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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – An early morning car crash sent two drivers to the hospital early Saturday morning on the northeast side of Fort Wayne.
Police confirmed to WANE 15 the crash happened at the intersection of Flutter and Wheelock Rd.
The call came in around 1:20 a.m. Saturday morning.
All drivers were taken to the hospital.
Their conditions are unknown at this time.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- The Fort Wayne Fire Department is investigating a fire at a two-story house in northeast Fort Wayne.
Crews were called to the house at the 5800 block of Montavilla drive just after 5 p.m. on Friday.
Smoke was seen coming out of the second floor of the home, and two fire trucks were seen at location of the fire. According to FWPD, the fire started in the kitchen, but crews were able to put out the fire in 11 minutes.
Crews also found an unresponsive dog inside the house, but the dog was resuscitated by firefighters and in better condition before being turned over to animal control.
The house suffered moderate fire and smoke damage. There were no other occupants in the house at the time of the fire.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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| 2022-04-09T10:56:41
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants a tough global response after a missile struck a train station packed with civilians trying to escape an imminent Russian offensive, killing at least 52 people.
Zelenskyy’s voice rose in anger during his nightly address late Friday, when he said the strike on the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine amounted to another war crime for an international tribunal to consider. Five children were among the dead, and dozens of people were severely injured, Ukrainian officials said.
“All world efforts will be directed to establish every minute of who did what, who gave what orders, where the missile came from, who transported it, who gave the command and how this strike was agreed,” the president said.
Russia denied it was responsible for the strike and accused Ukraine’s military of firing the missile as a false-flag operation so Moscow would be blamed for civilian slayings. A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman detailed the missile’s trajectory and Ukrainian troop positions to bolster the argument.
Ukraine’s state railway company said in a statement that residents of the country’s contested Donbas region, where Russia has refocused its forces after failing to take over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, could flee through other train stations on Saturday.
“The railways do not stop the task of taking everyone to safety,” the statement on the messaging app Telegram said.
Photos taken after Friday’s missile strike showed corpses covered with tarpaulins, and the remnants of a rocket painted with the words “For the children” in Russian. The phrasing seemed to suggest the missile was sent to avenge the loss or subjugation of children, although its exact meaning remained unclear.
The attack came as workers elsewhere in the country unearthed at least 67 bodies from a mass grave near a church in Bucha, a town near Kyiv, where graphic evidence of dozens of killings emerged following the withdrawal of Russian forces. Russia has falsely claimed that the scenes in Bucha were staged.
Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk has said investigators found at least three sites of mass shootings of civilians and were still finding bodies in yards, parks and city squares — 90% of which were victims who had been shot.
After failing to occupy Kyiv in the face of stiff resistance, Russian forces have set their sights on the Donbas, the mostly Russian-speaking, industrial region where Moscow-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces for eight years and control some of the area.
Although the Kramatorsk train station is in Ukrainian government-controlled territory in the Donbas, the separatists, who work closely with Russian troops, blamed Ukraine for the attack.
Western experts, however, dismissed Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov’s assertion that Russian forces “do not use” Tochka-U missiles, the type that hit the station. A Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence, said Russian forces have used the missile — and that given the strike’s location and impact, it was likely Russia’s.
Justin Bronk, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, pointed to other occasions when Russian authorities have tried to deflect blame by claiming their forces no longer use an older weapon “to kind of muddy the waters and try and create doubt.” He suggested Russia specifically chose the Tochka-U because Ukraine also possesses them.
Ukrainian authorities and Western officials have repeatedly accused Russian forces of commiting atrocities in the war that began with Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion. A total of 176 children have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the war, while 324 more have been wounded, the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office said Saturday.
Ukrainian authorities have warned they expect to find evidence of more mass killings once they reach the southern port city of Mariupol, which is also in the Donbas and has been subjected to a monthlong Russian blockade.
Some of the grisliest evidence so far has been found in Bucha and other towns around Kyiv, from which Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops pulled back in recent days. An international organization formed to identify the dead and missing from the 1990s Balkans conflicts is sending a team of forensics experts to Ukraine to help put names to bodies that might otherwise remain anonymous amid the fog of war.
In an excerpted interview with American broadcaster CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Friday, Zelenskyy cited communications intercepted by the Ukrainian security service as evidence of Russian war crimes.
“There are (Russian) soldiers talking with their parents about what they stole and who they abducted. There are recordings of (Russian) prisoners of war who admitted to killing people,” he said. “There are pilots in prison who had maps with civilian targets to bomb. There are also investigations being conducted based on the remains of the dead.”
Zelenskyy’s comments echoed reporting from German news magazine Der Spiegel saying Germany’s foreign intelligence agency had intercepted Russian military radio traffic in which soldiers may have discussed civilian killings in Bucha. The weekly also reported that the recordings indicated the Russian mercenary Wagner Group was involved in atrocities there.
German government officials would not confirm or deny the report, but two former German ministers filed a war crimes complaint Thursday. Russia has denied that its military was involved in war crimes.
A senior U.S. defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal military assessments said Friday that the Pentagon believes Russia has lost between 15% and 20% of its combat power overall since the war began. While some combat units are withdrawing to be resupplied in Russia, Moscow has added thousands of troops around Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, in the country’s east, the official said.
Ukrainian officials have almost daily pleaded with Western powers to send more arms, and to further punish Russia with sanctions, including the exclusion of Russian banks from the global financial system and a total European Union embargo on Russian gas and oil.
In Kharkiv, Lidiya Mezhiritska stood in the wreckage of her home after overnight missile strikes turned it to rubble.
“The ‘Russian world,’ they say,” she said, wryly invoking Putin’s nationalist justification for invading Ukraine. “People, children, old people, women are dying. I don’t have a machine gun. I would definitely go (fight), regardless of age.”
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eleven people were injured in a “major collision” Friday night in Austin, Texas, involving pedestrians and two vehicles, one of which hit a food truck, authorities said.
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services tweeted that two of the victims sustained potential life-threatening injuries. Seven others sustained non-life-threatening injuries requiring medical evaluation. The other two didn’t require hospitalization.
The collision occurred in a popular area near downtown Austin where there are frequently several food carts stationed.
Jennifer Dunn, an employee at a nearby restaurant, told The Associated Press that a group of 25 people had just left to get ice cream at a food truck a few feet away when patrons inside the restaurant heard a loud boom.
Dunn said several members of the group then ran back inside injured and asking for help. Dunn said she and others ran to the scene where several people, including the drivers, appeared severely hurt.
“We work in the restaurant industry, so we are used to helping,” Dunn said. “I have been doing this for a long (time), so have the servers and we just wanted to help.”
Austin is the Texas state capital and home to the flagship campus of the University of Texas.
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| 2022-04-09T10:56:53
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South Carolina has scheduled its first execution after corrections officials finished updating the death chamber to prepare for executions by firing squad.
The clerk of the State Supreme Court has set a April 29 execution date for Richard Bernard Moore, a 57-year-old man who has spent more than two decades on death row after he was convicted of killing convenience store clerk James Mahoney in Spartanburg.
Moore could face a choice between the electric chair and the firing squad, two options available to death row prisoners after legislators altered the state’s capital punishment law last year in an effort to work around a decade-long pause in executions, attributed to the corrections agency’s inability to procure lethal injection drugs.
The new law made the electric chair the state’s primary means of execution while giving prisoners the option of choosing death by firing squad or lethal injection, if those methods are available.
The state corrections agency said last month it had finished developing protocols for firing squad executions and completed $53,600 in renovations on the death chamber in Columbia, installing a metal chair with restraints that faces a wall with a rectangular opening 15 feet (4.6 meters) away.
In the case of a firing squad execution, three volunteer shooters — all Corrections Department employees — will have rifles loaded with live ammunition, with their weapons trained on the inmate’s heart. A hood will be placed over the head of the inmate, who will be given the opportunity to make a last statement.
South Carolina is one of eight states to still use the electric chair and one of four to allow a firing squad, according to the Washington-based nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.
Moore is one of 35 men on South Carolina’s death row. He exhausted his federal appeals in 2020, and the state Supreme Court denied another appeal this week.
Lindsey Vann, an attorney for Moore, said Thursday she will ask the court to stay the execution.
The state last scheduled an execution for Moore in 2020, which was then delayed after prison officials said they couldn't obtain lethal injection drugs.
During Moore's 2001 trial, prosecutors said Moore entered the store looking for money to support his cocaine habit and got into a dispute with Mahoney, who drew a pistol that Moore wrestled away from him.
Mahoney pulled a second gun, and a gunfight ensued. Mahoney shot Moore in the arm, and Moore shot Mahoney in the chest. Prosecutors said Moore left a trail of blood through the store as he looked for cash, stepping twice over Mahoney.
At the time, Moore claimed that he acted in self-defense after Mahoney drew the first gun.
Moore's supporters have argued his crime doesn't rise to the level of heinousness in other death penalty cases in the state. His appeals lawyers have said that because Moore didn’t bring a gun into store, he couldn’t have intended to kill someone when he walked in.
South Carolina’s last execution was in 2011, when Jeffrey Motts, on death row for strangling a cellmate while serving a life sentence for another murder, abandoned his appeals and opted for the death chamber.
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The North American Trail Ride Conference is holding a 2-day competition at the Camp McClellan Horse Trails this weekend, attracting riders from about half-a-dozen states in the region. Each day presents riders with a different trail — either 15 or 25 miles long, depending on skill level — on which riding proficiency and safe horsemanship are judged. Riding style on the trail can be either English or Western, but some age limits apply: The rider must be at least 10 years old and the horse must be at least 5. The trails wind through natural woods, meaning no special surface has been applied that would change the footing.
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| 2022-04-09T11:26:39
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A little more than a decade has passed since the late Oxford Mayor Leon Smith signed a memorandum of agreement with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation allowing the city to proceed with the construction of Choccolocco Park after ancient Native American remains were found at the site.
The Nation brought its history with the area full circle Friday as members came to the park to begin a two-day celebration called “Reyicepes,” meaning “We Have Come Back.” The Nation is currently headquartered in Okmulgee, Okla.
The festival, which is free to the public, concludes today (Saturday) with operating hours from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Activities abound on the festival site, including history presentations, storytelling, traditional weaponry demonstrations, and Muscogee hymn singings.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief David Hill said the event has been several years in the making after he and other members of the Nation’s council visited Oxford in 2016, 2018 and 2019.
“It was discussed and about a year and a half later, we reached out to Oxford and talked to the mayor and City Council,” Hill said. “That’s really where it started and look where we are at today. It’s been great. Oxford has always treated us well. The hospitality has been great.”
Hill said the main focus of the event is to educate.
“We see people walk around the trail here and they don’t know the history, even though there are informational kiosks here,” Hill said. “They just walk around the track, but this is one of the homelands of our people and we just want to tell our side of the story and what really happened.”
He said history books mention the “Trail of Tears,” but not often do they tell it through the eyes of the Native American, who was forced by the government to leave the beautiful Southern woodlands for different terrain to the west.
“We have citizens ask why we would leave such a beautiful place,” Hill said. “It wasn’t like we wanted to.”
He said the festival acts as a “spiritual homecoming,” and there could be others in the future.”
“We just want to forge a partnership with the city of Oxford and go from there,” Hill said. “The president of our college has come down and worked with Jacksonville State and I know our preservation department has come and worked with the local schools to showcase a lot of our history.”
“The city has been very receptive and there is a chance we might maintain a mini-office here,” said Hill. “You never know. The opportunities are out there.”
Hill noted that at least 600 Alabamians have heritage ties with the Nation.
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| 2022-04-09T11:26:45
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gunman accused of shooting and seriously wounding Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stealing her two French bulldogs was mistakenly released from jail and is being sought, authorities said Friday.
James Howard Jackson, 19, was facing an attempted murder charge when he was released from Los Angeles County’s jail on Wednesday “due to a clerical error,” the county Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
The sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau is Major Crimes Bureau is working on finding him, the statement said.
Jackson is one of five people arrested in connection with the Feb. 24, 2021, attack in Hollywood. Prosecutors said Jackson and two other alleged gang members had driven around looking for expensive French bulldogs to steal, then spotted, tailed and robbed Ryan Fischer as he walked Lady Gaga’s dogs near Sunset Boulevard.
During a violent struggle, Fischer was hit, choked and then shot in an attack captured by the doorbell camera of a nearby home.
The camera recorded the dog walker screaming “Oh, my God! I’ve been shot!” and “Help me!” and “I’m bleeding out from my chest!”
Fischer lost part of a lung.
“While I’m deeply concerned at the events that led to his release, I’m confident law enforcement will rectify the error,” Fischer said in a statement obtained by KABC-TV. “I ask for Mr. Jackson to turn himself over to the authorities, so resolution to the crime committed against me runs its course, whatever the courts determine that outcome to be.”
The pop star’s dogs were returned two days later by a woman who claimed she had found them tied to a pole and asked about Lady Gaga’s offer of a $500,000 reward if the dogs were returned “no questions asked.” The singer was in Rome at the time filming a movie.
She’s charged with receiving stolen property and the father of another suspect is charged with helping him avoid arrest.
Jackson already had been charged in the attack and had pleaded not guilty when the county district attorney’s office filed a superceding indictment Tuesday charging him with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
The move was done “to speed up the legal process” and Jackson was arraigned Wednesday under a new case number, the DA’s office said in a statement.
“Mr. Jackson was subsequently released from custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. We are unsure as to why they did so,” the statement said.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s largest city of Shanghai will soon begin lifting lockdown in communities that report no positive cases within 14 days after another round of COVID-19 testing, authorities said Saturday.
The fresh round of testing comes as the city reported about 23,000 cases on Saturday, most of them asymptomatic. Large swathes of Shanghai, with a population of 26 million, have been under lockdown since March 28, leading to complaints from residents about shortages of food and basic necessities.
Separately, Guangzhou authorities announced that the city northwest of Hong Kong would also begin mass testing its 18 million residents, according to central broadcaster CCTV. The city reported only two confirmed infections on Friday.
Under the new measures, areas in Shanghai will be classified as “precautionary,” “controlled” on “locked down,” depending on the results of the latest round of testing, Shanghai Vice Mayor Zong Ming told a news conference.
Residents in areas deemed to be “precautionary” with no infections within the last two weeks will be able to move around their district, although gatherings will still be restricted. Meanwhile, in “controlled” areas, residents can move around in their neighborhoods, which are smaller than districts, while “locked down” areas will require everyone to stay at home.
During the news conference, Zong choked up with emotion, saying that she was moved by the efforts of residents and front-line workers. “There is still a big gap from everyone’s expectations. We will do our best to improve it,” she said.
The city has built over 100 makeshift hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients with over 160,000 beds.
But the harsh restrictions on movement have also tested residents’ patience. Some have received government food packages containing meat and vegetables. Many, however, are struggling to obtain rice and other basics, with online vendors sold out and delivery services unable to keep up with demand.
China is facing one of its worst local outbreaks since the pandemic began.
It is one of the only countries sticking to a “zero COVID” policy, taking drastic measures such as lockdowns and mass testing to identify and isolate every single case. China is still closed to international travel, even as most of the world has sought ways to live with the virus.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two European divers were rescued by fishermen on Saturday but a third, a 14-year-old Dutch, had died, four days after they disappeared off a southern Malaysian island and drifted some 70 nautical miles (100 kilometers), authorities said.
Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, of France and Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, of Britain were found early Saturday in neighboring Indonesian waters and taken to a hospital, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said.
Chesters’ Dutch son, Nathen Renze Chesters, remained missing but Chesters told police that he had died because he was too weak, the agency said in a statement.
The agency said it notified Indonesian authorities to continue searching for the body. The search operation in Malaysia has been called off.
Molina and Chesters were found 16 nautical miles (30 kilometers) north of Indonesia’s Bintan Island, which is about 70 nautical miles (100 kilometers) from the location they were reported missing on Wednesday, according to Mersing police chief Cyril Edward Nuing.
The three were diving with their Norwegian instructor, Kristine Grodem, about 15 meters (50 feet) deep at an island off Mersing town in Malaysia’s southern Johor state. Grodem, 35, was rescued Thursday by a tugboat. She said the four of them surfaced safely Wednesday afternoon but later drifted away from the boat and were separated by a strong current.
Grodem was training for the other three, who were seeking to obtain advanced diving licenses, maritime officials said.
The boat skipper was detained for further investigation, and diving activities off Mersing were suspended. There are several islands off the town that are popular dive spots.
Malaysia’s borders reopened to foreigners on April 1 after being closed for more than two years during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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POISSY, France (AP) — From the market stall outside Paris that she’s run for 40 years, Yvette Robert can see first-hand how soaring prices are weighing on France’s presidential election and turning the first round of voting on Sunday into a nail-biter for incumbent President Emmanuel Macron.
Shoppers, increasingly worried about how to make ends meet, are buying ever-smaller quantities of Robert’s neatly stacked fruits and vegetables, she says. And some of her clients no longer come at all to the market for its baguettes, cheeses and other tasty offerings. Robert suspects that with fuel prices so high, some can no longer afford to take their vehicles to shop.
“People are scared — with everything that’s going up, with prices for fuel going up,” she said Friday as campaigning concluded for act one of the two-part French election drama, held against the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Macron, a political centrist, for months looked like a shoo-in to become France’s first president in 20 years to win a second term. But that scenario blurred in the campaign’s closing stages. The pain of inflation and of pump, food and energy prices that are hitting low-income households particularly hard subsequently roared back as dominant election themes. They could drive many voters Sunday into the arms of far-right leader Marine Le Pen, Macron’s political nemesis.
Macron, now 44, trounced Le Pen by a landslide to become France’s youngest president in 2017. The win for the former banker who, unlike Le Pen, is a fervent proponent of European collaboration was seen as a victory against populist, nationalist politics, coming in the wake of Donald Trump’s election to the White House and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, both in 2016.
In courting voters, Macron has economic successes to point to: The French economy is rebounding faster than expected from the battering of COVID-19, with a 2021 growth rate of 7%, the highest since 1969. Unemployment is down to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, sparking Europe’s worst security crisis since World War II, Macron also got a polling bump, with people rallying around the wartime leader.
But the 53-year-old Le Pen is a now a more polished, formidable and savvy political foe as she makes her third attempt to become France’s first woman president. And she has campaigned particularly hard and for months on cost of living concerns, capitalizing on the issue that pollsters say is foremost on voters’ minds.
Le Pen also pulled off two remarkable feats. Despite her plans to sharply curtail immigration and dial back some rights for Muslims in France, she nevertheless appears to have convinced growing numbers of voters that she is no longer the dangerous, racist nationalist extremist that critics, including Macron, accuse her of being.
She’s done that partly by diluting some of her rhetoric and fieriness. She also had outside help: A presidential run by Eric Zemmour, an even more extreme far-right rabble-rouserwith repeated convictions for hate speech, has had the knock-on benefit for Le Pen of making her look almost mainstream by comparison.
Secondly, and also stunning: Le Pen has adroitly sidestepped any significant blowback for her previous perceived closeness with Russian President Vladimir Putin. She went to the Kremlin to meet himduring her last presidential campaign in 2017. But in the wake of the war in Ukraine, that potential embarrassment doesn’t appear to have turned Le Pen’s supporters against her. She has called the invasion “absolutely indefensible” and said Putin’s behavior cannot be excused “in any way.”
At her market stall, Robert says she plans to vote Macron, partly because of the billions of euros (dollars) that his government doled out at the the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep people, businesses and France’s economy afloat. When food markets closed, Robert got 1,500 euros ($1,600) a month to tide her over.
“He didn’t leave anyone by the side of the road,” she says of Macron.
But she thinks that this time, Le Pen is in with a chance, too.
“She has changed the way she speaks,” Robert said. “She has learned to moderate herself.”
Barring a monumental surprise, both Macron and Le Pen are expected to advance again from the first-round field of 12 candidates, to set up a winner-takes-all rematch in the second-round vote on April 24. Polls suggest that far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is likely to finish out of the running in third place. Some of France’s overseas territories in the Pacific, the Caribbean and South America vote Saturday, before Sunday voting on the French mainland.
When Macron made a campaign stop in Poissy, the town west of Paris where Robert has her stall, in early March, pollsters had him leading Le Pen by double digits. Although a Le Pen victory still appears improbable, much of Macron’s advantage has subsequently evaporated. Kept busy by the war in Ukraine, Macron may be paying a price for his somewhat subdued campaign, which made him look aloof to some voters.
Market-goer Marie-Helene Hirel, a 64-year-old retired tax collector, voted Macron in 2017 but said she’s too angry with him to do so again. Struggling on her pension with rising prices, Hirel said she is thinking of switching her vote to Le Pen, who has promised fuel and energy tax cuts that Macron says would be ruinous.
Although Le Pen’s “relations with Putin worry me,” Hirel said that voting for her would be a way of protesting against Macron and what she perceives as his failure to better protect people from the sting of inflation.
“Now I’m also part of the ‘all against Macron camp,” she said. “He is making fools of us all.”
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants a tough global response after a missile struck a train station packed with civilians trying to escape an imminent Russian offensive, killing at least 52 people.
Zelenskyy’s voice rose in anger during his nightly address late Friday, when he said the strike on the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine amounted to another war crime for an international tribunal to consider. Five children were among the dead, and dozens of people were severely injured, Ukrainian officials said.
“All world efforts will be directed to establish every minute of who did what, who gave what orders, where the missile came from, who transported it, who gave the command and how this strike was agreed,” the president said.
Russia denied it was responsible for the strike and accused Ukraine’s military of firing the missile as a false-flag operation so Moscow would be blamed for civilian slayings. A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman detailed the missile’s trajectory and Ukrainian troop positions to bolster the argument.
Ukraine’s state railway company said in a statement that residents of the country’s contested Donbas region, where Russia has refocused its forces after failing to take over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, could flee through other train stations on Saturday.
“The railways do not stop the task of taking everyone to safety,” the statement on the messaging app Telegram said.
Photos taken after Friday’s missile strike showed corpses covered with tarpaulins, and the remnants of a rocket painted with the words “For the children” in Russian. The phrasing seemed to suggest the missile was sent to avenge the loss or subjugation of children, although its exact meaning remained unclear.
The attack came as workers elsewhere in the country unearthed at least 67 bodies from a mass grave near a church in Bucha, a town near Kyiv, where graphic evidence of dozens of killingsemerged following the withdrawal of Russian forces. Russia has falsely claimedthat the scenes in Bucha were staged.
Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk has said investigators found at least three sites of mass shootings of civilians and were still finding bodies in yards, parks and city squares — 90% of which were victims who had been shot.
After failing to occupy Kyiv in the face of stiff resistance, Russian forces have set their sights on the Donbas, the mostly Russian-speaking, industrial region where Moscow-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces for eight years and control some of the area.
Although the Kramatorsk train station is in Ukrainian government-controlled territory in the Donbas, the separatists, who work closely with Russian troops, blamed Ukraine for the attack.
Western experts, however, dismissed Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov’s assertion that Russian forces “do not use” Tochka-U missiles, the type that hit the station. A Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence, said Russian forces have used the missile — and that given the strike’s location and impact, it was likely Russia’s.
Justin Bronk, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, pointed to other occasions when Russian authorities have tried to deflect blame by claiming their forces no longer use an older weapon “to kind of muddy the waters and try and create doubt.” He suggested Russia specifically chose the Tochka-U because Ukraine also possesses them.
Ukrainian authorities and Western officials have repeatedly accused Russian forces of commiting atrocities in the war that began with Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion. A total of 176 children have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the war, while 324 more have been wounded, the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office said Saturday.
Ukrainian authorities have warned they expect to find evidence of more mass killings once they reach the southern port city of Mariupol, which is also in the Donbas and has been subjected to a monthlong Russian blockade.
Some of the grisliest evidence so far has been found in Bucha and other towns around Kyiv, from which Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops pulled back in recent days. An international organization formed to identify the dead and missing from the 1990s Balkans conflicts is sending a team of forensics experts to Ukraine to help put names to bodies that might otherwise remain anonymous amid the fog of war.
In an excerpted interview with American broadcaster CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Friday, Zelenskyy cited communications intercepted by the Ukrainian security service as evidence of Russian war crimes.
“There are (Russian) soldiers talking with their parents about what they stole and who they abducted. There are recordings of (Russian) prisoners of war who admitted to killing people,” he said. “There are pilots in prison who had maps with civilian targets to bomb. There are also investigations being conducted based on the remains of the dead.”
Zelenskyy’s comments echoed reporting from German news magazine Der Spiegel saying Germany’s foreign intelligence agency had intercepted Russian military radio traffic in which soldiersmay have discussed civilian killings in Bucha. The weekly also reported that the recordings indicated the Russian mercenary Wagner Group was involved in atrocities there.
German government officials would not confirm or deny the report, but two former German ministers filed a war crimes complaint Thursday. Russia has denied that its military was involved in war crimes.
A senior U.S. defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal military assessments said Friday that the Pentagon believes Russia has lost between 15% and 20% of its combat power overall since the war began. While some combat units are withdrawing to be resupplied in Russia, Moscow has added thousands of troops around Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, in the country’s east, the official said.
Ukrainian officials have almost daily pleaded with Western powers to send more arms, and to further punishRussia with sanctions, including the exclusion of Russian banks from the global financial system and a total European Union embargo on Russian gas and oil.
In Kharkiv, Lidiya Mezhiritska stood in the wreckage of her home after overnight missile strikes turned it to rubble.
“The ‘Russian world,’ they say,” she said, wryly invoking Putin’s nationalist justification for invading Ukraine. “People, children, old people, women are dying. I don’t have a machine gun. I would definitely go (fight), regardless of age.”
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Anna reported from Bucha, Ukraine. Robert Burns in Washington, Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka in London and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s former No. 2 official John Lee on Saturday formally declared his candidacy for the upcoming leadership election, entering the race for chief executive viewed by many as Beijing’s preferred candidate.
Lee said at an online news conference that he would stand for the election on May 8 after the Chinese government approved his resignation, which he submitted last week, as the city’s chief secretary for administration.
He said a new government under his leadership would safeguard the rule of law and the “one country, two systems” framework in the city that allows Hong Kong to govern semi-autonomously and enjoy certain freedoms not found in mainland China.
“This decision is made out of my loyalty to my country, my love for Hong Kong, and my sense of duty to the Hong Kong people,” Lee said.
Lee’s candidacy comes after current leader Carrie Lam announced she would not run for a second term, following a rocky five years in power that spanned the COVID-19 pandemic, a crackdown on political freedoms and Beijing’s rapid and growing influence over the territory.
Lee, 64, is a staunch advocate of the city’s national security law, which has been used since 2020 to target pro-democracy activists, supporters and media, diminishing freedoms promised to Hong Kong during Britain’s handover to China in 1997.
Experts in the city see a potential administration under Lee as a signal that Beijing could further tighten its grip on the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
The chief executive will be voted in by an election committee of about 1,500 people, a majority of whom are pro-Beijing. The new leader will take office on July 1.
Lee spent the early years of his civil service career as a police officer and steadily climbed the ranks. He became Hong Kong’s security minister in July 2017 under Lam’s administration, and last June was promoted to chief secretary for administration.
Lee was a key figure in proposing contentious legislation in 2019 that would have allowed suspects in Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China. He later oversaw a police crackdown on demonstrators after the proposed bill sparked months of massive anti-government protests in 2019.
After the protests were snuffed out, Lee was an outspoken supporter of the national security law imposed on the city, which outlaws subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces in the city’s affairs and has been used to suppress dissent. Over 150 people have been arrested since the law was implemented.
In 2020, the U.S sanctioned Lee, together with Lam and other Hong Kong and mainland Chinese government officials, for “undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly.”
Next month’s election will be the first since Hong Kong’s electoral laws were amended last year to ensure that only “patriots” loyal to Beijing can hold office. The changes make it difficult for pro-democracy supporters to run for chief executive.
Hong Kong’s leader is chosen every five years, although the selection process is carefully orchestrated behind the scenes by Beijing. The four chief executives selected since Hong Kong’s handover have all been candidates seen as favored by Beijing.
Lee said he would focus policymaking on ensuring that Hong Kong remains competitive globally and “bolster its role as a gateway and bridge between our country and the world.”
