Presidential Nominee Kathi Vidal has been confirmed by the United States Senate as Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Kathi will lead the USPTO's 13,000+ employees and its nearly $4 billion budget. She will also serve as the principal advisor to the President of the United States and the administration, through the Secretary of Commerce, on all intellectual property policy matters.
Kathi served as Managing Partner of Winston & Strawn's Silicon Valley office and served on the firm's Executive Committee. One of the country's leading patent litigators, Kathi is nationally recognized for leading and trying high-profile technology- and medical device-focused patent and other intellectual property disputes on behalf of leading companies, small to medium-size companies, and startups. Her work encompasses district court and ITC litigation as well as litigation before the USPTO (specifically, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board) and appeals to the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court. She has also worked to protect U.S. innovation in cross-border disputes and has been involved in policy development in the standard-setting space.
"We congratulate Kathi on her confirmation and wish her the very best in this essential role driving innovation and energizing the global economy," said Winston Chairman Tom Fitzgerald. "We are proud of the exceptional work Kathi has done to assist our clients and to advance the profession at large. We will miss her tremendous contributions to those clients and to our firm. As Undersecretary and USPTO Director, I have no doubt Kathi will apply her tireless dedication, ingenuity, and vision to driving the country forward."
"I have seen our intellectual property system at its best: incentivizing research and development that leads to new technologies and improvements to existing technology," said Kathi when testifying before the Senate. "I have also seen that we can do better—that we can work together to build an intellectual property system that is more predictable, reliable, and transparent." Kathi noted that she is "prepared for the challenges we face" and is committed to strengthening our intellectual property system to become one "in which the American people and our inventors, creators, and investors will have even more confidence."
At Winston & Strawn, Kathi represented both plaintiffs and defendants and demonstrated a deep understanding of the points of view of stakeholders on intellectual property issues.
"She (Kathi) clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and has spent 25 years as an intellectual property litigator in private practice," said California Senator Diane Feinstein during Kathi's Senate confirmation hearing. "It is very clear to me that she has a very deep knowledge of intellectual property law and the important work conducted the USPTO. This will truly serve her well."
"With her background as an engineer and a patent lawyer, Kathi is no stranger to diversity and inclusion challenges in our innovation ecosystem," said California Senator Alex Padilla during the hearing. "In private practice, Kathi has championed efforts to improve the diversity of law firms, especially at the intersection of law, technology, and regulatory policy. She has also founded the Next Generation Lawyers initiative to advocate for training and opportunities for junior lawyers. Throughout her career, Kathi has developed a reputation for thoughtful and insightful decision-making, and I know that these qualities will serve her well as director of the USPTO."
"The arrival at the USPTO of Kathi Vidal provides a basis for some hope that the coordination between the USPTO and the Federal Circuit will get much better," said Paul R. Michel, retired Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit.
Outside of the law, in addition to being a mother of two boys, Kathi is a member of Fortune's Most Powerful Women and sat on numerous boards, including SuperPhone (a smart-texting startup), ChIPs (women in policy, law, and technology), and Cinequest (the Silicon Valley Film Festival). Kathi regularly works to advance diversity and equality and mentors women from underdeveloped countries through the State Department's mentorship program. She is an avid photographer whose works have appeared in magazines and advertisements. Kathi is also a perpetual athlete who has played NCAA and USVBA volleyball, run numerous marathons, and won the Northeast Region of the United States crew regatta.
Winston & Strawn partners have a proud and long-standing tradition of accepting leading roles in public service—the most recent being the appointment of Partner Julissa Reynoso as Chief of Staff to First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and her more recent nomination to be the Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, and the nomination of former Partner Thomas Kirsch to serve as Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Kathi received her B.S. from Binghamton University in 1990 and her M.S. in electrical engineering from Syracuse University in 1992. She received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 1996, where she was editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Winston & Strawn LLP is an international law firm with 15 offices located in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe. More information about the firm is available at www.winston.com.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – A wild fox caused chaos on Capitol Hill this week by running around and biting people, including a reporter and a lawmaker.
“All of the sudden I kinda felt something kinda lunge at the back of my ankle-calf area,” Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., said. “And I kinda lunged around, looked around, thinking it’s going to be a small dog. And it was like – that’s not a dog, that’s a fox!”
It’s definitely not what the California congressman was expecting to see.
“It’s like, did that just happen?” Bera said. “Kinda looked down and there was a clear penetration of my suit leg.”
The same thing happened to reporter Ximena Bustillo on Tuesday.
“A fox nipped me in the ankle,” Bustillo said. “It felt like if a cat or small dog was to nip your ankle.”
Capitol Police spokesman Tim Barber says altogether, about half a dozen people got nipped by the fox. Ultimately, animal control was not outfoxed.
“The fox was safely captured,” Barber said.
Officials believe there was just one fox loose in the area, so the immediate risk should be over. But they say it’s too early to be certain, so it’s a good idea for anyone nearby to keep their eyes open.
“There are other traps around the area just in case there are other foxes,” Barber said.
Animal control plans to put down the aggressive fox. Both Bera and Bustillo are getting rabies shots just in case.
What the fox really left behind was shock.
“Did not think that would happen here,” Bustillo said.
“Lots of bizarre things happen on Capitol Hill. I think that was one of the strangest,” Bera added.
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Fox bites man, putting Capitol Hill on high alert
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill has a fox problem. And that’s not the lead-in to a joke.
Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., learned firsthand Monday evening while walking to the Capitol for votes. Now he’s undergoing a series of four rabies shots out of an abundance of caution.
Bera said he felt something lunge at him from behind as he walked near one of the Senate office buildings. He turned and used his umbrella to fend off what he thought would be a small dog, but he soon realized he was tangling with a fox.
Bera said the encounter lasted about 15 seconds. A bystander yelled to alert others and the fox fled as U.S. Capitol Police officers ran up on the scene. A medical doctor, Bera looked for puncture wounds. He didn’t see evidence of any, but there was some abrasion, so he consulted the Capitol physician, who told him not to take any chances and to get treated.
He said he went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after votes for the first of a series of four shots.
“I would say it’s the most unusual day on the Hill in 10 years,” Bera said of his experience.
Of course, there were many joking references to Fox News at the Capitol on Tuesday. But the House Sergeant at Arms was serious when telling lawmakers and their staffs Tuesday afternoon that there had been multiple recent fox encounters and that the animals should not be approached.
The warning noted that there are possibly several fox dens on the Capitol grounds and that animal control personnel would be seeking to trap and locate any that they find.
In at least one case, they were successful. Capitol Police tweeted pictures of one fox safely captured in a cage.
Bera harbored no ill will toward the culprit.
“Hopefully, the animal can be relocated,” he said.
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Mother faces judge for first time, officially charged with killing 8-year-old son
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - Criminal charges have been officially filed against a Wisconsin-area mother accused of killing her 8-year-old son.
WBAY reports Natalia Hitchcock, 41, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide with the death of her son, Oliver Hitchcock.
The Sheboygan Falls Police Department said Natalia Hitchcock assaulted Oliver on March 30 at their apartment. He died two days later at a children’s hospital in Milwaukee due to his injuries.
“The children’s [Wisconsin] hospital makes miracles happen all the time, but couldn’t this time, unfortunately,” said SFPD Police Chief Eric Miller.
According to Miller, at least two officers wore body cameras, and the footage has been turned over to the District Attorney’s office.
The case has been handed to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, but Miller said this is a case that will never leave him.
“Because of the severity and nature of the victim. Yeah, none of us will forget,” Miller said.
Natalia Hitchcock appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time.
Miller said the second charge she is facing refers to another incident at the home that was something not reported to them previously.
“Many officers have kids that are either younger or older or in that same age group. It’s hard for them. We talked to doctors and staff; there was nothing else the officers could do,” Miller said.
Authorities said an autopsy on Oliver is scheduled for some time this week.
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Nominations open for Farmfest Woman of the Year Award
Published: Apr. 5, 2022 at 7:36 PM CDT|Updated: 56 minutes ago
MORGAN, Minn. (KEYC) — Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 Farmfest Woman of the Year Award.
The award honors hard-working female farmers from across Minnesota.
To be eligible, nominees must be 18 years of age or older and demonstrate not only an impact on the farm, but also a positive impact on their community.
The Woman Farmer of the Year will receive a $1,000 cash prize along with recognition of all her hard work and accomplishments.
Nominations are due by May 20.
To nominate someone for the Woman of the Year Award or to learn more information, visit Farmfest’s website.
Farmfest will be held from Aug. 2-4 in Redwood County.
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Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
With little discussion and no debate, the Republican-controlled House voted 70-14 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously said he’d sign any anti-abortion bill that comes to his desk.
The bill is one of several anti-abortion measures still alive in Oklahoma’s Legislature this year, part of a trend of GOP-led states passing aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years.
The Oklahoma bill, which passed the Senate last year, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the life of the mother, said GOP state Rep. Jim Olsen, of Roland, who sponsored the bill. Under the bill, a person convicted of performing an abortion would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
“The penalties are for the doctor, not for the woman,” Olsen said.
Similar anti-abortion bills approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and in other conservative states in recent years have been stopped by the courts as unconstitutional, but anti-abortion lawmakers have been buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow new Texas abortion restrictions to remain in place. The new Texas law, the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the U.S. in decades, leaves enforcement up to private citizens, who are entitled to collect what critics call a “bounty” of $10,000 if they bring a successful lawsuit against a provider or anyone who helps a patient obtain an abortion. Several states, including Oklahoma, are pursuing similar legislation this year.
The Oklahoma bill’s passage came on the same day as more than 100 people attended a “Bans Off Oklahoma” rally outside the Capitol in support of abortion rights.
“These legislators have continued their relentless attacks on our freedoms,” said Emily Wales, interim president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes. “These restrictions are not about improving the safety of the work that we do. They are about shaming and stigmatizing people who need and deserve abortion access.”
Wales said Planned Parenthood’s abortion clinic in Oklahoma has seen an 800% increase in the number of women from Texas after that state passed its new anti-abortion law last year.
The Texas law bans abortion once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, without exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
Also Tuesday, the Oklahoma House adopted a resolution to recognize lives lost due to abortion and urge citizens to fly flags at half-staff on Jan. 22, the day the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in its landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of state Rep. Jim Olsen’s name.
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Rochester City Council works to renew local option sales tax
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Rochester City Council wants to renew the city’s existing 0.5 percent sales tax.
This sales tax is known as the local option sales (LOS) tax, and it helps provide funding for several projects around the community.
The LOS tax has been in place since the 1980s and according to the City of Rochester. It was most recently renewed in 2012.
This tax is used to fund various projects in Rochester that help meet important needs of the community, state and region, like the flood control project, fire stations, among other things.
“For this renewal, we really focused on four key areas,” Development Service & Infrastructure Deputy City Administrator Cindy Steinhauser said.
“We focused on what we would put in the affordable living for quality services bucket, so flood control again, street reconstruction, affordable living/housing vitality, and then, of course, the regional rec center. It’s really important for us to understand that these dollars are critical for us to maintain infrastructure as Rochester continues to grow,” she said.
The 0.5 percent sales tax is put back into the Rochester community and is an alternative revenue source because it’s paid by everyone who buys goods at Rochester businesses.
“There are parameters that we have to operate within, so we really looked at what sort of projects we do need that really significant additional support and the sales tax is a really nice way to do it because it’s spread across, not only the community, but those who are visiting and spending within our community,” Rochester City Council President Brooke Carlson said.
“For visitors to our community, they are helping to pay into this fund,” Steinhauser said. “If we didn’t have that, we’d have to figure out how to replace it a different way and that comes across, in other communities, has typically fallen on property owners in their property tax.”
Rochester City Council is currently working with the state legislature to approve this set of projects that were developed by the city council.
“These are projects that will need to be approved by the legislature and then will go through an engagement process here locally to make sure that they are defined in a way that is meaningful for our community based on what we really need,” Carlson said.
Once approved by the state in the next month or two, voters will see these projects on their ballot in November and decided if any or all of them will be implemented.
Following the election in November is when the city will be looking for a lot of community input on these projects.
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Twitter says it’s testing an ‘edit’ button
(AP) - Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board.
Twitter said it will test the feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.” So it may be a while before most Twitter users get to use it, if they ever do. Twitter spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to say whether an edit feature might be rolled out for all users.
Many Twitter users — among them, Kim Kardashian, Ice T, Katy Perry and McDonald’s corporate account — have long begged for an edit button. The company itself recently teased users with an April Fool’s Day tweet saying “we are working on an edit button.” The official Twitter account said Tuesday that the April 1 tweet wasn’t a joke and that it has been working on it since last year.
Twitter also said it didn’t get the idea from a Twitter poll launched by Tesla CEO Musk Monday evening. Musk, himself a Twitter power user, asked followers if they wanted an edit button, cheekily misspelling “yes” as “yse” and “no” as “on.” More than 4 million people had voted as of Tuesday evening.
Musk also tweeted that he is looking forward to making “significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!”
Twitter’s vice president of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, tweeted Tuesday that an edit function has for years been Twitter’s most requested new feature, noting that people want to fix mistakes, typos, and “hot takes.”
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had said that Twitter had considered an edit button, but in a January 2020 Q&A maintained that “we’ll probably never do it.” He noted that Twitter’s current setup keeps the spirit of its text-message origins — texts can’t be edited — and the confusion that could result from users making changes to a tweet that has already been heavily circulated by others. Dorsey stepped down as CEO in November 2021.
People who study Twitter also say adding an edit button would likely change the nature of Twitter, making it less valuable as a historical warehouse that stores official statements by politicians and other high-profile people. Twitter, for better or worse, “has become the de facto news wire,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University communications professor and an expert on social media who researches propaganda.
Tweets are often embedded in news stories, which could cause problems if the users edit important or controversial tweets without leaving evidence of the original statement. Grygiel suggested instead giving Twitter users a window of time to edit their tweets before they publish them.
Letting powerful Twitter users edit their tweets means they would not be historical statements anymore, Grygiel said. “We need to think about what the implications are, what these tweets are, who has power.”
The company acknowledged those concerns Tuesday evening when Sullivan tweeted: “Without things like time limits, controls, and transparency about what has been edited, Edit could be misused to alter the record of the public conversation. Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work.”
Musk, too, had said that a proposal for a post-publication edit window of a few minutes " sounds reasonable.”
Musk is someone who could seemingly use an edit button. His tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 per share, when funding was not secured, led to a $40 million SEC settlement and a requirement that Musk’s tweets be approved by a corporate lawyer. Musk is still embroiled in a fight over that settlement.
Twitter had earlier seemed to be taking a tongue-in-cheek approach to Musk’s poll. Twitter’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, retweeted the poll with a seeming reference to an earlier tweet by Musk, saying “The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.” Musk had used the same language in a March tweet describing another of his polls that asked whether Twitter adheres to free speech principles.
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Woman facing animal neglect charges after emaciated dog found in crate in apartment
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Des Moines made an arrest Tuesday after the Animal Rescue League of Iowa rescued an emaciated Great Dane.
Alexandria Byron, 26, of Des Moines, faces animal neglect charges, KCRG reports.
ARL staff said the dog, named Kal, was found shut in a crate with no food or water in an apartment. Kal was immediately taken to the Animal Rescue League Emergency Care Team for treatment.
The Care team noted that Kal’s body had no muscle mass and weighed just 44 pounds. They noted he was so dehydrated and emaciated that his head and eyes were sunken in.
The ARL said Kal is now on a careful refeeding program and IV fluids in order to help him safely regain fluids and regain his weight.
In the latest update from police about this case, Kal is said to be gaining weight under the care of the Miracle Medical veterinary team at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa.
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CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — Health officials in Clackamas County are warning parents about the dangers of fentanyl after a reported increase in drug overdoses. Clackamas County Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present said teens are buying pills without knowing they're laced with fentanyl.
A synthetic opioid, fentanyl is similar to morphine but is roughly 50 to 100 times more potent. In the event of an overdose, it can cause someone to stop breathing within minutes.
"It's cheap and easy to manufacture," Dr. Present said. "Most fentanyl is coming from other countries still at this point, but it's coming into Oregon both as pills already pressed, or as powder and potentially being pressed into pills here."
Dr. Present said the pills look exactly like the ones you would get from a pharmacy.
"You can manufacture pills that maybe look like a Xanax," Dr. Present said, "and it's actually fentanyl and it costs five dollars or less."
Dr. Present said fentanyl is the main driver of overdoses within the county, and they are on the rise.
"We can look at hospitalizations, which have increased over 20% in Clackamas County over the last two years," Dr. Present said. "Deaths, unfortunately, in the last two years for drug overdoses have doubled."
Health officials said there's a lot of factors that can cause teens to use drugs; like depression, stress and anxiety. It's important for parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of drugs. It's also important to monitor their social media and pay attention to the friends they're around.