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s embattled prime minister faces a tough no-confidence vote Saturday introduced by his political opponents, who say they have the votes to defeat him.
A combined opposition that spans the political spectrum from left to radically religious says it has the 172 votes it needs in Pakistan’s 342-seat Parliament to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Khan took to national television on the eve of the votecalling on supporters to take to the streets to protest on Sunday, an indication he believed he would lose the vote. Pakistan’s five-member Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Khan’s bid to stay in power, ruling that his move to dissolve Parliament and call early elections was illegal.
Thursday’s court decision set the stage for a no-confidence vote, which was likely to go against Khan after several of his ruling party members and a small but key coalition partner defected.
In a brief exchange in Parliament on Saturday, opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif warned against further delays. Sharif is a likely candidate to replace Khan should Khan lose the vote, which the opposition introduced last month accusing the prime minister of economic mismanagement that has driven up prices and interest rates.
Khan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, meanwhile, demanded an investigation into ruling party allegations that the no-confidence vote was a ploy by the opposition and America to unseat Khan, who was not present. Qureshi resumed a speech to Parliament in the afternoon in what some opposition lawmakers said was a delaying tactic by the government.
In an impassioned speech Friday, Khan doubled down on his accusations that his opponents colluded with the United States to unseat him over his foreign policy choices, which often seemed to favor China and Russia and defied U.S. criticism.
Khan said Washington opposed his Feb. 24 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin hours after tanks rolled into Ukraine launching a devastating war in the heart of Europe.
The U.S. State Department has denied any involvement in Pakistan’s internal politics. Deputy State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter told reporters on Friday there was “absolutely no truth to these allegations.”
“Of course, we continue to follow these developments and support Pakistan’s constitutional process, but again these allegations are absolutely not true,” she said.
Still, Khan urged his supporters to take to the streets, particularly the youth who have been the backbone of his support since the former cricket star turned conservative Islamist politician came to power in 2018. He said they needed to protest an America that wants to dictate to Pakistan to protect Pakistan’s sovereignty.
“You have to come out to protect your own future. It is you who have to protect your democracy, your sovereignty and your independence. … This is your duty,” he said. “I will not accept an imposed government.”
Khan’s options are limited and should he see a big turnout in support, he may try to keep the momentum of street protests as a way to pressure Parliament to dissolve and go to early elections.
A no-confidence vote loss for Khan on Saturday would bring to power some unlikely partners.
Among them is a radically religious party that runs scores of religious schools. The Jamiat-e-ulema-Islam, or Assembly of Clerics, teaches a deeply conservative brand of Islam in its schools. Many of Afghanistan’s Taliban and Pakistan’s own homegrown violent Taliban graduated from JUI schools.
The largest among the opposition parties — the Pakistan People’s Party, led by the son of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the Pakistan Muslim League — have been tainted by allegations of widespread corruption.
Pakistan Muslim League leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was convicted of corruption after being named in the so-called Panama Papers. That’s a collection of leaked secret financial documents showing how some of the world’s richest hide their money and involving a global law firm based in Panama. Sharif was disqualified by Pakistan’s Supreme Court from holding office.
If the opposition wins the no-confidence vote, it is up to Parliament to choose a new head of government, which could be Sharif’s brother, Shahbaz Sharif. If the lawmakers are unsuccessful, early elections would be called.
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Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report. Follow Kathy Gannon on Twitter at www:twitter.com/Kathygannon
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin may use the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine as a pretext to order a new campaign to interfere in American politics, U.S. intelligence officials have assessed.
Intelligence agencies have so far not found any evidence that Putin has authorized measures like the ones Russia is believed to have undertaken in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections in support of former President Donald Trump, according to several people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive findings.
But given Putin’s antipathy toward the West and his repeated denunciations of Ukraine, officials believe he may see the U.S. backing of Ukraine’s resistance as a direct affront to him, giving him further incentive to target another U.S. election, the people said. It is not yet clear which candidates Russia might try to promote or what methods it might use.
The assessment comes with the U.S. electoral system already under pressure. The American public remains sharply divided over the last presidential election and the insurrection that followed at the U.S. Capitol, when supporters of Trump tried to stop the certification of his loss to President Joe Biden. Trump has repeatedly assailed intelligence officials and claimed investigations of Russian influence on his campaigns to be political vendettas.
Tensions between Washington and Moscow have reached levels not seen since the end of the Cold War. The White House has increased military support for Ukraine, which has mounted a robust resistance against Russian forces accused of committing war crimes, and helped impose global sanctions that have crippled Russia’s economy.
There’s no sign the war will end soon, which some experts say could delay Moscow from pursuing retaliation while its resources are mired in Ukraine. But “it’s almost certain that a depleted Russian military after Ukraine is going to again double down on hybrid tactics to wreak havoc against us and other allied countries,” said David Salvo, deputy director of the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy.
In Ukraine and in past campaigns against adversaries, Russia has been accused of trying to spread disinformation, amplifying pro-Kremlin voices in the West and using cyberattacks to disrupt governments.
Top U.S. intelligence officials are still working on plans for a new center authorized by Congress focusing on foreign influence campaigns by Russia, China and other adversaries. Avril Haines, the U.S. director of national intelligence, also recently appointed career CIA officer Jeffrey Wichman to the position of election threats executive several months after the departure of the previous executive, Shelby Pierson.
“Our Election Threats Executive continues to lead the Intelligence Community’s efforts against foreign threats to U.S. elections,” said Nicole de Haay, a spokesperson for Haines, in a statement. “We’re also continuing to work to deliver on the legislative requirement to create a center to integrate intelligence on foreign malign influence.”
De Haay declined to comment on what intelligence officials think of Putin’s intentions. Russia’s embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.
Foreign adversaries have long looked to interfere in American politics, according to investigations of past elections and indictments brought against alleged foreign agents. The U.S. has accused Putin of ordering influence operations to try to help Trump in the 2020 election. And a bipartisan Senate investigation of the 2016 election confirmed intelligence findings that Russia used cyber-espionage and information efforts to boost Trump and disparage his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation found no conclusive evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia, but Mueller declined to pass judgment on whether Trump obstructed justice.
Trump continues to falsely insist that the election he lost to Biden was stolen, with Republicans in many states following his lead and opposing election security measures.
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies continuously investigate foreign influence efforts. The Justice Department last monthcharged five men with acting on behalf of China to harass Chinese dissidents in the U.S. and derail a little-known congressional candidate.
Experts say the proposed Foreign Malign Influence Center would bring much-needed direction to efforts across government studying adversaries. Congress provided partial funding for the center in the budget passed last month because the budget funds the government through September and not a full year.
The center has been previously delayed over questions within the intelligence director’s office and on Capitol Hill about its structure and size and whether it would unnecessarily duplicate efforts that already exist in government. In a sign that some of those questions remain unresolved, Congress last month also required the director’s office to complete within six months a report on the “future structure, responsibilities, and organizational placement” of the center.
Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that the committee was closely watching “the malign activities of our adversaries” and the proposed center could be one way to help.
“As Russia continues to use disinformation campaigns in Ukraine, we are reminded to be strategic in our response to countering their tactics,” Turner said. “It is no secret that our adversaries use disinformation to undermine the national security interests of the U.S., so we must take into account all viable options to protect our democracy.”
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Prom season might still be a little way off, but it might pay to start shopping for prom dresses early to avoid disappointment. The hottest prom looks can sell quickly, and adding potential delays into the mix is a recipe for disaster.
If you’re wondering whether you should buy your teen’s prom dress early this year, here’s why it’s a good idea.
Reasons to buy a prom dress early
To beat pandemic-related delays
Although most companies are now running smoothly, the COVID-19 pandemic is still causing staff shortages, which can lead to delays in fulfillment centers and in the postal service. If you order a dress online at the last minute, it’s completely feasible that it will arrive late. Instead, order early, and there’ll be no need to stress about whether or not it will get to you in time.
In case your teen changes their mind
Everyone has the right to change their mind, so you don’t want to get into a situation where your teen decides they no longer like the dress they chose and have nothing suitable to wear.
This can be a particular issue when shopping online because items may look different in person or fit quite differently from the way it fits the model in the photo. Or you may simply discover the dress is too big or too small when tried on.
When you buy early, there’s time to exchange the dress for another one or a different size before the big event if necessary.
To go bespoke
Prom is a big deal for many teens, especially senior prom, which marks a farewell to high school before moving on to college or the world of work. As such, they may want an extra special dress. Bespoke, made-to-measure dresses fit like a glove, which can make teens feel good about themselves as they head off to the dance. They don’t have to cost a fortune, either. This is especially true when you buy dresses from independent brands, which often cost around the same price as high-end off-the-rack dresses.
What to look for in a prom dress
Although there’s no single feature that makes a dress a prom dress, this type of garment is significantly more formal than an everyday dress. Many have full, flouncy skirts, tight bodices and are embellished with beads, lacework, rhinestones or sequins. They can be full-length, knee-length or above knee-length, but many buyers opt for longer styles.
While these are the hallmarks of a classic prom dress, teens can wear any dress they like to the prom, so it’s fine to opt for something quite different. If they prefer casual dresses or want to opt for something with an alternative vibe, there’s nothing stopping them. Not everyone goes for a classic prom dress, and it’s all about what the wearer feels happy, comfortable and confident in.
Best prom dresses
B Darlin Juniors’ Off-The-Shoulder Glitter Gown
With a long, full skirt, fitted bodice, off-the-shoulder design and sparkly pale rose fabric, this is the princess dress of some teens’ dreams.
Sold by Macy’s
Say Yes to the Prom Strapless Embellished Ballgown
This stunning ivory dress is embellished with gold beads. Although it’s described as strapless, it does have two thin spaghetti straps.
Sold by Macy’s
City Studios Juniors’ Embellished Illusion Tulip Gown
Thanks to the lace and crochet bodice backed with nude panels and the long, flowing skirt, this dress has a relaxed, boho look while still being smart enough for the prom. It comes in pink, navy and lemon.
Sold by Macy’s
Superbprom Lace and Tulle Prom Dress
This gorgeously flouncy dress is available in a range of sizes and colors, or you can choose a custom color and a custom size to get a precise fit.
Sold by Etsy
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The weekend couldn’t come soon enough for players at the Masters, who really had only two choices as the sun began to set on Augusta National and the reality of their situation became clear.
They could watch Scottie Scheffler roll in birdie putts and wonder why more of theirs don’t go in, too.
Or they could study the weather and hope the wind howls through the tall Georgia pines.
Tiger Woods didn’t need to announce what group he’s in.
“It’s going to be windy. It’s going to be cool,” Woods said. “It’s going to be the Masters that I think the Masters Committee has been looking forward to for a number of years. We haven’t had it like this.”
We haven’t had a leader like Scheffler in a while, either. He’s got a five-shot lead that looked stunningly easy to craft and, more importantly, perhaps, he’s got history on his side.
Just five times before in Masters history has a player had a five-shot lead going into the weekend. The last four times the player won, most recently in 2015 when Jordan Spieth picked up a green jacket.
And all Scheffler needs to do is play the same kind of competitive crushing golf he’s been playing all year.
“As long as I’m committed to everything, everything should be fine,” the Texan said. “The rest really isn’t up to me.”
That kind of calm attitude has made this a breakthrough year for Scheffler, who suddenly finds himself the No. 1 player in the world. After his first win in February in Phoenix he added two more championships to his collection, including two weeks ago at the Match Play in San Antonio.
For those keeping score at home, that’s three wins in five tournaments.
Those were nice, and those were important. They paid good money and probably already have made Scheffler the player of the year.
But this is the Masters. The winner gets a green jacket and all that goes with it.
The weekend pressure can be suffocating. What looked doable on Friday may not be on Sunday.
Oh, and then there’s Woods, who lurks nine shots back but still has hopes of contending. And, really, who’s going to count him out after all he already has overcome?
“I’ve got a chance going into the weekend,” Woods said. “Hopefully I’ll have one of those light-bulb moments and turn it on in the weekend and get it done. You’ve seen guys do it with a chance going into the back nine. If you are within five or six going into the back nine, anything can happen. I need to get myself there. That’s the key. I need to get myself there.”
Those may be little more than wishful thoughts for Woods, no matter the number of green jackets he already has won (5) or his familiarity with every blade of grass on the golf course he loves most.
But a guy’s got to have something. And he’s not the only one holding out hope.
“He clearly has control of everything right now based off the last couple of months, so I’m not too surprised,” said Justin Thomas, who matched Scheffler’s 67 but was still seven shots back. “But yeah, I would appreciate it if he would stop going too far away.”
If there’s anything that can shake Scheffler — and with three wins in his last five starts it’s hard to figure what that might be — there are three former champions who are within six shots of him.
That includes last year’s winner, Hideki Matsuyama and 2011 winner Charl Schwartzel. Looming just a shot back is former world No. 1 and 2020 winner Dustin Johnson.
That’s a lot of golf firepower and Augusta National is a lot of golf course. Strange things can happen on a weekend when the wind blows, especially if the greens dry out more and the shots become that much tougher.
Scheffler is only in his third Masters, so he’s not one to judge history. Up until February he hadn’t even won a tournament on the PGA Tour.
A few early birdies by Woods, a few big roars echoing across the landscape can do damage to a player’s psyche.
Besides, as lore goes, nothing ever starts at the Masters until the back nine on Sunday.
“If you’re within five or six on that back nine going into Sunday you’ve got a chance,” Woods said. “So I just need to get there.”
A tall task, sure, but what does Woods have to lose?
Remember, he wasn’t supposed to be here anyway.
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Scott Hamilton is back in action.
No, the figure skating icon won’t be lacing up. He’ll be sitting atop a bike and cycling 444 miles Erase the Trace, a five-day ride along the Natchez Trace Parkway. The fundraiser that goes through Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee is designed to raise $1.25 million in funding for a breakthrough glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cancer research grant to treat the most aggressive form of brain cancer.
Inspired by the story of Scott Williams, who is a GBM patient and reached out to the 1984 Olympic champion’s Scott Hamilton & Friends organization a year ago for help in fundraising. Not only did Hamilton put together a skating show to help in 2021, but he also rode the final portion of the initial Erase the Trace. Now,Hamilton will join Williams for the entire ride from May 2 to May 7.
“Last year’s Erase the Trace inspired me like no other event we have ever done,” Hamilton said. “The hope, drive, and bravery of glioblastoma patient Scott Williams awakened a part of my heart that I hadn’t realized needed awakening. The instant we welcomed Scott to the finish line at the end of his ride, I knew it was something I had to do next year.
“I can’t wait to feel the wind in my face, the burn of my legs, and the pounding of my heart as I, too, rise to the 444-mile challenge. I am so excited to know that with each push of the pedal, we are getting that much closer to positively changing outcomes for people facing brain cancer.”
Erase the Trace references both the Natchez Trace itself and Williams’ battle with glioblastoma. Each mile in 2021 was ridden in honor or memory of a specific person.
“Even with 100% removal of a glioblastoma multiforme tumor, there’s always a trace of cancer cells that remain, just waiting for an opportunity to attack again,” Williams said.
A cancer survivor himself, Hamilton never has completed a bike ride of this length or magnitude. He hopes to also attract friends, whether celebrities or not, to ride with him. Or to support the cause in any manner.
“Even to this day, I don’t believe I truly understand the magnitude of the ride I’m about to go on,” the 63-year-old Hamilton admitted. “To physically complete the 444 miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway is sincerely such a feat.”
So Hamilton has been working with Johnny Burrell, a Nashville-based craniosacral therapist and a record-holding cyclist.
“ I am grateful for the experience of Johnny Burrell, who has taken me out to the most difficult portion of the Natchez Trace to check out my physical ability to handle it,” Hamilton added. “We rode for 44 miles and it went pretty well. Outside of that, I’ve been training on my exercise bike when limited by travel or weather, and getting out onto the Trace to practice as much as possible on my own. I am hoping and praying that I am strong enough to complete the ride.
“I know between Johnny and Scott Williams, both of whom have completed the ride, I will be in the best hands possible. And hopefully my nerves won’t get the best of me.”
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Alexandria Man Convicted of Child Sex Crimes
Yesterday Kendarius Sewell, of Alexandria, was found guilty as charged on six counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
Sentencing has been set for May 11, 2022.
A statement from Attorney General Jeff Landry is as follows:
“This verdict would not be possible without the prosecutorial efforts by my Assistant Attorneys General Steve Martin and Jeff Traylor and the investigative work by our Louisiana Bureau of Investigation. My office and I will continue to do all we can to arrest and prosecute those who manufacture, distribute, and possess sexual abuse images and videos of children.”
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Congresswoman Letlow to speak at LCU Commencement May 7
Louisiana Christian University will hold its 167th Commencement Exercises on May 7 at 10
a.m. at the Rapides Parish Coliseum. More than 250 undergradate and graduate students
will receive degrees.
Graduates from December 2021, May 2022 and August 2022 will particpate in
commencement.
This year’s commencement speaker will U.S. Congresswoman Julia Letlow, who represents
Louisiana’s Fifth District, will be presented an Honorary Doctorate in Public
Administration.
Letlow worked in higher education for many years, most recently as the director of
external affairs and strategic communications for the University of Louisiana at Monroe,
before running to fill her late husband Luke Letlow’s seat in Congress. Luke Letlow had
been elected in November 2020 and was slated to take office in January 2021. He died of
COVID-19 in December.
Pineville physician Dr. Kenneth Johnson will be awarded the University’s Distinguished
Service Award during the ceremony for his several decades of volunteer service to the LCU
“family” providing medical assistance one afternoon per week on campus.
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Louisiana Healthcare Connections Promotes Contest to Empower Youth
Baton Rouge, La. (Apr. 8, 2022) – With their continued commitment to empowering healthy behaviors, Louisiana Healthcare Connections is promoting the Centene Institute Youth Impact Award for Cyberbullying Prevention.
The Centene Institute Youth Impact Award is a national curriculum and contest for adolescents ages 14 through 19 to promote prevention, awareness, and action with their peers and community on a critical health concern, topic changes annually. This year the topic is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying was chosen due to the increasing cases of cyberbullying during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“According to Pew Research, 59% of teens have been bullied or harassed online,” said Dr. Stewart Gordon, chief medical officer for Louisiana Healthcare Connections. “There are many factors that affect health, including mental and emotional challenges, so we are proud to encourage Louisiana students to enter this contest to help prevent cyberbullying, addressing the social and environmental factors that affect students’ well-being.”
Students will submit original visual art entries on behalf of a nonprofit organization, with cash awards provided to the organization for winning entries. All submissions are eligible for ten hours of community service for the student. Entries are due May 20 by noon.
For more information on the Centene Institute Youth Impact Award for Cyberbullying Prevention, visit https://www.centeneinstituteaward.com/cyberbullying-prevention/2022.
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Louisiana Women Learn How to Grow Food
With food prices going up, people are going back to their farming roots.
Women have decided to take the lead in the agriculture business.
Louisiana Women in Agriculture hosted a 3-day conference to teach women how to grow food.
Women farmers and beginner gardeners learned how each crop was grown.
Audrey Kolde enjoys growing food locally.
She believes being a part of a close farming community.
She wants more women to get close to the land.
Lauren Breaux was inspired by speakers at her first conference.
She learned how to take ownership of the land.
She believes it is time to go back to our farming roots.
During the tour, women were shown a variety of foods to grow.
These crops included squash, strawberries, and onions.
The staff at Inglewood Farm gently cultivate the land without any machines.
Farmers hope women learn how easy it is to start the growing process.
For more information on the next conference, go to louisianawomeninag.com.
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Northwestern State aiming for consistency in Joe Delaney Bowl on Saturday
NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State football team grinded to install new offensive and defensive schemes this spring under first-year coordinators Cody Crill and Weston Glaser.
Demon faithful have a chance to see the on-field product Saturday when NSU conducts the 31st Annual Joe Delaney Bowl spring football game Saturday at 11 a.m. in Turpin Stadium.
It’s the first time NSU has competed in a traditional spring game since 2019 – the emergence of COVID-19 halted spring practice in 2020, and the Demons played a six-game spring schedule in 2021 because of the cancelled 2020 fall regular season.
“We’re looking for consistency on Saturday because we’ve seen good and bad in all three phases,” said NSU coach Brad Laird. “What you want to see as you get more practices under your belt is the consistency of the guys we’re looking at for the fall.
“You start to see the guys who have the ability to make plays whether it’s offensively or defensively.”
Saturday represents the 15th and final practice of the spring season and the second live scrimmage.
The Demons ran about 90 plays combined between the first, second and third teams this past Saturday.
Laird said there’s been a sharper focus with new offensive and defensive systems.
“It’s a credit to the players and their attention to detail,” Laird said. “They’ve shown the ability to show up day in and day out with the right mindset to get better.
“When you look at the new schematics on both sides of the ball, it forces them to be a little more locked in. We’ve had some really good practices, and where we are now to where we started is really night and day.”
The NSU offense wants to continue to operate at a fast pace, and fans caught a glimpse of the Demons’ weapons in the first scrimmage.
Receiver Javon Antonio, who was an all-conference receiver in the 2021 spring season before missing the fall campaign, contributed to three touchdowns. He caught scoring passes of 61 and 20 yards from quarterback Zach Clement while throwing a 20-yard touchdown.
Clement was the leading passer and rusher in the scrimmage with 143 yards on 9-15 passing with an interception to his two touchdowns, adding 33 rushing yards on three carries.
All three quarterbacks showcased their mobility as Kaleb Fletcher (10-17 for 136 yards with a touchdown and interception) and Kareame Cotton Jr. (10-16 for 129 yards with a touchdown and interception) made plays outside of the pocket.
Receivers Josh Carver (two catches for 94 yards and one touchdown) and Patrick Heard (five catches for 54 yards) were standouts as well.
The offense dominated early before the defense rounded into form in the second half of the scrimmage.
The Demons’ ‘D’ forced five turnovers in the first scrimmage, including interceptions by Shemar Bartholomew, Kevin Davis and Waylon Washington.
Laird said the players and coaches are getting more familiar with each other as NSU welcomed four new position coaches in addition to two new coordinators.
Offensive line coach Beau Blair, receivers coach Manny Harris, quarterbacks coach Kyle Washington and defensive line coach Jordan Hopkins are new full-time coaching faces along with a host of new graduate assistants that will assist with position coaching.
“It’s not just different schemes, players are getting used to different styles of coaching as well,” Laird said. “The coaches are seeing the new players whether they are freshmen or guys that came in at mid-year.
“We’re seeing progress on both sides, the coaches and players. It’s been a group effort as players are learning each other going through these practices.
Saturday offers plenty of action as fans can matriculate over to the Jack Fisher Tennis Complex after the football scrimmage to catch the end of NSU’s tennis match with Nicholls as the Lady Demons attempt to win a SLC regular season title.
Then fans have the opportunity to enjoy crawfish and beverages at Cane River Brewing Co. hosted by the Demon Brothers Booster Club. Tickets at the door are $25 and benefit the football program.
The event runs from 6-10 p.m. with appearances by NSU president Dr. Marcus Jones, athletics director Kevin Bostian and the NSU football staff.
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Traffic stop in Boyce leads to arrests
On Wednesday 04/07/2021, at about 1821hrs, Boyce Police Department S.L.I.C.E Unit (Street Level Investigative Crime Enforcement) was patrolling the Town of Boyce. A Unit member witnessed a Silver Buick LeSabre fail to use a turn signal turning on to Hayward B. Joiner Street in Boyce, La., and the driver was not wearing a seatbelt.
The Officers turned on their emergency blue lights, and the vehicle stopped at a residence on the 700 block of Hayward B. Joiner Street. The driver, James Curtis Smith, age 23, got out of the driver’s side and walked towards the police car. The Officer smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from Mr. Smith and began an investigation. Another Unit arrived on the scene and began to speak with the passenger in the car’s back seat. The passenger Akariods Jones age 30, also had a strong odor of marijuana coming from him. Officers requested Mr. Jones to exit the vehicle and began a pat frisk on him. A clear crystal-like substance was discovered in his left pocket. Mr. Jones pushed an officer away from him, began running, and was apprehended two blocks away.
Inside the vehicle, a stolen Glock 17 was discovered, along with an AK -47 with armored piercing rounds, 41 grams of marijuana, a crystal-like substance of 25.3 grams (crystal methamphetamine), two scales, and cash. Mr. Jones is a convicted felon on parole, and Mr. Smith is a convicted felon on probation.
Mr. Jones and Mr. Smith were escorted to the Boyce Police Department for booking. Akarious Jones was charged with; Flight from an officer, aggravated flight from an officer, Illegal possession of stolen firearms, possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a person, illegal carrying of a weapon, resisting an officer, Distribution/ Possession with intent to distribute narcotics, Prohibited Acts-Schedule II, Prohibited ACTS- Possession of drug paraphernalia. James Curtis Smith was charged with; Possession of CDS2 with intent, No Seatbelt, No Proof of Insurance, Failure to carry registration, Possession of CDS I with intent, and resisting an officer by force or violence. Both were booked into Detention 1.
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Walmart offering up to $110K starting pay to attract new truck drivers
Walmart is launching a training program that will allow employees who work in its distribution or fulfillment centers a chance to drive company trucks.
The nation’s largest retailer introduced a 12-week program where established drivers will teach aspiring truckers.
The starting pay is also a big incentive.
Walmart spokesperson Anne Hatfield said the company is raising starting salaries for its truck drivers to between $95,000 and $110,000 a year, The Wall Street Journal reported. The previous average starting salary was $87,000, the spokesperson said.
Walmart’s announcement on Thursday comes as the trucking industry is battling driver shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Trucking Associations, a large industry trade group, estimated that the U.S. is short about 80,000 drivers.
The retailer said that about 20 workers in Dallas and Dover, Delaware, have earned their commercial driver’s licenses, the AP reported. Hatfield told the news agency that about 400 to 800 workers in Walmart’s supply-chain network are expected to complete the new truck driving program this year.
“We want to make sure we continue to attract drivers, but also retain” existing drivers, Karisa Sprague, a senior vice president in Walmart’s human resources department, told The Wall Street Journal.
The retailer hired 7,000 drivers for its internal fleet over the past two years, including a record 4,500 in 2021, the newspaper reported. Walmart employs approximately 12,000 truck drivers overall.
“You can pull up job postings and there are lots of sign-on bonuses and shiny objects out there, and we want to make sure our associates are taken care of,” Sprague told The Wall Street Journal.
Sprague added that the cost to become an independent truck driver can cost about $4,500.
“We know that the industry isn’t necessarily building more drivers, but we want to be able to continue the growth of our private fleet,” Sprague told The Wall Street Journal. “We need to find multiple ways to do it.”
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ZIONSVILLE — A popular Central Indiana restaurant is expanding and adding its first location in Boone County.
According to an Instagram post, Patachou on Pine in Zionsville is expected to open in late summer 2022. It will be located in the Village Business District.
"This has been a hard secret to keep! I’m thrilled for this new addition," Mayor Emily Styron said in a Facebook post.
Cafe Patachou currently has five locations in Indianapolis and Carmel.
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"Things have been so scary lately with Russia," states TikTok user @MojoX with dead earnestness in a post from early March, "that I went out and got myself a Gen X bomb shelter."
Cut to a photograph of a school desk — an image that evokes, for generations of Americans through Gen Xers (of which I am one), memories of those farcical drills in which we prepared for inevitable nuclear annihilation at the hands of the Soviets by stuffing ourselves under our desks.
With Russia's invasion of Ukraine into its second month, and as reports emerge that Russia's nuclear forces have been placed on high alert, the culture of the late Cold War has made a swinging comeback. Think of it as Cultural Cold War 2.0, with Russia as stand-in for the former Soviet Union.
"Red Dawn," the 1984 Patrick Swayze/Charlie Sheen/Jennifer Grey movie about a group of high school kids from small-town Colorado who fight off a Soviet land invasion with a few hunting rifles and can-do gumption, saw a surge in popularity on streaming services in the wake of the Russian invasion. Also enjoying a post-invasion boom is 1985's "Rocky IV," from Sylvester Stallone's boxing franchise, in which the all-Italian-American hero fights off a machine-like Soviet aggressor, Ivan Drago, played by Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren in mean-mug mode.