"Our youth are being targeted on platforms like Tiktok, Snapchat and Instagram," Public Health Director Philip Mason-Joyner said.
Cheryl Sharkey is a nurse with the Oregon City School District and recently drafted the policy to have Narcan, the nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses, in all schools.
"Tomorrow we will be educating the first round of staff, it will be all of our health room assistants at our elementary, middle and high schools, and then we will proceed by the end of the month to have all the Narcan kits in all of our schools and the stadium." Sharkey said.
Sharkey said the Oregon City School District is also rolling out an educational program for all students that will teach about the dangers of drugs.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — In the second day of the murder trial of Nancy Brophy, the romance novelist accused of killing her chef husband in 2018, witnesses called to the stand included former Oregon Culinary Institute students.
Daniel Brophy was an instructor at the institute, and was found dead there on June 2, 2018. Each of the students that testified Tuesday were there that day.
Miranda Bernhard was the first former student of Dan Brophy’s to testify.
“He was a really great instructor,” Bernhard said. “He was all about nature and foraging and we would talk about gardening a lot.”
Bernhard recalled that when she arrived at school around 7:30 a.m., there was one other student in the parking lot who told her the student entrance was locked. She said it wasn’t entirely uncommon for Dan Brophy to forget to unlock the door.
Shortly after being let into the building by another instructor, Bernhard recalled another student, Clarinda Perez, calling for someone to dial 911. Bernhard went to where Perez was and saw Chef Brophy on the ground.
“I told her she needed to start compressions," Bernhard said. "One of my classmates was coming through the building and I sort of pushed him out and asked him not to go in there.”
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When the defense cross-examined Bernhard, they questioned the timing she arrived at the school, as she initially gave detectives a different time. Bernhard said she checked her Uber receipts before the trial, something she doesn't think she checked when she spoke to investigators on the day of the incident.
Perez also took the stand and offered a tear-filled testimony. She was the first person to find Brophy’s body. She was a student of Brophy’s and had kind words about the type of instructor he was.
“He was a no bulls****er,” she said, then apologized for cussing. “He pushed us to our potential and he was very caring in everything that he showed us and taught us.”
Perez said it was uncommon for the student entrance to be locked, and she had joined some students in waiting before going to get a drink at Starbucks. She also noticed that the garage door to the storeroom was open, a point that has been hit by the prosecution and state numerous times because it potentially offers an alternate way to get into the building.
She said students would never enter through there because it's an area only accessible with permission from instructors
She went inside and found that the coffee maker usually set up was not filled. Perez went into one of the kitchens to get water to start the large pot of coffee.
“I saw Chef Brophy on the floor. He was lying on the floor, by the sink,” she said through tears. She noted that one of the bench tables was askew, something that both the prosecution and defense have asked multiple witnesses about.
Perez was a medical assistant in 2018. She said she checked to see if Brophy had any sort of response, unsure if he had just fallen or was in some sort of medical distress. She did not get a response and called for someone to dial 911 before turning back to him and beginning chest compressions.
“His chest was really squishy and I thought I had broken a rib because as I continued to do compressions, my hands started getting full of blood,” Perez said. Kathleen Dooley, another student who testified on Monday, called 911. Perez continued compressions until the paramedics came in.
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She said after paramedics came in, she knelt by the ovens and covered her ears. She doesn’t remember who grabbed her, she said it all became a blur.
During cross-examination, the defense asked Perez about homeless people under the bleachers of neighboring Lincoln High School. She said she remembered seeing a few people there sometimes but said she never felt threatened by them.
The state also called Craig Gault to the stand. Gault works for Portland Fire & Rescue and responded to the scene on June 2, 2018. At the time he was a lieutenant paramedic, meaning he was in charge of the other three people on the team and he was the lead in patient care. He said that fire crews received the call for an unconscious and unresponsive patient at 8:24 a.m. and arrived at culinary institute at 8:27 a.m.
Paramedics noted that Brophy was still warm and had no signs of rigor mortis or lividity — when blood pools in a body because the heart has stopped pumping for a long time — so they began resuscitation efforts.
While removing Brophy’s shirt, a paramedic noted a scratch on his chest. Gault explained that with gunshot wounds, sometimes the bullet will enter the body and the entry wound will close a little.
While manipulating Brophy’s body, paramedics found two shell casings. This told them a couple of things: that they needed to call the police, and that Brophy’s cardiac arrest was not a medical event.
One of the paramedics had set a shell casing on one of the bench tables with some of Brophy’s belongings, not understanding what it was at the time.
The last witness called was Tina Willard, who is a retired 28-year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau. At the time of the incident, she had been a criminalist with the bureau for 14 years. She did not immediately respond to the scene but became involved in the hours after Brophy's body was found.
She was asked to process the two casings found at the scene. The prosecution and defense went back and forth on this more than they have with any other witness so far. They focused on the process used to try and get fingerprints off the casing.
Willard testified that she used the best method available to her at the time to try and get fingerprints off of the bullet casings. She put both casings into a chamber that also houses a small amount of super glue. The super glue is heated and the fumes leave a white residue on amino acids, proteins and other things left behind by pores in fingers. If there were fingerprints on the casings, this process would have helped them become visible to the naked eye.
The defense asked why Willard did not process the casings for "touch DNA," a process where they swab a surface and send it to the state lab to be tested for DNA. Willard responded that in 2018, PPB was only processing guns collected at scenes for touch DNA, not gun casings.
Willard explained it would have been against protocol at the time and that processing for touch DNA could have potentially destroyed fingerprint evidence. Furthermore, she said the DNA from two casings may not have been enough to test.
The state concluded by asking Willard whether she would have gotten in trouble for breaking protocol and swabbing the casings for touch DNA, to which she said potentially, because it may have damaged the evidence for fingerprints. When asked if she would have processed the casings in a better way if she had known one, she said yes.
Court concluded early on Tuesday. The Medical Examiner who responded to the Brophy scene was supposed to testify but called the state’s team and said they were sick. The trial continues tomorrow with Dan Brophy’s mother expected to testify. You will be able to watch the trial on KGW.com and on KGW’s app.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland-based organization is hosting an benefit concert to help support Mercy Corps' humanitarian effort in Ukraine.
“I don’t ever stop thinking about it, and I’m not from Ukraine," said Kristen Grainger, co-founder of She's Speaking, a nonprofit that celebrates female musicians. "I don’t have family in Ukraine, but I have a family. I’m a person. I don’t want to see people suffer.”
The concert, called Voices Raised for Ukraine, is happening on Sunday, April 10 at Artichoke Music, a music store and performance venue in Southeast Portland.
It will be an emotional performance, especially for local musician and first-generation Ukrainian American Darka Dusty Stebivka.
“Suddenly, people want to hear these Ukrainian songs that I grew up singing and it is my honor to share all the beautiful culture and music with all of my friends and anyone who wants to hear it,” Stebivka said.
Being Ukrainian is a point of pride for Stebivka. She grew up speaking the language and celebrating the culture. She’s recorded multiple Ukrainian albums and performed in the country. She also has family still living overseas.
“It’s my whole identity — it’s who I am,” she said.
Stebivka says her parents escaped Ukraine during World War II and she feels as though we’re reliving history.
“We are now the next generation and unfortunately we’ve seen what the Russians want to do again — that is, to erase Ukrainians. But of course, we won’t let that happen,” Stebivka said.
Stebivka is one of five women who will perform at the April 10 benefit concert.
She’s Speaking was established to promote female voices in the arts. Grainger co-founded the group with Bre Gregg.
“She’s Speaking creates spaces for women’s voices and artistry to be heard by all people,” Gregg said. “Now, we’re about to do this one at Artichoke that’s all about raising money around the tremendous atrocities that are happening in Ukraine.”
“I’d been following the news on the war in Ukraine and the day that they targeted a labor and delivery hospital with women and children and families trying to get healthcare, that was the day I said 'enough, we have to do something,'” Grainger said.
Money raised from a donation of uniquely-made instruments is also helping their efforts.
The concert is completely volunteer-driven. Artichoke Music is donating their space and staff, while the artists are donating their talents and time.
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For artists like Stebivka, this upcoming performance is deeply personal.
“It is written into our Ukrainian national anthem that we will put our bodies and our souls on the line for liberty and freedom,” she said.
She is using her voice in the fight for freedom; to honor her people and culture as the war in Ukraine rages on.
“We are in this fight for the last thousand years and no one can erase us. We will not be erased again,” Stebivka said.
She’s Speaking Presents: Voices Raised for Ukraine starts at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 10. Tickets are $20 a person. Visit the page here for a link to tickets and more information.
The benefit concert will also be streamed online. Organizers ask for a $20 donation.
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The brother of a man charged in the fatal St. Paul shooting of a 21-year-old last week also fired shots during the incident in the North End, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.
The Ramsey County attorney’s office charged D’Angelo Semaj Dampier, 19, with aiding an offender by being an accomplice after the fact, and three counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by an ineligible person.
On Thursday about 9:15 p.m., Dion Lamarr Ford Jr. left the Maryland Supermarket at Maryland Avenue and Arundel Street. Xavion Tyrece Bell attempted to rob him, according to murder charges filed against him Friday.
Ford, who had a permit to carry a handgun, then shot Bell. Bell was also carrying a gun, which he fired repeatedly at Ford, a complaint said.
Ford suffered a gunshot wound to the head and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Bell, 21, was critically injured with a gunshot wound to his back and remained hospitalized as of Tuesday, according to police.
Police arrested Dampier, who is Bell’s brother, on Monday. He said he didn’t know Ford and didn’t think Bell did, either.
“Dampier was upset because he and Bell were being made to look like villains when (Ford) was being portrayed in the media as a model citizen,” according to the complaint against Dampier.
Ford graduated from St. Paul’s Central High School in 2019. He was an all-conference basketball player who went on to play basketball at Lake Region State College in North Dakota, Casper College in Wyoming and North Dakota State College of Science.
BROTHER SAYS HE TOOK GUNS FROM CRIME SCENE
Dampier told investigators that he and another person dropped Bell off at the Maryland Supermarket to grab some food Thursday. He heard gunshots and “had a gut feeling that Bell was in danger,” the complaint said of what he reported.
Investigators asked Dampier what he did when he saw Ford shoot his brother and he responded, “Right hand to God, I’m not going to lie — no reason to lie. I shot back,” according to the complaint. He said he hadn’t struck Ford.
Dampier initially said he fired five to six times, and then said he fired until his handgun’s magazine was empty. He also said he took home the guns that he and Bell used, but he didn’t know where they ended up, according to the complaint.
Police carried out a search warrant at Dampier’s address in St. Paul on Monday and found a backpack that contained several handgun magazines and loose rounds of various calibers.
Dampier is not eligible to possess firearms or ammunition because of an adjudication when he was a juvenile for robbery, the complaint said.
An attorney for Dampier was not listed in the court record as of Tuesday.
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The Gophers football program received a commitment from Michigan running back Darius Taylor for the class of 2023, he announced Tuesday.
Listed at 5-foot-10 and 190 pounds, Taylor is from Walled Lake (Mich.) Western High School. He is considered a three-star prospect and the No. 31 running back in the nation, per 247sports.com.
“Thank you to coach (P.J.) Fleck, coach (Kenni) Burns and coach (Greg) Harbaugh for your hospitality, professionalism and for choosing me as your top recruit,” Taylor posted. “I will not let you down. I’m officially a Gopher.”
Taylor had scholarship offers from Wisconsin, Iowa, Purdue, Michigan State and others. He had 1,379 rushing yards, 621 receiving yards and 26 total touchdown in his junior season.
Taylor is Minnesota’s third pledge for next year’s class.
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Jaden McDaniels looked iffy to return in time for the postseason when he suffered a high ankle sprain late in the Timberwolves’ win in San Antonio last month.
Yet there he was Tuesday at Target Center, making his return to action against Washington with three games to play in the regular season.
“All credit to Jaden for putting the work in,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “All credit to our performance staff. They did an unbelievable job of getting him here a little bit ahead of schedule.”
Finch said this return time for McDaniels was “very, very huge.” It allows the second-year wing — who will start on a 15-minute minutes restriction — to get back into the flow of the game prior to the postseason.
“We were hoping it would work out this way,” Finch said.
Finch noted every player is different in their recoveries. He doesn’t believe McDaniels has had many ankle sprains in the past.
“I think early on like the first couple days he responded really well, and then it’s just like a pain thing,” Finch said. “Sometimes you get pain moving one direction, not the other. So, it’s just time to figure all that out. We were pretty encouraged early on.”
With ankle sprains, it’s one thing to return to action. It’s another to look like yourself out on the floor.
Finch has been encouraged by the way McDaniels has looked in his workouts. McDaniels played in the team’s “Stay in Shape League” — which features the players who don’t see as many minutes in gameday scrimmages — Tuesday before he was ruled in for the game.
“He looked really good,” Finch said. “We hope it transfers out there. There’s always a rhythm and a feel thing. I’m not worried about that. I just want to see him out there and have confidence in his ankle.”
McDaniels checked into Tuesday’s contest with 4 minutes, 22 seconds left in the first frame.
BEVERLEY OUT AGAIN
Patrick Beverley missed his second consecutive game Tuesday with what was listed as ankle soreness. Finch said the veteran guard is also battling hip soreness. The coach noted the 34-year-old guard asked out of the game twice in the Wolves’ win Friday in Denver as he battles various bumps and bruises.
LEBRON’S HELP?
LeBron James missed the Los Angeles Lakers’ game Tuesday against Phoenix with ankle soreness.
Why does that matter to Minnesota?
Well, James currently leads the NBA in points per game. But in order to officially win the scoring title, he needs to play 58 games. He has currently played 56. So he’ll need to play in two of the Lakers’ final three games of the regular season.
The Lakers play Denver on Sunday, and Minnesota could need James and Co. to upset Denver to move into the No. 6 seed and avoid the play-in.
BRIEFLY
There was a brief delay at the start of the Timberwolves’ game Tuesday, as confetti fell from the Target Center ceiling. It was leftover confetti from South Carolina’s national championship celebration Sunday night at the conclusion of the Women’s Final Four.
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The Chicago Bulls haven’t given up hope on Lonzo Ball yet, but the guard’s window for returning this season could be closing after another injury setback.
After taking a 10-day break from running that began March 21, Ball attempted to return to sprinting and lateral drills Tuesday only to experience discomfort in his left knee again.
Ball has been sidelined since undergoing meniscus surgery in January. The Bulls expected him to be return by the end of March, but his recovery has been impeded by a lingering deep bone bruise, which causes discomfort and pain whenever he attempts to move at full speed.
“It’s obviously disappointing,” coach Billy Donovan said before Tuesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the United Center. “We were hoping that the time he had off could help him propel moving forward to do a little more. That certainly hasn’t been the case.”
It will be impossible for Ball to return during the regular season — which concludes Sunday with a road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves — and even a return in the postseason appears increasingly unlikely. The first round of the playoffs begins April 16, allowing little time for Ball to resume sprinting, regain enough fitness to compete in a game and receive clearance for contact from the medical staff.
Despite this cramped schedule for a potential return, the Bulls haven’t officially decided to shut Ball down for the season.
“We haven’t even got to that point,” Donovan said.
The Bulls were further short-handed Tuesday without Zach LaVine, who was sidelined for the night by the medical staff as he continues to manage a knee injury.
LaVine received injections before the All-Star break in February to combat swelling and discomfort in his left knee, which is a point of concern for LaVine after tearing his ACL in 2017. His availability has remained touch-and-go since then, although his physical comfort on the court appeared to rise in recent 30-point performances.
Before the game, Donovan said the Bulls were unsure if LaVine would be available for Wednesday’s game against the Boston Celtics.
Injuries have dimmed the Bulls’ potential since the start of the season, stripping them of veterans such as Ball and LaVine and young talents such as Patrick Williams. After missing seven weeks with a fractured wrist, Alex Caruso still isn’t 100% while playing through back spasms.
With Ball likely sidelined for the rest of the season, the Bulls’ ability to compete in the playoffs could rely heavily on how well players such as LaVine and Caruso can play through pain.
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The Orlando Magic had their rookies back on the floor and had a significant lineup change that helped them secure a 120-115 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday at Amway Center.
Jalen Suggs returned to the lineup after missing the previous 10 games because of a bone bruise in his right ankle.
Fellow rookie Franz Wagner also returned to the lineup after missing Sunday’s loss to the New York Knicks because of a sprained left ankle, but his time on the floor didn’t last long.
Wagner sprained his left ankle 7 minutes into the first quarter before being ruled out for the remainder of the game, finishing with 2 points and 2 assists. Sunday’s absence was Wagner’s first.
For the first time since returning from his torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in late February, Markelle Fultz started, joining Suggs, Wagner, Chuma Okeke and Mo Bamba. Cole Anthony (sprained left toe) and Wendell Carter Jr. (sprained left wrist), who usually start, sat with injuries.