References to these films have also materialized on TikTok in the wake of the invasion. "Don't worry folks. Gen X has been prepared for this since we were kids," goes one such post in tribute to "Red Dawn," followed by the obligatory "WOLVERINES!" in all caps — a reference to the high school mascot that also serves as the battle cry for these high school guerrillas, who not only fight off the Soviets but also their pumped-up Nicaraguan allies. ("Red Dawn" is peak Reagan-era absurd.)
Also prominent are references to the 1983 made-for-TV movie "The Day After," in which Jason Robards played a kindly doctor in Lawrence, Kansas, struggling with the devastation wrought by a Soviet nuclear attack. The film, when it first aired on ABC, was a cultural event — drawing an unimaginably massive audience of 100 million people (at a time when the U.S. population was about 236 million) and terrorizing a generation of viewers with its scenes of abject devastation. When I was in junior high, we took an entire period out of social studies class to discuss it in earnest.
In the days following the Ukraine invasion, TikTok user @Vampslayin posted a vintage news report about the film's social impact: "Who remembers watching this as a kid?"
"I do," responds @chefmichelleagnew. "It was and is still frightening."
"I was going to show some video," says @diva_ dee25 of the film in a post about the movie, "but then I realized, when I watched the videos again, it kind of retraumatized me because I felt like I was back on that day when I first watched that movie."
I was indeed rendered sleepless by "The Day After." As NPR's Neda Ulaby, who grew up in Lawrence and was around for the filming, noted in a report marking the film's 20th anniversary, "The Day After" landed amid some intense Cold War bellicosity and anti-Soviet paranoia. The year in which it was released, President Ronald Reagan branded the Soviet Union an "evil empire," and the Soviets shot down a Korean commercial airliner that had accidentally veered into their airspace.
On the radio, songs such as "99 Luftballons," by the German synth-pop band Nena, imagined a devastating war triggered by the innocent release of a few helium balloons into the air. The song appears as the soundtrack to another gag on TikTok that shows an image of a school desk emblazoned with the phrase: "I bought a Gen-X bomb shelter today."
In retrospect, "The Day After" is hokey. The film pummels its audience with an hour of heartfelt backstory before getting to the main event. When the nukes finally do arrive, the devastating effects of the bombs on people are rendered by showing outlines of their skeletons, as if they were cartoons.
If you want to experience some late Cold War dread, I recommend "Threads," a British nuclear annihilation film that aired on the BBC in 1984. Combining elements of faux documentary and feature filmmaking, the movie tracks the lives (and grim deaths) of several individuals inhabiting the English city of Sheffield over the days, months and years following a nuclear attack. Starkly filmed — at times juxtaposing still images against the clinical delivery of unseen newscasters — it evokes elements of French director Chris Marker's stylish and devastating "La Jetee."
As with other late Cold War culture, "Threads" has also surfaced on TikTok.
These cultural artifacts, along with the Ukrainian war itself, are now grist for the meme mill, often presented online through the lens of Gen X, the generation born between 1965 and 1980. A video posted to TikTok by @Kristanistan ascribes the disparities in leadership styles between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to generational differences.
Putin (born 1952) is the boomer: "He's a gaslighting authoritarian who has zero economic policies," goes the narration. "He's outdated."
Cut to images of Zelenskyy (born 1978) in his trademark olive garb, urging the citizens of Ukraine to take up arms against an invasion. "Then you've got this badass Gen Xer," continues the narrator, "who is sick of this boomer s---."
"Perhaps this is a plea," the video concludes, "for old leadership to pass the reins to new leadership."
Many social media posts describe Gen Xers as somehow uniquely suited to the Cold War 2.0 moment. Now uncomfortably middle-aged (I'm 50), we've been through the bomb drills, seen the anxiety-inducing movies and have events such as the "Miracle on Ice" occupying space in our brains. (That'd be the time, in 1980, when the U.S. hockey team unexpectedly beat the Soviets 4-3 at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.)
What sets us apart from U.S. baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), who also lived through the Cold War, is that, as a generation, we were too young to have a political hand in it. (I was 18 when the Berlin Wall fell.) Instead, in the U.S. at least, much of our memory consists of observing it helplessly from the sidelines while hoping that a delusional hawk with access to the button wouldn't be the death of us all.
"This is why Gen X is taking this in stride," reads the caption on a post by TikTok user @shelc21 as she listens to Alphaville's "Forever Young" — another popular German synth-pop tune about the anxieties of living in a nuclear world. Sample lyrics: "Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst / Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?"
It was a song I slow-danced to in junior high.
In one recent TikTok video, a millennial freaks out over the invasion: "I'm so f------ tired of living through major historical events!" he rants. Meanwhile, in a reaction post, a Gen Xer who goes by the handle @thatcrazyaunt watches him, nonplussed, as she grabs a glass of orange juice. A caption materializes below her: "Don't have a cow man. That's the behavior that starts those historical events."
In a tweet posted in late February (which has since circulated on TikTok), comedian Jay Black offered the following advice for millennials and zoomers dealing with their "first bout of World War III panic." As he writes: "Find yourself a Gen X friend to see you through it."
The idea that Gen Xers, my relentlessly scrutinized slacker generation, would come into their own amid Cold War 2.0 is morbidly amusing. As is the idea that a bunch of olds who watched "The Day After" on TV are somehow prepared to meet the moment — psychologically or otherwise. (The birth of Generation X, after all, largely coincides with the conversion of the military to an all-volunteer force in the U.S. in 1973, so I can't speak for how well most of my generation would fare in an actual war.)
Generational divisions are always facile at best. (Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, after all, who was born in 1965, is technically a Gen Xer.) But collectively, the wave of social media posts marks a moment of history and culture circling in on itself into a familiar darkness of bloody proxy wars and grinding uncertainty. And as we know from the last time, hiding under our desks — well, it won't save us from anything.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue's board of trustees has approved a $6.7 million renovation plan for Mackey Arena.
Construction is expected to begin following next basketball season. The funding will come entirely from private donations.
The updates include reconfigured locker rooms and players lounges for the men's and women's basketball teams, an expansion of the John Wooden Club area and technology updates.
Purdue coaches say the work will keep the school competitive in recruiting.
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A federal jury acquitted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and deadlocked on the case against two others, apparently agreeing to some degree with defense claims that FBI agents entrapped the men in a violent plot shortly before the 2020 election.
The trial, in Grand Rapids, Mich., has been closely watched as a test of the U.S. government's ramped-up efforts to combat domestic terrorism, and the verdict is a partial defeat for the Justice Department. The men's arrest in October 2020 raised alarms about the possibility of politically motivated violence as the nation was increasingly divided over a bitterly contested presidential race.
The jury, which began deliberating Monday, told U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker in a note Friday that they had reached a verdict on some of the charges and could not agree on others. The judge instructed them to deliver the partial verdict, which acquitted Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta while deadlocking on the charges against Adam Fox and Barry Croft, Jr.
A mistrial was declared for Fox and Croft, and federal authorities said they plan to go to trial a second time in hopes of convicting them.
The case marks one of the rare instances in which an entrapment defense was even partly successful in a terrorism case.
Defense lawyers said the prosecution was built on marijuana smoke and mirrors, and that undercover agents were responsible for the "radicalization" of men with no history of violence. The agents, the defense team argued, tried to talk the men into a fantastic plot that never materialized.
Caserta's attorney, Michael Hills, told reporters outside the courthouse that the FBI's conduct in the case was "unconscionable" and said the verdict was a repudiation of the tactics used by informants and undercover agents.
The acquittals and hung jury came even though prosecutors called as witnesses two admitted co-conspirators, Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks. Garbin and Franks pleaded guilty months ago, and told the jury they had agreed to kidnap Whitmer, a Democrat, from her lakeside home.
The men allegedly discussed taking the governor to the middle of the lake on a boat, or holding a kind of mock tribunal for her.
Testimony at their trial showed the men were particularly angry about state and federal government pandemic restrictions, and the possibility of vaccine mandates. Three of the defendants are from Michigan; Croft is from Delaware.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge said his office was "disappointed" with the verdict, adding, "we continue to respect the jury trial system whatever the outcome."
After the verdict was announced, Whitmer's chief of staff, JoAnne Huls, decried what she called the "normalization of political violence.
"The plot to kidnap and kill a governor may seem like an anomaly. But we must be honest about what it really is: the result of violent, divisive rhetoric that is all too common across our country," Huls said. "There must be accountability and consequences for those who commit heinous crimes. Without accountability, extremists will be emboldened."
The government's case was built largely on secret recordings of the men's conversations. In closing arguments, prosecutors said the defendants' own words showed they were rage-filled extremists who hoped to spark a kind of civil war that would keep Biden from becoming president.
Concern about far-right extremist groups and self-styled militias grew stronger months after the men were arrested, when a mob of people who believed former president Donald Trump's false claims that the election was stolen stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 seeking to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's election as president.
"If you don't like your elected representatives, you can vote them out at the ballot box. That's what makes this country great," Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler told the jury last week. "What we can't do is kidnap them, kill them or blow them up. That's also what makes America great."
Kessler said the scheming stretched back to a national meeting of self-styled militia groups in Ohio in the summer of 2020, then expanded to include other "training" meetings, and a trip at night to look at the governor's home and inspect a nearby bridge, which they talked about blowing up to hamper any law enforcement response.
The men also practiced at what they called a "shoot house" to simulate entering Whitmer's home with guns, according to trial evidence.
Defense lawyers argued that the alleged ringleader, Fox, was frequently stoned, and he and the others were led down a dark path by the FBI.
"This case is steeped in marijuana smoke," said Fox's lawyer, Christopher Gibbons, noting that testimony showed his client repeatedly smoked pot before discussions about the alleged plot. "These agents took advantage of Adam's substance abuse issues."
Gibbons said Fox was engaged in live action role playing, or LARPing, not any real world conspiracy. "The plan was utter nonsense... It wasn't real to Adam Fox," said Gibbons. His client, he added, was "usually impaired. He's just playing a game."
The defense lawyer blamed Dan Chappel, a key informant in the case whose tip to the FBI started the investigation. Chappel, an Army veteran, joined a self-styled militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen, but became alarmed when he heard some participants talk about attacking police.
Prosecutors countered that Chappel risked his own safety to tell authorities about the brewing danger posed by the other men. "Thank God for Dan Chappel," Kessler told the jury.
Croft's lawyer, Joshua Blanchard, said the recordings and texts showed "crazy" and violent talk, but it wasn't a real plan.
"There's no doubt Barry said some things that were offensive, for sure, but the thing I find far more offensive is the way the FBI and the government behaved," said Blanchard. "That's not what I think of when I think of what it means to protect and serve, what it means to have integrity. This investigation was an embarrassment."
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Cindy Tsai had her stomach removed in January 2021, after having been diagnosed with gastric cancer seven months earlier. Her husband of 16 years, who she hadn’t physically seen for three months before her diagnosis, had also decided to call the marriage quits from his home in Vancouver and never came to visit as she underwent chemo. The cancer came back in September 2021.
In other words, when “Jimmy” first messaged her on WhatsApp on Oct. 15, 2021, she was going through “the most vulnerable time I have ever been in my life.”
“Jimmy” asked her if she was Linda from the pet store. You have the wrong number, she said. But she looks Chinese, he told her, and he’s Chinese, too. The revelation of this shared origin — established through their little icons in the app — kicked off seemingly constant messaging and a relationship took shape.
From playful selfies to magazine-worthy photos of food supposedly cooked at home, Jimmy virtually opened himself up to Tsai and she figured she’d found a new friend who would always be there for her in her time of need.
As Tsai, a lawyer living in Newton, would slowly realize over the course of her three-month online relationship with Jimmy — in which she said she lost $2.5 million — she was one of the 415 victims in 2021 of romance and confidence scams in Massachusetts, according to recently released FBI data. The Bay State suffered the 11th highest rate of internet-related fraud, despite being the 15th largest state by population as of the 2020 Census, losing a collective $21.8 million in these types of scams alone. Nationally, about 24,300 people reported losses of $956 million to online confidence scams.
“These scams differ from others in that the perpetrator is preying on the victim’s ‘heartstrings,’ ” FBI spokeswoman Kristen Setera told the Herald. “A confidence fraud/romance scam is when an individual deceives a victim into believing that they have a trusting relationship, whether family, friendly or romantic. As a result, the victim is persuaded to send money, personal and financial information, or items of value to the perpetrator.”
The FBI is unable to talk about particular cases under investigation, Setera said, or to even confirm or deny whether any particular case, like Tsai’s, is under investigation at all. But the bureau’s Boston office, where Setera works, did confirm that 625 victims across their area of responsibility of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island lost a collective $27,718,186 to the scams.
The most recent person to plead guilty to involvement in online romance scams in federal court in Massachusetts was Mike Oziegbe Amiegbe, a Nigerian national living in Dorchester. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 16 to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, a scheme in which the feds say he admitted to using false online identities to gain the trust of victims to scam them out of at least $550,000.
Tsai had heard about Nigerian scammers before and isn’t the type to fall for random strangers. She said that, before her illness, she had never opened up any random WhatsApp messages and that she doesn’t even confirm Facebook friend requests.
She’s a hard worker, saying that she logged 100,000 miles in yearly business travel before COVID struck, and, being naturally a bit risk-averse, kept her investments on the safer side. She said she had only grown wealthy “in the last few years for returns on (her) real estate investments.” She thought she didn’t really have time for Jimmy, she said, and repeatedly told him over the course of that first night that she wanted to log off.
But that barrier broke down. Jimmy was sweet and offered her plenty of emotional support. He’d message her to drive carefully and wear her seatbelt if she were going on a drive and would check in for results on her latest cancer treatments — she said her cancer continues to crop up and has become terminal — and loved to engage in long chats about anything at all.
“That innocent stuff went on for about 10 days,” she said, adding later, “That’s the kind of scary part about these scams, it’s that they’re very patient.”
After that 10th day, though, the conversation turned toward business. He claimed had moved to the U.S. from China as his family is in the clothing business, but soon after they set up shop in Los Angeles, the pandemic hit and they had to close. He told her he was now spending his time day trading cryptocurrencies online, something that he continued to tell her was lucrative and a much better return than her real estate holdings.
Setera said the FBI is seeing a “rising trend” in romance scammers using the allure of “substantial profits” from cryptocurrency, a type of investment novel to many targets, that will “never really materialize.”
Tsai resisted, but he made it very appealing through screenshots of his alleged crypto returns — she said she was also reading about gurus like Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and billionaire Elon Musk going all-in on crypto at the time — so her resistance broke down again.
He introduced her to an online trading market, which was actually a fake front using a very similar name and look to a legitimate site. She was allowed to pull money back out in the initial days, all a ploy to convince her it was real. Jimmy even consented to a video chat, which she said helped assuage her suspicions over “red flags.”
But by the time it was all over, through all kinds of confidence tricks that made it look like Jimmy was helping her burgeoning crypto success by giving her “loans” and the like into the fake platform, she had lost $2.5 million.
Tsai was a victim of what the Global Anti-Scam Organization, a volunteer-run advocacy and awareness group founded in June 2021 by another victim, calls a “pig-butchering” scam, a phrase derived from a Chinese-language colloquial term for long cons like this one. The more than 500 volunteers in the group, it says, have lost an average of nearly $100,000 per person.
Tsai fits the profile of what the group says is a scammer’s perfect target: a relatively young, educated and successful person who is at a certain point in their life where they may be more susceptible to the types of kind words, attention and wooing these scammers specialize in.
Tsai hooked up with the group, which hopes to expose and educate the world on the growing trend of these scams originated by operatives in southeast Asia and offers a 24/7 support chat platform on their website for those suspicious of a new online “friend” or who have already been victimized.
“Our stories are severely underreported in the media,” a spokeswoman for the group wrote, “even though these scams are probably wreaking economic havoc on a similar scale to the recent wave of ransomware cybercrime.”
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In fall 2020, 43-year-old Adam Arena and a dozen suspected co-conspirators were indicted in New York on charges of trying to swindle banks out of more than $1 million through a scheme known as “synthetic identity fraud.”
They combined real Social Security numbers with mismatched or phony names to create new identities, according to investigators. Prosecutors began the investigation in 2018 and charged them with 108 counts of illegal financial activity, mostly borrowing huge amounts of money they never intended to pay back, according to investigators.
The scheme was so fruitful that in May 2020, according to prosecutors, Arena apparently did it again.
This time, investigators say, Arena and a partner used synthetic identities to bilk the federal government out of nearly $1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program, designed to help people who had lost their businesses or employment due to the pandemic. The duo used a fake ID to get a $954,000 loan and spent it on two vehicles, spa services, clothing, restaurant meals and gym memberships, according to prosecutors.
In the first fraud case, Arena pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison. Arena also pleaded guilty to the Paycheck Protection Program fraud and is awaiting sentencing.
Synthetic identity fraud schemes have proliferated in the past few years, becoming the largest form of identity theft in the nation, according to the financial company FiVerity, which in a report last year put the losses at an estimated $20 billion in 2020. About five years ago, the Federal Reserve estimated the losses at $6 billion.
In addition to the Paycheck Protection Program rip-offs, fraudsters have used synthetic identities in many unemployment benefit scams, leaving states scrambling to try to recoup the erroneous payments. This type of fraud has been used in more prosaic crimes as well, law enforcement officials say, such as to buy cars or furniture.
With tax filing season in full swing, the IRS is warning taxpayers to look out for documents pertaining to unemployment benefits they never received. Those documents may indicate someone else filed for unemployment insurance using their information.
In a warning on its website, the IRS said there has been a “surge in fraudulent unemployment claims … by crime rings using stolen identities. Criminals are using these stolen identities to fraudulently collect benefits across multiple states.” The agency urged anyone who gets an IRS form that erroneously indicates they received money to contact the Department of Labor.
Except for unemployment fraud, synthetic identity crimes usually are not confined to one state, forcing law enforcement agencies to cooperate, according to former Suffolk County (New York) District Attorney Tim Sini, who led the county’s part in investigating Arena, who has lived in both New York and California.
“This was a collaboration between the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, Suffolk County Police, Social Security and the Secret Service,” he said in a recent phone interview. “Often times, it’s the financial institutions that are on the hook for liabilities, but make no mistake about it, those costs are at least indirectly passed on to the consumer in the form of higher interest rates and fees.”
In addition, he said, consumers who have had their Social Security numbers stolen can be affected, even years later, when they apply for credit. Most of the synthetic identity schemes steal Social Security numbers from people who aren’t using credit, such as children, recent immigrants or lower-income older adults who may not have credit cards.
The theft may not be discovered until a person — perhaps a student applying for a college loan or their first credit card — is rejected because there is a record of a previous default. In the intervening years, the fraudster may have built a “person” with a real Social Security number and a fake name, address and other identifying information.
Sometimes the crook lets those fake accounts simmer for years before “busting out,” the term law enforcement officials use for pulling the trigger on the fake person’s account and charging up to the limit on a credit card, for example, and then defaulting.
“They exist nowhere except in a credit profile,” said Sini, who is now a lawyer in private practice with the firm Nixon Peabody.
One reason that the scheme is popular is that it’s “very lucrative,” as evidenced by the huge amounts involved, said Eva Velasquez, CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit group that helps banks and individual victims of ID theft.
The thieves go for what she called the “long con. They build synthetic IDs, then they will do care and feeding. Then, they max out all of the available credit and don’t pay the bill.”
Arena and about a dozen others created the synthetic identities using Social Security numbers of children, recent immigrants, dead people, older adults and people in prison, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
Prosecutors said Arena and his partners had amassed fake credit limits worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
They applied for fake phone and email accounts as well as rewards and library cards to “legitimize” the fake identities before securing loans mostly through credit cards. Then, prosecutors said, Arena created phony corporations that reported the made-up people to credit reporting agencies as reliable borrowers, backdating the reports to make it look like they had years of excellent credit.
A federal law enacted in 2018 designed to curb the problem has had little effect, Velasquez said. One reason is that financial institutions have been slow to enroll in the program specified by the law.
Another challenge has been how to define the term “synthetic identity fraud.” The Federal Trade Commission defined it in 2021 as “the use of a combination of personally identifiable information (PII) to fabricate a person or entity in order to commit a dishonest act for personal or financial gain.” Law enforcement agencies now use that definition to prosecute the theft.
The new law covers only the financial industry, not government benefits such as the COVID-19-related funds or unemployment insurance. “It’s a good start,” Velazquez said. “As with all things identity, there’s no silver bullet.”
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, all 50 states have security breach notification laws that require businesses or governments to notify consumers if their personal information is hacked. This year, at least 17 states have introduced or considered measures that would amend those laws, NCSL said in a blog post, but none appears to address synthetic identity fraud directly.
Jason Kratovil, head of public policy at SentiLink, a financial firm that helps banks and institutions with identity fraud cases, said synthetic identity fraudsters are most likely to apply for credit from card companies within the first year of signing up for the card, and that the average loss per card for high credit limit accounts is $13,000. “Identity theft is a ‘smash and grab,’” he said. “They leverage the identity as quickly as possible.”
Kratovil said the federal law, once it is fully ramped up, should make a dent in the fraud.
“Certainly, the [law] is going to make it much harder once it’s utilized with more frequency by the financial industry; the program is now just opening up for all comers. The challenge for the financial industry is raising awareness."
That is the challenge states face as well, and many attorneys general have hotlines or tip sheets for consumers who think their identity may have been compromised or are trying to prevent it.
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, a Democrat, said in a phone interview that in his state, identity thieves often use fake identities to procure credit to buy automobiles. Often, the fraudsters spirit the cars over the border and, by the time car dealers catch up, the vehicle is long gone.
In addition to ferreting out fraud, Balderas said his office concentrates on helping consumers who have been victimized. The state, along with at least nine others, issues “identity passports” that allow victims to confirm they are the true holder of their own identity. That helps head off false arrests, he said, such as when a victim is pulled over for speeding and the officer finds an outstanding warrant for the identity thief.
He advised consumers to guard their personal information carefully. “Your wallet and your purse could be a crime scene any day of the week,” he said. “Every consumer needs to hone their skills to play defense.”
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KRAMATORSK, Ukraine -- At least 50 people were killed and 98 injured in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called an "evil" Russian shelling attack on a train station where hundreds of civilians were attempting to flee ahead of expected attacks.
Grisly scenes emerged from the city of Kramatorsk, with bodies strewn among luggage, toys and debris. Witnesses described a large explosion followed by four or five "cluster bombs" that tore into a crowd of people who had gathered to catch an arriving train. Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk regional administration, said 38 people died at the station and another 12 died while in the hospital. Among the dead are five children, he said, with a 16 children recorded as injured.
The horrific attack in Kramatorsk comes a day after Russia was suspended from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reported atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere, and as Western allies continue to boost military and diplomatic support for Ukraine.
"This is another war crime of Russia, for which everyone involved will be held accountable," Zelensky said in a video address Friday night in which he again pleaded for Russian to be held accountable by an international court. "Like the massacre in Bucha, like many other Russian war crimes, the missile strike in Kramatorsk must be one of the charges at the tribunal, which is bound to happen."
As the war enters its seventh week, Russian forces are intensifying their shelling of eastern and southern Ukraine, with analysts saying forces that were pushed back or evacuated from other parts of the country are regrouping. Ukrainian officials are calling for immediate evacuation ahead of what they expect to be a violent onslaught in the eastern provinces in coming days, which made the specter of civilians slaughtered at a crowded train station even more haunting.
President Joe Biden called the attack "yet another horrific atrocity committed by Russia." He and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that the U.S. will send a Patriot missile system to Slovakia, backfilling for the NATO member country after it earlier sent a Soviet-built S-300 air-defense system to Ukraine.
"I have directed my administration to continue to spare no effort to identify and provide to the Ukrainian military the advanced weapons capabilities it needs to defend its country," Biden said.
Biden also signed into law two new measures designed to punish the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine: an act formalizing the suspension of normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, and one that prohibits the import of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday pledged to send another 100 million pounds ($130 million) in high-grade military equipment to Ukraine, including Starstreak antiaircraft missiles, antitank missiles and precision munitions, as well as more body armor, helmets and night-vision equipment.
Japan announced it will expel eight Russian diplomats and take steps to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, including a planned ban on Russian coal exports, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a news conference
Russia denied involvement in the train station attack, calling accusations by Ukrainian officials "absolutely untrue." Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement that fragments the found near the station are "used only by the Ukrainian armed forces."
A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon, said the Pentagon is "not buying" Russia's denial.
Pro-Moscow journalists reported the missile attack on Telegram channels within minutes of the shelling, referring to it as a successful Russian assault on Ukraine fighters or hardware, according to open source data analysts.
However, the posts were swiftly deleted when information emerged on the high civilian toll.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other top E.U. officials who traveled to Ukraine to meet with Zelensky, also denounced the train attack, with von der Leyen calling it "despicable" and saying she was "appalled by the loss of life."
The group traveled to Bucha, using their first trip to the region since the invasion to draw attention to alleged war crimes there during the town's Russian occupation. Images posted from the trip show von der Leyen in a flak jacket, surrounded by armed Ukrainian military personnel, as they survey rows of black body bags in an outdoor area. Also in the group are Josep Borrell, the E.U.'s top diplomat, and Eduard Heger, the prime minister of Slovakia.
"It was important to start my visit in Bucha," von der Leyen tweeted Friday. "Because in Bucha our humanity was shattered."
The strike on the train station was in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin's "intent to heavily destroy infrastructure," said one senior NATO intelligence official. "Therefore we are not surprised that even in the phase of regrouping that he is still using missiles and airstrikes to destroy infrastructure and to kill people as well."
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under NATO ground rules, said he expects Putin will continue to keep pressure on Ukrainian forces with missiles and airstrikes "especially in the area of Kramatorsk and Donetsk and Luhansk," all of which are in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. But he predicted airstrikes from Kherson to Mariupol to Kharkiv as well.
"Lacking the strength and courage to stand up to us on the battlefield, they are cynically destroying the civilian population. This is an evil that has no limits," Zelensky said in a Telegram message following the attack.
Russian forces have expanded the number of military units in eastern Ukraine from 30 to more than 40, the Pentagon said on Friday, adding thousands of additional troops to the region after largely pulling out of the country's north. U.S. officials also assess that Moscow is using the Russian towns of Belgorod and Valuyki -- north of Ukraine's border -- to reequip its forces ahead of the changing offensive.
The Pentagon said on Friday that many Russian units had been "almost completely devastated" earlier in the war, estimating that between 15 and 20 percent of Moscow's forces have been lost with some units diminished beyond recovery.
"It's unclear if they will ever be re-formed," Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby said of the units, or whether commanders plan to reconsolidate parts of the units with others. NATO officials last month estimated that Russia could have lost up to 15,000 troops in the first month of fighting, but accurate figures are difficult to verify.
A Washington Post photographer who arrived at the Kramatorsk train station moments after the attack saw Ukrainian military personnel, police and volunteers covering rows of dead bodies in green tarps. Nearby, the Kramatorsk Town Hospital No. 3 and its five operating rooms were overwhelmed with patients with serious injuries. Staff were treating more than 20 people in the hallways and waiting rooms.
Around 100 yards from the station, a large missile fragment was visible wedged into the ground. On its side, a Russian phrase translated as "For the Children" was painted in white - an apparent allusion to Russia's motivation for the war as laid out in propaganda: protecting the Donbas region.
The civilians seeking to flee Kramatorsk are among thousands across eastern Ukraine that have been given orders by officials to evacuate immediately, warning of more intense attacks in the coming days.
The British Defense Ministry said on Friday that Russian forces have now fully withdrawn from northern Ukraine and have been recalled to Russia and Belarus as preparations are underway to transfer them to the eastern region of Donbas, where the Kremlin is focusing its attacks. Officials said in the Friday morning intelligence update that the troops are probably going to need "significant replenishment" and mass deployments could take up to a week.
Officials in Ukraine's east are on high alert, and say constant shelling is a sign of the assault to come.
"The scum don't stop and they are regularly raking us with fire," said Serhiy Haidai, regional governor of the eastern city of Luhansk in a Telegram Post. He said the situation in his region was "very bad" and said preparations for an all-out attack could take place in just a matter of days.
A similar warning came from Pavlo Kyrylenko, the Donetsk regional governor. "They're shelling all day, especially in Adiivka and Vuhledar," Kyrylenko said in a television interview that was posted on his Telegram channel.
Residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa, so far relatively unscathed by the fighting, will be subject to a curfew this weekend amid fears of an attack similar to the one in Kramatorsk.
"I appeal to the residents of Odessa and the region to understand the restrictions and not violate them . . . because the consequences can be fatal," Maxim Marchenko, governor of the Odessa region, said in a statement.
In the southern port city of Mariupol -- subject to some of the fiercest attacks since the war began - shelling continues. An adviser to the mayor's office, Petro Andryushchenko, denied reports that Russian forces have taken hold of the city, though his comments could not be independently verified.
"For the second day in a row, the Russians are spreading the same news that they have taken control of the city. This does not correspond to reality," Andryushchenko wrote on his Telegram channel.
Ten humanitarian corridors, including routes through Luhansk, Mariupol and Melitopol were to be opened on Friday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
Around 6,665 people had fled via the corridors on Friday, up from 4,600 a day before.
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BUCHA, Ukraine - There were bodies in every neighborhood.
On Thursday, investigators in this Ukrainian town searched homes and mass graves to learn how many.
Russian soldiers occupied Bucha for a month, and their campaign of atrocities killed hundreds. Since the town's recapture by Ukrainian forces last week, investigators have been drafted from across the country to comb neighborhoods for the remaining dead.
In a basement, they found five men, each with his hands tied together before someone shot them in the head. In a clearing not far away there was another body, left with the detritus of what had been a Russian military camp.
As police fanned out across the town in search of more, investigators gathered at a mass grave near a gold-topped church in central Bucha. Officials had suggested that it contained at least 50 bodies. Dressed in black fatigues and a vest that read "War Crimes Prosecutor," the most senior official turned to his colleague, who would count them.
"Alina," he said, "you can start."
Ukrainian officials said early Friday that they had collected 320 bodies in their week-long search through Bucha, almost half of which had yet to be identified. That number did not include those catalogued throughout the day Friday.
According to residents who endured Russia's occupation, a district's treatment depended on its occupiers. Some units behaved better than others. But executions took place throughout the town. Investigators say that dozens of these followed prolonged abuse. Others were simply part of the daily violence that the soldiers - some drunk, some scared - used to instill terror among the population.
At the mass grave Friday, forensics officials worked carefully on the sandy earth, pulling body bag after body bag from the pit onto the ground before they opened them, registered them and then zipped them gently shut.
They had an audience.
Russian soldiers had confiscated cellphones, leaving families disconnected for weeks. When the soldiers left, many residents emerged to find that relatives were missing.
Some were standing at the graveside Friday in search of answers about whether this was their resting place. "I came here because my son was lost here," said 63-year old Natalia Lukianenko. She had tried calling him more times than she remembered.
When she asked his friends, they said he had not been in touch.
"There are people who say that their kids are buried there," Lukianenko said anxiously, as she placed a reassuring arm around her daughter, Anna.
The 27-year-old looked at the ground.
"We hope he's alive," she said.
Ruslan Kravchenko, the Bucha district's war crimes prosecutor, said the team had examined 21 bodies, 19 of them killed by gunshots or shrapnel. Two were women. "All necessary examinations will be conducted," he said. The search was due to resume Saturday.
The prosecutor's task is the same as that of officials in other cities where abuses by Russian forces have been reported. On Friday, officials in Makariv, southwest of Bucha, said authorities had collected at least 132 bodies, while the search continued.
In Bucha, Washington Post reporters witnessed other corpses being discovered.
Down a woodland path off Yablunska Street, the body of a Ukrainian man, identified by his wife, had been left behind by Russian soldiers after their retreat.
In the town's northern sector, police entered a yard and found a woman who had died by suicide. The noose she had used to hang herself was still visible on a tree below a canopy of vines. As they searched the garden for further evidence, one of the investigators stopped and shook his head.
"It was bad in this place," he said. "The people were so scared."
With the scale of the bloodshed becoming apparent, Ukrainian officials urged the international community to bring alleged crimes committed in Ukraine to an international tribunal.
If they didn't, said Ukraine's national prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, standing at the graveside, "then it will mean that we don't have law, or rule of law, at all."
With authorities overwhelmed, video footage showed that at least one body had been left in a vehicle on a nearby highway for nearly a month.
In the passenger's seat lay the corpse of a woman, dressed in civilian clothes, according to a video posted to Twitter by a member of Ukraine's parliament. Holes that appear to be from bullets or shrapnel riddled the vehicle.
The video was published by lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko, who said in the recording that the body was a woman's. Goncharenko said a family had been fleeing the war when they were hit by a Russian attack.
Satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies show that the vehicle had been there for at least three and a half weeks. An image captured by a satellite on March 9 shows the vehicle in the same location as in the video.
The time frame overlaps with intense battles on Bucha's outskirts. When Russian troops cut a devastating path through suburbs like Bucha that surround the capital, Kyiv, they were aiming to encircle the city, U.S. officials say.
It did not work out like that.
A road approaching the town has effectively become a graveyard for tanks that tried to enter. Inside Bucha, there are few traces of the troops now, just Ukrainian bodies.
"Thank God they left us alone," one of the police investigators said as he stepped gingerly through the gate of another house where his instructions suggested that a killing had taken place. His shoulders were sagging. He looked exhausted.
"Everyone, leave us alone with our dead here," he said to journalists recording the scene. "Leave us alone to grieve them."
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Generations of Carrie Hill's family have made baskets. But it wasn't until she had her first child, 15 years ago, that she began to weave them herself. She was a stay-at-home mom, she says, "and after about four months with diapers and dishes, I was just like, 'What about Carrie?' "
Seeking to scratch a creative itch, Hill started visiting her Auntie Laura, who made traditional Haudenosaunee baskets from black ash and sweetgrass. "She would show me how to lay things out and how to put it together and how to weave, and it just felt like I was supposed to do it," she says. Within a few years, Hill started selling her baskets under the name Chill Baskets, then, in 2014, quit her job as a teacher's aide to become a full-time artist. She hasn't looked back. When we meet at her studio in Akwesasne, a Mohawk community in northern New York, she's just back from showing her work at the prestigious Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market.
Hill's small studio, which she calls "the building that baskets built," is stuffed full of her work, her awards and long, thin strips of black ash splint hanging in coils. Her technique is traditional, but her designs lean contemporary. She shows me a woven face mask studded with skulls and "AWUSS" ("Go away" in Mohawk) spelled out in beads; a woven panel with "Land Back" cross-stitched on; jewelry; and lots of baskets, some big enough to be carried on the back, some so tiny they fit into the palm of your hand. She credits her aunt for encouraging her creativity. "Once my brain opened up, [I thought], 'Oh, I don't have to just do a basket. I can make earrings. . . . I can make cuffs. . . . I can make a million different things.' I just like to be creative and be able to utilize the traditional techniques." As we talk, she shows me how to lay out short strips of black ash, and I clumsily weave pieces of sweetgrass around them to make my own bookmark.
I booked my visit to Hill's studio through Akwesasne Travel, the marketing organization for the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, which straddles the U.S.-Canada border, and New York, Ontario and Quebec. Despite the territory's geographical complexity, residents (Akwesasronon) consider themselves to be one community. Last fall, Akwesasne Travel launched three tours to offer visitors a chance to learn about Akwesasne culture.
Tourism "has been a part of who we are for centuries," says Penny Peters, Akwesasne's tourism industry development manager. "We're a very welcoming community." The plan to formalize tourism in Akwesasne first emerged in 2008 out of a comprehensive community development plan that found that Akwesasronon were interested in developing tourism as a way to tell their stories and to support cultural revitalization by helping people make a living from their artistry.
The interest went both ways. Peters says the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (which governs Akwesasne's New York portion, also known as the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation) had been getting calls from visitors who wanted to learn about the community's culture. "They used to just send them to the museum [at the Akwesasne Cultural Center], because that's all we had."
While drawing up tourism plans, Peters and her colleagues asked themselves what made Akwesasne unique within the area and unique among Mohawk and Haudenosaunee communities. From those questions emerged a focus on artisans.
Not only does Akwesasne have a strong, continuous tradition of basket-making, but it's also known for crafting traditional wooden lacrosse sticks, a skill passed down through generations. Lacrosse has deep and sacred roots here. The game was founded by the Haudenosaunee, who have long treated it as more than a sport, considering it a gift from the creator and a "medicine game" used for healing. In the 1920s, Akwesasne became a commercial hub for making wooden lacrosse sticks and at one time manufactured 97% of the world's lacrosse sticks, according to Akwesasne Travel.
Few lacrosse sticks are made from wood today, but Evan Cree keeps the tradition alive at his small but thriving business, Traditional Lacrosse. Cree's great-grandfather owned the company that manufactured all those sticks a century ago, and he carries on the traditional methods as he crafts each stick from hickory and ash.
He's busy when I find him in his workshop, which is stuffed with tools and half-finished sticks; the business is a one-man show, and only he needs to know where to find things. Cree is working hard to fill orders from colleges across the country. Traditional lacrosse sticks are largely decorative items these days, and graduation ceremonies make up a substantial portion of his orders. Where Hill's experience felt like hanging out with a friend, Cree's workspace makes me feel like a first-day-on-the-job apprentice as I tag behind him. For Cree, it's just another day at work turning hickory logs into lacrosse sticks. He moves quickly between each station, standing to bend the top of the stick to form the head, then sitting on an old-fashioned draw horse (a combined vice and bench used for woodworking) to carve the stick with a knife passed down from his great-uncle. I leave still unsure of the exact process, but that's kind of the point. Each tour is framed as a way to meet the artisans, rather than to learn how to imitate their craft.
When planning to scale up its tourism industry, Akwesasne Travel conducted extensive interviews to feel out what the community was and was not comfortable sharing with visitors. For example, "there has been negative feedback to teaching outsiders how to make our baskets," Peters says. That's why, in her tour, Hill only teaches guests how to make a simple bookmark. "It gives you the idea of how the weaving's done, and you get to feel and touch the materials. But making an entire basket with the fancy curls and weaves and all of that? We wouldn't share that beyond [the] community."
Smoothing out misunderstandings and misconceptions is the focus of the third link in Akwesasne Travel's slate of tours. At the Native North American Travelling College (NNATC), cultural educators take visitors into the history of Akwesasne, both before and after contact with European colonizers; teach guests how to pronounce Mohawk words; and provide a safe space to ask questions. NNATC lies on the Canadian side, and, because I wasn't able to cross the border, I booked a Zoom tour of the cultural center instead. A legacy of the pandemic, a Zoom option is available for all Akwesasne tours. As my host, Lorna Thomas, holds up traditional musical instruments to the camera and shows me how to read the shell-beaded symbols on a wampum belt, she says she's surprised by NNATC's virtual reach: It has had guests join from as far away as Scotland.
It's a far cry from NNATC's initial incarnation, operating out of a VW van in the 1960s. The center recently underwent a major renovation, a sign of increasing interest in Akwesasne culture. Akwesasne Travel is working to keep the momentum going by soon adding three more cultural experiences to its offerings. The community is also developing an art park and art gallery at a former dam site on the St. Regis River.
Peters says there has been a surge in interest since the discoveries of unmarked graves at former residential school sites in Canada. "I think there's been sort of an awakening," she says of non-Indigenous people on both sides of the border. Learning about Indigenous culture is one thing they feel they can do, individually, to learn more, Peters says, and even tourism can be part of that path toward understanding. "It can be learning about Carrie and her basket-making; about Evan and traditional lacrosse," she says. Supporting Indigenous businesses, culture and art: It's all a part of that path forward.
IF YOU GO
What to eat
Three Feathers Internet Cafe
759 Route 37, Bombay, N.Y.
518-353-6764
This casual and friendly local favorite is known for its traditional corn soup, as well as fresh salads and sandwiches. Open for breakfast and lunch Monday to Friday, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 6 a.m. to noon. Entrees from $5.50.
What to do
- Akwesasne Travel
- 518-358-4238
- akwesasne.travel
This company offers three cultural tours in Akwesasne: an introduction to basket-weaving and traditional lacrosse-stick-making in New York, and visiting the Native North American Travelling College in Ontario. Passport required to do all three. Because of the complexity of traveling around Akwesasne - there's overlapping residential and commercial space, and you can cross the international border without realizing - staff members typically accompany guests, and tours must be booked through the company. Tours from $39 per person, minimum of two people.
- Akwesasne Cultural Center
- 321 Route 37, Akwesasne, N.Y.
- 518-358-2461
- akwesasneculturalcenter.org
This small museum, in the same building as the library, introduces visitors to the history of the Mohawk people, the origins of lacrosse and the artistry of Akwesasronon through exhibits that include intricate baskets, feathered hats and a 250-year-old wampum belt. Buy Akwesasronon-made jewelry and crafts at the Akwesasne Cultural Center's gift shop, which has an excellent selection of items by local artisans. Museum admission $5 per person.
PLEASE NOTE
Potential travelers should take local and national public health directives regarding the pandemic into consideration before planning any trips. Travel health notice information can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's interactive map showing travel recommendations by destination and the CDC's travel health notice webpage.
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Man had ‘no idea’ after TSA stops him from boarding plane with sword hidden in cane
Published: Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:14 PM EDT
(Gray News) – TSA agents in Boston stopped a man from boarding a plane with a sword on his person.
The man was attempting to board a plane at Logan Airport on Tuesday, according to a post on Twitter from TSA_NewEngland.
How did he make it that far into the airport? It was hidden in his cane.
When Massachusetts state police questioned him on it, they say the man said he had “no idea” the blade was in there.
He was cleared to continue onto the flight after his cane was claimed by the TSA.
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INDIANAPOLIS — After spending more than a decade in prison, an Indiana man is channeling his experience through an upcoming play about life in jail.
“This is real life, as best as you can get. Especially, when you are dealing with people who have been through this before. Not just incarceration, but waiting for loved ones,” tells Tyrone Edwards Jr. writer of the play War Behind Bars.
Edwards Jr. was sentenced to 25 years for dealing and drug possession, however he got out in 12 years. After his brother passed away, he promised him he would never go back. He began to find healing through his writing.
“During that spiritual journey, God took me on a whirlwind of writing. That’s the only way I knew how to deal with the time that I had,” explains Edwards Jr., “During that process, I began to figure something out, so I began to write.”
He wrote about what was happening, what he knew, and how his spirituality played a role. It helped shape the characters and the narrative of his play War Behind Bars. The story centers around a man who is in prison, and his struggle to keep his life and relationships intact. It also deals with spiritual awakening.
“Some people are wrongfully accused. Some people actually did the crime, and now they are trying to figure out, ‘How can I fix it when I get out?’ You have family members that are in jail, and they feel like everyone is gone. What is the sense of even coming out?” explains Edwards Jr.
“I think those stories get most of the headlines. Those stories about the recidivism. Those are the ones that everybody talks about. People aren’t so quick to talk about these men who go in and say this isn’t the life for me,” continues Kimberly Mcmurray, an actress and director of the play, “I don’t think anyone will walk away from this show without it resonating, and staying with them long after they leave. I hope they come away with a more human view of those who were incarcerated.”
Out of the more than 20 actors in the play, all but four of the men have spent time in incarceration. Mcmurray spent time in the juvenile system as a kid.
“A lot of the input is very, very real. It’s definitely not Hollywood scripted. This is real life with real emotions and real feelings,” says Mcmurray, “I was in as a juvenile, and I remember even as a 15-year-old, the correctional officer telling me this is who you will always be. He referred to me by “912364” which was my juvenile DOC number. I thank God that that was not my story, and not my end. It’s the truth for so many others. They just have to understand there are other options.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin may use the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine as a pretext to order a new campaign to interfere in American politics, U.S. intelligence officials have assessed.
Intelligence agencies have so far not found any evidence that Putin has authorized measures like the ones Russia is believed to have undertaken in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections in support of former President Donald Trump, according to several people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive findings.
But given Putin’s antipathy toward the West and his repeated denunciations of Ukraine, officials believe he may see the U.S. backing of Ukraine’s resistance as a direct affront to him, giving him further incentive to target another U.S. election, the people said. It is not yet clear which candidates Russia might try to promote or what methods it might use.
The assessment comes with the U.S. electoral system already under pressure. The American public remains sharply divided over the last presidential election and the insurrection that followed at the U.S. Capitol, when supporters of Trump tried to stop the certification of his loss to President Joe Biden. Trump has repeatedly assailed intelligence officials and claimed investigations of Russian influence on his campaigns to be political vendettas.
Tensions between Washington and Moscow have reached levels not seen since the end of the Cold War. The White House has increased military support for Ukraine, which has mounted a robust resistance against Russian forces accused of committing war crimes, and helped impose global sanctions that have crippled Russia’s economy.
There’s no sign the war will end soon, which some experts say could delay Moscow from pursuing retaliation while its resources are mired in Ukraine. But “it’s almost certain that a depleted Russian military after Ukraine is going to again double down on hybrid tactics to wreak havoc against us and other allied countries,” said David Salvo, deputy director of the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy.
In Ukraine and in past campaigns against adversaries, Russia has been accused of trying to spread disinformation, amplifying pro-Kremlin voices in the West and using cyberattacks to disrupt governments.
Top U.S. intelligence officials are still working on plans for a new center authorized by Congress focusing on foreign influence campaigns by Russia, China and other adversaries. Avril Haines, the U.S. director of national intelligence, also recently appointed career CIA officer Jeffrey Wichman to the position of election threats executive several months after the departure of the previous executive, Shelby Pierson.
“Our Election Threats Executive continues to lead the Intelligence Community’s efforts against foreign threats to U.S. elections,” said Nicole de Haay, a spokesperson for Haines, in a statement. “We’re also continuing to work to deliver on the legislative requirement to create a center to integrate intelligence on foreign malign influence.”
De Haay declined to comment on what intelligence officials think of Putin’s intentions. Russia’s embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.
Foreign adversaries have long looked to interfere in American politics, according to investigations of past elections and indictments brought against alleged foreign agents. The U.S. has accused Putin of ordering influence operations to try to help Trump in the 2020 election. And a bipartisan Senate investigation of the 2016 election confirmed intelligence findings that Russia used cyber-espionage and information efforts to boost Trump and disparage his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation found no conclusive evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia, but Mueller declined to pass judgment on whether Trump obstructed justice.
Trump continues to falsely insist that the election he lost to Biden was stolen, with Republicans in many states following his lead and opposing election security measures.
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies continuously investigate foreign influence efforts. The Justice Department last month charged five men with acting on behalf of China to harass Chinese dissidents in the U.S. and derail a little-known congressional candidate.
Experts say the proposed Foreign Malign Influence Center would bring much-needed direction to efforts across government studying adversaries. Congress provided partial funding for the center in the budget passed last month because the budget funds the government through September and not a full year.
The center has been previously delayed over questions within the intelligence director’s office and on Capitol Hill about its structure and size and whether it would unnecessarily duplicate efforts that already exist in government. In a sign that some of those questions remain unresolved, Congress last month also required the director’s office to complete within six months a report on the “future structure, responsibilities, and organizational placement” of the center.
Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that the committee was closely watching “the malign activities of our adversaries” and the proposed center could be one way to help.
“As Russia continues to use disinformation campaigns in Ukraine, we are reminded to be strategic in our response to countering their tactics,” Turner said. “It is no secret that our adversaries use disinformation to undermine the national security interests of the U.S., so we must take into account all viable options to protect our democracy.”
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LEESBURG, Va., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Armfield, Harrison & Thomas, LLC ("AHT Insurance"), a subsidiary of BRP Group, Inc. ("BRP Group" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BRP), is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Balch to the leadership team as Managing Director of AHT Insurance's Commercial Risk Management Group.
As Managing Director, Balch will lead and manage the Commercial Risk Management Group to assure client satisfaction and firm profitability, as well as perpetuate the planning, organizing, staffing, operational, and business development activities for the group.
Chris brings more than 17 years of commercial risk management and underwriting experience to AHT Insurance. Prior to joining AHT Insurance, Chris served as Regional Vice President at The Hartford, where he led the Middle Market Guaranteed Cost businesses for the Washington, DC metro area. The various leadership positions he has held at The Hartford demonstrate his dedication to client satisfaction, firm and peer growth, and positive industry progression. Chris has been closely aligned with AHT Insurance and its colleagues for the past 13 years to help ensure the most positive placements and outcomes for their clients.
"We are excited to bring Chris' talent and industry relationships from his career with our longstanding, respected partner, The Hartford, to our clients and internal colleagues at AHT Insurance. His strong leadership, client-first approach, and focus on accelerative business strategy will help ensure continued client success – which translates into AHT Insurance's success," said David Schaefer, Regional President, AHT Insurance.
"I am honored to join this dynamic and successful team at AHT Insurance, as well as the Baldwin Risk Partners Middle Market Group. I am thrilled to be a part of this next chapter for AHT Insurance and to help shape the future for the firm, its colleagues, and our clients," says Chris Balch, Managing Director, Commercial Risk Management.
ABOUT AHT INSURANCE
AHT Insurance is an insurance brokerage and consulting firm offering property and casualty, employee benefits, retirement, personal and international services for clients throughout the United States. We support numerous industries and boast national recognition for practices in areas, such as technology, manufacturing, government contracting and nonprofits. Learn more at www.ahtins.com.
ABOUT BRP GROUP, INC.
BRP Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRP) is an independent insurance distribution firm delivering tailored insurance and risk management insights and solutions that give our clients the peace of mind to pursue their purpose, passion and dreams. We are innovating the industry by taking a holistic and tailored approach to risk management, insurance and employee benefits, and support our clients, Colleagues, Insurance Company Partners and communities through the deployment of vanguard resources and capital to drive our growth. BRP Group represents over 900,000 clients across the United States and internationally. For more information, please visit www.baldwinriskpartners.com.
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Factors that could cause actual results or performance to differ from the expectations expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those described under the caption "Risk Factors" in BRP Group's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and in BRP Group's other filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at: www.sec.gov, including those risks and other factors relevant to the business, financial condition and results of operations of BRP Group and factors related to the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on BRP Group's business, financial condition and results of operations. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated. All forward-looking statements and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to BRP Group or to persons acting on behalf of BRP Group are expressly qualified in their entirety by reference to these risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and BRP Group does not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law.
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RENO, Nev., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERCO (Nasdaq: UHAL), the parent of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company, on April 6, 2022, declared a special cash dividend on its Common Stock of $0.50 per share. The dividend will be payable April 29, 2022 to holders of record on April 18, 2022.
About AMERCO
AMERCO is the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company. U-Haul is in the shared use business and was founded on the fundamental philosophy that the division of use and specialization of ownership is good for both U-Haul customers and the environment.
About U-Haul
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 23,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 176,000 trucks, 126,000 trailers and 46,000 towing devices. U-Haul is the third largest self-storage operator in North America and offers over 855,000 rentable storage units and 73.6 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S., and continues to be the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry.
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DUBLIN, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, plans to announce first quarter 2022 results on Friday, April 29th, 2022 in a news release to be issued at 5:00 am Central Time. Greg Case, CEO, will host a conference call at 7:30 am Central Time on Friday, April 29th, 2022. The conference call will be broadcast live through Aon's website at www.aon.com. A replay will be available shortly after the live webcast. The earnings release and supplemental slide presentation will be available on Aon's web site at www.aon.com.
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MEXICO CITY, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, announces that its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on ASUR's website, www.asur.com.mx.
Investors can receive a printed copy of the report free of charge by calling The Bank of New York Mellon at 1-212-815-2838.
About ASUR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is a leading international airport operator with a portfolio of concessions to operate, maintain and develop 16 airports in the Americas. This comprises nine airports in southeast Mexico, including Cancun Airport, the most important tourist destination in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, and six airports in northern Colombia, including Medellin international airport (Rio Negro), the second busiest in Colombia. ASUR is also a 60% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport serving the capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan. San Juan's Airport is the island's primary gateway for international and mainland-US destinations and was the first, and currently the only major airport in the US to have successfully completed a public–private partnership under the FAA Pilot Program. Headquartered in Mexico, ASUR is listed both on the Mexican Bolsa, where it trades under the symbol ASUR, and on the NYSE in the U.S., where it trades under the symbol ASR. One ADS represents ten (10) series B shares. For more information, visit www.asur.com.mx.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America Corporation today announced the Board of Directors has authorized regular cash dividends on the outstanding shares or depositary shares of the following series of preferred stock:
Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 67 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 4,200 retail financial centers, approximately 16,000 ATMs, and award-winning digital banking with more than 54 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and approximately 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
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Phone: 1.980.388.6780
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Phone: 1.212.449.3112
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BOSTON, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Architectural College (BAC) announces the launching of its newest video venture, BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas. This ongoing program will offer a series of exclusive, insightful, and one-on-one conversations between President Mahesh Daas and thought leaders from around the design professions and related industries.
Each episode aligns with the BAC's critical mission to diversify the design professions through expanded access to excellence in design education. Another key program goal includes increasing awareness of the design discipline to advance design literacy within the public sphere.
The BAC is honored to kick-off its inaugural episode of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas by featuring Professor Balkrishna Doshi—India's first and only Pritzker prize winning architect, educator, guru, and the BAC's 2021 honorary alumnus. As President Daas noted, "While the number of his projects might be measurable, the impact of his influence is immeasurable."
In this first episode, which was filmed during the height of the global pandemic, Professor Doshi and President Daas speak candidly about his life and career spanning nine decades, discussing design education, theory, rituals, space, architecture as well as the immense impact on our global structures and society during a global pandemic.
Watch this unique conversation during the inaugural launch of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas—experience a candid discussion, and delve into the prodigious life of a leading architect, guru, and educator of our time, Professor Balkrishna Doshi.
Stay tuned for more information on upcoming episodes of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas by visiting our website.
Dr. Mahesh Daas, ACSA Distinguished Professor, serves as the eighth president of The Boston Architectural College. President Daas is the author of two books, Leading with Aesthetics: The Transformational Leadership of President Charles M. Vest at M.I.T. (2015, 2019) as well as co-edited volume Towards A Robotic Architecture (2018). He also serves as the current Chancellor of the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors and on the editorial board of Construction Robotics Journal. Boston Magazine hailed "The BAC's Mahesh Daas is on a Mission to Reinvent Design Education."
Founded in 1889, The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is an internationally recognized institution with a diverse student and alumni population representing more than 54 countries. Providing excellence in practice-integrated design education, the BAC was Ranked #1 for Best Graduate School for Earning Potential and #4 for Best Architecture School Offering Bachelor's Degrees in the U.S. in 2020 by GradReports. The BAC offers bachelor and graduate degrees in architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, design studies as well as offering continuing education certificates and courses. The BAC upholds the importance of inclusive admission, diversity, innovation, dedicated faculty, and the intrinsic value of both academic and experiential education.
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VANCOUVER, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- City Office REIT, Inc. (NYSE: CIO) ("City Office" or the "Company") announced today it will release its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, before the market opens on Thursday, May 5, 2022.
City Office's management will hold a conference call at 11:00 am Eastern Time on May 5, 2022 to discuss the Company's financial results. Additionally, a supplemental financial package to accompany the discussion of the results will be posted on www.cioreit.com.
Webcast
Click on the webcast link under the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at www.cioreit.com.
Telephone Conference Call
Domestic: 1-844-200-6205
International: 1-929-526-1599
Passcode: 486178
Please dial in at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Conference Call Replay
Domestic: 1-866-813-9403
International: 44-204-525-0658
Passcode: 308413
A replay of the call will be available later in the day on May 5, 2022, continuing through August 3, 2022. A replay will also be available at "Webcasts & Events" in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website.
About City Office REIT, Inc.
City Office REIT is an internally-managed real estate company focused on acquiring, owning and operating high-quality office properties located in leading 18-hour cities in the Southern and Western United States. City Office currently owns or has a controlling interest in 6.2 million square feet of office properties. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Contact
City Office REIT, Inc.
Anthony Maretic, CFO
+1-604-806-3366
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has engaged Coforma's Health+™ program to surface the lived experiences of people with Long COVID to guide the co-creation of innovative solutions.
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH) has selected Coforma and prime contract partner INSI Cloud to leverage Coforma's Health+™ program in support of the agency's goal to understand the lived experiences and needs of people impacted by Long COVID and facilitate the identification and implementation of innovative solutions to increase their quality of care and life.