While playing time for Fultz and Suggs was limited, their presence helped the Magic (21-59) end their six-game losing streak.
Fultz finished with 16 points (8-of-12 shooting), 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 rebounds in a season-high 24 minutes, while Suggs had 4 points (2 of 5) and 2 assists in 18 minutes.
With Fultz and Suggs on minutes restrictions, the Magic leaned on the lineup of Okeke, Bamba, Ignas Brazdeikis, Devin Cannady and R.J. Hampton to secure the five-point win.
Brazdeikis had a season-high 20 points (8 of 16), including a putback layup to give Orlando a 117-112 lead with 28.5 seconds remaining. Bamba finished with 21 points, 12 rebounds, 6 blocks and 3 assists.
Hampton and Cannady, both of whom scored 10 points off the bench, were among eight players to reach double figures.
The Cavaliers were led by Darius Garland’s 27 points (11 of 24), 10 assists and 6 rebounds.
With the Magic entering Tuesday tied for the league’s worst record, it would’ve been understandable — and some may have even expected — for Suggs and Wagner to sit for the remainder of the season.
But Magic coach Jamahl Mosley had been adamant that if players are healthy enough to play, they’ll be on the court.
“It’s huge for our guys to go through a full season,” Mosley said, “so when they’re doing those summer workouts and they’re going through drills, they understand exactly what it takes to get their bodies in a space where they can stay healthy for the year.”
Suggs, the No. 5 pick in last year’s draft, entered averaging 12.1 points (36.1% shooting), 4.4 assists and 3.7 rebounds.
He was sidelined for 20 games earlier in the season after fracturing his right thumb (shooting hand), limiting him to 46 games.
“What I’d like to see from him is more along the lines of poise and patience,” Mosley said of Suggs. “We talk about not trying to get it all back in one game. He can play with the same intensity because you don’t want a guy to be timid. You want him to go out there with the same intensity he’s had throughout the year, but also understand to let the game come to him.”
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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A Minnesota lawmaker from Maplewood has admitted in court documents to a drunken driving charge from earlier this year and said Tuesday he was given a 90-day stayed jail sentence.
Rep. Tou Xiong, a Democrat serving his second term in the state House representing several east metro communities, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of having a blood alcohol concentration above 0.08 within two hours of being pulled over.
A plea petition and proposed sentencing order were filed Friday in Anoka County District Court after Xiong reached an agreement with prosecutors.
A second charge of misdemeanor fourth-degree driving while impaired was to be dismissed as part of the agreement, according to court records.
Xiong, 31, was scheduled to be appear at a remote arraignment hearing Tuesday; however, it was canceled because the plea petition was filed.
Xiong’s case was not updated on the state’s online court records system Tuesday evening. However, Xiong wrote in a statement to the Pioneer Press that a judge overseeing his case accepted the plea agreement earlier in the day.
Xiong said in addition to the 90-day stayed jail sentence, he was ordered to pay a $488 fine. He said he must also undergo a chemical health assessment and attend of a MADD victim-impact panel.
A misdemeanor conviction carries a maximum sentence of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Xiong was pulled over by a Blaine police officer at Central and 97th avenues just before 10 p.m. Jan. 8, according to a Jan. 13 citation summary report. It does not state why he was stopped or why police suspected drunken driving.
A test revealed his blood-alcohol content was 0.11, according to the plea petition. The legal limit to drive in Minnesota is 0.08.
On Jan. 14, after media reported on the charges, the lawmaker issued a brief statement in which he said he “made a terrible mistake” by driving under the influence. He called it “inexcusable” and apologized — and used those same words again in his Tuesday statement.
Xiong represents District 53A, which includes portions of Maplewood, Oakdale and Woodbury.
Last weekend, he received the DFL endorsement in his bid for the open state Senate District 44 seat representing Oakdale, North St. Paul and Little Canada.
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An Orono man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of criminal vehicular homicide in the crash last summer that killed his two passengers, including the son of University of Minnesota men’s hockey coach Bob Motzko.
James David Blue, 52, was intoxicated and driving nearly 100 mph when he crashed his 2017 Bentley Flying Spur in a wooded area near Lake Minnetonka last July, according to a criminal complaint filed against him in Hennepin County District Court.
The crash killed 20-year-old Mack Motzko of Deephaven and 24-year-old Sam Schuneman of Maple Grove. Schuneman’s father, Tom, is the chairman of the Minnesota Special Hockey Board, which promotes the sport for players with special needs.
The plea agreement between Blue and prosecutors calls for prison sentences of 42 and 48 months for the two offenses, respectively, for a total term of seven and a half years. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for the afternoon of May 5.
Motzko and Schuneman had been at a restaurant and were invited to a party at Blue’s home by a mutual friend on July 24. They met Blue less than an hour before the crash, the complaint said.
A witness, who was Motzko’s sister and Schuneman’s girlfriend, told police that Blue was showing the victims his Bentley, and the witness advised them that it would be unsafe to go for a ride at the time.
The crash occurred about 11:45 p.m. in the 3100 block of North Shore Drive. Schuneman was killed instantly, while Motzko died later at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.
Police found Blue approximately 10 feet in front of the car, having been thrown from the vehicle. He had suffered injuries but was conscious when officers found him, KMSP-TV reported. Blue repeatedly stated to officers that he was “sorry,” and admitted to drinking and being “guilty,” the complaint states.
Hospital staff found THC gummies in Blue’s pocket, along with crushed up white pills and green capsules. THC is the psychoactive agent in marijuana.
The vehicle’s airbag module indicated that Blue was going anywhere from 94 to 99 mph seconds before the crash, police said. The Orono Police Department said lab results showed Blue’s blood-alcohol content to be 0.175, more than twice the legal limit to drive in Minnesota.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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A self-described member of the anti-government “Boogaloo Bois” extremist group was sentenced Tuesday to 52 months in prison for firing an assault rifle into a Minneapolis police station during the unrest that followed George Floyd’s murder in May 2020.
Ivan Hunter, 24, of Boerne, Texas, pleaded guilty in September to one count of participating in a riot, admitting that he traveled from San Antonio to Minneapolis to meet up with other Boogaloo Bois members on May 28, according to a criminal complaint against him filed in U.S. District court.
In addition to the prison term, Hunter will spend three years on supervised release.
Hunter was one of at least three Boogaloo Bois members prosecuted for participating in the rioting after Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020.
Benjamin Ryan Teeter of Hampstead, N.C., and Michael Robert Solomon, 31, of New Brighton both pleaded guilty to providing material support for a designated foreign terrorist organization during the unrest.
Investigators found posts on Facebook made by Hunter and Teeter saying they were planning to go to Minneapolis. Hunter and Teeter communicated with each other as they traveled from their respective states to Minnesota, court documents said.
Hunter also communicated with Solomon. Hunter sent his precise location to Solomon on the evening of May 28, two blocks away from the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct on Lake Street.
A video taken that night shows a man, identified as Hunter, firing 13 rounds from a semiautomatic rifle into the police station, according to court documents.
At that time, there were other people believed to be looters still inside the building. Law enforcement found discharged rifle casings consistent with the firearm Hunter used at the scene, the court documents said.
When Hunter returned to Texas, he made several statements on social media about participating in violence in Minneapolis, court documents say. On June 3, Austin police officers initiated a traffic stop on a pickup truck, in which Hunter was a passenger, for various traffic violations.
Hunter had six loaded magazines for an AK-47-style rifle fastened to a vest he was wearing, court documents said. Officers also found three semiautomatic rifles in the vehicle and two loaded pistols.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nick Bjugstad hadn’t been in the Wild lineup much over the past couple of weeks.
With the continued development of Brandon Duhaime, and additions of Tyson Jost and Nic Deslauriers at the trade deadline, Bjugstad was the odd man out up front.
Never once did he complain. He continued to work hard in practice, enduring assistant coach Darby Hendrickson’s infamous bag skates afterward, and stayed ready for whenever coach Dean Evason called his name.
The past couple of games have been a reward of sorts for Bjugstad. Not only did he slot back into the Wild lineup after Matt Boldy suffered an upper-body injury, Bjugstad has made an impact in wins over the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals.
“You’ve got to stay ready at all times,” said Bjugstad, who has been centering Deslauriers and Duhaime, and did so again in Tuesday’s game against the Nashville Predators. “Just kind of trying to stay in shape, and yeah, Darby gives us some good bag skates to makes sure we’re ready. It’s a pretty easy transition jumping in with these guys.”
His most notable contribution? A very impressive performance in the faceoff circle in the win over the Capitals. He won 11 of 13 draws during the game.
“What it says is he was committed when he was out to the little things and detail things to be ready,” Evason said of Bjugstad’s prowess in the faceoff circle. “He put the time in and put the effort in, and from the drop of the puck he was real good in the faceoff circle.”
Asked if it has been difficult to play center after playing wing for much of this season, Bjugstad said it’s how he’s played the position for most of his life. He played in the middle during his time at Blaine High School and throughout his collegiate career at the University of Minnesota.
“It’s kind of second nature for me,” Bjugstad said. “It kind of comes back pretty quickly, and playing with two big bodies that can skate (Deslauriers and Duhaime), we just try to play heavy and play hard, and last game it felt pretty good.”
As for his recent dominance in the faceoff circle, Bjugstad downplayed it, replying, “It seemed to be working the other night.” Though he has been working hard on that part of his game in practice, Bjugstad said a lot of it is a mental game against the opposition.
“When it’s not going well, it can go the other way,” Bjugstad said. “You start thinking about that a little too much. You’re not really focusing on getting the puck back. There’s a lot that goes into it.”
That certainly wasn’t the case for Bjugstad the other night.
“Sometimes less is more,” Bjugstad said. “It’s obviously an important part of the game. If I can bring that into my game and help out in that area, I’ll do that as much as possible.”
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After staying home over the weekend to tend to his upper-body injury, Jon Merrill has joined the team on the road trip. He did not play in Tuesday’s game against the Predators and will likely miss Friday’s game against the St. Louis Blues, as well.
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WASHINGTON • The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an administration official familiar with the White House's decision-making.
Student loan payments were scheduled to resume May 1 after being halted since early in the pandemic. But following calls from Democrats in Congress, the White House plans to give borrowers additional time to prepare for payments.
The action applies to more than 43 million Americans who owe a combined $1.6 trillion in student debt held by the federal government, according to the latest data from the Education Department. That includes more than 7 million borrowers who have defaulted on student loans, meaning they are at least 270 days late on payments.
Borrowers will not be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates are expected to remain at 0% during that period.
The extension was first reported Tuesday by Bloomberg.
Democrats on education panels in the House and Senate recently urged President Joe Biden to extend the moratorium through the end of the year, citing continued economic upheaval.
Sen. Patty Murray said more time is needed to help Americans prepare for repayment and to rethink the government's existing system for repaying student debt.
"It is ruining lives and holding people back," she said in a statement last month. "Borrowers are struggling with rising costs, struggling to get their feet back under them after public health and economic crises, and struggling with a broken student loan system — and all this is felt especially hard by borrowers of color."
Murray called on the Biden administration to lift all borrowers out of default to provide a "fresh start" following the pandemic.
The decision is being made amid rising concern that large numbers of Americans would quickly fall behind if payments restarted in May.
In March, the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank warned that resuming loan payments could place a heavy burden on borrowers who faced financial hardship during the pandemic. It said the impact would be hardest on Black families, who are more likely to rely on student loans to pay for college.
"Serious delinquency rates for student debt could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs in which 10% or more of the debt was past due," the bank said.
The Trump administration initially gave Americans the option to suspend loan payments in March 2020, and Congress made it automatic soon after. The pause was extended twice by the Trump administration and twice more under Biden.
It remains in question whether Biden will pursue widespread debt forgiveness to reduce the nation's student debt. Some Democrats in Congress have pressed Biden to use executive action to cancel $50,000 for all student loan borrowers, saying it would jumpstart the economy and help Black Americans who on average face higher levels of student debt.
Last year, Biden asked the Education and Justice departments to review the legality of widespread debt cancellation, but no decision has been announced. Biden previously said he supports canceling up to $10,000, but he argued it should be done through congressional action.
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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State cruised Tuesday evening in a 13-2 win against UT Martin.
MSU continued momentum from Sunday's win at Arkansas by getting the bats rolling from the opening frame. Behind six home runs to match the program's single-game record, the Bulldogs had no issues against the Skyhawk pitchers.
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Luke Hancock kept his hot bat going with two home runs in the game along with four runs driven in. His two-run home run in the first inning sparked the MSU offense toward an easy midweek win.
Hancock has hit home runs in three-consecutive games. In that span, his home run total has jumped from two to six.
Brandon Smith started the game for MSU, throwing four innings and allowing two runs. He admitted as a senior he didn't anticipate being a midweek starter, but in the role he has thrived.
Smith has allowed three runs in seven innings his previous two starts.
Mikey Tepper's two innings and KC Hunt's lone inning were both scoreless and impressive in terms of command.
The Bulldogs return to Dudy Noble Field this week. State will welcome in No. 19 LSU for a crucial series as teams outside of No. 1 Tennessee and No. 2 Arkansas are battling for ground in the SEC.
STEFAN KRAJISNIK is the Mississippi State athletics reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact him at stefan.krajisnik@djournal.com.
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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State linebacker Jett Johnson fractured his hand at practice Saturday and will be without contact the remainder of the spring season, a source told the Daily Journal. Johnson was in the injury pit during Tuesday’s practice with his right hand heavily wrapped.
The source requested anonymity as MSU doesn’t publicize details regarding injuries.
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Johnson, a redshirt-senior out of Tupelo High School, should be cleared for the summer. His injury shouldn't affect his status entering the regular season.
State's first of three spring scrimmages will be Saturday.
Johnson was a rising star for MSU last season after little playing time in his first four seasons in Starkville. After an early-season injury sidelined Nathaniel Watson, Johnson became a starter and shined in a deep linebacker room.
He led the team with 87 tackles and added an interception and two fumble recoveries. Johnson was a third-team All-SEC selection by Pro Football Focus after finishing 16th in the conference in tackles.
His snaps were divided when Watson returned as he played alongside Tyrus Wheat and Aaron Brule. With Brule transferring to Michigan State this offseason, Johnson is a sure-fire starter pending any remaining additions from the portal or a young linebacker rising up the depth chart.
Johnson was a three-star prospect and the No. 21 overall recruit in the state, according to 247Sports.
He was State’s first signee out of Tupelo High School since P.J. Jones in 2011. When Johnson was named the state’s Class 6A Mr. Football, he became the first defensive player to earn the award.
STEFAN KRAJISNIK is the Mississippi State athletics reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact him at stefan.krajisnik@djournal.com.
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SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Johnston County School Board voiced its backing for a $250 million bond, aimed at addressing overcrowding and the use of mobile units at schools during its board meeting Tuesday night.
It comes a few weeks after a presentation provided to board members highlighting shrinking capacity and potential future issues based on population increases. Recently released census estimates showed Johnston County grew by 4.9% between April 2020 and July 2021, the third-highest rate in the state.
The use of mobile units has been a sore point for students, parents, and administrators.
"You're separated from the school. You have to go outside where it's raining or freezing cold and get in the trailer, and then you have to go back in the elements to get back in the school. Between they're crowded and the temperature part of it and being disjoined from the actual school hallways and seeing your friends, it's a very displaced environment," said Emily Kuykendall, a mother of three who said all of her children have used the units.
According to the school district, 33 of 44 schools utilize mobile units; in total, 186 mobile trailers consist of 201 classrooms.
"We're spending roughly a little over $1 million a year from a leasing standpoint. And so let's carry that out 10, 12 years. Just on top of that, we want to give the students and staff a safe and secure learning environment. And kids seem to learn better inside a school versus a mobile unit," explained Johnston County School Board Chair Todd Sutton.
District leaders have divided their facility needs into three separate bond proposals - one in 2022, one in 2024, and one in 2026.
The proposal for 2022 includes the building of a new high school and two elementary schools, as well as additions to Cleveland High School, Cooper Academy, Cleveland Middle School, and Benson Elementary School, and would be for $250 million. Sutton expressed optimism that, if passed, construction could begin quickly.
"Hopefully by the 1st of next year. Our chief of facilities (Brooks Moore) and his staff have done a great job on analyzing and really pinpointing where we need to focus first," said Sutton.
The proposal for 2024 includes a new middle school and new elementary school, additions to Corinth-Holders Elementary School, Princeton Elementary School, and Four Oaks Middle School, as well as some infrastructure improvements, and would be for $250 million.
The proposal for 2026 would be for a new elementary school and most of the infrastructure improvements and would be for $220 million.
Once the School Board backs the bond, it would next go to County Commissioners for their approval; should it receive approval from them, voters would then decide whether or not to move forward.