During the pandemic, people with COVID-19, from all backgrounds and communities, began reporting symptoms lasting or fluctuating beyond three weeks, sometimes with disabling consequences. These 'long haulers' reported a variety of symptoms—long-term effects of the COVID-19 infection which have come to be known, collectively, as 'Long COVID.'
Health+™ uses an agile approach to navigate the complex healthcare space and apply human-centered design and research to uncover opportunities to leverage insights around lived experiences, cross-discipline knowledge, and strategic partnerships to identify and co-create effective solutions to high-impact health issues .
"The people and communities impacted by Long COVID are at the forefront of this effort. Our research will be done in careful consideration of the fact that preliminary studies show there are specific populations and communities uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19 and to experiencing Long COVID–often influenced by social determinants of health, such as poverty, and by structural inequities, such as racism and discrimination. We're honored to collaborate meaningfully with HHS and the OASH to involve Long COVID patients and patient-advocates in the surfacing of data-informed, high-impact solutions," said Ashleigh Axios, CXO and co-owner of Coforma.
About Health+™: Health+™ ("health plus") is a trademarked and proprietary program developed by Coforma in 2019, which applies human-centered design and research to cultivate solutions to the most pressing challenges in the healthcare sector. Recent, for-service cycles of the program were run on behalf of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and their partners at Howard University and the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation around Sickle Cell disease and Lyme disease. Learn more about Health+™ at "https://healthplusprogram.io"healthplusprogram.io..
Contact: Angela Hopkins, angela@coforma.io, 303-968-0349
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CALGARY, AB, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Crescent Point Energy Corp. ("Crescent Point" or the "Company") (TSX: CPG) (NYSE: CPG) is pleased to announce that Mindy Wight will stand for election as an independent director to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") at the upcoming Annual General Meeting ("AGM") on May 19, 2022.
"We are pleased to welcome Mindy to Crescent Point and believe she will be an invaluable addition given her extensive financial knowledge and range of experiences," said Barbara Munroe, Chair of the Board. "Beyond her career as an accounting professional, Mindy has also been a leader in advancing economic growth for Indigenous communities."
Ms. Wight specializes in financial accounting, taxation and business development and holds significant cross-industry experience. She currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Board Treasurer of the Nch'kay Development Corporation. Most recently, Ms. Wight was a partner and tax specialist with the accounting and advisory firm MNP LLP and also worked closely with companies in the energy sector during her time with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Ms. Wight received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Northern British Columbia and holds CPA and CA designations. Ms. Wight is also active in her local community and was an Advisory Committee member for the Squamish Nation.
In conjunction with Ms. Wight's nomination, the Company also announces that Laura Cillis will not be standing for re-election at the 2022 AGM. Ms. Cillis has been a member of Crescent Point's Board since 2014. Upon her departure, the Board will have fully renewed since 2016.
"On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Laura for her significant contributions and oversight over the past several years," said Munroe. "Her thoughtful and strategic leadership has been beneficial in Crescent Point's ongoing corporate development. We wish Laura the best in her future endeavours."
Crescent Point is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion within its Board, ensuring strong governance and stewardship through a broad range of skillsets and perspectives. Should Ms. Wight be elected as a director, Crescent Point's Board will remain comprised of 33% independent directors being female.
For more information on Crescent Point's Board and upcoming AGM, please visit the Company's website at www.crescentpointenergy.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CRESCENT POINT ENERGY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Shant Madian, Vice President, Capital Markets, or
Sarfraz Somani, Manager, Investor Relations
Telephone: (403) 693-0020 Toll-free (US and Canada): 888-693-0020 Fax: (403) 693-0070
Address: Crescent Point Energy Corp. Suite 2000, 585 - 8th Avenue S.W. Calgary AB T2P 1G1
Crescent Point shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CPG.
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CHICAGO, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution, payable April 11, 2022 to shareholders of record March 31, 2022, together with the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date (YTD) from the following sources. The fiscal year is November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022. All amounts are expressed per share of common stock based on U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, which may differ from federal income tax regulations.
The Fund will issue a separate 19(a) notice at the time of each monthly distribution using the most current financial information available. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution plan.
The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income."
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of the fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
* Simple arithmetic average of each of the past five annual returns.
DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DNP) is a closed-end diversified investment management company. The Fund's primary investment objectives are current income and long-term growth of income. The Fund seeks to achieve these objectives by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity and fixed income securities of companies in the public utilities industry. For more information, visit the Fund's website at www.dpimc.com/dnp or call the Fund at (800) 864-0629.
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TORONTO, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Electra Battery Materials Corporation (TSXV: ELBM) (OTCQX: ELBM) ("Electra") today announced the filing of its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2021.
For complete details of the consolidated financial statements and the associated management's discussion and analysis, please refer to the Company's filing on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or the Company's website (www.electrabmc.com).
The Company continues to advance its plans to develop North America's only Battery Materials Park. In line with phase one of the Company's strategic plan, Electra remains on schedule to commission its expanded refinery in December 2022, at which time it will become the first refiner of battery-grade cobalt sulfate in North America and the second largest outside of China.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Cash of C$58.6 million as of December 31, 2021.
- Closing of an additional US$7.5 million of additional convertible notes in October 2022 on the same terms as the first tranche of convertible notes that closed on September 2, 2021.
- Refinery capital costs committed of C$38 million (inclusive of C$12 million spent to date), representing 46% of the total capital budget. The solvent extraction design and manufacturing contract was awarded to Metso-Outotec during the fourth quarter.
- Receipt of final approvals for the Refinery's Air and Noise permit, Industrial Sewage Works permit, and closure plan.
The Company launched a new at-the-market equity program (the "2022 ATM Program") in January 2022 for the issuance of up to $20 million in common shares from treasury. The Company has issued a total of 2,754,300 common shares under the 2022 ATM Program at an average price of $0.2964 per share, providing gross proceeds of $816,243. A commission of $20,406 was paid to CIBC Capital Markets in relation to these distributions.
Electra is planning to build a fully integrated, localized and environmentally sustainable battery materials park. Leveraging the Company's own mining assets and business partners, the Electra Battery Materials Park is expected to host cobalt and nickel sulfate production plants, a large-scale lithium-ion battery recycling facility, and battery precursor materials production, which will serve both North American and global customers. Electra also owns the advanced exploration-stage Iron Creek cobalt-copper project in Idaho, USA. Electra Battery Materials is an integral part of the North American battery supply chain, providing low-carbon, sustainable and traceable raw materials for the region's fast growing electric vehicle industry.
On behalf of Electra Battery Materials.
Trent Mell
Chief Executive Officer
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WASHINGTON, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Board Chair Sheila C. Bair has announced her decision to resign effective May 1, and that the Board has unanimously elected Michael J. Heid to succeed her. In addition, the Board has appointed company President David C. Benson to the additional role of Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board member, effective May 1, 2022, subject to final Federal Housing Finance Agency approval. He will succeed CEO Hugh R. Frater, who has also announced his decision to retire and resign from the Board.
"I've been privileged to serve this institution and its dedicated employees as we have remained relentlessly focused on the needs of homeowners and renters through a pandemic, tumultuous market conditions, and a transition in Administrations," said outgoing Chair Bair. "Unfortunately, I have found it difficult to meet the substantial time demands of this position while fulfilling my other Board and advisory responsibilities. I am very proud of this organization's many innovations to promote sustainable homeownership, including streamlined refinancings for low-income households, use of rental data in underwriting, and a more progressive fee structure. I am deeply appreciative of Hugh Frater's leadership over the past 3.5 years. He has provided stellar service and will be sorely missed. But Fannie Mae will be in good hands going forward. Mike Heid will be outstanding as the next Chair of Fannie Mae, as will Dave Benson as our interim CEO. Mike's expertise in housing finance, combined with his leadership as Chair of the Community Responsibility and Sustainability Committee, make him the right person to continue and build on our mission work. And Dave's steady hand will help guide the enterprise into the next chapter of its history, as we transition to new leadership to meet the challenges that lie ahead."
"Sheila has distinguished herself by her hard work, intelligence and above all else her passion for Fannie Mae's important mission. We thank her for her dedicated service and wish her well in her future endeavors," said Hugh Frater, outgoing Chief Executive Officer. "I also want to welcome Mike Heid as our new Chair and Dave Benson as my successor. Mike brings unrivaled knowledge of the mortgage markets, and commitment to our mission, vision, and leadership as we continue to provide equitable and sustainable access to affordable homeownership and rental housing. When I became CEO in 2019, I committed to the Board I would remain for three years, and it has been the privilege of a lifetime to lead this organization. Given the strides we have made on so many fronts, this is the right time to transition to a new CEO. Dave knows this company better than anyone else and will provide outstanding leadership, together with our new Board Chair Mike Heid, as the entire enterprise works together to build a more sustainable housing finance market that better serves people across America."
"I am honored to be selected as Chair of this outstanding Board and grateful to Sheila and Hugh for their phenomenal leadership during these unprecedented times. This is a pivotal time for Fannie Mae, and I look forward to working with Dave, the exceptional Fannie Mae team, and with my colleagues on the Board in service of homeowners and renters across the country," said Michael Heid, incoming Chair of the Board.
Heid served as Executive Vice President (Home Lending) of Wells Fargo & Company from 1997 to his retirement in January 2016. He served in a number of positions at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, the mortgage banking division of Wells Fargo, including as president from 2011 to September 2015, as co-president from 2004 to 2011, and earlier as chief financial officer and head of Loan Servicing. Heid was employed by Wells Fargo or its predecessors since 1988. He also currently serves on the Board of Roosevelt Management Company and the Advisory Board for Home Partners of America and Promontory MortgagePath.
David Benson is currently Fannie Mae's President responsible for leading the development and execution of the strategic plan for the organization, as well as leading the Single-Family and Multifamily businesses, and will continue in that role. He has served in a number of executive positions during his 20 years at Fannie Mae, including as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He also serves on the Board of Managers of Common Securitization Solutions, a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac joint venture.
The Board of Directors also announced that it plans to conduct a national search for a permanent CEO.
Separately, Fannie Mae also announced the resignation of Antony Jenkins from the Board, effective May 1, 2022, who also cited time commitments as the reason for his departure. Outgoing Board Chair Sheila Bair commented, "I would also like to thank Antony Jenkins for his leadership and contributions to the Board. His background as a top financial executive, combined with his unrivaled expertise in financial technology, have been hugely beneficial to the enterprise."
Bair is the former Chair of the FDIC and Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, who serves as a Board member or advisor to several companies and nonprofits. She joined the Board in August 2019 and became Chair in November 2020. Jenkins is the founder and Executive Chair of 10xFuture Technologies, after having served in top banking positions, including CEO of Barclays PLC. He joined the Board in July 2018.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Horizon Corporation (NYSE: FHN) announced today that, in light of the proposed transaction with TD Bank Group, it now plans to release first quarter financial results on April 19, 2022 after the close of the market. The earnings materials will be available on the FHN website at ir.firsthorizon.com under Events and Presentations. FHN also noted that management no longer plans to conduct conference calls in reference to the earnings materials.
About First Horizon
First Horizon Corp. (NYSE: FHN), with $89.1 billion in assets as of December 31, 2021, is a leading regional financial services company, dedicated to helping our clients, communities and associates unlock their full potential with capital and counsel. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, the banking subsidiary First Horizon Bank operates in 12 states across the southern U.S. The Company and its subsidiaries offer commercial, private banking, consumer, small business, wealth and trust management, retail brokerage, capital markets, fixed income, mortgage, and title insurance services. First Horizon has been recognized as one of the nation's best employers by Fortune and Forbes magazines and a Top 10 Most Reputable U.S. Bank. More information is available at www.FirstHorizon.com.
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Celebrating two decades of exceptional patient care
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Medical Clinic is proud to announce an exciting milestone with the 20th anniversary of Dr. Joseph Cozzolino. Dr. Cozzolino opened our Wesley Chapel location in 2002 and has expanded the practice with the growing community. In addition to two decades of patient care, Dr. Cozzolino is celebrating his seventh year as a Board Member at Florida Medical Clinic.
Dr. Cozzolino trained at Albany Medical College in New York and completed his residency at Cone Memorial Hospital in North Carolina. He served in the Air Force as an active-duty physician for four years. These military years were not only formative for Dr. Cozzolino but instrumental in shaping his outlook on patient care and how he would give back to the military community throughout his career.
Dr. Cozzolino has spent the past 20 years providing high-quality healthcare that puts the patient first. He has a particular interest in basic dermatology, including skin cancer screening and basic dermatological procedures. He also focuses on preventing cardiovascular disease through optimal hypertensive and diabetes management. He has earned the trust of his patients who highlight his compassion and consistent professionalism.
When asked about his anniversary, Dr. Cozzolino said, "I want to thank my patients in Wesley Chapel for embracing me as their physician. It's been my pleasure serving their healthcare needs and journeying with them over the years. I hope to serve for many years more alongside my partners, Drs. Santoscoy, Burton, White and Stanton."
When Dr. Cozzolino is outside of the office, he focuses on spending time with his wife and children and improving his golf game.
To make an appointment with Dr. Cozzolino in either Wiregrass or Wesley Chapel, contact his office at (813) 994.1286.
In 1993, Florida Medical Clinic founders set their sights on one idea: to provide a better way to organize and deliver high-quality and cost-effective health care to the community. Florida Medical Clinic is proud to include over 380 providers and nearly 2,000 employees in more than 50 locations across Florida's East Pasco and Hillsborough counties. Facilities include two urgent care clinics and three ambulatory surgery centers. Florida Medical Clinic doctors offer care in more than 40 different medical specialties.
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The Rx Locking Cap plays a pivotal role in the prevention of prescription medication abuse.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sacramento company Gatekeeper Innovation Inc. was awarded a patent for its Rx Locking Cap, an abuse-deterrent tamper-evident locking cap that fits existing prescription vials and is designed to help reduce misuse, abuse, and accidental poisonings from medication in the home.
Addressing the opioid epidemic and misuse and abuse of other medications is a complex problem that requires a comprehensive approach. A National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that over 70 percent of people who abused prescription pain relievers got them from friends or relatives. While some are knowingly complicit in this type of prescription misuse, others are unwitting suppliers. Typical prescription bottles are easy to access when kept unsecured in the home. The consequences of rx misuse can be severe; according to the CDC, 2 out of 3 overdose deaths involve an opioid.
COVID has further complicated this, impacting mental health and contributing to a record number of overdose deaths in 2021 (over 100,000 deaths). Experts note that factors related to the pandemic likely exacerbated these trends.
The Rx Locking Cap plays a critical role in prevention and early intervention with a mission to save lives endangered by prescription drug abuse. The medication safekeeping device has been distributed to more than 9,000 Walgreens, close to 6,000 CVS locations. It is the first medication safe-storage device to receive health plan reimbursement for controlled substance prescriptions patients.
This is the fourth patent awarded to Gatekeeper Innovation, Inc. Gatekeeper founders Joseph Simpson and Nathan Langley are the inventors behind both patents. Simpson wanted to create a way to make it harder for teens to gain access to prescription medications in the home after his own family experienced opioid abuse resulting from a unauthorized access to prescription medications. His brush with the opioid epidemic inspired Simpson to develop a solution. He partnered with Langley to invent the original Safer Lock device, Gatekeeper Innovation Inc.'s flagship product, as well as the Safer Lock Box and Rx Locking Cap.
About Gatekeeper Innovation Inc: Gatekeeper Innovation Inc. is a Sacramento-based company offering tamper-evident and abuse-deterrent technology while supporting medication adherence. Gatekeeper Innovation's mission is to provide options for securing prescription medications to help prevent Diversion and Substance Use Disorder. To learn more, visit gatekeeperinnovation.com
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HOUSTON, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marble Capital, a Houston-based investment advisory firm focused on multi-family rental housing across the United States, announced today that the firm has signed definitive agreements to enter into a partnership with Navigator Global Investments (ASX: NGI). The transaction is expected to close in late April 2022. In the deal, Navigator will purchase a minority stake in the business and become a passive, non-voting minority partner. Most of the capital will be used to support Marble Capital's near term growth initiatives, including funding larger general partner commitments to Marble Capital funds.
With Navigator, Marble will benefit from the deep experience and relationships of the Navigator leadership team. Additionally, as Navigator is a portfolio investment of Dyal, a division of Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL), Marble is joining a broad ecosystem of leading alternative asset managers with access to a team that focuses on sharing insight into industry best practices and access to various capital providers. The partnership will allow the firm to invest more significantly in its various funds while also providing balance sheet capital to create and implement new products.
"We are extremely pleased to partner with Navigator as we enter into the next stage of growth at Marble Capital," said Adam Allen, co-founder and managing principal at Marble Capital. "We believe Navigator's commitment to the company validates our strategy, underwriting process and the team we've assembled over the last five years."
David Oelfke, Marble Capital co-founder and managing principal added "a partnership with Navigator provides us a long term and aligned partner to accelerate certain growth initiatives, gain access to a deep industry network and best practices to leverage over time."
Michael Shepherd, Navigator Chairman commented "This is a strategic and compelling opportunity to partner with a successful and growing asset manager that brings diversification to our existing investment portfolio and will create value for Navigator shareholders. We look forward to continuing to support the Marble Capital team."
Colchester Partners LLC served as financial advisor to Marble on the transaction. Holland & Knight LLP served as legal counsel to Marble. Sidley Austin LLP served as legal counsel to Navigator.
About Marble Capital
Established in 2016, Marble Capital currently manages $1.4 billion in AUM across a series of closed-end private equity funds. The company provides flexible capital solutions for multifamily real estate developers and operators across the United States with a portfolio consisting of more than 20,000 multifamily units across US$4.5bn in transactions. Marble is headquartered in Houston, TX and is managed by a group of accomplished real estate professionals with 150 years of combined experience in real estate finance, capital markets, development and operations. For more information, please visit https://marblecapitallp.com
About Navigator
Navigator Global Investments Limited (ASX: NGI) is a diversified asset management holding company dedicated to partnering with leading management teams who operate institutional quality businesses globally, primarily in the alternative investment management sector. Navigator has US$21.6 billion of AUM (31 December 2021) on an ownership adjusted basis across Lighthouse Partners and its strategic investment portfolio. For more information, please visit www.navigatorglobal.com.au
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Investment Community Teleconference Set for May 5, 2022 at 8 a.m. ET
TORONTO, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Hydro One Limited (TSX: H), the largest electric transmission and distribution utility in Ontario, plans to release its first quarter financial results the morning of May 5, 2022 before North American financial markets open. A summary of the results will be distributed by newswire and the complete MD&A and financial statements will be posted at hydroone.com/investors and www.sedar.com.
Hydro One's management will host a teleconference with the investment community at 8 a.m. ET that same morning to discuss the results and outlook. Those wishing to listen to the teleconference should access the live webcast on the Investor Relations Events and Presentations section of Hydro One's website at www.hydroone.com/investors. A rebroadcast of the teleconference will be available following the call at the same link.
Those members of the North American financial community wanting to ask questions during the call should dial 1.866.221.1674 at least ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time and request Hydro One's first quarter results teleconference, conference ID 6793175 (international callers should dial 1.270.215.9604). Other interested parties and media are welcome to participate on a listen-only basis.
Hydro One Limited, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is Ontario's largest electricity transmission and distribution provider with approximately 1.5 million valued customers, approximately $30.4 billion in assets as at December 31, 2021, and annual revenues in 2021 of approximately $7.2 billion.
Our team of approximately 9,300 skilled and dedicated employees proudly build and maintain a safe and reliable electricity system which is essential to supporting strong and successful communities. In 2021, Hydro One invested approximately $2.1 billion in its transmission and distribution networks, and supported the economy through buying approximately $1.7 billion of goods and services.
We are committed to the communities where we live and work through community investment, sustainability and diversity initiatives. We are designated as a Sustainable Electricity Company by the Canadian Electricity Association.
Hydro One Limited's common shares are listed on the TSX and certain of Hydro One Inc.'s medium term notes are listed on the NYSE. Additional information can be accessed at www.hydroone.com, www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iStar Inc. (NYSE: STAR) announced today that the Company entered into privately negotiated exchange agreements with certain holders of its 3.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 to exchange $194 million aggregate principal amount of the convertible notes for an aggregate of 13.75 million newly issued shares of its common stock and $14 million of cash.
After the closing of these exchanges, $93 million aggregate principal amount of the convertible notes will remain outstanding. The remaining notes are convertible on a net share settled basis at a current conversion price of $13.83 per share, or 72.3126 shares of iStar common stock, per $1,000 principal amount of notes. The convertible notes are scheduled to mature on September 15, 2022.
"These exchanges further strengthen and simplify our balance sheet," said Jay Sugarman, iStar's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "As a result, we will save interest expense and additional conversion ratchets from common stock dividends, preserve cash on hand, reduce our outstanding debt and mitigate volatility on the trading price of our common stock as we approach the maturity of these convertible notes."
The exchanges are being made pursuant to an exemption from registration provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This press release does not constitute an offer to exchange the convertible notes for common stock or other securities of iStar.
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iStar Inc. (NYSE: STAR) is focused on reinventing the ground lease sector, unlocking value for real estate owners throughout the country by providing modern, more efficient ground leases on institutional quality properties. As the founder, investment manager and largest shareholder of Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE), the creator of the modern ground lease industry, iStar is using its national investment platform and its historic strengths in finance and net lease to expand the use of modern ground leases within the $7 trillion institutional commercial real estate market. Recognized as a consistent innovator in the real estate markets, iStar specializes in identifying and scaling newly discovered opportunities and has completed more than $40 billion of transactions over the past two decades. Additional information on iStar is available on its website at www.istar.com.
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— Company Reaffirms Full Year 2022 Outlook—
MOORESVILLE, N.C., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) today announced the appointment of Brandon Sink as executive vice president, chief financial officer, effective April 30, 2022. Sink, currently senior vice president, retail finance of Lowe's, will succeed Dave Denton, who is stepping down as executive vice president, chief financial officer to pursue another opportunity at a publicly traded company outside the industry. Denton will work closely with Sink and the Lowe's leadership team to ensure a seamless transition.
Sink is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience. He joined Lowe's in 2010 and has held a variety of roles across the organization, including in finance, strategy and accounting. In his current role, Sink has been responsible for finance support for stores, merchandising, supply chain, digital and marketing. Prior to that, he held several leadership positions in the finance organization, including vice president, merchandising finance, vice president, enterprise strategy, as well as vice president and corporate controller. Before joining Lowe's, he held accounting and finance positions with Deloitte and Nucor Corporation. Sink is a certified public accountant and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Brandon is a highly accomplished executive, and we are excited for him to take on the role of CFO," said Marvin R. Ellison, Lowe's chairman, president and CEO. "During his nearly 12-year career at Lowe's, Brandon has worked closely with our executive leadership team and has demonstrated a deep understanding across all facets of our business. His appointment reflects our succession planning process and the talent across our company. He is a proven leader with strong financial and operational acumen, and I look forward to working together as we execute our strategy and continue to grow our market share, expand operating margins and deliver meaningful shareholder value."
"I am honored to be stepping into the role of CFO as we continue to focus on our growth and leadership in the home improvement space," said Sink. "Lowe's has an exciting future ahead. I look forward to maintaining our disciplined approach to capital allocation, centered around our three priorities: investing in our core business on high-return projects, supporting our 35% dividend payout target and returning excess capital to our shareholders through value-enhancing share repurchases. I also am excited about continuing to work alongside our talented team to build on the momentum in the business."
Ellison continued, "Dave has played a significant role at Lowe's, and we are greatly appreciative of his guidance and contributions. Over the last three years, Dave has helped Lowe's establish a world-class finance team while successfully navigating some of the most pivotal moments in our history, including managing through the pandemic. On behalf of everyone at Lowe's, we thank him for his service to the Company and wish him all the best."
The Company also today reaffirmed its full year 2022 outlook provided on February 23, 2022.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 19 million customer transactions a week in the United States and Canada. With fiscal year 2021 sales of over $96 billion, Lowe's and its related businesses operate or service nearly 2,200 home improvement and hardware stores and employ over 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements including words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "plan", "desire", "project", "estimate", "intend", "will", "should", "could", "would", "may", "strategy", "potential", "opportunity", "outlook", "scenario", "guidance", and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve, among other things, expectations, projections, and assumptions about future financial and operating results, objectives, business outlook, priorities, sales growth, shareholder value, capital expenditures, cash flows, the housing market, the home improvement industry, demand for products and services, share repurchases, Lowe's strategic initiatives, including those relating to acquisitions and dispositions and the impact of such transactions on our strategic and operational plans and financial results. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties and we can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.
A wide variety of potential risks, uncertainties, and other factors could materially affect our ability to achieve the results either expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, changes in general economic conditions, such as volatility and/or lack of liquidity from time to time in U.S. and world financial markets and the consequent reduced availability and/or higher cost of borrowing to Lowe's and its customers, slower rates of growth in real disposable personal income that could affect the rate of growth in consumer spending, inflation and its impacts on discretionary spending and on our costs, shortages, and other disruptions in the labor supply, interest rate and currency fluctuations, home price appreciation or decreasing housing turnover, the availability of consumer credit and of mortgage financing, changes in commodity prices, trade policy changes or additional tariffs, outbreaks of pandemics, fluctuations in fuel and energy costs, inflation or deflation of commodity prices, natural disasters, acts of both domestic and international terrorism, and other factors that can negatively affect our customers.
Investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties, risks and potential events including, but not limited to, those described in "Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and as may be updated from time to time in Item 1A in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or other subsequent filings with the SEC. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update these statements other than as required by law.
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EDMOND, Okla., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage Connect, LP ("Mortgage Connect"), a national mortgage service provider, announced today that it has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of ADFITECH, Inc. (OTC: ADFT) ("ADFITECH") in an all-cash merger transaction valued at approximately $29 million. As a result of the transaction, holders of ADFITECH's common stock are entitled to receive $3.717451 per share in cash with the aggregate amount rounded to the nearest whole cent. ADFITECH is a leading provider of mortgage services in North America.
Tom Apel, Chief Executive Officer of ADFITECH, said "We are pleased to join forces with Mortgage Connect, an organization with a solid reputation for customer service within the mortgage services industry. We appreciate the support of our valued customers and the talented ADFITECH employees and management as we continue to work together to provide the highest quality outsourced mortgage quality control, due diligence and mortgage fulfillment services in the future."
The Coury Firm served as the exclusive financial advisor to Mortgage Connect and SmithAmundsen LLC served as legal advisor to Mortgage Connect. Cowen served as financial advisor to ADFITECH and McAfee & Taft served as legal advisor to ADFITECH.
About Mortgage Connect LP
Mortgage Connect is a Pittsburgh, PA headquartered national mortgage service provider, serving the Origination, Default, Valuation, Critical Communications, and Capital Markets sectors. With additional offices in New York, Texas, California, Colorado, Nevada and Alabama, the company offers customizable solutions to the nation's lenders and servicers, including 9 of the top 10 and 17 of the top 20. Through its serve-first culture, Mortgage Connect and its subsidiaries are committed to an unwavering level of communication, education and customer service on each transaction and strive to leave an overwhelmingly positive and lasting impression with the consumer, loan officer and the client. For more information, visit www.mortgageconnectlp.com.
About ADFITECH, Inc.
Founded in 1982, ADFITECH has earned an impeccable reputation in the mortgage industry as the premier provider of outsourced mortgage quality control, due diligence and mortgage fulfillment services. From its 15-acre corporate campus in Edmond, Oklahoma, ADFITECH's army of dedicated employees review and validate countless pieces of critical information vital to the wellbeing of an ever increasingly regulated mortgage industry. For more information visit www.adfitech.com.
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This release contains certain forward-looking statements related to the transaction between Mortgage Connect and ADFITECH. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "intends," "plans to," "ought," "could," "will," "should," "likely," "appears," "projects," "seeks," "forecasts," "outlook," "may" and similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed or projected in such forward-looking statements.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with Nucor's (NYSE: NUE) first-quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its live conference call with host Leon Topalian, Nucor's President and Chief Executive Officer. This conference call will include a review of Nucor's results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2022, followed by a question-and-answer session. The event will be available on the Internet on April 21, 2022, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron / direct reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new program dashboard has launched with detailed data about the Commonwealth's homeowner relief program for individuals who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pennsylvania Homeowner Assistance Fund, or PAHAF, administered by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA), has made a program dashboard publicly available to provide a real-time snapshot of both statewide and county-level totals and information on the program.