"We need the funds to expand these schools. These schools have been overcrowded for quite some time, and it just keeps getting worse," Kuykendall added, noting she was concerned about the ratio of teachers to students, especially following learning challenges experienced during the pandemic.
Sutton said they are working to try and address this disparity.
"We had an employee interview session this week at West Johnston and had additional teachers come in and just check out Johnston County. So we're really focused on making sure we do have enough teachers and staff in our school system because at the end of the day it's all about learning. So if we don't have a certain amount of teachers in the classrooms, we can't expect our students to grow," Sutton said.
"We keep building in this area, adding more neighborhoods, more new construction, and the schools aren't catching up," Kuykendall said.
During remarks in the public session of Tuesday's Board meeting, Moore said they are seeing an average increase of 714 students per year, a number they anticipate to rise to 729 students per year.
To keep up with existing growth, Moore said they would need to add 89 mobile classrooms by the 2026 school year, with the bulk of those at elementary schools. It costs about $30,000 to set up each mobile unit, on top of annual leasing costs.
Because of the fire code, Moore explained that mobile units must be spaced at least 30 feet apart, creating another logistical challenge for how many units each school can accommodate.
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HOUSTON, Texas -- NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei broke an American record for spending the most time in space, but there is much discussion in his first news conference back on Earth that focused on what was happening 250 miles below.
NEARLY A YEAR IN SPACE
Two-hundred and fifty miles above Earth weighs on you when you spend nearly a year away from family, and friends.
"I'm happy to be back," Vande Hei said. "If it ended up being 300 days, I still would've felt really good about the mission. It was not (for me) about any record at all."
Vande Hei landed a week ago. He spent 355 days in space. On Tuesday, he addressed the media from the Johnson Space Center. He talked about his mission filled with experiments, that continues today. NASA will monitor his body to see the impacts of space travel as the agency prepares to head into deep space.
"I was able to walk on my own within eight hours, certainly wobbly, but eight hours later," Vande Hei recalled.
NASA ASTRONAUT ADDRESSES WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING IN SPACE AS RUSSIAN SPACE LEADERS THREATENED TO ABANDON HIM
Most of Tuesday's news conference wasn't spent on what happened in space, but below. After the invasion of Ukraine, Russian space leaders threatened the U.S. relationship with the space station.
Vande Hei ultimately returned to Earth on a Russian capsule, but it was in doubt after Russian leaders appeared to want to leave him in space.
SEE ALSO: US astronaut ends record-long spaceflight in Russian capsule
"Quite honestly, I heard about the tweets from my wife," Vande Hei recalled. "I never perceived those tweets to take seriously."
As the war continues, Russian space leaders continue to make threats. So far, NASA said it hasn't ruined space relations.
Vande Hei hopes it continues that way.
"The future of the space station, and conflict between Russia and the United States, honestly I think that's why we've been able to have an international space station," Vande Hei explained. "Some people that don't care so much about space, international relations, and having a space station where we can cooperate. I think is really for peaceful future."
WHAT WAS UP WITH THE RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS WEARING UKRAINIAN COLORS AS THEY BOARDED THE SPACE STATION?
Vande Hei was asked about the cosmonauts that traveled to the space station wearing blue, and yellow suits in late March. Those are the colors of Ukraine's flag.
Vande Hei said the cosmonauts were "blindsided" by the reaction. He said they didn't wear the colors to make a political statement.
The cosmonauts went to the same school, whose colors are yellow, and blue.
That wasn't the only war in Ukraine topic that was discussed on the space station.
"It was not a topic I shied away from with my crewmates," Vande Hei recalled. "They weren't very long discussions, but I did ask them how they were feeling and sometimes asked pointed questions."
Vande Hei wouldn't get into specifics, but he said he continues to be friends with the cosmonauts.
"Speaking specifically about my relationship with my Russian crewmates, they were, are and will continue to be very dear friends of mine," Vande Hei said. "We supported each other through everything."
'GAUCAMOLE WAS AMAZING': AFTER 355 DAYS, VANDE HEI COULDN'T WAIT FOR EARTH COMFORTS
Once on Earth, Vande Hei couldn't wait to see family, but also enjoy some of his favorite food.
"Maybe it's the fact I hadn't had guacamole in 355 days, but that guacamole was amazing," Vande Hei recalled. "It was really good."
He may be back on Earth, but he's not done with his recovery. Spending that long in space takes a toll on the body, and Vande Hei says he has to do two hours of physical therapy every day, including on weekends. Doctors will also closely monitor his health. He said it's worth it because he hopes what they learn will help future astronauts spend even more time than him in space.
"I'm really looking forward to the next person doing something longer and us getting further, and further away and us exploring more," Vande Hei said. "I want this to be remembered as a stepping stone."
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Helen Grant will assume the Ward 4 seat on Norman City Council after winning the ward runoff election Tuesday night.
Grant earned 54.41% of the votes for the ward, edging out challenger Gale Hobson. Hobson received 45.59% of the vote with all eight precincts reporting, according to unofficial results Tuesday.
Grant will replace outgoing Ward 4 Councilor Lee Hall at the first council meeting in July.
Grant did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Transcript Tuesday night.
Ward 4 encompasses downtown Norman and commercial and residential areas east of the downtown area.
Grant works at Oscillator Press, is a board member of the Resonator Institute and previously served on the city's inclusive community subcommittee. On the campaign trail, they prioritized making Norman a welcoming place for all in Norman on the campaign trail.
They told The Transcript in January they believe affordable housing, homelessness, mental health crisis response and stormwater are the most pressing issues in Ward 4.
The ward holds the city's current overnight homeless shelter and the proposed location for its new homeless shelter. For months, councilors have debated whether to move the shelter to the proposed location at 900 E. Main St. over concerns that it could place sex offenders near Le Monde International School.
While other Ward 4 candidates in the general election raised these concerns, Grant said agencies should have better follow-through to provide housing and care. They said unhoused people in crisis need more housing options in the city.
Hobson, a psychologist and former medical director of behavioral health at Mercy Hospital in Edmond, ran much of her campaign on responding to homelessness in Norman. She told The Transcript in January she would like to see a balance between law enforcement and crisis response in the city.
She said she wishes Grant the best going forward and congratulates them on their win.
"Although I'm disappointed, I have enjoyed every minute of the last few months getting to know so many people in Ward 4," she said. "My life has been enriched knowing about your life."
Hobson and Grant were the remaining two Ward 4 candidates from the Feb. 8 general election. They each earned more votes than challengers Teresa Borum and Doane Harrison to advance to the runoff.
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Norman voters elected Larry Heikkila their next mayor, selected Helen Grant to fill the Ward 4 seat and Alex Ruggiers for the Office No. 2 school board seat, and shot down a proposed water rate increase Tuesday.
As results begin to roll in around 7 p.m. Tuesday, keep up with each race's updated tallies below. All below numbers are unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board.
Mayoral race
Mayor Breea Clark and Larry Heikkila are facing off in the runoff for mayor. With 100% precincts reporting, Heikkila has taken the race:
- Clark: 46.61%
- Heikkila: 53.39%
Ward 4 race
Helen Grant and Gale Hobson are vying for the Ward 4 City Council seat in Tuesday's runoff. With 100% of precincts reporting, Grant has taken the seat with the following vote tallies:
- Grant: 54.41%
- Hobson: 45.59%
Norman Public Schools Board of Education Office No. 2
Alex Ruggiers and incumbent Dan Snell are in Tuesday's runoff for a seat on Norman Public Schools' school board. With 100% of precincts reporting, Ruggiers has taken the seat with the following totals:
- Ruggiers: 63.63%
- Snell: 36.37%
Water rate increase
With 100% of precincts reporting, Norman voters shot down the proposed water rate increase:
- For: 45.41%
- Against: 54.59%
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Alex Ruggiers will be the next member of the Norman Public Schools Board of Education after he beat out opponent Dan Snell — the incumbent of 25 years — in Tuesday’s runoff.
Ruggiers will take the Office No. 2 board seat with 63.63% of the vote; Snell nabbed 36.37% of the vote. The candidates went to Tuesday’s runoff race after neither received a majority of the vote in Norman’s February election.
Ruggiers is a former NPS teacher who taught language arts at Longfellow Middle School and Norman High School. He’s currently a curriculum developer at OU’s Center for Public Management.
Ruggiers is also the first out LGBTQ+ member of Norman's school board.
“Many people said a 28-year-old former teacher couldn’t win against an entrenched, 25-year incumbent," Ruggiers said in a statement provided to media Tuesday. "But thanks to the incredible effort of every volunteer and supporter, we knocked nearly 10,000 doors and proved that voters were ready for change.
"Tomorrow, the real work starts, and I look forward to using my voice to advocate for every student, teacher, and staff member in Norman Public Schools for as long as I serve on the board.”
Ruggiers has promised to focus on re-evaluating and cutting district spending, advocating for teachers and students and providing transparency and accountability to the public when it comes to the board’s decisions.
Snell served on the board 25 years; he taught at the University of Oklahoma for years and is the second-longest tenured NPS board member.
"I congratulate my opponent on a fine race," Snell said in a statement Tuesday. "He has worked hard and long. Also I want to thank everyone who voted. Now the work begins!"
NPS’ five-member board of education meets at least once monthly and handles everything from final approval on district hires to superintendent evaluations and votes on district policy.
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Much of the focus during Oklahoma’s spring practices has been on getting the new coaching staff acclimated with the roster.
One area where that hasn’t been necessary is quarterback Dillon Gabriel’s relationship with new offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby.
The two worked together closely during Gabriel’s freshman season in 2018 at the University of Central Florida, when Lebby served as both offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under former Oklahoma quarterback Josh Heupel. The Golden Knights, with Gabriel and Lebby running the offense, finished that season with a 10-3 record and a spot in the Associated Press’ final Top-25 rankings of the season.
Though Lebby departed the program the following year, Gabriel always wanted to reunite with him. Lebby’s hire as the Sooners’ offensive coordinator played a key role in the redshirt junior transferring to Oklahoma back in January.
“I think it goes way back from a trust standpoint,” Gabriel said last week. “I really trust him, love playing in his offense. The way he’s able to strategically use people and put them in good positions to go play and win a lot of ball games while scoring a lot of points. That’s something I really love about him. Most of all, I just love how he continues to push me to get to levels that I didn’t think I had. That’s obviously why we’re back together.
“I’m super grateful for him. I know every time I’ve played for him, throughout spring ball and fall camps to the season, I have progressed in a super positive way.”
The Sooners are hoping the duo can rediscover that success in Norman.
Under Lebby, Gabriel posted some of the best passing numbers in the country as a freshman, completing 236-of-398 passing attempts (59 percent) for 3,653 yards, 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also finished in the top 15 nationally in passing yards, passing efficiency rating (156.9) and passing yards per attempt (9.2).
The Golden Knights also had one of the most explosive offenses in the country that season, finishing fifth in points per game (43.4) and second in total yards per game (541.9). Both numbers ranked slightly ahead of the Sooners.
While the Sooners’ offensive players are learning Lebby’s fast-paced offense during spring practices, Gabriel’s already comfortable operating it under center.
“You’ve gotta utilize it to your advantage and that’s our edge,” Gabriel said. “But I feel like just playing in it, you can take advantage of a lot of opportunities with [the defense] not being set. And then likewise, just being able to push it on them. As you start to get into long-play drives, you can definitely see the defense start to get a lot more tired, a lot more draggy. That’s where you take advantage. That’s where you smell blood in the water and you continue to push.”
While Lebby and Gabriel have experience together, the duo hasn’t been on the same team since 2019. Through the Sooners’ first few spring practices, Lebby has noticed Gabriel’s growth as a player since their time together in Florida.
“The biggest thing is he’s three years older,” Lebby said. “When I got him, he was an 18-year-old kid who was supposed to be going to prom his senior year. Instead of being [in Hawaii], he was in Orlando, Florida. Now, he’s lived a ton of experience. So what he’s been through getting to this point, there’s great experience that he’s had that’s gotten him here, and there’s continual growth every single day.
“So he’s a guy that wants to be coached. He wants to get better. Good is not good enough. He understands that. He’s been a lot of fun getting back with.”
Gabriel has noticed his own changes with Lebby’s offense. While the basics are the same, there’s been some tweaks to his system to fit the Sooners’ personnel.
“I think that’s the thing about coach Lebby is he evolves and continues to do so,” Gabriel said. “I think when you look at college football, that’s what you have to do if you want to stay relevant because of the fact there is always the annual self-scouting about how people looked over the season. As he has continued to evolve from UCF to now, it is a night and day difference. Just little things that we’re trying to get to, different answers from UCF, now they’re different here and have those answers.
“I think it will continue to grow. Even if you ask me today looking at the season, it will continue to grow because it’s all based on personnel and what we’re best at running and best at producing with.”
Their history together has also helped Gabriel assimilate his teammates into Lebby’s offense. That stood out early to receiver Marvin Mims when spring practices began.
“He’s been in Lebby’s offense for two years — one year with Lebby and [UCF] ran it for one year after he left,” Mims said. “Just his comfort level with that, it takes it to another level. We have an on-field coach all the time. He talks to us about our routes and stuff like that. With Lebby’s offense, you have to have experience with it. It comes with a lot of understanding too. With [Gabriel] coming in and the way he did, it helped out tremendously.”
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Book cover and photo of Megan Mayhew Bergman by Nina Subin
Megan Mayhew Bergman readings | Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh | Wednesday, Apr. 6, 7 p.m. | Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill | Thursday, Apr. 7, 5:30 p.m.
Only one of the stories in Megan Mayhew Bergman’s new short story collection, How Strange a Season, takes place in North Carolina: “A Taste for Lionfish,” the story of Lily, a college student employed by a conservation organization, who travels to Alligator, North Carolina, to try and persuade coastal residents to incorporate lionfish, an invasive species, into their diet. It goes about how you’d expect: “You’re trying to tell these poor folks how to fix a rich folks’ problem,” a character bluntly tells Lily.
The other seven stories in the collection cast a wide geographic net, from Italy to Arizona, and lurch back in time; the years 1792 and 1979 both make appearances. But Bergman, who grew up in Rocky Mount and spent years in Raleigh and Durham in adulthood, evidences no shortage of love for the state, and the book bears an affectionate dedication to “My North Carolina Family.” This week, Bergman—who now teaches literature and environmental writing at Middlebury College in Vermont—is back locally in support of the new book, with stops at Quail Ridge Bookstore and Flyleaf Books. In-person readings have been slow to come back, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, so events like these feel extra special.
Time and setting may vary in these stories but the characters have plenty in common: How Strange a Season is haunted by strong women in search of themselves. Or, maybe better put, the women in Bergman’s stories—strong-willed activists, artists, and athletes—have a grip on who they are but are less sure how to squeeze into a world shaped by men.
Climate change lurks like a specter, though not ornamentally; Bergman is a gifted, observant scribe of the natural world. Sex, regret, and desire run amok. (“It seemed to her that adulthood was a series of mundane years punctuated by transgressions and apologies,” one character thinks to herself.) Money also plays a strong hand, and most characters have the luxury of not wanting for it. (This isn’t a criticism: the affluence of some characters thrusts the needs of others into sharp relief, as with Marie, a Norwegian wet nurse who is drawn, conditionally, into the lives of a dysfunctional old-money family in the story “Indigo Run.”)
What these characters do long for, though, is purpose and home.
In “Indigo Run,” the novella-length story that anchors the collection, the older generation of a family is obsessed with sinking their teeth into the traditions of their ancestral South Carolina plantation, even if it makes them sick, while the youngest woman in the family believes she can only find her own sense of belonging by burning it all down. “Girls understand what home means in a way men don’t,” one character explains.
It’s a Southern Gothic story that takes a few pages to get into—it has no shortage of diversions, especially in the beginning—but once you do get into it you’ll be pulled in deep by its sensual, uneasy current. I was reminded, while reading, of Lauren Groff’s ambitious novel Fates and Furies, with its lyrical Southern sprawl and damaged characters hell-bent on a collision course.
In “Wife Days” a champion swimmer makes dark agreements with her wealthy husband, while in the surprising (and maybe a little uneven) “Workhorse” a heartsick floral artist has already separated from her husband and spends her days crafting an elaborate terrarium while trying to avoid the demands of another man, her father.
It’s the first story in the book, and the rare botanical flowers the artist seeks to cultivate are a perfect stand-in for the book’s rich themes. The flowers are beautiful and expensive but have to be coaxed into their environments. They’re only destined to thrive that way for a little while.
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Bobby Rydell, 60s teen idol and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ star, dies
(AP) - Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday.
Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia, according to a statement posted by his marketing and event coordinator Maria Novey.
Rydell, who credited a 2012 kidney and liver transplant with extending his life, was 79.
Along with James Darren, Fabian and Frankie Avalon, Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles.
Between 1959 and 1964, he had nearly three dozen Top 40 singles including “Wild One,” “Volare,” “Wildwood Days,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha” and “Forget Him,” a song of consolation for a bereft girl that helped inspire the Beatles’ classic “She Loves You.”
He had recurring roles on “The Red Skelton Show” and other television programs, and 1963′s “Bye Bye Birdie” was rewritten to give Rydell a major part as the boyfriend of Ann-Margret. He didn’t want to move to Hollywood, however, and “Birdie” became his only significant movie role — though the high school in the hit ‘70s musical “Grease” was named for him.
Rydell never strayed far from his Philadelphia roots, living in the area for most of his life. The block of 11th Street where he grew up was christened Bobby Rydell Boulevard by his hometown in 1995.
“I never thought of myself as a celebrity,” he told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2003. “I was just a guy who went out there and worked.”
He was born Robert Ridarelli in a South Philadelphia neighborhood that would also produce teen idols Darren, Fabian and Avalon. They knew each other as children — Rydell played drums with Avalon on trumpet in a group called Rocco and the Saints.
Before he graced the covers of teen magazines and movie screens, Rydell made his bones as a youngster in Philadelphia clubs.
He made his performance debut as a 7-year-old drummer, not a singer. His first drum kit was a gift from his father, Al Ridarelli, who inspired his son’s choice of instrument by taking him to see Gene Krupa perform.
At age 9, he debuted on an amateur television show and became its regular drummer for three years.
Rydell got his big break in 1959 on “American Bandstand,” which originally was broadcast from Philadelphia. His first hit, “Kissing Time,” quickly followed, and the skinny 17-year-old with a pompadour haircut rocketed to stardom. Rydell and his fellow Philadelphia performers were ideal for “Bandstand” host Dick Clark, who sought to make rock n’ roll palatable to young and old. He also made live appearances nationwide on a tour organized by Clark.
Changing musical tastes ushered in by the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion defused the hit-making careers of Rydell and his compatriots, and he continued performing and recording music with limited success in the late 1960s and 1970s. But in 1985, he joined his old friends Avalon and Fabian for what they thought would be a few appearances. They dubbed themselves “The Golden Boys of Bandstand,” and the shows were so successful that the trio ended up touring for three years and performing 300 shows nationwide.
“We weren’t out to prove anything. We just said to ourselves, ‘Here are three Italian kids from South Philadelphia, born and raised within two blocks of each other. Let’s go out there and have fun,’” Rydell told The Atlantic City Weekly in 2006. “That hasn’t changed. I think people see that attitude coming from the stage. It’s a fun show to watch — that’s what’s made it so successful. We have a great time doing it.”
Rydell’s childhood sweetheart and first wife, Camille, died in 2003.
He is survived by his second wife, Linda Hoffman, whom he married in 2009, along with son Robert Ridarelli, daughter Jennifer Dulin, and five grandchildren.
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Fox bites man, putting Capitol Hill on high alert
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill has a fox problem. And that’s not the lead-in to a joke.
Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., learned firsthand Monday evening while walking to the Capitol for votes. Now he’s undergoing a series of four rabies shots out of an abundance of caution.
Bera said he felt something lunge at him from behind as he walked near one of the Senate office buildings. He turned and used his umbrella to fend off what he thought would be a small dog, but he soon realized he was tangling with a fox.
Bera said the encounter lasted about 15 seconds. A bystander yelled to alert others and the fox fled as U.S. Capitol Police officers ran up on the scene. A medical doctor, Bera looked for puncture wounds. He didn’t see evidence of any, but there was some abrasion, so he consulted the Capitol physician, who told him not to take any chances and to get treated.
He said he went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after votes for the first of a series of four shots.
“I would say it’s the most unusual day on the Hill in 10 years,” Bera said of his experience.
Of course, there were many joking references to Fox News at the Capitol on Tuesday. But the House Sergeant at Arms was serious when telling lawmakers and their staffs Tuesday afternoon that there had been multiple recent fox encounters and that the animals should not be approached.
The warning noted that there are possibly several fox dens on the Capitol grounds and that animal control personnel would be seeking to trap and locate any that they find.
In at least one case, they were successful. Capitol Police tweeted pictures of one fox safely captured in a cage.
Bera harbored no ill will toward the culprit.
“Hopefully, the animal can be relocated,” he said.
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Man scheduled to be executed 44 years after raping, killing college student
PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - A man convicted 20 years ago of murdering an Arizona State University student is scheduled to be executed on May 10.
Arizona’s Family reports Clarence Dixon was sentenced to death in the 1977 killing of ASU student Deana Bowdoin in 2002 after that case went cold.
According to authorities, on Jan. 7, 1978, Bowdoin, a 21-year-old ASU student, was raped, strangled, and stabbed to death in her Tempe apartment.
A Tempe detective reopened the case using DNA profiling. Detectives said they were able to pinpoint Dixon as the suspect, who was already serving a life sentence for a 1986 sexual assault conviction.
In 2002, Dixon was indicted for Bowdoin’s murder, and a jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death.
According to officials, Dixon has 20 days to decide on being injected with a lethal drug or executed in a gas chamber. If he doesn’t choose, the lethal injection will serve as the default method of execution.
Dixon will be the first execution in Arizona since 2014 when Joseph Rudolph Wood III was executed at Florence State Prison. Wood was convicted of shooting his estranged girlfriend and her father in 1989.
“I promised Arizona voters that people who commit the ultimate crime get the ultimate punishment,” wrote Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in a statement. “I will continue to fight every day for justice for victims, their families, and our communities.”
One of Dixon’s attorneys, Jennifer Moreno, released the following statement on her client’s planned execution:
“The state has had nearly a year to demonstrate that it will not be carrying out executions with expired drugs but has failed to do so.” Under these circumstances, the execution of Mr. Dixon — a severely mentally ill, visually disabled, and physically frail member of the Navajo Nation — is unconscionable.”
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NASHUA — Authorities are asking for the public’s help as they investigate the 2017 death of a 4-month-old baby in Nashua.
Luna L. Champagne was taken from her parents’ home on Feb. 16, 2017, to a local hospital, according to a statement issued by New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella. She was later transported to a Massachusetts hospital but died on Feb. 19, 2017.
An autopsy said she died from traumatic head injuries. At the time, her parents — who are unnamed in a press statement — were living at 70 Elm St., Apt. 2, in Nashua.
Formella spokesman Michael Garrity said authorities know the whereabouts of the parents but cannot comment on whether they are cooperating in the investigation. He said they are not releasing names or photographs at this time.
No one has been charged in the baby’s death.
According to the statement, the Massachusetts Office of Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on the body four days after the death. The complete autopsy report was received in 2021, and it listed the death as a homicide.
“The exact circumstances surrounding Luna Champagne’s death remain under investigation,” the statement reads.
Garrity said delays are not uncommon in autopsy reports when victims die in other states. Speaking in generalities, he said other reasons can include COVID-19, the complexity of a case, the necessity of obtaining records and additional testing.
Anyone with information related to Luna’s death can call the Nashua Police Crimeline at 603-589-1665.
Garrity said no public announcement was made about the death because it was not ruled a homicide until much later.
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Bobby Rydell, 60s teen idol and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ star, dies
(AP) - Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday.
Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia, according to a statement posted by his marketing and event coordinator Maria Novey.
Rydell, who credited a 2012 kidney and liver transplant with extending his life, was 79.
Along with James Darren, Fabian and Frankie Avalon, Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles.
Between 1959 and 1964, he had nearly three dozen Top 40 singles including “Wild One,” “Volare,” “Wildwood Days,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha” and “Forget Him,” a song of consolation for a bereft girl that helped inspire the Beatles’ classic “She Loves You.”
He had recurring roles on “The Red Skelton Show” and other television programs, and 1963′s “Bye Bye Birdie” was rewritten to give Rydell a major part as the boyfriend of Ann-Margret. He didn’t want to move to Hollywood, however, and “Birdie” became his only significant movie role — though the high school in the hit ‘70s musical “Grease” was named for him.
Rydell never strayed far from his Philadelphia roots, living in the area for most of his life. The block of 11th Street where he grew up was christened Bobby Rydell Boulevard by his hometown in 1995.
“I never thought of myself as a celebrity,” he told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2003. “I was just a guy who went out there and worked.”
He was born Robert Ridarelli in a South Philadelphia neighborhood that would also produce teen idols Darren, Fabian and Avalon. They knew each other as children — Rydell played drums with Avalon on trumpet in a group called Rocco and the Saints.
Before he graced the covers of teen magazines and movie screens, Rydell made his bones as a youngster in Philadelphia clubs.
He made his performance debut as a 7-year-old drummer, not a singer. His first drum kit was a gift from his father, Al Ridarelli, who inspired his son’s choice of instrument by taking him to see Gene Krupa perform.
At age 9, he debuted on an amateur television show and became its regular drummer for three years.
Rydell got his big break in 1959 on “American Bandstand,” which originally was broadcast from Philadelphia. His first hit, “Kissing Time,” quickly followed, and the skinny 17-year-old with a pompadour haircut rocketed to stardom. Rydell and his fellow Philadelphia performers were ideal for “Bandstand” host Dick Clark, who sought to make rock n’ roll palatable to young and old. He also made live appearances nationwide on a tour organized by Clark.
Changing musical tastes ushered in by the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion defused the hit-making careers of Rydell and his compatriots, and he continued performing and recording music with limited success in the late 1960s and 1970s. But in 1985, he joined his old friends Avalon and Fabian for what they thought would be a few appearances. They dubbed themselves “The Golden Boys of Bandstand,” and the shows were so successful that the trio ended up touring for three years and performing 300 shows nationwide.
“We weren’t out to prove anything. We just said to ourselves, ‘Here are three Italian kids from South Philadelphia, born and raised within two blocks of each other. Let’s go out there and have fun,’” Rydell told The Atlantic City Weekly in 2006. “That hasn’t changed. I think people see that attitude coming from the stage. It’s a fun show to watch — that’s what’s made it so successful. We have a great time doing it.”
Rydell’s childhood sweetheart and first wife, Camille, died in 2003.
He is survived by his second wife, Linda Hoffman, whom he married in 2009, along with son Robert Ridarelli, daughter Jennifer Dulin, and five grandchildren.
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Former AP staffer JoAnn Loviglio contributed biographical material to this report.
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Follow AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjamesdalton
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Fox bites man, putting Capitol Hill on high alert
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill has a fox problem. And that’s not the lead-in to a joke.
Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., learned firsthand Monday evening while walking to the Capitol for votes. Now he’s undergoing a series of four rabies shots out of an abundance of caution.
Bera said he felt something lunge at him from behind as he walked near one of the Senate office buildings. He turned and used his umbrella to fend off what he thought would be a small dog, but he soon realized he was tangling with a fox.
Bera said the encounter lasted about 15 seconds. A bystander yelled to alert others and the fox fled as U.S. Capitol Police officers ran up on the scene. A medical doctor, Bera looked for puncture wounds. He didn’t see evidence of any, but there was some abrasion, so he consulted the Capitol physician, who told him not to take any chances and to get treated.
He said he went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after votes for the first of a series of four shots.
“I would say it’s the most unusual day on the Hill in 10 years,” Bera said of his experience.
Of course, there were many joking references to Fox News at the Capitol on Tuesday. But the House Sergeant at Arms was serious when telling lawmakers and their staffs Tuesday afternoon that there had been multiple recent fox encounters and that the animals should not be approached.
The warning noted that there are possibly several fox dens on the Capitol grounds and that animal control personnel would be seeking to trap and locate any that they find.
In at least one case, they were successful. Capitol Police tweeted pictures of one fox safely captured in a cage.
Bera harbored no ill will toward the culprit.
“Hopefully, the animal can be relocated,” he said.
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Huskers face off against Mavericks on Wednesday
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) -Nebraska makes the short trip on I-80 to Omaha, as the Huskers take on the Mavericks on Wednesday, April 6 at Tal Anderson Field.
First pitch between the Huskers and Mavericks is set for 6:30 p.m.
A live stream of Wednesday’s game is available on OMavs.com. Fans can also listen to Greg Sharpe and Ben McLaughlin call all of the action on the Huskers Radio Network. Wednesday night’s game will be carried on KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln and KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha. Every game this season can be heard for free on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for both iOS and Android devices.
Nebraska swept a road series against Big Ten foe Ohio State last weekend. The Huskers scored a run in the first and second innings in the series opener and never gave up the lead, as Nebraska held on for a 5-3 win on Friday night. The Big Red clinched the series with a 10-5 victory on Saturday, led by Griffin Everitt’s two-run homer, while Nick Wimmers was 2-for-3 with a double and a run in his first start at Nebraska and Max Anderson had a grand slam. The Huskers scored a season-high total of runs in a 17-5 rout at Ohio State on Sunday afternoon. Cam Chick was a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with five walks and team-high four runs. Chick’s five walks ties a school record, joining Jim Bailey (vs. Chicago State, March 16, 1999) and Tom Novak (vs. Denver College, April 18, 1949) in the record books. Luke Sartori went 2-for-4 with a grand slam, four RBI and three runs on the day. Sartori’s grand slam in the top of the ninth gave Nebraska a grand slam in back-to-back games for the first time since Kash Kalkowksi and Kale Kiser vs. Washington and Missouri State on Feb. 19-20, 2011.
4/1: Nebraska 5, Ohio State 3
4/2: Nebraska 10, Ohio State 5
4/3: Nebraska 17, Ohio State 5
Nebraska returns to conference action this weekend, hosting Rutgers for a three-game series at Hawks Field on Friday-Sunday, April 8-10. Friday and Sunday’s games will be broadcat on B1G+, while Saturday’s game is set for a 3:17 p.m. first pitch on BTN.
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Man scheduled to be executed 44 years after raping, killing college student
PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - A man convicted 20 years ago of murdering an Arizona State University student is scheduled to be executed on May 10.
Arizona’s Family reports Clarence Dixon was sentenced to death in the 1977 killing of ASU student Deana Bowdoin in 2002 after that case went cold.
According to authorities, on Jan. 7, 1978, Bowdoin, a 21-year-old ASU student, was raped, strangled, and stabbed to death in her Tempe apartment.
A Tempe detective reopened the case using DNA profiling. Detectives said they were able to pinpoint Dixon as the suspect, who was already serving a life sentence for a 1986 sexual assault conviction.
In 2002, Dixon was indicted for Bowdoin’s murder, and a jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death.
According to officials, Dixon has 20 days to decide on being injected with a lethal drug or executed in a gas chamber. If he doesn’t choose, the lethal injection will serve as the default method of execution.
Dixon will be the first execution in Arizona since 2014 when Joseph Rudolph Wood III was executed at Florence State Prison. Wood was convicted of shooting his estranged girlfriend and her father in 1989.
“I promised Arizona voters that people who commit the ultimate crime get the ultimate punishment,” wrote Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in a statement. “I will continue to fight every day for justice for victims, their families, and our communities.”
One of Dixon’s attorneys, Jennifer Moreno, released the following statement on her client’s planned execution:
“The state has had nearly a year to demonstrate that it will not be carrying out executions with expired drugs but has failed to do so.” Under these circumstances, the execution of Mr. Dixon — a severely mentally ill, visually disabled, and physically frail member of the Navajo Nation — is unconscionable.”
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Nebraska Legislature debates potential tax breaks
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - At the Nebraska Capitol, state senators debated over a tax package that could save Nebraskans $900 million. The sticking point, which Nebraskans would benefit the most.
LB-873 proposes cuts to the state’s top individual incomes and corporate tax rates. Tuesday, senators were divided over giving more breaks to the middle class.
LB-873 would end state taxation of social security, create a new credit based on taxes paid to community colleges and gradually reduce income taxes for the top bracket, that’s Nebraskans who make $32,000 or more individually, or $64,000 as a house by 1% over five years.
“A lot of this debate today was an effort to try to get a compromise with the proponents of the bill to be able to work an actual middle class tax cut into this tax package,” said Dr. Rebecca Firestone, Ed OpenSky Policy Institute.
State senators tried including amendments to help the middle class, like Wendy Deboer’s which would reduce the third-income bracket from 5% to 4%.
“I think somebody who works at a job 40 hours a week and makes 20$ an hour should get more than $11 a year, about a half an hour back,” said State Sen. Deboer.
That amendment failed.
Open Sky Policy, a non-partisan fiscal research and analysis organization said few will benefit from LB-873 as it stands.
“The people who will benefit from this tax package are the wealthiest Nebraskans and out-of-state corporations, as well as people who own property,” said Dr. Firestone.
Governor Pete Ricketts disagrees, saying 60% of Nebraskans who file jointly would benefit. Other amendments to reduce other income tax rates also failed.
“I think what this is going to mean for the state of Nebraska in the future is there’s gonna be two ways to have to figure out how to pay for these enormous tax cuts,” said Dr. Firestone. “And that means ultimately increases in property taxes in the future, or cuts and services that the state provides.”