"PAHAF is making a difference in the lives of eligible homeowners across Pennsylvania," said PHFA Executive Director and CEO Robin Wiessmann. "Now, the launch of a data-rich dashboard will help keep state and community leaders, partners, and other stakeholders well informed with up-to-date program results and statistics."
The dashboard includes cumulative totals and trends about PAHAF applications submitted and approved and funds disbursed, as well as amounts requested by applicants. All dashboard data can be filtered to show county-specific views. In addition, the dashboard shows applications submitted and approved by household income and by the number of applicants that meet the U.S. Department of the Treasury Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) definition of "socially disadvantaged."
The PAHAF program opened for applications on February 1. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was awarded more than $350 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds through HAF.
The fund supports Pennsylvania homeowners whose household income is at or below 150% of the area median income (AMI) and are facing financial hardships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. PAHAF uses these funds to provide eligible Pennsylvania homeowners with financial assistance to prevent and/or ease mortgage delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures, displacement, and utility disconnection.
View the PAHAF program dashboard at www.pahaf.org/program-dashboard and visit www.pahaf.org for more resources and information about the program.
About PHFA
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency works to provide affordable homeownership and rental housing options for older adults, low- and moderate-income families, and people with special housing needs. Through its carefully managed mortgage programs and investments in multifamily housing developments, PHFA also promotes economic development across the state. Since its creation by the legislature in 1972, it has generated more than $15.9 billion of funding for more than 186,412 single-family home mortgage loans, helped fund the construction of 138,000 rental units, distributed approximately $191 million to support local housing initiatives, and saved the homes of more than 50,520 families from foreclosure. PHFA programs and operations are funded primarily by the sale of securities and from fees paid by program users, not by public tax dollars. The agency is governed by a 14-member board.
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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) today announced that on April 8, 2022, the company approved non-statutory stock options to purchase an aggregate of 86,130 shares of its common stock and 33,125 restricted stock units ("RSUs"), each representing the right to receive one share of its common stock upon vesting, to 96 new employees. The awards were made pursuant to the NASDAQ inducement grant exception as a component of the new hires' employment compensation.
The inducement grants were approved by PTC's Compensation Committee on April 8, 2022, and are being made as an inducement material to each employee's acceptance of employment with the company in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
All stock option awards have an exercise price of $42.85 per share, the closing price of PTC's common stock on April 8, 2022, the date of the grant. The stock options each have a 10-year term and vest over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the applicable employee's new hire date and 6.25% of the original number of shares vesting at the end of each subsequent three-month period thereafter until fully vested, subject to the employee's continued service with the company through the applicable vesting dates. The RSUs each will vest over four years with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on each annual anniversary of the applicable employee's new hire date until fully vested, subject to the employee's continued service with the company through the applicable vesting dates.
PTC is a science-driven, global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated medicines that provide benefits to patients with rare disorders. PTC's ability to innovate to identify new therapies and to globally commercialize products is the foundation that drives investment in a robust and diversified pipeline of transformative medicines. PTC's mission is to provide access to best-in-class treatments for patients who have little to no treatment options. PTC's strategy is to leverage its strong scientific and clinical expertise and global commercial infrastructure to bring therapies to patients. PTC believes this allows it to maximize value for all its stakeholders. To learn more about PTC, please visit us at www.ptcbio.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ready Capital Corporation (NYSE: RC) ("Ready Capital" or the "Company") today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $120 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% senior unsecured notes due April 30, 2025. The offering is expected to close on April 18, 2022 and is subject to customary closing conditions. The issue price to investors will be $1,000.00 per note, plus accrued interest, if any, from April 18, 2022, if settlement occurs after that date, and the notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000.00 and integral multiples of $1,000.00. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to originate or acquire target assets consistent with its investment strategy and for general business purposes.
Piper Sandler & Co. is serving as book-running manager and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, is serving as lead manager for the offering.
The Company has filed a registration statement, preliminary prospectus and prospectus for the offering to which this communication relates with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which became effective upon filing with the SEC. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. A copy of these documents may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriters by contacting: (i) Piper Sandler & Co. at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10020, or by calling toll-free 866-805-4128, or by email at fsg-dcm@psc.com or (ii) Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, at 787 Seventh Avenue, Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10019, or by calling 1-800-966-1559, or by email at USCapitalMarkets@kbw.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Company's securities, nor shall there be any sale of the Company's securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
About Ready Capital Corporation
Ready Capital Corporation (NYSE: RC) is a multi-strategy real estate finance company that originates, acquires, finances and services small- to medium-sized balance commercial loans. Ready Capital specializes in loans backed by commercial real estate, including agency multifamily, investor and bridge as well as U.S. Small Business Administration loans under its Section 7(a) program. Headquartered in New York, New York, Ready Capital employs over 600 lending professionals nationwide. The Company is externally managed and advised by Waterfall Asset Management, LLC.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) between April 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 6, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased AbbVie 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 AbbVie class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5119 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 June 6, 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. 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) safety concerns about Xeljanz and Xeljanz XR extended to Rinvoq and other Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors; (2) as a result, it was likely that the FDA would require additional safety warnings for Rinvoq and would delay the approval of additional treatment indications for Rinvoq; and (3) therefore, defendants' statements about AbbVie's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the AbbVie class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5119 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.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT) between April 28, 2021 and February 23, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important May 23, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Vertiv 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 Vertiv class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4841 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 23, 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) Vertiv could not adequately respond to supply chain issues and inflation by increasing its prices; (2) as a result of the increasing costs, Vertiv's earnings would be adversely impacted; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Vertiv's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Vertiv class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4841 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.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
If you own shares in any of the companies listed above and
would like to discuss our investigations or have any questions concerning
this notice or your rights or interests, please contact:
Joshua Rubin, Esq.
Weiss Law
305 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10007
(212) 682-3025
(888) 593-4771
stockinfo@weisslawllp.com
Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: POLY)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: POLY), in connection with the proposed acquisition of POLY by HP Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, POLY shareholders will receive $40.00 in cash for each share of POLY common stock owned. If you own POLY shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/poly
LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), in connection with the proposed acquisition of LHCG by Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group. Under the terms of the merger agreement, LHCG shareholders will receive $170.00 in cash for each share of LHCG common stock owned. If you own LHCG shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/lhcg
Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) in connection with the proposed acquisition of NLSN by a consortium of private equity, led by Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation and Brookfield Business Partners L.P. Under the terms of the merger agreement, NLSN shareholders will receive $28.00 in cash for each share of NLSN common stock. If you own NLSN shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/nlsn
Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: GDNSF)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: GDNSF), in connection with the proposed acquisition GDNSF by Verano Holdings Corp. ("Verano"). Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, each holder of GDNSF subordinate voting shares will receive 0.22652 of a Verano Class A subordinate voting share (a "Verano Share") for each voting share held and each holder of GDNSF multiple voting shares and GDNSF super voting shares will receive 22.652 Verano Shares for each respective voting share held. If you own GDNSF shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/gdnsf
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF), a closed-end fund, today announced that it will remove its managed distribution plan, effective with the May distribution. The Fund intends to maintain its level payout at the current distribution rate of $0.06 per share. The managed distribution plan was determined not to be necessary at the current time, given that the Fund's principal investment strategy is not focused on generating capital gains, and that elimination of the plan and its associated requirements may reduce certain Fund expenses.
The Fund also announced the declaration of a monthly distribution of $0.06 per common share, payable on the date noted below. Based on the Fund's current share price of $6.58 and net asset value per share of $5.60 (as of close on April 7, 2022), the distribution represents an annualized distribution rate of 10.94% and 12.86%, respectively.
The following dates apply to the distribution declared:
Effective April 11, 2022, the Fund will begin trading as the Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund. The Fund's CUSIP (86164T107) and ticker (EDF) will not change.
As of the date of this release, the Fund's shares are trading at a premium to net asset value ("NAV"). When the Fund is trading at a premium, shareholders that participate in the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") will generally have their distributions invested in newly issued common shares at a discount to the Fund's market price, as set forth in more detail in the Plan. Additional information about the Plan is included in the Fund's annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. Shareholders who hold their shares through brokers or other financial intermediaries should discuss with their financial intermediaries whether it would be beneficial to participate in the Fund's Plan.
The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income." You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution plan.
This press release is not for tax reporting purposes but is being provided to announce the amount of the Fund's distributions that have been declared by the Board of Directors. In 2023, after definitive information is available, the Fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV, if applicable, specifying how the distributions paid by the Fund during the prior calendar year should be characterized for purposes of reporting the distributions on a shareholder's tax return (e.g., ordinary income, capital gain or return of capital). The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that is managed by Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC ("Stone Harbor"). The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation on its investments in emerging markets securities. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in emerging markets securities ("the 80% policy"), which include fixed income securities and other instruments, including derivatives, that are economically tied to emerging market countries, that are denominated in the predominant currency of the local market of an emerging market country or whose performance is linked to those countries' markets, currencies, economies or ability to repay loans. A security or instrument is economically tied to an emerging market country if it is principally traded on the country's securities markets or if the issuer is organized or principally operates in the country, derives a majority of its income from its operations within the country or has a majority of its assets within the country.
Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC, an affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, is a global institutional fixed-income investment manager specializing in credit and asset allocation strategies. The firm manages institutional clients' assets in a range of investment strategies including emerging markets debt, global high yield, bank loans, as well as multi-sector credit products including unconstrained and total return approaches. The firm's investment strategies are based on fundamental insights, derived from a combination of proprietary research and the in-depth knowledge and specialized experience of the firm's team. Founded in 2006, it is based in New York City with additional offices in London and Singapore.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides investment management products and services through its affiliated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. For more information, visit virtus.com.
For more complete information, please call 1-212-548-1043 or visit the Fund's website, www.shiplpcef.com
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (NYSE: EDI), a closed-end fund, today announced that it will remove its managed distribution plan, effective with the May distribution. The Fund intends to maintain its level payout at the current distribution rate of $0.07 per share. The managed distribution plan was determined not to be necessary at the current time, given that the Fund's principal investment strategy is not focused on generating capital gains, and that elimination of the plan and its associated requirements may reduce certain Fund expenses.
The Fund also announced the declaration of a monthly distribution of $0.07 per common share, payable on the date noted below. Based on the Fund's current share price of $7.24 and net asset value per share of $6.61 (as of close on April 7, 2022), the distributions represent an annualized distribution rate of 11.60% and 12.71%, respectively.
The following dates apply to the distributions declared:
Effective April 11, 2022, the Fund will begin trading as the Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund. The Fund's CUSIP (86164W100) and ticker (EDI) will not change.
As of the date of this release, the Fund's shares are trading at a premium to net asset value ("NAV"). When the Fund is trading at a premium, shareholders that participate in the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") will generally have their distributions invested in newly issued common shares at a discount to the Fund's market price, as set forth in more detail in the Plan. Additional information about the Plan is included in the Fund's annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. Shareholders who hold their shares through brokers or other financial intermediaries should discuss with their financial intermediaries whether it would be beneficial to participate in the Fund's Plan.
The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income." You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution plan.
This press release is not for tax reporting purposes but is being provided to announce the amount of the Fund's distributions that have been declared by the Board of Directors. In 2023, after definitive information is available, the Fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV, if applicable, specifying how the distributions paid by the Fund during the prior calendar year should be characterized for purposes of reporting the distributions on a shareholder's tax return (e.g., ordinary income, capital gain or return of capital). The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that is managed by Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC ("Stone Harbor"). The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation on its investments in emerging markets securities. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in emerging markets debt, which includes fixed income securities and other instruments, including derivatives, that are economically tied to emerging market countries, that are denominated in the predominant currency of the local market of an emerging market country or whose performance is linked to those countries' markets, currencies, economies or ability to repay loans. The Fund normally expects to invest up to 20% of its total assets in emerging markets equity, which includes securities issued by either single country or regional exchange-traded funds, common stocks, preferred stocks, other equity securities and other instruments (including derivatives) that are economically tied to the equity markets of emerging market countries, that are denominated in the predominant currency of the local market of an emerging market country or whose performance is linked or otherwise related to those countries' markets, currencies, or economies. A security or instrument is economically tied to an emerging market country if it is principally traded on the country's securities markets or if the issuer is organized or principally operates in the country, derives a majority of its income from its operations within the country or has a majority of its assets within the country.
Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC, an affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, is a global institutional fixed-income investment manager specializing in credit and asset allocation strategies. The firm manages institutional clients' assets in a range of investment strategies including emerging markets debt, global high yield, bank loans, as well as multi-sector credit products including unconstrained and total return approaches. The firm's investment strategies are based on fundamental insights, derived from a combination of proprietary research and the in-depth knowledge and specialized experience of the firm's team. Founded in 2006, it is based in New York City with additional offices in London and Singapore.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides investment management products and services through its affiliated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. For more information, visit virtus.com.
For more complete information, please call 1-212-548-1043 or visit the Fund's website, www.shiplpcef.com.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to TechServe Alliance, the U.S. economy and labor markets continued a path to recovery in March, adding 431,000 non-farm jobs with the unemployment rate dropping to 3.6%. However, in labor categories that were already at full employment like the IT sector, growth continued to be elusive continuing its almost year-long pattern of being effectively flat. Employment in IT slipped a tad bit again in March, showing an incremental decline of 0.07%, down 3,800 jobs, to 5,404,200 jobs, according to TechServe Alliance, the national trade association of the IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions Industry. On a year-over-year basis, IT employment was up 1.30% since March 2021, adding 69,400 jobs.
Engineering employment grew by 0.33% sequentially to 2,680,000. On a year-over-year basis, engineering employment increased by 3.39% since March 2021, adding 87,900 engineering workers.
"The new norm of work-from-anywhere has intensified the competition among companies for high-demand tech skills," said Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance. "This is not only putting significant pressure on organizations on the hiring front but also making retention of their existing workforce an imperative. Clearly, to be successful in this environment, it's time for employers to not only rewrite the hiring and retention playbook but also cast a wider net by diversifying the technology talent pool."
For the complete April 2022 TechServe Alliance Employment Indices please visit: https://www.techservealliance.org/news/tech-employment-remains-effectively-flat-amidst-an-extraordinarily-tight-labor-market/
About TechServe Alliance
TechServe Alliance is the national trade association of the IT & Engineering staffing and solutions industry. IT & Engineering staffing and solutions firms count on TechServe Alliance to keep their leadership informed, engaged, and connected. TechServe Alliance serves as the voice of the industry before the policymakers and the national and trade press. By providing access to the knowledge and best practices of an entire industry and tapping the "collective scale" of its members, TechServe Alliance supports its members in the efficient delivery of best-in-class IT & Engineering staffing and solutions for clients and exceptional professional opportunities for every consultant.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
There has been a proposed Settlement of the class action titled Jackson v. Microchip Technology Inc., No. 2:18-cv-02914-ROS ("Litigation") pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ("Court").
A hearing will be held at 11:00 a.m. on June 22, 2022, before the Honorable Roslyn O. Silver at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse, 401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003-2158, to determine whether (1) the proposed Settlement of the Litigation for the sum of $9,000,000 should be approved by the Court as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (2) the Court should approve the Plan of Allocation of Settlement proceeds as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (3) Lead Counsel should be awarded up to $2,250,000 in attorneys' fees (25% of the $9,000,000 Settlement Amount) and reimbursed for up to $800,000 of litigation expenses; (4) Lead Plaintiff should receive an award for his services to the Class and/or pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 78u–4(a)(4) for his costs and expenses (including lost wages) directly relating to its representation of the Class in an amount not to exceed $15,000; and (5) the Court should enter the Final Judgment (or, if applicable, Alternative Judgment) dismissing the Litigation with prejudice. The Court may change the hearing date, or order that it be held by telephonic or video conference, without further notice to the Class. However, any changes will be posted on the Settlement Website: www.MicrochipTechnologySecuritiesLitigation.com.
If you purchased or otherwise acquired Microchip common stock on a U.S. open market between March 2, 2018, and August 9, 2018, inclusive, your rights may be affected by this Settlement. You may obtain, free of charge, a detailed Longform Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement (the "Notice") and a copy of the Proof of Claim and Release form on the Settlement Website, or by contacting the Claims Administrator at 877-888-4851 (toll-free), at info@MicrochipTechnologySecuritiesLitigation.com, or at Microchip Technology Securities Litigation, c/o A.B. Data, Ltd., P.O. Box 173050, Milwaukee, WI 53217. All capitalized terms not defined herein are defined in the Notice.
If you are a Class Member and wish to share in the Settlement proceeds, you must complete and submit a Proof of Claim and Release form and required supporting documentation to the Claims Administrator establishing that you are entitled to recovery so that it is postmarked or submitted online at the Settlement Website by July 20, 2022. If you fail to submit a valid Proof of Claim and Release form and supporting documentation by this deadline in accordance with the instructions in the form and Notice, you will not recover from the Net Settlement Fund, but you will nevertheless be bound by the Settlement and releases provided for therein and by the Court's Final Judgment dismissing the Litigation with prejudice. If you are a Member of the Class and did not timely and validly request exclusion from the Class in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Notice of Pendency of Class Action that previously was disseminated, you will be bound by the Settlement and any judgment and releases entered in the Litigation, including, but not limited to, the final Judgment dismissing the Litigation with prejudice and the release of the Released Claims, whether or not you submit a Proof of Claim and Release form.
The deadline to request exclusion from the Class was November 2, 2021. A list of requests for exclusion that were received by the Claims Administrator and accepted by the Court can be found on the Settlement Website. If you submitted a request for exclusion that was accepted by the Court, do not submit a Claim Form. You are not a Class Member, and your Claim Form will be rejected.
If you are a Class Member and wish to object to any aspect of the Settlement, the Plan of Allocation, the Lead Plaintiff service award, or Lead Counsel's Attorneys' Fees and Expenses Application, you must submit your written objection in the manner set forth in the Notice so that it is received no later than June 1, 2022. Only Class Members who have submitted valid and timely written objections and provided notice of their intent to appear in accordance with the instructions in the Notice will be entitled to be heard at the hearing on June 22, 2022.
Inquiries, other than requests for the Notice, may be made to Lead Counsel for the Class at Wolf Popper LLP, 845 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Tel.: (212) 759-4600.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, THE CLERK'S OFFICE, DEFENDANTS, OR THEIR COUNSEL REGARDING THIS NOTICE.
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Zhihu Inc. Launches Global Offering
Published: Apr. 8, 2022 at 3:56 PM CDT|Updated: 15 hours ago
BEIJING, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zhihu Inc. (NYSE: ZH) ("Zhihu" or the "Company"), the operator of Zhihu, a leading online content community in China, today announced the launch of its global offering (the "Global Offering") of 26,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, which comprises a Hong Kong public offering of initially 2,600,000 Class A ordinary shares commencing on April 11, 2022, Hong Kong time (the "Hong Kong Public Offering") and an international offering of initially 23,400,000 Class A ordinary shares commencing today (the "International Offering"), and dual-primary listing (the "Hong Kong Listing") of its Class A ordinary shares on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange") under the stock code "2390."
The Company's American depositary shares (the "ADSs"), two of which represent one Class A ordinary share of the Company, will continue to be listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). Investors in the Global Offering will only be able to purchase Class A ordinary shares and will not be able to take delivery of ADSs. Upon the Hong Kong Listing, the Class A ordinary shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will be fully fungible with the ADSs listed on the NYSE.
The initial number of Class A ordinary shares under the Hong Kong Public Offering and the International Offering represent 10% and 90% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares initially available under the Global Offering, respectively, subject to reallocation and over-allotment. Subject to the level of oversubscription in the Hong Kong Public Offering and pursuant to the claw back mechanism, as described in the Hong Kong prospectus to be issued by the Company in Hong Kong dated April 11, 2022, the total number of Class A ordinary shares available under the Hong Kong Public Offering could be adjusted to up to a maximum of 13,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, representing 50% of the Class A ordinary shares initially available under the Global Offering. In addition, certain selling shareholders expect to grant the international underwriters an over-allotment option to require these selling shareholders to sell up to an additional 3,900,000 Class A ordinary shares in the International Offering, representing no more than 15% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares initially available under the Global Offering.
The offer price for the Hong Kong Public Offering (the "Hong Kong Offer Price") will be no more than HK$51.80 per Class A ordinary share (the "Maximum Hong Kong Offer Price"), or US$6.64 per Class A ordinary share (equivalent to US$3.32 per ADS). The offer price for the International Offering tranche of the Global Offering (the "International Offer Price") may be set higher than, or the same as, the Maximum Hong Kong Offer Price. The International Offer Price will be set on or about April 14, 2022, Hong Kong time, by taking into consideration, among other factors, the closing price of the ADSs on the NYSE on the last trading day on or before April 14, 2022 and investor demand during the marketing process. The final Hong Kong Offer Price will be set at the lower of the final International Offer Price and the Maximum Hong Kong Offer Price of HK$51.80 per Class A ordinary share. The shares will be traded in board lots of 100 Class A ordinary shares.
The entire shares of the Global Offering are comprised of sale shares to be sold by certain selling shareholders. The Company will not receive any of the net proceeds from the Global Offering. The selling shareholders will receive all the net proceeds of the Global Offering.
Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities (Far East) Limited, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, and CMB International Capital Limited are the joint sponsors for the proposed Global Offering. Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, and CMB International Capital Limited are the joint global coordinators for the proposed Global Offering. Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (in relation to the International Offering only), China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, CMB International Capital Limited, CCB International Capital Limited, and Haitong International Securities Company Limited are the joint bookrunners and joint lead managers for the proposed Global Offering.
The International Offering is being made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement dated April 8, 2022 and the accompanying prospectus included in an automatic shelf registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 8, 2022, which automatically became effective upon filing. The shelf registration statement on Form F-3 and the preliminary prospectus supplement are available at the SEC website at: http://www.sec.gov. The proposed Global Offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Global Offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the Global Offering. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy any securities of the Company, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute a prospectus (including as defined under the laws of Hong Kong) and potential investors should read the prospectus of the Company for detailed information about the Company and the proposed Global Offering, before deciding whether or not to invest in the Company. This press release has not been reviewed or approved by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong.
The price of the Class A ordinary shares of the Company may be stabilized in accordance with the Securities and Futures (Price Stabilizing) Rules (Chapter 571W of the Laws of Hong Kong). The details of the intended stabilization and how it will be regulated under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) will be contained in the Hong Kong prospectus of the Company to be dated April 11, 2022.
About Zhihu Inc.
Zhihu Inc. (NYSE: ZH) is the operator of Zhihu, a leading online content community in China, dedicated to empowering people to share knowledge, experience, and insights, and to find their own answers. Zhihu fosters a vibrant online community where users contribute and engage while respecting diversity and valuing constructiveness by promoting a culture of sincerity, expertise, and respect developed through years of cultivation. Zhihu is China's largest Q&A-inspired online community and one of the top five Chinese comprehensive online content communities, both in terms of average mobile monthly average users and revenue in 2021. For more information, please visit https://ir.zhihu.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and a number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "target," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "future," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to," or other similar expressions. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties, or factors is included in the Company's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release and is based on assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable as of this date, and the Company does not undertake any duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Zhihu Inc.
Email: ir@zhihu.com
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Helen Wu
Tel: +86 (10) 6508-0677
Email: zhihu@tpg-ir.com
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The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1 (212) 481-2050
Email: zhihu@tpg-ir.com
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LAS VEGAS, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As Easter is around the corner, it's a great time for family gatherings or planning an escape from the city to relax mind and soul in the wild. To cater to such off-grid power needs during the holiday, BLUETTI, an innovative company in the power storage industry for over 10 years, is now offering an Easter assortment, starting from Apr 7, 7PM PDT and ending on Apr 18, 7PM PDT.
Though with no battery built-in, the AC300 is 100% modular, which can connect with up to 4 B300 battery packs to reach a 12,288Wh capacity. The 3000W Pure Sine AC inverter is built for securely running high-load devices. The BLUETTI Fusion Box Pro can combine 2 such units in series and even boost to a massive 24,576Wh/ 6000W/ 24V, which is sure to cover all household power needs for a day or two.
AC200MAX integrates a 2048Wh (51.2V 40Ah) ultra-durable LiFePO4 battery pack that holds up to 3,500 cycles before dropping to 80% efficiency. It features 16 outputs to run multiple devices at the same time. Flexible to recharge it in 7 ways, the maximum 1400W input rate allows it to top up to full within 2 hours. It also compatible with B300 battery packs to expand up to as much as 12,288Wh.
When considering a solar generator as an emergency power supply, then EP500 should be on the top of the list since it's shipped with a 5100Wh capacity and a 2000W rated pure sine wave AC inverter. With the Smart Home Panel, EP500 can be integrated into the home grid due to the seamless 24/7 UPS function, combating power failure anytime. Remote control, monitor, and firmware updates can be done merely with clicks on the cellphone.
EB55 & EB70 are super lightweight and portable especially for outdoor trips like camping or fishing. The easy-to-carry handle is ergonomically constructed for easy transport. Simply hook it up with BLUETTI solar panels PV120 or PV200 to make it a reliable power source with endless green energy.
Widely compatible with most solar generators in the market, PV350 solar panel is made of advanced laminated technology and long-lasting ETFE material to withstand daily scratch and water splash. The 350-Watt monocrystalline can ensure a high conversion rate up to 23.4%. Always stay powered along the way.
Highly Recommended BLUETTI Modules for Easter:
AC300+2*B300+3*PV350 Combo
--AC300: 3000W Power Station
--B300: 3072Wh LFP External Battery
--PV350: 350W Foldable Monocrystalline Solar Panel
AC200MAX+3*PV350 Off-grid Power Solution
--AC200MAX: 2200W, 2048Wh Expandable Solar Generator
--PV350: 350W Foldable Monocrystalline Solar Panel
EP500+4*PV350 Unparalleled Power Backup
--EP500: 2000W, 5100Wh Solar Power Station
--PV350: 350W Foldable Monocrystalline Solar Panel
EB55/EB70+PV120/ PV200 Ultra Portable System
--EB55: 700W, 537Wh Solar Generator
--EB70: 700W, 716Wh Solar Generator
--PV120: 120W Foldable Monocrystalline Solar Panel
--PV200: 200W Foldable Monocrystalline Solar Panel
About BLUETTI
With over 10 years of experience in the energy storage industry, BLUETTI is committed to building the world's best power stations for van dwellers, explorers, and off-grid life. For more information, please visit https://www.bluettipower.com/
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NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until May 3, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against C3.ai, Inc. ("C3" or the "Company") (NYSE: AI), if they purchased the Company's securities between December 9, 2020 and February 15, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") and/or purchased or otherwise acquired the Company's shares pursuant to the Company's December 2020 initial public offering (the "IPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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C3 and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period and/or in the Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in conjunction with the initial public offering, violating federal securities laws.
The alleged false and misleading statements and omissions include, but are not limited to, that: (i) the Company's partnership with Baker Hughes was deteriorating; (ii) the Company was employing a flawed accounting methodology to conceal the deterioration of its Baker Hughes partnership; (iii) the Company faced challenges in product adoption and significant salesforce turnover; (iv) the Company overstated, inter alia, the extent of its investment in technology, description of its customers, its total addressable market, the pace of its market growth, and the scale of alliances with its major business partners; and (v) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
The case is The Reckstin Family Trust v. C3.Ai, Inc., et al., No. 22-cv-01413.
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Acquisition to increase Club Car presence in Europe, diversify product portfolio in growing consumer and utility markets
Expanded portfolio of zero-emission vehicles to help meet increasing global demand for sustainable transportation options
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Club Car today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Garia A/S ("Garia"), a Denmark-based manufacturer of electric low-speed vehicles for the utility, consumer and golf markets, from Lars Larsen Group. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.
Garia, founded in 2005, is best known as an innovator of luxury golf and leisure cars that feature elevated performance and distinctive Scandanavian design. The company launched Garia Utility in 2015, a growing line of compact vehicles for utility applications, including: public sector (municipalities, hospitals, universities, parks), facility management (industrial sites, hotels, resorts), leisure and outdoor (zoos, amusement parks, forestry and agriculture), and last-mile delivery (mail, packages, food delivery).