Debate on LB-873 lasted about four hours Tuesday. It has been advanced to final reading.
The Nebraska Chamber has come out praising the work done to advance the tax cut bill.
“The actions by the Legislature to take advantage of our good economic health and further advance the ball on income and property tax relief is essential and appreciated. Thank you for this leadership,” said Bryan Slone, Nebraska Chamber President.
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DANVILLE, Ind.- A call for shoplifting leads to a police pursuit crossing county lines. Danville Police ended up calling off that pursuit because it got too dangerous.
Two suspects were caught on camera trying to steal thousands of dollars in electronics from the Walmart in Danville.
“There was a huge list. They didn’t get away with a bunch of stuff because law enforcement was arriving on scene,” said Nate Lien, a detective with Danville Police.
Police said the man seen in surveillance pictures pushed an employee out of the way and then he got into a car with a woman who was loading up the stolen merchandise. The two took off when police showed up.
“Our officers and the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office initiated a pursuit. They tried to get the vehicle to stop and it wouldn’t,” said Detective Lien.
The pursuit went down US Highway 36 towards Avon. Police said the driver was going way too fast and going into oncoming traffic. It was around 12:30 p.m. Monday afternoon and that’s part of the reason police decided to back off.
“We have to outweigh the safety of the public and what we are doing to catch this individual. Thankfully, we made the good decision to terminate the pursuit,” said Detective Lien.
Danville Police Detective Nate Lien told FOX59, they’ve already identified the woman, ran the license plate and now they’re working to figure out the name of the man. Now these two suspects are facing charges crossing county lines.
“This vehicle was involved in a lot of different crimes over a span of about 20 minutes throughout Hendricks County and into Marion County. It created a lot of drama within the area in a short amount of time,” said Detective Lien.
Police are certain they made the right call by ending that pursuit and thankful no one, including any innocent bystanders were hurt. Now the focus shifts to finding these suspects so they don’t strike again.
“We are absolutely confident we are going to catch these individuals,” said Detective Lien.
Police ended up finding the vehicle crashed in a ditch. Investigators told FOX59 they also found counterfeit money inside the vehicle.
If you recognize either of the suspects in the surveillance pictures, you’re asked to Danville Police (317) 745-3001.
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Bobby Rydell, 60s teen idol and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ star, dies
(AP) - Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday.
Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia, according to a statement posted by his marketing and event coordinator Maria Novey.
Rydell, who credited a 2012 kidney and liver transplant with extending his life, was 79.
Along with James Darren, Fabian and Frankie Avalon, Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles.
Between 1959 and 1964, he had nearly three dozen Top 40 singles including “Wild One,” “Volare,” “Wildwood Days,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha” and “Forget Him,” a song of consolation for a bereft girl that helped inspire the Beatles’ classic “She Loves You.”
He had recurring roles on “The Red Skelton Show” and other television programs, and 1963′s “Bye Bye Birdie” was rewritten to give Rydell a major part as the boyfriend of Ann-Margret. He didn’t want to move to Hollywood, however, and “Birdie” became his only significant movie role — though the high school in the hit ‘70s musical “Grease” was named for him.
Rydell never strayed far from his Philadelphia roots, living in the area for most of his life. The block of 11th Street where he grew up was christened Bobby Rydell Boulevard by his hometown in 1995.
“I never thought of myself as a celebrity,” he told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2003. “I was just a guy who went out there and worked.”
He was born Robert Ridarelli in a South Philadelphia neighborhood that would also produce teen idols Darren, Fabian and Avalon. They knew each other as children — Rydell played drums with Avalon on trumpet in a group called Rocco and the Saints.
Before he graced the covers of teen magazines and movie screens, Rydell made his bones as a youngster in Philadelphia clubs.
He made his performance debut as a 7-year-old drummer, not a singer. His first drum kit was a gift from his father, Al Ridarelli, who inspired his son’s choice of instrument by taking him to see Gene Krupa perform.
At age 9, he debuted on an amateur television show and became its regular drummer for three years.
Rydell got his big break in 1959 on “American Bandstand,” which originally was broadcast from Philadelphia. His first hit, “Kissing Time,” quickly followed, and the skinny 17-year-old with a pompadour haircut rocketed to stardom. Rydell and his fellow Philadelphia performers were ideal for “Bandstand” host Dick Clark, who sought to make rock n’ roll palatable to young and old. He also made live appearances nationwide on a tour organized by Clark.
Changing musical tastes ushered in by the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion defused the hit-making careers of Rydell and his compatriots, and he continued performing and recording music with limited success in the late 1960s and 1970s. But in 1985, he joined his old friends Avalon and Fabian for what they thought would be a few appearances. They dubbed themselves “The Golden Boys of Bandstand,” and the shows were so successful that the trio ended up touring for three years and performing 300 shows nationwide.
“We weren’t out to prove anything. We just said to ourselves, ‘Here are three Italian kids from South Philadelphia, born and raised within two blocks of each other. Let’s go out there and have fun,’” Rydell told The Atlantic City Weekly in 2006. “That hasn’t changed. I think people see that attitude coming from the stage. It’s a fun show to watch — that’s what’s made it so successful. We have a great time doing it.”
Rydell’s childhood sweetheart and first wife, Camille, died in 2003.
He is survived by his second wife, Linda Hoffman, whom he married in 2009, along with son Robert Ridarelli, daughter Jennifer Dulin, and five grandchildren.
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Former AP staffer JoAnn Loviglio contributed biographical material to this report.
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Follow AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjamesdalton
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Bobby Rydell, 60s teen idol and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ star, dies
(AP) - Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday.
Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia, according to a statement posted by his marketing and event coordinator Maria Novey.
Rydell, who credited a 2012 kidney and liver transplant with extending his life, was 79.
Along with James Darren, Fabian and Frankie Avalon, Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles.
Between 1959 and 1964, he had nearly three dozen Top 40 singles including “Wild One,” “Volare,” “Wildwood Days,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha” and “Forget Him,” a song of consolation for a bereft girl that helped inspire the Beatles’ classic “She Loves You.”
He had recurring roles on “The Red Skelton Show” and other television programs, and 1963′s “Bye Bye Birdie” was rewritten to give Rydell a major part as the boyfriend of Ann-Margret. He didn’t want to move to Hollywood, however, and “Birdie” became his only significant movie role — though the high school in the hit ‘70s musical “Grease” was named for him.
Rydell never strayed far from his Philadelphia roots, living in the area for most of his life. The block of 11th Street where he grew up was christened Bobby Rydell Boulevard by his hometown in 1995.
“I never thought of myself as a celebrity,” he told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2003. “I was just a guy who went out there and worked.”
He was born Robert Ridarelli in a South Philadelphia neighborhood that would also produce teen idols Darren, Fabian and Avalon. They knew each other as children — Rydell played drums with Avalon on trumpet in a group called Rocco and the Saints.
Before he graced the covers of teen magazines and movie screens, Rydell made his bones as a youngster in Philadelphia clubs.
He made his performance debut as a 7-year-old drummer, not a singer. His first drum kit was a gift from his father, Al Ridarelli, who inspired his son’s choice of instrument by taking him to see Gene Krupa perform.
At age 9, he debuted on an amateur television show and became its regular drummer for three years.
Rydell got his big break in 1959 on “American Bandstand,” which originally was broadcast from Philadelphia. His first hit, “Kissing Time,” quickly followed, and the skinny 17-year-old with a pompadour haircut rocketed to stardom. Rydell and his fellow Philadelphia performers were ideal for “Bandstand” host Dick Clark, who sought to make rock n’ roll palatable to young and old. He also made live appearances nationwide on a tour organized by Clark.
Changing musical tastes ushered in by the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion defused the hit-making careers of Rydell and his compatriots, and he continued performing and recording music with limited success in the late 1960s and 1970s. But in 1985, he joined his old friends Avalon and Fabian for what they thought would be a few appearances. They dubbed themselves “The Golden Boys of Bandstand,” and the shows were so successful that the trio ended up touring for three years and performing 300 shows nationwide.
“We weren’t out to prove anything. We just said to ourselves, ‘Here are three Italian kids from South Philadelphia, born and raised within two blocks of each other. Let’s go out there and have fun,’” Rydell told The Atlantic City Weekly in 2006. “That hasn’t changed. I think people see that attitude coming from the stage. It’s a fun show to watch — that’s what’s made it so successful. We have a great time doing it.”
Rydell’s childhood sweetheart and first wife, Camille, died in 2003.
He is survived by his second wife, Linda Hoffman, whom he married in 2009, along with son Robert Ridarelli, daughter Jennifer Dulin, and five grandchildren.
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Former AP staffer JoAnn Loviglio contributed biographical material to this report.
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Follow AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjamesdalton
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Man scheduled to be executed 44 years after raping, killing college student
PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - A man convicted 20 years ago of murdering an Arizona State University student is scheduled to be executed on May 10.
Arizona’s Family reports Clarence Dixon was sentenced to death in the 1977 killing of ASU student Deana Bowdoin in 2002 after that case went cold.
According to authorities, on Jan. 7, 1978, Bowdoin, a 21-year-old ASU student, was raped, strangled, and stabbed to death in her Tempe apartment.
A Tempe detective reopened the case using DNA profiling. Detectives said they were able to pinpoint Dixon as the suspect, who was already serving a life sentence for a 1986 sexual assault conviction.
In 2002, Dixon was indicted for Bowdoin’s murder, and a jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death.
According to officials, Dixon has 20 days to decide on being injected with a lethal drug or executed in a gas chamber. If he doesn’t choose, the lethal injection will serve as the default method of execution.
Dixon will be the first execution in Arizona since 2014 when Joseph Rudolph Wood III was executed at Florence State Prison. Wood was convicted of shooting his estranged girlfriend and her father in 1989.
“I promised Arizona voters that people who commit the ultimate crime get the ultimate punishment,” wrote Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in a statement. “I will continue to fight every day for justice for victims, their families, and our communities.”
One of Dixon’s attorneys, Jennifer Moreno, released the following statement on her client’s planned execution:
“The state has had nearly a year to demonstrate that it will not be carrying out executions with expired drugs but has failed to do so.” Under these circumstances, the execution of Mr. Dixon — a severely mentally ill, visually disabled, and physically frail member of the Navajo Nation — is unconscionable.”
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Clarendon School Districts 2 and 4 to operate on two-hour delays Wednesday
CLARENDON, S.C. (WIS) - Due to the aftermath of weather in the area Tuesday, Clarendon schools will operate on two-hour delayed schedules Wednesday.
“Due to extensive power outages and damage in our area from the storms earlier tonight, all of Clarendon School District 4 will operate on a two-hour delay on Wednesday, April 6th,” an official statement said.
Elementary schools students will report at 9:30 a.m. High schools students will report at 10 a.m.
Clarendon School District Two schools will open at 10:00 am on Wednesday, and students are asked to report at 10 a.m. All employees are asked to report to work at 8:30 a.m.
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Emergency shelter opens in Allendale after tornado, school district closed until Thursday
Published: Apr. 5, 2022 at 10:43 PM EDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
ALLENDALE, S.C. (WIS) - An emergency shelter has opened in Allendale County after a tornado passed through the downtown area Tuesday.
The American Red Cross of SC opened a shelter at Allendale-Fairfax Elementary School at 3305 Allendale-Fairfax Hwy Tuesday.
The Allendale County School District also announced all schools will remain closed on Wednesday, April 6, and move to an eLearning platform.
At this time, schools and offices are scheduled to resume their regular schedule on Thursday, according to a Facebook post.
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FIRST ALERT: Tracking another round of potential strong storms on Wednesday in the Midlands
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Brace yourself! We’re tracking more storms for the Midlands on Wednesday.
First Alert Headlines:
- Tonight, we’ll see quiet conditions across the Midlands. Overnight lows will drop into the 60s.
- Heads up! Wednesday is an Alert Day.
- We’re tracking a cold front that will approach the region Wednesday, giving way to scattered rain and storms. Some storms could be strong to severe, especially for areas along and south of I-20. Gusty winds and isolated tornadoes are possible.
- Drier weather pushes in for Friday. It will be breezy. Highs will be in the mid 60s.
- Much cooler weather pushes in for Saturday. Highs will be in the upper 50s! Lows will be in the upper 30s.
First Alert Weather Story:
After an active severe weather day with several tornado warnings and some confirmed tornadoes in the Midlands, we’re keeping an eye on yet another round of strong storms that could impact the area Wednesday.
First, for tonight, we’ll see a few clouds over the area. Most of the area will remain dry. Low temperatures will be in the lower 60s.
Heads up! Wednesday is an Alert Day.
Another round of rain and storms will arrive with a cold front. That front will push storms our way, mainly by Wednesday afternoon and evening. Areas along and south of I-20 will have the best chance to see strong to severe storms Wednesday.
In fact, parts of the area are under a Slight Risk of severe storms. We’ll need to watch for the potential for isolated tornadoes to develop along with gusty winds. We could see periods of heavy rain. While we don’t believe we’ll see as many severe storms like we saw today, don’t let your guard down. Rain chances are around 50%. Some rain will likely stick around overnight into early Thursday.
High temperatures will be in the low 80s Wednesday.
By Thursday, after a few early showers, we’ll see our sky conditions gradually improve. Rain chances are around 20-30%. Highs will be in the mid 70s.
Cooler weather arrives for Friday. It will be breezy. High temperatures will cool into the mid 60s.
Even cooler weather pushes in for Saturday. In fact, high temperatures will be in the upper 50s! By Saturday night, low temperatures will drop into the mid to upper 30s. Bundle up!!
Sunday brings sunshine and highs in the 60s.
Tonight: A few clouds. Mild. Lows in the 60s.
Alert Day Wednesday: Partly to Mostly Cloudy. Scattered Rain & Storms (50%). Some storms could be strong to severe. Highs in the low 80s.
Thursday: Partly Cloudy. Chance of Early Showers (20-30%). Warm. Highs in the mid 70s.
Friday: Sunny and Breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
Saturday: A Few Clouds. Breezy and Cool. Highs in the upper 50s. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
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Fox bites man, putting Capitol Hill on high alert
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill has a fox problem. And that’s not the lead-in to a joke.
Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., learned firsthand Monday evening while walking to the Capitol for votes. Now he’s undergoing a series of four rabies shots out of an abundance of caution.
Bera said he felt something lunge at him from behind as he walked near one of the Senate office buildings. He turned and used his umbrella to fend off what he thought would be a small dog, but he soon realized he was tangling with a fox.
Bera said the encounter lasted about 15 seconds. A bystander yelled to alert others and the fox fled as U.S. Capitol Police officers ran up on the scene. A medical doctor, Bera looked for puncture wounds. He didn’t see evidence of any, but there was some abrasion, so he consulted the Capitol physician, who told him not to take any chances and to get treated.
He said he went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after votes for the first of a series of four shots.
“I would say it’s the most unusual day on the Hill in 10 years,” Bera said of his experience.
Of course, there were many joking references to Fox News at the Capitol on Tuesday. But the House Sergeant at Arms was serious when telling lawmakers and their staffs Tuesday afternoon that there had been multiple recent fox encounters and that the animals should not be approached.
The warning noted that there are possibly several fox dens on the Capitol grounds and that animal control personnel would be seeking to trap and locate any that they find.
In at least one case, they were successful. Capitol Police tweeted pictures of one fox safely captured in a cage.
Bera harbored no ill will toward the culprit.
“Hopefully, the animal can be relocated,” he said.
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Man scheduled to be executed 44 years after raping, killing college student
PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - A man convicted 20 years ago of murdering an Arizona State University student is scheduled to be executed on May 10.
Arizona’s Family reports Clarence Dixon was sentenced to death in the 1977 killing of ASU student Deana Bowdoin in 2002 after that case went cold.
According to authorities, on Jan. 7, 1978, Bowdoin, a 21-year-old ASU student, was raped, strangled, and stabbed to death in her Tempe apartment.
A Tempe detective reopened the case using DNA profiling. Detectives said they were able to pinpoint Dixon as the suspect, who was already serving a life sentence for a 1986 sexual assault conviction.
In 2002, Dixon was indicted for Bowdoin’s murder, and a jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death.
According to officials, Dixon has 20 days to decide on being injected with a lethal drug or executed in a gas chamber. If he doesn’t choose, the lethal injection will serve as the default method of execution.
Dixon will be the first execution in Arizona since 2014 when Joseph Rudolph Wood III was executed at Florence State Prison. Wood was convicted of shooting his estranged girlfriend and her father in 1989.
“I promised Arizona voters that people who commit the ultimate crime get the ultimate punishment,” wrote Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in a statement. “I will continue to fight every day for justice for victims, their families, and our communities.”