The acquisition also includes Melex, which Garia acquired in November 2021 to accelerate its growth in the utility space. Melex is a manufacturer of lightweight utility vehicles based in Poland and offers an array of street and non-street legal products, including multi-passenger and compact cargo utility vehicles.
"We have great respect for Garia and Melex, which design and build some of the most impressive electric golf, leisure and compact utility vehicles in the world," said Mark Wagner, president of Club Car. "We are excited to welcome their teams to the Club Car family.
"Our product lines complement each other nicely with very little overlap," he added. "Which is great news for our dealers and customers in Europe and the United States who will have access to a wider range of zero-emission, on and off-road vehicles at a greater variety of price points."
Garia's golf and consumer cars are primarily luxury products geared toward the high end of their respective markets. Garia and Melex's utility products are mostly model types that Club Car doesn't currently manufacture.
"Club Car is the perfect partner and will immediately open new opportunities for growth across our entire product portfolio," said Garia CEO Jakob Holstein. "Club Car's extensive dealer network, combined with the operational benefits we can achieve with substantially increased scale, will help us take our brands to a new level."
Club Car is a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, which acquired the business in 2021.
"Around the world demand for sustainable transportation solutions continues to grow," said Platinum Equity Partner Jacob Kotzubei. "The addition of Garia and Melex's all-electric fleets will strenthen Club Car's ability to meet that demand globally, and in the European utility market in particular, where governments and businesses are modernizing and electrifying their vehicle fleets."
The Garia and Melex transaction is Club Car's first add-on acquisition under Platinum Equity's ownership.
"A big part of our ambition for Club Car is to expand its addressable market geographically and into new product categories," said Platinum Equity Managing Director Matthew Louie. "This acquisition is an important step in delivering on that strategy. We will continue seeking more opportunities to grow the business organically and through additional acquisitions."
Morgan Lewis, Bech-Bruun, and Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak are serving as legal counsel and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is providing debt financing counsel to Club Car and Platinum Equity on the Garia acquisition. Goldman Sachs is leading the debt financing on the transaction.
With over 60 years of experience of innovation and design in producing small-wheel vehicles, Club Car is a leading manufacturer of gas and electric golf, utility and personal transportation vehicles. Founded in 1958, the Club Car product portfolio has grown to include much more than golf cars, now encompassing vehicles for commercial and consumer markets, built with an uncompromised desire for superior performance. As an industry leader in electrification and sustainability, Club Car is proud to be on the forefront of environmentally responsible Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) technologies. For more information, visit www.clubcar.com.
Garia was founded in 2005 by Anders Lynge with the vision of introducing a paradigm shift for golf and leisure vehicles by producing the world's first premium vehicles in their segments. In 2014, with almost ten years of experience in the luxury electric vehicle market, Garia embarked on an entirely new journey: the Garia Utility. A compact electric utility vehicle that combines reliability, ergonomics and zero emissions with comfort, functionality and thoughtful design. Made of high-quality European components, the Garia Utility is one of a kind. Garia is privately held by Lars Larsen Group and headquartered in Denmark with a subsidiary in the U.S. Learn more about the Garia Utility at gariautility.com.
Melex was founded in 1970 as a manufacturer of electric golf and lightweight utility vehicles in Mielec, Poland. Melex is a versatile manufacturer of electric vehicles and offers over 100 different models for almost any niche in the segment. From 250kg and up to 1,6 tons of cargo, or 2-8 passengers as service vehicles for factories, logistic centers, supermarkets, municipalities, tourism, airports etc., there is a Melex for any usage. Learn more about Melex at melex.com.pl
Founded in 1995 by Tom Gores, Platinum Equity is a global investment firm with more than $25 billion of assets under management and a portfolio of approximately 50 operating companies that serve customers around the world. The firm is currently investing from Platinum Equity Capital Partners V, a $10 billion global buyout fund, and Platinum Equity Small Cap Fund, a $1.5 billion buyout fund focused on investment opportunities in the lower middle market. Platinum Equity specializes in mergers, acquisitions and operations – a trademarked strategy it calls M&A&O® – acquiring and operating companies in a broad range of business markets, including manufacturing, distribution, transportation and logistics, equipment rental, metals services, media and entertainment, technology, telecommunications and other industries. Over the past 26 years Platinum Equity has completed more than 300 acquisitions.
Dan Whelan, Platinum Equity
(310) 282-9202
dwhelan@platinumequity.com
Tammy Cillo, Club Car
(908) 256-4586
tamatha.cillo@irco.com
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NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until May 2, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ("Ericsson" or the "Company") (NasdaqGS: ERIC), if they purchased the Company's securities between April 27, 2017 and February 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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About the Lawsuit
Ericsson and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On February 16, 2022, the Company disclosed "serious breaches of compliance rules" involving dealings in Iraq dating back to 2018 including payments made "for road transport through areas controlled by terrorist organisations, including IS." Then, on February 27, 2022, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ("ICIJ") reported on the Company's alleged dealings with ISIS in Iraq, originating from an internal report by the Company that revealed it had reportedly made "tens of millions of dollars in suspicious payments" over nearly a decade to maintain business in the country and that "a spreadsheet lists company probes into possible bribery, money laundering and embezzlement by employees in Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, China, Croatia, Libya, Morocco, the United States and South Africa[,]" which "have not been previously disclosed."
On this news, the price of Ericsson's ADS fell $0.84 per ADS, or 8.3%, from its closing price on February 25, 2022, to close at $9.28 per ADS on February 28, 2022, the next trading day.
The case is Nyy v. Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson, et al., 22-cv-01167.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Gatos Silver, Inc. (NYSE: GATO): (a) pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering (the "IPO" or "Offering") conducted on or about October 28, 2020; and/or (b) between October 28, 2020 and January 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important April 25, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Gatos Silver 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 Gatos Silver class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3100 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 25, 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 failed to disclose to investors that: (1) the technical report for Gatos Silver's primary mine, the Cerro Los Gatos deposit, contained certain errors; (2) among other things, the mineral reserves had been overestimated by as much as 50%; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Gatos Silver's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Gatos Silver class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3100 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.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until April 25, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Gatos Silver, Inc. (NYSE: GATO), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 28, 2020 and January 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") and/or purchased or otherwise acquired the Company's shares pursuant to the Company's October 2020 initial public offering (the "IPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
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Gatos Silver and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period and/or in the Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in conjunction with the initial public offering, violating federal securities laws.
On January 25, 2022, post-market, the Company revealed "errors in the technical report entitled 'Los Gatos Project, Chihuahua, Mexico' with an effective date of July 1, 2020 . . . , as well as indications that there is an overestimation in the existing resource model" and that on a preliminary basis, the Company estimated a potential reduction of the metal content of its CLG's mineral reserve ranging from 30% to 50% of the metal content remaining after depletion.
On this news, shares of Gatos Silver fell $7.02 per share, or approximately 68.9%, to close at $3.17 per share on January 26, 2022.
The case is Bilinsky v. Gatos Silver, Inc., et al., No. 22-cv-453.
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LAS VEGAS, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GBank Financial Holdings Inc. ("GBank" or the "Company") (OTCQX: GBFH), the parent company for Bank of George (the "Bank"), today announced it will host its annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday, May 12, at 2:00 p.m. (PST). Shareholders will be able to listen from their home or from any remote location that has Internet connectivity. There will be no physical location for shareholders to attend. Shareholders may participate online, via the ZOOM app on their smartphones, or by joining by telephone:
The ZOOM video conference ID is 822 7499 1409.
The ZOOM meeting password is included on your Notice of Virtual Annual Meeting of Shareholders that accompanied your proxy materials.
Joining by ZOOM Video Conference
Log in on your computer at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82274991409?pwd=cU1zbEQ5cmZ3OUM5SitDNmxqY2hNUT09
or by using the Zoom app on your smartphone.
Joining by Telephone
Dial (408) 638-0968. The conference ID is 822 7499 1409.
Additional information on joining ZOOM by various methods can be found at:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be hosted by Edward M. Nigro, Executive Chairman, and T. Ryan Sullivan, President/CEO. You are encouraged to review in full the Annual Meeting Notice and all related materials. Reviewing these materials will allow you to know which items of business we intend to cover during the meeting. The 12/31/2021 Annual Report was posted to https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/GBFH/disclosure on March 29, 2022.
GBank Financial Holdings Inc. ("GBank" or the "Company") (GBFH), a bank holding company with approximately $618 million in assets at December 31, 2021, conducts business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank of George (named in honor of George Washington). Founded in 2007, the Bank operates two full-service commercial branches in Las Vegas, Nevada, with primary lending activities focused on engaging clients in Nevada, California, Utah, and Arizona. Bank of George has key businesses in three prominent divisions: SBA Lending, Gaming FinTech, and Commercial Lending. The Bank conducts business nationally through its SBA lending activities (ranked 19th in the nation by the U.S. Small Business Administration for SBA 7(a) dollar loan volume through September 30, 2021) and its partnership. Launched in 2016, the Bank's Gaming FinTech Division, through its contract with BankCard Services, LLC ("BCS") is empowering Sightline Payments Play+ Solution (Sightline Payments) for seamless and secure pay-and-play that is enabling cashless, mobile commerce solutions for gaming, lottery, and sports betting ecosystems – positioning GBank as a financial leader in this new payments world. The Bank also provides general commercial banking services with an emphasis on serving the needs of small- and medium-sized businesses, high net worth individuals, professionals, and investors. The Bank offers a full complement of consumer deposit products and is focused on delivering a premium level of service. Bank of George has been recognized every year for each of the past five years by S&P Global Market Intelligence as a top 100 U.S. community bank under $3 billion in assets. For more information about Bank of George, please visit its website at https://www.bankofgeorge.com. GBank's Common Stock is quoted on the US OTCQX Market under the symbol GBFH.
GBank has made forward-looking statements in this Press Release. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries. When words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," or similar expressions occur in this Press Release, the Company is making forward-looking statements. Note that many factors could affect the future financial results of the Company and its subsidiaries, both individually and collectively, and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements contained in this Press Release. Those factors include, but are not limited to: the recent and continuing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which poses risks and may harm the Company's business and results of operations in future quarters, credit risk, changes in market interest rates, inability to achieve merger-related synergies, competition, economic downturn or recession, and government regulation and supervision. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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Trout season has arrived in New Jersey. A day fishermen and women look forward to at the start of every spring season.
Leading up to opening day, which falls on April 9 this year, New Jersey stocks its waterways with fish of all sizes. Now that trout season has arrived, get ready to see people cast their lines all over the state.
Aside from those eager to catch the big one, many contests will be held throughout the state. Contests for all age groups with numerous prizes to be won.
One such place is Spring Lake, where they host a fishing contest for children beginning at 8 a.m, the very minute trout season kicks off for 2022.
But Spring Lake takes it a step further with its approach to stocking the lake. A week prior to opening day, they host an event for kids to help stock the lake.
This year, the trout were provided by Musky Trout Hatchery from Asbury. They bring the trout on-site in a truck specifically set up for this purpose and include the kids that are interested in assisting.
This trout-stocking event took place on April 2 and had quite a large turnout of children willing to help. It was also a great way for kids to learn a little more about the trout and get them interested in fishing.
Check out the gallery below to see just how the lake was stocked using the assistance of New Jersey's youngest residents.
Ever wonder how lakes are stocked? These NJ kids show you how at Spring Lake
Such a great event for kids to get involved with ahead of New Jersey's trout fishing season.
Inside one of NJ's few remaining 'five and dimes'
Binkley's is a staple for people who live in Medford and Medford Lakes.
These are the best hiking spots in New Jersey
A trip to New Jersey doesn't have to be all about the beach. Our state has some incredible trails, waterfalls, and lakes to enjoy.
From the Pine Barrens to the Appalachian Trail to the hidden gems of New Jersey, you have plenty of options for a great hike. Hiking is such a great way to spend time outdoors and enjoy nature, plus it's a great workout.
Before you go out on the trails and explore some of our listeners' suggestions, I have some tips on hiking etiquette from the American Hiking Society.
If you are going downhill and run into an uphill hiker, step to the side and give the uphill hiker space. A hiker going uphill has the right of way unless they stop to catch their breath.
Always stay on the trail, you may see side paths, unless they are marked as an official trail, steer clear of them. By going off-trail you may cause damage to the ecosystems around the trail, the plants, and wildlife that live there.
You also do not want to disturb the wildlife you encounter, just keep your distance from the wildlife and continue hiking.
Bicyclists should yield to hikers and horses. Hikers should also yield to horses, but I’m not sure how many horses you will encounter on the trails in New Jersey.
If you are thinking of bringing your dog on your hike, they should be leashed, and make sure to clean up all pet waste.
Lastly, be mindful of the weather, if the trail is too muddy, it's probably best to save your hike for another day.
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NEW ORLEANS, La., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until May 16, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Grab Holdings Limited (NasdaqGS: GRAB, GRABW), if they purchased the Company's securities between November 12, 2021 and March 3, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Grab and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On March 3, 2022, the Company announced its 4Q2021 results, disclosing "a 44% decline YoY" in revenue and a $1.1 billion loss for the quarter due to "invest[ing] heavily" in driver incentives and that it would take one or two quarters "to get that equilibrium between drivers and riders, between supply and demand."
On this news, shares of Grab fell $2.04, or 37.3%, to close at $3.28 per share on March 3, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume.
The case is Peccarino v. Grab Holdings Limited, et al., No. 22-cv-2189.
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Why do traffic lights in New Jersey have such horrendous timing? (Opinion)
I can't be the only one who gets frustrated by this. Traffic lights that change to red for no apparent reason whatsoever, or don't seem to work the way they should.
Now yes, some areas need to have timed lights. This is especially true in cities where there are so many crossroads. It probably wouldn't make sense to have them on timers.
Aside from that, why are so many traffic lights timed so horrendously in New Jersey? Especially when there's no reason for the light to change?
I've experienced this quite a bit while driving our roads. Most of the time, this problem seems to be mainly on New Jersey's state highways. But that's not the only place it happens.
This is made even worse when the lights change at just that sweet point. That point when you're just a bit too far to make the light when it begins to change, forcing you to slam on your brakes.
But when the crossroad turns green, there's nobody on it. No car waiting from before, and no car while you sit there idling away.
Eventually, the light turns green and you're able to continue on your way.
But it doesn't take long before you approach the next night. And, same as before, the light begins to change right at that sweet spot.
Once again, you're just a little too far back to make the light, but also at a point where you have to stop fairly quickly.
So once again you sit there idling away as the crossroad light changes green. And once again, there's nobody around to justify this light to have changed in the first place.
Eventually, the light turns green, and you begin to go once again. And with frustration building, you accelerate even faster since now you might be trying to make up some time.
But not far up is the next traffic signal. And just as you approach it, what do you think happens yet again?
Now you're really frustrated. What if you were on your way to work and will now be late because of this awful timing?
This can go on for quite some time depending on the road. And it doesn't even need to be at a busy point of the day. This commonly happens overnight as well, when barely anyone's on the roads.
I can attest to this one. I have to leave pretty early in the morning to make it to the radio station for my Sunday morning show, which begins at 6 A.M. Even traveling at those early hours, I'll get hit by many of these lights for no reason whatsoever.
And it causes problems for many of us. Aside from the stop-and-go, here are a few more issues caused by this.
More wear to your car
Your brakes take the brunt of it. The constant stopping and going will only wear your brake pads down faster, which in turn, adds to more maintenance.
Wasted gas
All that idling at the lights eats away at your gas mileage. Doesn't matter how efficient your car is, every vehicle gets the same kind of mileage when stopped. Zero.
Not to mention how expensive gas is nowadays. None of us want to waste gas just sitting there idling. And for those with electric cars? They're still using some power while not moving, which in turn will force you to charge sooner.
Encourages speeding
We all know we shouldn't, but sometimes we can't help it. We just get sick of being stuck in this endless trap of red lights.
So we think that if we go faster and accelerate harder from the light we just came from that we might be able to make the next light. Sometimes we might, but oftentimes we don't. And we probably wouldn't feel the need to do this in the first place if the lights were better timed.
The opposite can also be a problem
Now sometimes, the main highway might remain green and not change when it's supposed to. Think of that red light you sit at forever and it never seems to change.
It's an evergreen light for the main road, but an ever-red light for the crossing traffic. Oftentimes it may be a sensor issue, but the really long wait might tempt you to run it.
Now yes, the light that never seems to change might be more of a rarety, but the terribly timed lights have been an issue in New Jersey for a very long time. Especially during hours when there's no excuse for it.
If during the overnight hours when roads are quiet, or if no cross-traffic is waiting at busier times, then they shouldn't change. It's as simple as that.
Hopefully, something will be done to address this on New Jersey's roadways at some point in the future. But I wouldn't count on it.
I know there has to be a logical reason why the traffic lights do this. Perhaps if we knew that we wouldn't get as frustrated having to stop so many times on the same stretch of road.
But until that day comes, we can all get frustrated together. We just have to remember not to get frustrated with each other. When these lights change like this, it bothers us all.
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CHICAGO, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympic gold medalist and Laureus Academy Member Missy Franklin surprised youngsters from an inner-city baseball program at Wrigley Field today, presenting them with a Laureus World Sports Award, an honor which puts them alongside their sporting heroes.
Executive Chairman of the Chicago Cubs, Tom Ricketts, joined Franklin to present Lost Boyz Inc. with the 2022 Laureus Sport for Good Award.
Ricketts handed the Award to LaVonte Stewart, who founded Lost Boyz Inc. in 2009 to help disadvantaged kids in Chicago's low-income neighborhoods. Stewart was coaching a boys' team in Chicago's Rosenblum Park when two men with a gun chased another through the area. The children's reaction to the violence--which was to laugh and take bets on what was going to happen next – shocked their coach into action.
From that day on, Lost Boyz Inc. has been a beacon of hope in the community. Today, the program provides at-risk youths with training and the competition of organized sport, but also economic and academic opportunities in an area where a third of residents live below the poverty line and are surrounded by gang violence.
The Cubs won the Team of the Year Award at the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards following their World Series victory in 2016, their first since 1908.
Lost Boyz Inc. is one of more than 250 sport for development programs Laureus supports around the world. Laureus Sport for Good works with community sports organizations that use sport to combat violence, discrimination and disadvantage faced by young people. Together with our partners, Laureus Sport for Good has reached and helped change the lives of almost six million children and young people since 2000.
Missy Franklin, Laureus Academy Member, said: "As Laureus Academy members, programs like Lost Boyz Inc. are the reason we are so passionate about being part of this wonderful organization. When our founding patron Nelson Mandela said 'Sport has the power to change the world', this is what he was talking about. For these young boys and girls, sport is inspiration, hope and a path to a brighter future. They are an inspiration and as Academy Members, and we are so proud to celebrate their success."
Tom Ricketts, Executive Chairman of the Chicago Cubs, said: "Chicago is a proud baseball city and it is an honor for us to host the presentation of this global Award to the Lost Boyz Inc., an organization that impacts the lives of Chicago's youth through baseball and softball. The work LaVonte and his team are doing is an inspiration to us all and this Laureus Sport for Good Award is recognition of their tireless effort. We were honored to be recipients of the 2017 Laureus World Team of the Year Award and I continue to be inspired by their work to celebrate the positive power of sport."
Over the past five years, the Chicago Cubs and Cubs Charities have supported Lost Boyz Inc. via program grants, investment in community baseball fields in South Shore through the Diamond Project and hosted events at Wrigley Field for program participants to meet players and employees.
The 2022 Laureus World Sports Awards will be hosted by skiing great Lindsey Vonn on April 24, from the picturesque Spanish city of Seville.
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NEW ORLEANS, La., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until May 6, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in securities class action lawsuits against Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NasdaqGS: RIVN), if they purchased or otherwise acquired the Company's shares between November 10, 2021 and March 10, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") and/or pursuant or traceable to its November 2021 initial public stock offering (the "IPO"). These actions are pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Rivian and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period and/or in the Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in conjunction with the initial public offering, violating federal securities laws.
The alleged false and misleading statements and omissions include, but are not limited to, that the Company's R1T electric pickup truck and R1S electric SUV products were underpriced to such a degree that the Company would have to raise prices shortly after the IPO, which could tarnish its reputation as a trustworthy and transparent company and potentially jeopardize sales for the existing backlog of 55,400 preorders as well as future preorders. As a result, the price of the Company's shares was artificially and materially inflated at the time of the Offering and declined when the truth was subsequently revealed.
The first-filed case is Crews, Jr. v. Rivian Automotive Inc., et al., No. 22-cv- 1524.
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TORONTO, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Spin Master Corp. (TSX: TOY) (www.spinmaster.com), a leading global children's entertainment company, has won The Golden Screen Award for Feature Film, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, for its box office hit PAW Patrol: The Movie. The Golden Screen Award recognizes the Canadian film that grossed the highest domestic box office over the time period of Jan 1, 2021 to Feb 24, 2022. The first feature film for Spin Master Entertainment, in association with Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Elevation Pictures in Canada (Paramount Pictures in rest of world), PAW Patrol: The Movie grossed over $7.5 million in Canadian box office sales and $152 million to date globally.
Now in its ninth year, preschoolers in over 190 countries have gone on countless adventures in over 30 languages with the PAW Patrol pups – all produced right here in Canada. PAW Patrol: The Movie stayed true to these roots with more than 90% of the production being completed in Canada. The movie was directed by Canadian animation veteran Cal Bunker; written by Bunker and his writing partner Bob Barlen, animated by Montreal based Mikros Studio and brought to life with Canadian voice actors from the original series. As a nod to its heritage, the opening scene involves Chase rescuing truck driver Gus from a conundrum while transporting maple syrup.
"When setting out to tell a deeper PAW Patrol story we were passionate about working with the best Canadian talent to create our first theatrical," said Jennifer Dodge, Spin Master's President of Entertainment. "Winning the Golden Screen Award is a powerful tribute to the exceptional team of Canadian writers, voice actors, animators and producers who worked tirelessly to bring PAW Patrol: The Movie to the big screen. Thanks to the Academy for this recognition and to all the kids and families, who enjoyed this film, here in Canada and abroad."
PAW Patrol continues to be on a roll with a second feature film, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie™, greenlit for an exclusive theatrical release, distributed by Elevation Pictures in Canada, on October 13, 2023. A new PAW Patrol television series spin-off for Rubble, one of the main pups, is also set to debut in the same year.
In addition to receiving The Golden Screen Award, Spin Master's PAW Patrol won Best Pre-School Program/Series and PAW Patrol Moto Pups: Pups vs the Ruff-Ruff Pack won Best Sound, Animation. PAW Patrol: The Movie was also nominated for Canadian Screen Awards in the categories of Achievement in Sound Editing and Achievement in Sound Mixing.
About Spin Master
Spin Master Corp. (TSX:TOY) is a leading global children's entertainment company, creating exceptional play experiences through its three creative centres: Toys, Entertainment and Digital Games. With distribution in over 100 countries, Spin Master is best known for award-winning brands PAW Patrol®, Bakugan®, Kinetic Sand®, Air Hogs®, Hatchimals®, Rubik's Cube® and GUND®, and is the global toy licensee for other popular properties. Spin Master Entertainment creates and produces compelling multiplatform content, through its in-house studio and partnerships with outside creators, including the preschool franchise PAW Patrol and numerous other original shows, short-form series and feature films. The Company has an established presence in digital games, anchored by the Toca Boca® and Sago Mini® brands, offering open-ended and creative game and educational play in digital environments. Through Spin Master Ventures, the Company makes minority investments globally in emerging companies and start-ups. With over 30 offices in close to 20 countries, Spin Master employs more than 2,000 team members globally. For more information visit spinmaster.com or follow-on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @spinmaster.
About Elevation Pictures
Founded in 2013 with finance partner Teddy Schwarzman of Black Bear Pictures, Elevation Pictures has become one of Canada's leading entertainment companies specializing in distribution and production. Elevation is known for releasing award-winning films such as The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch; Room starring Brie Larson; The Father starring Anthony Hopkins; and Moonlight, winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture. The company has also been prolific in production, including recently wrapped Alice Darling starring Anna Kendrick, and Infinity Pool directed by Brandon Cronenberg. For more information, please visit elevationpictures.com
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NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until April 18, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against SunPower Corporation (NasdaqGS: SPWR), if they purchased the Company's securities between August 3, 2021 and January 20, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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SunPower and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On January 20, 2022, the Company disclosed that it had "identified a cracking issue that developed over time in certain factory-installed connectors" and that replacement of the connectors would cause the Company to incur "approximately $27 million of supplier-quality related charges in fourth quarter 2021 and approximately $4 million in the first quarter of 2022."
On this news, shares of SunPower fell $3.22 per share, or 16.9%, to close at $15.80 per share on January 21, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume.
The case is Jaszczyszyn v. SunPower Corporation, et al., No. 22-cv-956.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vicky Press Public Relations is proud to announce its expansion into the Influencer and Optimization branding market. In todays digital era, it has never been more important to build a brand online.We will use our expertise in publicity and photoshoot productions to create expertly produced StoryBrands that best represents our clients online presence. Victoria is a successful model agent with NYC top agencies. Her connections in the modeling industry with well know photographers, stylist, and editors gives her the upper hand.
Knowing the current state of the industry, Female entrepreneur and businesswoman Victoria Talbot of Vicky Press Public Relations has launched a division that ties publicity to influencers likeness to offer brands product placement plugs to gain more exposure. In today's competitive digital landscape, building a strong brand image is no longer a choice it's a necessity. To keep up with a changing World we must adapt ourselves, but one universal truth remains: your brand is the hallmark of your quality. It's the most effective way to share your passion. A strong brand enables you to maintain a congruent identity across multiple platforms, establish your authority and spark a connection with your audience.
Victoria CEO of Vicky Press Public Relations has made a name of her own in the entertainment and media fields, becoming one of the industries prominent brand managers and publicity agents. She has an iconic history for discovering talent and building careers through creating powerful content and brokering groundbreaking talent and brand deals. This all while finding balance between a life of pleasure and business. This is the exact mission she is driving forward as a business. Her high profile connections, industry experience, and mission to better her clients personal lives and careers through an authentic focus on personal development has the company positioned in a great place to make things happen for her clients.
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Q: Ira, do you think this was one of Erik Spoelstra’s best coaching jobs? I’m not sure why he doesn’t get much mention for Coach of the Year. His team consists of a lot of undrafted or lower draft picks. The starters missed a lot of games due to injury. Some of the subs like Victor Oladipo and Markieff Morris were basically out the entire year. Despite all of that, the team finishes as the number-one seed in the East. What is the media looking at? — Richard, Plantation.
A: Honestly, they’re looking at the Phoenix Suns’ gaudy record and that Monty Williams coached them to that record. And Williams did that with players such as Chris Paul missing considerable time. So there is that. But is Erik Spoelstra deserving of consideration? Heck, yeah. He won games with Kyle Guy, Gabe Vincent, Omer Yurtseven, Max Strus and Caleb Martin making considerable contributions. Arguably, he did more with less, compared to Monty Williams. But a similar argument could be made for Memphis’ Taylor Jenkins. The surprise would be if Erik is not one of the three finalists for the award.
Q: Hopefully, P.J. Tucker will be ready for the playoffs with his calf strain. The Heat would miss his defense and occasional threes, since they already are undersized on bigs. – Joel.
A: This is the exact time of year why P.J. Tucker was added, whether it was to help defend against Kevin Durant or add the type of muscle that was missing in last season’s playoff series against the Bucks (and Tucker). The given with P.J. is that he will do everything in his power to be out there when the Heat open their postseason on April 17.
Q: Ira, with all the talk about Victor Oladipo, I believe you gloss over the fact that Pat Riley did believe he could be that third or fourth option when he traded for him. It’s not my money, but with the Heat holding his Bird Rights, what’s to stop them from re-signing him? — Gabriel, Miami.
A: Money. I’m not sure that Victor Oladipo pushed through his rehab the way he did to return for another veteran-minimum deal. And the Heat this offseason also have to address retaining Caleb Martin, P.J. Tucker and, possibly, Dewayne Dedmon, as well as extending Tyler Herro. There is only so much money to go around. And with the emergence of Tyler, it is not as if the Heat are necessarily looking for, or in need of, another leading man in their backcourt.
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Minnesota poultry farms are being hit by an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza that has already affected more than 1 million birds at more than 20 sites across the state.
As of this week, 23 million birds have been affected in 24 states in the worst avian influenza outbreak in U.S. poultry flocks since 2015. Here’s what we know so far:
What is HPAI?
Highly pathogenic avian influenza — or HPAI — is caused by a highly contagious virus that is generally lethal to domesticated birds. There are other strains of avian influenza that are considered low pathogenic where birds either show mild signs of illness or none at all. Once exposed to infection, birds die within about 48 hours, according to Beth Thompson, state veterinarian and executive director of the Minnesota Board of Animal Health.
The virus is of particular concern in Minnesota, as the state is the top turkey producer in the U.S. Each year, producers raise about 40 million birds. In the 2015 outbreak farmers lost millions, and nationally the federal government response cost billions of dollars.
Thompson said the H5N1 influenza virus currently affecting U.S. flocks was present in Europe more than a year ago. It eventually spread to North America, where migratory birds have been spreading it to poultry operations across the U.S. and Canada.
During the 2015 outbreak, 23 counties and more than 100 farms were affected by the virus. While it’s too early to say how severe the current outbreak could become, as of Thursday officials had confirmed the virus’s presence in about a dozen Minnesota counties.
As of this week, it is affecting about half of the states in the U.S. and has resulted in the death of 23 million birds in states including Iowa and Wyoming. Thompson said the current outbreak already appears much more widespread than the one in 2015 when more than 50 million birds died of disease or were euthanized.
Transmission
The current outbreak of avian influenza virus is being spread by migrating birds, which can be infected without appearing sick. Geese and ducks are on the move as winter ends, and when they land, they can leave fecal matter containing the virus. Avian influenza is so contagious that small amounts of contamination on a farmer’s boots could trigger an outbreak in a coop.
“The lakes are starting to open up, the ponds are starting to open up,” Thompson said. “All it takes is just a little bit of that fecal matter, and it could be something as simple as walking through a puddle.”
There are multiple migratory corridors in the continental U.S. including the East Coast wild waterfowl pathway, one that comes up the Mississippi River, and one just west of Minnesota known as the Central Flyway. There is also a west coast pathway called the Pacific Flyway. The virus is present in all of them, Thompson said.
How this outbreak plays out depends on many factors, but warmer weather could be a big help.
“We need the sunshine. We need summer to come, we need the environment to dry out, we need the environment to warm up and we need the wild waterfowl and migratory birds to complete their path up to their northern nesting grounds so they stop flying over the state,” Thompson said. “As soon as we can get into some warmer weather I think we’ll be moving in a better direction.”
Stopping the spread
When HPAI is identified in the flock, the standard procedure is to euthanize all the birds in order to prevent the virus from spreading more. The virus is extremely lethal to domesticated birds, and most will die shortly after infections are identified.
The standard procedure for “depopulating” a coop is to use a machine that spreads foam over the birds and prevents them from breathing. Thompson said the practice is in accordance with guidelines from the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Farmers can take biosecurity measures to prevent their flocks from getting infected. University of Minnesota Extension poultry educator Abby Schuft said federal officials require larger operations to have a biosecurity plan in place that gets audited by state authorities every two years.
“The USDA spent billions of dollars in 2015 with depopulating birds and the recovery of those commercial flocks and they decided they didn’t want to do that again,” she explained.
Many of the steps to prevent the spread are fairly simple. Wearing clean boots when entering a coop and ensuring hands are clean before handling birds are two central rules. It also helps to make farming spaces unattractive to migratory birds by eliminating puddles and ponds and not leaving feed out in the open. Some who raise chickens in urban areas like to leave grain strewn about their yards to allow their chickens to roam and graze, but this can attract unwanted visitors who may bring infection, Schuft said.
Can humans get HPAI?
Public health officials closely monitor farmers and crews sent out to eliminate infected flocks for signs of animal to human transmission of the virus, Schuft said. So far there have been no reports of the current H5N1 strain infecting humans.
Avian influenza viruses rarely infect humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Animal to human infections typically happen when humans have unprotected contact with infected birds or virus-contaminated surfaces. It is even rarer for a human infected with avian influenza to spread the virus to another human.
Federal agriculture officials say it is not possible to get avian influenza from eating poultry or eggs. The chances of infected poultry entering the food supply are extremely low, as birds are typically destroyed.
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There is only one certainty when it comes to locating the broadcast of a Mets or Yankees game this season:
You can always find it on the radio.
That’s 162 dates of consistency for the Mets, on WCBS-AM, and the Yankees on WFAN AM/FM. Or as one of the mouths who works the Mets on the radio, Howie Rose, likes to say, you can “put it in the books.” Count on it. Just like death, taxes, and stupidity on sports-talk radio (or what’s left of it).
Major League Baseball, and some of its member clubs like the Mets and Yankees, have found new markets for their TV rights and new ways to gouge fans. They are selling everything that isn’t nailed down. MLB’s television Gnomes have cut deals with multiple streaming services. Checking your “local baseball TV listings” is now akin to reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
On any given night or day, Yankees or Mets games could air on YES, SNY, Fox (Ch.5), WPIX-TV (Ch. 11), FS1, ESPN, TBS, MLBN, Amazon, AppleTV+, Peacock, YES app, SNY app. So, baseball fans, already paying through the nose for cable subscriptions, are also being asked to pay more monthly to subscribe to the streaming services. Then, they have to deal with the technology it takes to access those services and pray that it all works.
There is a segment of both fan bases who won’t want to either 1) Pay up, especially with inflation running rampant 2) Install 3) Hunt down the games.
Radio games are easy to find and free. You can even listen without a password, night or day. Guess what? It’s always on the same stations. It’s anxiety — and glitch — free. Most of the time, baseball on the radio is a beautiful thing.
And after two years where COVID forced the voices — Rose, Wayne Randazzo (Mets); Suzyn (Ma Pinstripe) Waldman, John (Pa Pinstripe) Sterling (Yankees) — off the road, instead calling games delivered by a TV monitor, it’s reasonable to expect they will be re-energized. Normalcy has been restored. The voices are actually looking forward to the grind of the longest season.
What you hear is what you get. These are both veteran crews who have well established styles. Rose and Randazzo, both play-by-play practitioners, like having some fun and rarely disagree during a game. They have similar baseball sensibilities.
Ma and Pa present a quirkier broadcast. And that’s being kind. Sterling puts more emphasis on his “signature” home run calls than on accurately naming the players turning a 6-4-3 double play. He stopped clearly seeing the field years ago making his “It is high….It is far….it is…caught at the warning track” HR call a nightly guessing game. Some find Sterling’s gaffes charming; we doubt they’ve ever heard him call a full nine innings. Now is their chance.
Waldman knows as much, or more, about the Yankees than anyone on the beat. She has been encumbered by cleaning up after Sterling’s mistakes and her hesitancy to totally spill the pinstriped beans. Nonetheless, with all their quirks, mistakes, and Broadway references, Ma and Pa are a unique listen, baseball’s version of a funhouse mirror.
And unlike their Mets/Yankees TV broadcast counterparts, you, the baseball fan, will always know where to find them.
ALL EYES ON KAY-ROD
When they debut the Kay-Rod alternative ESPN baseball broadcast Sunday night (Red Sox-Yankees), Michael Kay and Alex Rodriguez will be working at a distinct disadvantage. One that will dog them during their eight-game schedule.
Everything Big Head and Professor PED do will be compared to the ManningCast, the alternative “Monday Night Football” ESPN2 broadcast that was a runaway hit. No matter how well Kay, the TV voice of the Yankees, knows the scandal-scarred A-Rod, they will be hard-pressed to duplicate the chemistry the Manning Brothers generated.
When asked about this on a recent media conference call, Kay said: “Well, we’re presently in the legal maneuverings to get adopted by a pair of people so we can actually be brothers, so that will give us more of a ManningCast feel.”
Smart answer. Better for Kay to kid about the situation than take himself seriously.
The Manning Brothers have set the bar sky-high. After all, they grew up together on parallel tracks. Compared to Peyton and Eli, Rodriguez and Kay are total strangers. Seeing how these two huge egos handle themselves, on the fly over the course of three hours of live baseball, will either be must-see TV or cringe-worthy crud.
OOPS!
Carlos Beltran’s debut in YES booth Monday won’t soon be forgotten.
Beltran, who was accused by MLB of masterminding the Astros cheating scandal in 2017, told viewers that Aaron Judge’s new contract extension was a done deal. Sources said YES’ production crew thought Beltran had received info they did not know about. When they found out that wasn’t the case, Beltran was told to clarify his remarks. He then said he “hoped” Judge and Bombers brass would come to an agreement on a contract extension for the slugging outfielder, which they failed to do by Friday’s deadline.
Beyond the premature Judge verdict, Beltran seemed to get more into a rhythm, and comfort zone, as the game went on working with John Flaherty (p-b-p) and David Cone. Beltran talked a lot about hitting and how he used spring training to get ready for the season.
During the telecast, another potential broadcaster was discovered: Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo. He was miked, answering questions while playing first base. Rizzo even “interviewed” Philly players who reached the bag safely. This was a memorable performance by Rizzo.
FAREWELL EDDIE
A few thoughts about Eddie (C No Evil) Coleman, who recently “retired” from WFAN after over three decades of yapping, mostly as the station’s Mets reporter.
Coleman never took himself all that seriously. This, in a great way, differentiated himself from most of his colleagues who believe they are dealing in nuclear physics rather than fun and games. He could sniff out and decipher Mets dysfunction like nobody else in the market.
And no one could deliver a line with Coleman’s deadpan effectiveness.
When he was working FAN’s midday show with Dave Sims, the two got into a spirited discussion about a particular baseball player. Sims was trying to find the location of said player.
“Where is he? Where is he now?” an exasperated Sims asked Coleman.
“He’s dead,” a calm-as-could-be Coleman replied.
If you want more of the Coleman style, check out the solid hour-long interview Kimberly Jones did with him on FAN last Sunday evening.
AROUND THE DIAL
The Mayor of Panic City, Sal Licata, has completed his takeover of SNY’s Baseball Night in New York show, becoming host of the nightly soiree. Licata’s presence will bring doses of explosiveness and unpredictability to the show…..Licata’s former road-dog, Ch.11′s Marc Malusis, is doing commentary during his ‘cast. We checked out the one on Gerrit Cole. Malusis had all the info down but needed to punch it up and bring some emotion to his delivery.
Does the new SNY app air the old Kiner’s Korner post game shows? If it doesn’t, it should…..Michael Kay went overboard casting aspersions on Anthony Rizzo for telling Aaron Judge there is “no loyalty” on the business side of baseball between a player and a team. Sure sounds like Rizzo was speaking the truth. Then again, Kay essentially works for the Yankees….Because he’s a fan of private jet travel, we’re wondering if Al (El Exigente) Michaels is going to travel on Jeff Bezos’ rocket ship to the sites of Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football?”
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DUDE OF THE WEEK: SUE BIRD & DIANA TAURASI
The pairing of these two formidable WNBA stars on an ESPN MegaCast for the women’s Final Four was a brilliant move. They were smart, engaging, bold and irreverent. A perfect blend.
DWEEB OF THE WEEK: TODD McSHAY
Standing out from the mountain of NFL draft experts is hard work. However, with his varied background in the sport it’s beneath McShay to refer to Atlanta’s NFL roster as “trash.”
DOUBLE TALK
What Kyrie Irving said: “I’ve dealt with just East Coast type of attitude since I was 7, 8 years old.”
What Kyrie Irving meant to say: “I know a jackass when I see one.”
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BALTIMORE — An upper-level low will keep the chance for showers around this afternoon with highs below normal, in the mid-50s. Isolated thunder, graupel, and small hail cannot be ruled out so keep an eye to the sky. Sunday looks the drier and breezy with highs in the mid-50s and a bit more sunshine. Winds gusts on Sunday afternoon my range between 30-35 mph at times. Frost is possible Monday morning as temperatures drop down into the 30s. Temps will warm up to seasonal highs with a mix of sun and clouds on Monday. The weather looks mainly dry for the Orioles Home Opener but a stray shower cannot be ruled out later in the evening. A warming trend ensues Tuesday into the end of the week with highs more summer-like, in the upper 70s to low 80s. Rain chances return on Thursday.
Stay Tuned!
7 Day Forecast:
Today Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 7 to 11 mph.
Sunday Increasing clouds, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light after midnight.
Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Light southeast wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night A chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday A chance of showers before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 78.
Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Thursday A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday Night A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
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We have finally reached the weekend! Do you have any outdoor plans today? You will need to keep an eye on radar because an upper-level low pressure system (a disturbance upstairs in the atmosphere) will keep clouds, scattered showers, and possibly a rumble of thunder around the area today. Pea-sized hail/graupel are not out of the questions either. Drying takes place this evening.
It will feel breezier on Sunday as wind gusts will be out of the northwest, up to 35 mph at times. This will allow temperatures to remain below normal, in the mid-50s. At least we will see a bit more sunshine during the afternoon!
The growing season begins on Monday and there is the risk that frost will form on grassy surfaces early Monday morning. This is due to temperatures dropping into the 30s for most. If you have any sensitive plants on your front porch, it is best to cover them up or bring them inside to protect them. A southerly wind flow will bring warmth to the area for much of next week! Highs will climb into the upper-70s and close to 80° by mid-week! We will be getting a taste of summer!!
Stay Tuned!
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Arizona Diamondbacks get ready for opening day
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - It’s opening day in Major League Baseball and the Arizona Diamondbacks are prepared to host the San Diego Padres Thursday evening. The organization said the game will be a celebration of fans after two years of limited attendance because of the pandemic.
First pitch at Chase Field is scheduled at 6:40 p.m. The ballpark gates will open at 4:30 p,m.
If the recently concluded labor lockout had you wondering when you would get the chance to enjoy a ballpark hotdog again, the new menu won’t disappoint.
Chase Field is featuring nearly 30 new foods for fans. Among them are the Arizona Diamondbacks Dog, a Cowboy Steak, Barbeque Brisket Dip with Fries, a Buffalo Chicken Sidewinder and a Hatch Valley Whiskey Burger and a Flamin’ Hot Chicken Wrap.
The ceremonial first pitch will be thrown by Bob Horbaczewski, a father of three and beloved teacher who survived a COVID-19 related double-lung transplant. Horbaczewski will be accompanied by his surgeon, Dr. Bhuvin Buddhdev, a pulmonary and critical care physician at the Norton Thoracic Institute, Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.
The organization is having some trouble with the cables that open and close the stadium roof. Until they find a solution the roof won’t be able to open or close when fans are in the stadium.
As of now, the roof this evening will remain open.
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Arizona poised to double workforce in semiconductor industry - tens of thousands of jobs
“Arizona will be the epicenter for the semiconductor industry”
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Your car is made with microchips. So is your smartphone. And your thermostat. And the robotic vacuum that roams your floors and cleans up after the kids.
“Demand for semiconductors is through the roof,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said during an exclusive interview with 3 On Your Side. The United States only manufactures about 12% of semiconductors, and Raimondo says the nation is vulnerable because of it.
“We purchase 80% of the most sophisticated semiconductor chips from Taiwan. And so, if Taiwan were to say, ‘No chips to America,’ it would grind our economy to a halt almost immediately. and it would be a real national security problem.”
Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are considering legislation called the CHIPS Act that would pump $52 billion worth of incentives into the semiconductor industry. “You could easily see Arizona going from 30,000 jobs to 60,000 or 70,000 jobs if this bill passes,” Raimondo projected.
The growth is already happening. Last year, Intel announced a $20 billion expansion in Chandler. And Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation is making a $12 billion investment in a new Phoenix facility. “What we’re seeing here in Arizona is not only growth in these incredible leaders but also in the entire supply chain,” said Sandra Watson, the president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority. “We have over 200 semiconductor companies here in Arizona today.”
“Ten years from now, Arizona will be known as the world-leading advanced manufacturing location for the semiconductor industry. I believe that we have all of the critical components to continue to advance and accelerate at the pace that the industry needs us to,” Watson added. “I believe Arizona will be the epicenter for the semiconductor industry in the future.”
So, the question is, will it happen fast enough? “A lot of the innovation that’s happening here is on a two- to three- or four-year runway. We still have a gap of time right now that we’re going to be dealing with supply chain shortages. What is the interim plan?” I asked Raimondo. “A lot of it is transparency,” Raimondo answered. “It’s hard for the producers to know who doesn’t have enough supply, and it’s a global supply chain. So, in order for them to meet that demand, we need increased transparency. We are also working with companies to help them increase their efficiency and production.”
Both the Senate and the House have passed versions of the legislation to support the semiconductor industry. President Joe Biden is calling on lawmakers to get a final bill on his desk to sign this week.
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Boy, 12, killed when tractor-trailer struck bicycle on Mississippi highway, troopers say
MAGEE, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - Troopers in Mississippi said a sixth-grade boy died after a tractor-trailer collided with the bicycle he was riding.
WLBT reports the Mississippi Highway Patrol said Anthony Wilder III, 12, died as a result of the Tuesday night crash on US 49 in Simpson County.
Investigators determined a 1998 Freightliner tractor-trailer was traveling south on the highway when it collided with the bicycle in the right lane.
Wilder attended Magee Middle School, and the school posted a Facebook tribute to the child, saying he was known for his “energetic personality and upbeat attitude.”
The school said Wilder was a high achiever academically and was known to breakdance in the hallway.
“These memories will keep Anthony with us during the difficult times ahead,” the school said on Facebook. “We give our hopes and prayers to his family and friends. Anthony, we will miss you.”
Troopers are still investigating the crash.
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Deadly rabbit disease hitting southern Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - According to PACC, a deadly rabbit disease has made its way to southern Arizona and they won’t be able to take in any more rabbits for a while.
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, also known as RHDV2, been detected in rabbits in the PACC system for the first time ever.
PACC is urging owners of outdoor-housed rabbits to get them vaccinated
“This is the third year that the virus has been detected in southern Arizona, but it’s the first time rabbits coming through PACC have tested positive,” said Dr. Jennifer Wilcox the PACC Director of Veterinary Services.
PACC said a group of 15 pet rabbits were surrendered recently and all 15 died despite rapid vaccination.
RHDV can cause fever, lethargy, hemorrhage, seizures and acute death in rabbits. PACC said the incubation period is one to three days.
The disease cannot pass to other animals or humans, but it has been detected in pet rabbits, rabbit food and wild rabbit populations throughout the United States.
PACC said it southern Arizona lists the disease as “endemic,” meaning it can’t be eradicated.
“The virus lasts for months in contaminated environments, even in extreme heat,” PACC said in a release. “It can be spread by any secretions of infected rabbits, plus via contaminated food, equipment, insects, native predators, and boots and other husbandry items.”
Monica Dangler, PACC Director of Animal Services, said the disease is temporarily making an impact on operations.
“Right now, we aren’t able to take in rabbits due to RVDV2,” she said. “We are working swiftly on our vaccine protocol so that we can begin to take them in again.”
Anyone needing help can contact PACC Pet Support Center at 520-724-5900.
PACC said some private exotic animal clinics may be able to vaccinate pet rabbits for RVDV2. The cost will vary depending on location.
“Bottom line is that all rabbit owners should get their pet vaccinated twice as soon as they can in order to prevent heartbreak,” Dangler said.
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Ex-officer testifies against mentor at Capitol riot trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Virginia police officer who pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer testified on Thursday that he had hoped the mob could overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election that day.
Former Rocky Mount police officer Jacob Fracker, a key witness for federal prosecutors at the trial of former colleague Thomas Robertson, said he initially believed that he was merely trespassing when he entered the Capitol building.
However, Fracker ultimately pleaded guilty to a felony charge that he conspired with Robertson to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory on Jan. 6, 2021. Fracker agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in their case against Robertson, whose jury trial started Tuesday.
Under cross-examination by one of Robertson’s lawyers, Fracker said he didn’t have a “verbal agreement” with anybody to obstruct the joint session of Congress. Fracker said he believed everybody in the mob “pretty much had the same goal” and didn’t need for it to be “said out loud.”
Fracker said he and Robertson both believed the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from former President Donald Trump. One of Robertson’s attorneys, Mark Rollins, asked Fracker if he believes he did anything worse than trespassing on Jan. 6.
“Sitting here today, yes. At the time, no,” Fracker replied.
Robertson confirmed with U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper that he won’t be testifying at his trial.
Prosecutors rested their case on Thursday afternoon. Jurors are expected to hear attorneys’ closing arguments on Friday before they begin deliberating.
During the trial’s opening statements, defense attorney Camille Wagner told jurors that Robertson only went into the Capitol because he wanted to retrieve Fracker, who entered the Capitol a few minutes before Robertson.
Wagner said Robertson, whom she called “T.J.,” knew that he had entered restricted areas of the Capitol where he wasn’t supposed to be on Jan. 6. But he isn’t accused of engaging in any violence or property destruction, she noted.
Fracker was scheduled to be tried alongside Robertson before he pleaded guilty last month. He described Robertson as his mentor and a father figure.
“I absolutely hate this,” Fracker testified on Wednesday. “I’ve always been on the other side of things, the good guys’ side so to speak.”
The town fired Robertson and Fracker after the riot. Prosecutors say Robertson paid Fracker more than $30,000 after they were arrested. Robertson first offered to give Fracker money on the day that they surrendered to authorities, according to a court filing accompanying Fracker’s guilty plea.
Fracker said Robertson also agreed to cover his legal fees, but he doesn’t believe Robertson was trying to “buy” his testimony with the $30,000 payment.
“He said it would cover a year’s salary for me,” Fracker said.
After the riot, Fracker bragged to friends on social media that he had urinated in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bathroom. That was a lie that he made “for cool points,” Fracker said.
Robertson used a large wooden stick to impede police officers who were trying to hold off the mob, according to prosecutors. Police body camera video captured his interaction with police.
When a prosecutor asked Fracker why he didn’t do more to help police officers who were trying to hold back the mob, he said he thought they should have been “on our side” and marching with the rioters.
“And you didn’t see T.J. help them, either?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Risa Berkower asked.
“Correct,” Fracker said.
Robertson is charged with six counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Five of the counts relate to his actions on Jan. 6. The sixth stems from his alleged post-riot destruction of cellphones belonging to him and Fracker.
Robertson has been jailed since Cooper ruled in July that he violated the terms of his pretrial release by possessing firearms.
More than 770 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the riot. Over 240 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors.
Robertson is the second Capitol riot defendant to have a jury trial. The first ended last month with a jury convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of all charges.
Two other Capitol riot defendants elected to have their cases tried without a jury and decided by the same federal judge. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden acquitted a New Mexico man, Matthew Martin, of all four misdemeanor counts with which he was charged. Last month, McFadden convicted New Mexico elected official Couy Griffin of illegally entering restricted Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct.
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Google rolls out feature that lets you search using images
Published: Apr. 7, 2022 at 8:51 AM MST
(CNN) - Google just rolled out a new feature to make it easier for users to search for things that are hard to describe.
On Thursday, the company unveiled a new search option that allows you to combine text and images in a single question.
For example, you can take a picture of a couch, upload it along with the word “chair,” and you’ll be able to find ones that are similar.
A Google executive says the multi-search feature is experimental for now.
It’s available for U.S. users with the lens feature on Google’s mobile app.
At the moment, it’s expected to be used for shopping-related searches.
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GRAPHIC: Officers race to save 4-year-old who survived 6-story fall
Published: Apr. 7, 2022 at 8:19 AM MST
NEW YORK (CNN) - A four-year-old New York boy who fell six stories from an apartment window Tuesday is listed in stable condition.
The New York Police Department released dramatic bodycam video of officers rushing to help the boy after the fall from a sixth-floor apartment window in the Bronx.
Police say he was alert and conscious after the fall.
Officers did not wait for an ambulance to arrive and rushed him to Lincoln Hospital in a squad car where he was immediately met by EMTs.
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High school football coach charged after molesting student more than 50 times, sheriff says
VALRICO, Fla. (Gray News) - A football coach in Florida was arrested Wednesday after a juvenile victim came forward saying the coach molested him more than 50 times.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Matthew Hike, 33, is accused of molesting the student while coaching his football team at Bloomingdale High School in Valrico (15 miles east of Tampa) beginning in 2017. Hike worked as a coach but was not employed as a teacher at the high school.
Just weeks ago, on March 23, Hike was previously arrested when another juvenile victim at Livingston Academy in Seffner reported Hike for showing him pornographic images and touching him inappropriately on five occasions.
For the first arrest, Hike was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation and selling or distributing obscene material to a minor. For Wednesday’s arrest, Hike was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation and authority figure soliciting or engaging in lewd conduct with a student.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said he will do everything in his power to make sure Hike is held accountable for the actions he is accused of committing.
“Children should be able to trust their teachers and coaches. Individuals who break that trust and abuse their power must be rooted out and brought to justice,” Chronister said in a Facebook post. “Our investigators revealed that this suspect broke the trust of his victims and our community on more than one occasion.”
Detectives are encouraging anyone else who may have been a victim of Hike to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200.
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H&M releasing line of biodegradable baby clothes
Published: Apr. 7, 2022 at 9:01 AM MST
(CNN) - As fast as babies grow, their clothes don’t stick around for long. But what if you could just toss that outgrown onesie in the compost?
With H&M’s new lines of baby clothes for newborns, you can.
The clothes are made from organic cotton and they’re 100% biodegradable, so there are no buttons or metal trim. Even the pigments used to print the designs are biodegradable.
There are 12 pieces to choose from, and they’ll be on sale in May.
The new line is just one of several ways H&M said it is working to make fashion more sustainable and keep clothes out of landfills.
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House panel: Justice Dept. ‘obstructing’ Trump records probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee on Thursday said the Justice Department is “obstructing” its investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of White House records by preventing the release of information from the National Archives.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland accusing the Justice Department of impeding the panel’s expanded investigation into the 15 boxes of White House records that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after leaving office last year. The Archives in February revealed it had found classified material in the boxes and referred the matter to the Justice Department.
The letter from Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the chairwoman of the Oversight Committee, outlines communications between the committee and the National Archives that took place between February to late March.
In those letters, Maloney made a series of requests for information she said the committee needs to determine if Trump violated federal records laws over his handling of sensitive and even classified information. In response, the general counsel for the archivist wrote on March 28 that “based on our consultation with the Department of Justice, we are unable to provide any comment.”
“By blocking NARA from producing the documents requested by the Committee, the Department is obstructing the Committee’s investigation,” Maloney wrote in the letter released Thursday.
Maloney added that while the committee is not looking to interfere with the department’s ongoing investigation, lawmakers have not received any explanation as to why the department is preventing the archivist from providing information about the contents of the boxes.
The House’s oversight panel has repeatedly cited its authority to investigate matters involving the Presidential Records Act, which was enacted in 1978 after former President Richard Nixon wanted to destroy documents related to the Watergate scandal.
Maloney had warned in December 2020 that she had “grave concerns” that the Trump administration was not complying with the federal records act, even writing in a letter to the archivist citing those concerns that the departing administration “may not be adequately preserving records and may be disposing of them.”
While federal law bars the removal of classified documents to unauthorized locations, it is possible that in this case, Trump could try to argue that, as president, he was the ultimate declassification authority.
The former president has denied reports of tensions with the National Archives and his lawyers have said that “they are continuing to search for additional presidential records that belong to the National Archives.”
The attorney general has acknowledged that the department received the referral from the Archives, but it is longstanding Justice Department policy not to comment on investigations.
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill may face a long wait for answers to their questions about specific investigations.
Generally, under Justice Department guidelines, details of investigations are supposed to remain out of the public view until charges are filed or warrants are filed. And, if grand juries are convened, the Justice Department is precluded under federal law from discussing specifics of a grand jury investigation before an indictment is handed down.
Garland has also made clear to prosecutors that the Justice Department won’t be influenced by outside political pressure.
The Oversight Committee asked Garland to respond by next week with either a green light for the National Archives to cooperate with their request or provide an explanation as to why the department is imposing such limitations.
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