One of Dixon’s attorneys, Jennifer Moreno, released the following statement on her client’s planned execution:
“The state has had nearly a year to demonstrate that it will not be carrying out executions with expired drugs but has failed to do so.” Under these circumstances, the execution of Mr. Dixon — a severely mentally ill, visually disabled, and physically frail member of the Navajo Nation — is unconscionable.”
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Twitter says it’s testing an ‘edit’ button
(AP) - Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board.
Twitter said it will test the feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.” So it may be a while before most Twitter users get to use it, if they ever do. Twitter spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to say whether an edit feature might be rolled out for all users.
Many Twitter users — among them, Kim Kardashian, Ice T, Katy Perry and McDonald’s corporate account — have long begged for an edit button. The company itself recently teased users with an April Fool’s Day tweet saying “we are working on an edit button.” The official Twitter account said Tuesday that the April 1 tweet wasn’t a joke and that it has been working on it since last year.
Twitter also said it didn’t get the idea from a Twitter poll launched by Tesla CEO Musk Monday evening. Musk, himself a Twitter power user, asked followers if they wanted an edit button, cheekily misspelling “yes” as “yse” and “no” as “on.” More than 4 million people had voted as of Tuesday evening.
Musk also tweeted that he is looking forward to making “significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!”
Twitter’s vice president of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, tweeted Tuesday that an edit function has for years been Twitter’s most requested new feature, noting that people want to fix mistakes, typos, and “hot takes.”
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had said that Twitter had considered an edit button, but in a January 2020 Q&A maintained that “we’ll probably never do it.” He noted that Twitter’s current setup keeps the spirit of its text-message origins — texts can’t be edited — and the confusion that could result from users making changes to a tweet that has already been heavily circulated by others. Dorsey stepped down as CEO in November 2021.
People who study Twitter also say adding an edit button would likely change the nature of Twitter, making it less valuable as a historical warehouse that stores official statements by politicians and other high-profile people. Twitter, for better or worse, “has become the de facto news wire,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University communications professor and an expert on social media who researches propaganda.
Tweets are often embedded in news stories, which could cause problems if the users edit important or controversial tweets without leaving evidence of the original statement. Grygiel suggested instead giving Twitter users a window of time to edit their tweets before they publish them.
Letting powerful Twitter users edit their tweets means they would not be historical statements anymore, Grygiel said. “We need to think about what the implications are, what these tweets are, who has power.”
The company acknowledged those concerns Tuesday evening when Sullivan tweeted: “Without things like time limits, controls, and transparency about what has been edited, Edit could be misused to alter the record of the public conversation. Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work.”
Musk, too, had said that a proposal for a post-publication edit window of a few minutes " sounds reasonable.”
Musk is someone who could seemingly use an edit button. His tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 per share, when funding was not secured, led to a $40 million SEC settlement and a requirement that Musk’s tweets be approved by a corporate lawyer. Musk is still embroiled in a fight over that settlement.
Twitter had earlier seemed to be taking a tongue-in-cheek approach to Musk’s poll. Twitter’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, retweeted the poll with a seeming reference to an earlier tweet by Musk, saying “The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.” Musk had used the same language in a March tweet describing another of his polls that asked whether Twitter adheres to free speech principles.
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Walmart employees in Manning evacuate building due to potential gas leak, store floods during storm
MANNING, S.C. (WIS) - The Walmart Supercenter in Manning flooded as a result of Tuesday’s storm that passed through the Midlands.
Manning Mayor Julia Nelson says there are damages in the parking lot, as well.
“As a precaution, employees were evacuated due to a possible gas leak,” Nelson said.
Wow! Damage at the Walmart in Manning. Here's an update from Mayor Julia Nelson. "As a precaution, employees were evacuated due to a possible gas leak. We have a couple of trees down in a few areas." @wis10 pic.twitter.com/YewyEyfNSc
— Billie Jean Shaw (@BillieJeanTV) April 6, 2022
The mayor says regarding the city limits of Manning, a couple of trees are also down in the area.
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MEXICO CITY, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 4, 2022, the First District Court in Bankruptcy Proceeding Matters, which is located in Mexico City and has jurisdiction throughout Mexico published a ruling by means of which it declared ALPHA HOLDING, S.A. DE C.V., ALPHACREDIT CAPITAL, S.A. DE C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R., and ACERCÁNDONOS,. A.P.I. DE C.V., in bankruptcy proceeding (concurso mercantil), derived from the bankruptcy proceeding (concurso mercantil) pre-pack petition filed by such entities.
About Alpha Credit©
About Alpha Credit© is a technology-enabled, financial services company in Latin America that has historically provided consumer loans to individuals and financial solutions for SMEs in Mexico and Colombia.
Forward-looking statements
This release includes "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and reflect the Company's current views about future events. The words "believe," "estimate," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "will," "intend," "seek," "could," "should," "may," "potential" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. Although the Company believes that its expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions, certain risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this release. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks associated with our ongoing creditor discussions, including our ability to negotiate agreements with our creditors on commercially favorable terms or at all, limitations on the availability of capital, volatility in the Company's business, and the Company's ability to comply with its financial and other covenants and metrics in its financing agreements. Any forward- looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any other forward-looking statements made by the Company, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Butterfly Network, Inc. f/k/a Longview Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: BFLY) (a) between February 16, 2021 and November 15, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), and/or (b) all holders of Butterfly common stock as of the record date for the special meeting of shareholders held on February 12, 2021 to consider approval of the merger between Longview and Butterfly (the "Merger") and entitled to vote on the Merger, of the important April 18, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Butterfly securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Butterfly class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3602 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 18, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the Proxy was negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing its preparation. Additionally, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, the Proxy and defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Butterfly had overstated its post-Merger business and financial prospects; (2) notwithstanding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Butterfly's financial projections failed to take into account the pandemic's broad consequences, which included healthcare logistical challenges, and medical personnel fatigue; (3) accordingly, Butterfly's gross margin levels and revenue projections were less sustainable than the Company had represented; (4) all the foregoing was reasonably likely to have a material negative impact on Butterfly's business and financial condition; and (5) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Butterfly action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3602 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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ARNSTADT, Germany, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 4, Contemporary Amperex Technology Thuringia GmbH (CATT), CATL's first plant outside of China, received the 2nd partial approval for the commissioning of a new plant for battery cell production from the state of Thuringia, Germany, marking a significant milestone for CATL's global footprint expansion despite the pandemic.
At the ceremony held in CATT at the Erfurter Kreuz industrial area, Anja Siegesmund, Thuringia's Minister of Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, and Wolfgang Tiefensee, Thuringia's Minister of Economy, handed over the permit to Matthias Zentgraf, CATL's President for Europe, allowing an initial capacity of 8 GWh per year for the plant.
The construction of the plant, which is also Germany's first battery factory, is in the final stage and the installation of machines is in full swing so that the first cells can roll off the assembly lines by the end of 2022.
"CATT provides a fundamental impetus for the urgently needed energy transition, and we are glad to be the first company to receive approval to manufacture batteries 'Made in Germany'," said Zentgraf, adding that the cooperation with the authorities during the approval process worked in an exemplary manner.
E-mobility in Germany is currently gaining immense momentum, and the state needs companies that are committed to taking sustainability and conservation into account right from the production stage, said Siegesmund.
"For Thuringia, CATT is one of the most important industrial investments in recent decades," said Tiefensee. "At the same time, the project could be the initial spark for the emergence of a 'Battery Valley Thuringia,' as the first batch of CATL's supplier companies have settled around the area."
CATT consists of two buildings: G1, an existing building purchased from another company and where cells are assembled to modules, and G2, a newly-built plant by CATT and where cells will be produced. The approval on Monday was issued to permit cell production of G2.
With clean rooms, technical cleanliness and constant humidity, the plant is almost as complex as a chip factory. Meanwhile, the plant generates part of its power from the solar power panels on the rooftop of the building in an effort to produce sustainably.
With a total investment of 1.8 billion euro, CATL plans to achieve a production capacity of 14GWh and create 2,000 jobs in Germany in the future.
Located at the heart of Germany, the plant is poised to provide high-quality products and services for major carmakers in Germany, thus promoting the electric mobility and energy transformation in Europe.
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SHENZHEN, China, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese leading logistics and energy equipment supplier China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd posted approximately 163.7 billion yuan ($25.7 billion) in operating revenue in 2021, a 74-percent growth year-on-year, marking the first time for the company to hit the 100-billion-yuan line.
It also represents the fastest growth the company has made in nearly 10 years. Operating revenue of CIMC stood at 94.2 billion yuan in 2020.
Its operating profit increased 81 percent on a yearly basis to reach 13.47 billion yuan in 2021, breaking the historical record.
The company plans to distribute a full-year dividend of 0.69 yuan per share to its shareholders, with total cash payment of about 2.48 billion yuan, accounting for 38.22 percent of its net profit.
According to the Fortune Global 500 between 2018 and 2021, minimum operating revenue of companies on the list ranged from $24 billion to $25.3 billion, which translates into about 150 billion yuan to 160 billion yuan. Based on the current foreign exchange rate, that means CIMC could join the Fortune Global 500 club this year.
Six major segments of business -- container; vehicles; energy, chemical and food equipment; airports, firefighting and automated logistics equipment; offshore; logistics -- accounted for over 90 percent of CIMC's total operating revenue in 2021. Among them, container manufacturing, the company's core business, contributed roughly 40 percent of the total.
The container business achieved an operating revenue of 65.97 billion yuan in 2021, surging 197.64 percent compared with a year earlier. Net profit of the business segment soared 469.94 percent year-on-year to hit 11.33 billion yuan. The significant growth was driven by the dual impact of COVID-19 pandemic and cycle of shipping industry.
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- Gross revenue of $39.19 million for Fiscal Year 2021, a 149% increase over last year
- Achieved record quarterly gross revenues of $12.37 million, a 27% increase quarter over quarter; with record monthly gross revenue of $5.18 million in December 2021
- Achieved record quarterly net revenue of $9.47 million, a 30% increase quarter over quarter
- Improved gross margin (before changes in fair value adjustments) to 32% for Q4
- Reduced G&A expenses by 28% quarter over quarter
- Completed strategic acquisition of Galaxie Brands Corporation, the exclusive Canadian producer of Wyld edibles
- Significantly increased market share in 28g and 3.5g flower category and in hash category
TORONTO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the "Company" or "TGOD") (CSE: TGOD) (OTC: TGODF), a sustainable global cannabis company, reports its results for the three months ended December 31, 2021 ("Fourth Quarter" or "Q4 2021") and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 ("Fiscal Year 2021"). These filings are available for review on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
All financial information is provided in Canadian dollars except where otherwise indicated.
Management Commentary
"We closed 2021 with strong momentum as we saw significant growth quarter-over-quarter, reflecting continued execution of our strategic plan as we remain focused on quality, consistency and transparency. We are seeing the early benefit of our enhanced sales strategy which has accelerated sell-through. Our two-prong approach of onboarding key retail chains while having boots on the ground with our dedicated sales force is starting to bear fruit," said Sean Bovingdon, CEO of TGOD. "We are on track to hit our positive Adjusted EBITDA(1) target in Q2 2022, with continued monthly sales progression from the strong month of December," added Bovingdon.
Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2021 Financial Highlights
The Company:
- For Fiscal Year 2021 the gross revenue from cannabis products was $39.19 million, an increase of 149% from Fiscal Year 2020. The Company has adapted to the market dynamics and in the prior year, launched its Highly Dutch brand for the price conscious consumer and continues to grow its premium flower and hash offerings, both of which have contributed to the increase in current year revenues.
- Continued sales improvement in adult-use cannabis products with gross revenues increasing by 27% during Q4 2021 to $11.06 million, in comparison to $8.69 million in Q3 2021.
- Sales in medical cannabis products increased by 79% during Q4 2021 to $0.99 million, in comparison to $0.55 million in Q3 2021.
- Net revenue increased to $9.47 million in Q4 2021, an increase of $2.19 million or 30% quarter over quarter.
- Recorded gross margin (before changes in fair value) in Q4 2021 of 32% ("Gross Margin") an improvement of 3% quarter over quarter, reflecting production efficiencies and higher net revenues with lower excise duties than the previous quarter due to sales mix of products. The Company believes Gross Margin and Net Revenue in Canada will continue to increase as it sells proportionately more premium flower, which should result in achieving breakeven Adjusted EBITDA(1).
- General and administrative ("G&A") expenses of $4.57 million for Q4 2021, represent a 28% decrease of $1.80 million compared to Q3 2021. The Company will continue to focus on cost discipline and savings in G&A in 2022.
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) loss was $3.31 million for Q4 2021, representing a 40% improvement compared to Q3 2021, and was $22.60 million for the Fiscal Year being a 35% improvement of $11.93 million over 2020.
- Loss from operations in Q4 2021 of $5.67 million, an improvement of $3.48 million from Q3 2021. Losses from operations were $28.74 million for Fiscal Year 2021, compared to $40.96 million for the same period in the prior year primarily due to the improvement in revenues and reduction of G&A expenses.
- As of December 31, 2021, the Company had a positive working capital of $25.72 million (December 31, 2020 - $22.0 million negative working capital) primarily due to the repayment of its senior secured first lien credit facility, modifying its debt under its secured revolving facility (the "Revolver Loan") to amend the maturity date to June 2023, and reducing accounts payable with the funds received from the Revolver Loan, ATM equity financings and warrant exercises in 2021. The total consolidated cash position was $4.31 million including $0.22 million of restricted cash (December 31, 2020 – $11.83 million of which $0.62 million was restricted cash). This cash will be used primarily towards covering working capital requirements and operating costs as the Company moves towards achieving positive operating cashflow.
Other Strategic Initiatives
- On November 4, 2021, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with Acosta Canada Corp ("Acosta") for exclusive and dedicated sales representation of TGOD's adult recreational cannabis brands in key provinces across Canada. The Company made the strategic decision to move away from a syndicated sales model to enable scaled growth with a dedicated sales force through greater product education, market penetration and distribution for its TGOD™, Highly Dutch Organic™ and Ripple™ brand portfolios in the key markets of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoundland. The Company also added a Regional Manager role for Quebec and Atlantic Canada to its team and named a Regional Manager in Calgary to support its presence in Western Canada.
- TGOD is now in 1,554 stores across the country, as it continues to increase distribution, including going from zero locations to over 370 locations in key retail chains in 2021. Pricing has remained stable with consumers gravitating towards higher quality, high THC flower with strong terpene profiles.
- In 2021, the Company has expanded its international footprint as it completed its first commercial shipments for the Australian and South African medical cannabis market. The Company expects to introduce more cannabis products to those markets later in 2022.
- On November 17, 2021, the Company acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of Galaxie Brands Corporation ("Galaxie"). Galaxie is focused on product innovation, branding and manufacturing 2.0 products. Galaxie creates and produces a range of products including premium cannabis edibles, infused pre-rolls, flavoured vapes, oils and solventless products. It also provides manufacturing and product development services to partners across Canada.
- The Company continues to work with advisors to facilitate the sale of HemPoland.
Key Updates Subsequent to the Quarter:
- The Company has continued to grow revenues and expects a similar growth trajectory achieved in 2021 to continue into 2022, as it heads towards positive operating cashflow. The decision to move to a dedicated sales force continues to enhance sales velocity with the team achieving more than 5,800 visits since early December. The visibility has driven brand recognition of TGOD™, Highly Dutch Organic™, Ripple™ and Cruuzy™.
- As a result of the Company's quality flower products and key retail chain penetration, revenues have continued to ramp up. With recent product launches and over 20 new skus already approved for listing, the Company expects key product launches for its product portfolio to be a key catalyst to grow revenues.
- Galaxie is the exclusive producer of Wyld edibles in Canada. Currently sitting at 25 listings across the country, Wyld will continue to add additional skus and distribution points through 2022.
- In February 2022, the Company has hit significant milestones across the product portfolio in Ontario according to sales data from the OCS, specifically:
- On March 10, 2022, the Company announced that it had amended and restated the credit agreement dated September 29, 2021, as amended by a first amendment dated November 20, 2021, relating to the Revolver Loan (the "Credit Agreement"). The Company and its Canadian lender agreed to, amongst other things: (i) increase the revolving facility limit by $5.0 million to $30.0 million; (ii) allow certain eligible inventory to be included as collateral; and (iii) relax certain covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement; subject to the satisfaction of the various conditions set out therein. All other terms of the Credit Agreement will remain the same as before, including the maturity date of June 30, 2023.
- Member of the Board of Directors ("Board") and Chair of the Audit Committee Nicholas Kirton has announced his retirement from the Board effective today. Since joining the Board in 2018, Nick has provided strategic leadership and valuable counsel to the Board and the TGOD team. The Company wishes to thank Nick for his service and dedication to helping grow shareholder value and ensuring good governance. Director Chris Schnarr has been appointed as the new Chair of the Audit Committee.
Investor Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results
Management will host a conference call with analysts on April 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results. Participants may access the call by dialing 416-764-8688 (Toronto) or 1-888-390-0546 (North America); Conference ID 50503996. A replay of the call will also be available through April 13, 2022, by dialing 1-416-764-8677 or 1-888-390-0541 (Passcode: 503996#).
About The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd.
The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (CSE: TGOD) (US–OTC: TGODF) is a sustainable, global cannabis company with a focus on innovation, quality, consistency, integrity and transparency. By leveraging science and technology, TGOD harnesses the power of nature from seed to sale. The Company is committed to cultivating a better tomorrow by producing its products responsibly, with less waste and impact on the environment. In Canada, TGOD serves the recreational market with a brand portfolio including The Green Organic Dutchman, Highly Dutch Organics, Ripple by TGOD and Cruuzy brands, and the medical markets in Canada, South Africa, Australia, and Germany. All cannabis utilized in products for The Green Organic Dutchman and Highly Dutch Organics brands is grown through a certified organic process, which includes living soil, filtered rainwater, sunlight, and natural inputs.
TGOD's Common Shares and Warrants issued under the indentures dated December 19, 2019, June 12, 2020, October 23, 2020 and December 10, 2020 trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") under the symbol "TGOD", "TGOD.WS", "TGOD.WR", "TGOD.WA", and "TGOD.WB" respectively. TGOD's Common Shares trade in the U.S. on the OTCQX under the symbol "TGODF". For more information on The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd., please visit www.tgod.ca.
(1)Non-GAAP Measures, Reconciliation and Discussion
This press release contains references to "Adjusted EBITDA" which is a non-international financial reporting standards ("IFRS") measure (a "Non-GAAP Measure"). Management defines Adjusted EBITDA as loss for the period, as reported, adjusted for deferred income tax recovery, foreign exchange gains and losses, finance costs, finance income, share of loss on investments in associates, revaluation of contingent consideration, loss (gain) on disposal of assets, impairment of investment in associates, impairment (reversal of impairment) charge for non-financial assets, loss on derecognition of investment in joint venture, impairment loss on remeasurement of disposal group, loss on assets held for sale, debt modification, acquisition related costs, change in fair value of investments, realized fair value adjustment on sale of inventories, unrealized gain on changes in fair value of biological assets, share based compensation, depreciation and amortization. This measure does not have any standardized meaning according to IFRS and, therefore, may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
Management believes Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information as it is a commonly used measure in the capital markets to approximate operating earnings. The Company provides the Non-GAAP Measure as supplemental information and in addition to the financial measures that are calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS. The Non-GAAP Measure is also presented because management believes such measures provide information which is useful to shareholders and investors in understanding its performance and which may assist in the evaluation of the Company's business relative to that of its peers. Management believes the Non-GAAP Measure is a useful financial metric to assess the Company's operating performance on a cash basis before the impact of non-cash items, and on an adjusted basis as described above. However, such Non-GAAP Measure should not be considered superior to, as a substitute for or as an alternative to, and should only be considered in conjunction with, the most comparable Non-GAAP Measure.
Reconciliations of the Non-GAAP Measure are presented in the Company's management's discussion and analysis for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (the "Y/E MD&A"). The Non-GAAP Measure should not be considered superior to, as a substitute for, or as an alternative to, and should be considered in conjunction with the IFRS financial measures presented in the Company's financial statements. For more information, please see "Non-GAAP Performance Measures" in the Company's Y/E MD&A, which is available under the Company's profile on www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Statements
This news release includes statements containing certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities law ("forward-looking statements"). Forward looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements about future revenue, gross margin and Adjusted EBITDA, statements about production timing, statements about future production and manufacturing, statements about achievement of positive cash flow and value for shareholders, statements about reduction in general and administrative expenses, statements about potential international sales or activities, statements about the offering of any particular products by the Company in any jurisdiction and statements regarding the future performance of the Company, statements about future development and delivery of products, statements about the potential future revenue and cost synergies, statements about potential entry into the U.S. market, and statements about the level of demand for TGOD's and Galaxie's products. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "should", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. These statements are only predictions. Various assumptions were used in drawing the conclusions or making the projections contained in the forward-looking statements throughout this news release. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties (including market conditions) and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including those risk factors described in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form filed with Canadian securities regulators and available on the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information or forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
Neither the CSE nor the CSE's Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of CSE) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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For every $1 Donated, Kinecta will Match $2 up to $50,000. Donations to Address Immediate Humanitarian Needs
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinecta Federal Credit Union joins the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, the fundraising and engagement arm of the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), on its Ukrainian Credit Union Displacement Fund campaign. Kinecta is committed to supporting those impacted by the ongoing crisis and asks members and non-members to make donations at any of its locations or online at https://kinecta.ejoinme.org/ukrainianrelief through April 18, 2022. For every $1 donated, Kinecta will match $2 towards Ukrainian relief efforts up to $50,000.
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions will primarily direct support to vetted non-governmental organizations that are providing emergency humanitarian assistance in Ukraine and in neighboring European countries hosting Ukrainian refugees. Other collected funds will be donated to mitigate both short- and long-term impacts to Ukraine's credit union system and those that look to it for support, including both employees and members.
"Kinecta is committed to the communities we serve at home and abroad, our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine and everyone affected by the ongoing crisis," said Keith Sultemeier, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kinecta. "Please join us in supporting Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions' Ukrainian Credit Union Displacement Fund campaign to address immediate humanitarian needs for those still in Ukraine and for more than four million Ukrainian refugees who have fled the country."
Once the situation is stable, WOCCU will work on recovery and rebuilding efforts in collaboration with the Ukrainian American Credit Union Association, which represents 12 credit unions serving the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States. WOCCU acts as the leading voice for global advocacy and development on behalf of the international credit union community, and it continues to promote economic freedom and the sustainable growth of financial cooperatives across the globe through education, collaboration, and community-based development projects.
During 2021, Kinecta, its subsidiaries, and employees donated over $880,000 to charitable causes, volunteered over 5,100 hours, and participated in over 225 community events. To learn more about Kinecta's community outreach programs and activities, visit kinecta.org/community.
About Kinecta Federal Credit Union
Kinecta Federal Credit Union is the country's 35th largest credit union, with assets of $6.6 billion and over 270,000 member-owners. Its 800+ employees serve members from 31 branches, a variety of specialty offices, and highly responsive call centers on both coasts. Banking the Southern California area for more than 80 years, with recent expansion into New York, New Jersey, and Northern California, Kinecta offers its members a full range of financial products through the Credit Union and its subsidiaries, Kinecta Wealth Management and Kinecta Insurance Services. Kinecta has been recognized by the Mortgage Bankers Association as a recipient of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Residential Leadership Award, and received the Best of Show award granted by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Technology Council. Daily Breeze readers have named Kinecta a top credit union for the past 11 years in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Kinecta supports its communities in a variety of ways, by giving back through the Kinecta Community Foundation as well as serving as the official financial services partner of the LA Galaxy, and sponsor of the Rochester Americans and Rochester Red Wings. To learn more about Kinecta, visit kinecta.org.
About Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions is the fundraising and engagement arm of the World Council of Credit Unions (World Council), the global trade association and development platform for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach. World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 90 countries. Worldwide, 86,451 credit unions in 118 countries serve 375 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.
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ST. HELIER, Jersey, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Komainu Holdings Ltd ("the Company"), which operates as a regulated digital asset custody services provider built by institutions for institutions, today announced the establishment of a Singapore-based operating entity, Komainu Singapore Pte. Ltd. ("Komainu Singapore"). The new operating entity marks the next phase of the Company's global expansion, extending its presence into the APAC region.
Building upon its two-year track record of servicing institutions with a secure, transparent and compliant custody solution, Komainu Singapore will provide a foothold within the APAC region to extend its custody solution to Asia-based institutions within the APAC marketplace.
Henson Orser, President of Komainu commented on today's news, "Opening an operating entity within the APAC region is a major milestone for our organization. We see the APAC market as underserved and with institutions globally looking to add digital assets to their portfolios, there is a need for institutional grade custody providers that understand the complex regulatory landscape. We are excited to initiate our operations within the region and work with institutions and the local regulators to provide clients with ease-of-mind when investing in digital assets."
Komainu is actively expanding its headcount in Singapore to promote its local growth as well as its expansion into the wider APAC region. Working collaboratively with Nomura, one of Komainu's founding partners, Komainu Singapore will provide the governance framework for institutions looking to enter into the digital asset space in Asia.
Sebastian Widmann, Head of Strategy at Komainu, explained that "Singapore is quickly becoming the main financial hub for digital assets in the APAC region, driven by proactive regulatory developments, the presence of global institutions and a strong local talent pool, which will further facilitate Komainu's expansion plans in the region."
About Komainu
Komainu is the first hybrid custodian for institutional digital asset investors created by the Japanese investment bank, Nomura, digital asset manager, CoinShares and digital asset security company, Ledger. Komainu is providing decentralized and secure digital asset custody through a single application-based solution for institutions, offering multi-asset support and regulatory compliance. Headquartered in Jersey, Channel Islands, Komainu merges institutional financial services with leading security standards for the next generation of institutional custody.
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SEATTLE, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea Mar Community Health Centers ("Sea Mar"), a non-profit organization that provides healthcare services to underserved communities in the state of Washington, has learned of additional information involved in a previously-reported data security incident that may have impacted data belonging to current and former Sea Mar patients and other individuals associated with Sea Mar.
On June 24, 2021, Sea Mar was informed that certain Sea Mar data may have been copied from its digital environment by an unauthorized actor. Upon receipt of this information, Sea Mar immediately took steps to secure its environment and commenced an investigation with the assistance of leading, independent cybersecurity experts. Through the investigation, Sea Mar learned that certain data may have been copied from its digital environment between December 2020 and March 2021 and provided notification to individuals known to have been potentially impacted.
In January and March 2022, Sea Mar learned of additional data that may have been copied from its digital environment, and, upon review, identified that such data contained personal and protected health information. The additional data contained the following personal and protected health information: Name, date of birth, and, in some cases, Social Security number and/or driver's license information.
Sea Mar has provided notice of the incident on its website to alert all potentially impacted individuals of this incident and the update related thereto. The notice includes information about the incident and steps that potentially impacted individuals can take to protect their information.
The privacy and protection of personal and protected health information is a top priority for Sea Mar, which deeply regrets any inconvenience or concern this incident may cause. Sea Mar is continuing to work with cybersecurity experts to take steps to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future. Sea Mar has also established a toll-free call center to answer questions about the incident. Call center representatives are available Monday through Friday from 6:00 am – 3:30 pm Pacific Time and can be reached at 1-855-651-2684.
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TMX)'s sale to Rentokil Initial plc. If you are a Terminix shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI)'s sale to funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC for $11.00 per share in cash. If you are a MoneyGram shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
IntriCon Corporation (NASDAQ: IIN)'s sale to an affiliate of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC for $24.25 per share. If you are an IntriCon shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: WLL)'s sale to Oasis Petroleum Inc. for 0.5774 shares of Oasis common stock and $6.25 in cash per share. If you are a Whiting shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Halper Sadeh LLP may seek increased consideration for shareholders, additional disclosures and information concerning the proposed transaction, or other relief and benefits on behalf of shareholders.
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Vectrus, Inc. (NYSE: VEC)'s merger with The Vertex Company. If you are a Vectrus shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE: SWM)'s merger with Neenah, Inc. Following the closing of the transaction, Schweitzer-Mauduit shareholders will own approximately 58% of the combined company, and Neenah shareholders will own approximately 42% of the combined company, respectively, on a fully diluted basis. If you are a Schweitzer-Mauduit shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Huttig Building Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBP)'s sale to Woodgrain Inc. for $10.70 per share. If you are a Huttig Building shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NASDAQ: OAS)'s merger with Whiting Petroleum Corporation. If you are an Oasis shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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CHICAGO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Winston & Strawn Partner and Presidential Nominee Kathi Vidal has been confirmed by the United States Senate as Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Kathi will lead the USPTO's 13,000+ employees and its nearly $4 billion budget. She will also serve as the principal advisor to the President of the United States and the administration, through the Secretary of Commerce, on all intellectual property policy matters.
Kathi served as Managing Partner of Winston & Strawn's Silicon Valley office and served on the firm's Executive Committee. One of the country's leading patent litigators, Kathi is nationally recognized for leading and trying high-profile technology- and medical device-focused patent and other intellectual property disputes on behalf of leading companies, small to medium-size companies, and startups. Her work encompasses district court and ITC litigation as well as litigation before the USPTO (specifically, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board) and appeals to the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court. She has also worked to protect U.S. innovation in cross-border disputes and has been involved in policy development in the standard-setting space.
"We congratulate Kathi on her confirmation and wish her the very best in this essential role driving innovation and energizing the global economy," said Winston Chairman Tom Fitzgerald. "We are proud of the exceptional work Kathi has done to assist our clients and to advance the profession at large. We will miss her tremendous contributions to those clients and to our firm. As Undersecretary and USPTO Director, I have no doubt Kathi will apply her tireless dedication, ingenuity, and vision to driving the country forward."
"I have seen our intellectual property system at its best: incentivizing research and development that leads to new technologies and improvements to existing technology," said Kathi when testifying before the Senate. "I have also seen that we can do better—that we can work together to build an intellectual property system that is more predictable, reliable, and transparent." Kathi noted that she is "prepared for the challenges we face" and is committed to strengthening our intellectual property system to become one "in which the American people and our inventors, creators, and investors will have even more confidence."
At Winston & Strawn, Kathi represented both plaintiffs and defendants and demonstrated a deep understanding of the points of view of stakeholders on intellectual property issues.
"She (Kathi) clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and has spent 25 years as an intellectual property litigator in private practice," said California Senator Diane Feinstein during Kathi's Senate confirmation hearing. "It is very clear to me that she has a very deep knowledge of intellectual property law and the important work conducted the USPTO. This will truly serve her well."
"With her background as an engineer and a patent lawyer, Kathi is no stranger to diversity and inclusion challenges in our innovation ecosystem," said California Senator Alex Padilla during the hearing. "In private practice, Kathi has championed efforts to improve the diversity of law firms, especially at the intersection of law, technology, and regulatory policy. She has also founded the Next Generation Lawyers initiative to advocate for training and opportunities for junior lawyers. Throughout her career, Kathi has developed a reputation for thoughtful and insightful decision-making, and I know that these qualities will serve her well as director of the USPTO."
"The arrival at the USPTO of Kathi Vidal provides a basis for some hope that the coordination between the USPTO and the Federal Circuit will get much better," said Paul R. Michel, retired Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit.
Outside of the law, in addition to being a mother of two boys, Kathi is a member of Fortune's Most Powerful Women and sat on numerous boards, including SuperPhone (a smart-texting startup), ChIPs (women in policy, law, and technology), and Cinequest (the Silicon Valley Film Festival). Kathi regularly works to advance diversity and equality and mentors women from underdeveloped countries through the State Department's mentorship program. She is an avid photographer whose works have appeared in magazines and advertisements. Kathi is also a perpetual athlete who has played NCAA and USVBA volleyball, run numerous marathons, and won the Northeast Region of the United States crew regatta.
Winston & Strawn partners have a proud and long-standing tradition of accepting leading roles in public service—the most recent being the appointment of Partner Julissa Reynoso as Chief of Staff to First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and her more recent nomination to be the Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, and the nomination of former Partner Thomas Kirsch to serve as Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Kathi received her B.S. from Binghamton University in 1990 and her M.S. in electrical engineering from Syracuse University in 1992. She received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 1996, where she was editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Winston & Strawn LLP is an international law firm with 15 offices located in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe. More information about the firm is available at www.winston.com.
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MEXICO CITY, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 4, 2022, the First District Court in Bankruptcy Proceeding Matters, which is located in Mexico City and has jurisdiction throughout Mexico published a ruling by means of which it declared ALPHA HOLDING, S.A. DE C.V., ALPHACREDIT CAPITAL, S.A. DE C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R., and ACERCÁNDONOS,. A.P.I. DE C.V., in bankruptcy proceeding (concurso mercantil), derived from the bankruptcy proceeding (concurso mercantil) pre-pack petition filed by such entities.
About Alpha Credit©
About Alpha Credit© is a technology-enabled, financial services company in Latin America that has historically provided consumer loans to individuals and financial solutions for SMEs in Mexico and Colombia.
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This release includes "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and reflect the Company's current views about future events. The words "believe," "estimate," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "will," "intend," "seek," "could," "should," "may," "potential" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. Although the Company believes that its expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions, certain risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this release. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks associated with our ongoing creditor discussions, including our ability to negotiate agreements with our creditors on commercially favorable terms or at all, limitations on the availability of capital, volatility in the Company's business, and the Company's ability to comply with its financial and other covenants and metrics in its financing agreements. Any forward- looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any other forward-looking statements made by the Company, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
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